Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-03-31

WY "VuiuH you DSten 10 met NOW
they've got you, and what in blazes
I'm going to do to get you back, dead
or alive, I dunno"
1t was fully half an hour before poor
McGuffey could pull himself together,
and when he did, his grief was super
seeded 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
Wen shell that bush until even 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. "rll handle the
gun. With a 'pom-pom' gun it's just
like playing a garden hose on them.
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
| alA llc DidSleu ulSSerS.
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 dozen hands
were laid on him and in trice he was
lifted and carried back Of the war; TO
a clear space where a dozen heavy
teakwood posts stood in a row about
four feet apart Mr. Gibney was quick
ly stripped of his clothing and bound
hand and foot to one Of these posts.
Three minutes later another delega-
ton Of cannibals arrived, bearing the
limp, naked body Of Captain Scraggs,
whom they bound in similar fashion to
the post beside Mr.. Gibney. Scraggs
was very white and bloody, but con-
scious, and his pale-blue eyes were
Pickering like a snakes.
"What's-what's-th meanin' of
this, Gib?" he gasped.
ut means" replied the commodore,
that it's all Off but the shouting with
me and you, Scraggsy. This fellow
Tabu-Tabu is a id 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
~ until they could get the whole crew
ashore, or enough Of them to leave the
ship helpless, and then-O Gawd,
Scraggsy, old man, can You ever for
give me for gettin' you into this?"
Captain Scraggs hung his head and
auivered like a hooked fish
"Will they-eat-us?" he quavered,
finally.
Mr.. Gibney did not answer, only
Captain Scraggs looked into his hor-
rified eyes and read the verdict.
die game, Scraggsy," was all Mr..
Gibney could say. Don't show the
white feather"
''D'ye think McGuffey could hear rs
from here II we was to yell for help|
inquired Captain Scraggs hopefully.
Don't yeip, for Gawd's sake" i'm
plored Mr.. Cibney. eve got ourselves
into this, so let's pay the fiddler our
selves. If we let our one zip and Nc
Guffey hears 1t, he'll come ashore with
his crew and tackle this outfit, even II
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 It he'll realize II would be foolish
TO try to do anything. But right now
| Macs mad as a wet hen, and II we
holler for -Scraggsy, please don't
holler. Die game
Captain Scraggs turned his terrified
glance on Mr. Gibney's tortured face
| Scraggs was certainly a coward Mt
! heart. but there was something In Mr.
Gibney's unselfshness 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 hoy
he said brokenly. you're a man"
At this juncture the king came 70
and thoughtfully felt OF CaTtain
Scraggs in the short ribs, while Tahu.
Tahu calculated the precise amount
of luscious tissue on Mr.. Glbney's we'll
upholstered frame.
"Bimeby we eat white man." said
| Tabu-Tabu cheerfully.
"If you eat me, you bloody-handed
beggar," snapped Captain Scr ceS.
an pizen you. I've chawed tobacco
all my life. ard my meats as bitter as
NORWOOD"
1t was too funny TO hear ScraGes
testing with death. Mr. Gihney forgot
his own mental agony and roared With
laughter in Tabu-Tabu's face. The
canntbal stood OF a few feet and
looked searchingly in the com nodore's
eyes. He was not used to the brand
Of white man who could laugh under
such circumstances, and he suspected
treachery Of some kind. lie buried
over to Join the king and the two he'd
a hurried conversation. As result Of
their conference, huge savage vas
called over and given some ins'roc-
/ tions. Tabu-Tabu handed him a war
club and Mr.. Glbney, rightly con3e"fpr-
| ine that this was the official eEee1-