Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-12
.second The motion" rumbled . lc-

ney, and banged the table with his
horny fist. 1.-THE meetn' will please
come TO order The chair hareby J.
points Phineas Scraggs secretary #
the syndicate. TO keep a record Of Il :
and all future meetins of the boar ].
swiH now entertain propositions IT
any and all natures, and l invite the
members of the board TO knock tho
stopper out of their jaw tackle and
20 10 IT,"
Il move" said Captain Scraggs, that
b. McGulfey, Esquire, be, and he is
hereby appointed, chief engineer of the
Maggie IL at salary not TO exceed
the wage schedule of the Marine En-
eiuecrs' Association of the Pacific
coast, and that he be voted n
meiourth interest in the vessel and
an subsequent profits"
Second the notion" said Mr.. Glib
uey. "and not TO hamper the business
of ihe mcctin', Ven just consider that
motion carried unanimous"
D. MyGu1ey, Esquire, rose bowed
his thanks, and sat down again, ap-
Uaeutly very much confused. 1t was
ryioent that he had something TO say
bat was having difficulty framing his
thoughts i'm parliamentary language
"Heaye away, Mac" said Mr.. Glib
uey.
Cast OK your lines, McGufrey,"
chilpod Scraggs.
Thus encouraged, McGuIey rose
bowed his thanks once more, moistened
his lanyX with a gulp Of the punch,
and spoke:
"Fcllcr members and brothers OF the
indicate: I'm the management of the
deck department OF this new craft of
oum. nay previous knowledge of the
worthy president and the unworthy
secretary leads me to believe that
there's goiu' TO be trouble. 4 ship
divided agln herself must surely go
on her beam ends. Now, Scraggsy
here has heen master SO long that the
juice OF authority has sorter soaked
into his ,marrer bones. For twenty
years it's been HoWdy do, Captain
/ Scraggs, 'Hdve drink, Captain
Scraggs' Captain Scraggs this an
Captain Scraggs that / don't mean
30 ofense gentlemen, when l state
that you can't teach an old dog new
tricks. 10 mar that's ever been a
master makes a good mate. On the
other hand. ! realize that Glib here
has been a-pantin' and a-bellyachin
all his life 10 get a ship Of his own
an have folks call him Captain Glib
ney.' Now that he's gone an done
it. ! say he's entitled TO 1t. But the
fact OF the whole thing is, Gib's the
NATURAL leader OF the expedition or
whatever it's goin' to be, and he can't
have his peace Of mind wrecked and
his plans disturbed a-chasin' sailors
around the deck Of the Maggie IT,
Glib is sOrter what the Teller calls
the power behind the throne. He's
TOO big a figgcr for the grade Of cap
tain. Therefore. / move you, gentle
men, that AdclDert L. Gibney be, and
Is hereby nominated and appointed to
the grade of commodore, I'm full com
maud and supervision OF All of the
property OF the syndicate. And I al
so move that Phineas Scraggs be APP
pointed chief navigatin' officer of this
packet, to retain his title of captain,
and TO be obeyed and respected as
such by every man aboard with the
exception OF me and Glib. The pres
ent mutell do the navigatn' while
Scraggsy's learnin' the deep sea stuff"
second the notion" said Captain
Scraggs briskly. 'McGuffey, your ar
gument does you a heap Of credit.
it's-it's-dog my cats, McGuffey, It's
masterly. 1t shows keen apprecia-
tion of an old shippers feelin's, and
if the move is agreeable TO Glib. I'm
wilin' to hail him as commodore and
fight to maintain his Office. II dun
no, Glib. what I'd do if l didn't have a
mate to order around"
Gentlemen" said Mr.. Gibney, beam
ing, che notions carried unanimous.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES fins. Dock me.
/ I'm houored by the handshake. Now,
regarding that crew you brought down
/ from San Francisco on the old Mag
! sic, Scraggs, they're a likely lot and
VIII come In handy If times is as live
ly in Colombia as I figger they viii
be whep we arrive there. Captain
-Scraggs. you will have your mate pipe
the crew 10 muster and ascertain their
feelin's on the subject Of takin' a
chance with Commodore Gibney. II
they object to goin' further Ye'li-land
'em in Panama an pay 'em off rs
agreed. If they feel like followin the
Jolly Roger wen give 'en the coast
seaman's scale for deep-water cruise
and five per cent bonus In case we
turn big trick"
Captain Scraggs went at once on
deck. Ten minutes later he returned
to report that the mate and the four
seamen elected to stick by the ship.
Bully boys" said the commodore
bully boys. / like that mate. He's
a smart man and handles gun well.
While / should hesitate to take adj
vantage of my prerogative as commo-
dore TO interfere with the normal work
ms OF the deck department, / trust
that on this special occasion our es-
teemed navlgatin' officer, Captain
| ScrauQS will NOT consider N beneath