, 1921-12-17
SYNOPSIS

ChAfIEh L = Captain Phineaa p.
Of sSs Fraaeisco. and nom mess boy on
river steamer. risen 70 thu ownership
OF the steamer Naggie- Since each an
of the old weAtherbeaten vessel. scragga
1Aturally has some din1eulty in securing
a ere~. hhsn The story opens. Adelbert
r. Gioney. Mkable but errauc, \ man
whom nobody bat scragss would hire. Is
ne skipper. Heiis Halvorssn, a solemn
and Bart MeGuney. a wastrei OF the Glib
nsy rpe. reisns In the engine room
CHATTER TWIN this motley crew
n his ancient vessel, Captain ScrnEgs
snEnged In freighting garden tr1ck
rom Halfmoon hay to Ban Francisco.
e.hore In n fog.
CHAPTER m.-A pssstsg vessel hAl-
a towing company IN San Francisco that
the snip ashore Is the Yankee Prince.
win premise OF a rich salyaEe. Tive
deep water. and abe slips hsr tow hnes
and gets away in tho %.
CHAPrne S--rurous At the d.cep-
10 Frrosed fon them, Captains Hicks
F1Aherty. cornmanding the two tug
sss Pr fnesI'I and M ses sasnay g,s II shs ss rsns
the facts become known along the water
front. cstermlne on pereonal. vengeance.
IN csptsin scraags promisins to gel a
new boiler IND make needed repairs to
the stesmer.
CHAPTER v.-scrlgEs refuses TO full
MI bis promises and oibney and McGuf-
icy "strike" With marvellous luck,
of a few days OF wild ~conviviailty Gibney
and Moourey ere stranded and seek
their old Position. on the Magic; The
! d:r.iiss and disnsy and Msoansy swim
CHAPTER v1rhe dereiict proves to
be the Chesapeake. richly laden, Its en-
attsmpts 90 tow her %. but he Massls
McGufsy. alone. sail the ship to San
rrancisco, their snivage money amount
Ing to 1900 apiece.
CHAPTER vu.-Independentiy rich. our
two ndventurers still have a kindly feel
ing deserted him. Captain scraggs In
duces them to return. At an "old horse"
sale the three purchase two mysterious
s s%assio Shl Sorls may sooess i! The GONNA and,
instead. two dead Cinnamon.
CHAPTER xIu-when the ship ar
riven In Honolulu, f;eiia HAlvorsen. for
nsr member of the Naggie's crow, sus-
psots foul play and. SELLING tho vessel
ws s:v tes n wsiss e ass . y a ons e f SS,a iss
owners. guided only by Information he
obtains from the ships los. He reaches
OF his old friends
CHAPTER XVIII reward for his
services. Nells Haivorsen is made a mem
Der OF the ''syndicate." At Honolulu the
cargo Is sold for a large sum and tho
loan government might cause trouble over
tho captured runboat. present tho vessel
to the ~treacherous mate who had left
Francisco the corporation plans the man
agement OF It's wealth Gibney purchases
a d~ereiict which turns out to be loaded
with Goldfish. seemingly worthless, and
r~essntine the bitter criticism OF his as
s~ociates for wasting their money, that
Esnt, LEM aa rssasss i5 ,oin i 6snas sy aas Ne.
Guffey and Scrnggs. in partnership. pur-
chase Q small schooner. the Victor. plan
ney makes a contract with 'scragss to
ship nve hundred tons of agricultural
stufr' on the Victor. The agricultural
by this timo Is an advanced stage OF de
cay. and the shipment naturally would
make tho Victor worthless for passenger
service, which the owners had planned.
After natural acrimonious exchange OF
personalities. Mr.. Gibney relents and re-
leases the owners OF thu Victor from their
Sem So uacsh.d and withdrSws from the Syn
dicste." announcing his intention OF en-
rugfnK in chicken farming" With, Nc
Quincy and Halvorsen, eibney purchases
a power schooner and the three sail for
the South seas, presumably 70 engage
In occupations dear to their adventurous
souls
CHAPTER Cur three advsnturerz
form a "syndicate..' with the g%unboat-
which theyrhavo renamed the Maggie II.
a. their base OF operations. They Fan for
the South Sea islands. where they plan
10 obtain valuable black coral.
CHAPTER xL-Going ashore with sup
possdiy friendly natives. Gibney .and
6craggs are taken prisoners. to be held
for q canribal feast
CHAPTER xn. McGuIey. believing
his friends tc have been killed, shello the
island. Gibney and Scraggs escape. and
reach the ship with two prisoners. the
king of the island and his prime min
ister." utilizing the blacks as divers. tho
syndicate" collects a valuable eargo Of
black coral and ssils for home. With tho
double idea of publishing the 'cannibals for
their treachery and having some fun with
Scraggs. who is not fond OF a fight. Glib
ney and McGurey arrange q tsttc COM
bat with the prisoners, Gibney TO fight
one and Scrnggs the other. Tho five land
on n desert island. and while they as
engaged In the hstc fun the steamer
sails, leaving the fivo marooned.