The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-02-10

/ will now entertain propositions of
any and all natures, and I invite the
members of the board to knock the
stopper out of their jaw tackle and
go to it."
Il move" said Captain Scraggs, that
B. McGuffey, Esquire, be, and he Is
hereby appointed, chief engineer of the
Maggie III at a salary not to exceed
the wage schedule of the Marine En-
gineers' Association of the Pacific
~one-fourth interest in the vessel and
all subsequent profits"
Second the notion said Mr.. Glib
ney, "and not to hamper the business
of the meetin', We'll 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 off your lines, McGuffey,"
chirped Scraggs.
Thus encouraged, McGuffey 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
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 o~ffense. gentlemen, when 1 state
that you can't teach an old dog new
tricks. No man that's ever been q
master makes a good mate. On the
other hand, Isrealize that Glib here
has been %a-pantin' and a-bellyachin'
all his life to get a ship of his w
an have folks call him Captain Glib
ney.' Now that he's gone an done
it, l say he's entitled to it. But the
fact of the whole thing is, GIBBS the
natural leader of the expedition or
whatever it's goin' to be, and he can't
have his peace Of mind wrecked and
around the deck of the Maggie III.
Glib is sorter what the Teller calls
the power behind the throne. He's
too big a igger for the grade of cap
tain. Therefore, / o you, gentle
men,. that Adelbert p. Gibney be, and
is hereby nominated and appointed to
the grade of commodore, in full COM
mand and supervision Of all Of the
property Of the syndicate. And / al
so move that Phineas Scraggs be ap-
pointed chief navigatin' officer of this
nacket. to retain his title Of captain,
and to be obeyed and respected as
such by every man aboard with the
1 0l nC anu OlU. Lie pres
ent mattel do the navigatin' while
Scraggsy's learnin' the deep sea stuff. >
second the motion" said Captain
Scraggs briskly. "McGuffey, your ar
gument does you a heap Of credit.
It's-it's-dog my cats, McGuffey, it's
mastery. 1t shows a keen ~apprecia-
tion of an old shippers f~eelin's, and
If the move is agreeable to Glib, I'm
willin' to hail him as commodore and
fight to maintain his Office. II dun
no, Glib, what I'd do If l didn't have 9
mate to order around"
Gentlemen" said Mr.. Gibney, beam
ing. "the notions carried unanimous.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES fins. Dock me.
I'm honored by the handshake. Now,
regarding that crew you brought down
from San Francisco on the old Mag
gle, Scraggs, they're a likely lot and
will come in handy If times is as live
ly In Colombia a | figger they will