Williams news., 1922-03-10

LO VIII OdCA AO NhC ShCSdPChkC. 1AS climbed up the Jacobs ladder to face
 The cable was hauled back aboard with difficulty, owing to the submerged skiff at the end of 1t. Captain Scraggs and The Squarehead leaned over the Chesapeake's rail and tugged furious ly, when the wreck came alongside, but all of their strength was unequal to the task of fighting the little craft by hauling up on the light rope attached to her thwart.
 For ten dollars more each me an Mac'n tail on to that rope an do our best to right the skfff- After she's righted. I'll bail her out, borrow new oars from this here bark. an help Neils row back to the Maggie with the cable" MT. 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 result of their efforts, the thwart came away with the rope and the quartet sat down with exceeding abruptness on the hard pine deck of the Chesapeake.
 "I had an idee that thwart would pull loose" MT. ~Gibney remarked. "Well, what're you goin' to do now?"
 'I ain't licked yet-not by jugfui, Scraggs snapped. Halvorsen. haul down that signal halyard from the miz- zenmast, take one end of 1t in your teeth, an swim back to the Maggie with 1t. We'll fasten a heavier line to the cable, an haul the cable aboard with the Maggie's winch"
 "You say that so nice, Scraggsy, old hopeful, I'm tempted to think you can whistle 1t. NeilS, he's only askin' you to risk your life overheard for nothing. Faint in the shippin' articles that a seaman's got to do that. If he wants 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 goSa to distribute to his crew. Pers'nIly I'd get mine in advance"
 "Adelbert P. Gibney," Captain as drivin' a man to distraction. dal- vorsen, are you with me?"
 Aye bane-for saxty dollars. Hay bane worth a months pay for take dat swim"
 "You dirty Scowegian ingrate. We'll, you don't get no sixty dollars frosn me. Bear a hand and we'll drop the ships work boat overheard. I guess you can tow a signal halyard to the Maggie, can't you. Neils7"
 Neils could-and did. Within fifteen minutes the Maggie was fast to her prize. Now we'll cockbin the an- chor" Quoth Captain Scraggs, so Me Guffey reporting sufficient steam In the donkey to turn over the windlass, the anchor was raised and cockbilled. 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 mak- in' headway in the right direction" Me Guffey remarked plaintively, after the Maggie had strained at the hawser for five minutes. MT. Gibney, standing by with a hammer in his hand, nodded afIirmatively while the skipper Of the Chesapeake, whom MT. Gibney had had the forethought to carry out on deck to watch the operation, glanced appre- hensively ashore. ScragSS measured the distance with his eye to thf near est fringe of surf and it was plain that he was worried.
 Captain Scraggs," the skipper of the Chesapeake called feebly. MT. Gibney is right. That craft Of yours is unable to tow my snip dSdiust wind You're losing ground, inch by inch. and 1t will be only a matter Of an hour or two, if you hang on to me. before I'll be in the breakers and a total loss You'll have to get sail on her or let go the anchor until tug arriveS.'
 'I don't know a thing about Sail1n' ship" Scraggs quavered.
 "I know it all," MT. Gibney cut In, sbut there ain't money enough in the world to induce me to exercise that knowledge to your profit" He turned to the master of the Chesapeake. 'For one hundred dollars each, McGuffey am I will sail her in for you, sir.'9 "rn not take the risk, MT. Gibney. Captain Scraggs. if you will follow my instructions we'll get some sail on the Chesapeake. Take those lines through the leading blocks to the winch" The engineer of the Maggie came up on deck and waved his arms wildly. "Leggo" he bawled- "rve blown out two tubes. It'll be all can do to ger I home without that tow"
 Jump on that. Scraggsy," quoth Mo | Guffey softly and cast his silken en- 1 gineer's cap on the deck at Scraggs' l feet. The latter's face was ashen as l he turned to the skipper of the Chesa- | peake. 'I'm through" he gulped. "TH have to cast off. Your ships drivin' | on the beach now"
 1 "Oh, say not so, Scraggsy," said | MT. Gibney softly, and with blow | of the hammer knocked out the stop