, 1921-12-10

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Pacific" he began. I'VE ind tina we
the loot be.ow decks / refer TO his
royal ~highness. the king OF KAndG-u.
and his prime minister. Tabu-rabu.
When these two outlaws was nrst cap
rured. I Informed the syndicate that I
would scheme out q punishment be-
attin' their crime. to-wlt-murcerln'
an eatin' you two boys It's beer a
big job and It's taken some time, me
not helm blessed with quite as ine an
Imagination as our friend. Glib. How
ever, I pride myself hat hard work al
ways brings success. and I an ready TO
what disposition shall be
made OF these two interestin' speci-
mems OF aboriginal life I beg TO an
nounce. gentlemen. that l have invent
ed q punishment itfin' the crime"
Impossible" said Captain Scragg-.
"shut up. s~craggs." struck In Com
modore Glbney. .'out with II. Mac.
What's the programf'
II move you. members Of the syndi-
cate. that the schooner Maggie II pro-
seed to some barren, un~inhablted
Island, and that upon arrival there
this savage king and his stu more
savage subject be taken ashore in q
small boat. ] also move you. gentle
men OF the syndicate. that inasmuch
as the two %aggrieved parties, A. p.
Glbney aud p. Scrnggs. having In a
sporrlt OF mercy refrained from iayin'
their hands on said prisoners for fear
| OF invalldin' them az n time when their
/ services was OF importance TO the ex-
pedition, be given an opportunity 10
take ont their grudge on the persons
NJ said savages. Now. l notice that
he king Is a miserable. skinny. sawed
m and hammered-down old cove. by
'all the rules of the prize ring he's in
Scraggsy's class" (Here Mr.. McGuf-
fey flashed a lightning wink to the
commodore. II was m appeal for Mr..
Glbney's moral support IN tho engi-
neer's scheme to put up n Job on Cap
tain Scrnggs. and thus relieve the
tedium of the homeward trip. Mr..
GIbney instantly telegraphed his APP
rotation, and McGuffey contlnued.l
II notice also that II ! was to hunt the
universe over, I couldn't find a better
match for Glib han Tabu-Tabu. Ard
as we are nil agreed that the white
race Is superior TO any race on earth,
and i'm do US all good TO see n fine
mill before we leave the country, I
move you. gentlemen OF the syndicate.
that we pull of a finish fight between
S%craggsy and the king, and Glib and
Tabu-Tabu. I'll referee both contests
and at the conclusion OF the mixup
we'll leave these two murderers ma
rooned on the Island and then"
Rats" snapped Captain scraggs.
THAT amt no business at all. You
shouldn't consider nothln' short of
capital punishment. Why. that's only
a petty larceny form Of"
"Quit buttIp' in on my prerogatives."
roared McGuffey. .That amt the fin
ish by no menns.'
"What is the finish, thenT'
why, these two cannibnls. helm left
a;5Es On the desert island, naturally
bumps up ngin the old question OF the
survival OF the fttest. They,get scrap
PIN among themselves. and one eats
the other up"
by the toe-naiis OF Moses" NUT
tered Mr.. GIbney in genuine admlra-
tion. "but you have got an imaginn-
tion after all. Mac. The point is well
taken and the program will go through
rs outlined. Scraggs. you'll fight the
king. No buekin' and grumbiin'. You'll
fight the king. You're outvoted two to
one, the things been done regular. and
you can't kick. I'll fight Tabu-Tabu,
So you see you're not gettin' any the
worst OF 1t, Wen proceed to an island
In the Friendly group called TIJUANA
tholo. II lies right In our homewnrd
course. and there mint enough grub on
the COMPOUNDED island to last two men
a week. And I know there Amt no
water there, So. now that that matter
is all settled, We win proceed to heave
the anchor n coo for home. Mac,
tune up your engines and wen get
out Of here a%-whoopin' and n-nyin'."
1t was an eight-hundred-mile run up
to T~uvana-tholo, but the weather held
good and the trade-wlnds never slack.
ened. Ten days from the date OF leay-
Ing Kandsyu they hove to of the
island. It was a long. low. sandy atop.
with a few coconut-palms growing In
the center OF It. and with the exception
Of q vast colony of seablrds that ap-
parently made 1t their headquarters,
the island was devoid of pfe.
The bioodthirsty McGufrey stood at
the break of the poop, and as he gazed
shoreward he chuckled and rubbed his
hands together.
"Great, great" he murnured. 81
couldn't have gotten "A better island II
I'd had one built TO ORDER He called
aft to the navigating officer: "Scrag.
gsy. there's the ring. NothIn' else to
do now but get the contestants into II.
Along In the late afternoon. when the
heat OF the day is over, wen so ashore
and pull on the fight. And, by George.
Scraggs, II that old king succeeds In
lambastin' you. I'll set the rascal free"
Seeing that there was no escape,
Captain ScraGgs decided to blum the
matter through. Lets go ashore and
have It over with" he said carelessly.
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