Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-02-03

you q mine. 30 we won't nave no
hard feelin's at partin', boys, an to
show you I'm a sport I'll treat to a
French dinner an a motion picture
show afterward. Further. shall re-
gard a refusal Of said invite as a
persnal affront."
by golly, you're gittin' sporty in
your old age" the engineer declared.
"Ill go you. Scraggs. How about you,
Gib7"
II accept with thanks, Scraggsy, old
tarpot Personally, maintain that
seamen should leave their troubles
aboard ship"
That's the sperrit l appreciate,
boys. Come to the cabin an I'll pay
you off. Then wait coupler min
utes till shift into my glad rags an
away wen go, like Paddy Ford's goat
ON our own hook"
"0ld Scraggsy's as cunnin' as a pet
fox, amt heY' the new navigating off,
Ger whispered as Scraggs departed
for his other suit. Hes goIn' to blow
himself on us tonight, thinkin' to soften
our hard resolution. Wen fool him.
Take all he gives US, but stand pat,
Bart
Bart nodded. His was one of those
sturdy natures that could always be
depended upon to play the game, win,
lose or draw
AS preliminary move, Captain
Scraggs declared In favor of a couple
Of cocktails to whet their appetites
for the French dinner, and according
ly the trio repaired to an adjacent
saloon and tucked three each under
their belts-all at Captain Scraggs'
expense. When he proposed a fourth,
Mr.. Gibney's perfect sportsmanship
caused him to protest, and reluctantly
Captain Scraggs permitted Gibney to
buy. Scraggs decided to have cigar,
however, instead Of another Martini.
The ethics of the situation then indi-
Gated that McGuffey should "set 'em
up" which he did over Captain
Scraggs' protestant again the wary
Scraggs called for cigar, alleging as
an excuse for his weakness that for
years three cocktails before dinner had
been his absolute limit. A fourth cock
tall on an empty stomach, he declared,
would kill the evening for him.
But why descend to 'sordid and vul-
gar details7 Suffice that when the
artful Scraggs, pretending to be over
come by his potations and very Ill into
the bargain, begged to be delivered
back aboard the Maggie, Messrs. Nc
Guffey and Gibney loaded him into a
taxicab and sent him there, while they
continued their search for excite
ment. Where and how they found
1t requires no elucidation here;
II is sufficient to state that 1t was ex-
pensive, for when men Of the Gibney
and McGuffey type have once gotten
fair start naught but financial dissolu-
ton can stop them.
On Monday morning, Messrs. Glib
ney and McGuffey awoke in Scab
Johnny's boarding house. Mr.. Gibney
awoke first, by reason of the fact that
his stomach hammered at the door of
his soul and bads him be up and do
ing. While his head ached slightly
from the fiery usquebaugh Of the Bow
head saloon, he craved return to
solid diet, so for several minutes he
lay supine, conjuring in his agile brain
ways and means of supplying this
need In the absence of ready cash.
"Tll have to hook my seXtant,"
was the conclusion at which he pres
emily arrived. Ten minutes later he
took his sextant under his arm and de-
parted for a pawnshop in lower Mar
ket street. From the pawnshop he re-
turned 10 Scab Johnnys with eight
dollars in his pocket, routed out the
contrite McGuffey, and carried the lat
ter off to ham and eggs.
They felt better after breakfast and
for the space of an hour lolled at the
table. discussing their adventures of
the past forty eight hours. well,
there's one thing certain" McGuffey
concluded, IAN that thing Is sure
cinch. Our strike has petered out
Let's mosey along down to the Mag
gie's dock an see how Scraggsy's get
tin along"
Forthwith they set out to interview
Captain Scraggs. The owner Of the
Maggie greeted them cheerily, but aft
err discussing generalitIes for half an
hour Scraggs failed TO make over
lures, whereupon Mr.. Gibney an
nounced casually that he guessed he
and Mac would be on their way.
Same here boys" Captain Scraggs
piped breezily. "I got a new mate an
new engineer comm aboard at ten
| o'clock an we sail at twelve"
"Well. we'll see you occasionally"
Mr.. Gibney said at parting.
"Oh. sure. Don't be strangers.
You're always welcome aboard the cid
Maggie" came the careless retoinder.
Somewhat crestfallen, the striking
| pair repaired to the Bowhead saloon
to discuss the situation Ovts' a glass of
beer. However, Mr.. Glbney's spirits
never dropped below zero while he
had one nickel to rub against another :