Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 3, 1922, Page 2

THIZ BEMIDJt DAILY FIOHZER WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1922 ; (Continued from last issue) CHAPTER X. “Well, Scraggsy, old hunks, this is piessant, ain't it?” said Mr. Gibney, and spat on the deck of the Maggie IT. “Right-0," replied Captain Scraggs cheerily, “though when I was a young feller and first went to sea, it wasn't considered no pleasantry to spit on a nice clenn deck. You might cut that out, Gib. It's vulgar.” “Passin’ over the fact, Scraggs, that you aln’t got no call to jerk me up on sea ettycat. more particular since I'm the master and managin’ owner of this here schooner, I'm free to confess, Scraggsy, that your observation does you credit. Eijust did that to see if you was goin' to take as big an inter- est In the new Maggie as you did in the old Maggie, and the fact that you object to me expectoratin’ on the deck proves to me that you're leavin’ behind you all them bay scow tendencles of the grean-pea trade. It leads me to be- lieve that you'll rise to high rank and distinction In the Colombian navy. Your fin, Scraggsy. Expectoratin’ on the decks is barred, and the Maggie I ;goes under navy discipline from now ron. Am I right?” “Right as a right whale,” sald Cap- ‘tain Scraggs. “And now that you've :given that old mate of mine the course, and we've temporarily plugged up the holes fn this here Mexican gunboat, and everything points to a safe and profitable voyage from now on, sup- pose you delegate me as a committee of one to brew a scuttle of grog, after which the syndicate holds a mettin’ and lays out a course for its ‘tuture conduct. There's a few questions of rank and privileges that ought to be settled once and for all, so there can’t be no come-back.” “The point is well taken and it Is 86 ordered,” snid Mr. Gibney, who had once held office in Harbor 15, Master and Pilots Assoclation of America, and knew a fragment or two of parlia- .mentary law. “Rustle up the grog, call McGuffey up out of the engine room, and we'll hold the meetin’.” Twenty minutes later Scraggs came on deck to announce the successful concaction of a kettle of whisky punch; whereupon the three adventurers went below and sat down at the cabin table for n conference. “I move that Gib be appolinted presi- dent of the syndieate,” sald Captain Scraggs. “Second the motion,” rumbled Mec- Guffey, “The motlon's carrled,” said Mr. Gib- ney, and banged the table with his horny fist. “The meetin’ will please come to order. The chair hereby ap- points Phineas Scraggs secretary of the syndlcate, to keep a record of this and all future meetin’s of the board. I will now entertain propositions of any and all natures, and I Invite the members of the board to knock the stoprer out of their jaw tackle and go to it.” “I move,” sald Captain Scraggs, “that B. McGuffey, Esquire, be, and he Is hereby appointed, chief engineer of the Maggie IT at a salary not to exceed the wage schedule of the Marine En- gineers’ Assoclation of the Pacific coast, and that he be voted n one-fourth Interest in the vessel and all subsequent profits.” “Second the motion,” sald Mr. Gib- neéy, “and not to hamper the business of the meetin’, we'll just consider that motion carried unanimous.” B. McGuffey, Esquire, rose, bowed his thanks, and sat down again, ap- parently very much confused., It was evident that he had something to say, but was having difficulty framing his thoughts in parliamentary language. “Heave away, Mac,” sald Mr. Gib- ney. “Cast of your lines, chirped Scraggs. ~Thus encouraged, McGuiley rose, howed, his thanks once more, moistened hig-larmmyx with a gulp of the punch, ang spoke: *'Feller members and brothers of the syndicate: In the management of the deck department of this new craft of ourn, my previous knowledge of the worthy president and the unworthy secretary leads me to belleve that there’'s goin' to be trouble. A ship divided agin herself must surely go on her beam ends, Now, Scraggsy here has been master so long that the Juice of authority has sorter soaked into his marrer bomes. For twenty years it's been ‘Howdy do, Captain Seraggs,’ ‘Have a drink, Captain Scraggs.’ ‘Captain Scraggs this an’ Captaln Scraggs that’ 1 don't mean no offense, gentlemen, when I state that you can't teach an old dog new | tricks. No man that's ever been a master makes a good mate. On the other hand, I realize that Gib here has been a-pantin’ and a-bellyachin’ McGuffey,” all his_life to get a_ship of his own an' have folks call him “Captain Gib- ney.’ Now that he's gone an’ done it, I say he's entitled to it.” But the fact of the whole thing is, Gib's the natural leader of the expedition or whatever it's goin’ to be, and he can't have his peace:of mind wrecked and his plans disturbed a-chasin’ #ailors around the deck of the Maggle II. Gib is sorter what the feller calls the power behind the throne. He's too big a figger for the grade of cap- tain. Therefore, I move you, gentle- men, that Adelbert P. Gibney be, and is hereby nominated and appointed to the grade of commodore, in full- com- mand and supervision of all of the property of the syndicate. And I abs so move that Phineas Scraggs be ap- pointed chlef navigatin® officer of thif’| packet, to retafn his title of captain, and to be obeyed and respected as such by every man aboard with thé exception of me and Gib. The pres- ent mate'll do the navigatin’ while’ Scraggsy’s learnin’ the deep sea stuffi™ “Second the motlon,” said Captain Scraggs briskly. “McGuffey, your ar- gument does you a heap of credit. It's—it’s—dog my cats, McGuffey, it’s masterly, It shows a keen apprecia- tion of an old skipper’s feelin's, and_ if the move is agreeable to Gib, I'm- willin’ to hall him as commodore ang’| fight to malntain his office. I—I dun- no; Gib, what I'd do if I didn’t have g’ mate to order around.” “Gentlemen,” said Mr. Gibney, beam- ing, “the motion’s carrfed unanimous. Captain—chief—your fins. Dook me. T'm hohored by the handshake. Now, regarding that crew you brought down from San Francisco on the old Mag-’ gle, Scraggs, they're a likely lot and will come in handy if times is as live- ly in Colombia as I figger they will be when we arrive there. Captain you will have your mate pipe v to muster and ascertain their on the subject of takin’ a chance with Commodore Gibney. If they object to goin’ further, we'll land !'em in Panama an’ pay ‘em oft as agreed. If they feel like followin® the Jolly Roger we'll give 'em the coast seaman’s scale for a deep-water cruise “Gentlemen and Brothers of the Syn- dicate,” He Began. and a five per cent bonus In case we turn a big trick.” Captain Scraggs went at once On deck. Ten minutes later he returned to report that the mate and the four seamen eclected to stick by the ship. “Bully boys,” sald the commodore “bully boys. I like that mate. He's a smart man and handles a gun well, While I should hesitate to take ad- vantage of my prerogative as comme=: dore to interfere with the normal works in's of the deck department, I trust that on this special occasion our es=| teemed navigatin’® ofticer, Captain Scraggs, will not consider it beneath. his dIgan} or an attack on his office if I suggest to him that he brew an- other kettlé of grog for the crew.”- “Second the motion,” replied Me- Guffey. O S “Carried,” said Scraggs, and pro- ceeded to heat some water. “Anything further?” stated the pres-. ident, “How about unjforms?” Captain Scraggs. “We'll leave that to Gib,” suggested McGuffey. “He's been in the Colombi- an navy and he'll know just what to get us.” “Well, there's another thing that's got to be settled,” continued Captain Scraggs. “If I'm to be navigatin' offi- cer on the flagship of a furrin’ fleet, strike me pink if I'll do more cookin™ This from ih'the gal . dégradin’, - Subsceil bt ol ‘}%&1 ks Sabmorthe that we engage some enterprisin” Orf- ental for that job.” ‘“Carried,” said Mr. Glbney. further business?” Once more McGuffey stood up. “Gen- “ttemen and brothers of the syndicate,” he began, “I'm satisfied that the back- bitin', the scrappin’, the petty jeal- ousies and general cussedness that characterized our lives on the old Maggie will not be duplicated on the Maggie II. Them vicious days is gone forever, I hope, an’ from' now on the motto of -us three should be: “Any “All for ‘gne ‘and one. for all- United we stand, divided we fall.” This earnast little speech, which came straight from the honest McGuf- fey’s heart, brought the tears to the commodore’s eyes, Under the inspira- tion of McGuffey’s unselfish words the glasses were refilled and all three pledged their friendship anew. As for Captain Scraggs, he was naturally of a cold and selfish disposition, and Me- Guffey's toast appealed more to his brain than to his heart. Had he known w was to happen to him in the days to come and what that simple little motto was to mean in his par- ticular case, it is doubtful if he would have tossed off his liquor as gaily as he did. “There’s one thing more that we mustn’t neglect,” warned Mr. Gibney before the meeting broke up. “We've got to run this little vessel into some dog-hole where there’s a nice beach and smooth water, and change ber name. I notice that her old name Reina Maria is serewed into her bows and across her stern in raised gilt let- ters, contrary to law and custom. We'll snip ’em off, sandpaper every spot where there’s a letter, and re- paint it; after which we'll rig up a stagin’ over her bow and stern, and cut her new name, ‘Maggie I’ right into her plankin’. Nobody’ll ever sus- pect her name’s been changed. I no- tice that the officlal letters and num- bers cut into her main beam is F-C-P —9957. T'll change the F to E, and the Cto O, and the P to R. A handy man with a wood chisel can do lots of things. He can change those nines to eights, the five to a six, and the seven to a nine. I've seen it done before. Then we'll rig a foretopmast and a spinnaker boom on her, and bend a fisherman’s staysail. Nothing like it when you're salling a little off the wind. Scraggs, you have the papers of the old Maggie, and we all have our licenses regular enough. Dig up the old papers, Scraggsy, and I'll doctor ‘em up to fit the Maggie II. As for our armament, we'll dismount the guns and stow ’em away in the hold until we get down on the Colombian coast, and while we're lying in Pan- ama repairing the holes where my shots went through her, and puttin® new planks in her decks where the old plankin’ has been scored by shrap- nel, those paraqueets will think we're as peaceful as chipmunks, Better look over your supplies, McGuffey, and sec if there's any paint aboard. I'd just as liet glve the old girl a different dress before we drop anchor In Pan- .” said Captain Scraggs, earnest- 1y, “I'll keel-haul and shull-drag the man that says you ain’t got a great head.” “By the lord," supplemented McGuf- ¥, “you have.” The commodore smiled and tapped his frontal bone with his forefinger. “Imagination, my lads, imagination,” he said, and reached for the last of the punch. Exactly three weeks from the date of the naval battle which took place oft the Coronado islands, and whereby Mr. Gibney became commodore and man- aging owner of the erstwhile Mexican coast patrol schooner Reina Maria, that vessel salled out of the harbor of Pan- ama completely rejuvenated, Not a scar on her shapely lines gave evi- dence of the sanguinary engagement through which she had passed. Mr. Gibney had her painted a creamy white with a dark blue waterline, She had had her bottom cleaned and scraped and the copper sheathing over- hauled and patched up. Her sails had been overhauled, inspected, and repaired wherever necessary, and in order to be on the safe side, Mr. Gib- ney, upon motion duly made by him and scconded by McGuffey (to whom the seconding of the Gibney motions had developed into a habit), purchased an extra suit of new sails. The en- gines were overhauled by the faith- ful McGuffey and a large store of dis- tillate stored in the hold. Captain Scraggs, with his old-time aversion to expense, made a motion (which was seconded by McGuffey before he had taken time to consider its import) pro- viding for the abolition of the oftice of chiet enginecer while the Maggie 1T was under sail, at which time the chief ex-officio was to hold himself under the orders of the commodore and be transferred to the deck department if necessary. Mr. Gibney approved the measure and it went into effect, Only on entering or leaving a port, or in case of chase by an enemy, were the engines to be used, and McGuffey was warned to be extremely saving of his distillate. (Continued in Next Issue) —— Mousetracks in Snow. Prince William of Sweden obtained during his African hunting trip a fine zoological collection for the Royal Mu- seum of Stockholm—1,000 mammals, including 12 gorillas, 2,000 birds and more than 6,000 insects. 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