Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-04-20

I ly, Spat, ana spoke 10 nicouhey' oot'
yoce: "By George, the joke amt al
on Scraggsy." he said. Then turning
to Captain Scraggs: "Help yourself t.
the mustard. Scraggsy. old tarpot."
Captain Scraggs took of his hat
rolled up his sleeves, and made divt
for the royal presence. His majesty
lacking the scientific training Of nj.
prime minister. seized HANDFUL o.
the Scraggs name and tore at 1t cruel
ly. A weIl-directed kick In the shins
however, caused him to let 10, and
moment later he was hying up the
beach with the angry Scraggs In fui'
cry after him. McGufrey headed the
king of and rounded him up so
Scraggs could get at him. and the lat
ter at once dug In" like terrier.
After five minutes Of mauling and
tearing Captain Scraggs was out OF
breath, 30 he let 60 and stood on a
few feet to size up the situation. The
wicked McGuney was laughing immod-
erately, but to Scraggs 1t was no
laughing matter. The fact Of the mat
ter was the king was dangerous and
Scraggs had glutted himself with re-
venge. =,
II don't want to beat an old man to
death,' he gasped finally, "I'll let the
scoundrel go. He's had enough and he
won't fight. Let's mosey along back
to the schooner and leave them here
to amuse themselves the best way they
know how" e..as. ..,s.-.-.', ga
"Right-O," said Mr.. Gibney. and
turned to walk down the beach to the
boat. A second later,a hoarse scream
Of rage and terror broke from his lips.
"What's up?" cried McGufrey. the
laughter dying out of his voice. for
there was hint Of death In Mr.. Glib
ney's cry.
"Aiarooned!" said the commodore
hoarsely. "Those two sailors have
pulled back to the schooner, and
there-I0ok, Mac! My Gawd!"
McGuffey looked. and his face went
winter than the foaming breakers be,
yond which he could see Maggie II, pn'
der full sail, headed for the open sea
The small boat had been picked up
and there was no doubt that Mt hel
present rate Of speed the schooner
would be hull down on the horizon by
sunset.
"The murderin' hound" whispered
McGuffey, and sagged down on the
sands. "Oh, the murderin' hound Of {
mate!"
"It's-it's mutiny," gulped Captain
Scraggs in hard. strained voice
THAT bloody fiend Of mate! The 81!
sneak-thief, with his pleasant smil'
and his wInnin' ways! Saw a chance
to steal the Maggie and her rich cargo
and he ia leavin' us here. -marOOned Oh
desert island. with two cannibals."
Captain Scraggs fairly shrleked tn
last two words and burst into tears
"Lord, Glib, old man." he raved, "what
ever will we do?" tl@f
Thus appealed to. the doughty com
modore permitted his two unmatche,
optics to rest mournfully upon hi
shipmates.
He gulped and thoughtfully rubbe
the knuckies Of his right hand wher
the skin, was barked of. He though
Of the silly joke he and McGuffey ha
thought to perpetrate on Capital
scraggs by leading him up against
beating at the hands Of Gambia
king. and with the thought came
grim, hard chuckle, though there wa
the look Of thousand devils in hi
eyes. t
"Well. Mac. old sporty boy, I CUES
there amt much to do except to max
up our minds to die like gentlemen.
was ever fooled by man In my lift
l was fooled by chat doggOne mate.
thought he'd tote square with the syI
dicate. l sure did"
For a long time McGuffey gazed ses
ward. He was Slower than his shir
mates In making up his mind that tn
mate had really deserted them an
sailed away with the fortunes Of tn
syndicate. OF the three, however, tn
stoical engineer accepted the situation
with the best grace. He spurned tn
white sand with his foot and faced MI
Gibney and Captain Scraggs with jus
the suspicion of i grin on his homel
face. rT
II make motion" he said, "tha
the syndicate pass resolution con
demnin' the action of the mate"
1t was forlorn hope, and the jes
went over the heads OF the deck de
partment. Said Mr.. Gibney sadly:
There ain't no more Maggie II syn
dIcate."
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