Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-05-04

pot, IL we're goin' to turn over new
leaf an be Christians, let's sail under
a full cloud O. canvas"
."By Neptune, that's so, Glib. This
feller did us an awful dirty trick, but
at the same time there amt n coward
ly bone in his, hull carcass. / amt
forgot how he stood to the guns that
day of the Coronados when we was
attacked by the Mexicans."
"Stake the feller. Glib" advised Nc
Guffey. and wiped away a vagrant
tear. He was quite overcome at his
own generosity and the manner In
which 1t had touched the hard heart
of the iniquitous mate.
Mr.. Gibney laid five one-hundred-
dollar bills in the mates palm.
'Goo6-by," he said gently. IAN see
II you can't be as much Of man an
as good sport hereafter as them
you've wronged an who's forgive you
fully and freely" z.
One by one the three freebooters Of
the green-pea trade pumped the
stricken mates hand, tossed him a
scrap of advice, and went oversize IN
to the small boat which was to take
them ashore. 1t was solemn parting
and Mr.. Gibney and McGuffey were
snufiling audibly.
The next day. as the Hilonian
steamed out OF the harbOr, bearing the.
syndicate back to San Francisco. they
looked across at the little Maggie II
for the Inst time and observed that
the mate was on deck, experimenting
three Kanakn sailors who were hoist
Ing supplies. aboard from bumbOat.
Commodore Gibney bade his first
command misty farewell.
"Good-by. little ship" he yelled and
waved his hand. "Gawd! You was
witch In light wind"
Seven days after leaving Honolulu.
the Hilonian steamed into San Fran
cisco bay. The syndicate could not
wait until she had tied up Mt her dock,
and the minute the steamer had passed
quarantine Mr.. Gibney hailed pnss-
ing launch. Bng and baggage the
happy quartette descended to the
launch and landed at MeIggs wharf.
Mr.. Gibney stepped into the wharfin-
gers office and requested permission
to use the telephone.
"What's up. Gib?" demanded Cap
tnin Scrnggs.
II want to phone for automobile
to come down an snake us up town
In style. This syndicate amt u-gOln'
to come rampin' home to Gawd's cOun-
Try lookin' like n lot o. Eyetnlian ped
dlers. We're goin' to the best hotel
an we're 9oin' in style"
With the assistance OF the wharfin-
ger an automobile was summoned. and
In due course the members of the syn.
dicate found themselves enscOnced In
q fashionable suite In San FrnnciscO's s
most fashionable hotel. Mr.. Gibney
stored the syndicate's pearls In the hO-
tel safe, deposited an emergency roll
with the hotel clerk, and banked the
bnlnnce of the company funds In the
nnmes OF all four: after which the syn
h!cate gave itself up to period Of
Joy unconfined.
At the end Of a week OF riot and
revelry Mr.. Gibney revived sufficiently
Turkish bath. Two days In the bath
restored them wonderfully. and when
the worthy commodore eventually got
them back to the hotel he announced
that hencefOrth the lid was On-nnd
on tight. Captain ScraRgs, who was
hard to manage In his cups and the
most prodigal Of prodigals with steam
20 i,n
this.
"No more sky.larkin'. Scraggsy, you
old cut-up," Mr.. Gibney ordered. I'VE
had our good time comm after all
that we've been through, but it's time
TO get down to business agin. Riches
has wings. Scraggsy. old salamnnder.
an even II we are ashore, Tn still the
hold a meetin'."
He banged the chiffonier with his
great fist. "Meetin' o. the Maggie syn
dicate." he announced. "AIeetinIl
come to order. The first business he.
fore the meetin' is n call for volun-
teers to furnish money-makIn' idee
for the syndicate"
Neils Halvorsen shook his .sorrel
head. He had no ideas. B. McGuffey.
Esquire. shook his head also. Captain
Scraggs wanted to sing.
II see it's up to me to suggest some
thin" Mr.. Gibney smiled benignly. as
II q money-making idea was the easiest
thing on earth to produce. "The last
thing remember before we went to
that Turkish bath was us four visitin'
fortune teller an havin' our fortunes
told, past, present an future, for a
dollar n throw. Anybody here remem.
ber what his fortune WASP"
1t appeared that no one remembered,
not even Mr.. Gibney. He therefore
continued:
"The chnir will npp'int Mr.. McGuf-
fey an himself committee O. two
to walt on one O. these here clairvOy-
ants and have their fortunes told
agin."