Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 19, 1922, Page 2

—_— SYNOPSIS. CHAPTER 1. — Captain Phineas P. Scraggs_has grown up around the docks of San Francisco, and from mess boy on a_river steamer, risen to _the ownership of the steamer Maggie. Since each an- nual inspection promised to be the last of the old weatherbeaten vessel, Scraggs naturally has some difficulty in’ securing a crew. When the story opens, Adelbert P. Gibney, likable but erratic, a man whom nobody but Scraggs would hire, is the skipper, Neils Halvorsen, a folemn Swede, constitutes the fo'castle hands, and Bart McGuffey, a wastrel of the Gib- ney type, reigns in' the engine room. CHAPTER IL—With this motley crew and his anclent vessel, Captain Scraggs is engaged in freighting garden truck from Halfmoon bay to San JFrancisco. The inevitable happens, the Maggle going | ashore In a fog. | CHAPTER IIL.—A passing vessel hall- ing the wreck, Mr. Gibney gets word to 2 towing company in San_Francisco that | the ship ashore is the Yankee Prince, | with promise of a rich salvage. Two tugs succeed In pulling the Maggle into deep water, and she siips her tow lines and gets away in the fog. (Continued from last issue) A faint cheer came from the shaft alley. “Good old Mac. At-a-boy “You're on, McGuffey. Nobody ever had to beg me to fight him,” Dan _ Hicks replied cordially, and climbed to the deck. To his great surprise, Mr. McGuffey winked at him and drew him off to the stern of the Ma; “There'll be no fight” he declared, “glthough we'il thud around on deck an’ yell a couple o' times to make Scraggs think we're goin’ to it. He figgers that by the time I've fought you an’ Flaherty I won't be fit for combat with him, even if T lick youn hoth; he's got it all fizggered out that T'll walt a couple o days before tacklin’ him, an’ he thinks my tem- per'll cool by that time an' he ¢ argy me out o’ my revenge. Savey “T twig."” Mr. Gibney had returned to the Maggie by this time and he now took his station at the engine-room hatch and growled at Flaherty and abused him. “Keep wup your courage, Scraggsy,” he called, as Hicks and Mc- Guffey pranced around the deck in simulated combat. “Mac's whalin’ the whey out o' Hicks an’ Hicks coutdn't touch him with a bugey whip.” At the conclusion of the thrée min- utes of horse-play, Mr. McGuffey came ta the hateh again. “Up with you, Flaherty,” he called loud enough for Captain Scraggs to hear, “up with you before I go down after you." Flakerty was nbout to possess him- xelf of a hatchet when the face of his | confrere, Dan Hicks, appeared over McGuftey shoulder and grinned knowingly at him. Tmmediately, Fla- herty hurled defiance at his enemies and came up on de and once more 1o Captain Scraggs came the dull sounds of apparent conflict overhead. Suddenly a cheer broke from Mr. Glbney. “All off an’ gone to Cooper- town, Scraggsy,” he shouted. up an’ take a look at the falle Out of the shaft alley came Scraggs with a rush, tossing his wrench aside the better to climb the ladder. He was half way up when Mr. Gibney reached down a great hand, grasped him by the collar, and whisked him out on deck with a single jerk. Here, to his horror, he found himself confrouted by a singularly scathless trio who grinned triumphantly at him. “Seeln’ Is bellevin’, Scraggs,” Dan Hicks informed him. “That's a on vou taught me an’ Flaherty last night, but evidently you don’t profit by ex- perience. You're too miserable to beat up, but just to show you it ain't possible for a dirty bay pirate like you to skin the likes o’ me an' Fla- herty we purpose hangin' the seat o' your pants up around your cont cul- lar. Face him about, g With a quick twist, Mr. Gibney pre- sented Captain Scraggs for his pen- ance; Flaherty and McGuffey followed Dan Hicks promptly and Captain Scraggs screamed at every kick. And now came Mr. Gibney’s turn. “lor failin’® to stand up like a man, Scraggsy, an' battle Hicks an' Fia- hertr,” he Informed the culprit, and tossed him over to McGuffey to be held in position for him. 4 “Don’t, Gib. Plense don't,” Scraggs walled. “It ain't comin’ to me from you. T never llpnrd you callin’ a-tall, Honest, T never, Have juerey, Adelbert. Yo saved the Maggle' Inst night an’.a qupeter interest in ther-is yours—if you don't kick me!” Mr. Gibney paused, foot in midair: surveyed the Maggie from stem to stern, hesitated, licked his lower lip, and glanced at the common enem, For an instant it came Into his mind to call upon the valiaut und able Me- Guffey to support him in a flerce coun- ter-attack upon Hicks and Flaherty. ! Ouly for an instant, however: then his sense of fair play conquered, “No, Scraggsy.” he replied sadly. “She ain't worth it, an' your duj can’t be overlooked. If there thing T hate it's dupliclty. Here goos, | navigatin® SCriE Scraggs stantly, and M great boot missed the ma “Ah,” he breathed, “I'll give you an extra for that.” “Don't! Please don't,” Scraggs howled. “Lay offn me an’ I'll put in a new boiler an’ have the compass ad- The words were no sooner out of his mouth than Mr. McGuffey swung him ciear of Mr. Gibney’s wrath, “Swear it,” he hissed. “Raise your right hand an’ swear it—an’ I'll pro- tect you from Gib.” Captain Scraggs raised a trembling right hand and swore it. “Ill get a new fire hose an’ fire buckets; I'll fix “I"l Fix the Ash Hoist and Run the Bedbugs and Cockroaches Out of Her.” the ash hoist and run the bedbugs an’ cockroaches out of her,” he ndded. “You hear that, Gib?" McGuffey plended. “Have a heart.” “Not unless he gives her a coat of paint an' quits bickerin’ about the overtime, Bart. | I promise,” Scraggs answered him. “Pervided,” he added, “you an’ dear ol' Mac promises to stick by the ship.” “It's n whack.” velled McGuffey joy- fully, and whirling, struck Dan Hicks A mighty blow on the jaw. “Off our ship, you hoodlums.” He favored Jack Flaherty with a hearty thump and swung again on Dan Hicks. “At ‘em, Scraggsy.’ Here’s where you prove to Gib whether you're a man— thump—or a mouse—thump—or a— thump. thump—bobtailed — thump— rat.” Dan Hicks had been npset, and as he sprawled on his back on deck, he appeared to Captain Scraggs to offer at least an even chance for victory. So Seraggs, mustering his cournge, flew at poor Hicks tooth and toenail. His best was not much but it served to keep Dan Hicks off Mr. McGuley while the latter was disposing of Jack Flaherty, which he did, via the rail, even as the towboat men had disposed of Mr. Gibney. Dan Hicks followed Flaherty, and the crew of the Maggie crowded the rail as the enemy swam to the float, crawled up on it and de- parted, vowing vengeance. “All's well that ends well, gentle. Mr. McGuffey announced. av's goln' to buy a drink an’ the ' past is buried an' forgotten. Didn*t eld Seraggsy put up a fight, Qe A “No, Tlt he tried to, Mae. TU tell the world he did,” and he thrust out the hind of forgiveness to Scraggsy, who, realizing he had come very hand- somely out of an unlovely situation, clnsped the hands of Mr. Gibney and McGuffey anfl burst into tears, While Mr. McGuffed thumped him between the shoulder blpdes and cursed him af- fectionately, Mr. Gibney retired to change into dry garments: when he refippeared the trio went ashore for the promised grog and a lunchepn at the skipper's expense ¥ e) (Continued in N REV. J. FRALING, | Bemidjl, . Minn. | Puitkes cuumce || Fhone 347 |, 1ays 8 a. me—10 | a. m poom. B Prayerbooks, Bibles and Religious B at cost. 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Its leading Q]aygrs are Thomas Meighan and Gloria Swanson, wio played the leading roles in “Male and Femile.” Bebe Daniels, scoreq sucn a hit in “Everywoman,” is also in the cast, as well as a host of other farorites such as Theodore Kosloff, the famous Russina dancer, Sylvia Ashton, Clar- ence Geldart and Maym Kelso. “GLASS HOUSES” AT GRAND TONIGHT AND THURSDAY In “Glass Houses,” her latest pro- duction released by Metro, Viola Dana | who, on her wedding day, finds that her husband, Billy Norton, believes her to be a notorious crook. He tries 1 to persuade her to give up her life of crime, but she thinks he has gone mad and tries to soothe him. They are to be guests at a ball in the hotel Kenilworth, but Billy, still| believing that his wife is the notorious . Angle Face Ann sees a picture of Swag Sullivan, the con womans hus- band who is in prison. Billy goes to Jhim and learns that Angel Face Ann has planned a big killing at. the ball. Billy rushes to the hotel and upon finding Joy insists on saving her from the police. While she is trying to get him home so she can have him exami- ned as to his mental condition, the eal Angel Face comes upon the scene. ! Viola Dana enacts the principal role | in this, her gayest, comedy of adven- ture and hilarious complications which is to be shown at the Grand theatre for two days starting tonight. The production was directed by Harry Beaumont and the scenario story by Edith Kenncdy from a story by Clara Genevieve Kennedy. Pathe Weekly News and a comedy complete the program. “RECLAIMED” AT THE REX THEATRE THIS EVENING Without any doubt ‘“Reclaimed” is one of the strongest, most absorb- ing melodramatic photodramas re- leased this year. The story tells of a young and beautiful girl, born in ignorance and barbarity, reared amid neglect and want, who grows up into young wo- manhood wild, wilful unkept and un- taught. Her mother, a benighted peasant; her father, a renegade and| bandit, the descendent of a haughty, | proud and ruthless Spanish ancestry, leave the child a heritage of hatred. Her natural instincts, however, de-| velope a strain of virtue. When she | finally meets “The Man” her soul is awakened, and as though she were born again, and by the gentle voice o‘fl Faith and Love—she is “Reclaim- ed.” “FOOLISH WIVES” AT ELKO BEGINNING NEXT SATURDAY | “Foolish Wives,” the sensational Von Stroheim production, which hes attracted so much attention in New| York City, will be presented at the | Elko theatre Saturday, Sunday, Mon-| day and Tuesday. i This gigantic , super-Jewel pro-; duction made by the master genius | of Von Stroheim, after nearly two| years of labor, and after Carl Laem-| mle had expended over a million dol- | lars on the picture, is assuredly the! |foremost American made production in the history of screen drama. Al-| though the scenes are laid near Monte ' Carlo, the unusual and novel feat! was attempted of duplicating that! famous Mediterranean resort on the shores of Southern California. i No such colossal enterprise as re- producing the entire city of Monte Carlo at California has ever been| known in the moving picture industry, | “Foolish Wives” adds to the laur-| els of Von Stroheim, who wrote the! story, directed the picture and acted| the leading role of a Russian count,| who tries to fascinate a lot of fool-! ish wives. Others in the cast are; Miss | DuPont, Mae Smith, Maude George,; Dale Fuller, Rudolph Christians, and| a host of others. Nearly 15,000 people were employed in the ensembles showing the crowds in the gay pleas- ure resort in the South of France. ! R | {“THE BEARCAT” AT GRAND i FRIDAY AND SATURDAY “You ain't half so bad as you think |vou are!” That was what the sheriff |said to the hero of “The Bearcat”, the Universal photoplay coming to| the Grand theatre Friday and Sat-| urday. The hero professed to be a “bad man’. He sang many new verses eve day that indicated that he had quit cutting notches in his gun stock | {to save time for more serious business and to save gunstocks. “In fact,” went on the sheriff, “I| don't think you’re a bad man at all. | 1 think ycu're a plain, ordinary, good | {iman that has been roughly handlud; {by_a bad woman.” | { With that situation to build around | {F. R. Buckley wrote the story for the| ! Western Magazine wnich was used by George Hively in the preparation of |a scenario for Hoot Gibson’s starring | !vehicle. | Hoot Gibson stars in the role of i the non-civilized poeticising hero. yLillian Rich, impersonates tne unbe-| |lieving heroine and Clarles French| | the cynical sheriff . Dthers in the cast | Harold Gnc.iwin, William Buck-| ‘ontain: LaRue, Joe Harris, Al- | ngsworth, Jim Alamo and W. J. Allen. Edward Sedgwick direct- ed the production. ‘counts “WOLVES OF THE RANGE” AT REX THEATRE SATURDAYY Bud Osborne, who has a prominent place in “Wolves of the Range,” which opens at the Rex theatre next Saturday night, earned considerable fame with his wild riding as the mask- ed rider of Ruth Rolands serial of “Hands Up.” He was also one of the original range cowboys of the Miller Bros. 10t Ranch. Serving his appren- ticeship with the Milier ranch outfit besides many smaller ones, he won international fame as a rider at the Wichita Rodeo. He is without doubt one of the leading horsemen of the world. “BLIND HEARTS” AT THE REX THURSDAY AND FRIDAY Hobart Bosworth, man’s man, and hero of scores of gripping and virile out of door stories, is the star of “Blind Hearts” a thrilling narrative of!ithe Alaskan gold rush days that is/'to open at the Rex:theatre begin- nig Thursday. ! Not since the early days of pic- tures has Bosworth had a role equal to that of Lars Larson in “Blind Hearts.” Those who remember this startling actor in “The Sea Wolf.” and other Jack London pictures will have a chance to again see him in a similar role. As Larson, a miner, Who seeks to pry the gold nuggets from the ice covered earth, Bosworth has a part that ca'ls for his superb dramatic ability. The role is even more powe- ful than that in “Behind the Door.” ‘THE INNER CHAMBER’ AT ELKO . TOMORROW AND FRIDAY “The Inner Chamber” which will be shown at the Eiko theatro tomorrow and Friday, is an adptation of Charles Caldwell Dobie’s famous novel, “The Blcod Red Dawn’. The continuity was written by C. Graham Baker and pre- sents Alice Joyce in the type or role in which she is at her best, a story of sccial life in which the heroine en- both poverty and affluence. She is beset by unscrupulous social enemies, but rises above all obstacles and difficulties. Not alone does the story present Miss Joyce with excellent oppor- tunities for emotional acting, but the other characters call for stage ability of the highest order, and the cast is an usually lengthy one; The poduction requires ate interior settings. VISITS WIFE AT HOSPITAL AND PLUNGES TO DEATH (By United Press) Dickinson, N. D., April 19—Theo. A. 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