Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 18, 1922, Page 2

- 'THE BEMIDJ1 DAILY PIONEER (Continued from last issue) ““As near as I can make out, boss, there ain’t a thing o' value in this hulk but a couple o’ hundred tons o" codfish. She was cut in two just for'd o' the bulkhead an’ her anchors car- ried away on the section that was cut off. She ain’t worth the cost o’ towin® her in on the flats.” “So that codfish has some value” sneered Captain Scraggs. ‘Great grief, Scraggsy! Don't tell me it's sp'iled,” cried McGuffey, simu- lating horror. “No, not quite, Mac, not quite. Just elightly. T s'pose Gib’ll tack a sign to the stub o’ the main mast; ‘Slight- ly spoiled codfish for sale. Apply to A. P. Gibney, on the premises. Spe- clal rates on Friday.’"” Mr. Gibney quivered, but made no reply. He carefully examined that portion of the derelict above water and discovered that by an additional ex- penditure of about fifty dollars he might recover an equal amount In brass fittings. The Kadink’s house was gone and her decks completely gutted. Nothing remained but the am- putated hull and the foul cargo beiow her battered decks. In majestic silence the commodore motloned all hands Into the launch. In silence they returned to the city, Arrived here, Mr. Gibney paid off the launch man and the diver and ac- companied by his associates repaired to a prominent jeweler's shop with the pearls they had accumulated in the South seas. The entire lot was sold for thirty thousand dollars. An hour later they had adjusted their accounts, divided the fortune of the syndicate equally, and then dissolved. At parting, Mr. Gibney spoke for the first time when it had not been ab- solutely necessary. “Put a beggar on horseback an’ he'll ride to the deyil,” he sald. “When YOu two swabs was poor you was con- tent to let me lead you into a fortune, but now that you're well-heeled, you think you're business men. All right! 1 ain’t got n word to say except th Before I get through with you two beachcombers T'11 have all your money and you'll be a-beggin’ me for a job. 1 apologize for soakin' you two with that diseased codfish, an’ for old sake's sake we won't fight. We're still friends, but business associates no longer, for I'm too big a figger in this syndieate to stand. for any eriticism on my handlin® o' the joint finances. Herenfter, Seragasy, old kiddo, you an’ Mae ecan go it alone with your sternwheel steamer. Me an' The Squarchead legs it together an’ takes our chances. You don't hear that poor untootered Swede makin' no holler at | the way I've handled the syndieate—" “But, Gib, my dear hoy,” chattered Captain Seraggs, “will you Just listen to re—" “Enough! Too much Is plenty. Let's shake hands an' part friends. We just ean't get along in business together, that's all.” “Well, I'm sorry, Gib,” mumbled Me- Guffey, very much crestfallen, “but then you hove that dog-gone fish at me an'—" “That was fortune hittin' you a belt in the face, Mac, an’ you was too self-concelted to recognize it. Remem- ber that, both of you two. Fortune hit you In the face today an' you didn’t know t.” “I'd ruther dle poor, Gib,” wailed McGuffey. The commodore shook hands cor- dially and departed, followed by the fnithful Nells Halvorsen. The mo- ment the door closed behind them Scraggs turned to the engineer. “Mac," he sald earnestly, “GIb's up to somethin’. Te's got that imagina- tion o' his workin’. I can tell it every time; he gets a foggy look in his eyes, We made n mistake kiddin’ him toda; Gil's n sensitive boy some ways an' I reckon we hurt his feelin's without intendin® it.” “ITe thrun a dend codfish at me” protested McGuffey. “T love old Gib ltkke na brother, but that's ecarryin' things with a mighty high hand” “Well, I'll apologize to Mm,” de- clared - Captain Scraggs and started for the door to follow Mr. Gibney. McGuffey barred his way. “You: apologize without my consent an’ you gotta buy me out o' the Vie- tor. I won't be no engineer with a skipper that lacks backbone.” “Oh, very well, Mac.” Captain Serages realized too well the value of McGufey in the engine room. He knew he could never be happy with anybody else. “We'll cmunlolo the deal with the Victor, ship a crew, get down to business, an’ leave Gib to his codfish. An' let's pay our bill an® get outer here. It's too high-toned for me—an’ expensive.” For two weeks Captain Serages and MeGuffey saw no moré of Mr. Gibney and N Halvorsen. In the mean- time, they had commenced running the Victor regularly up river. soliciting by _ i o) Son ta the rerular ‘o E VALLEY of t)° GLANTS, wwm—nm:rmzv ETC. . Vieto™ ntocor While the ighits the prosoe sténmboat Tines running with light f sequently at a loss. ultimate business was very bright and Scraggs and McGuffey were not’ at ali woirled about the future. Judge at their surprise, therefore, when_one morning who should appear at the door of Scraggs’ cabin but Mr. Gihney. “Mornin’, Gib,” began Scraggs cheer- ily. “I s’pose you been rolled for your money as per usual, an’ you're around lookin® for a job as mate?” Mr. Gibney ignored this veiled i sult. “Not yet, Seraggsy. I got about five hundred tons o’ frelght to send up to Dunnigan’s landing an’ I want a lump sum figger for doin’ the job. We parted friends an’ for the sake o' old times I thought I'd give you a chance to figger on the business.” “Thanky, Gib. TI'll be glad to. Where's your freight an’ what does It consist of?” “Agricultural stuff. It’s crnted, an’ I deliver it here on the steamer’s deck within reach o’ her tackles. No heavy pleces. Two men can handle every plece easy.” “Turnin’ farmer, Gib?" “Thinkin' about it a little,” the com- modore admitted. *“What's your rate on this freight? It ain't perishable, so get down to brass tacks.” “A dollar a ton,” declared the greedy Scraggs, naming a figure fully forty cents higher than he would have been willing to accept. “Five hundred dol- lars for the lot.” “Suits me.” The commodore non- chalantly handed Scraggs five hundred dollars. “Gimme a receipt,” he sald; So Captain Scraggs gave him a re- celpted freight bill and Mr. Gibney de- parted. An hour later a barge was bunted alongside the Victor and Neils Halvorsen appeared In Scraggs’ cabin to inform him that the five hundred tons of frelght was ready to be taken aboard. “All right, Nells. . I'll put a gang to work right off.” He came out on deck, paused, tilted bis nese, and “Holy Sailor!” He Shouted. Uncorked That Atter o' Viole! sniffed. He was still sniffing svhen McGuffey bounced up out of the engine room. “Holy Sailor!” he shouted. uncorked that atter o’ violets?” “You dog-gone squarehead,” shrieked Captain Scraggs. “You been monkely- in’ around that codfish again.” “What smells?” demmnded the mate} poking his nose out ofihis room. “That tainted wealth I picked up at sea.” shouted a voice from the dock, and turning, Scraggs and McGuffey observed Mr. Gibney | standing on a stringer smiling at them. “Gib, my dear boy,” quavered Cap- tain Scraggs, “you cam't iean to: say you've unloaded them gosh-awful cod- Ash—" “Who 3 “Who not yet—but soon, Scraggsy. old tarpot.” Captain Scraggs’ was nn of tears. “But, Glb! My @eat boy! dy This frelghtll foul”the ‘Victor “up for y a month o' Fridays—an’\ I just took out a passenger license!" “I'm sorry, Scraggsy, butibusinessj Is business. You've tooky my' money: { an' you got to perform.” ' “You lled to me. Youdsald It\was agricultural stuff an’ I tlvought itywas plows an’ harrers an’ sich-—" ” )| “Whatever She Wants,” in Hhe verge || u “WHATEVER SHE WANTS” AT THE REX THEATER TODAY , How much would a charming and only ‘daughter be worth is she dis-| appeared mysteriously and a re- ward was offered for her return? This bothered the scenario and title writers at the Fox studio in making Eileen Percy’s latest production, which she hides herself away from her rich | father and fiancee. After much debating, they finally decided that $5,000 would be about the right amount How a detective earns this and what happens to! Eileen makes this an exceedingly | entertaining comedy drama, It will be shown at the Rex theater to- day. Edgar Franklin, the well known author supplied the story. “THROUGH THE BACK DOOR” REX OPENING SUNDAY In “ Though the Back Door” Mary Pickford’s forthcoming United Art- ist’s release, this clever little artist will be afforded an opportunity for the display of talent equalled only in such previous productions as “Pollyanna” and “Daddy Long Legs.” Arrangements were recently com- | pletetd by Manager Brinkman uii the Rex theater to show tms pro- duction beginning Sunday. It is the first picture in which Little Mary ever worked under the ! guidance of two directors. Alfred | E. Green and Mary’s brother, Jack, | sponsored this production, and the result of their combined efforts is said to prove further the truth of the old adage, “Two heads are bet- ter than one”. Also Mack Sennett in his new comedy, “On Patrol”, Billy Bevan with Mildred June and Kalla Pasha. FROM BRIDAL GUWN TO PAJAMAS IN “SAPHEAD” Beulah Booker with William H.| Crane and Buster Keaton who ap-| pears in “ The Saphead” showing at the Grand theater, next Sunday and Monday wears sixteen differeni costumes in the production. T'he costumes range from simple ‘“‘sub- deb” dresses to an exquisite brida) gown and pajamas. Before being engaged for the| “Saphead” Miss Booker was in the all-star cast of the “Dwelling Place of Light.” She made her first screen appearances in knockabout comedy, | but, like Alice Lake the Metro star | she soon graduated into serious roles. WANDA HAWLEY SEEN IN DELIGHTFUL COMEDY TODAY | Hero bp name and heroine by, nature. kor it certamly took a heormne to stand tor mnearly two nours on the rocky beacnh at four| o'clock of a Decemuer morning, witn a mgh-powered wind machine push- g the chily atmosphere through every chink and crevice of a tmn Grecian smock, her only outer gar- ment. rnat is what Wanda Hawley, star in Reaiart r.ctures did tor scenes of “Bobbed Hair’ the amusing pic- ‘ ture which will open at the urand theater tonight in which she plays | the mythical character Hero, waving the torch to guide her xm&nful Le- ander through the turbulent waters of the Heilespont. How about poor Leander in the' icy water, you ask? We, that is| another story, about wh you' um' ask William Boyd, her leading man'! In _“Bobbed Hair” Mr. Boyd has his first leading' role in. Realart pictures, though for some time past he has played important parts in| raramount pictures, notably “The Jucklins,” William P. Carleton, last | seen as leading man in ‘*‘Morals” with May McAvoy, has the role of Paul Lamont, the philandering fu- turist poet. Leigh Wyant, whose last engagement was with Miss Hawley in “Too Much Wife,” plays Zoe Dean, a member of the artistic | colony, and other “neophytes” of the colony are played by Jane Starr and_Margarer Vilmore. “Bobbed Hair” is another of those delightful comedy-dramas released under Realart name, who produced "Mumlu “Too Much Wite”, *39 i nnd more of this caliber. ‘em Brownie,” a two-part :omedy featuring the tamous wvog “Brownie” completes the program. “SMILES ARE TRUMP” AT REX THEATER SATURDAY Maurice Flynn, the picture star, formerly one of the nation’s foot- ‘ball heroes, will be, welcomed to our city next Saturday, when he will appear in, hls latest I~ox pho- toplay, *Smi Are Trump,” at the Rex theater, This is a railroad tale and has all the speed of a “light engine” going down a forty per cent grade, it is said. The picture was adapted from a Frank L. Pack- ard story called “Tempered Steel.” It begins when Flynn, as Jim Car- son, a young assistant paymaster, ‘discovers that his superior officer 1'as been padding the payroll of a seztion boss, The discovery incenses the paymaster and he sends his sub- ordinate to pay off the men himself, secretly instructing the section boss to be preparad to Mget” the bumpt- jous ‘young assistant, What happens from' thén on prowides: exciting ac- tion galore, which includes several rough-and-tumble fights, a giddy plunge from. an. open trestle, and ensational race between two loco- | ives on; varallel tracks dunng‘ h ich Flynn makés a blood curdling ]enp; from one speeding engine to the other. The girl who figures in the love thcmc is, portrayed by pretty Ora Carow. A REMARKABLE PHOTOPLAY AT ELKO THEATER SUNDAY | Glorious Gloria Swanson’s new Paramount picture, “Her Husband’s (Continued in Next Iss=e) ; SUBSCRIBE FOR THE Trademark” which will be the fea- ture at the Elko theater next Sun- ! day. Monday and Tuesday, is report- ed to be a remarkable = photoplay. There are many situations in the story of great dramatic interest, DAILY PIONm while the support is one of the best.. Slumb or Song Carol]ed Nightly by Mother Over Long Distance Tele- phone Delights Infant A-small New York boy aged one is said to enjoy the most expensive and exclusive “song at twilight” ceremony of any baby in the world. The slecpy-time melody is sung by the 'youngster's mother, one of the highest-salaried of all vaude- sille stars and it comes over long distance tclephone every diy no matter how many the miles L tween the singer and her unique audience. Actress An Old Fashioned ¢ Mother Belle Baker, who has devised this method of reminding Herbert John, her only child, of his mother when she is ‘absent from him, is known in theatrical circles as one of those parents who when croup is pitted against a career, lets the carcer go hang until the croup is conquered. But recently, for the first time since the birth of her son, her ca- reer cempcelled her to leave the city for a tour through the south and middle west ard cven along the distant coast. ‘Was Herbert John, who has now reached the age of discrimination, to be cheated of the ‘lullaby over which he had been nightly cooing and gurgling? Not while he has ingeniods Belle Baker for a mother. “I'll sing that blessed ‘Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes' for him mcry night, no matter how far ‘Two Hundred Dollars. Per Week Costof New . Yfithy%th@ away I am,” nurse, ‘When Distarice Means Nothing So she does and so she has and no matter if she’s in Kalamazoo, Chicrgo or San Francisco, just when Herlert John is getting ready for bed, the telephone rings, the receiver is held to the small boy‘s ear and he hears these familiar jazz lullaby strains sung by a beloved she calnl; told his voice: @Leo.Foist Ines ten little toes, Wait-ingdownin Tennssce — for mell_ “And I'm telling you the truth,” his nurse says proudly. “He kicks and -gurgles and tries to sing with her! Herbert John's Lullaby Private “No'm, Miss Belle won't sing over the radio. She says everybody could listen in and that would be just what she does all day, singing for crowds. This is just for her baby, she says, and he's the only one that’s going to hear his favorite song. She's got it down, too, so that it just fits into fous minutes, “And then do you know, that baby closés his eyes and goes right to sleep? Yes, ma’am, he just waits for that song and his maw every night and after he hears it he knows it's his bedtime.” “A CERTAIN RICH MAN” AT THE ELKO THEATRE FRIDAY “Phfy should the cail me a char- ractor actora-r,” demands Walter Perry, “when iverry part oi do is a Mick, an’ o’im a Mick meself? Oi'm just loike a star—always meself!” Which is more truth than poetry if one stops to co er Walter Per- ry's Lomic roles. It is in the newest Hod! se, “A Certain Rich Man,” thdt Mr. Perry does some of his very best work Founded on William Allen White’s world-famous novel, this motion pic- ture drama is a tremendous docu- ment of human life, and of great importance in human life is humor. It is the duty of Perry to supply some of ‘this humor, and those who see “A Certain Rich Man” at the Elko Thearte Friday will agree that the fine wholesome fun of the story he brings his irresistable comic Irish personality. THE “OLD OAKEN BUCKET” AT 'ELKO AGAIN TONIGHT What is it that makes a poem, a song, or a piece of literature live in the minds of the public. It may be its literary value, it may be its subject ,or it may he the chord that ! it touches the heart of humanity Certainly.the *“Old Oaken Buckef ry simple and homely poem, is know.n wherever the English lang- +ke is spoken and the simplicity & and quality that has made it live in | the hearts and minds of the pub-: lic has been successfully caught by the camera and transplanted on the ‘creen, Picture f’\na are due for a genuine “movie treat” when the screen ver- sion of this famous old song is showing again at the Elko theater tonight. & THE PIONEER WANT ADS BRING RESULTS |ecccccccccees Publicity. Alderman John Coughlin of Chi- cago was cornered the other day by some younger members of the city council who asked him how he had retained his seat in the council for over thirty rs. “Boys,” said the veteran, “we all like to have nice things said about us in the papers, but, whether it's nice or mot, have them sny something and it often!” LAKE HATTIE Mrs. H, H. Tiara called on Mrs., J. C. Hoglun Thursday. Rev. Packer of Bagley gave us a treat Friday evening. He gave us a very m!clestmg talk in connection with the views of the Oberammagau Passion Play, A good crowd was present and _all enjoyed the evening. Mr, and Mrs. Cushman, Miss Ma- bel Allen, Mrs. Cushman’s niece and Ned Redfield and nephew Lee Red- Thursday to visit friends and r atives here. 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