, 1921-11-19


% his fcx fAca
he soon departed. bot Mr.. Glhney
Wal suspicious Hes got his lines
fast sonevhereSyou can bank %
that was bis comment while We
was away he rEged up some kind OF
q deal. Bart II stands to reason Il
was a mighty profitable deal, too.
Ny Imagination may be q bit on the
course at times. Bart. but In general.
II there's = dead whale doetiu' around
the ship / can smell H."
What do you make oct q that fat
Chineran erulsin' down tbs bulkhead
In an express wagon an another China
man settin' up on the bridge with
himr' McGuney demanded. Seems
to me they're comm. bows on. for the
Maggie
They tell ne to deduct sonsthin'.
Bart Wait q minute I'll we see II
they're comm aboard. II they are
They're goin' to make a inndir',
then I deduct that tbs body
snntchin' seraggs--
They're boardin' Us, Gfb.-
has arranged with Jon fat China
man to relieve US o. the unweicome
presence OF his defunct friends. Hes
gone an hunted Up the relatives an
made 'em come across-thats what
he's done. The dirty, low. schsmin'
granddaddy OF all tho foxes in Chris.
tendomi I'll nsh around an see what
hgger ScraggH charged him." and Mr..
0lbney stepped to the rail TO meet
Gin Seng. for II was indeed he.
"Sow-see. sow-ses. huu-gay." Mr..
Gibney saiuted the Chinaman in a
facetious attempt to talk the iatter's
language. "Hello. there. John China
man How's your liverf Captain he
allie same get tired; no no waitee.
wha's mailah. John. Too long time
you no come You heap lazy all time
Gin Seng smiled his bland. inscruta.
bic Chinese smile. you ketchum two
China boy In bouY' he queried-
1--WE have" doomed McGufrey. "un'
beautiful specimens they be-"
"No money. no China boy Grbney
added firmly.
Money have got. Too muchee mon,
ey you wantee. No can DO. BE pay
two hundred dollah. Five hundred dol
iah heap muchee. No have got
"Nothin' dom. John. Five hundred
dollars an not a penny less Put NJ
the dough or bent It."
Gin Seng e~xpostuiated. lied. evaded.
n all but vept, but Mr.. Gibney was
obdurate and eventually the China,
man paid over the money and departed
with the remains Of his countrymen.
II knew he'd come through. Bart
Mr.. Gibney declared They got &c
ship them stiffs to China to rest along.
side their ancestors or be in Dutch
with the sperrits O. the departed for
ever after"
do we have to split this swag with
that dirty ScraggsT" McGuffey wanted
TO know. Seem as how he tried to
give NJ the double CROSS"
.wen TX scruggsy-nil s~hip-shape
an legal SOS he won't have no come.
back"
They had not long to wait Upon
his arrival at Gin Songs place OF busi.
ness Captain Scrnggs had been In
formed that Gin Seng had gone out
twenty minutes before, and further In
quiry revealed that he had departed
10 an express wagon Consumed with
misgivings Of disaster, Scraggs re-
turned to the Maggie as fast as the
cable car and his legs could carry him.
In the cabin he found Mr.. Gibney and
McGuffey playing cribbage. They laid
down their hands as Scraggs entered.
Mr.. Gibney began at once: TIC
show you what a funny world this is,
while me an Bart's settin' on deck
a-waitin' for you to come back, along
breezes a fat old Chinaman IN an ex-
press wagon an offers to buy them two
cases of Oriental goods. He makes me
an Mac what we considers a fair
offer. Lemme see now" he continued,
and got out n stub Of lead pencil with
which he commenced figuring on the
white oilcloth table cover. I'VE paid
twenty dollars for them two derelicts
an a dollar towage. That's twenty
one dollars. an a third o. twenty-ons
Is seven. n dollars from TWEEN
ty-nve leaves eighteen dollars comm
to you. Here's your eighteen dollars.
Scraggsy. you lucky old vagabond-aIl
clear profit on a neat days work, no
expense no investment, no b~ack-break-
in interest charges or overhead, a
sold out at your own hgyer."
Captain scraggs' face YVES a study
in conflicting emotions as he raked in
the eighteen dollars Thanks, Glb,"
he said frigidly.
me an Gib.s goin' ashore for lunch
at the Marigold cafe" McGuffey n
nounced presently, In order to break
the horrible silence that followed
Scraggsy's crushing defeat. I'm will
HI to spend some o. my profits on the
deal an blow you to a lunch with a
small bottle o. Dago Red thrown In.
How about II. scraggsT
TIN on.~ scraggs sought to throw
on his gloom and appear sprightly.
"whatd you pedtle them two cadavers
for. Chr"
Mr.. Gibney grfnned broadly. but did
not answer. In effect, his grin In
formed scraggs that that was o OF