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IK .1 USD CLOUD, K1BRABKA, CHIEF y, I t, -TV ij r THE QUEEN PEA PIRATES By PETER B. KYNE oAuthor of "WEBSTERMAN'S MAN," "THE VALLEY OF THE GIANTS," ETC. Copyright, by Vtttt B. Krne QUN RUNNING. Synopsis. Captain Milneaa P. Bcragso has grown up around the docks of Ban Francisco, and from mrca boy on a river steamer, risen to the ownership ot Uie steamer Maggie. Slnco each annual In spection promloed to bo the last of the old weatherbeaten vessel, 9cngg naturally has some dial c.ulty In securing a crew. When the story opens, Adelbert P. alb nay, likable, but erratic, a man whom nobody but Borages would hire. Is the skipper, Nells Halvor sen, a solemn Hwede, constitutes the forecastle bands, and Dart Mc Quffey, a wastrel ot tho Qlbney type, reigns In the eugtne room. With this motley crew and his an cient vessel, Cnptaln Scraggs Is enraged In frolchtlnic garden truck from Ilnlfmoon bay to Ban Francisco. The Inevitable happens; the Maggie goes ashore In a fog. A. passing vcasol hailing the wreck, Mr. Olbney gets word to a towing company In Han Francisco that the ship ashore Is tho Yankee Prince, with promise ot a rich salvage. Two tugs succeed In pulling tho Magglo Into deep wator, and she slips her tow linen and gots away In the foK. Furious at the decep tion practiced on thorn, Captains Ilicks and Flaherty, commanding the two tugboats, ascertain tho Identity of the "Vankoe Prlnco" and, fearing rldlculo should the facts becoino known along the wa ter front, dotcrmlno on personal vengeance. Their hostile visit to tho Magglo results In Captain Scraggs promising to get a now boiler and make needed repairs to tho steamer. Scragits refuses to fulfill his promises nnd Qlbney and McOuffey "strike." With marvel ous luck, Rcrajjirn nhlps a fresh crew. At tho end of a few days of wild convlvlnllty Glbnoy and McOuffey arc stranded und seek their old positions on the Magglo. They nro hoatllcly received, but re main. On their way to San Fran cisco they sight n derelict and Qlb ney and McOuffey swim to It. The derelict proves to be the Chew peako, richly taden, Its entire crew stricken with scurvy. Scracgs at tempts to tow her In, but Uie Mag gie Is unequal to tho task and Qlb ney nnd McOuffey, alone, sail the ship to Ban Francisco, their sal vage money amounting to $1,000 apiece. Ills crow having deserted him, Captain Scrngga Induces them to return. At nn "old horse" sale tbo tbrco purohnse two mysterious boxes which they believe to con tain smuggled "Oriental goods." They find. Instead, two dead Chi namen. craggs seeks to "double cross" his two assoolates, but Mr. CUbney outwits hlra and makes a satisfactory financial settlement with the Chinese company to whom the bodies have been con signed, leaving Scruggs out In the cold. CHAPTER IX. Kven after allowing for the expendi tures on the engine weighing heuvlly on Onptaln Scruggs, that lntllvlilunl continued morose und more than ever Inclined to bo snrcnRtlo. Mr. Qlbney commented on the fact to Mr. McGuf toy. "He's troubled financially, Gib." "Well, you know who troubled him, don't you, Hnrt?" "I mean about the cost o' them re pairs In Uie onglne room. Unless he can come through In thirty days with the balance ho owes, tho boiler people are goln' to libel the Magglo to protect their claim." Mr. Glbnoy arched his bushy eye brows. "How do you know?" he de manded. "He was n-tcllln' me," Mr. McOuffey admitted weakly. "Well, ho wasn't a-ttllln' mc." Mr. Qlbney's tones were ominous; he glared at his friend Auspiciously as from the Maggie's cabin Issued forth Bcraggsy's voice raised In song. "Hell! The old boy's thermome ter's gne up, Bart. Listen at hlra. 'Ever o' thee no's fondly drcamlnV Bomethln's busted tho spell an' I'll bet a cooky It was ready cash." He menaced Mr. McGuffey with a rigid Indsx Buger. "Bart," he demanded, "did you loan Scraggsy some money?" The honest McGuffey hung his head. "A little bit," he replied childishly. ".What d'ye call a little bltr "Three hundred dollars, Gib." "Secured?" "He gimme his note at sight per cgnt. Tho savin's bank only pnys fdur." ''Is tho note secured by endorse ment or collateral!" ,rNo." "Hum-m-m I Strange you didn't say aotuln' to mc about this till I had to pry It out o' you, Bart." "Well, Scraggsy was fcelln' so dog ipned blue " "The truth," Mr. Glbnoy Insisted Urmly, "tho truth, Bart." "Well, Scraggsy asked me not to say inythln to you about It." "Sure. Ho knew I'd kill the deal. He knew better'n to try to nick mo for three hundred bucks on his dunged, worthless note. Bart, why'd you do It?" "Oh, h II, Gib, be a good feller," poor McGuffey pleaded. "Don't be too hard on ol' Scraggsy." "We're dlscussln' you, Bart. 'Pears to me you've sort o' lost confidence In your old shipmate, ain't you? Pears that way to me when you act lueaky like." McGuffey bridled. "I ain't a sneak." "A rose by any other name'd be lust as swatt," Us. GibMj pjot4. "You poor, misguided simp. If you ever see that three hundred dollars ugnln you'll be a lot older'a you arc now. However, that ain't none o' my business. The fact remains, Bart, that you conspired with Scraggsy to keep things nway from me, which shows you ain't tho man I thought you were, so from now on you go your way anj I'll go mine." "I got a right to do as I blasted pleuso with my money," McGuffey de fended hotly. "I ain't no child to be lectured to." "Conslderln' the fact that you wouldn't have hud the money to lend if It hadn't been for me, I allow I'm In sulted when you use the said money to give nta an comfort to my enemy. I'm through." McGuffoy, smothered In guilt, felt nevertheless that ho trad to stund by his guns, so to speak. "Stay through, If you feel like It," ho retorted. "Where d'yo get that chatter? Ain't I free, whlto, an' twenty-ono year old?" Mr. Glbnoy was reuliy hurt. "You poor boob," ho murmured. "It's the old game o scttln' a beggar on horse back an' seeln' him rldo to the devil, or sllppln' a gold ring la a pig's nose. An' I figured you wob my friend I" "Well, nln't I?" "FoooyI Foooyl Don't talk to me. You'd sell out your own mother." "Gib, you tryln' to pick a light with me?" "No, but I would If I thought I wouldn't git n footrace Instead," Glb noy rejoined scathingly. "Crlpcs, what a double-crossln' I been handed 1 Honest, Bart, when It comes to that sort o' work Scroggs Is In his Infancy. You sure take the cake." "I nln't got the heart to clout you an' innko you ent them words," Mr. McGuffey declared, sorrowfully. "You mean you ain't got the guts," Mr. Glbney corrected him. "Bart, I got your number. Goodbye." Mr. McGufTey had a wild Impulse to cast himself upon tho Glbnoy neck nnd weep, but his honor forbade any Riich weakness. So he Invited Mr. Glbney to bctnko himself to a region several degrees hotter than the Mag gie's engine room; then, because he feared to linger nnd develop n senti mental weakness, ho turned his bnck abruptly nnd descended to the" said engine room. On his pnrt, Adelbert P. Glbney en tcred the cabin nnd glnred long nnd menacingly nt Captain Scraggs. "I'll hnve my time," he growled presently. "Give It to me nn' give It quick." The very Intonation of his volco warned Scraggs that the present was not n time for argument or trifling. Silently he paid Mr. Glbuey the money due him; in equal silence tho nnvl gntlng ofllcer went to the pilot house, unscrewed his framed certificate from the wall, packed It with his few be longings, nnd departed for Scnb John ny's bourdlng house. "Hello," Scab .Johnny saluted liltn nt his entrance. "Quit tho Maggie?" Mr. Glbney nodded. "Want trip to tho dark blue?" "Lead mo to It," mumbled Mr. Gib ney. "It'll cost you twenty dollars, Gib. Chief mate on tho Itoso of Sharon, bound for the Galapagos Islands seal ing." "I'll take It, Johnny." Mr. Glbney throw over a twenty-dollar bill, went to his room, packed all of his belong ings, paid ids bill to Scab Johnny, and within tho hour was aboard the schooner Hose of Sharon. Two hours inter they towed out with the tide. Poor McOuffey was stunned when ho heard tho news that night from Scab Johnny. When ho retailed tho Information to Scraggs next morning, Scraggs was equally perturbed. He guessed that McGuffey and Glbnoy had quarreled and he had the poor Judgment to nsk McGuffey tho cause of tho row. Instantly, McGuffey Informed him that that was nono of his dad fetched business and tho Incident wns closed. Tho thrco months that followed were the most harrowing of McGuffoy's life. Captain Scraggs knew his engineer would not resign whllo he, Scraggs, owed him thrco hundred dollars; wherefore he was not too particular to put a bridle on his tongue when things appeared to go wrong. McGuf fey longed to kill him, but dared not. When, eventunlly, the railroad had been extended sufficiently fur down the coast to enable tho fanners to haul their goods to tho rullroad In trucks, tho Magglo automatically went out of tho green-pen trnde; simultaneously, Captain Scraggs' note to McGuffey fell duo and the engineer demanded payment. Scraggs de murred, pleading poverty, but Mr. Mc Guffey assumed such a threatening ut- tltude that reluctantly Scraggs paid him a hundred and fifty dollars on ac count, nnd McGuffey extended the bal ance one year and quit. "See that you got that hundred and fifty an' tho Interest in your Jeans tho next time wo meet," he wanted Scraggs ns ho went overside. Time passed. For a month the Mag glo plied regularly between Bodega bay and San Francisco In an endeavor to work up some business in farm and dairy produce, but a gasoline schooner cut In on the run and declared a rate war, whereupon the Magglo turned her blunt noso-rlvcrward and for a brief period essayed some towing and gener al freighting on the Sacramento und Sun Joaquin. It was unprofitable, however, and nt Inst Captain Scraggs was forced to lay his darling little Magglo up and take a job ns chief ofllcer of the ferry steamer Enclual, plying between San Francisco and Oak laud. 'In the meantime, Mr. McGuf fey, after two barren months "on the bench," landed a Job as second assist ant on a Standard OH tanker running to the west const, while thrifty Nells Hnlvorscn Invested the savings of ten years In a bay scow known ns the Wil lie and Annie, arrogated to himself Uie title of captain, and proceeded to freight hay, grain and paving stones from Petaluma. The old Joyous days of the green pea trade were gone forever, and mnny u night, as Captain Scruggs paced the deck of the ferryboat, watching the ferry tower loom Into vlow, or tho scnttercd lights along the Alameda shore, he thought longingly of the old Maggie, lnld away, pcrhups forever, and slowly rotUng lu tho muddy waters of Uie Sacramento. And he thought of Mr. Glbney, too, nwny off under tho tropic sturs, leading tho care-free lifo of n real sailor nt last, nnd of Bar tholomew McGuffey, Imbibing "pulque" In the "cnntlna" of some dlsreputuble cafe. Captain Scraggs never know how badly he was going to miss them both until they were gone, and he had nobody to fight with except Mrs. Scraggs nnd when Mrs. Scraggs (to quote Captain Scraggs) "slipped her cable" In her forty-third year Captain Scraggs felt singularly lonesome and In a mood to accept eagerly any deviltry thnt might offer. Upon n night, which happened to be Scraggs' night off, and when ho wns parUcuIarly lonely nnd Inclined to drown his sorrows In the Bowhend saloon, he was approached by Scab Johnny, nnd Invited to repair to the letter's dingy office for tho purpose of discussing what Scab Johnny guard edly roferred to as a "proposition." Upon arrival at the ofllce, Captain Scraggs was Introduced to a small, fierce-looking gentleman of tropical ap pearance, who owned to the name of Don Manuel Garcia Lopez. Scab John ny first pledged Captain Scraggs to n 1 ii in 'The Job That Confronta Us Is to Get These Munitions Down to Our Friends In Mexico." absolute secrecy, and made him swear by Uie honor of his mother nnd the boucs of his father not to divulge a word of what ho was about to tell him. Scab Johnny was short and to the point. Ho stated that, as Captain Scraggs was doubtless aware, If he perused the dally papers at all, thera was a revolution raging In Mexico. His friend, Senor Lopez, represented tho undcr-dogs in tho disturbance, nnd was anxious to secure u ship and a nervy sen cuptaln to land a shipment of arms in Lower California. It ap peared that at a sale of condemned army goods held at the nrsenal at Benlcln, Senor Lopez had, through Scab Johnny, purchased two thousand single-shot Springfield rifles tlutt had been retired when tho militia regiments took up tho Krng. Tho Krag I il turn having been replnccd by tho modern mngazlno Springfield, tho old single shot Sprlngllclds, with one hundred thousand rounds of 45-70 bull cart ridges, had been sold to the highest bidder. In addition to the small arms, Lopez had at present In n warehouse threo machine guns and four 3-Inch breech-lnndlug plecos of field artillery (the kind of guns generally designated ns a "jackass battery," for tho reason that they can be taken down and trans ported over rough country on mules) together with n supply of ammuni tion for same. "Now, then," Scab Johnny contin ued, , "tho Job that confronts us Is to get these munitions down to our friends In Mexico. If we'ro caught sneakln' 'em Into Mexico we'll spend tho rest of our lives In n federal peni tentiary for bustln' tho neutrality laws. All them rifles nn' the ammunition Is ensed on' in my basement nt the pres ent moment nnd the government agents knows they're there. But that nln't troubling mo. I rent tho saloon next door an' I'll cut a hole through tho wall from my cellar Into the saloon cellar, carry 'cm through the saloon Into the bnckyard, an' out Into tho alley hnlf a block away. I'm watched, but I got the watcher spotted only ho don't know It. Our only trouble Is a ship. How nbout the Maggie?" "I'd havo to spend about two thous and dollars on her to put her In condl tlon for tho voyage," Scraggs replied. "Can do," Scnb Johnny answered him briefly, nnd Senor Lopez nodded ae quiescence. "You discharge on a light er at Dcscanso bay about twenty miles below Enscnada. What'll It cost us?" "Ten thousand dollars, In addition to flxln' up the Mngglo. Half down nnd hnlf on delivery. I'm rlskln' my hide an' my ticket nn I got to be well paid for It." Again Senor Lopez nodded. What did he care? It wasn't I1I3 money. "I'll furnish you with our own crew Just before you sail," Scnb Johnny con tinued. "Get busy." "Gimme a thousand for preliminary expenses," Scraggs demanded. "After thnt Speed Is my middle name." The charming Senor Lopez produced tho money In crisp new bills and, per fect gentleman that he was, demanded no receipt. As u matter of fact, Scraggs would not huve given him one. Tho two weeks thnt followed were busy ones for Cnptnln Scrnggs. The dny nftcr his Interview with Scab Johnny and Don Manuel he engaged an engineer and n deck hand and went up the Sacramento to bring tho Mng glo down to San Francisco. Upon her arrival she was hauled out on Uie marine ways at Oakland creek, cleaned, caulked, and some new cop per sheathing put on her bottom. She wns also given a dnsh of blnck paint, had her engines and boilers thorough ly overhauled nnd repaired, and shipped a new propeller thnt would add at least a knot to her speed. Al so, she had her stern rebuilt. And when everything was ready, she slipped down to the Black Diamond conl bunk ers and took on enough fuel to, car ry her to San Pedro; after which she steamed across the bay to San Francisco and tied up at Fremont street wharf. Tho cargo camo down In boxes, vnrl ously labeled. There were "agricul tural Implements," a "cream separat or," a "windmill," nnd hnlf n dozen "sewing-machines," In nddition to a considerable number of kegs alleged to contain nails. Most of it came down after five o'clock In the afternoon after the wharfinger had left the dock, and as nothing but a disordered brain would have suspected the steamer Mag gle of an attempt to break the neutral ity laws, tho entire cargo wos gotten nbonrd snfely and without a Jot of susptclon nttaching to the vessel. AVlien all was In readiness, Cnptaln Scraggs Incontinently "fired" ills deck hand nnd engineer and Inducted nbonrd a new crow, carefully selected for their filibuster virtues by Scab Johnny him self. Then while the new engineer got up steam, Captain Scrnggs went up to Scab Johnny's ofllce for his llnnl In structions and the bnlance of the first Instalment due him. Briefly, dils instructions were ns fol lows: Upon arrival off Point Dunio on the southern Cnllfornln coast, he was to stand in close to Dunio cove under cover of darkness nnd show two green lights on the masthead. A man would come nlongslde presently In a small boat, and climb aboard. This man would be the supercargo and the confidential envoy of tho Insurrecto Junta In Los Angeles. Captain Scraggs was to look to this man for orders and to obey him Implicitly, ns upon this dopended the success of tho expedi tion. This agent of the Insurrecto forces would pay hlra the balance of Ave thousand dollars due him Immedi ately upon dlschnrge of the cargo at Dcscanso bny.1 There was a body of Insurrecto troops encamped nt Megano rancho, a mile from tho beach, nud they would have a barge and small bouts in readiness to lighter the cargo. Scnb Johnny explained that he had promised the crew double wages and a bonus of u hundred dollars each for the trip. Don Manuel Garcia Lopez paid over the requisite amount of ensh, nnd half an hour later the Maggie was steaming down the bny on her perilous mission. The sun was setting as they passed out the Golden gate and swung down the south channel, nnd with the wind on her benm, the nged Mnggle did nine knots. Lnte In the nfternobn of the following day she was off tho Snntu Bnrbara channel, and nbout midnight she ran In under tho lee of Point Dumo nnd lay to. Tho mate hung out the green signal lights, and In about nn hour Captnln Scrnggs heard the sound of oars grating in rowlocks. A few minutes later a stentorian voice hailed them out of the durkness. Captain Scrnggs had a Jacob's ladder slung over tho side and the mate and two deckhands hung over the rail with Inn tcrnB, lighting up the surrounding sea feebly for the benefit of the lone ad venturer who sat muffled in a great cont In the stern of n small boat rowed by two men. There was a very slight sea running, nnd presently the men In the small boat, watching their oppor tunity by the ghostly tight of the lan terns, ran their frnll crni't In under the lee of tho Maggie. The llguro In the stern sheets leaped on the Instant, caught the Jacob's ladder, climbed nimbly over the side, nnd swore heart lly In very good English ns his feet stnick the deck. "What's the name of this floating coffin?" he demanded In n chnln-locker voice. It was quite evident that oven In the darkness, where her mnny de fects were mercifully hidden, the Mag gie did not suit the special envoy of the Mexican Insurrectos. "American steamer Mnggle," snld tho skipper frigidly. "Scrnggs Is my name, sir. And If you don't like my vessel " "Scraggsy J" roared the special en voy. "Scraggsy, for n thousand I And the old Mnggle of nil boats 1 Scraggsy, old tarpot, your fin I Duke mc, you doggoned old snlamnndei!" "Gib, my dear boyl" shrieked CnV tain Scraggs nnd cast himself Into Mr. Gibney's arms In a transport of Joy. Mr. Glbney, for It was Indeed he, pounded Captain Scraggs on the back with one grcnt hand while with the other he crushed the sklppcr'a fingers to n pulp, the while he called on all the powers of darkness to wltne3 that never In nil Jits life had ho received such n pleasant surprise. It wns Indeed n happy moment. AH the old animosities and differences were swallowed up In the glad hand clasp with which Mr. Glbney greeted his old shlpmato of the green-pea trade. Scraggs took him below at once nnd they pledged each other's health. "Well, I'll be keel-hauled and skull dragged I" eaid Cnptaln Scrnggs, pro ducing a box of two-for-a-quarter cigars nnd .handing It to Mr. Glbney. "Gib, my dear boy, wherever have you been these Inst three years?" "Everywhere," replied 'Mr. Glbney. "I hnve been all over, mostly In Pann ma nnd the Gold const. For two years I've been nnvlgatln' ofllcer on the Co lombian gunboat Bogota. When I was a young feller I did n hitch in the navy and become a first-class gunner,-and then I went to sen In the merchant ma rine, and got my mate's license, and when I flashed my credentials on tho president of the United Stntes of Co lombia ho give me n Job nt "dos clenti pesos oro" per. Thnt's Spanish for two hundred bucks gold n month. I've been through two wars nnd I got n medal for slnkln' n flshln' smnck. I talk Spanish just like a native, I don't drink no more to spenk of, nnd I've been savin' my money. Some day when I get tho price together I'm goln' bnck to San Francisco, buy me a nice little fcchooner, nud go trndln' In the South sens. How they been comln' with you, Scraggsy, oJd klddo?" "Lovely," replied Scragcs. "Just simply grand. I'll pull ten thousnnd out of this Job." Mr. Glbney whistled shrilly through his teeth. "Thnt's the ticket for soup," he said admiringly. "I tell you, Scroggs, this soldier of fortune business may be all right, but it don't amount to much compared to being a sailor of fortune, eh, Scraggsy? Just as soon us I heard there was a revolution in Mexico I quit my Job In tho Colombian navy and como north for the plckin's. . . . No, I ain't been in their rotten little army. . . . D'ye think I want to go around klllln' people? . . . There ain't no pleasure gettln' killed In the mere shnnk of n bright and prosper ous life . . . a dead hero don't gather no moss, Scraggsy. Beads all right In books, but It don't appeal none to me. I'm for pence every time, so right away as soon as I heard of the trouble, says I to myself: 'Things has been pretty quiet In Mexico for twenty years, nnd they're due to shift things around pretty much. Whnt them peons need Is a man with an Imagination to help 'em out, nnd If they've got the money, Adelbert P. Gib ney can supply the brains.' So I comes north to Los Angeles, shows the In surrecto Junta my mcdnl nnd my hon orable discharges from every ship I'd ever been In, lncludln' the gunboat Bo gota, aud 1 talked big nnd swelled around nnd told 'em to run In some arms and get busy. I framed It nil up for this filibuster trip you're on, Scraggsy, only I never did hear that they'd picked on you. I told that coffee-colored rat of a Lopez man to hunt up Scab Johnny nnd he'd set him right, but if anybody hnd told mc you had the nerve to run the Maggie In on this denl, .Scraggsy, I'll a-called him a liar. Scraggs, you're mucho-bueno that Is, you're nil right. I'm so used to talkln' Spanish I forget myself. Still, there's one end of this lltMe denl that 1 ain't exactly explained to nil hands. If I'd a-known they was char terln' the Maggie, I'd huve blocked the game." Scraggsy and Gib prepare for war, horrid war. (to Da ceimNuuo.) 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