The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1922-01-26

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master makes a good mate. On the
other hand, | realize that Gib here
has been a-pantin' and a-be,iyachin'
all his life to get a ship OF his own
an have folks call him Captain Glib
ney.' Now that he's gone an done
If. | say he's entitled to it, But the
fact of the whole thing is, Gib's the
natural leader of the expedition or
! whatever it's goin' to be, and he can't
have his peace Of mind wrecked and
his plans disturbed a-chasin' sailors
around the deck Of the Maggie ii.
Glib is sorter what the feller calls
the power behind the throne. He's
too big a fgger for the grade of cap
tain. Therefore, l move you, gentle
men, that Adebert p. Gibney be, and
is hereby nominated and appointed to
the grade OF commodore, in full com
mand and supervision of all Of the
property Of the syndicate. And | al
so move that Phineas Scraggs be ap-
pointed chief navigatin officer of this
packet, to retain his title of captain,
and to be Obeyed and respected as
such by every man aboard with the
exception Of me and Glib. The pres
ent mate1l do the navigatin' while
Scraggsys learnin' the deep sea stuff
Second the notion" said Captain
Scraggs briskly. "McGuffey, your ar
gument does you a heap Of credit.
It's-its-dOg my cats, McGuffey, It's
mastery. 1t shows a keen apprecia-
tion of an old skipper's feelin's, and
if the move IS agreeable to Glib, I'm
willin' to hail him as commodore and
fight to maintain his office. II dun
no, Glib, what I'd do if l didn't have
mate to order around"
Gentlemen" said Mr.. Gibney, beam
ing, the notions carried unanimous.
| Captain--chief-yOu fins. Dock me.
I'm honored by the handshake. Now,
| regarding that crew you brought down
! from San Francisco on the old Mag
! gle, Scraggs, they're likely lot and
will come in handy if times is as live
ly in Colombia as l fgger they will
be when we arrive there. Captain
| Scraggs, you will have your mate pipe
the crew to muster and ascertain their
! feelin's on the subject of takin' "A
! chance with Commodore Gibney. If
/ lllCJ ObJCNl " gum lul lllClS VIC IL itLlA
'em in Panama an pay 'em off as
| agreed. If they feel like followin' the
Jolly Roger Wen give 'em the coast
seaman's scale for a deep-water cruise
and a five per cent bonus in case we
turn a big trick"
Captain Scraggs went at once on
deck. Ten minutes later ne returned
to report that the mate and the four
seamen elected to stick by the ship.
Bully boys" said the commodore
"bully boys. l like that mate. He's
smart man and handles a gun well.
! While l should hesitate to take ad-
vantage of my prerogative rs commo-
! dore to interfere with the normal work
! ms Of the deck department, l trust
that on this special occasion our es-
| teemed navigatin' officer Captain
Scraggs, will not consider it beneath
MS dignity or an attack on his Office
( If l suggest to him that he brew an
other kettle Of grog for the crew."
Second the notion" replied Nc
Gufey.
Carried" said Scraggs, and pro-
ceeded to heat some water
Anything further?" stated the pres
ident.
How about uniforms?" This from
Captain Scraggs.
"Well leave that to Glib" suggested
McGulfey. Hes been in the Colombo
an navy and he'll know just what to
get US"
"WeIl, there's another thing that's
got to be settled" continued CAPTAIN
Scraggs. IF Pm to be navigatin' Off
Ger on the flagship of a furrin' fleet,
strike me pink if I'll do more cookin'
in the galley. It's degradin'. | move
that we engage some enterprlsln' Ori-
entail for that job"
Carried" said Mr.. Gibney. ANY
further business?"
once more McGuffey stood up. Gen
tlemen and brothers of the syndicate"
he began, "Tm satisfied that the back
bitin', the scrappin', the petty ieal
ousles and general cussedness that
characterized our lives on the old
Maggie will not be duplicated on the
Maggie H. Them vicious DAYS is gone
forever, l hope, an from now on the
motto of us three should be:
AN for one and one for all
Ohlled we stand, divided we fall"
This earnest little speech. which
came straight from the honest McGuf-
fey's heart, brought the tears to the
commodore's eyes. Under the inspira-
ton of McGuffpv,s ,,nealR,b ,,,o,1 a.,