Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-03-17
RENTER meeUFFEY.

Synopsis. - Captain PhiueAs 4.
Ecraggs has grown up arCurd the
docks OF San Francisco, and from
mess boy on a river steamer, risen
20 the ownership Of the steamer
Maggie. Since each annual in
Rpect.on promised to be the last Of
the old Weathsrbeaten vessel.
6cTsggs naturally has some diff
c.ity in securing q crew When
TIE story opens, A6slbert p. Glib
nay, lssable, bat errStie. q man
whom nobody but Scraggs would
hire. Is the skipper. NellN Halyor-
sLn. q solemn Swede. constitutes
TIE forecastle hands, and Bart Nc
GuRey, a wastrel OF the Cheney
type. reigns IN the engine room.
With this motley crew and his an
essat vessel, Captain Seraggs is
engaged In freighting garden
truck from HaiffnOoa bay 20 San
Francisco. The inevitable happens:
the Maggie goes ashore IN a fog.
A Esssing vessel haiiing the wreck,
Mr. Gibney gets word 70 d towing
company IN san Francisco that the
ship ashore Is the Yankee Prince,
with promise of q rich salvage.
Two tugs succeed in pulling the
Maggie into deep water, and she
slips her tow lines and gets away
Ia the fog. Furious at the decep-
ton pFaCticed on them, Captains
Hicks and F'iaherty, commanding
the two tugboats. ascertain the
identity Of the Yankee Prince"
and. tearing Tidlcule should the
facts become known along the wa
ter front, determine on personal
vengeance. Their hostile visit to
the Maggie results In Captain
ecraggs promising TO get a new
boiler and make needed repairs TO
the steamer. Scraggs refuses TO
fulfil his promises and Glbney and
AcGuffey strike" With marvel
Gus luck, Scraggs ships a fresh
crew. At the end OF a few days
OF wild conyiviality t4iS1ey and
McGuffey are stranded and seek
their old positions on the Maggie.
They are hostileiy received, but re-
main. On their way TO San Fran
cisco they sight a derelict and Glib
ney and McGuffey swim TO II. The
derelict proves to be the Chesa-
peake, richly laden. its entire crew
stricken with scurvy. Scraggs at
tempts to tow her in, but the Mag
gle ~ unequal TO the task and Glib
ney and McGuffey. alone. Eail the
ship 10 San Francisco, their SAL
wage money amounting to 1900
apiece His crew having deserted
him. Captain Scraggs Induces them
70 return. At an 'oid horse sale
the three purchase two mysterious
boxes which they believe to con-
tain smuggled Oriental goods"
They find. instead, two dead Chi
namen- Scraggs seeks TO double
cross" his two associates, but Mr..
Gibney outwits him and makes a
satisfactory financial settlement
with the Chinese company TO
whom the bodies have been con-
signed. leaving scraggs out in the
cold. Gihney resents NfcGuffey's
action I'm lending money 70 ScraRgs
without consulting him, ana after
terrific wordy combat the three
separate. MeGuney becoming as
sistant engineer on an oil tanker,
Gibney disappearing, and Scraggs,
forced 10 lay up the Maggie, takes
a subordinate position on a ferry
steamer. senor Lopez. Mexican
revolutionist. makes Scraggs a gen.
erous offer for transportation of
munitions TO Lower California.
Scraggs accepts. and the old Mag
gle Is oAce more put into commits
sion. Arriving 2. his destination,
scraggs nnds his old companion.
Mr.. Gibney. IS the consignee. Time
having softened animosities, the re-
union is joyful. Glbney plans TO
steal the ammunition and convey
II 20 rSvolutionists In Colombia. On
the way they are attacked by a
Mexican gunboat ara a terrific
combat ensues