The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-07
(Continued From Yesterday

(Continued From Yesterday
 MT. Gibney'S eyes flashed, but he made no rpeIy. They had rounded the schooner's stern now, and her name was visible.
 schooner Kadiak, Seattle" read Scraggs. Little old three sticker a thousand years old an cut clear through just abaft the foremast. Me Guffey, you doft s'pose this here's pirate craft an just bulgin' with gold"
 Sure" retorted the engineer with a slow wink, tainted wealth.
 MT. Gibney could stand their hack ling no longer. "Looky here, you two," he bawled out angrily. "I got a hunch picked uL a lemon, but I'm a-willin' to tackle the deal with Neils If you two think I didn't do right by the pense towin' this craft into port. I ain't goin' to stand for no hddin', even if we are in a f1ve-hundred-dollar towage bill Man is human an bound to make mistakes"
 Don't kid the commodore, Scragg- sy. This aromer O roses is more'n a josh"
 .'An right, Mac I guess the com I ain't squawkin' yet.
 "No. Not yet" cried MT. Gibney bitterly, but soon."
 q ain't, nuther," Captain Scraggs assumed an air of injured virtue. I'm a-willin' to go through with you, Glb, at a loss for nothin' else except to convince you O the folly O maxim this a one-man syndicate. aint a-kickln, but I'm free to confess that I'd like 10 be consulted oncet in a while"
 ''That's logic" rumbled the single minded McGuffey.
 You dirty welchers," roared the commodore. 1T ain't askin' you two to take chances with me. Me an Neils'n take this deal over independ- ent O. the syndicate
 ''Well, let's dress this here diver, ' ha SCTa an send him into the hold for look around before we make up our minds" Captain Scraggs was not a man to take chances.
 wreck and commenced operations. MT Gibney worked the air pump while the diver. ax in hand, dropped into the murky depths of the flooded hold lie was down half an hour before he sig naled to be pulled up. All hands sprang to the line to haul him back to daylight, and the instant he popped clear of the water MT. Gibney unbur- dened himself of an agonized curse. In his hands the diver held large decayed codfishi
 Captain Scraggs turned a sneerlns glance upon the unhappy commodore while McGuffey sat down on the damp rail of the derelict and laughed until the tears coursed down his honest face. :, raved Captain Scraggs, "an' you a-sinkin' the time an monea O the syndicate in rotten codfish on the say-so of a clairvoyant you ain't even l been Introduced to. Gib, if that, bUs.ness, all I got to say is: EEK cdSe me-"
 MT. Gibney seized the defunct fish from the divers hand, tore 1t in halt' slapped Captain Scsaggs with one aw- ful fragment and hurled the other at McGuffey.
 I'm outer the syndicate" he raved. beside himself with anger. Here go to work an make a fortune for pair of short sports an pikers an you get to spealin' at the first flVe-hun- | dred dollar loss. I know you or olo Phineas Scragss. an the leopard can change his spots" He raised his right l band to heaven I'm through for | keeps. We'll sell the pearls today. diyvy up, an dissolve. I'm through. Glad of it, growled McGuftey: don't want no more O that codhSh; an as soon as we git fghtin' room I'll prove to you that no near-sallor can l insult me an git away with II. Me | an Scraggy's got some rights. HoI | can walk on Scraggsy, Glib, but IL | takes a man to walk on the McGuHey Nothing but the lack of sea-room prevented a battle royal. MT. Gioney | stood glaring at his late partners His | great ham-lifie fists were opening and | closing automatically.
 | You're right. Mac" he said pres l ently, endeavoring to control his an i ger and chagrin.g wen settle this | later. Take that helmet off the diver an let's hear what he's got to re- | port
 With the helmet removed the diver spoke:
 | there ain't a thing O value in this hulk but a couple O hundred tons O l codfish. She was cut in two Just ford O the bulkhead an her anchors ] T Ha section that WAS cut off She ain't worth the cost O towin' her in on the flats"
 50 that codfsh has some value" sneered Captain Scraggs.
 i "Great grief, Scraggsy! Don't tell
 me it's sp'iIed.'' cried McGuffey. simu- l lating horror.
 No, not quite. Just slightly, !
 s'pose Gib'll tack a sign to the stub codflsh for sale. Apply to A. P. Gib-
 ney, on the premises Special rates
 on Friday"
 reply He carefully examined that portion of the derelict above water l and discovered that by an additional expenditure of about fifty dollars he might recover an equal amount 1T brass fittings The Kadiak's house
 was gone and her decks completely eutted. Nothing remained but the
 amputated hull and the foul cargo below her battered decks.
 | In majestic silence the commodore motioned all hands into the launch In silence they returned to the city
 Arrived here, MT. Gibney paid off the 1 launch man and the driver and ac
 companied by his associates repaired
 to a prominent jewellers shop with
 the pearls they had accumulated ir the South Seas. The entire lot was
 sold for thirty thousand dollars. An
 hour later they had adjusted their ac.
 counts, divided the fortune of the syndicate equally. and then dissolved
 At parting, MT. Gibney spoke for the
 first time when it had not been abso'
 Iutely necessary.
 Put a beggar on horseback an
 he'll ride to the devil he said. 'Wher
 you two swabS was poor you wa:
 content to let me lead you into a for
 tune, but now that you're well-heeled
 you think you're business men. Al
 right! I ain't got a word to say ex