Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-02-16

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Half an hour later. as the pirates,
replete with provender, sat dangling
their damaged underpinning over the
stern railing where the gentle wave
lets lared and cooled them. CAPTAIN
| Scragss, 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.
1--WE already ordered you two
trnmps off'n my ship" Scrggs began
formally. "an' l hereby. in the pres
ence o reliable witnesses. repeats the
invitation. You aint wanted; your
rooms preferred to your comp'Dy. an
by stayin n minute longer. in defiance
o my orders, you're lnyIn' yourselves
liable to Il 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 up to his great
knees, thereby revealing his scarlet
flannel undcrdrawers. With stifled
groan. McGufTey rose and stood beside
his partner, and Mr.. Gibney spoke:
"Scragss, be reasonable. We amt
lOokin' for trouble; not because we
don't relish II, for we do where II
couple O. scabs Is concerned, but for
the simple reason that we amt In the
best o condition to receive it, al.
though If you force 1t on us we'll do
our best. If you chuck us Off the Mag.
gle an force us to walk back to San
Francisco, we're Soin' to be reported
as missin'. Honest. now, Scrnggsy
old side-winder, YOU amt goin' to
maroon us here, alone with the vege.
tables, are you?"
you done me dirt. You quit me
cold. Git out. Two can play at n
dirty game an every dog must have
his day. This Is my day. Glib. Seat"
"Pers'nally." McGufrey = announced
quietly. 81 prefer to die aboard the
Maggie, If I have to. This amt NOV
in day with Is. McGuffey. Esquire
"Them's my sentiments, too
Scrnggsy."
"Then defend yourselves. Come on
lads. Bear hand an we'll bounce
these muckers overheard" The
Squarelend hung back, having no in
tentlon Of waging war upon his late
comrades. but the engineer and the
new navigating officer stepped briskl,
forward. for they were about to 'hght
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advance by lifting both great hands
in deprecntOry manner.
"FOr heavens sake, Scraggsy. have
n heart Don't force us to murder
you. II we're peaceable. what's t.
prevent you from giv!n' US passage
back to San Francisco. where weir
known an where We'll have at leas
n fghtin' chance to git somethin' t.
eat occasionallyT
You know mighty well what's t.
prevent me. Glib. amt got no pas
scnger license. an I'll be keel-haulet
an skull-dragged II I fall for you
cute little game. my son. amt lnyln
myself liable to fine from the lnspec
tors an maybe have my ticket bool
took away to boot"
Enough of this gab," Mr.. Gibne!
roared. MY patience is exhausted
peace If have to fight for it. Me an
Bart stays aboard the steamer Maggie
until she gets back to Frisco town ol
until we're hove overheard In the In
terlm by the weight Of numbers. An
if any man, or set o. male bipeds tina
calls themselves men, is so foolish n!
to try to evict us from this packet
then all got to say is that They're
trillin' with DEATH got my arms left
even if my feet Is on the fritz
Scrnggs," he continued, "an' IL 70,
start anything I'll hug you an you
crew to death. I'm n rip-roarin' griZ
zly bear once I'm started an there
such thing as drivin man to des
peration.'
The bluff worked! Captain Scragg
turned to his retainers and with ,
condescendns and paternal smile
said: "Boys, let's give the duml
fools their own way. II they insis
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ship on the high seas, there's only on
name for the crime-an' that's piracy
punishable by hangn' from the yard
arm. Well just let 'em stay aboart
an turn 'em over to the police whei
we cit back to the city"
He started for his cabin and tn
crew, vastly relieved. followed him
The pirates once more sat down AM
pcrmittcd their hot feet to iOll over
| board.
About ten o'clock next morning tn
little vessel completed taking on he
cargo. the lines were cast OFF. and til
homeward voyage was begun. Messrs
Gibney and McGuffey were seated ol
the stern bits as the Maggie cam
abreast the Point Montara fog sigma
station, when Mr.. Gihney observed
long telescope pOking out the side win
dow of the pilot house. and followin
the direction In which the telescop
was pointing he made out large bar
standing In dangerously close to tn
beach. In fact, the breakers were tun
bling in a long white streak over tn
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