The Red Cloud chief., 1922-02-09

Nothin' but glory. Can you hook a
chunk Of glory for ham and eggs
Phineas S%craggs2 Not on your life. II
1t hadn't been for you buttIn' In with
your blasted. rotten hulk Of a fresh
water skin, I'd"
Mr.. Gibney paused omin0usly and
~savagely bit the end Of his cigar. AS
for Captain Scraggs, every drop of
blood In his body was boiling IN tie
Tense Of the ship he loved.
you're a pirate" he shrilled.
And you're just as big a hornet as
you ever was" replied Mr.. Gibney.
always buzzin' around where you
amt wanted. But still. what's the use
Of bawlln' over split milk7 Wen drop
into San Diego for a couple Of hours
and take on coal. and about sunset
wen pull out and make the run down
to Descanso bay I'm the dark. We
might rs well forget the past and put
this thing through as per program.
Only ! saw visions of q schooner all
my own, Scraggsy, and-well, what's
the use? What's the user Scraggsy,
you're n n%atural-born mar-plot. Al
ways buttIn' In, buttin' In. At for moth
In but the green-pea trade. However,
guess I can turn into my old berth
and get some sleep. Put the old girl
under a slow bell and save your coal.
Well have to fool away four or Ave
hours in San Diego anyhow and there
nln't no sense In crewdin' the old hulk"
Glib" said Captain Scraggs, "was
that really your lay-to steal the
cargo, double.cross the in%surrecto
junta, and sell out to a turin coun
tryY
"Of course II was" said Mr.. Glib
ney pettishly. "They all do such
things in the banana republics. Why
should | be IN exception? There's half
a dozen different gangs 6ghtin' each
other and the government In Mexico,
and If I don't deliver these arms, Just
see all the lives I'll be savin'. And after
/ got the cargo into Colombia and
sold it, l could have peached on the
rebels there, and got a reward for 1t,
and saved n lot more lives, and come
away rich and respected"
"By the Lord Harry" said Captain
Scraggs, "but you've got an imagina-
ton, Glib. I'll swear to that. Glib. ]
take of my hat to you. You're all
fight and shipshape and no loose ends
bobbin' around you. Don't tell me- tn
schemes got Z fall through, Glib. Great
snakes, don't tell me that. Amt there
some way O. gcttin' around It? There
must be. Why, Glib, my dear boy. I
never heard Of such a grand lay In my
life. It's a absolute winner. Don't
give up. Glib. Oil up your imagination
and find n way out. Let's get to-
gether, Glib. and make q little money.
Dang II oil, Glib, I been lonesome eve
since l seen you last"
"Well." replied Mr.. Glbney, "IIl urn
In and try to scheme a way out. but I
don't hold out no hope. Not a ray Of
It. I'm afraid, Scraggsy, we've got to
be honest"
Saying which, Mr.. Gibney hoped up
Into his berth, stretched his huge legs,
and fell asleep with his clothes on.
Stltuil tD'iuESS toohtu iiII ONtT WIFI
the closest approach to affection that
had eve lightened his cold gray eye,
and signing heavily, presently went on
deck. As he passed up the companion
way. the first mate heard him murmur /:
"Gib's q fine lad. I'll be dad burned
II he amt"
At six o'clock next morning the
Maggie was rounding Point Iona,
heading In for San Diego bay. and
Captain Scraggs went below and
awakened Mr.. Gibney.
"What's for breakfast. Scraggsy. old
kid?" asked Mr.. Glbney.
"Fried eggs" said Captain Scraggs
remembering Mr.. Gibney's Partially
for that form of nutriment In the van.
ished days Of tSe green-pea trade
Ham an fried eggs an a sizzlin' 20,
o. coffee. Thought a way out o. Oui
mess, Gibf"
"Not yet" replied Mr.. Gibney as he
rolled out of bed. "but eggs Is always
stimulntin'. and I don't give up hope
on a full stomach"
. An hour later they were tied up un
der the coal bunkers, and ut Mr.. Glib
ney's suggestion some twenty tons o.
sacked coal were piled on top Of tn,
fo'castle head and on the main decl
ford, I'm case Of emergency. They la!
) In the harbor all day until about fouI
o'clock, when Mr.. Gibney. by virtue O
his authority as supercargo, ordere,
!, the lines cast Off and the Maggl
steamed out of the harbor. on Poin
Iona they veered to the south, leav
ing the Coronado islands on the star
board quarter, ten miles to the west
Mr.. Gibney was below with Captain
Scraggs, battling with the problem
y that confronted them. when the mat
stuck his head down the companion
e way to report a large power schOOne
coming u from the lee Of the Core
nados and standing Off on a course ca
culated to intercept the Maggie In a
a hour or two.
Captain Scraggs and MI. Chine
9 sprang up on the bridge at once, tn
N latter with Scragys' long glass I'm 4