Williams news., 1922-02-17
(Continued from last week)

W ell, HI l SOI lO IS lAdl At takes a smart man to raise both an- chors when we only got one anchor to our blessed name. An with that anchor safe on the fo'castle head, I, for one, can't see no sense in raisin' it."
 You tarnation jackass !" sighed Gibney. "You forget who we are. Do you s'pose the steamer Yankee Prince can lay on the beach all night with both anchors out. an then be got ready to tow off in three shakes of a lambs tail? It takes noise to get up two anchors-so I'm maxim all the noise can. Got any steam?"
 Eighty pounds" Scraggs confessed. Having for the moment forgotten his identity. he was confused in the pres ~ence of the superior intelligence of his < navigating officer.
 Run aft, then, Scraggs, an turn that cargo winch over to beat the ; band until tell you to stop. With the drum runnin' free she'll make noise enough for a winch three times her -s size, but you might give the necessary F ye1ls to make 1t more lifelfke.
 Captain Scraggs fled to the winch. At the end of five minutes, MT. Gibney appeared and bade him desist. Then. turning his improvised megaphone sea- ward he addressed an imaginary mate: MT. Thompson. have you got your port anchor up?"
 Scraggs took the cue immediately. e "An clear forward, sir,'' he piped.
 ''Send the bosun ford an heave the s1ead, MT. Thompson"
 -'Very well, sir.''
 Here The Squarehead, who had been ! enjoying the unique situation immense aly, decided to take hand. Presently, ! in sing-song cadence, he was reporting the depth of water alongside
 'That'n do, bosun." Gibney thun- dered. Then, in his natural voice, to Scraggs: "An set. Scraggsy- Guess we're ready to be pulled off. Get down ] in the engine room and stand by for full speed ahead when I give the . word"
 Quick! Hurry!' Scraggs entreated as he disappeared through the little engine-room hatch. for the tide was now at the tip of the flood and the Maggie was pumping wfckedly and driving further up the beach. Mr. Gib- ney turned his stovepipe seaward and shouted: tTugboats, ahoyl"
 "Ahoy!" they answered in unison.
 "All ready! Letter go-o-o-oT
 The Squarehead stationed himself at Y the pitts with a lantern and MT. Gibney hastened to the pilot house and took his place at the wheel. When the haw- sers commenced to lift out of the sea, The Squarehead gave warning shout whereupon MT. Gibney called the en- zine room. Give her the gum he commanded Scraggs. Pull a-:,-n t them tugs for all you're worth. i-e- member this is the steamer Yankee Prince. We must not come off too readily"
 Captain Scraggs opened the throttle and while the two tugs steadily drew l her off into deep water. the Maggie fought valiantly to stick to the beach and even to continue her interrupted journey overland. She merely sue teeeded in stretching both hawscrs taut; slowly she was drawn seaward, stern first, and at the expiration of fifteen minutes steady pulling, MT. Gib- ney could restrain himself no longer. He rang for full speed astern-and got it promptly. Then, calling Neils Hal vorsen to aid him, he abandoned the wheel and scrambled aft.
 With no one at the wheel, the Mag gie shot off at a tangent and the haw- sers slacked immediately. In the twin king of an eye MT. Gibney had cast them off, and as the ends disappeared with swish over the stern he ran back to the pilot house, rang for full speed ahead. put his helm hard over, and headed the Maggie in the general direction of China, although as a mat ter of fact he cared not what direction he pursued, provided he got away from the beach and placed distance between the Maggie and two sOon-t0-be-farious tugbOat shippers.