, 1921-12-24

up IN you. scrnEgsy. II II want for
Sst svede the s~ea-Eulis'd be pickin'
our bones now. Neils Harvorssn Il In
Guided In this syndicats for good
Amen This from the honest Nc
cuffey.
"Meetin's adjourned said Captain
scragss icny.
Under the direction Of the crafty
commodore. the valuable cargo Of the
Maggie II was disposed OF IN Homo
lulu During the period while the
schooner lay at the dock discharKfng,
Captain Scrnggs and McGufey pru-
IDENTIFY remained In the cabin with the
perndious mate. In order that. should
an investigation be undertaken later
by he Treasury department. no mar
might wear that the real Phineas
Scrnggs. fiibuster. had been IN Homo
lulu on a certain Gate. The Kanaka
rev Of the schooner Mr.. Gibney ran
aged to ship with an old sh,pmaster
friend bound for New Guinea, % their
testimony was out Of the way for q
while. at least.
When the Maggie II was finally dis
charged and the proceeds OF her rich
cargo nestled. In crisp Bulls Of large
denomination, In a money belt under
Mr.. Gibney's armpitB and next his ras-
caily skin. he purchased tickets under
assumed names for himself, scrnggs.
McGuffey and Haivorssn on the liner
Hiionian. due TO sail at noon next day.
These details attended to. the Mag
gle II backed away from the dock un-
der her own power and cast anchor OF
the quarantine station. The mate was
then brought on deck and made to
confront the syndicate.
1T appears. my man." the commo-
dore began. that you was too anxious
to horn in on the profits o this expe-
dition, so in a moment o. human weak
ness you did your employers an evil
deed. We had It all fggered out TO
feed you to the sharks on the why
home. because dead men tell no tales,
but u %surerin's on that island has
caused us I'LL o look with a milder
Good Book says: Forgive rs tres
passes as we forgive those what tres,
pass ngin U.S. an I amt ashamed to
admit that you owe your wicked life
to the fact that Scraggsy's got religion
an McGufey AMT much better. But
we got all the money we need an
we're goin' to Europe to enjoy II. SO
before we go we're goln' to pass sen.
tence upon you. It Is the verdict o
the u that we present you with the
power schooner Maggie II free gratis
an that you accept the same In the
same friendly sperrit In which 1t II
rendered. Hnvin' a schooner O. your
own from now on. you won't BE-
tempted to steal one a commit whole
sale murder a-doin' 1t. You're forgiven,
man. Take the Maggie II with ouI
blessin', organize a comp'ny, an &c
back to Kandavu an make some money
for yourself. Scraggsy. are you anvil
lin to that you've gtven thit
erin nate complete forgiveness b.
shakin' hands with himr
II forgive him freely" said Captain
scraggs. AN here's my IN on It"
The unfortunate mate hung hi
head. He was much moved.
you don't mean It, cir. do your h
faltered.
II hope I may never see the back 0
my neck II I DON'T" replied the skip
per.
"Surest thing you know, brother
shouted Mr.. McGuffey and swatted tn,
deluded mate between the shoulders
"Take her with our compliments. Yor
was a good brave mate until you wen
wrong. I amt forgot how 20,
sprayed the hillsides with lead the da,
Glib an Scraggsy was took by then
c~annibals. No, street. I amt holding
no grudge. It's human to commit
crime. I've committed n or two my
self. Good luck to you. mafey. Hopt
you make a barrel o. money with tn,
old girl"
Thanks" the mate mumbled. !"
ainst deservin' o. this nohow," and h,
commenced to SWIVEL a little.
Mr.. Gibney forgot that he was play
ing a ~hypocrite's part. and his gener
Gus nature overcnme him.
Dog my cats" he clustered. what
the use givin' him the vessel II W,
don't give him some spondulicks I,
outfit her with grub an supplies7 Poo
dewitt 1 bet he amt got a cent t,
bless himself with. scraggsy. old tar
pot, IL we're goin' to turn over a new
leaf an be Christians, let's sail unde
a full cloud o. canvas"
by Neptune. that's 30, Glib. Thii
Teller did us m awful dirty trick. bu
at the same time there. aln't a coward
ly bone in his hull carcass. ain
forgot how he stood to the guns tina
day Off the Coronados when we wa
attacked by the M~exfcans-"
stake the Teller, Glib" advised nc
Guffey. and wiped away a vagran
tear. He was quite overcome at hi.
own generosity and the name II
which It had tnu;hed the hard hear
Of the Ubiquitous mate.
Mr.. Gibney laid i've o~ne-hundred
dollar bills in the mates palm.
"Good-by," he said gently. "an' SCI
II you can't be as much Of a man an
as good a sport hereafter as then