Show N P w e A FW WEBSTER EI author MAN MANS 0 WS T tm m of the PIRA a LJ a GIANTS etc y PETER B KYNE C Co ayris I 1 by peter apte B ky kyne REENTER RE ENTER mcguffey captain nean F r spraggs has hag grown up tip the docks of bast ban francisco trai ilLo and float eneim 41 AH on oil a river steamer risen to lo the ownership ut of lie steamer ammer mackle hino e each annual in lon promised to be tile lie lust last of the old u eather teaten vessel osel naturally line mine mill cully in securing it a crew han the tory story opens adelbert All lert 1 I oil ny iney likable but ei a man choin nobody but scruggs would hire Is 1 the skipper bulpin r nells neils Il alvor nen mn a swede the ore forecastle orect istle castle hands anil and hurt ML gaffey luffe a wastrel or of the llie albney type reigns in ili the engine engene killorn with tills thin tri otley crow cron and till ills nn air tnt artent vessel captain scruggs 14 et in garden tr truck acl from bay IM to son san cranel aco the inevitable hallit nis itsu ihfe bi mackle a 9 16 KOCH goes ashore in li a fi A beasl hal ballint lInt tile wreck brei k sir mr labney guts gets mord to ti it lowing corn compare pany in ili tan san leran isco cisco that tile allily hip ashore is 18 tile the yankee prince with ali promise ot of u rih rich siti vage two tugs d in li alling tile the maggie into deep water and aal she he slips her tow lines fill kiil gets away la aliu fogie cut at tile de ileac ep lion to p practiced r act d or oi flicks and Flit 1 lili herty erty tile alie two tug tugboats boats the tha identity of 0 tile ilia yankee irinio Irl nio find fearing ridicule tile facts bt corna known abour tho water front determine on per personal monal vengeance their bentile visit to tile hia maggle bellu if Hulta it in icat I tat pt 0 11 I 1 ing t to 0 14 net et a now holler and mullo inalta needed repairs to tile steamer refuses to fulfill his promises arid jibney und ana mccurrey Mc Gurrey a strike with marvol marvel ous oua luck scruggs B niksa ships hilpa a fresh crew at the end of a i few days of conviviality dubney arid and mcguffey Hc Guffey are stranded stran lil find and sw ek k their old on oil tile bt ag gle they are hostilely received but to 0 omain on their way to sun san fran claro they alsha a derelict und and olli oil noy MOY and mr luffey swim to it the derelict prod pro es ea to le be the choa awake ladon laden its ita entire crew stricken with ti curvy Scrap gH attempts to tow tier her in but the masele la in t to tire task and gib ney ail and mccuffey alone sail all the hip to sari their eat aal vilice money to tf SIOLA apiece ills brew blew having deserted de Berteil him captain scruggs affsa induces the them 1 n to return at an auld old horse sa bale 1 e tile three purchase two mysterious boireau which they believe to con lain fain smuggled oriental kooda goods they rind instead two deblat alil namen scruggs seeks to double cross his him two associates but mr gibney outwits him and makes is satisfactory financial settlement with the chinesa Clil neso com company parly to whom the bodies have hav d been con pencil leaving scraggy out in tire told gibney resents rodents i in lending money to scruggs 1 without consulting trial him and after a terrific wordy combat the three separate mcguffey becoming as an alstaot engineer on an oil tanker gibney disappearing arid and scruggs forced to lay up the maggle maggie mag gle IX hakea a subordinate position on a ferry steamer learner senor lopez mexican evolutionist makes scruggs a gen er rou us offer for transportation of munitions munitions to lower scruggs accepts acce pta and the old mas gle Is once more put into commission arriving at his destination finds hla his om companion mr gibney la Is the consignee time having softened ts the reunion Is 1 joyful gibney plans plana to meal the ammunition and convey conver it to revolutionists in Worn colombia bla on the way they their art are attacked by it a mexican gunboat run boal and a terrific combat ensues lah CHAPTER IX continued 10 As the lie lift st muzzle burst raked t the lie captain saw aw that cot of the terrible blast of lend lind bad gone one too high it wag affective for to a man the crews of the one deserted their posts and nd turn bled below swing sing which the in command lost loit ills nerve he fie wai antt d now alint tit alip infernal ni waggle purposed cihil li it had marveled that the filibuster nil buster should also shrapnel after site she had ranged with ith shell he did not know it was perell ision shrapnel find in fit sudden lin panic till lie decided tint that lie maggle morally wounded purposed netting getting close to sink him with shell pre if ste ac failed to train ailin whereupon alim the frellow streak came through anil he waved ills his aritis frantically above ills his wild in token of surrender sties hauled down tier lier rag abriel ed scruggs ile he rord ful gheres rii eres nien men ayin on oil that leont iny alongside that craft mr oil se sy s y y shouted to the the t fiat hal hove bove to and when hen the baggie at lliso alove to sonic soine thirty anro s to windward of tier her mr gibney in ainner the Mex mewlean lean in spun nh h well mixed with that lint it if sie me latter so much littich us lifted ills his little anger he be might inight expect to be b sunk stink like i dos dog down below every everybody hody but the atie helmsmen or ill sweet your our aks with another muzzle burst he thundered the mexican obeyed anil and tc bt L degn gil went ent up lip in ili the pilot house rind and aid the terribly batte haltered reI briggle ilon galde the schooner the distant the she touched sir mr sprang board aboard quickly followed by captain who had relinquished the item to his first mate 4 aly scruggs shouted lok gib for the love of the lord and pointed alth ills his finser anger at jtb g bead of the little iron railed corn coni anlon way lending down into the en line room 9 ann finan wits was no hit hitoi a monkey w wreney in one hund find a 11 gl nusi n usi rag ni in ille other oilier M pliney turned rind looked nt at the inn 11 mccurrey Mi MC iTi urreY for if ft tho thousand lie bel bej lowid and run ran fo forward rivard with outstretched hand coptain scraps was tit nt Gib heels find between their they the onne clime very er nearly nei trl dislocating alar thol inlew arin nit lily alvor boy lio said cat cap fain arts Sr ts whatever are arc you ou a n doln on oil tills heathen battleship mi M mr mcg luffie v with 1114 lil old thile del ibera t lot why ini im tile hip olier angim er of tills craft I 1 tind find a u good joh job too loo lint but I 1 KIIS guess its till nil oft nil non wid tho HIP I 1 Nip ilean tire ant sill ito io chucked that buck ciuck khot down hit anlo lily engine room I biley did it ald scraggy sarn gm H rile old side anil and tit anc find pillai bear it 11 hall liand nille and help us its chip thu the hatches lint clies in ofir trunk and oil said mr gibney pious ly 11 1 I kill you ton come to look into tile matter I 1 kill anybody nn bol though I 1 see MO halt if 11 dozen mound around decks corp morp or leis cut up where 1011 oil been nil these years ui rs mac 1 I been chief engh icer rr in ili the mel clin nn anvy all replied nill fd him ion captured lib its in tile lip ol of tin the united or Nl iett int weve pe you ou in ili tile the name of Ad adelbert elhert 11 I 1 illic ill nc was us the lie reply 1 I beell till sill nil my int life for a still of my lily oui anti now ive ie sot got tier biord nine soleil n he homily allty aint she all hardwood finish ni illi leak mil well found bild and jut just the ili let for the island arnde well well well im ill gibney tit nt liitt capt where do I 1 come in ili gib risked modesta mod estl well cl as tile maggio lins hns two holpa holes through glicr let hull below tile the wn wil te hefline fline nc anti Is generally nicked to lleces hotl might quit fiskin questions quest loni alii ret get back aboard arid put the alio pumps on oil tier youre lucky if she hw dont sink on oil you ou before we ret get to illes des tiny liny if slie site sinks dont worry ill give 11 you ou a job ns as my lily first mute mate mac inc yoiiro my lily engineer but not nt at no fancy Mex mexican lean arloe arti ill tiny pay you tile the union scale find ami not a cent more or less Is ut fair ald it was was arid averit wt b lie low to tune up tip his engine sir air gibney took tile wheel acel of tile the gull bont and sent kent captain back aboard the maggie rind in n few nil minutes both vs assels fels sels were cre howling along toward liny bay they were oft off tile the bay nt at midnight tin and while tile with I 1 sir air gibney gibat in command of the federal gafill boat capt captain nill had nothing to fear the rapid 1 ilse iw of writer water in the hold of tile briggle was sadly disco disconcerting berting cor ting about lie he milde up his mind igind that she would sink within two hours bours arid without pausing to whine over oer hla his predicament he promptly benched tier her slie she drove fa far r up lip tile the beach with tire the slack water br enking around tier her scarred stern stem find and when tile the title tide ebbed she luy itty high arid it dry ry and the rebel soldiers come came trooping down from froin tile the rancho rind and fulling falling upon her carcass like so binany ants quickly distributed her cargo amongst them thein and disappeared Fi sent ills his crew out oui aboard tile the captured gunboat to assist mr air albney in rowing losing ills his prisoners ashore anti and when nhen finally he stood alone beside the wreck of the brave brav old 31 figgie plied piled up lip tit nt last in ili tile the port of missing ships something snapped 1 within his breast arid and big tears teara rolled in quick succession down his 1119 sun aun tannel irli cheaks caks the old hulk looked peculiarly pathetic ns she lay there listed ekr on tier her benni beam ends she tin and served him well but she lind finished her last voyage otie rind with some ensue lucli of saying sanc tier her old bones from lin hands captein sobbing audibly scattered the contents content of half ft dozer calls of kerosene over oer her decks and tn in the cabin lighted fires in three different sections sect loni of the wreck arid left eft tier her to tile ilak un tin hour later inter he stood in ill the britt ered decks of the gunboat arid mccuffey McCu McGUI frey TeY arid and watched tile the dense clouds of smoke that the of tile the she was a rood good old hulk said mr gibney arid and now ns as the special envoy of the liberal army of mexico heres a draft on los ios angeles alludes for live bucks IS brugg sy wh which fell constitutes till the balance title due you on it tills this here filibuster trip of course I 1 remind 1 olind oil HI gg sy I 1 lint never lime earned tills money it it been for adelbert 11 1 schney Ib tiLY its ills imagination overtime lc ive made lunde you sou it hunk chunk of ri money loney find while I 1 save ae your our ship I 1 did save anve your life As ai a for all tills this I 1 dmit couill one cent or of the money due you yell as aa I 1 could it if I 1 wanted anted to ile b rotten inella im coln to keep keel this fine little power sc schooner honner for my share of the lie lout loot sties nicked flicked up op some but that only bears evidence to to what a bully rood good shot I 1 nm am and it wont take much to ox tier her up all ship shape hape again high aint very destructive all them bunia an scratches rp can be planed flown down rut but well have to do sonic some on her canvas ill tell alles called the keton maria but im fin going to run tier her to change chance her nuque shell chell be known as maggle 11 II out of re rc fur for the old girl lints flints burull barnin up ui there here on oil the beuch captain scruggs was vas so touched nt at tills delicate little tribute that lie turned away find nd hurst burst into tears aw shut up scraggly sy old trunks hunks said mccuffey consolingly you aint got bothin not liln to cry about youre it a rich nian mini look I ook ut at tile me I 1 aint fl am all 17 I 1 arid and I 1 dont ret get so much na as a bean out fut of this inix up nil fill on oil account of tire me abeln tied up with it lot of hounds bounds that quits lulls tight fight in ili before halt half ticket hiked hints so said mild captain scruggs wiping willing ills oyes ch with ith ills primy fists ests 1 I declare joure out in ili the lie cold me ale allrey Chil Ill lei reY arid it aint right gib my lly 1 boy us its three lins has had some or ne s mirrl 11 times tilden ther und arid weve eve had our differences feren ces but I 1 aint a to think of them past the sight 0 you ou single handed lini idel fleetin inert ln find I 1 n the pride of the lie mexican navy calin in tit 0 despair generous Ren gen crous in ili victory and dellenter del lente ns as blazes blazer to n fallen g 0 in to wo kii lial nin your lour vessel after him that lint way la Is solli ethin that bipes anway nil all sor rev find ciul melds it friend shill hints flints bound to 0 o endsor till death us its do part if been on oil our side bide we vic know front from past performances that hed a nt fat like aulger you inc here mr mcgarrey Mc Gurrey cou coughed glied slightly allf ns enuch ns as to say that lint lie he would have fought like m ton ten tigers had lie liven been riven given the lie opportunity captain continued 1 I should iny that it fair valuation of this schooner as she he stands Is ten thousand dollers that belonga to gib now nou im willin to chuck ne five thousand lot dol jars into tile hie deal well form n close corporation find and ns as a compliment to Ale luffey ey elect hlin him chief engineer in ills own oun still tin and give blo him say ay n quarter interest in ili our laymet as n little te to nil ail old friend tried tri ed anti and said mr alney ln ey your fin fl fl weve cc fought lut bill well vell let that RO go we wipe alpe tile lie state clean clebit find start in nit all over again on tho ilni 11 II anti im ill free to state without fear conr of contradiction alint tit in the lie last eni ambroff brog llo ito yott on showed shoel up tip like four aces arid a king with the entire cOol company lIlY put Scrugg sty youre a hero rind what you ii propose proves that youre condido con considerable sido ril file of a singed cat battern bet tern aloa ou look well go free bootin down donn on n the sold oil const coast theres war nr red war bret bredikin ikin loose town lown there and well mall shy it in our horseshoe boises lioe with the strongest tile side und anti pry loose loie it a fortune im for a life of wild ald nd venture and now flow that weve got tile ship find and the funds and the crew lets RO go to it theres a deal of fine liquor tit in tile the wardroom ardi ooin find and I 1 suggest that ve ne nominate scruggs into inester of the bantli ship now second in command of the maggie 11 II to brew a kettle 0 hot grog groff to celebrate our victory alac your una this im proud of you both shake they shook anti and am B captain ey e wandered aloft first mate and chief engineer Uc mcguffey Guffey looked ILI jill 7 or shell be known as maggie II if out of respect for 04 the old girl barnin up there on the beach up tit ano froal tile lie main topmast of nt the magpie maggle 11 II floated n long blue burgee with white lettering on it anti and na as it whipped shipped out into the breeze tin tile old familiar name stood out oll against tile the noonday still good old dishcloth 1 murmured mr gibney site she never comes down the macele forever fo reverl 1 shrieked scruggs Scra hoorer Hoor yr bellowed mccuffey an now it if youve got all tile tho enthusiasm out of spur blood kick in ill with a hundred tin nn fifty dollaris en interest to oater date az an dont tell ine that 1 11 otes noten outlawed or ill feell feed you tu to tile alches captain scruggs looked |