Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-02-23

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the waves. But the weight OF ne
cable whIrled the little craft around.
a wave rolled In over her counter. anu
half-fiiled her: the succeeding wave
completed the Job and rolled the skin
over and The SQuarehead was forced
| to swim back 10 the Chesapeake. lie
climbed up the Jacobs ladder to face
II storm Of abuse from Captain Scraggs.
| The cable was hauled back aboard
with difficulty. owing to the submerged
skin at the end Of 1t. Captain Scraggs
and The Squarehead leaned over the
Chesapeake's rail and tugged furious
", when the wreck came alongside. but
all of their strength was unequal TO
the task Of righting the little craft by
hauling up on the light rope attached
| to her thwart.
For ten dollars more each me an
Macll taii on to that rope an do our
best to right the skiff. After she's
rIghtei. I'll bail her out. borrow new
oars from this here bark. an help Neils
row back to the Maggie with the
cable" Mr.. Gibney volunteered. Cash
| in advance, us per usuul."
! You're pair OF highway robbers,
but I'll take you" Scraggs almost
walled. and paid out the money;
whereupOn Gibney and McGuney
tailed" on to the rope and with rau.
cOus cries hauled AWAY. AS result
| of their efforts. the thwart came away
with the rope and the quartet sat down
with exceeding abruptiless or the hard
pine deck Of the Chesapeake.
II had I'm idee that thwart would
| pull loose" Mr. Gibney remarked.
well, what're you goin' to do now!
Il amt licked yet-not by -jugful
| Scraggs snapped. "lialvorsen, lriul'
down that signal halyard from the miZ-
! zenmast, take one end of it in your
| teeth, an swim buck to the Maggie
with it, Wen fasten Il heavier line
10 the cable. an haul the cable aboard
with the Maggie's winch"
You say that so nice, Scraggsy. Old
| hopeful. I'm tempted to think you can
whistle 1t. Neils. he's only askin' you
TO risk your life overheard for nothing.
"rain't In the shippin' articles that u
scaman's go, to do that. II he wants
a. b'AA P~s
for it-through the nose. An III
was you. I'd find out how much o this
two thousand dollars towage he's goin'
to distribute to his crew. lersnlly
| I'D get mine in advance"
"AleIbert r. GIbney.' Captain
Scraggs Missed. There's such thing
as tlrivin' man to distraction. Hnl-
vOrsen. are you with me?"
AYE bnne--fOr saxty dollars. Hay
bane worth a months pay for take
dat swim"
You dirty SrOwegian migrate. Well.
you don't get no sixty dollars from me.
bear hand and we'll drop the ships
work boat overheard. ! guess you t1n
tow signal hnlyard 10 the Maggie,
rant you. Neils?r
| Neils c0uld---and did. Within fifteen
minutes the Maggie was fast to her
prize. Now well cOckbill the an.
Choir" quoth Captain Scraggs. SO Nc
Guffey reporting sufficient steam in the
donkey to turn over the windlass. the
anchor was raised and cOckbilled. and
the Maggie hauled away on the hawser
the instant Captain Scraggs signaled
his new navigating officer that the
hook was free Of the bottom.
| 1.-THE old girl don't seem to be max
in headway in the right direction" Mc-
Guffey remarked plaintively. after the
Maggie had strained at the hawser for
five minutes. Mr. Gibney. standing
by with hammer in his hand. nodded
nttirmatively. while the skipper Of the
Chesapeake. whom Mr. Gibney had had
the foreihought to carry out OIL deck
to watch the operation. glanced appre.
hensively ashore. Scragss measured
the distance with his eye to the near
est fringe Of surf and 1t was plain that
he was worried.
Captain Scraggs," the skipper of
the Chesapeake called feebly. "Mr.
Gibney is right. Tint craft Of yours
Is unable to tow my ship against this
wind. You're losing ground. inch by
inch. and 1t will be only n matter of
an hour or two. II you hang on to me.
before I'll be in the breakers and Il
total loss. You'll have to get sail or
her Or let go the anchor until a tug
arrives"
II don't know thing about q sailIn'
Ship Scraggs quavered.
II know 1t ALL Mr.. Gibney cut in.
"but there aln't money enough in the
world to induce me to exercise that
knowledge to your profit" He turned
to the master Of the Chesapeake. "For
one hundred dollars each, McGuffey
an will sail her in for you. SIR
I'll not take the risk, Mr.. Gibney.
Captain Scraggs. If you will follow my
instructions we'll get some sail on the
Chesapeake. Take those lines through
the leading blocks to the WINCH"
The engineer Of the Maggie came up
on deck and waved his arms wildly.
"LeggO." he bawled. i've blown out
two tubes. It'll be all I can do to ger
home without that tow"
Jump on that, Scraggsy," quoth Nc
Guffey softly and cast his silken en-