The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-03-09

fiorlEfs had riss1 s19 s-rBck thelr
blow. After TIE faxhioa q a bot-
hezesd and lnp@tuOss pso1is. thsy had
entered tie contest Absolutely III
trailed- As result. TIE var lad last-
ed tnst tEo weeks The leaders had
beeu Gnooati1sltiy shot. ard The white
uirEsd dOTe of peace had Ooee more
syreAf her plnio1s tlo1g the borders
q The Gold ooaE
CS1nr19dOre Clbney vas disz1sssd BE-
yo1c measure. and az a special meet
ing q tie syndicate. called IN tie
cabin % the Magic II that sane ere
ninz. Il Eas finally decided that they
should efzbzrk on an lncesnlie trad
irz cruise ia the South seas. or uuHl
such tine ss Il seemed their services
must Be required % free 4 dOTEtrOt-
den people from a iyrsnf's yoke.
Captain SeraEzs and NeGursy had
never been In the South seas. but thsy
had henrd that a fair margin of profit
vas 20 Be Wrung from trade In eoprs.
shell. eocouufs. and kindred tropical
/ products. They 80 expressed them
selves. To this suggestion. however,
/ Commodore Glbney waved deprecst-
Ing paw.
Legitimate trsdln'. boys be said.
'ls a nice. sane. healthy business. but
I the profits Is slOg. What We want is
quick profits. and while II amt set
dOzn IN black and white. one Of the
principal objects Of this syndicate is
10 lead a life Of Wild adventure. N
tradin'. there amt no adventure 10
speak OF. We ought 20 do a little
black -blrdin'. or aid some Of those
Jap pearl fisheries OF the northern
coast Of FOrmosa."
~But well be chased by real gun
boats n we do that objected Captain
scraggs- Those Jap gunboats shoot
to kill Can't you think Of sonethin'
else. CHR
We'll" said Mr.. Glbnsy, -for a
starter. can. Suppose we just head
straight for Kandsyu island In the II
is. and scheme around for a cargo Of
black eoral1 It's only worth about ff-
" dollars pound. Kandayu lays
somewhere in latitude p south. longi.
tude IFS weSt. and when I was there
last II was fair reekIn' with cannlbal
sayages But there's tons Of black
coral there. and nobody's ever been
able to sneak In and get away with
II. Every time boat used TO land az
Kandavu. the native nlggers would
have a whitc-man stew down on the
beach. and it's got so that shippers
give the island Wide berth"
= "Glb, my dear boy" chaitered Cap
tain Scraggs. I'm a man Of peace
! and II"
= "Scraggsy. old stick-in-the-mud.' -
said Mr. GIbney. laying an aYectionate
: hand on the skipper's shoulder. you're
nOthln' OF the sort You're q fghtin'
ieraniuls. and nobody knows II bet.
! tern Adelbert r. Glbney I've seen
: you in action, scraggsy. Remember
that. It's all right for you 10 ssy
: you're a man Of peace and advise ms
) and McGuHey 10 keep out Of the track
J Of trouble. but we know that away
] down low you're goln' around lookln
for blood, and that once you're up agir
! the enemy. you never bat an eyelash
D Eh. McGuTeyT'
: McGuffey nodded whereupon. Cap
tain Scraggs. making but a poor ef
= fort 10 conceal the pleasure which Mr
= Gibney's rade compliment AFFORDED
= him, turned 10 the rail. glanced sea
D ward, and started to walk away TO at
0 tend TO some trifilng detail connected
= w.th the boat falls.
4 "All right. Glib. my lad" he said
, affecting 10 resign himself to the iney
e liable, have It your own way. Your
l a commodore and I'm only a plalI
e captain, but III follow wherever yoI
( lead. III 90 as far as the next maj
q and well glom that black coral II ",
/; have 10 slaughter every man, woman
e and child on the Island. Only, Wher
y we're slzzlin' In a pot don't you uI
D and say never warned you. becaus'
e did. How dye propose lntlmidatin
$ the natives. GibT'
5 "Scraggsy," said the commodore
solemnly, we've waged a private wa
4 ngin a friendly nation. licked zen
5 and helped ourselves 10 their ship
y We've changed her name and rig ant
4 her official number and letters an,
r were sailin under bogus papers. Tha
e makes us pirates. and that old Maggi,
a burgee fioatin' at the fore aln't moth
j. In more nor less than the Jolly Roger
e All right Let's be pirates. VIII
e caresl When we slip into Mgala,
d harbor we'll invite the king and hi
d head men aboard for dinner. Wei
d get 'em drunk. clap 'em In doubl
, irons. and surrender 'em 10 their weep
n In subjects when they've filled IN
y hold OF the Maggie ii with blacl
n coral. II they refuse to come aboar
l. wen shell the bush with that Ion
=. gun and the Maxim rapld-fre gun
r. we've got below decks. ThatIl scar
n 'em so they'll leave US alone and W
II can help ourselves TO the coral"
.e Scraggs' cold blue eyes gllstenet