The daily Alaskan., 1922-01-17
"Holy Sailor!" He Shouted. "who uneorked That Alter Q VioIetsw

"HOly SdlIcf.' ne SHSGNEH "NS
 Uncorked That Alter O Violets2"
 "Irs fertlllzer-un' if that amt agrI- cultural stun hope my teeth may drop out an roll in the ocean. An it ain't periShable. It perishcd long ago. l aln't deceived you. An if you don't like the scent Q dead cOlfsh on your decks, you can swab 'em down with Florida water for a month"
 Captain Scraggs' mate came around the corner of the house and addressed himself to Captain ScraggS.
 "You can give me my time. sir. I'm a steamboat mate, not a grave digger or a coroners assistant, or an under taker. an | cant stand to handle thIs here freight"
 Mir. McGufTey tossed his slkeu en- .ineer's cap over 10 Scraggs.
 Hop on that. Scraggsy. Your own hat is ground to powder. Aiut 1t strange. Gib. what little imagination Scraggsys got? Hell stand there a-screamlu' an a-cussin' an a-praucin' -Scraugsy, Amt you got no pride, maxim such spectacle O yourself? We don't have to handle this freight O Gibs at all. Wen just hook onto that barge an tow 1t up river"
 You won't do nothin' O the sort. Mac, because that's my barge an l ain't a-goin' to let it out O my sight. I've delivered my freight alongside your steamer and prepaid the freight an it's up to you to handle it."
 "GlbW
 SThut's the programmed"
 "Adelbert." crooned Mir. McGuTey. -ain't you got no heart? You know got a half Interest in the fictor-'
 "O-oo-ohm 70 Captain SCraggs groaued, and his grOan was that of a Scasick passenger When he could look up again his face was ghaStly with mis- cry.
 "Gib." he pleaded sadly, "you got US where the hair Is short Don't in- yoke the law an make us handle that CodfSh, Glb! It ain't right. Gimme leave to tow that barge-anythiug to keep your freight or the Victor, an we'll pull It up river for you"
 Be a good feller, Glib. You uscn'ter be hard an spiteful like that" urged McGuffey.
 "Tu tow the barge free" walled Scraggs.
 Mir. Glbney sat calmly down on the strlnger and lit a cigar. Nature had blessed him with a strong constItu- tiOn amidshlps and the contiguty of his tainted fortune bothered him but little. He squinted over the tip of the cigar at Captain Scraggs.
 You're just the same old SCraggsy you was in the green-pea trade. All you need is a ring in yer nose, Scraggsy, to make you a human hog. Here you goes to work an sOaEs me dollar a ton when you'd be tIckled to death to do the job for half O that, an then you got the gall to stand there appealln' to my friendship! So you'll tow the barge up free. eh? We'll, just to make the transaction legal, I'll give you a dollar for the job an let you have the barge. Skip to 1t, Scraggsy, an draw up a new bill, guaranteein' to tow the barge for one dollar. Then gimme back S490OO an I'll hand you back this reCeIpted freight bill"
 Captain Scraggs darted into his cab in, dashed off the necessary document and returning to the deck, presented 1t, together with the requisite refund, to Mir. Gibney, who, In the meantime, had come aboard.
 'Whateyer are you a-goin' to do with this awful cOdfish, Gib" he de- manded.
 Mir. Gibney cooked his hat over one ear and blew a cloud of smoke in the shippers face.
 "WelL boys. I'll tell you. Salted z