Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-01-18

AHaA1 .V4 ~ uc u TOT oiueF you are
now. However. that Amt none o. my
business The fact remains. Bart. that
you cOnsplred with Scraggsy TO keep
things away from me. which shows
you ain't the man thought you were,
50 from now on you go your way an
I'll 20 mine"
Il got q right TO do as / blasted
please with my money" McGuffey de-
Tended holly. Il Amt no child to be
Iectured to-"
"Conslderin' the fact that you
wouldn't have had the money to lend
IL Il hadn't been for me. / allow I'm In
suited when you use the said money
TO give ala an comfort 10 my enemy.
I'm through"
McGuffey, smothered In guilt, felt
nevertheless that he had to stand by
his guns. SO TO speak. stay through,
II you feel like IT," he retorted. "where
dye get that chatter7 Amt I free.
white. an twenty-One year oldT"
Mr.. Gibney was really hurt. "You
poor boob" he murmured. IT'S the
old game o. settin' a beggar on horse
back an seem him ride 10 the devil.
Or slippin' a gold ring In a pigs nose.
An i figured you was my friend"
well. amt IT.
-FOOeyi FOOeyi Don't talk 10 me.
You'd sell out your own mother"
9Th. you tryln' to pick a fight with
met"
mo. but I would II I thought l
wouldn't git a fOOtrace instead" Glib
ney rejOlned scathingly. "Cripes,
what a double-crossin' / been handed
Honest. Bart, when IL comes TO that
sort o. work Scraggs Is In his infancy.
You sure take the cake"
Il amt got the heart TO clout you
an make you eat them words" Mr..
/ McGuffey declfsNd. sorrowfully.
"You mean you Amt got the CUTS"
Mr.. GIbney corrected him. "Bart. I
got your number. Goodbye"
Mr.. McGuffey had a wild impulse TO
cast himself upon the Gibney neck
and weep. but his honor forbade any
such weakness. So he invited Mr..
I GIbney 10 betake himself 20 a region
several degrees hotter than the Mag
/ gie's engine room: then. because he
feared 20 linger and develop a senti-
mental weakness, he turned his back
abruptly and descended TO the said
/ engine room.
On his part. Adelbert p. Glbney en-
tered the cabin and glared long and
menacingly az Captain Scraggs. "rll
have my time" he growled presently.
Give IL to me an give IL quick"
The very information Of his voice
warned Scraggs that the present was
not a time for argument or triiing
Silently he paid Mr.. GIbney the money
due him; in equal silence the navi-
eating officer went TO the pilot house.
unscrewed his framed certificate from
the wall. packed Il with his few be-
Iongings. and departed for Scab John
ny's boarding house.
Hello" Scab Johnny saluted him at
l his entrance. "Qult the MaggieT
Mr. Gibney nodded.
want a trip 20 the dark bluer
Lead me TO It." mumbled Mr.. Glib
ney.
~It'u cost you twenty dollars. Glib.
Chief mate on the Rose OF Sharon,
bound for the Galapagos islands seal
ing"
-ru take IL. Johnny" Mr.. Gibney
threw over a twenty-dollar bill, went
10 his room. packed ell OF his belong
Ings. paid his bin TO scab Johnny. and
/ within the hour was aboard the
| schooner Rose OF sharon. Two hours
later they towed out with the tide.
Poor McGufrey was stunned when
he heard the news that night from
scab Johnny. When he retailed the
information to Scraggs next morning
Scraggs was equally perturbed. de
guessed that McGuney and Gibney
had ouarreled and he had the poor
Judgment to ask McGufrey the cause OF
the row. Instantly. McGufey Informed
him that that was none Of his dad
/ fetched buSlness-and the incident was
closed.
The three months that followed were
the most narrowing OF McGuney's life.
Captain Scraggs knew his engineer
would not resign whlie Ne SSFassS'
owed him three hundred dollars
wherefore he was not too particular
10 put a bride on his tongue when
things appeared 10 GO wrong. McGuf-
fey longed 10 KIN him. but dared not.
when. eventually. the railroad had
heen extended sufficiently far down
the coast 10 enable the farmers to
haul their goods 10 the railroad IN
trucks. the Maggie automatically
went OUT Of the green-pea trade;
simultaneously. Captain Scraggs' note
10 McGufTey fell due and the engineer
demanded payment Scraggs De
INJURED. pleading poverty. but Mr.. Nc
Guney assumed such threatening al
tlfude that reluctantly Scraggs paid
him a hundred and fifty dollars on ae-
rouns. and McGunfey extended the bal