, 1921-10-29

no~n-reiisblity around nsy day.
u been with hal sreshwater scaven
ger. scraggs. In the Maggie for most
q year.
'Did you quilt or aid scragss IRE
your
He Cred me- Mcourey replied
honestly. IF he hadn't I'd have quit.
so IT'S a toss-up. COMM In from
Hnlftnoon bay last night we got IN the
fog an piled up on the beach ju
below the C,ir house"
This is interesting" Jack F1aherty
murmured- You say she walked
ashore on you. MeGuneyf Well. III
be shoti"
"she did. scraEgs blamed II on me
Flnherty. He said I didn't obey the
signals from the bridge. n word LEI
10 another. an he went dancin' ma
an ordered me OF his ship. Well. IT,
his ship-or II was his ship. for II
bet a dollar shes ground to powde
BY now-so all I could do was ODE
I hoped overheard an waded ashor
I suppose all my clothes an things Z
gone by now. Iieft everything aboar
an had to borrow this OUTFIT frci
scah Johnny" He Erinned pathetica'
ly. $50 Euess you <<derstand. Car
tain Hicks. Just how baS ! need tim
lob I spoke about q minute ago"
TIL think II over. Mac. a n let you
know" Hicks replied evnsiveiy.
Mr.. McGurey. sensing his defeat
retired forthwith to hide his embar-
rassment and distress; as the door
closed behind him. Hicks and F1aherty
faced each other.
Jack" quoth Dan Hicks. car two
towboat men. holdin' down two hun.
dred-douar Jobs an presumed to have
been out o. their swaddIin' clothes for
at least thirty years. afford to be
laughed on the San Francisco water
front7-
II know one Of them that can't.
Dan. At the same time. can q rat like
Phinens p. Scruggs md a beachcomb-
er Ike his mate Gibney make a pair
OF stnr-spangled monkeys out Of said
two towboat men and get away with
IT."
They did that last night. Still. I've
known monkeys that would fight an
was human enough TO settle a grudge.
Follow me. Jack"
Together they repaired to jackson
street bulkhead. Sure enough. there
lay the Maggie. rubbing her biistered
sides ngnlnst the buikhead. Captain
Scraggs was nowhere in sight. but Mr..
Gibney was az the winch. swinging
ashore the crates OF vegetables which
The Squarehead and three longshore-
men loaded into tho cargo net
"we're outnumbered." Jack Flaherty
whispered. Lets wait until she's un
loaded an Gibney an Scragrs are
aboard alone"
They retired without having AT.
tracted the attention OF Mr.. Gibney.
Promptly at twelve o'clock the long
shoremen knocked OF work for the
lunch hour and Neils Haivorsen
drifted across the street to cool his
parched throat with steam beer.
While waiting for Scraggs to come up
out OF the engine room, and nike him
to luncheon. Mr.. Gihney sauntered aft
and was standing gazing refiectively
upon q spot on the Maggie's stern
where the hnwsers had chnfed away
the paint, when suddenly his fore
bodings Of evil returned to him n thou
sand fold stronger than they had been
since Scraggs' return to the little ship
He glanced up and beheld gazing
down upon him Captains Jack Fla.
herty and Daniel Hicks. Battle was
Imminent and the valiant Gibney
knew It; wherefore he determined In
stantly to meet 1t like a man.
"Howdy. men," he sniuted them.
'Glad to hnve you aboard the yacht"
and he stepped backward to give him
self fighting room.
Here's where we collect the tow
6 bill on the s. s. Yankee Prince"
Dan Hicks Informed him. and leaped
from the bulkhesd straight down at
Mr.. Gibney. Jack Flnherty followed.
Mr.. Gibney welcomed Captain Hicks
with a terrific right swing. which
missed: before he could guard. Dan
ticks had planted left and right
@here they would do the most good
and Mr.. Gibney went into a clinch to
save himself further punishment.
"~Scraggsy." he bawled. "Scragg-