, 1921-11-05

This is piracy. men It's robber,
on the high seas. an I can put yot
over the road for It, Scraggs warned
them. whats more. I'll do IT.
The eggs. Scraggsy." doomed Mr.
GIhney. "the eggs"
Half an hour later. ns the pirates
repiete with p~rovender. sat dangling
their damaged underpinning over the
stern railing where the gentle wave
lets lnved and cooled them. Captain
Scraggs. accompanied by the new nayi-
eating officer he new engineer. and
The Squnrehenc. cnme aft. The Grip
pies looked up. surveyed their success
sors in office. and found the sight far
from r~eassuring.
"rve already ordered you two
tramps or-n my ship" Scraggs began
formally. IAN I hereby, In the pres
ence o. reliable witnesses. repeats the
Invitation. You amt wanted; your
rooms preferred TO your comp'ny. an
by stayin' a minute longer. IN defiance
o. my orders. you're iayin' yourselves
liable to a charge o. piracy"
Mr.. Gibney carefully laid his pipe
aside and stood up. He was quite an
Imposing spectacle In his bare feet.
With his rousers rolled up TO his great
Sness. thereby revealing his scarlet
flannel underdrawcrs. With a stifed
sroan. McGuney rose and stood beside
bis partner. and Mr.. Gibney spoke:
"Scraggs. be reasonable. We Amt
Iookin' for trouble; not because we
don't relish II. for we do where a
'oupie o. scabs is concerned. but for
the simple reason that we air't In the
,est o. condition TO receive II. al
hough II you force II on us Wen do
,ur best. II you chuck Us or the Mag
he an force US to walk back TO San
Francisco, we're goin' 70 be reported
as mlssin'. Honest. now. Scrnggsy.
Md side winder. you amt goin' TO
maroon us here. alone with the vese-
tables. nre youf"
you lone me dirt. You quit me
cold. Git out. Two ran play ut a
dirty game an every dog must have
his day. This Is my day, Glib. Scat!"
"P~ers'naliy." McGuffey announced
quietly. 81 prefer to die aboard the
Maggie. II I have to. This amt NOV.
In day with r. McGuffey. Esquire"
"Them's my sentiments. too.
Scraggsy."
!'"Then defend yourselves. Come. on,
lads. Bear a hand an we'll bounce
these muckers overheard" The
Squarehead hung back. having no In
tention of waging war upon his late
comrades. but the engineer and the
new navigating officer stepped briskly
forward. for they were about to fight
for their Jobs. Mr.. Gibney halted the
advance by lifting both great hands
In a dcprecatory manner.
"For heavens snse. Scraggsy, have
n heart. Don't force us TO murder
you. II we're ~peaceablc, what's to
prevent you from givin' us a passage
back to San Francisco. where we're
known an where wen have at least
a fightin.' chance to git somethin' to
eat o~ccasionailyr 4
"You know mighty we'll what's to
prevent me. Glib. / amt got no a
senger license. an I'll be %keel-hnuled
an sk~ull-dragged II I fall for your
cute little game. my son. l amt layin'
myself liable TO a fine from the inspec-
tors an maybe have my ticket book
took away to boot"
Enough OF this CAB" Mr.. Glbney
roared. MY patience is exhausted.
I'm dog-tlred an I'm goln' to have
peace IL l have to fight for It. Me an
Bart stays aboard the steamer Maggie
until she gets back to Frisco town or
until we're hove overheard in the In
term by the weight of numbers. An
II n man, or set o. male bipeds that
calls themselves men. is SO foolish as
TO try to evict US from this packet,
then all l got to say is that they're
trinin' with death, I got my arms left.
even II my feet is on the fritz,
Scrnggs," he continued. "an II you
start anything I'll hug you an your