Phoenix tribune., 1922-07-08
The Green Pea Pirates

tirely recovered from their narrowing
experiences on the desert island Of Tu-
vana-tholo, in the Friendly group.
At the shout of Land, hol" Mr.. Nc
G1ffey yawned, stretched himself, and
sat up in the wicker lounglng chair
where he had sprawIed for days with
Mr.. Gibney and Captain Scraggs, un-
der the awning on top Of the house.
He fexed his biceps refectively, while
his companions, stretched at full
length in their respective chairs,
watched him lazily.
GAS a member O. the Maggie syndi-
cate an ownin' an votin' a quarter in
terest," doomed the engineer, II here
by call meetin' o. the said syndicate
for the purpose O. transactin' any an
all business that may properly come
before the meetin'."
"Pass the word for Neils Halvor-
sen," suggested Mr.. Gibney. "Bless
his squarehead SOUL" he added.
1--WE got a quorum without him, an
besides this business is just between
US three"
"Meetinll come to order" The
commodore tapped the hot deck with
his bare heel twice. Haul away,
Mac"
81 move you, gentlemen, that 1t be
the sense o. this meetin' that B. Nc
Guffey, Esquire, be an he is hereby
app'inted committee o. one to lam
the everlastin daylights out O. that
sinful former chief mate O. ourn for
abandonin' the syndicate to horrible
death on that there desert island. Do
hear a second to that motion2"
Second the notion" chirped Cap
tain Scraggs.
"The motions denied" announced
Mr.. Gibney firmly.
"Now, looky here, Glib, that amt
fair. Didn't you fight Tabu-Tabu an
didn't Scraggsy fight the king o Kan
davu? 1 amt had no fightin' this en-
tire v'yage an 1 did cal'late to lick
that doggone mate"
Mac, 1t can't be done nohow."
"Oh, 1t can't, ehp Well, I'll just bet
you two boys my interest in the syndi-
cate"
at amt that, Mac, 1t amt that. No
bOdy's doubtin' your natural ability
to mop him up. But it amt policy.
You wasn't sore agin 'em cannibal
savages, was you? You made Neils
go back an save 'em, an 1t took us
two days to beat up to the first In
habited island an drop EN- Off"
"But cannibals like dumb beast,
Glib. He amt responsible. This mate
knows better"
"Ah" Mr.. Gibney leveled a horny
forefnger at the engineer. That's
where you hit the nail on the head.
He's too fly, and there's only two
ways to keep him from fyin away
with US. The first is to feed him to
the sharks and the second Is to treat
him like long-lost brother. l know
he ought to be hove overheard, but !
eAh 6Ol tAC uCuEI " klIl nlIu Ill COiU
blood. Consequently, we got to let
the villain live, an If you go to beatin'
him up, Mac, you'll make him sore an
he'll peach on us when we get to Homo
lulu. If US three could get back to San
Francisco with clean hands, I'd say
lick the beggar an lick him for fair.
But we got to remember that this mate
was one o. the original filibuster crew
o. the old Maggie I. The day we
tackled the Mexican navy an took
this power schooner away from em,
we put ourselves forty fathom plumb
outside the law, an this mate was
present an knows 1t. We've changed
the vessels name an rig, an doctored
up the old Maggie's papers to suit the
Maggie II, an we've give her a new
dress. But at that, it's hard to dis
guise a ship in live port, an the Sc
cret service agents o. the Mexican gov
ernment may be a-layin' for us In San
Francisco; and with this here mate
agin us an ready to turn states evil