The daily Alaskan., 1921-12-06
CHAPTER VIL

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 When Captain SCraEgs, after sban- doulug au hope of salving the bark Chesapeake, returned to the Maggie, the IIJtIe craft reminded him Of noth- ing SD much as the ward for the in- corrig.hle Of an insane asylum. Due Co Captain ScraggS' stupidity and the general mencIsucy Of the Maggie, the new navigating officer was Of lhe opin- ion thai ac had been Swiudled out of his share ot the salvage while the new engineer. furious gt having been en- ga-ed To baby such a ruin as the Mag -ae.> boiler turned out tO be, blamed Srrag-s' 0arsfmouy for the loss Of his share ol the salvage. Therefore, both men aired with the utmost frankuess their opinion Of their employer. One word borrowed uuo,her until diplomat lc relations were severed and, in the language oI the classic, they mixed 5l" They were fairly well matched, and. Co the credit of Captain Scraggs he t >u.d whenever he believed him self ro have a lighting chance Scrag-s would fight and ngh, well under the Tym-cai rules ot h>lcuds.
 Following a bloody battle tD the pilot house. he subaueG the mate, following u.~ victory hr was still var mad, so nu went ta tlr euglue-room hatch and abused the engineer. As 6 result oi rae days events. both men quit when rua Mag-ie was ricd up a, Jackson stree, wharf and once more Captain >,ru--s was helpless. In hls eNTem- I.s. Gr wished le hadn't been SC hard uu Mr. G:nacy and McGu6'ey. for he r.a..cd he cuuld never hope 10 get them back until their salvage money should be spent
 Goddess and wholly lvrcc.alma5le as NI-. Gfhuey and Mir. McGutey might have been and doubtless were, each pus-r>-cl ju bouuteous measure the sgrrru~t oE human al,rihatgS, to-wit: >us. kind heart and a foTEivtnE spir- 5r. Creatures Of impulse beth, they found l, absolutely impossible 10 hour ish a r-udge against Captain ScraggS when. upon returning 10 SCsb JohnnyS boarding house. their hos, handed them a gruhhy no.e from their enemy, It WAS short and sweet and sounded Quue sincere; Nr Gihuey read it aloud.
 ~Ou Board the Maggie, Saturday night Dear Friends:
 am sorry. You hurt me awful with your Ridden when you took the Chesa- pcake away from me. To CT is human but to forgive is deyine. After what | done ! don't expect you two te come back to work ever but for Gods sake don't give me the dead face when we meat ac.n. Remember we been ship mates once.
 "P. ?. SUaEgs
 "why. the pore or son Of a horse thief Nr. Gihney murmured. Uvuch moved at this profound sbsSemenL "Of course We forgive him. Il sint manly to hold a Crouch after the cui- prlJ has paid his fair price for his sins. By an large, l got a huuch, Gart that old ScrsEgsy's had his les son for once"
 "If you can forgive him. can, GIb."
 "WeU, he's certainly cleaned him self handsome, Bart. Telephone for a messenger boy" and MT. Gibney sat down and wrote:
 "ScraCCSy. old faDciful, we're square. Forget it and come to breakfast with us st seven tomorrow ay the MErisSad cafe. Tu order devued lam kidneys for three. It's alright with Bart also,
 "YourS
 "Gib."
 This note. delivered to Captain Scrag-s by the messenger boy, lifted the gloom from the latter's miserable soul and sent him home with a light heart to Mrs. ScraEgs. At the Mari gold cafe next morning he was almost touched to observe that both Gibney and MCGurey showed up arrayed in dungureeS wherefore ScTaggs knew his late enemies purposed proceeding to the Maggie immediately after breakfast and working in the engine room all day Sunday. Such action, when he knew both gentlemen to be the pos seSsors Of wealth far beyond the dreams Of avarice, bordered so close ly on the miraculous that Scraggs made a mental resolve to play fair ln the future-at least as fair as the limits Of his CrosS-graIned nature would per init. He was so cheerful and happy that McGuHey, taking advantage of the situation, argued him into some minor repairs to the engine.
 About nine o'clock, as Mir. Gibney was on his way to the MsrigOld Cafe for breakfast, he was mildly Inter ested, while passing the Embarcadero warehouse, to note the presence Of
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