The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-15

keep them two Chinamen. You two
 ain't out cent yet, an'--as for this | five l wins off you, Scraggs, it's blood | money; that's what it is, an I hereby l gives it back to you. Now, quit yer l Whlnln, or by the tail O the Great
 Sacred Bull, Pll lock you up all night
 in tn cabin along O them two de- | funct Ce1eStials.'
 Captain Scraggs "shut up'' prompt i ly, and 'contented himself with glow
 ering at Mir Gdbney. The mate sat
 plpe, and gave himself up to medita- | ton for fuy five minutes, at the end | Of which time McGuffey was aware
 that his imagination was about to l come to the front once more
 Well gentlemen (again McGuf-
 fey nodded approvingly) T bet I get
 my twenty bucks back outer them two
 chiFkS F4owu he eaa an1ounced no n s,t presently | Guffey politely.
 '.How'n I do it? Easy as fa1lin' | through an open hatch. Pm a-goin' 1 Keep them two stiffs in tn boxes l take 'em out. bend a rope around
 their middle, drop 'em overheard an
 anchor 'em ther all night. I see tn
 iad Eaa we opens p up in No. 1 case has
 done on him, but if I let them soak all night, like a mackerel, they'll | Timber up an look kinder fresh. Then | first thing in thmorning' 1'Il telephone | tn coroner an tell him I found two | hoaters out in tn bay an for him to
 come an get 'en1. I been along the | waterfront long enough t know that 1 tn lad that picks up a fioater gets a l reward O ten dollars from tn city. You can bet that Ade1bert F. Gibney
 breaks even on tn deal. all right"
 ro-o, SID, my dear boy" said Captain
 my actions of a few minutes ago. I | was ul-~rrung. You're still mate O. tn
 AmeNcan steamer Maggie, an'as such,
 welcome to tn ship. All I ask is that you nail up your property, Gib an | remove it from tn dinin' room table want to remind you, however, Gib. | that as shipmates me an McGuffey dont stand for you shoulderin' any | loss on them two cases o'-OrientaI ! goods. We was t share th' gains if
 any. an likewise tn losses.'
 That's right" said McGuffey, flair
 an square. No bellyachin' between ! shIpmates Me an Schaggs each owns
 one-third O them diseased Chinks
 an we each stands one-third O. tn
 loss, if any,
 l But there won't be no loss" pro-
 tested MT. Gibney
 .'Drayage charges, Glib, drayage
 charges. We give a man a dollar to
 tow ,em down t tn ship"
 1 Forget it., answered MT Gibney
 magnanimously, ..an' let's go over am | get a drink. Pm all shook up" l CHAPTER VIII.
 Had either MT. Gibney or McGuffey l 1 ne had left them they would have | been much puzzled to account for l that worthy's actions. First he dodg- | ed around the block into Drumn | street and then ran down Drumm to
 California, where he climbed aboard | a cable car and rode into Chinatown. Arriving at Dupont street he alighted | and walked up that interesting thor oughfare until he came to No. TIA. lie glanced as a sign over the door ana was aware that he stood before | the entrance to the offices of the Chi
 nese Six Companies, so he climbed | upstairs and inquired for Gin Seng,
 who presently mau'e his appearance. l Gin Seng, very nice, fat China 1 man, arrayed in a flowing silk gown, l begged, in pidgin English, to know | in what manner he could be of ser | vice.
 Me heap big captain, alice same [ ship began Captain Scraggs. "On | board ship two China boys have got" 1 (Here Captain Scraggs winked know | 1ngly) China boy no speak Eng | HSh'
 That being the case,'' interposed | Gin Seng, 'I presume that you and I l understand each other. so let's cut l out the pidgin English. Do I under
 stand that you are engaged in evad- | Ing the immigration laws? ?" | Exactly" Captain Scraggs manag- | ed to gasp, as soon as he could re- | cover from his astonishment They l showed me your name an address,
 an they won't leave tn ship where '