Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-02-16

you o. mine. So we wont have n,
hard feelin's at partin, boys, an t,
snow you I'm sport I'll treat to ,
French dinner an a motion pictur,
SHOW afterward. Further. / shall re
gard refusal Of said invite as ,
pers'nal affront."
by golly, you're glttIn' sporty In
your old age" the engineer declared
"rll go you. Scraggs. How about you
Gib?"
Il accept with thanks, Scraggsy, old
tarpot. Personally. l maintain tha,
seamen should leave their troubles
aboard ship"
THAT'S the sperrit I appreciate,
boys. Come to the cabin an I'll nay
you off. Then walt coupler min
utes till l shift into my glnd rags an
away well go, like Paddy FOrd's goat
on our own hook"
"Old Scraggsy's as cunnin' rs n pet
fox, amt he?" the new navigating Off
Ger whispered as Scraggs departed
for his other suit. "He's goin' to blow
himself on us tonight, thinkin' to soften
our hard resolution. Wen fool him.
Take all he gives us. but stand pat,
Bart"
Bart nodded. His was one of those
sturdy natures that could always be
depended upon to play the game, win,
lose or draw.
AS preliminary move. Captain
Scraggs declared In favor of couple
Of cocktails to whct their appetiteS
for the French dinner, and according
ly the trio repaired to an adjacent
saloon and tucked three each under
their bclts-all at Captain Scraggs'
expense. When he proposed fourth,
Mr.. Gibney's perfect spOrtsmanship
caused him to protest. and reluctantly
Captain Scraggs permitted Gibney to
buy. Scraggs decided to have II cigar.
however, instead Of another Martini.
The ethics Of the situation then indi-
up" which he did over Captain
Scraggs' prOtest-nnd again the wary
Scraggs called for n cigar, alleging as
an excuse for his weakness that for
years three cocktails before dinner had
heen his absolute limit. A fourth cock
tail on an empty stomach, he declared,
would kill the evening for him.
But why descend to sortlid and vul-
gar details? Suffice that when the
artful Scrasgs. pretending to be over
come by his pOtations and very Ill into
the bargain. begged to be delivered
back aboard the Maggie. Messrs. Nc
Guffey and Gibney loaded him into a
taxlcab and sent him there. while they
continued their search for excite
men.. Where and how they found
| 1t requires no elucidntiOn here
it Is sufficient to state that 1t was ex-
pensive. for when men Of the Gibney
and McGuffey type have once gotten a
fair start naught hut financial dissolu'
tiOn can stop them.
On Monday morning, Messrs. Glib
ney and McGuffey awoke in Scai
Johnnys boarding house. Mr.. Gibney
awOke first. by reason Of the fact that
his stomach hammered at the door of
his soul and bade him be up and do
ing. While his head ached slightly
from the fiery usquebaugh of the Bow
| head saloon, he craved n return to Il
solid diet, so for several minutes he
lay supinn, conjuring in his agile brain
ways and means of supplying this
need in the absence Of ready cash
"Tll have to hook my seXtant,
was the conclusion at which he pres
emily arrived Ten minutes later he
took his sey;1>e under his arm and de
parted fcs . pnwnshop in lower Mar
ket stree. From the pawnshop he re-
turned to Scab Johnny's with eish'
doljers in his pocket. routed out tht
c1ntrite McGufrey. and carried the TAT
ter off to ham and eggs.
They felt better after breakfast and
for the space of an hour lolled at inc
fable. discussing their adventures o,
the past forty-pight hours. "Well
there's one thing certain,' M"i''iieS
concluded. "an' that thing is sure Il
cinch. Our strike has pctcr"d ON
Lots moscv along down to III" Mag
gic's dock an see how ScraSeSE s"''
tin along"
Forthwith they set out 10 ih''r'''"
c,ntoin Scraggs. The owner OF th'
Maggie greeted them ch"crily, h'lt a'
or discussing generaliticS for hhll hi
hour. Scraggs failed to make over
tures, whercupon Mr.. Chimney an
no,,pced casually that he guessed h'
and Mae would be on Their WA!
"Same here. boys" Captain Srr'H@(
mined brcezily. 81 got new mate IN
new engineer comm aboard 1T '''
o'clock an we sail at twelve
"wel, we'll see YOU occasionally
Mr. Gibney said at parting.
"Oh, sure. Don't he s.r",'s''' :, y
You're always welcome aboard tne "'. m
NIoppie" came the careless r'J"'n"''
somewhat crestfnllen' the s'r'N'''E
mir repaired to the Howhead S'''o'
to discuss the situation over S'"Ts W
heer, However. Mr.. Gihneys sp'rl'>
never dropped below zero "i''e "' "
bod one nickel to rub against ano'l'er
hence such slight depression hs ,' n'
.o,. wac dup TO a feeling that ChP'""