Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-02-02
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I. Captain Phineas p.
Scraggs has grown up around tho DOCKS
OF San Francisco. and from mess boy on
a river steamer. risen to the ownership
OF the steamer Maggie. Since each an
nual inspection promised 10 be the last
OF the old weatherbeaten vessel. Scragss
naturally has some difficulty IN securing
crew. When the story opens, Adelbert
y. Gibney, hkable but errauc. a man
whom nobody but Seraggs would hire. IS
,he skipper. Neils Halvorsen. a solemn
Swede. constitutes the fo'castle hands.
and Bart McGuffey. wastrel OF the Glib
ney type. reigns In the engine room.
CHAPTER II.-with this motley crew
and his ancient vessel, Captain Scraggs
is engaged in freighting garden truck,
from Halfmoon bay 10 san Francisco
The inevitable happens. the Maggie going
ashore in fog.
CHAPTER III.-A passing vessel hall
ing the wreck Mr.. Gibney gets word 10
a towing company In san Francisco that
the ship ashore is the Yankee Prince,
With promise OF n rich salvage. Two
tugs succeed In pulling the Maggie into
deep water. and she slips her tow lines
and gets away in the fog.
CHAPTER Iv.-Furious at the decep-
ton practised on them, Captains Hicks
boats. ascertain the Identity II the yam
kee Prince" and fearing ridlcule should
the facts become known along the water
front. deter mine on personal vengeance
Their hostile visit 10 the Maggie results
In Captain Scraggs promising 10 get a
new boiler and make needed repairs TO
he steamer.
CHAPTER v.-Scraggs refuses 10 Full
Ill his promises and Gbney and McGuf-
fey strike" With marvellous luck;
OF a few days OF wild convivallty Gibney
and McGuffey are stranded and seek
their old positions ns,, on the Masgie; Trey
their way TO San Francisco they sight
derelct and Gibney and McGufey swim
TO II.
CHAPTER vI-The derelict proves 10
be the Chesapeake, richly laden, its en-
tire crew stricken with scurvy. Scraggs
attempts TO tow her IN. but the Maggie
IS unequal TO the task and Gibney and
McGuffey. alone. sail the ship TO san
Francisco: their salvage money amount
ing 10 $1,000 apiece.
CHAPTER vII-Independently yich. our
two adventurers still have a kindly feel
ing for the Maggie. and his crew hav-
ing deserted him, Captain Sraggs in
duces them 10 return. At an "old horse
sale the three purchase, two mysterious
boxes which they believe TO contain
smuggled Oriental goods" They find.
instead, two dead Cinnamon.
CHAPTER VIII. - Scraggs seeks to
double cross his two associates. but
Mr.. G!bney outwits him and makes
satisfactory financial settlement with the
Chinese company TO whom the bodies
have been consigned. leaving Scraggs out
In the cold.
CHAPTER IX.-Gbney resents McGuf-
feys action IN lending money TO ScraBB5
without consulting him. and after ter
rife wordy combat the three eparcte.
McGuffey becoming assistant engineer on
an oil tanker. Gibney disappearng. and
Scraggs forced TO lay up the Maggie,
takes a subordinate position on ferry
steamer. Senior Lopez, Mexican reNolu-
ZIONIST makes Scraggs a generous cler
for transportation Of munitions 10 lower
California. Scraggs accepts, and the Old
Maggie is once more put into commission.
Arriving at his destination, ScrdSSS uHds
his old companion. Mr.. Gibney, ls the
cons!gnee. Time having sortened an!inos-
tiles, the reunion is joyful GlDney plans
TO steal the ammunition and convey II 10
revolutionists In Colombia. ON their way
they are attacked by a Mexican guuboat
which they capture, though the Maggie
is damaged so that ii has to be destroyed.
on the gunboat, TO which they transfer
they find their old friend McGuney act
ing as engineer.
CHAPTER X.-Our three adventurers
form u Syndicate. with the gunooat,
which they have renamed the Maggie II.
as their base Of operations. They sail for
the South Sea islands, where they plan
TO obtain valuable black coral.
CHAPTER XI.-Going ashore with sup
posedly friendly natives, Cibncy and
Scraggs are taken prisoners. 10 he held
for "A canniDal feast.