Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1921-11-10


his, soul and babe him be up aud DC
ing. While his head ached slight
/ from the fiery usquebaugh Of the Sow
head saloon, lie craved return to
solid diet. so for several minutes h
lay supine conjuring in his agile brai
ways and means of supplying TIL
need in the absence of ready cash
"I'll have to hook my sextant,
was the conclusion at which he pres
emily arrived. Ten minutes later h
took his sextant under his arm and de
parted for pawnshop In lower Mar
ket street. From the pawnshop he re
turned to Scab Johnny's with eigh
dollars in his pocket, routed out thu
contrite McGuffey, and carried the lat
ter off to ham and eggs.
They felt better after breakfast ant
for the space Of an hour lolled at thu
table, discussing their adventures o.
the past forty-eight hours. swell
there's one thing certain" McGuffey
concluded, San that thing is sure q
cinch. Our strike has petered out
Let's mosey along down to the Mag
gie's dock an see how Scraggsy's get.
tin along"
Forthwith they set out to interview
Captain Scraggs. The owner of the
Maggie greeted them cheerily, but aft
er discussing generalities for half an
hour, Scraggs failed to make over
lures, whereupon Mr.. Gibney an
nounced casually that he guessed he
and Mac would be on their way.
Same here, boys" Captain Scraggs
piped breezily. ~ got new mate an
a new engineer comm aboard at ten
o'clock an we sail at twelve"
Well. we'll see you occasionally"
Mr.. Gibney said at parting.
"Oh, sure. Don't be strangers.
You're always welcome aboard the old
Maggie" came the careless rejoinder.
Somewhat crestfallen, the striking
pair repaired to the Bowhead saloon
to discuss the situation over a glass of
beer. However, Mr.. Gibney's spirits
never dropped below zero while he
had one nickel to rub against another;
hence such slight depression as he
felt was due to feeling that Captain
Scraggs had basely swindled him and
McGuffey. He was disappointed in
Scraggs and said as much. "How-
ever, Bart" he concluded, "we'll
never say die while our money holds
out, and In the meantime our luck
may have changed Let's scatter
around and try to locate some kind of
q job; then when them new employees
O. Scraggsy quit or get fired-whichll
be after about two voyages--an' the
old man comes around holdin' out the
olive branches peace, we'll give him
the horseIayoU
. 'E...ss pleasing = rs search s l iailsd
however, a. ..ssfhe morning of the
fourth day My Gibney announced that
Il would be necessary to raise the
Wind" If the pair would breakfast.
They retired TO the sidewalk to hold a
caucus and Mr.. McGuffey located a
lime which had dropped down inside
he lining of his coat. THAT settles
t." Gibney declared. "We've skipped
.wo meals but I'll be burned If we
skip another. Wen ride out TO the
San Mateo county line on the trolley
With that dime an then hoof it over
he hills to HaIfmoon bay. Scraggs
won't git away from the dock here I'M
II after twelve o'clock. so we know
Ie'll lie at Halfmoon bay all night. If
We start now Wen connect with him
n time for supper Eth, Bart7'
"A twenty-mile hike on tee-totally
mpty stomach, with battle royal on
'ur hands the minute we arrive, weak
IN destitoote, amt quite my idea o.
enjoyment, Glib. but I'll go you If 1t
ILLS me. Let's up hook an away. I'm
Tor gtttin' back to work an usin'
moral persuasion to git that new
,oiler."
Ihey took hitch In their belts and
started. From the point at which they
EFT the trolley to their journeys end
vas stiff six-hour jaunt. up hill and
Town dale, and long before the march
W. Ealf completed the unaccustomed
exercise had developed sundry gals
ma bIisters on the Gibney heels, while
he soles of poor McGuffey's feet were
20 hot he voiced the apprehension that
,hey might burn to a crisp at any mo-
hent and drop off by the wayside.
lhe crew Of the Maggie had ceased
cargo for the day and Cap
am Scraggs was busy cooking supper
n the galley when the two prodigals.
crippled and repentant,
'ame to the door and coughed propi-
nousiy, but Captain Scraggs pretended
lot TO hear, and went on with his task
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