davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1921-11-19
nured Meour1.
CHAPTER TX


Even after allowing for ths ezpenti-
lures on the engine weighing heavily
on Captain scrsgsS that Individual
continued noross and more than ever
inclined to be sarcastic. Mr.. Gihney
commented on the fact to Nj. heGuf-
fey
Hes troubled financially. en-
We'll. you know who troubled hin.
dcu't you. Bsrty
Il mean about the cost o. them re-
pairs In the engine room Unless he can
conns through IN thirty days with the
balance be owes. tho boiler people are
goin' TO libel the Maggie to protect
THAR claim
Mr.. GSney srehed his bushy eye
brows- How do you known he de-
handed
He was e-teilin' me- Mr.. Mcourry
admitted weakly.
-well. he wasn't a-t,Iiin' me- Mr..
GIhney's tones were ominous; he
gisred at his friend suspiciousiy as
from the Maggie's cabin issued forth
Scraggsy's voice raised in song.
"Helloi The. old boys thermome-
ter's gone Up. Bart Listen at him.
Ever O. thee he's fondly dreamin'.'
Somethin's busted the spell an I'll
bet a eooky It was ready cash." BE
, 1921-11-19

By the honor OF his mother and ne
bones OF his father not TO dfTuiEs a
word OF what he was about to tell him.
scsb Johnny Was short and 10 the
poiut He stated that az Captain
Scraggs was doubtless aware. n he
perused the daily pspeu a all there
was a revolution raging In Mexico
HIS friend, Senior Lopez. represented
the under-dog. IN the disturbance. ana
was anxious to III q ship and a
rsrvy sea captain 70 land a shipmsnt
OF arms IN Lower California ]. ap-
peared that az q sale OF condemned
army goods held at the arsenal At
Benieis. Senior Lopez had. through
scab Johnny. purchased two thousand
singlsshot Springfield rifles that had
been retired when the militia regiments
took up the Krag. The KrsE in urn
having been replaced by the modern
magazine Springfield. tho old single
shot spnnghelds. with nj hundred
thousand rounds OF $50 ball cart
ridges. had been sold to the highest
bidder. In addition 20 the small arrns.
Lopez had at present IN a warehouse
three machine guns and four s-ineh
b~reechloading pieces OF feid artillery
tthe kind Of guns generally designated
az q -jackass battery" for the a
that they can be taken down and trans
ported over rough country on nules)
together with : supply OF ammuni-
ton for same
Nov. then scab Johnny eontin-
ued. -the Job that eonfronts Us Is 10
, 1921-11-19


serrec but to increase the respect Of
Gin seng for the master Of the Maggie
and confirmed him In his belief that
the Maggie was a %snuggler.
Captain Scrsggs took his visitor In
side e> little cabin, carefully locked
and bolted the door. lifted the zinc
flap back from the top Of the crate of
-Orental goods" and displayed the
sacs of the dead Cninaman. Also he
pointed to the Chinese characters on
tho wooden lid OF the crate.
what does these hen scratches
meant" demanded Scraggs-
This man Is named All Chow and
he belongs to tho Hop Sing tong"
'How about his pal heref"
THAT man Is evidently Ng Chong
Zip. He is also n Hop Sing man."
Captain Scraggs wrote It down ,"Au
right" he Enid cheerily; much
obliged. Now, what I want to know
ir what the Hop Sing tor,g means by
shipping the departed brethren by
freight They go to work an tx 'em
up nice SOS they'll keep packs 'em
away IN q zinc cofin. inside a nice
plain wood box, labels EN- Oriental
goods,' en- consigns 'em to the Gin
seng company. TIA Dupont street. San
Francisco. Now. why are these two
countrymen o. yours shipped by freight
.-vhere. by the way, they goes astray,
for some reason that I don't know
nothis' about, an I buys EN- up at a
old horsc snleY'
Gin senx shrugged his shoulders and
replied that he didn't understand
-You iie." ssaried Captain Scraggs.
syou savey ell right, you fat old idol.
you'll It's because e the railroad COM
pany knew these two boxes contained
dead eorpses they'd a-soaked the rela-
tives. which Is you. one fill fare each
from wherever these two dead n
comes from. just the same as though
they was alive an well. But yos has
'em shipped by freight. an aims TO
spend a dollar In thirty cents each
on 'em. by mnrdn' EN- Oriental
goods HeIiuva way to treat a rela-
tion. Now. iooky here, you bloody
heather I'm cost you Just Ave hun
bred dollars to recover these two
stiffs, an close my mouth. IF you
don't come through TIL make a belch
T. tn newspapers an they'll keel haul
an skulldrag tn Chinese Six Compa-
niles an the hop Sing tong through the
courts for evadin' tn laws o. tn inter
state commerce commission, an make
EN- look like monkeys generally. An
then tn pol,ce1l get wind of 1t. Savoy,
policeman. you fat old murderer
tn price I'm nskin' is cheap, Charley.
How do I know but what these two
poor boys has been murdered in cold
blood7 There's somethin' rotten in
Denmark. my bully boy. an you'll
ave time an trouble an money By
diggin' up five hundred dollars"
Gin Seng said he would go back to
Chinatown and consult with his COM
pany. For reasons of his own he was
badly frightened.
Scarce had he departed before the
wntchfui eye of Captain scraggs OBJ
served Mr.. Gibney and McGuney In
the ofing, a block away. When they
, 1921-11-19

army. Dye think I want to
90 around kfnin' peoSIes There
Amt no pleasure gsttin' killed IN the
mere shank Of . bright and prosper
u life . dead here don't
gather no moeL scraEEsg. Reads all
right In bookh but Il don't appeai
zone to ne. I'm for peace every time.
% right away as soon AZ ! heard OF
the trouble, says I 70 myself; Things
has been pretty quiet In Mexico fer
twenty years. and they're due to Ehift
thinEs around pretty much what
them poems need is q man with an
Imagination TO help EN- out and II
they've got the money. AdeIbert P. Gfb-
ney can supply ne enlnl' 30 I come.
north to Los Angeles shown the In
surrecte tuntn my medal and ny hon-
onole discharges from evsry ship I'd
ever been In, inciudin' the Eunbost Bo-
gota, and 1 talked big and grelied
around and told en- TO u In some
, 1921-11-19

get these munitions down to our
friends in Mexico. II we're caught
Bneakin' 'em into Mexico we'll spend
the rest OF our lives in a federal peni-
Tertiary for Dustin the neutrality laws.
All them rifles an the ammunition Is
cased an IN my basement at the pres
ent moment-and the government
agents knows they're there. But that
amt troubling me. 1 rent the saloon
next door an I'll cut a hole through
the wniI from my cellar into the saloon
cellar. carry 'em through the saloon
into the backyard, an out into the
alley half a block away. I'm watched.
but ! got the watcher spotted-only
he don't know II. Our only trouble
Is a ship. how about the Maggie7"
ira have TO spend about two thous-
and dollars on her to put her IN condi-
ton for the voyage" Scraggs replied.
"Can do" scab Johnny answered him
briefly. and Senior Lopez nodded &C
quiescence- You discharge on a light
er at Descanso bay about twenty miles
below Ensennda. Whatll It cost usi"
"Ten thousand dollars, In addition
to iiIin' up the Maggie. Half down
and half on delivery. I'm riskin' my
hide an my ticket an ! got t. be well
paid for It."
Again Senior Lopez nodded. what
did he carei It wasn't his money.
It'll furnish you with our own crew
Just before you SAIL" scab Johnny con-
tinued- Get busy"
Gimme a thousand for preliminary
expenses" scraggs demanded. After
that Speed is my middle name"
The charming Senior Lopez produced
the money in crisp new bills and. per
feet gentleman that he was. demanded
no receipt As q matter of fact,
Seraggs would not have given him one.
The two weeks that followed were
busy one for Captain ScragsA The
day after his interview with Scab
Johnny and Don Manuel he engaged
m engineer and a deck hand and went
up the Sacramento to bring the Mag
gle down to San Francisco. Upon
her arrival she was hauled out on
the marine ways at Oakland creek.
cleaned. caulked. and some new cop
per sheathing put on her bottom. She
was also given a dash Of black paint,
had her engines and boilers thorough
~ overhauled and repaired. and
shipped q new propeller that would
add at least & knot to her speed. Al.
70. abe had her stern rebuilt. And
when everything was ready. she slipped
down to the Black Diamond coal bunh.
ers and took on enough fuel to car
~ her to San Pedro; after which
she steamed across the bay to San
Francisco and tied up at Fremont
street wharf.
The cargo came down In boxes, vari.
ously labeled. There were "arricul-
tural Implements" 4 "cream separat-
or" a windmill" and half q dozen
"sswing-machinss,r In addition to a
considerable number OF kegs alleged
to contain nails Most of II ans down
after 1--WE o'clock In tho afternoon
after tho w%harfinger had left the dock.
and as nothing but a d~lsordered brain
would have suspected the steamer Mag.
gle of an attempt to break the neutral.
itE laws tho entire cargo was gotten
, 1921-11-19

serapgsy Some Money!
menaced Mr.. McGufrey with a rigtd
index finger. Bart" be demanded,
did you loan scraggsy some money!"
The honest McGuney hung his head.
"A little Bit" he replied childishly.
"what dye call a little bitr'
Three hundred dollars, Glib"
"Securedf"
"He gimme his note at eight per
cent The savin's bank only pays
four"
us the note secured by endorse
ment or collateralr'
mo-
"Hum-m-mi Strange you didn't say
nothin' to me about this till I had
to pry 1t out o. you. Bart"
well. scrasEsy was feelln' so dog
goned blue
"The TRUTH" Mr.. Grbney insisted
firmly, the truth. Bart"
swell. scrsggsy asked me not to nay
anythfn to you about It"
Sure. He knew I'd kill the deal.
He knew better'n to try to nick me for
three hundred bucks on his DANCED,
worthless note. Bart, why'd you do
it7"
"oh. hill. Glib. be a good feller,"
poor McGufey pleaded. Don't be
too hard on OIL Scraggsy.-
We're discussin' you, Bart. Pears
to me you've sort O. lost confidence
In your old shipmate. amt your
Pears that way to me when you act
sneaky like"
McGufrey bridled- 1T amt a sneak
"a rose By any other named be
just as sweet" Mr.. .Gibney quoted.
You poor. misguided simp. II you
rel see that three hundred dollars
again you'll be q lot older'n you are
now. However, that amt none O. my
business. The fact remains, Bart, that
you conspired with Scraggsy to keep
things away from me. wkich shows
you amt the man I thought you were,
so from o on you 30 FOUR way an
I'll go mine"
81 got a right to do as I blasted
please with my money" McGuYey de-
Tended hotly. 81 amt no child to be
lectured to-"
"Considarin' the fact that you
wouldn't have had the money to lend
II It hadn't been for ME. I allow I'm In
suited when 0 use the said money
to give aid an comfort to my enemy.
I'm through"
McGuffey, smothered In guilt, felt
nevertheless that he had to stand by
his guns. SO to speak. "Stay through.
II you feel like It." he retorted. where
d'ys get that chattera Amt I frue.
white. an twenty-one year oldr'
Mr.. Gibney was really hurt. you
poor boob" he murmured. ~It,s the
old game O. settin' q beggar on horse
back an seein' him ride to tho devil,
or siippin' a gold ring In a pigs nose.
An I figured you was my friend ~
well. amt II"
"FooeyI Fooeyi Don't talk to me.
You'd sell put your W mother"
"Gib. you tryin' to pick a fight with
met"
"No. but I would II I thought I
wouldn't git a footrace instead" Glib
ney rejoined s%cnthingiy. "Cfipes.
what a doubie-crossin' I been handed
Honest Bart, when It comes to that
sort O. work Scraggs is in his infancy.
Yea = tano TIN cake"
, 1921-11-19
synopsis

CHAPTER L = Captain Phipe.s P
q ~ @fT.asl.so. and fras nsss BOY On
OF the stsansr Maggie. Since each an
nusl inspection promised 70 b TIE isst
natnrsiiy has some Iieseuity M seonrins
q crew. When the story opens. Adeibsrt
P. Gibney. lIkAhls but erraue.- a man
s aso9 ssi SSsSey s sss s GsIqos. SSuis s sss.m rs
And Bari Meourey. : wastrei OF the Glib
ney type, rsigna In the engine room
CHATTER u-with this motley crew
and his ancient -vesael, Captain SerRggs
from Haifmoon bay TO San Franeisco.
1ns Inevitable happens, the Marie going
ashore In . foE.
CHAPTER lila passing vessel han
ing the wreck. Mr.. Gibney gets word to
= towing company In San Francisco that
With pfemiss Of .. neh salvage. rive
tugs succeed In puihng the Maggie into
deep water. and she alps hsr TOW lines
and gets away In the fog.
zSHxfTg5 Trr.su, At p: deep.
hoste. ascertain the idsnsy OF the .Ysn-
keo Prince" and. fearing rdieule should
the faes. become * nncwn slSss the ws;sr
Their hostile visit to the Maggie results
in Captain 5craGes promirinE to get q
new boiler n make needed repairs TO
the steamer.
CHATTER v-euargsi refuses 20 full
an his prpmi.es sna oibney and MeGus-
scraggs ships a fresh crew. Al ne end
of . few lays OF wild conviviaiity Gibney
and McGufey are stranded and seek
their old positions on. the Maggie: They
nrc hortilely received. but remain On
their way TO San Franeiseo they sight
TO IT,
CHATTER vI-rns dereiict prove. to
be the Chesapeake, richly laden. Its en-
ure crew stricken With ssurvys ssrssss
10 unequal TO the task and Gibnsy and
Mcoufey. alone. sail the ship to San
Franeisco, their salvage money amount
Ing TO u-6o apiecel
CHATTER vm-rndependenry rics, our
two sdventurers stiii have . kindly feel
ins deserted him. Captain scrnsss in.
duces them 10 return AT an "old horse
sale thu three purchase two mysterious
ooxes which they believe to contain
smusgied Oriental goods" nav aad.
inEtesd. two dead chlnhmen-
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-22
WacS Lose to Sailors
First Practice Game

Without preliminary practice the
Wacs went up against a team from the
Eagle boats that were in Kahului
harbor in a game at Waikiki Ball
Park last Sunday. So far as the
Wacs were concerned the meeting
was no measure of their abilities or
possibilities but the Eagle Boat nine
showed they had enjoyed the oppor-
t%unities for early practice and are al
ready an organized team. They
strolled away with the bacon to the
score OF 8 to 5.
1t was the first time since the In
ter-Island games of the last Fair that
the Wacs had been cut on the diamond
and they showed that they have need
Of practice to round up into season
shape. After the game they were
lame and sore.
On the other hand the Sailors were
in fine fettle. They led all the way
through and put up a Glass A. article
with Gallagher in left garden doing
some particularly SNOWY playing.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-22
MaypOle Dances and
Kite Flying Contests
Plans go Forward

No prettier custom has ever grown
UP among a people than that which
the English developed in their May
Day dances. In the middle ages and
up to the time of the Puritans, it was
the custom of every English village
to erect a Maypole in the center of
the village green, to deck it with fresh
flowers and colored ribbons, and to
dance around it at intervals all day.
In America, centuries later, the prac-
tice still exists. On this Island, May
Day is to be observed in the old ira
ditional way, Maypoles gaily decorated
and children dancing, perhaps the
same steps that were danced in Chau-
GERS time.
This year the Maypole dancing will
be held on Saturday afternoon, April
80, at Waikiki ball park. From pres
ent indications there will be eight,
possibly nine Maypoles, and the girls
who are to participate are practicing
in real earnest.
The program will commence at two
o'clock with the kite-fiying contest, for
which various prizes have been pro-
vided, and afterward will come the
Maypole dancing. The winning May
pole will receive a pennant and posi-
bly, another prize in addition.
A nominal admission fee will be
charged to cover the cost of prizes,
probably 10 cents for adults and 5
cents for children.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-22
SPORTS
Baseball Season
To Open May 10
Four Teams are Assured With
Entries Remaining Open
Until Monday Morning;
Japanese Stay Out.

Baseball will come back into its
own on May Is, the date officially
selected for the opening games of the
Senior League series at a meeting OF
the baseball committee of the Athle-
tic Committee held Monday evening.
At least four teams will be entered
but at this time it appears that the
Japanese team will not participate in
the games. Those in attendance at
the meeting were c. A. Puck, acting
chairman, George Cummings, Foster
Robinson, Henry Robinson, John NJ,
Medeiros and w. F. Alfonso.
Waikiki a. a, Lahaina a. A, Pun
nene and Paia are the entries thus
far made for the championship series
but entries will remain open with c.
A. Puck, until 8 a. m, next Monday.
The only fly in the ointment was the
refusal of the Japanese to accept the
proposal laid down by the committee
and the announcement by Yanagi, the
representative of the Japanese, that
under the proposed conditions no
team would be entered.
1t was proposed by the committee
that if the Japanese were to enter IL
team under the name of Japanese or
Asahis or under any name that indi-
Gated nationality they must confine
membership to the japanese but could
draw members from any district of
the Island, not being confined to a
single district as are the other teams.
If, however, the Japanese wanted to
use players of other races they must
adopt a name not indicative of a ma
tionality and must confine their field
from which to draw to Waikiki dis
trict. Last year the japanese had one
Portuguese playing with them. The
committee felt that it would be I'M
fair to the other teams to permit the
japanese to draw others than of their
own race from all sections of Maui
when other teams were confined to
specified territory to draft players.
Two series are planned to constitute
the senior series, the committee be
lieving that more interest will be
aroused in that way. Games will be
played at Wailuku and Lahaina with
six allotted to the latter diamond. Lat
er in the season when the diamond at
Kahului has been put into shape some
of the games assigned to Waikiki are
expected to be played on the Fair
Grounds diamond.
To arrange the schedule the com
mittee consisting of Foster Robinson,
Medeiros and Alfonso will meet Mon
day evening.
Umpires selected for the season are
Charles Bento, A. Garcia, Frank Lean
dro and A. Enos while the scorers
will be Joe Xavier at Waikiki and A.
H. Waechtler at Lahaina.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-22
American Citizenship
Educational Work is
Being Well Conducted

American citizenship educational
work has gone steadily forward dur
ing the winter term and will be con
tinued through the night schools un-
til June 90, according to the report
of the citizenship committee of the
Maui Aid Association, composed of
e. f. Pleasant, chairman, A. w. Col
Inns, S. A. Baldwin, Mrs. II. w. Rice
and Mrs. A. C. Bowdish, a copy of
which report was received yesterday
and which follows:
"The resignation of Mr.. Judd to
take effect the first of the veal nee
essitated some readjustments in the
work carried on by this committee.
The suggestion of DR.. Tate who has,
since August, headed the work on
West Maui, hat the work be super
vised in the different localities by the
pastors as a part OF their community
work, seemed to be the best solution.
Mr.. Crider took charge of the schools
at Wailuku, Waikapu and Hayashi
Camp; Mr.. Pleasant has been respon-
sible for tn schools at Puunene,
Spreckelsville and Hamakuapoko; and
Mr.. Bowdish has supervised those at
Paia, Old Kailua and Keahua. DR..
Tate has continued in charge of the
work on West Maui.
Motion Pictures Used
"The committee authorized the pur-
chase of a DeVry protector and a Ford
Generator and that equipment is used
,,r,,1,rI,- L., th, ephAA1e in oiNiay ON
occasional evening of entertainment
and social enjoyment. On such special
evenings the boys are asked to bring
their friends. Usually about two reels
of educational film and a comedy are
shown. There is a lively song, usual
ly one or two short talks and, where
the crowd is lot o large, some
games. The committee now has two
portable projectors in operation. DIR.
Tate has used n since the begin
ming of the fall term. AS often as
possible outlying camps are visited
where it is not feasible to organize a
school.
The teachers are, with one or two
exceptions, American teachers, re-
cruited from the public schools. They
are paid SIS a month for three nights
a week, and $40 for two nights. Nearly
all the schools are three night schools.
The sessions in all are hour and a
half long. The pay is not sufficient
to be a particular inducement in it
self. The work is not easy but it
is interesting and the teachers believe
it is worth while. There were 81
teachers helping in the schools during
The term.
THE boys pay a tuition of $1.5O a
month for a three night school and
S1.00 for two nights. During the term
the boys paid into the treasury of h
Maui Aid Association S1192.75.
1.-THE schools and average enroll
ment are as follows: Paia, As; Kai-
lua, IL; Keahua, 81; Hamakuapoko,
IA; Spreckelsville, 55; Puunene, 81;
Camp One, IL; Waikiki, 20; Waika-
pu and Hayashi, %.
THE foregoing schools are on Cen
trail Maui. On West Maui there are:
Pump Camp, 20; New Mill Camp, II;
Old Mill Camp, g.; Kiawa Camp, II;
Olowalu, 90.
The total number of boys attend
ing was 343, and the attendance has
peer very regular. The enrolment is
less than the fall term due partly to
the fact that some of the boys ahVe
to- work nights.
Itch spring term beginning April
s will be a two and a half month term
closing June 3D."
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-22
NEW BOWLING RECORD

j. T. Correa established a new rec
ord for the year Wednesday evening
at the Waikiki Gymnasium by hitting
253 o nthe bowling alley. The pre-
vious record of 246, made last March,
was held by George Cummings.
Correa ran up his score in this
wise: The first four frames were
strikes, a blow which was followed by
a spare and then in turn by six strikes.
By making this mark Correa takes
possession of the ". f. Apanako tro-
ply. 1t is understood that a new prize
will be offered by George Cummings.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-22
List of Events in
Swim Meet Ready
Well Diversified and
Arranged for Men, Women
And Girls at Varying Dis
tanceS.

AT a meeting of the swimming com
mittee of the Maui County Fair &
Racing Association. held Monday even
ing the program for an "All-Maui'
water carnival was arranged to take
place at the swimming tank of the
Puunene Athletic Club, Puunene, Mau
on the evening of Saturday, June IL
Kamehameha day.
The program calls for the following
events:
Open to all men:
so yds., 100 yds., 22O yds., free style
so yd. back stroke.
100 yd., breast stroke.
so yd., obstacle race.
so yd., clothes race.
Plunge for distance.
Spring board diving.
High diving.
Trapeze and slide.
Boys under 10 years, 25 yard race.
Boys under Is years, so yard race.
Women and Girls
so I'd, race.
Spring board diving.
Six men relay race made up of en-
piOyees from commercial concerns.
Six boys relay race by Boy Scouts.
The committee in charge of all ar
engagements and who will represent the
swimming from their respective dis
tricts are:
Robt. Hughes, chairman; Frank
Lufkin, Lahaina.
+. d. Lewis, Waikiki, Frank Rich
ardson, Paia.
Donald Young and Reginald Hump
hrey, Puunene.
r. b. Rietow, Kahului.
Through the courtesy of the direct
ors of the Puunene Athletic Club the
committee will ahve the use of the
tank on Tuesday and Wednesday ev-
enings for practice any persons wish
ing to enter ay of the races should i'm
mediately communicate with the rep
r~esentative from his district.