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Show , v '? ' "' ?' '. im- THE RICH COUNTY NEWS. RANDOLPH. UTAH plain wood box, labels em Oriental Gin goods, an consigns em to the Seng company, 714 Dupont street, San Now, why are these two Francisco. pipe, and gave himself up to medita- countrymen o yours shipped by freight where, by the way, they goes astray, tion for fully five mlnute t the end of which time McGuffey 'was aware for some reason that I dont know that his imagination was about to nothin about, an I buys 'em up at a old horse sale?" come to the front once more,. Gin Seng shrugged his shoulders and Well, gentlemen, (again McGuffey nodded approvingly) I bet I get replied that he didnt understand, You lie, snarled Captain Scraggs. my twenty bucks back outer them two You savey all right, you fat (Ad idol, Chinks, he announced presently. Howll yer do it? Inquired McGuf- you ! Its because If the railroad company knew these two boxes contained fey politely. the relaHowll I do It? Easy as failin dead corpses theyd fare one full eaqh Is which you, tives, through an open hatch. Pm t keep them two stiffs in th boxes from wherever these two dead ones until dark, an then Pm to take comes from, just the same as though em out, bend a rope around their they was alive an well. But you has em shipped by freight, an alms to middle, drop em overboard an anchor em there all night, I see th lad we spend a dollar an thirty cents each opens up in No. 1 case has had a beau- on em, by markin em Oriental tiful Job of embalmin done on him, goods. Helluva way to treat a rela- . but if I let them soak all night, Hke tion. Now, looky here, you IfU cost you Just five hunjust to make It Interestin an add a a mackerel, they'll Umber up an look spice t th grand openin, Fm willin kinder fresh. Then first thing In th dred dollars to recover these two to bet again my own best judgment momln TIP telephone th' coroner an stiffs, an close my mouth. If you an lay you even money, Scraggsy, tell him I found two floaters out In dont come through Fll make a belch that it aint ginseng, but Oriental th bay an for him to come an get t th' newspapers an theyll' keel haul em. I been along the waterfront long an skulldrag th Chinese Six Compagoods. Ill go you' five dollars, Just enough t know that th lad that picks nies an the Hop Sing tong through the ducks, responded Captain Scraggs up a floater gets a, reward o ten do- courts for evadin th laws o' th interheartily. McGuffey to bold the stakes llars from th city. You can bet that state commerce commission, an make an decide the bet Adelbert P. Gibney breaks even on th em look like monkeys generally. An Done, replied Mr. Gibney. The deal, aU right. , then th policell get wind of It Savey, you fat old murderer? Gib, my dear boy, said Captain pollcee-mamoney was placed In McGuffeys hands, and a moment later, with a Scraggs admiringly. . I apologize for Th price Tm askin is cheap, Charley. mighty effort, Mr. Gibney pried off my actions of a few minutes ago. I How do I know but what these two the lid of the crate. Captain Scraggs was unstrung. Youre still mate o th poor boys has been murdered In cold had his head Inside the box a fifth of a American steamer Maggie, an as such, blood? Theres somethin rotten in second later. welcome to th ship. All I ask Is that Denmark, my bully boy, an youll be an- you nail up your property, Gib, an save time an trouble an money by Sealed zinc box Inside, Get a can opener, Gib, my remove It from th dinin' room table. diggln up five hundred dollars. nounced. Gin Seng said he would go back to I want to remind you, however, Gib, boy. Ginseng, for a thousand, mourned that as shipmates me an McGuffey Chinatown and consult with his comMr. Gibney. Scraggsy, youre five dont stand for you shoulderin' any pany. For reasons of his own he was dollars of my money to the good. Gin- loss on them two cases o Oriental badly frightened. Scarce had he departed before the seng always comes packed In goods. We was t share th' gains, if boxes. watchful eye of Contain Scraggs obany, an likewise th losses. He produced a can opener from the Thats right, said McGuffey, fair served Mr. Gibney and McGuffey In cabin locker and fell to his work on a an square. No bellyachin' between the offing, a block away. When they corner of the hermetically sealed box. shipmates. Me an Scraggs each owns came aboard they found Captain d As he drove In the point of the can o them diseased Chinks, an Scraggs on top of the house, seated on d o' th loss, opener, he paused, hammer In hand, we each stands ' and gazed solemnly at Scraggs and if any. ; But there wont be no loss, proMcGuffey. Gentlemen . McGuffey tested Mr. Gibney. (again nodded approvingly) "do you know Drayage charges, Gib, drayage what a vacuum Is? charges. We give a man a dollar to I know, replied the Imperturbable tow em down t th ship. . A vacuum Is an empty McGuffey. Forget it, answered Mr.s Gibney hole that aint got nothin In It magnanimously, an lets go over an "Correct, said Mr. Gihney. My get a drink. I'm aU shook up. head is a vacuum. Me talkin about " ginseng root! Why, I must have waCHAPTER VI ter on the brain Ginseng be ! Its opium ! Had either Mr. Gibney or McGuffey Captain Scraggs shut up promptly, and contented himself with glowering at Mr. Gibney. Themate sat down on the hatch coaming, lit his v-a- in bloody-heathen- ORIENTAL GOODS." Synopsis. Captain Phlneas P. Scraggs has grown up around ths docks of San Francisco, and from mess boy on a river steamer, risen to the ownership of the steamer Maggie. Since each annual Inspection promised to be the last of the old weatherbeaten vessel, 6craggs naturally has some diffcrew. In a When iculty securing the story opens, Adelbert P. likable, but erratic, a man whom nobody but Scraggs would Is the skipper, Nells Halvor-sehire, a solemn Swede, constitutes the forecastle hands, and Bart McGuffey, a wastrel of the Gibney type, reigns In the engine room. With this motley crew and his ancient vessel. Captain Scraggs Is In freighting engaged garden truck from Halfmoon bay to San Fiancisco. The Inevitable happens; the Maggie goes ashore In a fog. A pass.ng vessel hailing the wreck, Mr. Gibney gets word to a towing company In San Francisco that the ship ashore Is the Yankee Prince, with promise of a rich salvage. Two tugs succeed in pulling the Muggle Into deep water, and she slips her tow lines and gets away in the fog. Funous at the deception practiced on them. Captains Hicks and Flaherty, commanding the two tugboats, ascertain the Identity of the "Yankee Prince and, fearing ridicule should the facts become known along the water front, determine on personal vengeance. Their hostile visit to the Maggie results In Captain Scraggs promising to get a new boiler and make needed .repairs to the steamer. Soraggs refuses to fulfill his promises and Gibney and strike." With marvelMcGuffey ous luck, Scraggs ships a fresh crew. At the end of a few days of wild conviviality Gibney and McGuffey are stranded and seek their old positions on the Maggie. They are ! Mlely received, but rer way to San Franmain. On cisco they sight a derelict and Gibney and McGuffey swim to It. The derelict proves to be the Chesapeake, richly laden. Its entire crew stricken with scurvy. Scraggs attempts to tow her In, but the Maggie is unequal to the task and Gibney and McGuffey, alone, sail the ship to San Francisco, their salvage money amounting to $1,000 apiece. His crew having deserted him, Captain Scraggs induces them to return. At an "old horse sale the three purchase two mysterious boxes which they believe to contain smuggled Oriental goods. fr Glb-ne- y, -- n, alr-tlg- ht -- one-thir- one-thir- , 1 t-- .. S CHAPTER VII Continued. For an hour Mr. Gibney sat on the over a few advantageous plans that had occurred to him for the investment of his share of the deal should Scraggs and McGuffey succeed In landing what Mr. Gibney termed the loot. About eleven oclock an express wagon drove In on the dock, and the mates dreams were pleasantly Interrupted by a gleeful shout from Captain Scraggs, on the lookout forward with the driver. sat on top of the two cases with his legs dangling over the end of the wagon. He was the picture of contentment. Mr. Gibney hurried forward, threw out the gangplank, and assisted in carrying both crates aboard the Maggie and into her little cabin. Captain Scraggs thereupon dismissed the expressman, and all three partners gathered around the dining room table, upon which the boxes rested. Well, Scraggsy, old pal, old scout, old socks, I see you.ve delivered the goods, said Mr. Gibney, hatting the skipper across the cabin with an affectionate slap on the shoulder. 1 d!d. said Scraggs and cursed Mr. demonstrativeness. Gibneys Heres the bill o sale all regular. McGuffey has the change. That bunch a Israelites run th price up to $10.00 eacli on these two crates o ginseng, hut when they see were determined to hae em an aint Interested in nothin else, they lets em go to us. McGuffey, my dear boy, whatever are there standin around you with jour teeth in your mouth? Skip down into th engine room and bring up a hammer an a col chisel. Well open her up an inspect th swag. Upon McGuffeys return, Mr. Gibney took charge. He drove the chisel under .the lid of the nearest crate, and prepared to pry It loose. Suddenly he paused. A thought had occurred to him. Gi rtlemen. he said (McGuffey nodded his head approvingly), this world is full o sorrers an disappointments. an it may well be that these two cases dont contain even so much as a smell o ginseng after all. It may be that they are really Oriental goods. What I want dlstinctlj understood is this : no matter whats Inside, v e share equally In the profits, even If they turn out to he losses. Thats understood -- n agreed to, aint It? Captain SJeraggs and McGuffey Indicated that It was. Theres a element o mjytery about these two boxes, continued Mr. Gibney, that fascinates me. They sets on joggles my Imagination Now, HP my sportin Instincts. item bitts and ruminated' dog-gon- Captain Scraggs was forced to grab the seat of his chair In order to keep himself from jumping up and clasping Mr. Gibney around the neck. Forty dollars a pound, he gasped. Gib Gib, my dear boy youve made us wealthy Quickly Mr. Gibney ran the can opener around the edges of one comer of the zinc box, inserted the claws of the hammer into the opening, and with a quick, melodramatic twist, bent back the angle thus formed. Mr. Gibney was the first to get a peep taslde. "Great snakes! he yelled, and fell back against the cabin wall. A hoarse scream of rage and horror broke from Captain Scraggs. In his eagerness he had driven his head so deep into the box that he came within an inch of kissing what the box contained which happened to be nothing more nor less than a dead Chinaman! Mr. McGuffey, always slow and unimaginative, shouldered the skipper aside, and calmly surveyed the ghastly apparition. Twig the yellow beggar, will you, one eye half Gib?" said McGuffey; open for all the world like he was winkin at us an enjoyin th joke. Not a muscle twitched In McGuHe ffeys Hibernian countenance. scratched his head for a moment, as a sort f first aid to memory, then turned and handed Mr. Gibney ten dollars. You win, Gib. Its Oriental goods; sure enough. Robber ! shrieked Captain Scraggs, and flew at Mr. Gibneys throat. The sight reminded McGuffey of a terrier worrying a mastiff. Nevertheless, Mr. Gibney was still so unnerved at the discovery of the horrible contents of the box that, despite his gigantic prohelpless. portions. he was well-nig- h McGuffey, you swab, he yelled. Pluck this maritime outlnw off my neck. Hes tearin my windpipe out by th roots. McGuffey choked Captain Scraggs until he reluctnntly let go Mr. Gibney, whereupon nil three fled from the cabin as from a pestilence, and gathered, an angry and disappointed group, out on deck. Opium! jeered Captain Scraggs, Ginwith tears of rage In his voice. seng I You and your Imagination, you swine, you ! Get off my ship, you lout, or Ill murder you. Mr. Gihney hung his head. Scraggsy an you, too, McGuffey I got In admit that this here Is one on Adelbert P. Glbnev. I I shrilled Captain Oh, hear him, One on him Its two on Scraggs. you. you bloody-handerngpicker. I suppose that othei ease contains opium, too! If there aint another dead corpse in No. 2 cnse I hope my teeth may drop overbontd. Shut up! bellowed Mr. Gibney, in a towering rage.' What howJ have you got cornin? Theyre my Chinamen, ain't they? I paid for 'em like a man, didnt I? All right, then. Ill keep them two Chinamen. You two aint out a cent yet, an as for this fii e I wins off you, Scraggs, Its blood money; thats what It Is, an I hereby gives It back to you. Now, quit yer whinin, or by the tail o the Great Sacred Bull, Ill lock you up all night in th cabin along o them two defunct Celestials. 1 d . been watching Captain Scraggs after he had left them they would have been much puzzled to account for that worthys actions. First he dodged around the block Into Drumm street, and then ran down Drumm to California, where he climbed aboard a cable car and rode up into Chinatown. Arriving at Dupont street he alighted and walked up that Interesting thoroughfare until he came to No. 714. He glanced at a sign over the door and was aware that he stood before the entrance to the offices of the- Chinese Six Companies, so he climbed upstairs and inquired for Gin Seng, who presently made his appearance. , Gin Seng, a very nice, fat Chinaman, arrayed in a flowing silk gown, begged, in pidgin English, to know In what manner he could be of service. Me heap big captain, allee same On ship, began Captain Scraggs. hoard ship two China boys have got. (Here Captain Scraggs winked knowChina boy no speak Engingly.) lish That being the case, interposed Gin Seng, I presume that you and I understand each other, so lets cut out the pidgin English. Do I understand that you are engaged In evading the immigration laws? Exactly, Captain Scraggs managed to gasp, as soon as he conld recover from his astonishment. They showed me your name an address, an they won't leave th ship, where I got em locked up In my cabin, until you come an take em away. Couple o relatives of yours, I should Imagine. Gin Seng smiled his bland Chinese smile. He had frequent dealings with ship masters engaged In the dangerous, though lucrative, trade of smuggling Chinese Into the United States, and while he had not received advice of this particular shipment, he decided to go with Captain Scraggs to Jackson street bulkhead and see if he could not be of some use to his countrymen. As Captain Scraggs and his Chinese companion approached the wharf the skipper glanced warily about. He had small fear that either Gibney or McGuffey would show up for an hour, for he knew that Mr. Gihney had money In his possession. However, he decided to take no chances, and scouted the vicinity thoroughly before venturing aboard the Maggie. These actions served but to Increase the respect of Gin Seng for the master of the Maggie and confirmed him In his belief that the Maggie was a smuggler. InCaptain Sciaggs took side the little cabin, carefully locked and bolted the door, lifted the zinc flap hack from, the top of the crate of Oriental goods and displayed the face of the dead Chinaman. Also he pointed to the Chinese characters ob the wooden lid of the crate. What does these hen scratches mean? demanded Scraggs. This man Is nnraed Ah Ghow and he belongs to the Hop (Slng tong. How about his pal tefe? , That man is evidently Ng Chong Yip. He is also a Hop Sing man. Captain Sfcrftggs wrote it down. AU he said much right, cheerily ; obliged. Now, what I want to knolv Is what the Hop Sing tong the departed brethren by freight? They go to work an fix em up nice so's theyll keep, packs em Away In a zinc coffin. Inside a nice - means-shippin- r- obdurate and eventually the Chinaman paid over the money and departed with the remains of his countrymen. I knew hed come through, Bart, Mr. Gibney declared. They got to ship them stiffs to China to rest alongside their ancestors or be In Dutch with the sperrtts o the departed forever after. Do we have to split this swag tslth that dirty Scraggs? McGuffey wanted Seeln as how he tried to BEST LOCATION OF HOG LOT to know. give us the double cross e "Well fix Scraggsy all Simple Precaution May Be Meana of an legal sos he wont have no comePreventing Spread of Cholera Isolate New 8tock. back." They had not long to wait Upon his arrival at Gin Seng's place of busi(Prepared by th United State Department ot Agriculture.) ness Captain "Scraggs had been InWhen hog cholera sweeps through a formed that Gla Seng had gone out neighborhood, cansing the death of twenty minutes before, and further In- hundreds of animals, a simple precauquiry revealed that he had departed In an express wagon. Consumed with tion, as the proper location of the hog may be the means of preventing misgivings of disaster, Scraggs re- lot, turned to the Maggie as fast as the infection. Where not to have the hog cable car and his legs could carry him. lot is pointed ont and other suggescontrol-an- d eradication In the cabin he found Mr. Gibney and tions on the of this disease are given In a leaflet McGuffey playing crlbbage. They laid published by the United States Departdown their hands as Scraggs entered. To ment of Agriculture. Hog lots should Mr. Gibney began at once: show you what a funny world this Is, be located away, from streams and while me an Bart's settln on deck highways. Free range, streams, IrriIn the spread for you to come back, along gation canals, eta, help Dont visit breezes a fat old Chine man In an ex- of cholera outbreaks. lots or allow neighbors neighbors hog two to an' them offers buy press wagon cases of Oriental goods. He makes me to visit yonrs if tjiey have sick hogs. an' Mac what we considers a fair Infection may be carried by teams and offer. Lemme see, now, he continued, wagons from highways; don't drive Inand got out a stub of lead pencil with to hog lots. Isolate for at least two which he commenced figuring on the weeks all new stock hogs and those We paid just returned from exhibitions and white oilcloth table cover. or lend bogs for twenty dollars for them two derelicts sales. Dont borrow an a dollar towage. Thats twenty-on- e breeding purposes if cholera Is In the community. dollars, an a third o twenty-on- e Is seven, an seven dollars from twenty-fBum to ashes or bury four feet deep ive all animals that die on the farm and leaves eighteen dollars cornin to you. Heres your eighteen dollars, the unused internal organs of slaughScraggsy, you lucky old vagabond all tered animals, since they attract dogs, clear profit on a neat days work, no which may carry Infection. If cholera n expense, no investment, no appears in the neighborhood, confine interest charges or overhead, an your dog and encourage others to do likewise. Immunize herds located dansold out at your own Agger." Captain Scraggs face was a study gerously near Infected centers. CareIn conflicting emotions as he raked In ful attention to the feeding and hanthe eighteen dollars. Thanks, Gib," dling of the herd after Immunization la an Important matter. Mange, lice and he said frigidly. Me an Gibs goln ashore for lnnch worms lower the vitality of hogs and at the Marigold cafe, McGuffey an- render them more susceptible to disnounced presently, In order to break ease. the horrible silence that followed If cholera appears In the herd, post Scraggsys crushing defeat. Tm will- warning notices bo your neighbors will in to spend some o my profits on the know about it, suggests the departdeal an blow you to a lunch with a ment Have all susceptible hogs Imsmall bottle o Dago Red thrown In. munized at once by some 'one with How about It, Scraggs? special training and experience, prefTm on. Scraggs sought to throw erably to a competent veterinarian. Inoff bis gloom and appear sprightly. sist that the temperature of all hogs be Whatd you peddle them two cadavers taken at time of treatment and an Increased dose of serum given to those for, Glbr Mr. Gibney grinned broadly,, but did showing a. temperature of J04 degrees not answer. In effect, his grin in- F. or over. Confine all treated hogs ta formed Scraggs that that was none of limited, clean quarters; keep on light, the latters business and Scraggs as- restricted diet for at least two weeks similated the hint Well, at any rate, Gib, whatever you soaked him, It wag a mighty good sale an I congratulate you. I think mebbe I might ha done a little better myself, but then It aint every day a feller can turn an elghteen-dolla- r trick on a corpse." Cornin' to lunch with us? McGuffey demanded. Sure. Walt a minute till I run forward an see If the lines Is all fast." He stepped out of the cabin and presently Gibney and McGuffey were conscious of a rapid succession of thuds ou the deck. Gibney winked at ship-shap- back-break-I- McGuffey. Well fix Scraggsy." , Nother new hat gone to h mured McGuffey. 1," mur- 4 an upturned fire bucket, smoking pensively and gazing across the bay with an assumpttonof lamblike Innocence on his fox face. He soon departed, but Mr. Gibney was suspicious. Hes got his lines fast somewhere you can bank on While we that, was his comment. was away he rigged up some kind of a deal, Bart. It stands to reason it was a mighty profitable deal, too. My imagination may be a bit off the course at times, Bart, but In general. If theres a dead whale floatin around the ship I can smell it. What do you make out ' that fat Chinaman cruisin down the bulkhead in an express wagon an another Chinaman settln up on the bridge with him? McGuffey demanded. Seems to me theyre cornin, bows on, for the Maggie, The job that confront m to get dm munition down to our friend in Mexico." U , MIND On (TO BE CONTINUED.) HYPNOTIZED BY SIGNS "Do yon know why It la so hard to keep landmarks In your head In ths etty these days? asked the old-tim- It Is something that has bothered me a great deal. I can remember that up to ten or twenty years ago I never g They tell me to deduct somethin', had any that on Bart Walt a minute till we see If such and such a corner was a three-stor- y theyre cornin aboard. If they are building with a wabbly tin Theyre goin to make a landin, cornice. On another corner was a Gib. yellow warehouse, etc. ' then ' I deduct that-thi- s But a fellow doesn't remember Scraggs these thlngB any more unless he makes It a duty. I mean that the mind is Theyre boardin us, Gib. hafe arranged with yon fat Chinano longer Impressed photographically man ,to relieve us o the unwelcome with the appearance of bnlldings or presence of his defunct friends. Hes vacant lots. gone an hunted up the relatives an The reason Is the advertising signs made em come across thats what that' assault the eye wherever one hes done. The dirty, low, schemin looks. The letters of the alphabet are that when we granddaddy of all the foxes In Chris- so familiar to thg-e- ye tendom ! Ill fish around an see what see a sign the eyeut once begins tracThis doesn't mean figger Scraggs charged him, and Mr. ing the letters. Gibney stepped to the rail to meet that we read all these signs. Our eye Gin Seng, for It was indeed he. Is Just unconsciously attracted to the Sow-sesow-sehun-gaMr. familiar type and this type Is about Gibney saluted the Chinaman In a all it sees on a building or a vacant facetious attempt to talk the latters lot. I dont refer only to sign boards. language. Hello, there, John Chinaman. Hows your liver? Captain he. The merchants nowadays, particularly alie same get tired; he no waltee. the smaller merchants, fill their winWhas mallah, John. Too long time dows with signs of all descriptions. you no come. You heap lazy all time. The .names of the stores are lettered -- Gin e Seng smiled his bland, all a&oss buildings. The result is You ketchum two we remember neither building ncr smile. China "boy In box? he queried. sign." body-snatch- ln e, lnscruta-bld'Chines- Wfe have, boomed McGuffey, an beautiful specimens they be. No money, no China boy, Gibney added firmly Money have got. Too muchee money you wantee. No can do. Me pay h two hundred dollah. Five hundred heap muchee. No have got. "Nothin doin, John. Five hundred dollars an not a penny less. Put up the dough or beat It. Gin Seng expostulated, lied, evaded and all but wept, but Mr. Gibney wag dol-la- "01 . 1 Raon Why City Man Falla to Familiarise Himaelf With the ' Towna Landmarks. trouble-rememberin- A Healthy Pork Family in the Alfalfa and give plenty of pure drinking waserum Is not a ter. cure; but when used as soon as cholera appears In a herd It seems to have a favorable effect eo some animals in the very early stage of the disease.. Dont rely on serum to cure sick hogs; It Is primarily a preventive. If the disease comes to your farm and runs its course, disinfect thoroughly afterwards all places where slek hogs have been. First, remove all Infected manure and spread on fields Inaccessible to hogs. Burn all Utter, rubbish and old troughs from infected pens and lots. Turn ever portable hog bouses, exposing the Interior to Thoroughly dean pens and buildings In which sick hogs have been cept, and disinfect by spraying with compound cresol solution, one part to 80 parts of soft water. In summer, pastures and lots are usually made safe within three weeks by the action of ronllght Fill, drain, or fence off mud callows. Disinfect and board off aU runs underneath buildings. Destroy hogs that dont fully recover; they may carry cholera infection. .. ra sun-Ag- ht SHOULD NOT MATE TOO SOON Best Results, Angora Goata Must Be Allowed to First Attain For Full Maturity. Angora goats of both sexes will sometimes mate when five months old and often at six months, but from the fact that they are at this age but a month or two from weaning time, and are not nearly full grown. It is obvious that they should not be permitted to mate. They reach maturity when about 10 or 18 months old, and they Ingratitude Always Monstrous. Ingratitude Is monstrous; and for ought not to mate before that time. the multitude to be ungrateful were to If mated earlier the kids will not be make a monster of the multitude. so strong or so well developed. They are In their prime when two or six Shakespeare. years old, but with proper feeding In winter they have been known to Bridge Cable Woven In Place. The eighteen Inch cable of th breed regularly until 15 years old. Brooklyn bridge was woven In place. The average life of a goat Is about It would have been practically Im- IS years. There should be no tendency possible to hoist it to Its " present tp keep does until they are very old, position wbm complete, unless they bring extra good kids. |