The daily Alaskan., 1921-11-24
CHAPTER ".

The crews Of the ADh00tIfe and The Rodcga slept late, for they were weary md. fortunately, no calls for a tug came inro the offce Of the Rod Stack company an morning. Ah7ut ren o'clock Dan Hicks and THrE F.r- he~Jy hrca kFa>te5 and ahour rer.rh.-. " hNrh met Tn tho oHce. Apparently they were two souls with hut single thought for the right hand of earh sought the SheIC whcrroU rcnoSe5 rho blue volume orHrrt "T1oyd's Reg ter" Dan Hicks reached 1t first r.- rie6 ft TO The counter. wet his -r-v index finger and started turning -.s pages tn a vain search for tho Amn. can steamer Yankee Prince. P-gse--E he looked mp ar Jack F7ahe-v-
 "F1ohr~.y." he s.f5. 'I think yo.-r 9 liar
 "Tne same TO var and many ,. them" F7ane--y -a.#Hd. nor a 'r ahaSnrd .Nnr ~a.F she was an e.s.r -h0u~rnE.r00 ramp"
 "I never rn.nr >n f0r as r0 srv 7. been ahoa~H n.~ ar r~.a- r-#0. -r0r-N and did rrr down ra- tonnage show. In' co- rhr r-mn0rs nr 2 -.r sctoroa 1a'r" Htes, H.sa05aE h'vs.
 He closed The hnrG nE.h sigh ar. placed r- Nar. ar rho shelf fHs SIS The door opened 70 admit no .r~- oe-so0aca rNu. Bartholomew NrEu. fcy. ra-e rnfnf engineer f-T rS>-- s7-. second aS>.>-ar- rn.-E FS~s.-. wiper. ouc- wa-o-ror#e- and Sr...- ar rnr $ $ N.--.a N.h h-nz rr. TO ge-k vrhn-r N- NrEurar an. preached Dan Hicks
 "I been Iookfu. fo- you. captain P. announced Say hear rhe r'.a. rhe A0r-nTEt.'~ En.r' co take g .Hr.a months. IavaT ra rn- >na. os his -h.a ua-tsm. I> rhar s--a.r'rz"
 @I believe r Is. NHeHTey
 Well >ar. T5 r"sa n. hrvo 8 -ha-~a -o Srhsrroa- Tor him yor E0.v my -azahHrsr> Hicks. on. f a- wor.5 na ac-pearHa 70 vau -u have me fa- v0.- chief yor- -nrn-~a0f.-.n ion w0.5 TorC WAY rnv.a-r 'ar"r me -'. 'nn I'd sr.-~ ~nEa .raw engines haHr-r~
 "wha- vessel have gar hea- on '0-o rvv~ Hicks demanded cautiously s.- he krav v- NrGn~eg', reputation 'r- na---n-h"Err around nar day
 a7 hrar rf.h -na- H-a>nrra.e- sara-. ger S.~n--~ ia m. Narrte for rrs. q yea-"
 -D,a von or- o- s.a S.-ar-s fire v0rr"
 aHr e-,= me- W-Er~av 7a-#af honestly "r, no nrr-r I'd Nrva gn.- SO r-- a rrS~ r0 CH~'r. .- from HeIfmaor hay Ia>r 0IgNr wo ro. .1 raa r7e nr. piled m on inc hr-oh '.- below rne Trr~ N0uSc-"
 "TNss Is interesting" Jack T'ahe-v mu-mu-oG "yo0 say she walked ashore OF vou. MrGuTey' wo. Ty hn Snor r"
 "Sha zf7. S-raccs hra-n6 fr a1 me Flaha-rv Flo said ! 6.Hrr 0nEv rne s.rrarS From .re bridge one word '"a r, sno.he- m ha went Hr-r.-. T0E an. ordered me or his shin We'll .r's his snf--n~ r was N's ship. F0- '" ha- dollar shes ground '7 00wf7- hv 7ow-so an oou'f do wus obey ! NoDraz overheard an wafa5 ashore I sun7se sn my o'o.hes 00' things 's gone hz now. ! 1cFr nve-vrh.~E ohaa~1 an. had to borrow this 1w-f- from Sreh Johnny" Ha r.rne5 0a-ner-s'- rv 50 ! cueSs you ~-5a-~-a1E Na0-
 ain Ef~kS fus- how had -oa5 -har
 --ora oN0u- 9 minute ago
 sT7r think r over. Mac. an. Ia, yoU know" Hicks replied e.sS.Tav.
 N- NCGuFey. sensing 0.s aese7- retired forthwith r0 hide h.s euha7- raSSmcut and dls-esss as -he doo- closed behind hfm. Hicks an5 FlaHe-U faced each ogher.
 Jack uuo,h Dan Hicks. "ear TWO towhuat men. ho.5.n down -wo hun d7ed-douar 5ohs an presumed 70 have been 0uE O rho5- swaldlir. clothes for Et least thirty years. Efo-5 to he laughed of rhc San Francis. water fror,r"
 "T know one Of them rlar cznN Dan. Al rhe same time, can a -at Ike Phineas P. ScaECS and 8 heschcomh- CT like his mate Gibney make a pair of ra7,spangled monkeys out 0f said two towboaj men and get away with frT"
 They did that last night Sin, I've known monkeys that would fight aD' was human enough 70 settle a E-udEe- Follow me, Jack"
 Together they repaired 70 Jackson street buTkhead. Sure enough, there lay the Maggie. rubbing her h'fSre7ed sides against the buIkhead- Captain Scracgs was nowhere 1n sight but Mz. GGhney was at the winch, swinging ashore the crates Of vegetables which The SQU8rehead and three l0ncSAo7e- men loaded into the cargo net
 Were ounumhered." Jack Fgahe-ty whispered. Lets walt un-i1 shes un- loaded an Gibney sn' ScEErs are aboard alone"
 They retired without having Ht- tracted the attention of NT. GibDey
 Promptly al twelve o'clock the long zN,----.r, l--,,-l-az oF y-7-l f0- the