, 1921-11-12

corrigible Of an insane asylum Due
70 Captain Scraggs' stupidity and the
general ineficiency OF the Maggie, the
new navigating officer was OF the cp;n-
ion that he had been swindled out OF
his share OF the salvage. while the Few
engineer. furious at having c en-
gagged TO baby such q ruin as the Mag
giles boiler turned out 10 be. blamed
Scraggs' parsimony for the loss of his
share OF the salvage. Therefore. both
men aired with the limos frnnkness
their opinion of their employer. One
word borrowed another Until diplomat
ic relations were severed and. in the
language OF the classic. they mixed
it,. They were fairly well matched.
and. 10 the credit OF Captain Scraggs
be It said. whenever he believed him
self to- nave a fighting chance Scraggs
would fight and fight well. under tho
Tom-cat rules OF isticufs.
Following a bloody battle In the pilot
house, he subdued the mate: following
his victory he was still war mad. so
he went TO the engine-room hatch and
abused the engineer. As a result of
the days events. both men quit when
the Maggie was tied up at Jackson
street wharf and once more Captain
Scraggs was helpless. In his extrem-
ity. he wished he hadn't been so hard
on Mr.. Glbney and McGuney, for he
realized he could never hope to get
them back until their salvage money
should be spent.
Goddess and wholly irreclaimable as
Mr.. Glbney and Mr.. McGuffey might
have been and doubtless were, each
possessed In bounteous measure h
sweetest Of human attributes. to-wit:
q soft, kind heart and q forgiving spir-
IL Creatures of impulse both. they
found It absolutely impossible to nour-
ish n grudge against Captain Scraggs.
when. upon returning to Scab Johnny's
boarding house, their host handed
them a grubby note from their enemy.
1t was short and sweet and sounded
quite sincere; Mr.. Gibney read It
aloud:
ION Board the Maggie. Saturday night.
Dear Friends:
i am sorry. You hurt me awful with
your Hidden when you took the Chesa-
peake away from me. To er is human
but TO forgive Is devine. After what
I done / don't expect you two to come
back to work ever but for Gods sake
don't give me the dead face when we
meat sgin. Remember we been ship
mates once.
up. p. Scraggs."
"why. the pore OIL son Of a horse
thief" Mr.. Gibney murmured. much
moved at this profound ~abasement.
"of course We forgive him. 1t amt
manly to hold q crouch after the Gull
prit has paid his fair price for his
sins. By an large. / got a bunch.
Bart. that old Scraggsy's had his les
son for once"
IF you can forgive him. I can, Glib"
"well, he's certainly cleaned him.
self handsome. Bart. Telephone for
a messenger boy" and Mr.. GISney
sat down md wrote:
"scraggsy. old fAnciful. we're square.
Forget 1t and come to breakfast with
u at seven tomorrow at the Marlgold
cafe. I'll order deviled lam kidneys
for three. It's alright witt, Bart also.
yours.
"Gib."
This note. delivered to Captain
Scraggs by the messenger boy. lifted
the gloom from the latter's miserable
soul and sent him home with u light
heart to Mrs. Scraggs. At the Mari
gold cafe next morning he was almost
touched to observe that both Gibney
and McGufey showed up arrayed In
~dungarees, wherefore Scrnggs knew his
late enemies purposed proceeding to
the Mnggie Immediately after breakfast
and working In the engine room all
day Sunday. Such action. when he
knew both gentlemen to be the pos
SCISSORS Of wealth far beyond the
dreams Of avarice, bordered SO close
ly on the miraculous that Scraggs made
a mental resolve to play fair In the
future-at least a fair as the limits
of his c~ross-grained nature would per-
init. he was SO cheerful and happy
thai McGuffey, taking advantage of
h situation. argued him into some
minor repairs to the engine.
About nine o'clock, as Mr.. GIbney
was on his why to the MarigoId Cafe
for breakfast, he was mildly inter-
ested. while passing the Em~barcadero
warehouse, to note the presence of
fully a dozen seedy-looking gentlemen
OF ~undoubted Hebraic a~ntecedents,
c~ongregated in a circle Just outside the
warehouse door. There was an air
OF suppressed excitement about this
group OF Jews that aroused Mr.. Glib.
ney's curiosity: so he decided to cross
over and investigate. being of the opin-
ion that possibly one OF their number
had fallen in a At. He had once had
an epileptic shlpmate and was pecu-
liarly expert in the handling of such
cases.
Now. II the greater portion Of Mr..
Gibney's eventful caree had not been
spent at sea. he would have known. by
the red nag that foated over the door,
that a public auction was about to
take place, and that the group of He
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