The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-14
tcOntinued from Saturday.

exposition of his ignorance that he deSired to hide the confusion evident in his sun-tanned face. So he stopped
 over the crates and pretended to be exceedingly interested in them, haul ing and pushing them about and read ing the address of the consignee Who had failed to call for his goods. The
 crates were both consigned to the street, San Francisco. There were
 several Chinese characters scrawled
 on the top of each crate. together
 with the words. in English: Oriental
 Goods"
 AS he ceased from his fake inspec-
 tion of the two boxes, the King of the
 Forty Thieves approached and sur
 veyed the sailor with an even greater
 amount of distruSt and suspicion than
 ever. MT. Gibney was annoyed. He
 disliked being stared at. so he said:
 Hello, B1umenthal, my bully boy.
 Whats aggravatin' you?"
 BIumenthaI (since MT. Gibney, in the sheer riot of his imagination elected to christen him Blumenthal, the name will probably suit him as GIbney and drew him aside. In a hoarse whisper he desired to know if MT. GiDney attended the auction with the expectation of bidding on any or the packages offered for sale. Seek ing to Justify his presence, MT. GIb- ney advised that it was his inte1<ion to bid on anything in sight; wKere-
 upon Blumenthal proceeded to eX- plain to Mir. G1bney how impossible it would be for him, arrayed against the Forty Thives, to buy any article at a reasonable price. Further: Blu menthal desired to inform MT. GIbney that his (Mr. Gibney's. efforts to buy in the "old horses" would merely re- suit in his running the prices up, for no beneficent purpose. since it was ever the practice of the Forty Thieves to permit no man to outb1d them Perhaps MT. Gibney would be satis- fled with a fair days profit without troubling himself to hamper the Forty Thieves and interfere with their combination. and with the words. the king surreptidously slip ped MT: Gibney a fiftydollar green back.
 MT. Gibney's great fist closed over the treasure. he having first, by a coy glance, satisfied himself that it was really fifty dollars. He shook hands with the king. He said:
 fBIumenthal, you're a smart man. I am quite content with this fifty to keep off your course and give you wide berth to starboard. I'm senst- ble enough to know when I'm licked, an a fight without profit aint in my line. I didn't make my money that way, Blumenthal. I'll cast off my lines and haul away from the dock" and suiting the action to the figure, MT. GIbney departed.
 He went first to the Seaiboard drug store where he quizzed the druggist for five minutes, after which he con tinued his cruise. Upon reaching the Maggie, he proceeded to relate in de- tail, and with additional details sup piled by his own imagination the story of his morning adventure.
 'Gfb," said McGuffey enviously you're a fool for luck
 Luck" said Gibney. beginning to expand. 'is what the feller calls relative proposition
 You're wrong, Gfb," interposed lucky an expensive. Take fir in- stance, Mrs. Scraggs' mother"
 ''I mean, you lunkhead," said Mir. Gibney, that luck is found where brains grow. No brain, no luck. No luck no brains Lemme illustrate. A ent O fifty dollars not to butt in on them two boxes I'm tellin' you about. Him an his gang wants them two boxes. Fair crazy to get 'en. Now, don't it stand to reason that them fellers knows what's in them boxes, or they wouldn't give me fifty dollars to haul ship? Of course, it does. However, in order to earn that fifty wouldn't be playin' fair if I didn't. But that don't T~event me from put tin two dear [. ends O mine (here MT. Gfbney encircled Scraggss and McGuffey with an arm each) next to the scret which I discovers, an if there's money in it for old Hockey that buys me off. it stands to reason that there's money in 1t for us three. Wha to prevent you an McGuffey from goin' up to this old horse sale an biddin' in them two baxes for the use and benefit of GIbney Scraggs an McGuffey, all share an share alike? You can bid as high as a dollars, if necessary, an =TIl n1IH o nd I D11o tN the good. I'm telIin' you this because l know what's in them two boxes"
 McGuffey was staring fascinated at MT. Gibney. Captain Scraggs clutched his mates arm in a frenzied clasp.
 What? ?" they beth interrogated.
 You two boys" continued MT. Gibney with aggraYating deliheratfon, 'ain't what nobody would call dunn trouble with both O ycu boys Is you ain't got no ina gination. With out imagination nobody gets nowhere, l unless it's out tn small end O. tn horn. Maybe you boys ain't noticed it. but my ina gination is all that keeps me from goin' to jail. Now, if you two had read the address on them two boxes, it wouldn't a meant nothin' to you. Absolutely nothin'. But with me it's different. I'm blessed with Imagination enough to see right ! them Chinaman tricks. Them two boxes is marked Oriental Goods an cCnSlS7cd Chere MT. Gobney rafS- | ed a grimy forefnger, and Scraggs and McGuffey eyed it very much as if they expected it to go off at any m momenG them TWO boxes is con- 1 signed to the Gin Seng company, TIA | Dupont street, San Francisco
 Well, that's up in Chinatown, all 1 right" admitted Captain Scraggs, | but how about what's inside the two | 
 Oriental goods, of course" said Mc- Suffey. They are consigned to a | Shinaman, an besides, that's what | 1t says on the cases, don't 1t, Gib, Or | ental goods, Scragss. is silks an | satins, rice. chop suey, punk, an l dols an fan tan layouts"
 If there ain't Swiss cheese move 1 nents in that head block of yours. l Mac, you and Scraggsy can divide | my share O these two boxes O. gin- seng root between you. Do. you get | t, you chuckleheaded son of a Irish | potato? Gin Seng, TIA Dupont 1 streiet. Gtnseng-a root or herb | hat medicine IS made out Of The says it's a Chinese goanacea aE1 Ina Gff apg I Ea