The daily Alaskan., 1921-11-17

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 Unfortunately for NIT. Gi0ney, ne had failing. Most of us have. The most genial fellow in the world, he was cursed with too. much brains and fmagluat ion and a thirst which re- Quirrd Qucnching aground pay day. Also. he had that beastly habit of nummy ad which is iuScparahle from a born leader: when he held a first mare' $ berth he was wont to try t0 run the ship" and, on occasions, ladr5, ont suggestions to his skipper. Thg g. in time he acquired a reputa- tioE for heinz unreliable and wind hes with the result that shippers we 20 clarv of engaging him. Not to rs rnn prolix. at the time Captain y raggS made the dish hGartening dis C 0yr~v thnr re had to have a skipper -p~ tho N1woie Mir Gihney found himself reduced Co the alternative 0f rnrrShora work ar a fo7'astle berth In
 q wirdfawmcr hound for blue water.
 With ularrjty. therefore Mir. Gih- rrv ld accepted SrrasGs' offer Of ! ,nrrnry-fvr dollars a Inonth-"and | fouud"-to skipper the Maggie on her rnagtwfSr run. As first mate Of
 steam hoe had no difWulty inducing the rs~crrors fn grant him a license to Skr0urr such an abandoned craft as rhe Na~~.c. and accordingly he hung up his ticl7pr in her pilot house and wre rcgiSrprpd as her master al- rpff under gpntleuran'S agreement Fvlth Scrawge he was not to claim the rf-Ir Of captain and was known to -hp world aS the Naggle'S first maze. second mare third mate. GuarteraeS .pr rr~srr and freight clerk. One NpHs Hnlv0rsen. g solemn Swede with nlarid. bovine disposition cOnsti- .rtod tha fo'cus'E, hands. while Bart NrGuNny. waS'rcI oS the GtbnPy rvne hut slower witted, relCned su- nrrrnc in rhe engine room- Also his ,rso rrsar.hled that Of Mir. Gihney in
 that NrGumry's iob on the Maggie
 was rhr first he had had In six months and he treasured it accordingly. For his reason he and GihnPy had been tncrlner to taEo considerable slnrk
 from Cnutqin Sg'a-CS until McGufey -Uscrvrrnd That. In oU probability. no
 anrfrr.~ Tn the world. except him
 self. would lave the courage tn trust h'msn1s within range o' the MagCie's boilers "u1 consequently. he had 0an-asr SnrE"gs more or less at his mercy Uoor rr1vartiN" this suspicion -o Nrr Gfr- c~, rhn latter decided that ,.r,,rr Lr cold Jpy Indeed. when his Iner ,fu,5I not constitute q club
 herewith ao make Scruggs. as Gih- -.ay rNuts E.d II. mind his P's and '!s."
 .. will Pc" seen. f2s,refore, that mu-
 -r. "ccr- s.ty held this Queerly as-
 ,yrrya ug,p together. and, though they
 ..urrgpl furiously. nevertheless, with ra, pas~n gc of time their own weak ae-~rS aud those of the Maggie had aroused fn each for the other 8 curl onS amro ton. While Captain ScrnEES frequently "DuueF' a monumental blum anrL threatened To dismiss both Gfhupy and MCGuney-and, in Tact, 0craSIuu ally went so far as to order them on, his ship. on their part Glb- uey and NIcGuffey were wont to work 1 The Sa.he racket and resign. With the subsidGnce of their anger and the re- turn 10 reason, however, the trio had habit of meeting accidentally in the EowheeIG saloon, where, sooner or later. they were certain to bury theil ] grudgc in a foamlng beaker of steam
 beer. and return jOyfully to the Mag
 y.e.
 Of furI the little ships company
 Nels TIaHoSen. coToQuially deSlg mated as ~The Squarehead," ." was tho
 only individual who was, in truth anC
 in fact. his own man. Neils was steady. industrious, faithful, capable and reliable; any one of a hundred i deckhund jobs were ever open tC
 NcNs. vet. for some reason best knowE 10 himself, he preferred to stick b!
 the Maggie. Tn, his dull way 1t i
 probable that be was fascinated b! .t'fhe agile intelligence of Mir. GIbney H the viuiolic tongue of CaptatI ' Srrarrs. and the elephantne wit ant 1 grizzly bear courage of Mir. McGufrey < At any rate, he delighted In hearini them snarl and wrangle.
 i However, to return to the Maggl
 which we left entering the tule fo
 few niles north of Plar point: