Phoenix tribune., 1922-01-28
The Green Pea Pirates
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the jib halyards," he bawled to Nc
Guffey, and they went forward.
With the aid of the winch, they
braced the foreyard; then McGuffey
ran aft and took the wheel while Mr..
Gibney scuttled forward, eased up the
compressor on the windlass, and per-
mitted the anchor chain to pay out
rapidly. With the hammer, he knocked
out the pin at the forty-dve fathomI
shackle and leaving the anchor to go
by the board, for It worried him ne
longer, the bark Chesapeake moved
gently of on a west-sou'west course
that would keep her three points OF
the land. She had sufficient head sail
on now to hold her up.
Mr.. Gibney fell upon the main to-
gallan'-s'l leads like a demon, carried
them through the leading block to the
winch head, turned over the winch and
sheeted home the main-to' -gallan'-s'l.
The Chesapeake gathered speed and
Mr.. Gibney went aft and stood beside
Mr.. McGufrey, the while he looked
aloft and thrilled to the whine Of tho
breeze through the rigging. This Is
sail0rizin'," he declared. ''It sure
beats bumboatin'. Here, blast you,
Bart. You're spillin the wind out q
that jib. First thing you know wen
have her In irons an then the fat win
be in the fire."
He took the wheel from MeGuffey.
When he was two miles off the beach
he brought her up into the wind and
made the wheel fast a spoke to lee
ward. "Sheet home the fore-to'gal-
lan's'l," he howled and dashed for
ward. Lego them buntlines an
clewlines, my hearties, an haul home
that sheet"
The ship lay in the wind. shivering.
Mr.. Gibney was here, there. every
where. One minute he was dAshing
along the deck with leading Line, the
next he was laying out aloft. BE or
dered himself to do thing and then,
with the pent-up energy Of thousand
devils, he did it. The years Of degra-
datiOn as navigating oficer Of the Mag
gle fell away from him, as he sprang,
agile and half-naked, into the shrouds /;
great, hairy demigod or sea-goblfn
he lay out along the yards and sprang
from place to place with the old exul-
tant thrill Of youth and Joy in his
work. A word, gesture, from Mr..
Gibney, and McGuffey would pOunce
on a rope like a bulldog. With the
fore-royal set, Mr.. Gibney ran back to
the wheel and put 1t hard over. There
being no after sail set the bark swung
OF readily on to her course, slipping
through the water at q nice elght-knot
speed. Ten miles OF the coast, Mr.
Gibney hung her up in the wind again.
braced his yards with the aid OF the
winch and McGuffey, came about and
headed north. At three o'clock she
cleared the llghtship and wore around
to come In over the bar, steering east
by south, hAlf-south, fer Point Bonita.
She drew the full advantage of the
wind now and over the bar she came,
ramping full through the Gate with
her yards squared, on the last Of the
flood tide.
AS they passed Lime point, Mr.. Glib
ney prepared to shorten sail and like
a clarion blast his voice rang through
the ship.
"Clew up them royals" He dashed
the wheel and they brought the clew-
lines again to the winch head. The
ship was falling off a little before
the fore-royal was clewed up, so Mr..
Gibney ran back to the wheel and put
her on her course again while McGuf-
fey brought the main-royal clewlines
to the winch. Again Gibney made the
wheel fast and helped McGuffey clew
up the main-royal; again he set her
on her course while McGuffey, follow
ing Instructions, made ready to clew
up the fore-to -gallan'-s1. They were
abreast Black Point before this latter
sail was clewed up, and then they
smothered the lower top-s'ls; the bark
was slipping lazily through the water
and McGuffey took the wheel.
"Starboard a littlel Steady-y-yl
Keep her as she heads" Gibney warned
and cast off the jib halyards. The
jibs slid down the stays, hanging as
they fell. They were well up toward