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

| cheerily, though when l was a young
Teller and first went 20 sea. It wasn't
considered no pleasantly to spit on a
nice clean deck. You might cut that
out, Glib. It's vulgar"
"Passin' over the fact, Scaggs, that
you amt got no call to jerk me up on
sea ettycat. more particular since I'm
the master and managin' owner of this
here schooner, I'm free TO confess
Scraggsy. that your observation does
you credit / just did that to see IL
you was goin' to take as big an inter-
est In the new Maggie as you did In
the old Maggie. and the fact that you
object TO me expectOratin' on the deck
proves to me that you're leavin' behind
you al them bay scow tendencies Of
the green-pea trade. It leads me to he
leEe that you'H rise to high raok and
distinction In the Colombian navy
Your I'm. Scraggsy. Expeetoratin' on
the decks is barred, and the Maggie II
goes under navy discipline from now
on. Am / rightas
Fright as a right whale" said Cap-
tain Scraggs. "And now that you've
given that old mate of mine the course,
and we've temporarily plugged up The
holes In this here Mexican gunboat
and everything points to a safe and
profitable voyage from now on, sup
pose you delegate the as a committee
of one TO brew a scuttle Of grog. after
which the syndicate holds a mettin'
and lays out a course for It's future
conduct. There's d few questions OF
rank and privileges that ought to be
settled once and for all, so there can't
be no comeback"
"The point is well taken and 1t is
Sc ordered" said Mr.. Gibney, who had
once held Office In Harbor Is, Master
and Pilots Association of America. and
knew d fragment or two Of parlia-
mentary law. Rustic up the grOg, call
McGuffey up out of the engine room,
and Wen hold the meetin'."
Twenty minutes later Scraggs came
on deck to announce the successful
concoction of kettle Of whisky punch
| whereupon the three adventures went
below and sat down at the cabin table
for a conference
'Tmoye that Glib be appointed presi-
dent Of the syndicate" said Captain
| Scraggs.
Second tie motion" rCmbled Nc
Guffey.
''The motions carried" said Mr.. Glib
ney, and banged the table with his
horny fist. THE meetin' viii please
come to order. The chair hereby APP
points Phineas Scraggs secretary Of
the syndicate, to keep record of this
and all future meetin's Of the board.
will now entertain propositions Of
any and all natures, and invite the
mgmbers OF the board to knock the
stopper out of their jaw tackle and
go to It,"
Il move" said Captain Scraggs, shat
B. McGuffey. Esquire, be, and he is
hereby appointed, chief engineer of the
Maggie II at salary not to exceed
the wage schedule of the Marine En-
gineers Association of the Pacific
coast, and that he be voted q
one-fourth interest in the vessel and
! all subse uent profits"
Second the notion" said Mr. Glib
neg. "and not to hamper the business
Of the meetln'. Wen just consider that
motion carried unanimous"
B. McGuffey. Esquire, rose, bowed
his thanks and sat down again, APP
parently very much confused. 1t was
evident that he had something to say.
but was having difficulty framing his
thoughts in parliamentary language
"Heave away. Mac" said Mr.. Glib
ney.
Cast or your lines, McGuffey"
chirped Scraggs.
Thus encouraged, McGuifey rose
bowed his thanks once more. moistened
his larnyx with a gulp of the punch,
and spoke:
"Feller members and brothers of the
syndicate: In the management of the
deck department of this new craft Of
ourn. my previous knowledge of the
worthy president and the unworthy
secretary leads me to believe that
there's goin' to be trouble. "A ship
| divided agin herself must surely 20
on her beam ends. Now, Scraggsy
here has been 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,' Have a drink, Captain
Scraggs.' Captain Scraggs this an
Captain Scraggs that / don't mean
no offense. gentlemen, when I state
that you can't teach an old dog new
tricks. No man that's ever been
master makes a good mate. On the
other hand. I realize that Glib here
has been a-pantin' and a-bellyachin'
al! his life to get ship of his own
an have folks call him Captain Glib
ney.' Now that he's gone an done
II. I say he's entitled to Il Rnt the