The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-03-23


as a child. "Gawd." he muttered,
'that was scraggsy and they're a-goin'
to eat him up. Oh. Glib. Glib. old man,
why wouldn't you listen to met Now
they've got you. and what In blazes
I'm going to do to get you back, dead
or alive. dunno"
II was fully half an hour before poor
McGuffey could pull himself together,
and when he did. his grief was super
seeded by q At Of rage that was ter
rible to behold.
"Step lively, you blasted scum Of
the seas," he bawied to the mate, and
the crew gathered around the gun.
Lug up q case Of ammunition and
| well shell that bush until even q par
rot won't be left alive In It,"
AYE, aye, sir" responded the crew
to a man, and sprang to their task.
I'm an old navy gunner" said the
first mate quietly. "I'll handle the
gun. With a 'pom-pom' gun It's just
lie playing a garden hose on theu,
only It's high-explosive shell instead Of
water. l can search out every nook
and Granny In the coast Of this Island.
Those guns are sighted up to 1000
yards"
"Kill em ALL" raved McGuffey, Kill
all the blasted niggers."
When Mr.. Gibney fell under the i'm
pact of the earthenware pot he was
only partially stunned. AS he tried to
struggle to his feet half a dozen hands
were laid on him and In a trlce he was
lifted and carried back of the wari to
clear space where a dozen heavy
teakwood posts stood in row about
four feet apart. Mr.. Glbney was quick
ly stripped of his clothing and bound
hand and foot to one Of these posts.
Three minutes later another delega-
tion of cannlbals arrived, bearing the
limp, naked body of Captain Scraggs,
whom they bound in similar fashion to
the post beside Mr.. Glbney. Scraggs
was very white and bloody, but con-
sclous, and his pale-blue eyes were
flickering like snakes.
"What's-what's-th meanin Of
this, Gib?" he gasped.
1T MEANS" replied the commodore,
shat It's all Off but the shouting with
/ me and you, Scraggsy. This fellow
, Tabu-Tabu Is id traitor, and his
I people are still cannibals. He's the
Gecoy TO get white mel ashore. They
j schemed to treat us nice and be friend
: ly until they could get the whole crew
I. ashore, or enough Of them to leave the
Y ship helpless, and then--O Gawd
: Scraggsy. old man. can you ever for
! give me for gettin' you into thisT'
I Captain Scraggs hung his head and
] duivered like hooked fish.
e "Will they-eat-usf" he quavered
r finally.
g Mr.. Gibney did not answer only
s Captain Scraggs looked into his hor
e rified eyes and read the verdict.
G "Dle game, Scraggsy," was all Mr.
r Gibney could say. Don't show the
r. white feather"
q "D'ye think McGufrey could hear III
l. from here II we was to yell for help7'
inquired Captain Scraggs hopefully.
d Don't yelp, for Gawd's sake" i'm
Il plored Mr.. Gibney. 1--WE got ourselves
l. into this, so let's pay the fiddler our
lr selves. II we let out one zip and Nc
nSHTb IL, Ht ~ tOillt VIII
1t his crew and tackle this outfit, even |
s he knows he'll get killed. And that
W Just what will happen to him II h
ID comes. Let poor Mac stay aboard
x When we don't come back, he'll know
it's all of, and II he has time to thin
over 1t he'll realize 1t would be foolis
to try to do anything. But right nov
Macs mad as a wet hen, and II W
y, holler for help-Scraggsy, please don
IN holler. Die game"
Captain Scraggs turned his terrific
q glance on Mr. Gibney's tortured fac,
Scraggs was certainly coward n
| heart, but there was something In Nj
81 Gibney's unselfishness that touched
n spot in his hard nature-a somethin
he never knew he possessed. ii
bowed his head and two big tears stol
down his weatherbeaten face.
d "God bless you, Glib, my dear boy,
T he said brokenly. you're man."
a At this juncture the king came u
and thoughtfully felt Of CAPITAL
Scraggs In the short ribs, while Tab,
Il Tahu calculated the precise amour
\ of luscious tissue on Mr.. Gibney's wei
upholstered frame.
Il "BImeby we eat white man." sal
Tabu-Tabu cheerfully.
IF you eat me, You bloody-hande
beggar." snapped Captain Scragg
"IIl pizen you. I've chawed tobacc
4 all my life. and my meats as bitter Q
m wormwood."
N II was too funny to hear Scragl
testing with death. Mr.. Glbney forg'
I1 his own mental agony and roared vii
III laughter In Tabu-Tabus face. tt
II cannibai stood on few feet ar
u looked searchingly In the commodore
- eyes. He was not used to the brar
OF white man who could laugh und'
? such circumstances, and he suspects
treachery OF some kind. He hurris
over 20 join the king and the two he