Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-03-30
RE.ENTER MeauFFEY.

synopsis. Captain Phineas p.
6craggs has grown up around the
docks of San Francisco. and from
moss boy on . river steamer. risen
to the ownership Of the steamer
Maggie. Since each annual In
spsction promised to be the last of
the old weatherbeaten vessel.
Scraggs naturally has some dim
Guilty In securing . crew. When
the story opens. Adelbert P. Glib
ney, llkable, but erratic, man
whom nobody but scraggs would
hire. Is the skipper. Neils Halvor-
sen. solemn swede. constitutes
the forecastle hands, and Bart Nc
GufYey, a wastrel of the Glbney
type, reigns In the engine room.
With this motley crew and his an
clent vessel. Captain Scraggs Is
engaged In frelghting garden
truck from Halfmoon bay to San
Francisco. The inevitable happens:
the Maggie goes ashore in fog.
A passing vessel hniling the wreck.
Mr.. Gibney gets word to a towing
company In San Francisco that the
ship ashore is the Yankee Prince.
with promise of rich salvage.
Two tugs succeed In pulling the
Maggie into deep wateS. and she
slips her tow lines andsgets away
In the fog. Furious at the decep-
ton practiced on them. Captains
Hicks and E'laherty. commanding
the two tvgboats. ascertain the
identity OF the Yankee Prince"
and. fearing ridicule should the
fnr 70 al long tho
ter front, determine on personal
vengeance. Their hostile visit to
the Maggie results In Captain
Scraggs promising to get new
boiler and make needed repairs to
the steamer. Scraggs refuses to
fulfill his promises and Gibney and
McGufrey strike" With marvel
Gus luck. Scraggs ships a fresh
crew. At the end OF a few days
OF Wild cOnviviality Glbney and
McGuney are stranded and seek
their old positions on the Maggie.
They are hostilely received. but re-
main. On their way to San Fran
cisco they sight Il derelict and Glib
ney and McGuffey swim to II. The
dereict proves to be the Chesa-
peake. richly laden, Its eht're crew
stricken with scurvy. s.rsggs at
tempts to tow her In. brit the Mag
gle is unequal to the tysk and Glib
ney and McGuney. alpne. sail the
ship to san Francisco their sal
wage money amountin. to $1,000
apiece. His crew having deserted
him. Captai.i Scraggs induces them
to return. At an ''old horse" sale
the three purchase two mysterious
boxes which they believe to con-
tain smuGsicd "Oriental goods"
They hnd. instead. two dead Chi
namen. Scraggs seeks to double
cross his two associates. but Mr..
Gibney outwits him and makes
satisfactory financial settlement
whom tmc bodies have been con-
signed. leaving Scraggs out In the
cold. Gibuey resents McGuffey's
action In lenS'ng money to Scraggs
without consCitIng him. and after
4 terrific wordy combat the three
separate. McGuffey becoming as
slstant engineer OH an oil tanker.
GIbney disappearing. and Scraggs,
forced to lay up the Maggie. takes
a subordinate position on ferry
steamer senor Lopez, Mexican
revolutionist. makes Scrnggs a gen.
erous offer for transportation of
munitions TO Lower California.
ScragGs accepts. and the old Mag
gle Is once more put into comm.s-
sion Arriving Mt his destination,
Scracgs finds his old companion,
Mr.. Gibney. Is the consignee. Time
having softcned animosltIes. the re-
union is Joyful. Gibncy plans to
steal the ammunition and convey
II 10 rcvolution!sts In Colombia. On
the way they are attacked by a
Mexican Gunboat and a terrific
combat cusues.