The daily Alaskan., 1922-01-14

clear of the water Mir. Gjbney unhur- dened himself Of an Bgonized curse.
 In his hands the diver held a large dccayed Codtsh
 Captain ScragES turned a sneering glance upon the unhappy commodore while McGurrey sat down on the damp ran of the derercr and laughed until the tears cOurSed down his honest face.
 "A dirty little codaShtn' schooner" " ravcd Captain ScraCgS "an' you a-sInRin' the time an' money O the syndicate in rotten codaSh on the say-so Of a clnirvoyonI you oln't even been introduced 70. GIb. 1T that's bust ness. aD ] got to say is: Excuse me ."
 NI-. GIbney seized the defunct fish from the divers hand. tore it In half slapped Captain ScraCCs with one aw- fuI fragment and hurled the other aJ McGuTey.
 "Tm ou.e- the syndicate" he raved beside himself with anger. Here ] go 10 work an make a fortune for a nalr Of short sports an piEcrs an you cer ro s0ucaria' st the first fve-hun- 7-ed.doTIar loss. know you of old Pnfneas Sr~ugcS. an Ihe leopard rsnr change his spots" Hc raised hts r,Chr hand to heaven. "Tm through for kccrs. Wen sell the pearls today Eryyy m an dissolve. I'm through"
 ~Glad of ty," erowled McGuaey. "I don't want no more O that cudhSh, sn' as soon as We E.r fEhru room I'll prove Co you that uo uoarSailor can insult ne an gii away with .t Me an Surag->gS -or some rights. You can waIs on Scraggsy. Gih but t takes man Go wa.b ou the McGuGey family"
 NorGnc but the lack or sea-rcom prevented a battle royal Mir Gihney srond gIar.nC aI his late partners. His Erea, hamEiRe fists were opening and closing automatically.
 "Youre right Mac" he said pres ently. cn5eav0rlng to control his an- ger and chagrln. "WeU settle this later. Take that helmet of the diver an lets hear wha, hes got yo report"
 With the helmet removed the diver spoke:
 AS near as | can make out boss, there aiu't a thing O value la this hulk but a couple O hundred tons O coddSh. She was cut In two just ford O the bu.khead an her anchors car rIed away on the section that was cut of. She ain't worth the cost O towin' her in on the flats"
 "So that coddSh has some value" snccred Captain ScraE-s.
 "Grcat grief ScraGcsyl Don't tell me its spilled" cried McGufey, simu- ratiuG horror.
 No not quite. Mac, not quite, Just slightly. l spose Gibm tack a sign Co the stub O the main mast: Slight Iy spoiled codash for sale. Apply to A. ?. Gihney. on the premises. Spe- cfa' rates on Friday"
 Mir. Gfbncy oulvered, but made no reply. He carefully examined that portion Of the derelict above water and discovered that by an additional eT- pendlure Of about fifty dollars he might recover an equal amount in brass fittings The E0diak's house was gone and her decks completely gutted. Nothing remained but the am putotcd hull and the foul cargo below her battered decks.
 In majestic silence the commodore motioned ap hands into the launch. In silence they returned 10 the city. Arrived here, Mr. GIbney paid of the launch man sud the diver and ac- comnauled by his associates repaired to a prominent jewellers shop with the pearls they had accumulated in the South seas. The entire lot was sold for thirty thousand dollars. An hour later they had adjusted their accounts. divided the fortune Of the syndicate equally, and then dissolved. At parting. Mir. Gihney spoke for the first time when it had not been ab- solutely necessary.
 "Put a began on horseback an he'u ride 10 the devil" he said. "When you two swahs was poor you was con tent to Jet me lead you into a fortune, but now that you're well-heeled, you think you're business men. All right! I aint got a word to say except this: Before I get through with you two bCachcombcrs I'll have all your money and yOu"' he a-heggin' me for job. apolocfze for soakIn' you two with that disnaSrd codfsh. an for old sake's sake we won't fight. We're still friends. but business associates no longer, for I'm too big a fgger in this syndicate to stand for any criticism on my haudlln' O the joint finances. Hereafter, ScragEsy, old kiddO, you an Mac can % 1t alone with your sternwhecl steamer. Ne ar The SQuarehcad legs 1t together an takes our chances. You don't hear that poor untootered Swede maxim no holler at the way I've handled the syndicate"
 But Gib, my dear boy" chattered Captain ScraggS, will you just listen to re"
 Enough, Too much Is plenty.