The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-04-13
CHAPTER xlv-contlnued.

"By the tail o. the Great Sacred
Bull" chartered Scraggs. "Gib's right"
McGuffey was plainly disappointed.
81 hadn't thought o. that at all Glib. !
been cherishin' the thought o. lammin'
the whey out'n that mate. but II you
say so I'll give up the idee. But If
bringin' the Maggie ii into home wa
ters Is lnvitin' death, what In blue
blnzes're we goin' to do with herr"
MIR. Gibney smiled--an arch, cunning
smile. "We'll give her to that muir
derin' mate. free gratis"
Captain Scraggs bounded out Of hts
chair, struck the hot deck with his
bare feet. cursed. and hoped back
into the chair again. McGuffey stared
tncredulously. "Gib, my dear boy"
auavered scraggs. SAY that agin."
yes" continued the commodore
placidly, "well just get shet o. her
peaceable like by givln' her to this
mate. Don't forget, Scraggsy, old tar
pot, that this mates been passn' him
self Off for you in Honolulu, an II
there's ever an investigation, the trail
leads to the Maggie ii. This mates
admitted being Captain Scraggs, an II
ne's found with the schooner In his
possession It'll take heap o. evidence
Tor him to prove that he ain't Captain
Scraggs. Wen just keep this here mate
In the brig while we're disposing Of
our black coral, pearl, shell and copra
In Honolulu. an then, when we've
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booked for San Francisco"
but who says we're goin' back to
San Francisco?" cut In McGuffey.
"Why. where else would men with
money in their pockets head for, you
oil-soaked piece of ignorance? Amt
you had enough adventure to do you a
spellr demanded Captain Scraggs.
Me an GIBBS for goin' back to San
Francisco, SO shut up. II you got any
objection, you're outvoted two to one
I'm the syndicate"
McGuffey subsidized, growing. and
Mr.. Gibney continued:
"When we're ready to leave Homo
lulu. we'll bring this mate on deck.
make him kind Christian talk an
give him the Maggie II with the com
pliments o. the syndicate. He'll think
our sufferln's on that island has
touched us with religion an he'll be so
tickled he'll keep his mouth shut.
Then, with all three of us safe an out
o. the mess, an the evidence Off our
hands. well clear out for Gawd's coun.
try an look around for some sort of a
profitable investment"
The commodore sighed. "She's q
love of boat an II breaks my heart
to give up the only command I've ever
had, but the fact is, Mac, her posses
sion by us Is dangerous, an we don't
need her, an we can't sell her because
her records got blurs on 1t. We can't
convey a clean an satisfactory title
Anyhow. she didn't cost us cent an
there ain't no real financial loss II we
give her to this mate. He'd be glad to
get her II she had yellow Jack aboard
an IL he's caught with her he'll have
to do the explainln'. When you're
caught with the goods In your posses.
sion. Mac, 1t makes the explainin' all
the harder. Besides. we're three to
one, an If II comes to a showdown
later we can outswear the mate"
Captain Scraggs picked his snaggle
teeth with the little blade of his jack
knife and cogitated minute.
"well," lie announced presently. "fal
be II from me to fly in the face o. Q
felon's death. I've made heap O
money, follerin' GIBBS advice. an bust
my bob-stay II don't stay put on this
Glib. it's your lead"
swell, I'll follow suit GIBBS got al
the trumps," acquiesced the engineer
eve got plenty o. dough an no boart
bills comm due. so we'll loaf along
shore until Glib digs up somethln
good"
"How about Neils?" queried Captain
Scraggs. "Do we continue to let tina,
ex-deckhand In on our fortunes?"
"If Neils Halvorsen had asked yor
that question when he come to rescu,
you the day you lay a-dyin' o. thlrs
on that desert island, wouldn't 20,
have said yes?"
"Sure pop"
"Then don't ask no questions that.
unworthy of you," said Mr.. Gibney Sc
vereiy. II don't want to see none O
them green-pea trade ethics croppIn
up In you. Scraggsy. II It wasn't fo
that Swede. the sea-gulls'd be pickin