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Show DamageT Pages! SOUTH CACHE COURIER, IIYRUM, UTAH Captain Scraggs this aQ They shook and es Captain Gibneys Scraggs. to windward of her Mr. Gibney In- this here filibuster trip. Of course, formed the Mexican, In atrocious Span- I neednt remind you, Scraggsy, that eye wandered aloft. First Mate Scraggs Captain Scraggs that. I dont mean no offense, gentlemen, when I state ish well mixed with English, that If youd never have earned this money if and Chief Engineer McGuffey looked of that you cant teach an old dog new main the From topmast the latter so much as lifted his little It hadnt been for Adelbert P. Gibney up also. tricks. No man thats ever been a blue a floated II long overtime. the Maggie his Imagination finger he might expect to be 6unk like workin on it, and master makes a good mate. On the white with and of lettering money, a chunk made burgee, Ive a dog. "Down below, everybody but you other hand, I realize that Gih here the helmsman, or Ill sweep your while I couldnt save your ship, I did as It whipped out into the breeze the has been and a bellyachin out name stood all for against familiar reward old save a As your life. decks with another muzzle burst, he a to life his all get sun. ship of his own this, I dont claim one cent of the the noonday thundered. him folks call ! murmured Mr, have an dishcloth wanted 'Captain Gibold Good I If could The Mexican obeyed and Captain money due you, as I Now that hes gone an done comes down.' ney. never to She mean. be rotten keep to Im goin Gibney. Scrafegs went up In the pilot howa and The Maggie forever I" shrieked it, I say hes entitled to it But the laid the terribly battered Maggie this fine little, power schooner for my fact of the whole thing Is, Gib's the nicked up share of Shes loot. the Scraggs. alongside the schooner. The Instant natural leader of the expedition or "An to Hooray!" bellowed McGuffey. she touched, Mr. Gibney sprang some, but that only bears evidence whatever Its goin to be, and he cant It the all aud if I what shot got a am, youve now, Scraggsy, bully good aboard, quickly followed by Captain In have his peace of mind wrecked and kick of out all blood, fix shipher enthusiasm wont your to take much up Scraggs, who had relinquished the sailors Usin high bursts with a hundred an fifty dollars anr his plans disturbed shape again. helm to his first mate. deck of the Maggie II. the around me All An tell that dont to data. destructive. Interest aint very Suddenly Captain Scraggs shouted, shrapnel them bumps an scratches can be notes outlawed, or Ill feed you to the Gib Is sorter what the feller calls Look, Gib, for the love of the Lord, tha power behind the throne. Hes look! and pointed with his finger. At planed down. But well have to do fishCs. too big a figger for the grade of captel Pll looked canvas some on crestfallen, her mendin Scraggs Captain compthe head of the little tain. Therefore, I move you, gentleReins money. the the called the world. Shes but produced anion-way leading down Into the enmen, that Adelbert P. Gibney be, and her to to run but Im Marla, going gine room a man was standing. He Panama and Is hereby nominated and appointed to X. namo. CHAPTER Shell her change hand and had a ihonkey wrench In one rethe grade of commodore, in full comout of. H, be known as M&ggie a greasy rag In the other. old mand and supervision of all of the Is this bumln hunks, old for tbo glH Scraggsy, spect thats Well, Mr. Gibney turned and looked at the Mr. of the syndicate. And I alsaid it?" property on Gibney, the beach. up there plpasant, aint man. McGUFFEY. so move of that Phlneas Scraggs be apIL deck the the on old Maggie shut hunks, Aw, and up, Scraggsy, spat "McGuffey, for a thousand I he bel, You chief navigatin officer of 'this pointed said Scraggs Captalp replied Rlght-oconsolingly. McGuffey outT. Synopsis. lowed, and ran forward with Captain Phlneas about Youre cheerily, though when I ms a youfig packet, to retain his title of captain, Scraggs baa grown up around the hand. Captain Scraggs was aint got nothin' to cry stretched roe. 2 aint feller and flret went to sea. It wasnt and to be obeyed and respected as a docksof Ban Francisco, and from man. Look rich at at Glbneys heels, and between them moss boy on a river steamer, risen And I dont get so considered no pleasantry to spit on a such by every man aboard with the am I? to the. ownership of the steamer they came very nearly dislocating Bar- much as a out this mix-uof bean innice clean deck. You might cut that exception of me and Gib. The presSinoa each annual tholomew McGuffeys arm. Maggia. ent matell do the navigatin while all on account of me bein tied up out, Gib. Its yulgar." spection promised to be the last of McGuffey, my dear boy, said Capfight-Iover the old weatherbeaten vessel. the a with Scrcggsys learnln the deep sea stuff. that that lot ScraggH. hounds fact, of quits pqssin Whatever are you tain Scraggs. Scraggs naturally has some diffm no call on to Second the motion," said Captain licked. Jerk half ut before got aint yon they're on this heathen battleship?" iculty in securing a crew. When more particular sluce Tm Scraggs briskly. McGuffey, your arsea' Thata said ettycat, so, Scraggs, Captain with "Me the story opens. Adalbert P. Gib, Mr. McGuffey, ejaculated owner a heap of credit man does and of you fists. a this master hla gument managin the ney, likable but erratic, e grimy deliberation. "Why, Tm wiping his eye with his whom nobody but Bcragga would to ft's Me McGuffey, its free Im cats, tuy Its In cold. out dog here confess, schooner, the declare I youre the chief engineer of this craft. I had Metis Balvor-sehire, la the skipper, keen appreciaobservation does masterly. It shows that your Gth, my It and ' aint Scraggsy, off right. Guffey, a all I but a solemn Swede, constitutes guess Its good Job, too, I Jut did that to If tion of an old skippers feelin's, and the forecastle bands, and Bart now, and the Mexican governmentll boy, us three has had- some stlrtia yon credit a wastrel of the. Glbney times together and weve had our dlf you was gdln' to take as big ao inter-te- If the move Is agreeable to Gib, Im me. Say, who chucked that buckfire type, reigns In the engine room. in the new Maggie as you did In willin. to hall him as commodore and shot down Into my engine room? With this motley crew and his anold Maggie, and the fact that yon fight to maintain his office. I I dun-nthe said Admiral Gibney did It, cient vessel. Captain Bcragga is deck Gib, what rd do If I didnt have a In freighting garden object to me expectoratin' on engaged The old Maggies along Scraggs. to order around." ' mate leavin behind to me that truck from Helfraoon bay to San youre prove side and me and Qlbe filibusters. Bear Francisco. The inevitable happens; .scow tendencies of Gentlemen, said Mr. Gibney, beamyon ail them bay a hand, Mac, and help us clap the the Maggie goes ashore in a fog. a me beleads to It trade. green-pethe ing, the motions carried unanimous. A passing vessel hailing the wreck, hatches on our prisoners. to rank and rise high that lieve Captain chief your fins. Dook me. Mr. Gibney gets word to a towlnal youll Thank God, said Mr. Gibney piousthe Colombian Ban Francisco in that company distinction in (be navy. Im honored by the handshake. Now, ly, "I didnt kill you. Come to look on regarding that crew you brought down ship ashore la the Yankee Prince, Expectoratin Your fin, Scraggsy. into the matter, I didnt kill anybody, with promise of a rich salvage. H from San Francisco on the old Magand the is barred, decks Maggie tbe the Two tugs succeed in pulling though I see half a dozen Mexicans now from she gie, Scraggs, theyre a likely lot and goes under navy discipline Maggie into deep water, and around decks more or less cut up. will come In handy If times 13 as liveI Am slips her tow lines and gets away on. right Where you been all these yetys, Mac?" in the fog. Furious at the decepsaid a Caply In Colombia as I figger they will Right as right whale, I been chief engineer In the Mexition practiced on them. Captains now be when we arrive there. Captain And that youve tain Scraggs, Hicks and Flaherty, commanding Have can navy, replied McGuffey. of the mine mate old course, that Scraggs, you will have your mate pipe the two tugboats, ascertain tha given us in the name of the you captured Prince" Yankee the of the crew to muster and ascertain their the weve Identity and temporarily plugged up United States or what? and, fearing- .ridicule should the on the subject of takla a Mexican feelins In here this holes gunboat, facta become known along the waWeve captured you In the name of Commodore Gibney. If to a safe and with chance and everything points ter front, determine on personal Adelbert P. Gibney, was the reply. I now from to on, supgoin further, well land to (they object hostile visit Their profitable voyage vengeance. been huntin all my life for a ship of me as a committee em In Panama an pay em off as the Maggie results in Captain you delegate pose my own, and now Ive got her. Lord, ScraggB promising to get a new" of one to brew a scuttle of grog, after agreed. If they feel like followin the boiler and make needed repairs to Mac, shes a beauty, aint she? All which the syndicate holds a toettlnr Jolly Roger well give em the coast to the steamer. Scraggs refuses well found, teak hardwood rail, finish, cruise and lays out a course for Its future seamans scale for a fulfill his pi utilises and Gibney and and Just the ticket for the island of and a five per cent bonus In case we few a There's McGuffey. strike." With marvelconduct. questions trade. Well, well, welll Tm Captain ous luck, Scraggs ships a fresh ...... t aod privileges - that ought . to be tarn a big trick." crew. At the end of a few days at last. Gibney so cant went there at once oi once for settled and all, Scraggs Captain of wild conviviality Gibney and Where do I com in, GibrBUed deck. Ten minutes later he returned be do come-bacliranded and seek McGuffey. ar Captain Bcraggs modestly. The point Is well taken and It Is to report that the mate and the four their old pogtJs on ( the .Maggie. Well, seein as the Maggie has two They are ho Sfttvfy received, but resc said Mr. Gibney, who had seamen elected to stick by the ship. ordered, wamain. On- their way to San Franthe below hull her holes once through held oijice In Harbor 15, Master Bully boys," said the commodore cisco they sight a derelict and. Gibnicked to is and and generally of Association America, terline, and Pilots to boys. I like that mate. Hes The it. bully swim ney and McGuffey a smart man and handles a gun well. derelict proves to be the Chesapieces, you might quit askin' questions Jtrfew a fragment or two of parliaand get back aboard and put the peake, richly laden, its entire crew mentary law. "Rustle up the grog, call While I should hesitate to take adshe If stricken with scurvy. Scraggs aton Youre her. lucky pumps McGuffey up out of the engine room, vantage of my prerogative as commoo tempts to tow her in, but the Magt,o we on before get sink dont you dore to Interfere with the normal work-in- s Giband well hold the meetln. and gie is unequal to the task of the deck department, I trust came bay. If she sinks, dont worry. minutes ney and McGuffey, alone. Ball the later Scraggs Twenty a job as my first mate. on this special occasion our esship to Ban Francisco, their salIll that you successful deck announce give on to the not at vage- money amounting to fl,00Q but teemed ; officer. Captain Mac, my engineer kettle youre of of a navigatin concoction whisky punch apiece. His crew having deserted Out adventurers went Scruggs, will not consider It beneath fancy Mexican price. Ill pay you the She'll Be Known as Maggie H, three the him. Captain. Scraggs induces them Whereupon of Respect for ths Old Girl Thats union scale and not a blasted cent to return. At an old horse" sale jelow and sat down at the cabin table his dignity or, an attack on his office two BUrnin Up There on the Beach. mysterious fair? the three purchase Is if I suggest to him that he brew anmore that less. or a conference. for boxes which they believe to conbewent and I move that Gib be appointed presi- other kettle of grog for the crew. to think McGuffey said it was, Oriental goods." fere nee s, but I aint tain' smuggled Mr. Second the motion, replied McGibney Chihis two dead tune engine. to low up They find. Instead, of them past griefs. The sight o you, dent of the syndicate, said Captain namen. Scraggs seeks to double Guffey. wheel of the gunboat, and the took Scraggs. meetln and annihilatin, cross hi two associates, but Mr. Carried," said Scraggs, and proSecond the motion, rumbled Mcsent Captain Scraggs back aboard the the pride of the Mexican navy, calm Gibney outwits him and makes a both ceeded to heat some water. minutes a few in and IP Maggie, Guffey. In th moment p despair, generous satisfactory financial settlement "Anything further?" stated the presThe motion carried, said Mr. Gibvessels were bowling along toward victory and delicate as blaze to a with the Chinese company to whom the bodies have been conDescanso bay. They were off the bay fallen shipmate, goin to work an ney. and banged the table With his ident How about uniforms? This from signed, leaving Scraggs out In the at midnight, and while with Mr. Gib- namin your vessel after him that way, hofny fist "The fneetln will please cold. Gibney resents McGuffey federal gun the Scraggs. of r come to brdflf. The chair hereby ap- Captain ney in command la somethin that wipes away all action In leading money to Scraggs We'll leave that to Gib, suggested boat Captain Scraggs had nothing 'to without consulting him, and after a friendship thats points Phlneas Scraggs secretary of and welds Hes been In the Colombiof water in the bouhd to endoor till death us do part. the syndicate, to keep a record of this McGuffey. a terrific .wordy combat the three rise the rapid fear, disconan and hell know just what to was Separate, McGuffey becoming asnavy board. sadly the of we hold of the Maggie and ail future meetlns If McGuffeyd been on our side, sistant engineer on an oil tanker, us. made up he of get About now will daylight entertain I that propositions and certing. Scraggs, know from past performances Gibney disappearing, 'Well, theres another thing that's his mind that Bbe would sink within hed a fit like a tiger, wouldnt you, any and all natures, and I invite the forced to lay up the Maggie, takes to to be settled, continued Captain without got the pausing knock and a subordinate- - position on a ferry to board of the two members hours, coughed he Mae? (Here Mr. McGuffey steamer. Bener Lope,. Mexican If Im to be navigatin offand his over tackle Scraggs predicament, of out he their whine jaw that as stopper t? say slightly, as much revolutionist, makes Scraggs a genon far drove the icer She her. flagship of a furrin' fleet, beached promptly would have fought like ten tigers had go to It erous offer i for' transportation of water me pink If Ill do more cookin strike slack the CallfoVnla. with that said Lower beach, the I move, to Scraggs, Captain munition up , and he only been given the opportunity.) In the galley. Its degradin. MagI move Scraggs accepts, and the old 1 should B. McGuffey, psquire, he, and he is breaking around her scarred stern, commisCaptain Scraggs continued into mors Oriwe some ohce put she lay high and that ebbed gie engage enterprlsln the of tide chief the when engineer a fair valuation of this hereby appointed, destination, that say sion. Arriving at came soldiers ental for Job. that rebel a salary not to exceed dry. And the schooner as she stands to ten thousand Maggie II at Scraggs finds his old companion, Any Carried, said Mr. Gibney. down from the Megano of the Marine Ep schedule the tbs consignee. Tim Now wage trooping Gib. Mr. Gibney, to That dollars. rebelongs business? further the Association of rancho and falling upon her carcass Tm willin to chuck Pacific dolhaving4 softened animosities, the to gh.eers five thousand Once more McGuffey stood up. Genunion Joyful. Gibney plans like so many ants, quickly distributed lars Into the deal, well form a close coast,, and that be be voted a and convey teal the ammunition Colombia.. and disaptlemen and brothers of the syndicate, them, tn and On vessel Interest amongst the her cargo It to revolution la tain corporation and as a Compliment to he Im satisfied that the back-bitiby a began, all profits. in peared. subsequent the svay they are attacked chief engineer McGuffey, elect him out crow the Gibsent his Mr. said Mexican gunboat and a terrlflo Second the morion, scrappln, the petty JealCaptain Scraggs his own ship and give him, say, a combat ensues. aboard the captured gunboat to assist quarter Interest In our layout, as a ney, and not to hAmper the business ousies and general cussedness that old 3U Mr. Gibney in rowing hla prisoners tried of the meetln, well Just consider that characterized our lives on the stood little testimonial to an old friend, on the he not be will when finally and unanimous. duplicated carried motion Maggie ashore, , and true." CHAPTER IX Continued. B. McGuffey, Esquire, rose, bowed Maggie IL Them vicious days Is gone alone beside the wreck of the brave Mr. Gibney, your ID saltl Scraggsy," in the at last porl; I hope, an from now on the up old Maggie, piled Weve fought, hut well let that his thanks, and eat down again, ap- forever, As the first mule burst raked the of snapped us three should be: of motto something ships, was much missing It eqnfused. very Mexican Captain Scruggs saw that within his breast and the big tears go. We wl&e the slate clean and start parently to one and one for all had he evident All for that had lead say, something of on blast In all over again the Maggie II, most of the terrible United we stand, divided we fall. In quick succession down his rolled but his was difficulty It. was of framing haring Nevertheless, f fear without free and state, Im The old hulk gpne too high; cheeks. This earnest little speech, which crews of contradiction, that In the last embrqg-ll- o thoughts In parliamentary language. came as she effective, for to a man thetheir lay pathetic looked straight from the honest McGuHeave away, Mac," sa,id Mr. peculiarly deserted posts you showed up like four aces and the on her beam ends. over listed heart, ffeys .brought the tears to the there, a king with the entire company stand-iand tumbled below ; seeing which the had she but well, him served had commodores eyes. Under the InspiraCast off your lines, McGuffey, Individual In' command lost his nerve. She pat. Scraggsy, youre a hero, and with some and last voyage, tion of McGuffeys unselfish words the her finished chirped Scraggs. He was satisfied now that the Infernal of saving her old bones what you propose proves that youre Idea glasses were refilled and all three Thus vague rose, McGuffey he had him ; encouraged, considerable of a singed cat betterip Maggie purposed ramming Scraggs, Captain vandal hands, once bowed bis thanks more, moistened pledged their friendship anew. As for marveled that the filibuster should from scattered the contents yon look. Weil go freebootln down his lnrnyx with a giflp of the punch, Captain Scraggs, he was naturally of audibly, sobbing had she. ranged Gold coast Theres war, red ose shrapnel; after, a dozen cans of kerosene over on the a cold and selfish disposition, and Mcloose down there, and and spoke: breakln with shell (he did not know It was of half war, In the and cabin, lighted decks her and members brothers in the of Feller Guffeys toast appenled more to his sudden 'percussion: shrapnel) and different sections of the weil shy In our hdrseshoe with the three in brain than to his heart. Had he known fires In the morthe the management that Maggie, syndicate: panic he decided to the consuming strongest side efod pry loose a fortune deck her left and was to happen to him In the what new wreck, craft of department of this getting dose tally wourtdefi, purposed an hour later he stood somewhere. Im for a life of wild Half come and what that simple to shell-fir- e flames. oufn,l of the if with him days knowledge my previous and now that weve got enough to slnlr motto was to mean In his paron the battered decks of the gufiboat little tbe and ; him the ranr unworthy president whereupon worthy to failed the she and the funds and crew, lets beside Gibney and McGuffey and leads me to believe that ticular case, It Is doubtful if he would yellow streakr came through and he watched the dense clouds of smoke go to It. Theres a deal of fine liquor secretary to be trouble. A 6hip have tossed off his liquor as gaily as his there above arms goin his. frantically waved in the wardroom, and I suggest that of Magthe the heralded passing that divided agin herself must surely go he did. head In tokeirof surrender. we nominate Phlneas Scraggs, late gie. beam ends. Now, Scraggsy on her her down rag,' now Slies" hauled, She was a good old hulk," said master of the battleship Maggie, been master so long that the has here shrieked Scraggs:' Be merciful, Gib. for of the Maggie II, The Maggie II sail And now,' as the spe- second In command Mr. Gibney. of has sorter soaked on boat that Theres-men- " authority juice celedylnr o to hot a kettle South teas. grog to brew the cial envoy of the Liberal army of Mexinto his marrer bones. For twenty Lay alongside that craft, Mr. Gibour victory. Mae Scraggsy brate on Los for a draft Angeles heres ico, been Howdy do, Captain ney shouted to the helmsman. The five thousand bucks, Scraggsy, which your fins. Im proud of you both. years its (TO BE GQti'miV&D.) 'Have a drink. Captain Scfaggs, echoonec' had hove- to and when the Shake." on due the bafttnce you constitutes Magffte also hove to some thirty yards Iron-raile- d - -- R p, n ln ! old-tim- n, y,, at o, r - deep-wat- ro-nt- er - k. - Des-cans- i-- o ln single-hande- d, sor-re- 1 1 one-four- th n, sun-tanne- d Glb-na- j. one-pounde- n tha-shi- - . |
