Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-12-28

I Sprang TO the stern. and attempted. by
sculling, 10 keep the skif's head up 70
the waves. But the weight Of the
u cable whirled the little craft around.
wave rolled In over her counter, and
half-hlled her; the succeeding wave
completed the job and rolled the skin
\ over and The Squarehead 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 submerged
skiff M the end OF II. Captain ScraggS
and The Squarehead leaned over the
CheSapeake's rail and tugged furious
/ ~. when the wreck came alongside bur
all Of their strength was unequal 10
the task OF righting the little craft by
hauling up on the light rope attached
/ 10 her thwart.
For ten dollars more each me an
Macll tail on to that rope an do our
best TO right the skin. After shes
righted. I'll bail her out. borrow new
oars from this here bark. an help Neils
row back to the Maggie with the
/ cable" Mr.. Gibney volunteered. Cash
In advance, as per usual"
You're a pair of highway robbers,
but I'll take you" Scraggs almost
walled. and paid out the money;
/ whereupon Gibney and McGuffey
tailed" on to the rope and with rau-
coUs cries hauled away. AS a result
Of their efforts, the thwart came away
with the rope and the quartet sat down
with exceeding abruptneSs on the hare
| pine deck Of the Chesapeake.
II had an idee that thwart would
pull loose" Mr.. Gibney remarked
| well, what're you gOin' TO do nOwE
II amt licked yet-not by joyful
Scraggs snapped. "Tialyorsen, haul
down that signal halyard from the miZ
/ zenmast, take one end of il In your
/ teeth, an swim back TO the Maggie
with IT, Wen fasten heavier lin'
TO the cable. an haul the cable aboar'
with the Maggie's winch"
You say that so nice, Scraggsy, ole
hopeful, I'm tempted TO think you caf
whistle IL. Neils, he's only askin' you
TO risk your life overheard for nothing.
/ Taint In the shippin' articles that g
seaman's got To do that II he want
/ a swimmin' exhibition make him pay
for it-through the nose. An II
was you. I'd find out how much o this
two thousand dollars towage he's goin
TO distribute to his crew. Pers'nll.
/ I'd get mine in advance"
"AdeIbert p. Gibney," Captain
Scraggs Missed. There's such thinf
| as drivin' man 20 distraction. Hal.
vorsen. are you with meT'
aye bane-for Saxty dollars. Hay
bane worth a months pay for tak'
| dat swim"
"YOu dirty Scowegian migrate. Well,
you don't get no sixty dollars from me.
Bear a hand and we'l drop the ships
/ work boat overheard. l guess you can
tow a signal halyard to the Maggie,
can't you. NeilSf"
Neils cOuld-a and did. Within fifteen
minutes the Maggie was fast to her
prize. Now Wen cOckbill the an
Choir" quoth Captain Scraggs, so Ne
/ Guffey reporting sufficient steam In the
donkey to turn over the windlaSs, the
/ anchor was raised and cOckbllled, and
the Maggie hauled away on the hawser
the instant Captain Scraggs signaled
his new navigating officer that the
hook was free Of the bottom.
THE old girl don't seem to be max
in Roadway in the right direction" Nc
Guffey remarked plaintlvely. after the
| Maggie had strained at the hawser for
/ five minutes. Mr. Gibney, standing
by with n hammer in his hand nodded
/ afiirmatively, while the skipper Of the
| Chesapeake. whom Mr.. Gibney had had
the forethought to carry out OH deck
/ TO watch the operation, glanced appre-
hensively ashore. Scraggs measured
the distance with his eye to the near
est fringe of surf and II was plain that
he was worried.
Captain Scraggs" the skipper Of
the Chesapeake called feebly, "Mr.
Gibney is right. That craft Of yours
is unable to tow my ship against this
wind. You're losing ground, inch by
inch. and II viii be only a matter OF
an hour or two. II you hang on TO me,
before I'll be in the breakers and
total loss. You'll have TO get sail on
her or let 20 the anchor until a tug
| arrives"
II don't know a thing about a sailin'
ship" Scraggs quavered.
II know II ALL" Mr.. Gibney cut In,
but there amt money enough in the
world TO induce me to exercise that
knowledge to your profit" He turned
10 the master of the Chesapeake. For
one hundred dollars each, McGuffey
/ an I will sail her In for you, sir
"TT not take the risk, Mr.. Gibney.
Captain Scraggs. II you viii follow my
instructions Wen get some sail on the
Chesapeake. Take those lines through
the leading blocks to the winch