Show h cam apra 11 or IN le rat am me L alvo a B LL lo 10 IOL afta ril W I 1 by PETER be KYNE cIu thor of WEBSTER MANS MAN THE VALLEY OF THE GIANTS ETC cri C copyright ri by peter D icene DERELICT RICHLY LADEN synopsis captain phineas ph 11 I 1 has grown up around the docks ot of san ban francisco and from mess mesa boy on it a river steamer risen to the ownership of the steamer blag maggie gle since each annual inspection spec tion promised to be the last ot of tile the old vessel naturally has some difficulty lit in securing a crew ahl when en the story opens adelbert P gibney likable ll kable but err erratic atle a man whom nobody but w would hire Is the skipper shipper nells neils salvor sen a solemn swede constitutes the forecastle hands and bart me luffey a wastrel ot of the tha gibney type reigns in the engine room with this motley crew anti anil his ancient vessel captain Is engaged in freighting garden truck from ItaK moon bay to sin san francisco the inevitable happens Imi pena the maggie goes ashore in a fog A passing vessel hailing the wreck mr gibney gets word to a toning company in sail ban francisco that t tha he ship hip ashore ashare Is tho the yankee prince with promise aromi s a of a rich salvage two tugs succeed in pulling the maggie into deep water and she slips her tow lines and gets away in the tog fog furious at the deception practiced on them captains hicks and caherty na Ma herty herti commanding the two tugboats tug boats ascertain the identity 0 of the yankee prince and fearing ridicule should tho lie bacis facts become known along the weter water front determine on personal vengeance enge ance their hostile visit to the maggle maggie results an in captain promising to get a new boiler and make needed repairs to the a steamer I 1 eamer refuses to fulfill his promises am and gibney find and Alc Guffey strike with marvel t oui luck ships a att aih crew at the end of a few days of wild colv conviviality gibney anil and ai Alc c gu Guffey affey are stranded and seek their old positions on the h e maggie is they are hostilely received but bin remain on their way to san legats l nm cisco they sight a den der act ellet CHAPTER V continued 5 spoken like it a man llian 1 I do not think scruggs for 1 in my life I 1 bave lyou where the hair Is short im willah to dig lit in art an help out in A a If tinch but its gettin so me nn an nine mac cant ant trust dust you no more were flint ant leery of you cu wo we wont take your word for bothin not liln since eyou iou fooled on shenew the new bolter boiler tin nn me on oil tile llie paint consequently were vere orr off you ion tin nn this i salv salvage job unless you give us n clear once ance lit in whitin lutan that hint wo nye are arc not an never neer was pirates unit flint were good law ina citizens nn nil the maggie as your guests inkin HIP flip trip tit at our own risk when alien you ou sign such a paper with your crew for wit tu nesses esses ill hirk birl can be sali ngod M ly battern bet tern my reputation scraggly Scra cRy gy tin an I 1 aint ork ln it for bothin I 1 gah my dear hoy boy yoiiro toure the lie most sensitive ninn man I 1 ever er sailed alei with cant you take r little joke sure I 1 can take taken a little joke jok e its I 1 ts the big ones that stick lit in my craw an stifle my friendship gamme a fountain pen pea an a leaf out olit 0 the flip log book an ill draw up lip the for or your signature compiled precipitately with this request whereupon sir air gibney spread ills grent great bulk over oer lie he chart case and with many a twist and flip of ills nn nil the ilia up tip nod and down strokes produced this oils remarkable do doc at sen sea oft off point Mon montara montain tarn aboard S S maggle maggie of san sail francisco june 4 39 0 this Is to certify that A 1 11 G limey gibney esq and bart barf mcguffey esq Is law alti sens of the lie U S A slid and the thereof and in no any pirates or such and tin lie ile it further resolved resolee d that the sold parties hereto are aboard said american steamer maggie this date d ate on tile the special invite of phineas P craggs owner as ills guests and tit at their awn risk witness my hand and seal captain signed without reading lind the lie new mate and nells neils tip their signatures sig signil natured itureA ns as witnesses sir air gibney thereupon folded this clearance paper into the tiniest possible compact ini bai wrapped it in a piece of tinfoil torn oni from a package of tobacco tobi cco to protect it from llly hl saliva tucked I 1 itin t in lila ills cheek and with a sign for to follow him liam started crawling over mer the cargo A aft rt ily hy this time the maggie was within n hundred yards of the dis bark and was slowly backward arid forward lipford fsr li r in nit iny icy born days mr air abney waking baking it trifle thickly because of tue me document irl in ills 1118 boull I 1 never got such a wallop ag H handed me an you lost last night I 1 dont forget borget things like that in a hurry now nov that we got a vindication 0 tile the charge 0 piracy again ns its im to get shot shet of the lie maggie an nna tier her crew so it if madly kindly peet peel ort off all of your clothes clochi clot hrs il with the exception say of your drawers well swim off to that bark en an gitt ineas P tin nn exhibition of real an the lilg big idee mcguffey mcganey Mc Guney demanded cautiously why we sail tier in ourselves tee an you on an gloin blom all the salvage tor for tell with an tile tho waggle an that new mate nn an engineer im oarn em cm for I 1 alte flop eyed with excitement all nimit interest it I 1 er 11 Alc mcguffey Guffey esquire stood up u nd with a single kindle twist shed ills his cup and coat ills ilia shirts followed iloth lie and gibney were already minus their shoes and socks to slip out of their failed faded dungarees dung arees was the lie work of an instant strapping their holts belts around their waists to hold up their drawers tho the worthy pair stepped to tho ilia rall of the haggle iley there where you coln gib I 1 aft you that clearance paper on oil condition that you was hojell me 1111 how to salvage that flint there hark bark im just about to tell you yo you u lont dont touch n tiling thing aboard the lie blag maggie gle you leave her out of it en you just jump overboard like me tin nn mac blae will in a jiffy swim over to the lie bark c climb aboard and sail tier in to san francisco bay when you get there you drop anchor an caw car it a days work lie ile grinned broadly one viniese 0 these bright days scruggs when me ille an all tin mac Is just wal ballerin lerin lii in salvage money drop roll around to see us tin an well give you it a kick kia in the lie face farewell you boobs blobs pad he dove overboard tato tata ta to ta cried lit in ills ids tantalizing tal fall izing zing falsetto voice ami alid followed ills his leader into the briny deep CHAPTER VI the tide was still at the lie flood and tit alio two adventurers made fust fast progress toward lie abe chesapeake choosing a favorable opportunity its as the ilia vessel dipped they grasped gri sped her martingale ellin climbed bed up lit ton on the be bowsprit and ran along flip bowsprit to ilia hie to gallan focas th on tile the deck below a dead niall to lay in tile hie sc uppers and such a dorril horrible ao pervaded tho the vessel that mccuffey was taken very 11 II and hiis va forced to lo seek I 1 lie file rall rail scurvy or thIn mr air gibney announced noun ced quite nolle palmly ra linly there should the he chloride of little lit in the lie mates store stoe loom ill scathe r some soine on oil these poor devils too close to port now to chuck ern cm overboard nril anyhow Any liow barto bart me nil an you nini doctors tor nor yet ye coroners or undertaker 1 so better belter skip philp along nn nil enill I 11 fire under tile hie donkey aft matches lit in the galley of course lie to trotted flown down to the main deck noi and prowled art aft on tile lie port side of her house lie found two moro more deal dead men joint and it cursory inspection of the bodies wd uld him they lind in oled died of scurvy lip lie circled tile ship came back to tile foci focas istle lle entered and found four men alive in their heir berths but too fur far gone to in leave them ill have you boys in lie file marine hospital tonight lip lie informed tile the poor creatures and sought ought hie file masters cabin lying on oa ills bed fully dressed lie found the skipper or of the be chesapeake the man mail was gaunt and tin emaciated tim the freebooter of the green pea trade fraile touched ills wet forelock respectfully my aty name la Is gibney sir an ag I 1 hod bold an unlimited license as first mate of sall nil or bleam I 1 was passin up tip the coast on in n good for little bum bosil nit an seen you in distress so me nil an a friend swum over to give you tile lie double 0 youre in a bad way sir two hundred and eighty seven days from linn hamburg iburg mr gibney our vegetables gave out and we drank too much maln water and ate too much fresh fish down lit in fit the doldrums our potatoes is lo 10 A out ot at my cabin or 0 ill riddle you he barked feebly till nil went cottrn before we were e out two months naturally the ships oa officers fibers stuck it out longest but when we Q drifted in here this morning I 1 was the only mail aboard able to stand up I 1 crawled up on theto the to gallan focas tie and let go BO the starboard anchor id had bad it cock billed for three weeks all I 1 had to do was knock out the lie stopper while mr gibney questioned him and listened avidly to the horrible e tale of 0 and despair mcguffey appeared to report it brisk fire under tho the donkey and to lo promise steam meant tn in forty rul minutes alleq that the maggie was as hove to a cable length dIst distant fint with fill tier lier crew digging under the lie of vegetables for the small boat help yourself vours elf to a lelay belay ln pin dart nn an knock em cm on tile heads it they try to come aboard mr gibney or tiered dered nonchalantly do I 1 understand there Is a steamer at hand mr albney the waster of the lie chesapeake queried theres tin nn excuse for one sir the little vegetable freighter Alag gle M shell ell never be able to tow you sou in because slip site aint got power enough nn an if site she had power potter enough site she aint got coal engligh eno igli ligh besides tier her owner Is a rotten bad article nn an before hell put a rope aboard au hell tie ito you vou up on a contract for a rigger make till an angel weep the way your ship lies iles nil an everything me nn nil can salt sail tier in for you vou at half the price 1 I tant risk roy my ship in ili tho the hands hand of two to nien men tile tho sick captain nil an ashes too valuable nil and so Is tier her cargo it if this little steamer will tow me in ni ill gladly give tier lier my towline and let the court settle the lie bill not by a wil million lion mr air gibney protested alleg keg pardon sir but you ion dont know this here scruggs like I 1 ilo do I 1 think of lettin ailin set foo food on tills this deck you think of it well wel 1 when did you lou take command of my ship youre flotsam an jets nin sir nn an practically in the breakers youre youie sick an for all I 1 know inow delirious sa so for the sake a 0 you ion the lie alk seaman in the lie tin an the lie owners owner im command coalition the master of the chesapeake reached under ills his pillow and produced a pistol out of my cabin or ill riddle you lie he barked feebly mr air gibney departed without a word of protest and proceeded to make ills arrangements regardless leg ardless of the he masters consent As it lie anil and Alc mcguffey Gufrey busted themselves laying the I 1 lending ending blocks meng along the deik deck they glanced toward the lie maggie all anil observed captain hurling crates of vegetables overboard lit in nn nil effort to 0 o get at tile small bout boat quickly nult kly Il hell willell lie die when valien the freight claims claim come lit in mr mcguffey iney chortled chort leT toor poor ol 01 gayl I 1 when captain cagne aboard mr air gibney escorted him around it lo 10 the lie mn masters cabin introduced introduce lint him and stood by while they hey barganey barga ned the hie tow will cost you five thousand captain attain begun pompously me ate tin an sail rail you in ili for four gibney declared three thousand snarled sallins cheap as dirt lit at two thousand As a matter of fatt scraggly SY me an alabell sail aall tier in for bothin just to skin you vou out W 0 the file salvage two thousand dollars Is my lowest figure scruggs declared ilku it or leave it captain under tile hie circumstances cum stances bargaining Is useless use lebs two thou thousand gand Is my last bid th the 6 figure named was probably one fifth of what the master of tile the chesapeake knew a bourl would award nevertheless lie shook ills hend its a straight towing jot jib Capt captain aln and not a salvage proposition tit at all A tug would tow me in for two hun bun dred and fifty fifth bv buk ill give you alve hundred 11 remembering the lie vegetables he be had jettisoned jetti knew lie could not afford to accept that price im through lie bluffed and lili ills bluff worked w taken captain write out an agreement gement nil and ill IH sign it with ahe lie agreement it in ill liti ills pocket Bc followed liy by albney left ift the cabin one hundred each carli to you ou nil an mac if fiill stay lie ilia chasn cheia peu kp steer tier her an kielp tile the miggle out with what sail you can got on oil tier her scruggs promised take a long jump nt at your scraggly sy old sorrowful tile the best me an adnell do Is iq to help you cockbill the be anchor an cost you ten bucks for each of us in alliance advance the artful fellow realized flint scrapps liggs knew nothing whatever about a 0 sailing ship and would have to depend upon the Square licad for the lie information lie ho required all right heres your our money replied and handed mr gib ncy twenty dol dollars larm lie ile and nells neils then lion went nent forward got out tile lie steel towing lowing pable cable and fastened it light rope to the end of it the skiff floated off tile the ship at the end of the painter so the it in climbed down into le I 1 le skiff shift and made the light rope fast fait to n thwart then ilien with captain paying pacing out tile the hawser nells neils bent manfully to the oars slid and started to tow the steel cable back to the alog maggie gle half why way there here tho the weight wel glit of the file cable cabla dragging be hind slowed tile the up tip and eventually stopped jilin him El exerting alerting erting nil all lila ills strength lie pulled and pulled but the sole result of its hla efforts was to wear near himself out seeing which the margea Ma feles navigating officer set bet I 1 the he lit tle tie stenner steamer in toward the perspiring nells neils while captain scruggs gibney and mcguffey cheered lustily suddenly an oar snapped instant nells neils unshipped the remaining oar sprang to the stern nuil and attempted by sc scull lne to keep the hie skiffs hend up to tile the waves hut jut tile the beight of tile cable cabio whirled the little craft around a wave rolled in III over tier counter mul and half tilled filled tier her the succeeding wave aye completed the job and rolled the over and the was forced bowd to swim back to the chesapeake lie ile climbed up tip tile lie jacobs ladder to face a storm of abuse from captain scruggs tile the cable wits was hauled back aboard with owing to the submersed submerged skiff ut tit tile end of it captain scruggs mid and the Squar chead leaned over the roll mil and tugged furiously ilien he file wreck came alongside hill all of their strength was unequal to the it task ask of righting the little craft by hull I 1 ing up oil on tile lie light rope attached 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