Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 9, 1922, Page 2

E S TR TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 1922 | (Continued from last issue) “And 1, added the commodore, “would like Tabu-Tabu's shin bone for a clarionet. Pendin’ McGuffey's re- flections on the hamperin® of crime in Kandavu, however, we'll turn our at- tentlon to the prime object of the ex- pedition. We've had our little fun and it's high time we got down to business. It will be low tide at nine o’clock, se I suggest, Scraggs, that you order the mate and two seamen out in the big whaleboat, together with the divin’ ap- paratus, and we'll go after pearl oys- ters and black coral. As for you, Mac, suppose you take the other hoat and Tabu-Tabu and the king, and help the mate. Take a rifle along with you, and make them captives dive for pearl oysters until they're black in the face—" “Huh!” muttered the single-minded McGuffey. “What are they now? Sky blue?” “Ot course,” continued the commo- dore, “if a tiger shark happens along and picks the niggers up, it sin’t none of our business. As for me and Scraggsy, we'll sit on deck and smoke. My hend aches and I guess Scraggsy's in a similar fix.” “Anythin’ to be agreeable,” acqul- esced McGuftey. After breakfast Commodore Gibney ordered that the prisoners be brought before him. The cook served them with breakfast, and as they ate, the commodore reminded them that it was only through his personal efforts and his natural disinclination to return blow for blow that they were at that moment enjoying a square meal in- stead of swinging In the rigging. “I'm goin‘ to give you two yeggs a chance to reform,” concluded Mr. Gib- ney, addressing Tabu-Tabu. *“If you show us where we can get a cargo of black coral and work bhard and faith- ful helpin’ us to get it aboard, it may lelp you to comb a few gray halrs. I'm goin’ to take the irous off now, but re- wmember! At the first n of the double-cross you're both shark meat.” On behalf of himself and the king, Tabu-Tabu promised to bebave, and McGuftey kicked them bhoth into the small boat. The mate and two sea- men, followed in another bout, in which the air-pump and diving apparatus was carried, and Tabu-Tabu piloted themn to a patch of still water just (n»‘ slde the reet. The water was so clear that MeGuffey was e led to make out , vast marine rdens thickly sprinkled with the precious black coral. “Over you go, you two smokes,” rasped McGuffey, menacing the cap- tives with his rifle. “Dive deep, my hearties, and bring up what you ean find, and if a shark comes along and takes a nlp, out of your hind leg. den't expect no help from B. McGufte, Esquire—because you won't get ai For nearly two weeks the Maggie 11 lay at anchor, while her crew labored dally in the gardens of the deep. Vast quantities of pearl oysters were brought to the surface, and these Mr, Gibney stewed personally in a great fron pot on the beach. The shell was stored away in the hold and the pearls went {nto a chamols pouch which never for an Instant was out of the commo- dore's possession, The coast at that point being now deserted, frequent vigits ashore were made, and the crew feasted on young plg. chieken, yams and other delicacles. Captain Scraggs was almost delirious with joy. Me an- nounced that he had not been so happy since Mrs. Scraggs “slipped her cable.” At the end of two weeks Mr. Gibney declded that there was “loot” enough ashore to complete the schooner's cargo, and at a meeting of the syndi- cate held one lovely moonlight night on deck he announced his plans to Captain Scraggs and McGuffey. “Better lcave the island alone” counseled McGuffey. “Them niggers way be a-layin’' thare ten thousand strong, waitin’ for a boat's crew to come prowlin’ up into the bush so they can nab 'em.” “I've thought of that, Mac,” said the commodore a trifle coldly, “and if 1 made a sucker of myself once it don't stand to reason that I'm apt to do it | again. Remember, Mac, a burnt child dreads the fire. Tomorrow morning, right after breakfast, we'll turn the guns loose and pepper the bush for a mile or two in every direction. If there’s a native within range he'll have business in the next county and we won't be disturbed none.” Mr. Gibney’s program was duly put through and the capital of Kandavu looted of the trade accumulations of vears, And when the hatches were finally battened down, the tanks re- filled with fresh water, and everything in readiness to leave Kandavu for the run to Honolulu, Mr. Gibney announced to the syndicate that the profits of the the mainmast. “Glb, my dear boy,” he sputtered, “are you sure it ain’t all a dream and “Are You Sure It Ain't All a Dream?” that we'll wake, up some day and find that we're still in the green-pea trade; that all these months we've been asleep under a cabbage leaf, communin’ with potato bugs?” “Not for a minute,” replied the com- modore. “\Why, I got a d zen matched pearls here that's fit for red, pear-shuped boys—regular bleed- in' hearts. There's ten thousand each in them alone.” “Well, I'll—Tll brew some grog” gasped Captain Seraggs,and departed forthwith to the galle; Fifteen min- utes later he returned with a kettle of his rite nepenthetand all three adventurers drank to a\ bon voyage home. At the conclusion\of the toast Mr. McGuffey set downi his glass, wiped his mouth with the!back of his hairy hand, and thus addressed the syndicate, “In leavin’ this paradise of the South Pacific,” he began, “we find that we have accumulated other wenltl besides the loot below decks. I refer to his roya! highness, the king.of Kandavu, and his prime minister, Tabu-Tabu. When these two outlaws was first cap- tured, I informed the symdicate that 1 [ would scheme out a punishment be- fittin' their crime, to-ws—murderin” an’ eatin’ you two hoys. It's been a big job and it's taken some time, me not bein' blessed with quite as fine an imagination as our friend, Gib. How- ever, I pride myself that hard work al- ways brings suceess, and'I am ready to announce what disposition shall be made of these two Interestin’ speci- mens of aboriginal life, T beg to an- nounce, gentlemen, that T\have invent- ed n punishment fittin® the: crime.” “Impossible.” sald Capta®n Seraggs. “Shut up, rages,” struck in Com- modore Gibney. “Out with it, Mac. What's the program?” “I move you, members of*the syndi- cate, that the schooner Maggie 1T pro- ceed to some barren, wninhabited island, and that upon arrival there this savage king and his still more savage subject be taken ashore in a small boat. I also move you, gentle- men of the syndicate, that inasmuch as the two aggrieved parties, A. P. Gibney and P, Scraggs, having in a sperrit of merey refrained from layin® their hands on sald prisoners for fear of invalidin® them at a time when their services was of importance to the ex- pedition, be given an opportunity to take out their grudge on the persons of sald savages. Now, T notice that the king is a miserable, skimpy, sawed- oft and hammered-down old cove. By all the rules of the prize ring he's in Seraggsy's cl (Here Mr. McGuf- fey ed a lightning wink to the commodore. Tt was an appeal for Mr, Gibney's moral support in the engi- neer's scheme to put up a job on Cap- tnin Scraggs, and thus relieve the tedium of the homeward trip, Mr. Gibney Instantly telegraphed his ap- probation, srd MeGuffey continued.) “T notice also that If T was to hunt the universe over, I couldn't tind a better match for Gib than Tabu-Tabu. And as we are all agreed that the white race Is superfor to any race on carth, and it'll do us all good to see a fine mill before we leave the country, I move you, gentlemen of the syndicate, that we pull off a finish fight between Ser and the king, and Gib and Tal abu. Tl referee both contests {and at the conclusion of the mixup expedition would figure close up to n ! e'll Jeave these two murderers ma- hundred thousand dollars. Captain Scraggs gasped and fell limply against | rooned on the island and then— (Continued in Next Iseze) queen. Big, | AMUSEMENTS, “SCHOOL DAYS” AT THE REX ————— e TREATER AGAIN TONIGHT Freckle-faced Wesiey oarry, the inimitable movie celebrity, will grace’ the screen of the Rex theater again tonight and ; Wednesday in_ his latest starring vehicle, “School Days” made from the Gus Edwards classic of the same name. The very mention of the words “School Days” holds an appeal for young and old, and it is said that every mother who has boys, every man who remembers his boyhood, every human being who can thrill to the joys, the disappointments, the pranks and the glory of boyhood will gloat over the trials and tribulations of Speck Brown, better known to the screen world as Wes’ Barry. Briefly the story centers around a small town boy who loves the old swimmin’ hole and his dog, Hippy, better than anything else in the world He meets a wealthy uncle who sends him cast to get an education. 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