Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-03-23
HoRRiD WAR.

Synopsis. = Captain Phineas p.
Z ecraggs has grown up around the
docks. OF Ban francisco. and from
nsesa boy, on n river steamer. risen
to the ownership OF the steamer
Maggie. Since each annual In
spection promised to be the last OF
tho old wcatherbeaten vessel.
scraggs naturally has some DIM
Guilty IN securing . crew. When
the story opens. Adelbert +. Gib-
ney. llkabls. but erratic. man
whom nobody but Scraggs would
hire. Is the skipper. Neils Halvor-
sen. 4 solemn Swede. constitutes
the forecastle hands. and Bart Nc
Guffcy. a wastrel of the Gibney
type, reiHns In the engine room.
with this motley crew and his an
cient vessel. Captain ScraKgs IL
engaged In freighting garden
truck from Halfmoon bay to San
Francisco. The Inevitable happens;
the Aaggie goes ashore In Il fog.
A passing vessel hailing the wreck.
Mr.. Gibney gets word to a towing
company In San Francisco that the
ship ashore Is the Yankee Prince.
with promise OF rich salvage.
Two tugs succeed In pulling the
Maggie INTO deep water. and she
slips her tow lines and gets away
In the fog. Furious at the decep-
tion practiced on them. Captains
Hicks and Flaherty. commanding
the two tugboaB, ascertain the
Identity OF the Yankee Prince"
and. fearing ridicule should the
facts become known along the wa
ter front. determine on personal
vengeance. Their hostile visit to
the Maggie results In Captain
6crnggs promising to get new
boiler and make needed repairs to
the steamer. Scraggs refuses to
fuifil his promises and Gibney and
McGufrcy strike" with marvel
GUS luck. Scraggs ships n fresh
crew. At the end OF Il few days
OF wild conviviality Gibney and
McGufIey are stranded and seek
their old positions on the Maggie.
They are hostilely received. but re-
main. On their way to San Frnn-
cisco they sight n derelict and Glib
ney and McGufrey swim to II. The
derelict proves to be the Chesa-
peakc. richly laden. its entire crew
stricken with scurvy. Scraggs at
tempts to tow her In. but the Mag
Cic IL unequal to the task and Glib
ncy and McGufrey. alone. sail the
ship TO San Francisco. their sal
wage money amounting to $1,000
apiece. His crew having deserted
him. Captain ScraEgs induces them
TO return. At an "old horse sale
D., the three purchase two mysterious
trh{ph bail ia.
tain smugglcd Oriental goods"
They find. instead. two dead Chi
namen. Scraggs Neeks to double
cross his two associates, but Mr..
Gibney outwits him and makes a
satisfactory financial settlement
with tho Chinese company to
whom the bodies have been con-
signed. leaving Scraggs out In the
cold. Gibney rssents McGuffey's
action In lending money to Scraggs
without consulting him. and after
. terrific wordy combat the three
separate. McGuffey becomin. as
sistant engineer on an oil TINKER,
Gibney disappearing. and Scraggs.
forced TO lay up the Maggie. takes
. subordinate position on a ferry
steamer. Senior Lopez, Mexican
revolutionist. makes 'Scraggs n gem
erous offer for transportation of
munitions to Lower California.
Scraggs accepts. and the old Mag
gle Ii once more put into commits
sion. Arriving at his destination.
Scraggs finds his oil companion.
Mr.. Gibney. is the consiSnee. Time
having softened animosities. the re-
union is joyful.