Williams news., 1922-05-26

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 and for the moment he was as weak
 as 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 me? Now | they've got you, and what In blazes I'm going to do to get you back, dead or alive, dunno"
 It was fully half an hour before poor McGuffey could pull himself together and when he did, his grief was super | seded by a fit of rage that was ter rible to behold.
 "Step lively, you blasted scum of the seas," he bawled to the mate. and the crew gathered around the gun. Lug up a case of ammunition and we'll shell that bush until even a par | rot won't be left alive in it.' Aye, aye, sir," responded the crew | to man, and sprang to their task. "Tm an old navy gunner," said the first mate quietly. "I'l handle the gun. With a 'pom-pom' gun it's just | like playing . garden hose on them, | only it's high-explosive shell instead of water. I can search out every nook and cranny in the coast of this island. | Those guns are sighted up to 4,OOO yards"
 XIII 'em all," raved McGuffey, '-kiu all the blasted niggers.' When MT. 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 dozen hands were laid on him and in a trice he was lifted and carried back of the wari to clear space where a dozen heavy lockwood posts stood in a row about four feet apart. MT. Gibney was quick Ivy Strin of lnfh hand and foot to one of these posts. Three minutes later another delega- tion of cannibals arrived, bearing the limp, naked body of Captain Scraggs, whom they bound in similar fashion to the post beside MT. Gibney. Scraggs was very white and bloody, but con- scious, and his pale-blue eyes were f1ickering like a snakes.
 "What's-what's+th meanin' of this, Gib?" he gasped.
 "It means" replied the commodore "that it's all off but the shouting with me and you, Scraggsy. This fellow Tabu-Tabu Is a d-d traitor, and his people are still cannibals- He's the decoy to get white men ashore. They schemed to treat us, nice and be friend ly until they could get the whole crew ashore. or enough of them to leave the
 
 Scraggsy, old man, can you ever for give me for gettin' you into this?''
 Captain Scraggs hung his head and 4uivered like a hooked fish.
 twill they-eat-us?" he quavered, finally
 MT. Gibney did not answer, only Captain Scraggs looked into his hor- rified eyes and read the verdict.
 .'Die game. Scraggsy." was all MT. Gibney could say. Don't show the white feather"
 Dye think McGuffey could hear us from here if we was to yell for heIpT' inquired Captain Scraggs hopefully.
 Don't yelp, for Gawd's sake" inn pIored Mr. Gibney. eve got ourselves into this, so let's pay the fiddler our selves. If we let out one yip and Mo Guffey hears 1t, he'll come ashore with his crew and tackle this outfit, even if he knows he'll get killed. And that's just what will happen to him if he comes. Let poor Mac stay aboard. When we don't come back, he'll know it's all off. and if he has time to think over 1t he'll realize 1t would be foolish to try to do anything. But right now Macs mad as a wet hen, and if we holIer for help-Scraggsy, please don't holler. Die game"
 Captain ScraggS turned his terrified glance on MT. Gibney's tortured face. Scraggs was certainly a coward at heart, but there was something in MT. Gibney's unselfishness that touched a spot in his hard nature-a something he never knew he possessed. He bowed his head and two big tears stole down his weatherbeaten face.
 God bless you, Glib, my dear boy" he said brolzenly. You're a man."
 At this juncture the king came up and thoughtfully felt of Captain Scraggs in the short ribs, while Tabu- Tahu calculated the precise amount of luscious tissue on MT. Gibney's we'll upholstered frame.
 'sBimeby we eat white man," said Tabu-Tabu cheerfully.
 of you eat me, you bloody-handed beggar," snapped Captain Scraggs, 'Ill pizen you. I've chawed tobacco all my life. and my meats as bitter as wormwood-"
 It was too funny to hear Scraggs testing with death. Mir. Gibney forgot his own mental agony and roared with laughter in Tabu-Tabu's face. The cannibal stood off a few feet and looked searchingly in the commodore's eyes He was not used to the brand of white man who could laugh under treachery of some kind. He hurried a hurried conversation. As a result of their conference, a huge savage was called over and given some instruc