The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-12-23

shipf OF course, II does However.
in order TO cara that ffty dollars. I
got TO back water. II wouldn't be
plsyin' fair II didn't But that don't
prevent me from putin two dear
friends o. mine (here Mr.. Gibney en-
circled Scraggs and McGuffey with an
arm each) next to the secret which
discovers. an II there's money in Il
for old Hooky that buys me OF, IL
stands to reason that there's money /
In IL for US three. What's 10 prevent /
you an McGuffey from goin' up to /
this old horse sale an biddIn' In them |
two boxes for the use and benefit Of
Gibney. Scraggs an McGufrey. all
| share an share aIike7 You can bid
as high as a hundred dollars II neces-
sary. an still come out a thousand
dollars TO the good I'm tellin' you
this because I know what's In them
two boxes"
McGuffey was staring fascinated at
Mr.. GIbney. Captain Scraggs clutched
his mates arm in a frenzied clasp.
"WhatI" they both Intercepted.
"You two boys" continued Mr.. Glib
ney with aggravating deliberation,
"ain't what nobody would call dunn
mics. You're smart men. But the
trouble with both o. you boys is you
aln't got no imagination. Without
imagination nobody gets nowhere, un-
less it's out tn small end O. tn horn.
Maybe you boys amt noticed II, but
my imagination is all that keeps me
from goin to Jail. Now, II you tvs
had read the address on them r+Sx.
! boxes. 1t wouldn't "a meant nothin' TO
you. Absolutely nothin'. But with me
7 it's different. I'm blessed with imagi-
nation enough to see right through
! them Chinaman tricks. Them two
: boxes is marked Oriental Goods an
r consigned (here Mr.. Gibney raised a
: grimy foretinger, and Scraggs and Nc
J Guffey eyed 1t very much as II they
0 expected it to go off at any moment)-
: them two boxes is consigned to the
Q Gin Seng company, TIA Dupont street
J. San Francisco"
d "Well, that's up In Chinatown, al
0 right" admitted Captain Scraggs, "but
how about what's inside the two
o crates?"
q "Oriental goods, Of COARSE" said Nc
e Guffey. "They are consigned to
It Chinaman. an besides, that's what
d says on the cases, don't 1t, Gibl Orr
,e entail goods, Scraggs, is silks an satins
l. rice, chop suey, punk, an idols ar
l. fan tan layouts."
10 III there amt Swiss cheese move
.e ments in that head block of yours
in Mac, You and Scraggsy can divide m
N share O. these two boxes O. ginsen
H. root between you. Do you get 1t, 20
Of chuckleheaded son Of Irish potato
q, Gin Seng, TIA Dupont street. Ginsen
"a root or q herb that medicine
C. made out Of The dictionary says It
ne Chinese panacea for exhaustion, al
r. I happen to know that it's worth f1y
er dollars a pound an that them tw
IN crates weighs hundred and Aft
Ie pounds each II they weighs an ounce
His auditors stared at Mr.. Chine
". much as might pair Of baseball far
at the hero Of home run with tv
in strikes and the bases full.
on "Gawd" muttered McGuffey.
al, "Great grief, Glib! Can this be pc
as sibler' gasped Captain Scraggs.
Or. For answer Mr.. Gibney took out b
a fifty-dollar bill and handed 1t to-
II McGuffey. He never trusted CAPITA
It'll Scraggs with anything more valuab
Of than pipeful Of tobacco.
Elk "ScrGggsy," he said solemnly, IT
ley willln' to back my Imagination wi
to my cash. You an McGuffey hur
ION right over to the warehouse an br
to in on the sale when they come to the
uld two boxes. The sale Is just abo
rty startin' now. Go as high as you thf
ga you can In order to get the ginseng
hal profitable fgger. an pay the 4,
his tioneer fifty dollars down to hold t
the sale; that will give you boys time
In rush around to dig up the balance
lef- the money. Tack right along nc
the lads, while 60 down the street
per get me some breakfast dent w
APPS Blumenthal to see me around that -
He might get suspicious. After I
i'm I'll meet you here aboard tn Nagl
and an well divide the loot"
and With q fervent handshake
GUS around. the three shipmaks parted
liar After disposing Of hearty bre
fast Of devilled lambs kidneys I
,ver coffee. Mr.. G1bney invested In 4 I
coy cent Sailors Delight and stroued do
was to the Maggie. Neils Halvorsen,
lnds lone deckhand, was aboard, and
moment Mr.. Gibney trod the Magg
nan. deck once moro az mate,
Y to exercised his prerogativs to Or
u a Neils ashore for the remain
snsi- Of the day. Since Halvorsen was
ked, in on the ginseng deal, Mr.. Glib
my concluded that It wouldsbe Just AZ '
that to have him out II the way she
lines Scraggs and McGuffey appear VI
and peGtedly with the two cases Of
Mr.. senk.