Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-03-02

stard to reason that them fellers
knows what's in them boxes. or they
wouldn't give me fifty dollars to haul
shin? OF course, 1t does. However,
in order to earn that fifty dollars, !
got to back water. 1t wouldn't be,
playIn' fair II didn't. But that don't
preyent me from putin two dear.
friends O. mine (here Mr.. Gibney en-
circled Scraggs and McGuffey with an
arm each) next to the secret which !
discovers, an If there's money In 1t
for old Hooky that buys me on, 1t
stands to reason that there's money
In 1t for us three. What's to prevent
you an McGuffey from gofn' up to
this old horse sale an biddin' In them
two boxes for the use and benefit Of
Gibney. Scraggs an McGuffey. all
share an share alike7 You can bid
as high as a hundred dollars, II neces-
sary, an still. come out thousand
dollars to the good. I'm tellin' you
this because I know what's In them
two boxes"
McGuffey was staring fascinated at
Mr.. Gibney. Captain Scraggs clutched
his mates arm in a frenzied clasp.
| "What" they both interrogated.
"You two boys" continued Mr.. Glib
ney with aggravatlng deliberation.
"ain't what nobody would call dunn
mics. You're smart men. But the
trouble with both o. you boys is you
amt got no Imagination. Without
Imagination nobody gets nowhere, un-
less it's out tn small end O. tn horn.
Maybe you boys amt noticed 1t, but
my Imagination Is all that keeps me
from goin' to jail. Now, If you two
had read the address on them two
boxes. 1t wouldn't "a meant nothin' to
you. Absolutely nothin'. But with me
it's different. I'm blessed with imagi-
nation enough to see right through
them Chinaman tricks. Them two
boxes Is marked Oriental Goods an
consigned (here Mr.. GIbney raised
grmy forefinger. and Scraggs and Nc
Gufrey eyed 1t very much us II they
expected 1t to go Off at any moment
them two boxes is consigned to the
Gin Seng company, ia Dupont street,
San Francisco"
"Well, thnt's up In Chinatown, all
right" admitted Captain Scraggs, "but
how about what's inside the two
crates?"
"Oriental goods. Of course" said Nc
Guffey. "They are consigned to a
| Chinaman, an besides, that's what 1t
says on the cases, don't 1t, Glib? ORR
entail goods, Scraggs, is silks an satlns,
| rice, chop suey, punk, an idols I'M
fan tan layouts."
III there amt Swiss cheese move
ments In that head block of yours.
Mac. you and Scraggsy can divide my
share O. these two boxes O. ginseng
root between you. Do you get 1t, you
chuckleheaded son Of Irish potato?
Gin Seng, TIA Dupont street. Ginseng
"a root or q herb that medicine Is
made out Of. The dictionary says it's
Chinese panacea for exhaustion. an
I happen to know that it's worth five
dollars pound an that them two
crates weighs hundred and fifty
pounds each II they weighs an ounce"
His auditors stared at Mr.. Gibney
much as might pair Of baseball fans
at the hero Of home run with two
strikes and the bases full.
"Gawd!" muttered McGuffey.
"Great grief, Glib! Can this be pos.
sible?" gasped Captain Scraggs.
For answer Mr.. Glbney took out his
hfty-dollar bill and handed 1t toto
McGuffey. He never trusted Captain
scraggs with anything more valuable
than pipeful Of tobacco.
"Scr1ggsy," he said solemnly, "rm
willin' to back my imagination with
my cash. You an McGuffey hurry
right over to the warehouse an butt
In OH the sale when they come to them
two boxes. The sale Is just about
startin' now. Go as high as you thu;
you can In order to get the ginseng at
a profitable figger, an pay the auc.
tioneer fifty dollars down to hold the
sale: that will give you boys time to
rush around to dig up the balance O.
the money. Tack right along now,
lads, while I go down the street an
get me some breakfast. don't want
Blumenthal to see me around that sale.
He might get suspicious. After 1 eat
I'll meet you here aboard tn Maggie,
an we'll divide the loot"
With fervent handshake all
around. the three shipmates parted.
After dIsposing of a. hearty break-
fast of devilled lambs kidneys and
coffee. Mr.. Gibney invested In ten
cent Sailors Delight and strolIed down
to the Maggie. Neils Halvorsen, the
lone deckhand, was aboard, and the
moment Mr.. Gibney trod.: the Maggie's
deck once more as mate, he
exercised his prerogative to, order
Neils ashore for the remainder
of the day. Since HalvoFsen WAS not
In on the. ginseng dealS Mr.. Hibney
concluded that 1t would be Just as we'll
to have him out u the way should
scraggs and McGufrey appear unex-
pectedly with the two cases of GIN
seng.