The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-23

Gown in black and white, one of the principal objects of this syndicate is to lead a life of wild adventure. In tradin', there ain't no adventure to speak of. We ought to do a little black -birdin', or raid some of those Jap pearl fisheries off the northern
 "But4we'H be chased by real gun boats if we do that objected Captain Scraggs. "Those Jap gunboats shoot to kill. Can't you think of somethin' else, Gib?'
 Well" said Mr. Gibney, flor a starter, I can. Suppose we just head straight for Kandavu island in the Fi- Jis, and scheme around for a cargo of fifty dollars pound. Kandavu lays somewhere in latitude 22 south, long itude ITS west, and when I was there last it was fair reekin' with cannibal SavageS. But there's tons of black coral there. and nobody's ever been able to sneak in and get away with it. Every time 8 boat used to land at Kandavu, the native niggers would beach, and it's got so that shippers give the island a wide berth"
 'aGib, my dear boy" chatered Cap tain Scraggs, I'm man of peace and I-I-'
 ''Scra ggsy, old stick-in n-the- mud g said MT. Gibney. laying an affec- tionate hand on the shippers shoul- der. you're nothin' of the sort. and nobody knows it bet tern'n Adelbert P. Gibney. I've seen you dn action. Scraggsy. Remember tha-. It's all right fou you to say you're a man of peace and advise ma and McGuffey to keep out of the track of trouble, but we know that away down low you're g'oin' around lookin' for blood, and that once you're up agin the enemy, you newer bat an eye | lash. Eh, McGuffey?"
 McGuffey nodded; whereupon, Cap
 
 fort to conceal the pleasure which MT. Gibney's rude compliment afford ed him, turned to the ,srail glanced seaward, and started to walk away to attend to some trifling detail con nected with the boat falls.
 l All right, Glib, my lad he said affecting to resign himself to the in evitable. have it your own way. plain captain, buA I'll follow wherever you lead. I'll go as far as the next man and we'll glom that black coral if we have to slaughter every man. woman and child on the island. Only, when we're sizzlfn' in pot don't you up and say l never warned you, be- cause I did How dye propose in- l timidadn' the natives, Glib ?''
 ''Scraggsy," said the commodore solemnly, we've waged private war agin friendly nation, licked 'em and helped ourselves to their ship. We've changed her name and rig and her official number and letters and we're sadlir' under bogus colors That makes us pirates, and that old Mag gie tburgee f1oatin' al the fore ain't nothfn' more nor less than the Jolly Roger. All right! Let's be pirates. Who cares? When we slip into M'ga1ao harbor we'll invite the king and his head men aboard for dinner | We'll get lem drunk, clap lem in dou- ble irons, and surrender lem to their weepin' subjects when they've filled the hold of the Maggie II with black coral. If they refuse to come aboard we'll shell the bush with that long gun and the Maxim rapad-fire guns we've below the decks That'u scare 'em so they'll leave US alone and We cen help ourselves to the coral.' Scraggs cold blue eyes rIistenad got head" Hike playin' post-office." was Mc- IGufey's comment
 The commodore smiled q thought you noys would see 1t tha. way. Now l tomorrow I'm going ashore to bl1v three divin' outfits and law in bie stock Of provisions for the voyaee Tn the meantime, while the carpenaers are settin' the ship into shape. we'll leave the first mate in charge while we go ashore and have a good time. I've seen worse places than Panama :; NCOnGnued Tomorrow