The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-01-19

Gihney, "the eggs.
Half an hour later, as the pirates,
replete with provender, sat dangling
their damaged underpinnlng over the
stern railing where the gentle wave
lets laved and cooled them. Captain
Scraggs. accompanied by the new navi-
eating officer, the new engineer, and
The Squarehead. came aft. The Grip
pies looked up, surveyed their success
sors In office. and found the sight far
from reassuring.
I've already ordered you two
tramps off'n my ship" Scraggs began
formally, ''an' | hereby. in the pres
ence o. reliable witnesses. repeats the
invitation. You amt wanted; your
rooms preferred 10 your comp'ny, an
by stayin' minute longer, in defiance
o. my orders, you're layin' yourselves
liable to a charge o. piracy"
Mr.. GIbney carefully laid his pipe
aside and stood up. He was quite an
| imposing spectacle in his bare feet.
with his trousers rolled lp to his great
knees. thereby revealing his scarlet
flannel underdrawers. With a stified
groan. McGuffey rose and stood beside
his partner. and Mr.. Gibney spoke:
"Scragrs. be reasonable. We amt
lookin' for trouble; not because we
don't relish II, for we do where
couple o. scabs is concerned, but for
the simple reason that we amt in the
best o. condition to receive 1t al
| though II you force II ON us wen do
our-best. II you chuck us OF the Mag
gle an force us to walk back TO San
Francisco, we're goin' TO be reported
as mlssin'. Honest. now, Scraggsy,
old side-wsnder, you amt goin' to
maroon us here, alone with the vege-
tables. are your"
"You done me dirt. You quit me
cold. Git out. Two can play at
dirty game an every dog must have
his day. This is my day, Glib. Scatl"
"Pers'nally." McGuffey announced
| quietly. II prefer to die aboard the
Maggie. IL l have TO. This amt NOV
In day with b. McGuffey. Esquire"
-Them's my sentiments. too,
ScrAggsy."
~rhes defend yourselves. Come on,
lads hear hand an Wen bounce
thes~ lnuckers overheard" The
Squasoesd hung back, having no In
tenticn OF vnsing war upon his late
comrades. bat the engineer and the
new navigating officer stepped briskly
| forward. for they were about TO 'hght
for their jobs. Mr.. Gibney halted the
advance by lifting both great hands
| In a deprecatory manner.
/ 'For heavens sake, Scragysy. have
a heart. Don't force us TO murder
| you. IL we're peaceable. what's TO
prevent you from givin' us a passage
back TO San Francisco. where we're
known an where wen have at least
a fightin' chance TO git somethin' to
eat OCCASIONALLY
you know mighty well what's to
prevent me. Glib. / amt got no pas
senger license. an I'll be keel-hauled
an skull-dragged II fall for your
cute little game. my son. amt layin'
myself liable to a fine from the inspec-
tors an maybe have my ticket book
took away TO boot
Enough Of this gab." Mr.. Gibney
roared. My patience is exhausted.
I'm dog-tired an I'm goin' to have
peace II ! have TO fight for IL. Me an
Bart stays aboard the steamer Maggie
until she gets back 10 Frisco town or
until we're hove overheard in the In
term by the weight Of numbers. An
IL any man. or set o. male blpeds that
calls themselves men. is so foolish as
10 try 10 evict US from this packet,
then all | got 10 say is that they're
trltiin' with death. got my arms left,
even II my feet Is on the fritz.
! Scrsggs." he continued. ian IL you
start anything I'll hug you an your
crew TO death. I'm a rip-roarln' griz-
zly bear once I'm started an there's
such a thing as drivin' a man TO des-
| peration.-
The blum worked Captain Scraggs
Y turned to his retainers and with
condeseendlng and paternal smile
/ said: Boys, let's give the dumb
fools their own way. II they insist
upon takin' forcible possession o. nay
ship ON the high seas, there's only one
name for the crime-an' that's piracy,
punishable by hangin' from the yard
arm. Wen just let 'em stay aboard
an turn 'em over to the police when
we git back 10 the city
He started for his cabin and the
crew. vastly relieved. followed him.
The pirates once more sat down and
permitted their hot feet 10 loll over.
board
About ten O'Clock next morning the
little vessel completed taking on her
cargo. the lines were cast of. and the
homewsrd voyage was begun. Messrs.
Gibney and McGuney were seated on
the stern bits as the Maggie came
abreast the Point Montara fog signal
station. when Mr., Gibney observed a
long telescope poking out the side win
! dow of the pilot house. and following
the direction In which the telescope
was pointing be made out a large bark