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"J oft ffww 'W RED OLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF ! u QTie Qreen Pea Pirates By PETER B. KYNE cAuthor of "WEBSTER MAN'S MAN," "THE VALLEY OF THE GIANTS," Etc Copyright, bjr Ptter D. Kynt B DERELICT RICHLY LADEN. Synopsis. Captain Phlneiui I'. ScruRga halt grown up around tho docks of San Franclnco, and from mess boy on a river steamer, risen to tho ownership of the stcamor Maggie. Since each annual in spcctlon promised to be the last of tho old wcatherbonton vessel, Hcraggs naturally has some dim culty In securing n crow. Whon the story opons, Adclbort P. Olb nry, llkalilo, but erratic, a man whom noliody but Bcnigga would hire, Is the skipper, Nells Ilnlvor sen, a solemn tiwede, constitutes the forecastle hamls, and Hart Mc OulTey. a wastrel of the Olbney type, reigns In tho engine room. With this motley crow and his an cient vessel, Captain Scruggs Is engaged In freighting garden truck from Halfmoon bay to San Kranclsco. The Inevitable happens; tho Maggie boch imlioro In a fog. A puHulng vessel hailing the wreck, Mr. Olbney gets word to a towing company In Hun Prunclitco that the ship ashore Is tho Vunkee I'rlnco, with promise of a rich sulvaue. Two tugs uueceed In pulling the Magglo Into deep water, and she clips her tow lines und gets away In the fog. Furious at tho decep tion practiced on thum, Captains Hicks and Flaherty, commanding tho two tugboats, ascertain the Identity of tho "Yankee I'rlnce" and, fearing ridicule should the facta becomo known along tho wa ter front, dotormlno on personal vengeance. Their lioatllo visit to the Magglo results In Captain Scraggu promising to got a now bollor and mako needed repairs to tho steamer. Scruggs refuses to fulfill his promises und Glbnoy and McGuffoy "strike." With marvel ous luck, Scruggs ships a fresh crew. At tho mid of a fovv dayn of wild conviviality nibney und McGuffoy ure stranded und seek their old positions on tho Mugglo. They nro hostllely received, but re main. On their way to Sun Fran cisco they sight it derelict. CHAPTER V Continued. -r "Spoken like u tiuui I do not think. Scruggs, for once In my life I linvt yon where the hnlr Is short. I'm wlllln' to (11k In an help out In ti pinch, hut It's gottln no mo an' Mnr enn'tj trust you no more. We're Unit . leery of you we won't take your word for tiothln', since you fooled him on the new holler nn' me on the paint; consequently, we're ofT you nn' this tmlvage Joh unless you give us n clear ance, In wrltln', stiilln' (lint wo are not an never wus pirates, that we're Rood, law-ahldln' citizens nn aboard the Mnggle as your guests, takln' tho trip at our own risk. When you sign such a paper, with your crow for wit nesscs, I'll demonstrate how Ihnt hark can bo salvaged. My Imagination's bctter'n my reputation, Scraggsy, an' I ain't work In' It for nothlnM" "Gib, my denr boy. You're the most sensitive man I ever sailed with. Onn't you tnko a little Joke?" "Sure. I can tnke a little Joke. It's tho big cnes that stick In my craw an' stifle my friendship. Gimme n fountain pen an n leaf out o' the log book an' I'll draw up tho affydavlt for your slgnnture." Scrnggs complied precipitately with this request, whereupon Mr. Glhney spread his grcnt bulk over the chart case and with many a twist and flip of his tongue on tho up and down strokes, produced this remarkable doc ument: "At Seu, Off Point Montara, "aboard S. S. Maggie, "of San Francisco. "June 4, 10. This Is to certify that A. P. Glbney. Esq., and Bart McGuffoy, Esq., Is law abldln' sltlscns of the U. S. A. and the constltootlon thereof, and In no way pirates or such ; and be It further resolved that the said parties hereto are aboard said American steamer Maggie this date on the special Invite of Phlneas P. Scraggs, owner, as his guests and at their own risk. ."Witness my hand and seal:" , Captain Scraggs signed without reading and the new mate and Nells ITahursen appended their signatures ns witnesses. Mr. Glbney thereupon folded this clearance paper Into the tiniest possible compact bnu, wrapped It In a piece of tinfoil torn from a package of tobacco, to protect It from his sallvn, tucked It In his cheek and with a sign for McGuffoy to follow him, started crawling over tho cargo aft. IJy this tlmo the Maggie was within a hundred yards of the dis tressed bark and was ratchlng slowly (backward and forward before her. "In nil my horn days," quoth Mr. Glhney, speaking a trlllo thickly be cause of tho document In his mouth, "I never got such n wallop as Scraggs handed mo an you last night. I don't ,forgot things like that In a hurry. 'Now that wo got a vindication o' tho charge o' piracy again us, I'm achln' to get shot of the Maggie an' her crew ; io If you'll kindly peel off all of your fclothca with tho exception, say, of 'your undordrawcrs, we'll swim off to that b'ark an, give Phlneas P. Scruggs jan exhibition of real sallorlzln' an' j seamanship." "What's the big ldeo?" McGuffey (demanded cautiously. "Why, we sail her In ourselves Vie an' you an' gloat all the talvage lor outmIvm. T'ell with Scraggs an' Ihe Magglo an' that new mnto an' engineer. I'm ofT'n 'em for life." Pop-eyed with excitement and Inter est, II. McGuffey, Esquire, stood up. and with a single twist shed his cap and coat. Ills shirts followed. Both he and Glhney wcro already minus their shoes and Bocks. To slip out of their fuded dungarees wbh tho work of an Instant. Strapping their belts around their waists to hold up their drawers, the worthy pair stepped to me rail of the Moggie. "Iley, there? Where you goln', Gib? I give you that clearance nancr on condition that you wns to tell me how to salvage that thcro bark." "I'm Just about to tell you. Scraggs. You don't touch a thing aboard the Maggie. You leave her out of It en tirely. You Just Jump overhonrd, like mo an' Mac will In a Jiffy, swim over to the bark, climb aboard, and sail her .In to Snn Francisco hny. When you get there you drop anchor an' call It a day's work." He grinned broad ly. "One o these bright days. Scraggs. when me nn' Mac Is Just wnllerlu' In salvage money, drop around to see us an' we'll give you a kick In tho face. Farewell, you boohs," and ho dovo overboard. "Ta-ta," McGurfey cried In his tan talizing falsetto voice, and followed his leader Into the briny deep. CHAPTER VI. The tide wns Mill nt tho flood and' the two adventurers made fast progress toward the Chesapeake. Choosing n favorable opportunity as the vessel flipped, they grnsued her martingale, limbed up on the bowsprit, and ran "long the bowsprit to the to-gallan'-roYnstle. On the deck below u dead mail lay In the snippers, and such a horrible stenih pervaded tho vessel Unit MeGiilVoy was taken very HI and was roitcd io seek the rail. "Scurvy or soineihln'," Mr. Glhney nn nnuiifi'd, qulle calmly. "There should ho chloride of lime in the mate's store loom ri) Matter some on these poor devils. Too cln,e to port now to chuck "em overboard. Anyhow, Hart, me nn you ain't doctors, nor yet coroners or undertakers, so you'd better skip along nn' biillit a lire under the donkey aft. Aiiiicriu.s in the galley, of course." He trotted down to the main deck and prowled aft. On the port side or her house he found two more dead men. and a cursory Inspection of the bodies told him they had died of scur vy. He circled tho ship, came back to tho fo'cnslle, entered, nnd found four men alive In their berths, hut too far gone to lonve them. "I'll have von hoys In the Marine hospital tonight," he Informed the poor creatures, and sought the mnstor's cabin. Lying on his bed. fully dressed, he found the skipper or the Chesapeake. The man was gaunt and emaciated. Tho freebooter of tho green-pen trade touched his wet forelock respect fully. "My nnme Is Glbney, sir, an' I hold nn unlimited license as flrst mnto of snll or steam. I wus passln' up the coast on a good-for-nothln' little humhont, nn' seen you In distress, so mo an' a friend swum over to give you the double O. You're In a bad way. sir." "Two hundred nnd eighty-seven dnvs from Hamburg, Mr. Glbney. Our vege tables gave out and wo drank too much rain water and nte too much fresh flsh down lu tho Doldrums. Our potatoes "Out of My Cabin or I'll Riddle You," Ho Barked Feebly. oil went rotten before we wore out two months. Naturally, the ship's of ficers stuck It out longest, but when we drifted In hero Oils morning, I was the only man aboard able to stand up. I crawled up on tho to'-gnllan' fo'cas tie and let go the starboard anchor. I'd hud It cock-billed for thrco weeks. All I had to do was knock out the stopper." While Mr. Glbnoy questioned him and listened avidly to tho horrible tnlo of privation and despulr, McGuffey lllllfe appeared to report u brisk fire under the donkey and to promise steam lu forty minutes; also that tho Maggie was hovo to a cable length distant, Willi her crew digging under the deck load of vcgetnhles for tho smnll boat. "Help yourself to u belnyln' pin, Bart, an' knock 'em on the heuds If they try to come aboard," Mr. Glbney or derrd notchnluntly. "Ho I understand there Is n.stcnmer at hand. Mr. Glhney?" the master of tlie Chesapeake queried. "There's tin excuse for one, sir. The little vegetable freighter Maggie. She'll never bo able to tow you In, because Khe ain't got power enough, on' If she had power enough she ntn't got coal enough. Besides, Scruggs, her owner, Is a rotten bad nrtlcle nn' be fore he'll put a ropo aboard you he'll tlo you up on a contract for n flgger that'd make on nngel weep. The way your ship lies an' everything, me un' McGuffey can sail her in for you n( hulf the price." "I cun't risk my ship In tho hands of two men," tiie sick captain nn swercd. "She's too valuable and so Is her cargo. If this little steamer will tow me in I'll gladly give her my tow lino and let the court settle the hill." "Not by a million," Mr. Glbney pro tested. "Beg pardon, sir, hut you don't know this here Scraggs like I do. I couldn't think of lettln' him set foot on this deck." "You couldn't think of It? Well. when did you take command of my ship?" "You're flotsam an' Jetsam, sir, nn' practically In the breakers. You're sick, an', for all I know, delirious, so for the snko o' protcctln' you, the sick seatnnn In the fo'castle an' the owners, I'm takln' command." Tho master of the Chesapeake reached under his pillow and produced a pistol. "Out of my cabin or I'll riddle you," he barked feebly. Mr. Glbney departed without n word of protest and proceeded to mnko his arrangements, regardless of the mas ter's consent. As he nnd McGuffey busied themselves. Inylng the leading blocks along the deck, they glanced toward the Maggie and observed Cap tain Scraggs hurling crates of vege tables overboard in an effort to get at tho small lumt tniii-ldv. "fin'n ill,. when the freight claims come in." Mr. McGuffey chortled. "Poor ol' Scrag gsy r When Captain Scraggs came aboard, .Mr. Glbney escorted him around to the master's cabin. Introduced him, nnd stoou uy while they bargained. "The tow will cost you five thousand. Can- tain," Scraggs began pompously. "Ale nn' McGuffey'll sail you lu for four," Glbney declared "Three thousand," snarled Scraggs. "Sallln's chenp as dirt nt two thous nnd. As a mutter of fact, Scraggsy, me un' Mnc'll sail her In for not bin' Just to skin you out o' the salvage." "Two thousand dollars Is my lowest figure," Scraggs declared. "Tnke It or leave It, Captain. Under the cir cumstances, bargaining Is useless. Two thousand Is my last hid." The figure Scraggs nnmed wns prob ably one fifth of what the master of the Chesapeake knew n court would uward ; nevertheless he shook his head. "It's a straight towing Job. Cantaln. nnd not a salvage proposition ut all. A tug would tow me In for two bun tired nnd fifty, but I'll give you five hundred." Remembering the vegetables ho hnd Jettisoned, Scraggs knew ho could not efford to accept that price. "I'm through," he bluffed and his blulT wi rked. Tnken, Captain Scraggs. Write out an agreement and I'll sign It." With the agreement In his pocket, Scraggs, followed by Glbney, lert the cabin. "One hundred each to you an Mac If you'll stay aboard the Chesa peake, steer her, nn' 'help the Maggie out with what sail you can get on her," Scraggs promised. "Tnke n long, rtinnln' Jump nt your self, Scraggsy, old sorrowful. The best me an Mnc'ir do Is to help you cock bill tho anchor, nn' thnt'll cost you ton bucks for each of us In advance." The artful follow realized that Scraggs knew nothing whatever about a sailing ship nnd would have to depend upon The Squarehead for the Information ho required. "All right. Here's your money," Scraggs replied and handed Mr. Gib ney twenty dollars. He and Nells llalvorsen then went forward, got out the steel towing cable, nnd fastened n light rope to the end of It. The skiff floated off tho ship nt tho end of the painter, so Tho Squarehead hauled It In, climbed down Into the skiff, and made the light rcpo fnst to a thwart ; then, with Captain Scraggs paying out tho hawser, Nells bent manfully to the oars and started to tow the steel cable hack to tho Maggie. Half way there, tho weight of tho cable dragging be hind hlowed Tho Squarehead up and eventually stopped him. Exerting nil his strength ho pulled nnd pulled, hut tho sole result of his efforts was to wear himself out, seeing which the Maggie's navigating officer set the lit tle steamer In toward tho perspiring Nells, while Cnptaln Scraggs, Glbney, und McGuffey cheered lustily. Suddenly an oar snapped. Instantly Nells unshipped the remaining oar, sprang to the stern, and attempted, by sculling, to keep the skirt's head up to tho wuvos. But the weight of the cable whirled the little craft mound, a wave rolled In over her counter, and half-filled her; this succeeding wave completed tho Joh and rolled the skiff over and The Squarehead, was forced lo swim back to the Chesapeake. Ho climbed up the Jacob's ladder to face a storm of abuse from Cnptaln Scraggs. The cable was hauled back aboard Willi difficulty, owing to the submerged skiff at the end or It. Captain Scruggs and The Squarehead leaned over the Chesapeake's rati and tugged furious ly, when the wreck came alongside, hut all of their strength was unequal to the task of righting tho little craft by hauling up on the light rope attached lo her thwart. "For ten dollars more each me nn' Mac'll tall on to thnt rope an' do our best to right the skiff. After .she's righted. I'll hall her out, borrow now ours from this here bark, an' help Nolls row bnck to the Maggie with tho cable," Mr. Glhney volunteered. "Cash lu advance, us per usual." "You're n pair of highway robbers, but I'll take you." Scraggs almost walled, and paid out the money; whereupon Glbney and McGuffey "tnlled" on to the rope and with rau cous cries hauled away. As a result of their efforts, the thwart came uwuy with the rope und the quartet sat down with exceeding-abruptness on the hard pine deck of tho Chesapeake. "1 had an Idee that thwart woultl pull loose," Mr. Glbney remurked. "Well, what're you goln' to do now?" "I ain't licked yet not by a Jugful," Scraggs snapped. "llalvorsen, haul down that signal halyard from the mlz zenmust, tnko one end of It In your teeth, un swim buck to the Maggie with it. We'll fasten u heavier line to the cable, an' haul the cable aboard with the Maggie's winch." "You say that so nice, Scraggsy. old hopeful, I'm tempted to think you cun whistle It. Nells, ho'.s only askln' you to risk your life overboard for nothing. Tnln't In the shlppln' articles that a nenmnn's got to do that. If he wants a swlmmln' exhibition make him pay for It through the nose.1 An' If I was you. I'd find out how much o' this two thousand dollars towage he's goln' to distribute to bis crew. Pers'ully I'd get mine In advance." "Adclbort P. Glbney," Cnptaln Scraggs hissed. "There's such a thing as drlvin' n man to distraction. llal vorsen. ure you with me?" "Aye bane lor saxty dollurs. liny bane worth a month's pay for take dat swim." "You dirty Scoweglan Ingrnte. Well, you don't get no sixty dollars from me. Bear n hh d and we'll drop the ship's work bont overboard. I guess you cun tow a signal halyard to the Maggie, can't you, Nolls?" Nells could nnd did. Within fifteen minutes the Magglo was fast to her prize. "Now we'll cockbill the an chor," quoth Cuptnln Scraggs, so .Mo Guffey reporting sufficient stenm In tho donkey to turn over the windlass, the anchor wus raised and'cockhlllcd, and the Mnggle hauled away on the hawser the Instant Cnptaln Scraggs signaled his new navigating officer that the hook was free of the bottom. "Tho old girl don't seem to bo rank In' headway in the right direction," Mc Guffey remarked plaintively, after the Maggie had strained nt the huwser for five minutes. Mr. Gihney, standing by with a hammer In his hand, nodded nfilnmntively, while tho skipper or the Chesapeake, whom Mr. Glbnoy had had the forethought to enrry out on deck to watch tho operation, glanced appre hensively nshore. Scraggs measured the distance with his eye to the near est fringe of surf and ft was plain that he was worried. "Captain Scraggs," the skipper of the Chesapeake called feebly, "Mr. Glbney is right. That craft of yours Is unable to tow my ship against this wind, lo'i're losing ground. Inch by Inch, and it will bo only a matter of an hour or two, if you hang on to me, before I'll be In (he breakers nnd u total loss. You'll have to get sail on her or let go the anchor until u tug arrives." "I don't know a thing about u sallln ship," Scraggs quavered. "I know It all," Mr. Glbnoy cut In, "but there ain't money enough In tho world to Induce me to exercise that knowledge to your profit." He turned to the master of the Chesapeake. "For one hundred dollars each, McGuffey an' I will sail her In for you, sir." "I'll not take the risk, Mr. Gihney. Captain Scraggs, If you will follow my Instructions we'll get some sail on tho Chesapeake. Take those lines through tho lending blocks to the winch " The engineer of the Mnggle came up on deck and waved his arms wildly. "Loggo," he bawled. "I'vo blown out two tubes. It'll bo all I can do to get homo without thnt tow." "Jump on that, Scraggsy," quoth Mc Guffey softly and cast his silken en gineer's cap on the dock nt Scraggs' feet. The latter's face was ashen as hn turned to the skipper of tho Chesn pcuke. "I'm through," he gulped. "I'll havo to cast off. Your ship's drlvin' on tho beach now." "Oh. say not so, Scraggsy," snld Mr. Glbney softly, and with u. blow of tho hammer knocked out the sni per on the windlass und let the nndior go down by the run. "Not this voy. age, nt lenst." Tho Chesapeake rounded with a Jerk and Mr. Glbney took Captain Scraggs gently by the arm. "Into tho small boat, old ruin," ho whispered, "nnd I'll row you nn' The Squarehead hack to tho Mnggle. If she drifts ashore with that load o' garden truck, you might us well drown yourself." Cnptaln Scraggs wns beyond words. He suffered himself to be taken bnck to the Maggie, after which kindly action Mr. Glbney returned to tho Chesapeake, climbed nboard, ami with the assistance of McGuffey. hauled the work boat up on the deck. "Now," Mr. Glbney Inquired, ap proaching the skipper of the Chosn pcake. "what'll you give me nn' Mac, sir, to sail you In?" "One thousand dollars," the skipper answered weakly. "You refused to let us do It for n hundred. Now It'll cost you two thous nnd, an' I'm lettln you off cheap nt that. Of course, yon can take n chanco an' wait until word o' your predica ment sifts Into San Francisco nn' n tug comes out for you, but In the mean time the wind may Increase nn' with the tide at the flood how do you know your anchor won't drag nn' pile you up on them rocks to leeward?"' "I'll pay two thousand, Mr. Glhney." Without further ado, Mr. Glbney went to the master's cabin, wrote out an agreement, carried the skipper nft and got his signature to the contract. Then ho tucked the skipper Into bed nnd came dashing out on deck. "Come here till I Introduce you tc the Jib halyards," he bawled to Mc GulTey, und they went forward. With the nid of the winch, they braced the foreyard; then .McGnffey ran aft and todk the wheel while Mr. Was Forced to Swim Back to the Chesapeake. Glbney scuttled forward, cased up tho compressor on the windlass, nnd per mitted the anchor chnlu to pay out rapidly. With the hammer, he knocked out the pin nt the forty-live fathom shackle and leaving the anchor to go by the hoard, for it worried him no longer, the bark Chesapeake moved gently off on u west-sou'west course thnt would keep Jicr three points oil the land. Sho had sulllclent head sail on now to hold her up. Mr. Glbney fell upon the main to'-gnllan'-s'l leads like a demon, cnrrled them through the leading block to the winch bend, turned over the which and sheeted home the muln-to'-gallun'-a'l. The Chesapeake gathered speed nnd Mr. Glbney went aft nnd stood beside Mr. McGuffey, the while he looked nloft und thrilled to tho whlno of the breeze through the rigging.' "This Is suilorlzln'," he d'eelnred. "It sure heats bumboatln'. Here, blast you. Bart. You're splllln' the wind out o' that Jib. First thing you know we'll have her In Irons an' then tho fut will be In the llr." He took the wheel from McGuffey. When ho was two miles off the bench ho brought her up Into the wind und made the wheel fast, a spoke to lee wurd. "Sheet home the fore-to'gal-lan'-s'l," ho howled nnd dashed for ward, "Loggo them buntllnes nn' clewlines, my hearties, an' haul home that sheet." Luck Is with our two adven turers. (TO ni3 CONTINUED.) Tho Llamas' Devil Dance. 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