Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-03-16

ever see that three hundred dollars
again you'll be lot older'n you are
now. However. that amt none O. my
business. The fact remains, Bart, that
you cOnspired with Scraggsy to keep
things away from me, which shows
you ain't the man thought you were,
50 from now on you go your way an
I'll 60 mine."
II got a right to do as l blasted
please with my money" McGuffey de-
Tended hotly. II ain't no child to be
lectured to-"
"ConsIderin' the fact that you
wouldn't have had the money to lend
II II hadn't been for me. I allow I'm In
suited when you use the said money
to give aId an comfort to my enemy.
I'm through"
|. .McGuffey, smothered In guilt, felt
nevertheless that he had to stand by
his guns, so to speak. "Stay through,
II you feel like It," he retorted. "Where
dye get that chatter? Amt free.
white, an twenty-One year old?"
Mr.. Gibney was really hurt. "You
poor boob" he murmured. ats the
old game o. settin' beggar on horse
back an SEEM him ride to the devil.
or slIppln' gold ring In pigs nose.
An l figured you was my friend"
"Well. amt II"
"Fooey! Fooey! Don't talk to me.
You'd sell out your own mother"
"Gib, you tryin' to pick fight will,
me?"
mo. but would II thought
wouldn't git foOtrace instead" Glib
neg rejoined scathingly. "Cripes,
what double-crossin' been handed
Honest. Bart. when 1t comes to that
sort o work Scrnggs Is In his infancy.
You sure take the cnke."
Il amt got the heart to clout you
an make you eat them words" Mr..
McGuffey declared, sorrowfully.
"You mean you amt got the CUTS"
Mr.. GIbDcy corrected him. Bart.
got your number. Goodbye"
Mr.. McGuffey had wild impulse to
cast himself upon the Gibney neck
and weep. but his honor forbade any
such weakness. So he invited Mr..
Gibney to betake himself to n region
several degrees hotter than the Mag
gie's engine room; then, because he
feared to linger and develop senti-
mental weakness. he turned his back
abruptly and descended to the said
engine room.
On his part, Adelbert P. Gibney en-
tered the cabin and glared long and
menacingly at Captain Scraggs. "Ill
have my time," he g.owled presently.
''Give 1t to me an' give 1t quick"
The very intunation Of his voice
warned Scragss that the present was
not a time for argument or trifling.
Silently he pa,d Mr.. Gibney the money
due him; in equal silence the navi-
eating officer went to the pilot house.
unscrewed his framed certificate from
the wall. packed 1t with his few be-
longings. and departed for Scab John
ny's boarding house.
"Hello," Scab Johnny saluted him at
his entrance. "Quit the MaggieT
MFR. Gibney nodded.
"Want trip to the dark blue?"
LEAD me to It," mumbled Mr.. Glib
ney.
It'll cost you twenty dollars, Glib.
Chief mate on the Rose Of Sharon.
bound for tho Galapagos islands seal
Ing"
"I'll take 1t. Johnny" Mr.. Gibney
threw over twenty-dollar bill. went
to his room, packed all of his belong
ings, paid his bill to Scab Johnny, and
within the hour was aboard the
schooner Rose Of Sharon. Two hours
later they towed out with the tide.
Poor NIcGuffey was stunned when
he heard the news that night from
Scab Johnny. When he retailed the
information to Scraggs next morning.
Scraggs was equally perturbed. He
guessed that McGuffey and Glbney
had quarreled and he had the poor
judgment to ask McGuffey the cause Of
the row. Instantly. McGuffey Informed
him that that was none of his ded-
fetched business-and the incident was
closed.
The three months that followed were
the most narrowing of McGuffey's life.
Captain Scraggs knew his engineer
would not resign while he. Scraggs,
owed him three hundred dollars;
wherefore he was not too particular
to put bridle on Ms tongue when
things appeared to go wrong. McGuf-
fey longed to kill him. but dared not.
When, eventually, the railroad hnd
been extended sufficiently far down
the coast to enable the farmers to
haul their goods to the railroad In
trucks. the Maggie automatically
went out of the green-pea trade;
simultaneously, Captain Scraggs' note
to McGuffey fell due and the engineer
demanded payment. Scraggs de-
murred. pleading poverty, but Mr.. Nc
Gufrey assumed such threatening at
titude that reluctantly Scraggs paid
him hundred and fifty dollars on ac-
count, and McGuffey extended the bal
ance one year-and quit.
"See that you got that hundred and
fifty an the interest In your Jeans
the next time we meet" he warned