Show aril luereen pea pil a S by PETER B KYNE cauther of WEBSTER MANS MAN THE VALLEY OF THE GIANTS ETC by peter 0 ky kyne amt HORRID WAR synopsis captain Ihl 11 I 1 rc rag go liua has grown up around tho docks dock at 0 sail and front from nica boy titi on LL 11 river steamer risen to the olt ownership ut of the steamer maki blag gle le since ench each annual animal in floii promised to is bo be the luat of tile the old versol 15 craggs naturally hus morne dill culty in au curing a now crew wit han I 1 1 I the story adelbert I 1 P G git I 1 b ney likable but entitle er a binm rn u whom nobody but scruggs would hire Is I 1 the skipper shipper nells nella bon n it solemn const ito tos uio ilia forecastle hands hai iilo and clart me mc gulley a wastrel 0 of the albney type reigna lit I 1 the engine room with willi this motley raw crew i and ills ilia a ancient vessel captain 1 I engaged la in freighting garden eri loii truitt from roiti bay to san francisco trant lato the llie inevitable ani liable happens lh the mumble goes KO ashore lit in it a tk fog A passing luf vessel hulling hailing the wreck arec K mr gibney neta gets word cord to ft a towing company in sun san francisco ilia ship ashore la is tile yankee prine o with promise pro inise of a rich val two tau tugs succeed lit in pulling lie into deep water atul arul alio slips her tow lines and gets away lit hi tile the fon I 1 arlous lur ur lous ut tile the decap lion practiced on them thein captains sticks and flaherty commanding tile the two the lie iuen itA entity tily ot of thu tho yankee 1 anil and fearing ridicule should the tha faita facts become known along the vater valer front determine on personal vengeance their hostile visit alt to the results in fit captain scraggy promising to get it a now bol boiler ler und makii make lueil cil repairs to the IB 8 steu eumer iner Sc iaggi refuses to fulfill ilia hla prot ulses and jibney und anil strike with marvelous luck ships it a bresh areah crew at hie end ml of it row few days of wild conviviality gibney and Alc luffey tru are stranded and seek ilicia old positions on oil ilia hie maggio they art are hostilely received but re ie iraln on their heir way wa to sail han arall claro they sight it a derelict dorell Lt anil and alb C 1 b ney fley atilt and ablin to it the ilia derelict proves to be ahn thea nietta I ale nale n ake richly laden its ita entire crew stricken with tilt scurvy at al tempts to lo tow toiv tier her in but the masele la is unequal to the tusk task and oil ney fley and AleI tiffey akune sail aall the tilo ship to san francisco their sal adl vago money amounting to 0 o 1000 iwo apiece ills ilia rew crow having deserted ca captain t aln scruggs induces them to 1 return at an old borse sale the three pun blaso tv u mysterious hon which they balje believe 0 to contain titi smuggled oriental gooda goodgi they tind andi inacio two leaa C achl 1 ballien nAl lien scruggs seeks seeka to bouble cross hla his two associates vat mr air itoney outfit dilill und makes make a satisfactory vatis factory anani lal settlement with mith the chinese company roin pany to the llie bodies have boen been ron con ilg agneu ill id leaving out in the fold cold gibney resents action in money to scruggs ff without consulting him and niter after a terrific orly coniti at the tha three sepu litte mcdurfey McGurf ey be coining as sostand stant engineer on oil nil an oil tanker ullin disappearing and scruggs to liy lay up lip tho Alag magale gle takes adill me position po altion on a ferry ae anler r senor loinz makes scruggs ff a gen offer for or transportation of tu in lower I ower california scruggs accepts and the old mug gle da LI Is once more inore put into sion alon arriving at lita hla destination scruggs finds ills oll companion mr gibney Is tile the consignee timea having softened tot toft toned ened animosities the reunion Is ij joyful CHAPTER IX continued why demanded lilt Ser instantly oil tile the defensive not that im holdin any grudge agin you ou sald said mr gibney ll lity affably but I 1 ahad a had you no more auorb now mow than I 1 would when lien we e was in the green lien trude rude its you aint rot got no imagination nil nd the lie waggle big enough piu for my aj purpose blavin the sort of f puts puta it crimp tit in uy illy it snapped captain CHit lii ive lind find the llie maggle overhauled and shipped a new wheel and alles I 1 n orighly smart little boat ill tell ell you ril ill land them tin in arnis in fit abny ull till 1 I know knort you will mill said mr air gibney sadly adly hints flints jima what hurts you wv see scraggly sy I 1 never intended fin em lur for alny lay lit ID the lie first lilace theres nir a nice bealtho little down lit in tin tile united states of Coloin lilii with Ad adelbert elhert 1 both ends to tn ali tile In lodle and alberes a dog ilog hole down on tile llie old roast mist whir I 1 intended to huid till furgo but now ascah Johi mys pue gotte to work und and sent tile it hay scow cow instent of it a sen coln steamer ini im lit in the nitle liola it K hilr I 1 i ran nil never get aft its far us its tle tl gold with the maggio Mn Kle she hc bant int t arri coal enough to lust last her put I 1 thought triple glina and things was kai for tile tho mexicans quit lii ini Sern ggs dolinny oad loper I epcy told me file ther was una mr gibney grinned unit and lild bild nil him fare in his lin linnan ridA scraggly sy hp he said sadly sadir its ita a circh you yon alent aimed the past four berrs to stimulate that aaion of yours of course they was for the Alexica mexicans tm hut but what wis wag to prevent tile ine froin truan the mexicans pay for them help out nut on the of the boat I 1 and then have rne divert tha cargo to the united states of colombia Colonl ln who I 1 can sell eni nj at a clear profit the cost bein bothin not liln to speak of now you yon got to come buttan in with the magga and ant blip happens pens why I 1 got cot to h he honest of course I 1 got tn tl make rood good en act rny ray bluff and what r u it for mea mg Not liln but glory can all you hock n chunk of lnig glory for hain anni biml eggs Ili lnona nut not on your our life if it t been for you buttin lit in with lour blasted lotten hulk bialk of n freshwater skiff pd id air gibney paused gauged ominously all and savagely lift hit tilt binl of lits cigar As ai for spraggs gt every drop of blood in 1114 body won na holling in ill de d filae of tile the ship fl hr loved loed youre it virnoe lie ile shrilled and youre oure just as n big a hornet as ion oil pur ever was replied mr gibney lih lib iii ney aini buzzin where you aint t hut but still the lisp oi of over oer split milk well drop into stilt san dlugo biego for n couple of houra mid and take on coil coal and about summet well ull pull out and nuiko inake tile run down to 0 o Dc canso tiny liny in the he ihrk we t inight ns as well MII forgot the past and put this thrig through ni as per pr only I 1 saw si visions of a schooner clio oner till nil my illy on nial the use list mints the use lisp scraggly sy youre louro it saturni horn jimr plot al ways unis butt fril in buttin in fit if for noth noali lii ili but tile green trade however hooter I 1 guess I 1 can turn tin n into im illy old berth will mid kot got sonjo sleep the old girl under it slow hell bell and save your our coal wo 11 lime have to fool awny four or five hours tit in still DIORO diego nn lio lind there aint nent lit no lit in crowden crow din the old bulk gili gib sald said captain Sern ggs s ilens wn i that really your lay in to stent steal the ell oro agi double loulla loul lp losi cross the junta and siu sell out to n fu ferritt try tri of ourse course it arns ni ald said air gil toy abey nil to do things lit in the 1 I ina ana 1 why l should I 1 he be tin nn exception there a linof a dozen different rungs gangs fight fightlin lit ell edich ell other and tile government KO eminent in ili mexico and lul if I 1 dont don t deliver oller ri these arms just iee 41 nil all tile alio lives hies ill 11 be besoain sovin and offer I 1 rot got the lie cargo into colombia and sold hold it I 1 could liae have pen elied clied on the lie debeh there liere and rot got a reward for foi it and sred saved a lot diore lle lives tind and come coine away nn rich and respected illy IS tile lord I ord It tirry said captain scruggs ps lint but youve pot got nil lilt lion ion olli ill swear to that 1111 1 I take oft off illy lint to you youre diiro nil light alad shipshape tind and no alonse ends end bobbin around you inn dont tell tile nio tit schemes pot got ti t fall through falb great st inkes dont tell all tile rne that lint aint there some onto way ny 0 gettin around it 11 there must ili 10 why gib illy ni door dear boy bo I 1 never heard of such n ginna lay iny in ili iny illy I 1 life I 1 fe its a ob absolute solute winner dont phe give up till oil ich oil up your sour imagination null find till it n way ny out lots lets get ill 0 o gether gil all ninke a little money catl dans it nil alli nib lit I 1 liven been lonesome ever since I 1 wen you dinst woh reviled replied mr gibney ill turn lit in and try to scheme it n way out but I 1 dont hold bold out tin no hope not n ra ray of it ini im afraid sy weve pot got to bo be honest hollest saying which mr gibney hopped up till into ills bis berth stretched ills his huge burp leps legs ond all asleep with ills clothes on oil captain looked him over ocr with the lie closest approach to affection hint flint lind had ever lightened tits his cold gray PK and sig sighing ling heavily went ant on leek As lie passed up tip the companion any the farst binte ninte heard him film muri nur glahs a n fine ind ill be ind burned if 1 lie he nent at six next morning the maggle was tiding point loma flooding in for sail diago tiny and captain IS scrapes c r a g gs wont N pit t below bolo and sir air gibney ehnis for tt old kill kid naked mr gibney fried eggs ald mr ai k for lint flint form of nutriment lit in the min fished anys of the preen green pen trade binin tin nn fried egge rill nn a tylan tyl ln pot ol 01 u coffee thought a way a out ol 01 0 our moss gib not yet replied mr gibney ns as lit lie rolled cut of bi hut but eggs Is nans tint and I 1 dont ghe eha up ull hope on n R full stol stomach linell an hour inter they were nere UPI tied up under the coal buti bunkers kers and tit nt mr fr nea suggestion so some P twenty tons of nf ank ed eoal were cic piled on oil top lot of the liend head and on tile the dock dc k lord ford in ill casp of emergency they illy ln in ili tit lie harbor till nil illy ln until about four aben ien mr gibney b fly virtue of lili hn authority ns its super supercargo vargo ordered tile lie lilies fillet cast olt oft and the sten ined out of if ill barbor OH off point loma they veered to the lie jen ing the coronado islands on it the lie star mar board quarter ten tell tulles to he file most ivest mr aline ll ine was below with alth captain scruggs cs battling willi tile the problem lern hint flint confronted hern when tile the milte stuck his him heni benil aown tit alie companion way ing to report a brace power schooner coming out frota from th lee ee of the coro nadies pit and stun sounding dIng riK off rn ri course cal to intercept tilt maggie in nn nit licter or two captain bild mr gibney sprang up tilt on tile the bridge nt at onee the latter with Ks long glass up tip to ills eye ce she ans brive to under the lop ice of the island and the minute we rame out of tile the linghor and turned amith she corne come bomin after affer ns stilt said the Il illige lite burn r gibney bongo line schoon hooner pr two masts and hold headed about a hundred and twenty ton I 1 should may sn and show in n pretty heels theres up ford yem let me se see ye ices es theres two more holy sailor its a 0 gunboat one of those doggoned doggone d gil gilsomino solino cons coast patrol lionts and theres llie rca the federal ong inn lying flying at tile fore lets put hack back to sail 9 in diego abny 11 quavered captain ill he be durne d if I 1 relish tile fidoe 0 losin tile Af dagate too late sald tile the philosophical Gi gittner tiner were lit in Alex mexican ican waters now and she call cut it us off front the bay the only thing we enn can tin do la Is to run for it tind and try to lose tier lier after lark tell the ali engi to crowd her to lie abo limit there nent much wind mind to speak sleak of so I 1 guess we e can c nn ina tinge to hold our own on for n while never thelema th eleni elems ive ic pot got a hunch that well eil le be overhauled of course you aint stint cot tin no pilfers to show scruggs and search lie file argo cargo irgo and confiscate ii us arid shoot tile whole crowd ol of us I 1 het bet n dollar to a doughnut that lint fellow lopez lope sold hold us out after tile fasion of the countey counti y I 1 cant ann cnn t help chinkin th inkin lint flint lint flint gunboat was there luie just it waltin for us its to show up III rr for inin tiles mr air gibney con chilled to study tile gull boat until there could no lonker longer lie he ally doubt that she intended to file lie ile anade out that she lind had it long run ford foid with a buttery battery of two to ono one pound ers era on oil top of tier her house find on oil tier port that looked like n maxim isahl hie fire gun hii about men lik n dressed lit in white cloth could be 10 soon on lier her deeks Pre presently gently mi air gibney war inter erupted fly by Calit aln pulling nt lit his sleeve you mi was it gunner once you ou bald captain lit in a trembling voice oice you yon bet I 1 was replied mr gibney my aly sho shooting shoot otin ln won the trophy three times in succession when I 1 was on tile old kearsarge if I 1 hall had ono one good rim gun tind a half decent crew id knock that gunboat Kiin hont silly before she knew alint lind tilt lift tier her alb ive rot got an idee sold said captain Se out with ith it said mr gibney cheerfully II liere wits four little to lowered into the hold lie last tiling thing before lie toro we MC put on tile lie main aitch nal tile the ill nin to load ein cm with Is stowed lit in tile the after hold will very eniy to ret got nt mr air gibney albney turned it ft beaming face to the skipper skill per ranched ren clied out ills arms arm and folded captain in ili nn all enit embrace trace hint flint would have done credit to n grizzly licar bear there were men genuine tears of in fit ili ilia s eyes and in ini ills sofee lien ile could toaster master ills emotions sufficiently to speak old youve liven been n bitne comin through on tile lie notion nation but youve surf sure arrived with nil fill net mt I 1 ala always ays thought you had about as much nerve as an oyster but I 1 it nil all haci well get out bliem two little jackass gulls and light a blittle find if I 1 dont sink that flint Alex lenn gunboat wat and brive the HIP ailing ili N 41 f M 0 id sooner die Figh fightlin tin than let them stand me up agin a wall in En ensenada senada gle feed tile me to tile ali irks for I 1 wont tip lie vordie of the blood that 4 it in ire ip illie au all hailds bild lift off that ninin batell letic it block mid in tackle through that cargo garf and stand by to I heave avi out tile the gulls BUHS hut scruggs hall teil of illg suggestion almost tilt 1110 ment tiit lie made it only file alio dire necessity of desperate measures to save fare the Al had prompted to put tile ajen into mr Gib hend and when lie saw the avidity with which the lilt ter set to rie frler prIng for action ills his error hew anew no hotin bounds ds olt oil lb he im afraid we ietter better not try to lick that unbolt niter aller nil all they might link us with nil hainds Ita lints said sir gibney ns as he leaped into the field ho henr a light here until I 1 can root out ill the w 1018 it of tile these guna here they nrc crenca stand by with billit sling ming to rut but 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