The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-12-09

you o. mine. 30 we won't have M
hard feelin's at partin'. boys an tC
show you Tn q sport I'll treat to 9
French dinner an q motion picture
show afterward. Further. / shall re
gard a refusal of said invite as q
pers'nal afrront-"
by golly. you're gittin' sporty In
your old age" the engineer declared
"rll 20 you. Scraggs. How about you
CHR
81 accept with thanks, Scraggsy, old
tarpot. Personally, maintain that
seamen should leave their troubles
aboard ship
That's the sperrft I appreciate,
boys. Come 10 the cabin an I'll pay
you on. Then wait q coupler min
utes till I shift int ny glad rags an
away wen 20. like Paddy Ford's goat
on our own hook"
"Old scraggsy's as cunnin' as 4 pet
fox, amt her the new navigating ON
Ger whispered a. Sraggs departed
for his other suit. Hes goin' to blow
himself on us tonight, thinkin' to soften
our hard resolution. Wen fool him.
Take all he gives us, but stand pat,
Bart"
Bart nodded. His was one Of those
sturdy natures that could always be
depended upon to play the game, win,
lose or draw.
AS preliminary move, Captain
Scraggs declared In favor Of couple
Of cocktails to whet their appetites
for the French dinner, and according
ly the trio repaired to an adjacent
saloon and tucked three each under
their belts-all at Captain Scraggs'
expense. When he proposed a fourth,
Mr.. Gibney's perfect craftsmanship
caused him to protest, and reluctantly
Captain Scraggs permitted Glbney to
buy. Scraggs decided to have a cigar,
however, instead Of another Martini
The ethics Of the situation then indi-
Gated that McGuffey should "set 'em
up" which he did over Captain
Scraggs' protestant again the wary
Scraggs called for a cigar, alleging as
an excuse for his weakness that for
years three cocktails before dinner had
been his absolute limit. A fourth cock
tall on an empty stomach, he declared,
would kill the evening for him.
But why descend to sordid and vul-
gar detailsi Suffice that when the
artful Scrsggs, pretending to be over
come by his rotations and very Ill into
the bargain, begged to be delivered
back aboard the Maggie, Messrs. Nc.
Guffey and Gibney loaded him into q
taxicab and sent him there, while they
continued their search for excite
ment. Where and how they found
1t requires no calculation here
It Is sufficient to state that It was ex
pensive, for when men Of the Chine.
and McGuffey type have once gotten !,
fair start naught but financial dissolu
ton can stop them.
On Monday morning, Messrs. Git
ney and McGuffey awoke in Sea
Johnny's boarding house. Mr.. Chine
awoke FIRST, by reason Of the fact tha
his stomach hammered at the door q
his soul and babe him be up and d.
ing. While his head ached slight
from the fiery usquebaugh Of the Bow
head saloon, he craved q return to
solid diet, 30 for several minutes
. lay supine, conjuring in his agile bral
ways and means Of supplying tn
? need In the absence Of ready cas-
"Tll have to hook my sextant
, was the conclusion at which he pre-
emily arrived. Ton minutes later
! took his sextant under his arm and d
, parted for pawnshop in lower Ma
, ket street. From the pawnshop he r
turned to Scab Johnny's with eigl
|, dollars In his pocket, routed out Il
: contrite McGuffey. and carried the Ia
3 ter of to ham and eggs.
, They felt better after breakfast al
Z for the space Of an hour lolled at Il
table, discussing their adventures
!, the past forty-eight hours. 1--WE
: there's one thing certain" McGuff,
: concluded, IAN that thing Is sure
cinch. Our strike has petered o,
' Let's mosey along down to the Ma
gie's dock an see how Scraggsy's g
= tin along"
/ Forthwith they set out to intervit
. Captain Seraggs. The owner Of I
Maggie greeted them cheerily. but a
D err discussing generalities for half
hour, Scraggs failed to make ov'
II lures. whereupOn Mr.. Gibney q
e nounced casually that he guessed
n and Mac would be on their W,
10 "Same here, boys" Captain Scraa
le piped breezily. II got q new mate I
3. a new engineer comm aboard ut
a o'clock an we sail at twelve"
swell. veil see you OCCASIONAL
Mr.. GfbDey said at parting.
T. "Oh, sure. Don't be strange
You're always welcome aboard the
err Maggie" came the careless rejoind
m Somewhat crestfallen, the strik
1t. pair repaired to the Bowhead sale
D. to discuss the situation over glass
no beer. However, Mr.. Cibney's spil
hs never dropped below zero while
re had one nickel tn rub against anoth
nm hence such slight depression as
% felt was due 10 . feeling that Capt
nd Scraggs had basely swindled him ,
r0. Mc(4uffev He waa dloo upoln "a