Williams news., 1922-03-24
(Continued from last week)

(Continued from last week.
 His auditors stared at MT. Gfbney much as might pair of baseball fans at the hero of a home run with two strikes and the bases full.
 "GawdT' muttered McGuffey.
 'Great grief, Gibl Can this be pos sibler' gasped Captain Scraggs.
 For answer MT. Gfbney took out his ,ffty-dollar bill and handed it toto McGuffey. He never trusted Captain Scraggs with anything more valuable than a pipeful of tobacco.
 "Scragg he said sOlemnly, ''Im willin' to back my imagination with my cash. You an McGuffey hurry right over to the warehouse an butt in on the sale when they come to them two boxes.. The sale Is just about startin' now. Go as high as you thfs,l you can in order to get the ginseng at a profitable fgger, 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. I don't want Blumenthal to see me around that sale. He might get suspicious. After I eat I'll meet you here aboard th' Maggie, an we'll divide the loot"
 With fervent. handshake all around. the three shpmates parted.
 After disposing of a hearty break fast of devilled lambs kidneys and coffee, MT. Gioney invested in a ten cent Sailors Delight and stroled down to the Maggie. Neils Halvorsen, the lone deckhand, was aboard, and the moment MT. 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 Halvorsen was not in on the ginseng deal, MT. Gibney I concluded that it would be just as well to have him out of the way should Scraggs and McGuffey appear unex- pectedly with the two cases of gin seng.
 For an hour MT. Gibney sat on the stern pitts and runlinated over few plans. that had occurred to him for the investment of his share of the deal should Scraggs and Me Guffey succeed in landing what MT. Gibney termed "the loot" About eleven o'clock an express wagon drove in on the dock, and the mates dreams were pleasantly interrupted by a gleeful
 
 lookout forward with the driver. Me Guffey sat on top of the two cases with his legs dangling over the end of the wagon. He was the picture of | contentment.
 MT. Gfbney hurried forward, threw | out the gangplank, and assisted Me Guffey in carrying both crates aboaAi | the Maggie and into her little cabin. | Captain Scraggs thereupon di~rli~c~d | the expressman, and all thrC" :,rt- i ners gathered around the dining room 1 table. upon which the boxes rested.
 Well, Scraggsy, old pal, old scout, | goods,' said MT. Gibney, batting the | skipper across the cabin with an affec- | tfonate slap on the shoulder.
 "I did" said Scraggs-and cursed |, Mir Gibney's demonstrativeness. Here's the bill O sale all regular. McGuffey has the change That bunch O Israelites run tn price up to 5000 each or these two crates O ginseng but when they see we're determined to have 'em an afn't interested in nothin' else, they lets 'eln go to us. McGuffey, my dear boy. whatever are you a-doin' there-standin' around with your teeth in your mouth? Skip down into tn engine room and bring up hammer an a col chisel. We'll open her up an inspect tn swag"
 Upon McGuffey's return, MT. Gfbney took charge. He drove the chisel un- der the lid of the nearest crate, and prepared to pry it loose. Suddenly he paused. thought had occurred to him.
 "GeHtlemen," he said (McGuffey nodded his head approvingly). ''this world is full O sorrers an disappoint- mentS. an it may we'll be that these two cases don't contain even so much as smell O ginseng after all. It may be tnat theE ar rereaux Oriental