CHAPTER XX

THE TIDAL WAVE The camera men at this juncture became more interested in the wreck than in operating their cameras. The crowd of picture workers trailed down to the edge of the sea opposite the split sloop, all eager to lend aid to the castaways. Isling directed the attempt to rescue Gion and his men. The crew of the sloop found themselves in waist-deep water when they were cast overboard, and the surges were so strong that they had to fight for a footing on the coral reef. A lifeline was formed by the men ashore a…