Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-01-25

chunk or glory for ham and eggs.
Phineas Scraggsi Not on your life. II
= hadn't been for you buttln' In with
your blasted. rotten hulk OF a fresh
water skin, I'd"
sir. Gibney paused omInously and
savagely bit the end OF his cigar. As
Tor Captain Scraggs. every drop OF
blood In his body was boiling In de-
Tense OF the ship he loved.
You're a pirate" he shrilled.
"And you're Just as big a hornet as
you ever was" replied Mr.. Gibney.
Always buzzin' around where you
amt wanted But still. what's the use
u bawlin' over split mllk7 Wen drop
into san Diego FOR a couple OF hours
and take on coal, and about sunset
well pull out and make the run down
20 DescansO bay In the dark. We
might rs well forget the past and put
this thing through as per program.
Only / saw visions OF schooner all
my own. Scraggsy. and-well. what's
the usef What's the use7 Scraggsy.
you're a natural-born mar-plOt. Al
ways buttin' In. buttin' In. III for moth
in but the green-pea trade. However,
| guess / can turn into my old berth
and get some sleep. Put the old girl
under slow bell and save your coal.
Wen have 20 fool away four or FIVE
hours In San Diego anyhow and there
amt no sense In crowdln' the old hulk"
"Gib." said Captain Scraggs. 'was
that really your lay-to steal the
cargo. double-cross the insurrectO
iunta, and seu out 10 n furrin' coun-
tryy'
~Of course IL was" said Mr.. Glib
ney pettlshly. "They all do such
things In the banana republics. Why
should be an exception1 There's half
n dozen different gangs ightln' each
other and the government In Mexico,
and n I don't deliver these arms. Just
see all the lives I'll be savln'. And after
I GOT the cargo into Colombia and
sold Il. I could have peached on the
rebels there, and got a reward for H.
and saved a lot more lives, and come
away rich and respected"
"By the Lord Harry" said Captain
ScraggS. ''but you've got an imagina-
ton. Glib. TIT swear 10 that. Glib. /
take or my hat % you. You're all
tight and shipshape and no loose ends
bobhin' around you. Don't tell M tn
schemes got Z fan through, 9Th. Great
snakes. don't tell me that. Amt there
some way q Cettln' around IT. There
must he. Why. Glib. my dear boy, j
never heard OF such a grand lay In my
life. It's a absolute winner. Don't
give up. Glib. on up your Imagination
and find n way out. Let's get to-
cether. 9Th. and make a little money.
/ Dang n all, 0Ih. been lonesome ever
since I seen you last"
~weu." replied Mr.. Gibney. "Ill turn
in ard try 20 scheme a way out, but /
don't hold out no hope. Not a ray OF
II. Tn afraid. Scraggsy. we've got to
/ be honest"
Saving which, Mr.. Glhney hoped up
into his berth. stretched his huge legs,
and FEN asleep with his clothes on.
CAPTAIN Scraggs looked him over with
the closest approach 20 affection that
had ever ughtened his cold gray eye,
and signing heavily. presently went on
I deck. As he passed up the companion
way. the first mate heard hl:n murmur
"Gib's n fine lad. I'll be dad burned
r he amt"
Al six o'clock next morning the
MAGGIE was rounding Point Iona,
heading IN for San Diego bay, and
Captain Scraggs went below and
awakened Mr.. GIhney.
~what's for breakfast, Scraggsy, old
kIdT' asked Mr.. Gihney.
@Fried eggs" said Captain Scraggs.
remembering Mr.. Gihney's Partially
for that form OF nutriment in the van
Ished DAYS Of the green-pea trade.
aHam an fried eggs an a sizzlin' pot
a. coffee. Thought n way out o our
mess. Chr
sNo, vet" replied Mr. Gibney as he
rorles cut OF bed. "but eggs Is always
srimulatin'. and I don't give up hope
on a full stomach"
An hour later they were tied mp I'M
der the coal bunkers, and nj Mr.. Glib
news suggestion some twenty tons OF
sacked coal were piled on top OF the
fo'castIe head and on the main deck
ford. I'm case Of emergency. They lay
In the harhor all day until about four
O'Clock. when Mr. Gibney. by virtue OF
his authority as supercargo. ordered
,ho lines cast of and the Maggie
steamed out OF the harbor. on Point
iona they veered 20 the south. !eav-
~, the Coronado islands on the star
hoard quarter. ten miles to the west.
wr GIbney was below with Captain
S-r.grs battling with the problem
hat confronted them. when the mate
s,uek his head down the companion
wav 70 report a large power schooner
coming out from the lee OF the Ooro-
nados and standing on on eourse eNl-
rpla,ed 10 Intercept the Maggie IN an
hour or two.
s-.-.~~u ana Mr.. Gihney