The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-11
The Green Pea Pirates
 By Peter B. Kyne

thwart; then, with Captain Scraggs paying out the hawser, Nei1s bent manfully to the oars and started to tow the steel cable back to the Mag gie Half way there, the weight of the cable dragging behind slowed The Squarehead up and eventually stop ped him. Exerttng all his strength result of his efforts was to wear himself our, seeing which the Mag gie's navigating officer set the little steamer sts,n in toward the persgpiring and McGuffey cheered Justify.
 Suddenly on oar snapped. Instantly Neils unshipped the remaining oar, sprang to the stern. and attempted, by sculling to keep the skiff's head the cable whirled the little craft around, a wave rolled in over her counter. and half-flled her; the sue ceeding wave completed the job and rolled the skif over and The Square head was forced to swim back to the Chesapeake. He climbed up the Jacobs ladder to face a storm of abuse from Captain Scraggs.
 The cable was hauled back aboard with difficulty. owing to the submerg- ed slxiff at the end of it. Captain over the Chesapeake's rail and tugged furiously, when the wreck came alongside, but all of their strength was unequal to the task of fighting
 
 light rope attached to herthwart.
 For ten dollars more each me an Macu tail on to that rope an do our best to right the stiR. After she's lighted, Iii bail her out, borrow new oars from this here bark, an help Neils TOW back to the Maggie with the cab1e,' MT. Gbbney volunteered. Cash in advance, as per usua1.'
 You're a pair of highway robbers. but I'll ta.ke you," Scraggs almost walled. and paid out the money; whereupon Gibney and McGuffey cous cries hauled away. As a result of their efforts the t1wart came away with the rope and the quartet on the hard pine deck of the Ches- apeake.
 .I had an idee that thwart would pull loose" MT. Gibney remarked.
 .'I ain't licked yet-not by jug ful," Scraggs snapped. "Halvorsen, haul down that signal ha1yard from the n1tzzenmast, take one end of it in Maggie with 1t. We'll fasten heavier line to the cable. an haul he cable aboard with the Maggie's
 You say that no nice, Scraggsy, old hopeful. I'm tempted to think you can whistle 1t. Neils. he's only aslzin' you to risk your life overheard for nothing. 'Tain't in the shippin' ar ticles that seaman's got to do that If he wants a swimmin' exhibition make him pay for tt-through the how much O this two thousand dol | lars towage he's goin' to distribute to his crew. Persn1ly I'd get mine in advance"
 "Adelbert P. Gibney," Captain i Scraggs missed. There's such a thing as drivin' a man to distraction. Hal vorsen, are you with me?"
 Aye bane-for saXty dollars. Hay bana worth a dat swim.'
 You dirty Scowegian ingrate. Well. you don't get no sixty dollars from me- Bear a hand and we'll drop the ships work boat overheard. I guess you can tow @ signal halyard % the Maggie, can't you, Meils teen minutes the Maggie was fast to her prize. Now we'll cockbilI the anchor,' quoth Captain Scraggs. so McGuffey reporting sufficient steam in lass, the anchor was raised and cock billed, and the Maggie hauled away on the hawser the instant Captain Scraggs signaled his new navigating bottom. "The old girl don't seem to be maxim headway in the right/ direc- after the Maggie had strained at the hawser for five minutes. MT. Gib- ney, standing by with a hammer in us ndIiu' Houueu aIIlIinaIiEely, While the skipper of the Chesapeake. whom MT. Oibney had had the forethought | to carry on deck ito watch the oper- ation, glanced apprehensively ashore. | Scraggs measured the distance with his eye to the nearest fringe of surf land it was plain that he was wor | ried.
 | Captain Scraggs." t11e skipper of l the Chesapeake called feebly, "Mr. | Cibney Is rightt. That craft of yours is unable to tow my ship against this wind, You're losing ground. inch by inch, and it will be only a matter of ma baf0se I'll be in the breakers and