Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-04-20

under cabbage leaf. communin VIII
potato bugs?"
"Not for a minute" replied the com
inodore. "Why, got dozen matched
pearls here that's ft for queen. Big
red, pear-shaped boys-regular bleed
in hearts. There's ten thousand eacl
In them alone" N+''
"Well, I'll-ITl brew some grog,
gasped Captain Scraggs, and departed
forthwith to the galley. Fifteen min
utes later he returned with kettle
Of his favorlte nepenthe and all three
adventures drank to bon voyage
home. At the conclusion Of the toas,
Mr.. McGufrey set down his glass
wiped his mouth with the back of his
hairy hand, and thus addressed the
syndicate.
| 'In leavin' this paradise Of the South
Pacific" he began, 1--WE find that we
have accumulated other wealth besides
the loot below decks. refer to his
royal hIghness, the king Of kandavu.
and his prime minister, rabu-Tabu.
! When these two outlaws was first cap
tured, Informed the syndicate that l
| would scheme out punishment be-
| flttin' their crime. to-wIt-inurderin'
an eatin' you two boys. It's been a
big job and It's taken some time. me
not beIn' blessed with quite MS fine an
Imagination as our friend. Glib. How
ever, l pride myself that hard work a.
ways brings success. and AM ready to
announce what disposition shall be
made of these two interestin' speci-
mems Of aboriginal life. beg to an
nOunce. gentlemen. that have invent
ed a punishment fttin' the crime"
"Impcssible." said Captain Scrnggs.
"Shut up. Scrnggs." struck in Com
modore GIbney. "Out with 1t, Mac.
What's the program?"
~ move you. members of the syndi-
cate. that the schooner Maggie II pro-
ceed to some barren, uninhabited
island, and that upon arrival there
this savage king and his stlll more
savage subject be taken ashore in
small boat. / also move you, gentle
men of the syndicate. that 1nnsmuch
as the two aggrieved parties, A. p.
sperrIt Of mercy refrained from layin'
their hands on said prisoners for fear
of invalidin' them at n time when their
services was of Importance to the eX-
pcditlon. he given an opportunity to
take out their grudge OH the persons
Of said savages. Now, I notice that
the king Is II miserable, skinny, sawed
or and hammered-down old cove. By
all the rules Of the prize ring he's In
Scraggsy's class" (Here Mr.. McGuf-
fey flashed lightning wink to the
commodore. It was an appeal for Mr..
Gibney's moral support in the engl-
neer's scheme to put up a job on Cap
tain Scraggs. and thus relieve the
tedium of the homewnrd trip. Mr..
GIbney instantly telegraphed his ap-
probation. and McGuffey continued.)
Il notice also that II was 10 hunt the
universe over. I couldn't find u better
match for Glib than Tabu-Tabu. And
as we are all agreed that the white
race Is superior to any race on earth,
and It'll do US all good to see fine
mill before we. leave the country,
move you. gentlemen Of the syndicate,
that we pull off finish fight between
Scraggsy and the king, and Glib and
Tabu-Tabu. I'll referee both contests
and at the conclusion Of the mlxup
we'll leave these two murderers ma
rooned on the island and then"
Rats snapped Captain Scraggs.
"That amt no business at all. You
shouldn't consider nothin' short of
capital punishment, Why, that's only
petty larceny form Of"
"QuIt buttin' in on my prerosatives," "
roared McGuffey. "That amt the fin
ish by no MEANS" t'a+ -.
E"What Is the finish, them"
"Why, these two cannibals, bein' left
alone on the desert island, naturally
bumps up agin the old question of the
survival of the fittest. They get scrap
pin among themselves, and one eats
the other up
."By the toe-nails of Moses" nut
tered Mr.. Gibney in genuine admira
tion, "but you have got an imagina
ton after all, Mac. The point Is wei
taken and.the program will go through
as outlined. Scraggs, you'll fight tht
king. No buckin' and grumblin'. You'll
fight the king. You're outvoted two t.
one, the things been done regular. ant
you can't kick. I'll fight Tabu-Ta
so you see you're not gettin' any tn,
worst Of 1t. Well proceed to an islant
In the Friendly group called Tuvana
tholo. 1t lies right in our yhomewart
course, and there amt enough grub OF
the COMPOUNDED island to last two meI
a week. And know there amt n,
water there. So, now that that mntte
Ia all settled, we will proceed to heav,
the anchor and scoot for home. Mac
tune up your engines and wen ge
out of here a-whoopin' and a-fyin'."
II was an ight-hundred-mile run IL,
to Tuvann-tholo, but the weather hell
good and the trade-winds never slack
ened. Ten days from the date of leav
ing Kandavu they hove to. off tn
island. II was long. low. sandy atoll
with few coconut-palms growing Ii
the center Of 1t, and with the exception
| Of a vast colony Of seabirds that an