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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER, HYRUM, UTAH No, .Scraggsy he science left," Hicks defended himself. herty; as they collided he rushed In one of the two should crawl into tbe She of a aint worth It, an your throw and cupful He dosed the hook with a sigh and and dealt each of them a powerful shaft alley found a can cant be overlooked, if placed it back on the sbel just as poke. However, Messrs. Hicks and chloride of lime (for they In Captain tiling I hate Its duplicity. Here the door opened to admit no less i Flaherty were sizeable persons and of this In the engine room) dark- Scraggsy and get yourself shadow a when no were Scraggs face, a ew personage than Bartholomew McGuf- while, Individually, they Bartholomew Mr. and navigatin officer. hatch the ened assisttremendous match for the Gibney, fey, late chief engineer, first Scraggs twisted and flinched ant, second assistant, third assistant, nevertheless what they lacked In McGuffey 'demanded belligerently: and stoker horsepower they made up In pugnacity "Whats goto on down there? Who stantly, and Mr. wiper, oiler, water-tendand the salt sea seldom breeds a the devils takin liberties In my en- missed the mark. of the S. S. Maggie. With a brief nod Til give you an extra for that to Jack Flaherty Mr. McGnffey ap- craven. Captain Scraggs thruit a gine room? "Dont! Dan Hicks explained the situation Please dont, frightened face up through the engine-rooproached Dan Hicks. off-drastic action cause howled. for of battle Just the and the me an TU "Lay at "I been lookin for yon, captain, he sight hatch, but a the new held boiler deck an which on against the have fugitive o aft, chief they the compass ad. the hear announced. I royal taking place "Say, By PETER B. KYNE the Aphrodites goin to take a three his blood turned to water and he In the shaft alley. Mr. McGuffey con- jUStQQ The words were no sooner out of months layoff to get shet of his rheu- thought only of escape. To climb up sidered a few moments and made his his mouth than Mr. McGuffey Author of to the bulkhead without being seen decision. matism. Is that straight?" 8wun, was Impossible, however, so, not If what you say Is true an I aint him clear of Mr. GIbneys Wraf "I believe It is, McGuffey. "Webster Mans Man, Swear It, he hissed. Raise you? "Well, say, Td like to have a chance knowing what else to do, he stood on In position to dispute you, not havin "The Valley of the d to substltoot for him. Ton know my the Iron ladder and gazed, leen present when you hauled the right hand an swear it an I'll cm. Giants, Etc. Maggie off the beach, I dont blame tect you from Gib. capabilities, Hicks, an If It would be with horror, at the unequal contest of me tide for the have Captain Scraggs raised a trembling to to Backward and forward your you for feeling sore. What I do blame agreeable you war the is hand and swore It Til get a minwould carryln recommendation though, three go chief right Pete B. for, For battle you your nearly Kyna surged. Copyright, by a long way toward landin me the Job. utes all Scraggs saw was an Indis- aboard the Maggie. If you wanted to Td sure make them engines behave. tinct tangle of leg9 and arms; then whale Gib an Scraggsy you should ha been on late- suddenly the combatants disengaged laid for em on the dock. Under the vessel have "What you IHICKS AND FLAHERTY ON VEN. make this a per-snly?. Hicks demanded cautiously, for themselves and Scraggs beheld Mr. circumstances,an you GEANCE BENT. as a member o the he knew Mr. McGuffeys reputation for Gibney prone upon the deck with a affair, around pay day. gory face upturned to the foggy skies. crew o the Maggie I got to take a Synopsis. Captain Phlneas P. Scraggs "I been with that freshwater scaven- When he essayed to rise and continue hand an defend my skipper agin youse (has grown up around the docks of San Francisco, and from mess boy on a river ger, Scraggs, In the Maggie for most the contest Flaherty kicked him In two. Fact is, gentlemen, I got a date steamer, risen to the ownership of the a year. the ribs and Hicks cursed him; so to lick him first for what he done to steamer Maggie. Since each annual in fire Mr. Gibney, realizing that all was me last night. Howsumever, thats a did or "Did Scraggs old you laBt the of to quit be the epectlon promised over, beat the deck with his hand In private grouch. The fact remains that weatherbeaten vessel, Scraggs naturally you? bas some difficulty in securing a crew. Hicks and Fla- you two jumped my pal Bert Gibney "He fired me, McGuffey replied token of surrender. When the story opens, Adelbert P. Gibney, fallen gladla an licked him somethin scandalous. the have Td waited until "If quit, he hadnt herty honestly. likable, but erratic, a man whom nobody toss-uIn from sufficient breath to Hicks, Ill take you on first. Come up tor had Cornin so recovered a Its but Scraggs would hire, is the skipper, (Neils Halvorsen, a solemn Swede, const- Halfmoon bay last night we got In the sit up; then they pounced upon him, out of there, you swab, and fight Flaitutes the forcastle hands, and Bart an piled up on the beach jus lifted him to the rail, and dropped him herty, you stay below until I send for a wastrel of the Gibney type, fog overboard. Captain Scraggs shrieked you ; If you try to climb up an, horn In Cliff below house the reigns in the engino room. With this in protest at this added touch of bar- on my fight with Hicks, GibneyU brain Jack Cap"This vessel. is crew ancient Flaherty his and Interesting," motley tain Scraggs is engaged in freighting gar- murmured. You say she walked barity, and Dan Hicks, turning, be- you. den truck from Halfmoon bay to San ashore on A faint cheer came from the shaft you, McGuffey? Well, Til held Scraggsys white face at the Francisco. The inevitable happens, the I I hatch. Good old Mac. A be shot a alley. fog. Maggie going ashore in Mr. called he Youre next, Scraggs," "Youre on, McGuffey. Nobody ever "She did. Scraggs blamed It, on me, passing vessel hailing the wreck, company Gibney gets word to a towing ashore the cheerfully, and turned to peer over the had to beg me to fight him, Dan didnt He I said obey Flaherty. is in San Francisco that the ship Mr. Gibney had emerged on the Hicks replied, cordially, and climbed the Yankee Prince, with promise of a signals from the bridge, one word led rail. to another, an he went dancin mad surface and was swimming slowly to the deck. To his great surprise, rich salvage.. an ordered me off his ship. Well, Its away toward an adjacent float where Mr. McGuffey winked at him and drew He climbed him off to the stern of the Maggie. CHAPTER III Continued. his ship or it was his ship, for Ill small boats landed. bet a dollar shes ground to powder wearily up on the float and sat there, Therell be no fight, he declared, "Thatll do, bosun, Gibney thun- by now so all I could do was obey. gazing across at Hicks and Flaherty although well thud around on deck dered. Then, in his natural voice, to 1 "hopped overboard an waded ashore. without animus, for to his way of an yell a couple o times to make Scraggs: "All set, Scraggsy. Guess j supp0se all my clothes an things Is thinking he had gotten off lightly, Scraggs think were goin to it. He ready to be pulled off. Get down gone by now i left everything aboard sidering the enormity of his offense. figgers that by the time Ive fought In the engine room and stand by for aQ bad to borrow this outfit from The least he had anticipated was three you an Flaherty I wont be fit for full speed ahead when I give the gcab jobnny He grinned pathetical- - months in hospital, and so grateful combat with him, even if I lick you word. So I guess you understand, Cap- - was he to Hicks and Flaherty for both; hes got It all flggered out that ly. Ill Fix the Ash Hoist and Run the entreated I ! Scraggs Just how bad I need that their forbearance that he strangled a Ill wait a couple o days before Hicks, Quick Hurry tajn Bedbugs and Cockroaches Out ot little the job i spoke about a minute ago. jas he disappeared through tacklin him, an he thinks my temHer." lengine-roohatch, for the tide was pij think It over, Mac, an let you perll cool by that time an he can the at tip of the flood and the kn0W nicks replied evasively. jiow argy me out o my revenge. Savey? fiew fire hose an fire buckets; Ill fix Mr- - McGuffey, sensing his defeat Maggie was bumping wickedly andI twig. the ash hoist and run the bedbugs aa y Gibto hide his embar- - lively interest as to the fate of Mr. Gibney had returned to the cockroaches out of her, he added. idrivlng further up the beach. Mr. forthwith retlred turned his stovepipe seaward and rassment and stress; as the door tain Scraggs at the hands of the tow Maggie by this time and he now took You hear that, Gib? McGuffey shouted: "Tugboats, ahoy I hatch closed behind him, Hicks and Flaherty his station at the engine-rooHave a heart. pleaded. Ahoy I they answered in unison. faced eaeh otber and growled at Flaherty and abused he gives her a coat of unless Not I o "All ready I Leter him. Dan Hicks, can two courage, up your Keep Jack, quoth an quits bickerin about tlie ' The Squarehead stationed hlmse he called, as Hicks and Mc- paint towboat men, holdin down two hun- Scraggsy, overtime, Bart. y the bltts with a lantern and Mr. to have dred doUnr jobs an presumed Guffey pranced around the deck In took would to do . dastard and I promise, Scraggs answered him. would the (hastened to the pilot house combat. Macs whalin the simulated swaddim- ciothes for enemy t thelr he added, you an dear out o Hicks an Hicks couldnt Pervided, displace at the wheel. When the haw- at afford to be be yearg whey tWrty ol Mac promises to stick by the ship. eers commenced to lift out of the sea, laughed off tbe San Franclsco water-Th- e touch him with a buggy whip. JoIts a whack, yelled McGuffeyHicks Squarehead gave a warning shout, frordy At the conclusion of the three minDan struck and whirling, yfully, Mr. Gibney whereupon Mr. McGuffey came utes of horse-plaTe know one of them that cant, Off our a mighty blow on the jaw. iglne room hatch like to the can a rat DanUp with you, - At the sam again. favored time, puli8 He Brralnst hoodlums. . S you gg commanded Phlneas P. Scraggs and a beachcomb- Flaherty, he called loud enough for ship, with a hearty thump Jack to Flaherty dashed room, he them tugs for all you re worth. Be-the through engine to with a mate make Uke hear, up you Wg Scraggs Captain palr Gibney Yankee and swung again on Dan Hicks. At member this Is the steamer led monkeyS out of said snatch a large tnonkey wrench off the before I go down after you. of st too off come not must em, Scraggsy. Heres where you (Prince. We two towboat men and get away with tool rack on the wall, and, kneeling Flaherty was about te possess himGib whether youre a readily. self of a hatchet when the face of his prove to it? a mouse thump or a or Captain Scraggs opened the throttle, Dan over confrere. Ive did that last Hicks, Still, appeared -? night. They thump bobtailed thumpand while the two tugs steadily drew known monkeys that would fight an shoulder and grinned thump, McGuffeys rat. (her off Into deep water, the Maggie was human enough to settle a grudge. knowingly at him. Immediately, Fla Dan Hicks had been upset, and as fought valiantly to stick to the beach Follow me, Jack. herty hurled defiance at his enemies back on deck, he iand even to continue her Interrupted came up on deck, and once more he sprawled on his and to Jackson they repaired Together sucto offer She merely (journey overland. to Captain Scraggs came the dull appeared to Captain Scraggs bulkhead. Sure enough, there street So hawsers for both victory. ceeded In stretching sounds of apparent conflict overhead. at least an even chance the Maggie, rubbing her blistered flew was seaward, drawn courage, his laJ she slowly mustering Suddenly a cheer broke from Mr. Scraggs, Hicks Captain Etern first, and at the expiration of against the bulkhead tooth and toenail. His at poor Cooper-towoff All an to was Mr. in nowhere but gone Gibney. sight, GibScraggs Mr. but it served to pulling, minutes much was not fifteen steady Come best was at the winch swing ng Scraggsy, he shouted. Mr. McGnffey off Hicks Dan iney could restrain himself no longer. Gibney keep an take a look at the fallen. crates of vegetables which ashore the up astern-and got was disposing of Jack rang for full speed Out of the shaft alley came Scraggs while the latter St Hal- - The Squarehead and three longshoNeils he did, via the rail, calling which Then, promptly. with a rush, tossing his wrench aside Flaherty, remen to aid him, he abandoned the men loaded Into the cargo net. towboat men had disposed the as even the better to climb the ladder. He was Were outnumbered, Jack Flaherty Dan Hicks followed Mr. Gibney. wheel and scrambled aft. half way up when Mr. Gibney reached of ununtil wait Lets shes whispered. crew of the Maggie Magthe the one at the wheel, no and With down a great hand, grasped him by Flaherty, an an are loaded Gibney Scraggs hawthe rail as the enemy swam cle shot off at a tangent and the the collar, and whisked him out on crowded leers slacked immediately. In the twin- - aboard alone. to the float, crawled up on it and ddeck with to a his without retired Here, jerk. single having They eparted, vowing vengeance. kllng of an eye Mr. Gibney had cast tracted horror, he found himself confronted the attention of Mr. Gibney. off, and as the ends disappeared Alls well that ends well, k by a singularly scathless trio who Promptly at twelve oclock the announced. (with a swish over the stern he ran Mr. McGuffey off work for the grinned triumphantly at him.' drink OP a to the pilot house, rang for full shoremen knocked to buy Scraggsys goin Is Seein and Neils Dan Halvorsen hour lunch believin, Scraggs, hard over, an forgotten. fcpeed ahead, put his helm Hicks informed him. Thats a lesson the past Is burled across the street to cool his And headed the Maggie in the general drifted up a fight. old put Didnt Scraggsy with steam beer. you taught me an Flaherty last night, 'direction of China, although as a mat- - parched throat .. but evidently you dont profit by ex- Gib? IU telJ Iter of fact he cared not what direction While waiting for Scraggs to come up Mac. tried to, he but No, of the engine room, and take him ou perience. Youre too miserable to he pursued, provided he got away from out the world he did, and he thrust Mr. show beat to but It sauntered to aft aint up, Gibney luncheon, you just to Scraggsy. the beach and placed distance between and was standing gazing reflectively possible for a dirty bay pirate like the hand of forgiveness very ban come the Maggie and two had he who, realizing on the Maggies stern a you to skin the likes o me an Fla spot open , out of an unlovely situa tugboat skippers. where the hawsers had chafed away herty we purpose bangin the seat o' somely of Mr. !l,neL. I your pants up around your coat col clasped the hands the paint, when suddenly his fore- CHAPTER IV. into tears. and burst McGuffey lar. Face him about, Gibney. bodings of evil returned to him a thou- him Mr. thumped McGuffey With a quick twist, Mr. Gibney prehim a The crews of the Aphrodite and the sand fold stronger than they had been cursed and return to the little ship, for his pen the shoulder blades sented since Captain Scraggs Scraggs were for late, retire they Bodega slept up and beheld gazing ance; Flaherty and McGuffey followed fectlonately, Mr. Gibney vhe weary and, fortunately, no calls for He glanced him k Dan Hicks promptly and Captain change Into dry garments; Captains Jack a tug came Into the office of the Red down upon went at Scraggs screamed at every kick. And reappeared the trio company all morning. About herty and Daniel Hicks. Battle was the promised grog and a valiant Mr. the and now came turn. Imminent For Gibney FlaGIbneys and Jack Dan Hicks ten oclock threatened the in- failin to stand up like a man the skippers expenseknew It; wherefore he determined in-herty breakfasted and about vaders at,ba,andweapon. Thereupon man. a meet It like to an battle Hicks an Fla office ADDarentlv stantly hoth mpt in the Hicks and Flaherty pelted him with Scraggsy,he Informed the he saluted men, them. Howdy, herty, souls with a but culprit, and two were single thpv This Scraggs person is Glad to have you aboard the yacht, lumPS of coal, bnt the sole result of tossed him over to McGuffey to be the th nnch fine little promiser. , wtaloX-SUhli. .e Ve he ..eppel bad held In position for him. . ' halt and ' room. alley Dont, Gib. Please dont, Scraggs volume entitled "Lloyd's Eesle- - eelf Agutins walled. It aint cornin to me from "Heres where we collect the tow- (TO BE CONTINUED.) ter. Dan Hicks reached It first, car- The towboat men held a council of you. I never heard you callin S. S. Yankee Prince, on the bill age wet his tarry ried it to the counter, Informed him, and leaped war and decided to drown Scraggs out, Honest, I never, Gib. Have mercy, Washingtons Harvest tne Index finger and started turning the Dan Hicks on reHicks Dan ran deck bulkhead and. down at You up the straight the saved Adelbert from last Maggie During the wet season paces In a vain search for the Amerideck fire hose e night an a quarter Interest In her Is grows luxuriantly on the r turned Jack the followed, dragging Mr. Flaherty Gibney. Prince. (Q Yankee can steamer Presently Mr. Gibney welcomed Captain Hicks hind him. ' He thrust the brass nozzle yours If you dont kick me! under the eaves of looked up at Jack Flaherty shaft-alle- y entrance and in-Mr. Gibney paused, foot In midair Seattle and thut part f he said, "I think youre with a terrific right swing, which Into the Flaherty could vited he to ,. Dan uncondi- - surveyed the Maggie from stem to and when the dry season arrives . K before surrender Scraggs guard, missed; or be drowned like a kitten, stern, hesitated, licked his lower lip, mass becomes so Inflammable "The same to you and many of Hicks had planted left and right tlonally would do the most good Scraggs, knowing his own fire hose, and glanced at the common enemy. offers a great fire menace. where w they a not bit them Flaherty replied, ana . went Into a clinch to defied them, so Dan Hicks started the For an Instant It came into his mind You said she was an eight and Mr., Gibney necessary to tear it away abashed lon2 on further while a turned himself of the pump punishment to save the and aid valiant call Flaherty able with the upon is done any thousand ton tramp --T Scragg- - water. Instantly the hose burst up on to support him In a fierce counter-- tool something like a rake, l "Scraggsy," he bawled, never went so far as to say Td Help! Murder!, Its Hicks deck and Scraggs Jeers of triumph attack upon Hicks and Flaherty. communities there are laws been aboard her on trial trip, though an ax! filled room. the The Bring an for showenemy engine and Flaherty! Instant, "however; theq make this removal compulsory, Only and did cut down her tonnage, about to draw lots to see which his sense of fair play conquered. Dan Hicks at Jack Fla-wcoo-- 1 He a of flung makes an exceUeot fertilizer. the In I got fragments duS The Qreetv Pea Pirates 2 dVhsZsS er m X n pop-eye- al ty p. y, At-a-bo- y , I con-we- re m I . Cap-toe- I . m go-o-- , I y, man-th- ump I n, at-fhe- m gentle-me- long-bac- Fla-gtac- lifl-e- ten-thl- tued r- - -. I S to . ll, be-h- R Me-Guff- sy-y-- y 1 as |