Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 22, 1922, Page 2

| PARNTWO ST U "N WUSTW Y VNP S == YHE BEWIDI DAILY PIONEER 8YNOPSIS. CHAPTER I — Captain Phineas P. Scraggs _has rown up around the docks of 8an Francisco, and from mess boy on a_river-steamer, risen to _the ownership of. the steamer Maggle. 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 Haivorsen, a solemn Swede, constitutes the fo'castle hands, and Bart McGuftey, a wastrel of the Gib- ney type, reigns in' the engine room. _ CHAPTER IL—With this motley crew and his anclent vessel, Capiain Scraggs is engaged in freighting garden truck from Halfmoon bay to San Francisco. The inevitablé happens, the Maggie £oing ashore in_a fog. CHAPTER IIL —'Acpnxlln! vessel hall- Ing the wreck. Mr. Gibney gets word to a fowing company in San Franclsco that the ship ashore is the Yankee Prince, with promise of a rich salvage, Two tugs succeed In pulling the Maggie into deep water, and she siips her tow lines and gets away in the fog. CHAPTER IV.—Furious at the decep- tion practised on them, Captains Hicks and Flaherty, commanding the two_tug- hoats, ascertain the identity of the *‘Yan- kee' Prince” and, fearing ridicule should the facts become known along the water front, determine on personal vengeance. Their hostile visit to the Maggie results in Captain Scraggs promising to get a new boller and make needed repairs to T, CHAPTER V.—Scraggs refuses to ful: Al his promises and Gibney and McGut- fey “strike.” With marvelous luck, Scraggs ships a fresh crew. At the end of & few days of wild conviviality Gibney and McGuffey are stranded and seek their old positions on the Maggie. They are hostilely received, but remain. On their way to San Krancisco they sight ll dfirullct and Glbney and McGuffey swim o it, : CHAPTER VL-The derelict proves to be the Chesapeake, richly laden, its en- tire_crew stricken with scurvy, - Scragks Attempts to tow her in, but the Maggle is unegual to the task and Gibney and McGuffey, alone, sall the ship to San Francisco, thelr salvage money amount- ing to $1,000 aplece. : _(Continued from last issue) Suddenly an oar snapped. Instantly Nelis. unshipped the remaining oar, sprang to the stern, and attempted, by sculling, to keep-the skiff's head.up to the waves. But the weight of the cable whirled the little craft around, A wave rolled in over lher counter, and half-filled her; the succeeding wave completed the Job and rolled the skiff over and The Squarehead was forced Was Forced to 8wim Back to ‘the B Chesapeake. to swim back to the Chesapeake. He climbed up the Jicob’s ladder to face a storm of abuse from Captain Scraggs. ‘The cable was hauled back abonrd with difficulty, owing to the submerged SKIft at the end of it. Captain Scraggs and The Squarehead leaned over the Chesapeake’s rail and tugged furious- 1y, when the wreck came alongside, but All of their strength was unequal to the task of righting the little craft by hauling up on the light rope attached to Her thwart. “For ten dollars more each me an' Mac'll tall on to that rope an’ do our best to right the skiff. -After she's righted, Tll bail her out, borrow new ‘oats from this here bark, an’ help Neils row back o the Maggie with the cable,” Mr. Gibney-volunteered. “Cash in advance, s’ per usual.” {“Yoll‘re ®alr of highway" robbers, bnt I'l take you,” Scraggs ahnost walipgd,. and paid out the money; wWhereupon Gibuey and McGulfey “{ailed” on to the rope and with rau ¢qus. cries hauled away. As a result of their efforts, the thwart came away With the rope and the quartet sat down with{exceeding abruptness on the hard pine’deck of the Chesapeake. “E;had an idee that.thwart would pull loose” Mr. Gibney remarked. “Well, what're you_goin' to do_now?” ' ot by a Jugtul” | Scraggs - snapped. _“Halvorsen, haul down that sigoal halyard from the miz- zenmast, take one end of it in your teeth, an’ swim back to the Mnme.? with it. We'll fasten a heavier line to the cable an’ haul the cable aboard with the Muggie's winch.” “You say hat so nice, Scraggsy, old | hopeful, ’'m tempted to think you can whistle it. Neils, he's only askin’ you to risk your life overboard for nothing. »Pain't in the shippin’ articles that a seaman’s got %o do that. If he wunts a swimmin’ exhibition make him pay for it—through the nose. An' if I was you, I'd find out how much o' this two thousand dodlars towage he’s goin® to distribute to his crew. Pers'nlly T'd get mine in advance.” “Adelbert P. Gibney,” Captain Scraggs hissed. “There's such a thing as drivin’ a man to distraction. Hal vorsen, are you with rne?’ “Aye bane—for saxty dollars. Hay bane worth a month's pay for take dat swim.” “You dirty Scowegian ingrate, Well, you don’t get no sixty doBlars from me. Bear a hand and we'll drop the ship's work boat overboard. I'guess you can tow a signal halyard to the Maggie, can't you, Neils?” Nells conld—and did. Within fifteen minutes the Maggie was fast to her prize. “Now we'll cockbill the an- chor,” quoth Captain Scraggs, s0 Mc- Guffey reporting sufficient steam in the donkey to turn. over the windlass, the anchor was raised and cockbilied, and the Maggie hauled away on the hawser the Instant Captaln Scragge signaled his new navigating officer that the hook was free of the bottom. “The old girl don't seem to le mak- in’ headway in the right direction;” Mc- Guffey remarked plaintively, after the Maggie hod strained at the hawser for five minutes. Mr. Gibney, standing by with a hammer in his hand, nodded affirmatively, while the skipper of the Chesapeake, whoth Mr. Gibney had had the forethought. 40 carry out on deck to watch the operhtion, glanced appre- hensively nshore. Scraggs measured the distance with his eye to the near- est fringe of surf and it was plain that he was worried. “Captain Scraggs,” the skipper ot the Chesapeake called feebly, “Mr. Gibney is right. That craft of yvours ic unable to tow my ship against this wind. You're loging ground, inch by fnch, and it will be only a matter of an hour or two, if you haug on to me, before I'll be In the breakers and a total loss. - You'll have to get sall on her or let go the anchor until a tug arrives.” “I don't know a thing about a sailin’ ship,” Scraggs quavered. “I know it all,” Mr. Gibuey cut In, “but there ain’t money enough in the world to Induce me to exercise that knowledge to your profit.” He turned to the master of the Chesapeake. “For one hundred dollurs each, McGuffey an’ T will sall her In for you, sir.” “I'll not take the risk, Mr. Gibney. Captain Scraggs, It you will follow my Instructions we'll get some sall on the Chesapeake. Take those lines through the leading blocks to the winch——" The engineer of the Maggie came up on deck und waved his arms wildly. “Leggo,” he bawled. “I've blown out two tubes. It'll be all I can do_to get home without that tow.” : “Jump on that, Scraggsy,” quoth Me- Guffey softly and cast hls silken en- gineer's cap on the deck at Scraggs’ feet. The latter's face was ashen as he turned to the skipper of the Chesa- peake. “I'm through,” he gulped. “I'll have to cast off. Your ship's drivin’ on the beach now.” “Ob, say not so, Scraggsy,” sald Mr. Gibney softly, and with a blow of the hammer knocked out the stop- per on the windlass and let the anchor go down by the run. “Not this voy- age, at least” The Chesapeake rounded with a jerk and Mr. Gibney took Captain Scraggs gently by the arm. “Into the swall boat, old ruln,” he whispered, “and I'll row you an’ The Squarehcad back to the Maggle. It she 'drifts ashore with that .lond o' garvden truck, you might as well drown yourself." Captain Scraggs was bheyond words. He suffered himself to be taken back to the Maggle, after which kindly action Mr. Gibney returned to the Chesapeake, climbed aboard, and with the ‘assistance of MeGuffey, hauled the work boat up on the deck. “Now,” Mr. Gibney inquired. ap- proachi the skipper of:th@ Chesa- peake, “what'll you give me an’ Mac, sir, to sail you in?" answered_weakly, (Continued in Next Issue) Bismarck, N..D., April 22—With voters perplexed by 24 men candi- dates for sheriff of Burleigh county, Mrs, Jennie Moran, successful farmer, sees an opportunity for a woman to sneak in and has therefore filed hery candidacy for the June primaries. “One thousand dollars,” the skipper 1 | il %t SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 1922 > cene From "FOOLISH WIVES UNIVERSAL MikLioN POLLAR. 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