Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-19
SYNOPSIS.

80 rEH !. - Captain Phineas p.
mas grown up around the docks
"n francisco. and from mess bog on
II, er steamer, risen TO the oWnershin
me steamer Maggie Since each en-
Haai inspection promised TO be the last
ne ola weatherbeaten vessel. Scragrs
neraly has some difficulty IN securing
cihra," men me story opens, Adelbert
money, Nkable but errauc, a man
snoin NOBODY but Scraggs would hire. is
ne skipper, Neils Halvorsen, a solemn
ne, eonsututes the fooastle hands.
and Bart McGuffey, a wastrel of the Cib-
rsy type, reigns In the engine room.
CHAPTER H.-With this motley crew
ind MS ancient vessel Captain Scraggs
Is engaged in freighting garden tr9e,c
irom. Halfmoon bay TO san Francisco
ne inevitable happens, the Maggie going
Ashore in fog.
CHAPTER III.-A passing vessel hail
hg the wreck. Mr.. Gibney gets word To
towing company In San Francisco that
ne snip ashore is the Yankee Prince.
WIN promise OF rich salvage. TWO
rgs succeed In pulling the Maggie into
cee2f water. and she slips her tow lines
in9 gets away In the fog.
CHAPTER Iv.-Furlous nj the decen-
ton practised on them. Captains Hicks
ana flaherty, commanding the TWO tug
eoats. ascertain the identity IF the yam
zee Prince" and. fearing rldicule should
cnt. cetei mine on personal vengeance c.
PER hostile visit to the Maggie results
captain Scraggs promising 20 get "a
CIV boiler and mako needed repairs 10
steamer.
hi CHAPTER V.-Scraggs refuses 20 full
NJ his promises and Gibney and McGuf-
sraggs ships a fresh crew. At the end
Iaa few days OF wild convivialty G!bney
am McGuney are stranded and seek
TIER old positions on the Maggie. They
are hostllely received, but remain. ON
their way 10 San Francisco they sicht
derelict and Gibney and McGulfey sim
to it.
CHAPTER VI.-The derelict proves 70
be the Chesapeake. richly laden, its en-
tire crew stricken with scurvy Scraggs
attempts TO tow her in. but the Maggie
McGuney. alone. sail the snip 10 San
Francisco. their salvage money amount
Ing 10 $1,000 apiece.
CHAPTER II-Independently ,lch our
two adventures still have a kindly feel
ing for the Maggie. and. his crew hav-
Ing deserted him, Captain Scraggs in
duces them 10 return. At an "0id horse"
sale the three purchase two mysterious
boxes which they believe TO contain
smugsled Oriental goods" They find.
instead. two dead Cinnamon.
CHAPTER VIII. - Scraggs seeks to
double cross" his two associates. bat
Mr. Gibney outwits him and makes a
satisfactory financial settlement with the
Sinese company TO whom the bodies
have been consigned. leaving Scragss out
in ~ cold.
CHAPTER IX.-Gibney resents NcCuf-
fey's action IN lending money 20 Scragss
without consulting him. and after tcr-
rife wordy combat the three separate.
McGdffey becoming assistant engineer on
an oil tanker, Gibney Disappearing, ana
Scraggs, forced 10 lay up the Ma ele.
takes a subordinate position on ferry
steamer. Senior Lopez, Mexican revolu-
ZIONIST makes Scraggs a generous offer
for tire importation OF munitions TO Lower
California. Scraggs accepts, and the old
Maggie is once more put into comm lon.
Arriving at his destination, Scrassa finds
hts old companion, Mr. GbneT, la the
consignee. Time having soltcned aninos-
Ties the reunion is joyful. GlDneN plans
10 steal the ammunition and convey 81 I'D
revolutionists In Colombia. ON their way
they are attacked by a Mexican gunOoat,
which they capture, though the Maggle
is damaged so that 1t has TO be destroyed.
ON the Cunboat, to which they transfer,
they find their old friend McGurcy ac.-
ing as engineer.
CHAPTER X.-Our three adventures
form a "syndicate..' with the sun1oat
Aich they have renamed the Maggie IT,,
M their base Of operations. They sail for
the south sea islands, where they plaza
TO obtain valuable black cOSai.