The daily Alaskan., 1921-12-15

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 "Glb, my dear boyl" shrieked Cap tain Scraggs and cast himself into Mir. Glbney's arms in a transport of joy. Mir. Gihney, for 1t was Indeed he, pounded Captain Scraggs on the back with one great hand while with the other he crushed the slippers fingers to a pulp, the while he called on all the powers of darkness to witness that never In all his life had he received such a pleasant surprise.
 It was indeed a happy moment. All the old anlmosItles and differences were swallowed up In the glad hand clasp with which Mir. Glbney greeted his old shIpmste of the green-pea trade. Scraggs took him below at once and they pledged each others health In a steaming kettle of grOg, while the Maggie, once more on her course, rolled south toward Descanso bay.
 "Well, I'll be keel-hauled and skull dragged" said Captain Scraggs, pro ducinE a box of two-fOr-a-quarter cigars and handing 1t to Mir. Glbney. "Gib, my dear boy, wherever have you been tbese last three yearsY
 Everywhere" replied Mir. Gibney. "I have been all over mostly in Pana- ma and the Gold coast. For two years I've been navlgatIn officer on the Co., lOmbian gunbOat BOgota. When was a young feler did hitch in the navy and become first-Class gunner, and then went to sea in the merchant ma rine, and got my mates license, and when flashed my credentials on the president of the United States Of Co., lOmbia he give me IOh at "dOs cIenti pesos orc" per. luat's Spanish for two hundred hucES old a month I've been through '"" wars and got a medal for IT. d hshin' smack. talk Span, .....t like a native I don't drlnl. rn nu." to speak of, and T'vD ~,s" my money. SH
 when l gel the price together I'm goin back to San Francisco, buy me nice little schooner, and go tradIn' In the South seas. How they been comin with you, Scraggsy, old kiddoT"
 Lovely" replied Scraggs. "Just simply grand. I'll pull ten thousand out of this job."
 Mir. Gibney whlstled shrilly through his teeth
 That's the ticket for soup," he said admIrIngly. "I tell you, Scraggs, this soldier of fortune business may be all right, but 1t don't amount to much compared to being a sailor of fortune, eh, Seraggsy7 Just as soon as l heard there was a revolution in Mexico quit my job In the Colombian navy and come north for the plckin's. .. No, l ain't been In their rotten little army. Dye think want to go around killIn' people? . There amt DO pleasure gettIn' killed In the mere shank of a bright and prosper ous life a dead hero don't gather no moss, Scraggsy. Reads all right in books, but 1t don't appeal none to me. I'm for peace every time, so right away as soon as I heard of the trouble, says l to myself: Things has been pretty quiet in Mexico for twenty years, and they're due to shift things around pretty much. What them peons need iI a man with an imagination 10 help 'em out, and If they've got the money, Adelbert P. Gib- ney can supply the brains.' So l comes north to los Angeles, shows the in- surrectO junta my medal and my hon. orable discharges from every ship I'd ever been in. lncludin' the gunboat Bo- gOta, and l talked big and swelled around and told 'em to run in some arms and get busy. framed 1t all up for this tillbuster trip you're on, Scraggsy, only never did hear that they'd picked on you. l told that COf- fee-colored rat of a Lopez man to hunt up Scab Johnny and he'd set him right, but If anybody had told me you had the nerve to run the Maggie In on his deal, Scraggsy, I'd a-called him a liar. Scrsggs. yOu're muchO-buenO- that Is, you're all right. I'm so used to talkln' Spanish l forget myself. Still, there's one end of this little deal that I ain't exactly explained to all hands. If I'd a-known they was char terin' the Maggie, I'd have blocked she game"
 "Why?" demanded Captain Scraggs, instantly on the defensive.
 Not that Tn hoIdin' any grudge agin you, Scraggsy," said Mir. Gibney affably. but ! wouldn't a-had you no more now than I would when we was runnin' In the green-pea trade. It's because you ain't got no imagination, and the Maggie ain't big enough for my purpose. Havin the Maggie sort of puts a crimp in my plans"
 Rot" snapped Captain Scraggs. Eve had the Maggie oyerhauled and shipped a new wheel, and she's a mighty smart little boat, I'll tell you. I'll land them arms in DeScanso bay all right"
 "I know you will" said Mir. Gibney