Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1922 Page: 3 of 14
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FAINS COUNTY I .FA OFF
CThe Qreen Pea Pirates
By PETER B. KYNE
oAuthor of "WEBSTER—MAN’S MAN," "THE VAI.LEY OF THE GIANTS" Etc
OraHsta. W B. Krw
i gte rested an instant i# to# trough ut
ih# ana—unit u deckhand Jerked rha
j lanyard. luftantly Mr. Otlmey dupped
I Uie long gluad to Ids «y%
I "G»*»sl <J)r*-ctP>'- -©\er." he mor
mured. "I’ll lay *q her waterlloe r.ext
tlm#." Ho Jrrktil o|**n the hreech,
ejeciwj the cartridge case, ami raiuui'Ml
another cartridge home. Thli ahot
. . -
M'huOker'M how and threw water over
ustle bend. air. GIbney
SAYS CALOMEL
SALIVATES AND
LOOSENS TEETH
Med. spat i.v« rl ourd. and winked TtlG VGfy Next DoSfJ Of Th.|
KoHRIO WAR
*•¥«* U*a ut • •
lily
IS Mt
" i'll tiiU iiiiHiay cr«w »xi*l hla an-
■
•AApHi*# • • fraighUag Kirilin
lr<««* iron* H«Uln>ooi> bay lo Han
Krui. iMx» Tl»« lnr\ itublv happen*.
th« Mkkki* gomm Hiiort in a log.
A i*M' i.g v*r«*l tiadii.g (h« woo,
Mr Gihnay g*ta word to a loamy
conipMiiy in Own K’ramiaro lhaC the
Ship aai.i r# ia taa Ya . ..« ,
wttn {truFUMt of a rich raivag
Two iw«i auAooa# lo pJt.ui* tbs
Maagte . do dH|< water, hiai aria
slip* fc«ir tow liu«a ami «ri» away
la U*m tog Kutivua at li e <!«<•#-
U'Ni practl< « i on Uo i,. < »; a na
Hh*fca ami Klahorty. <omiwa'-tliny
tha two tuytoau. aa.-erlaln i|..
(uaailty wf un * Van*. , i riiwt '
facia Ik-ixji* known along lii« wa-
lar Not. Oaten. \ peramai
%aoy.ar.c* Th . .r IiomIUs visit to
U*« Mayyta raauila in Cay a in
Arras** ptomtsm* i * »l * uaw
holier ami in*k« n leg iv|ialra lo
luillil h.a pioiri.*..* gn.J 0,1 n.-y and
Wcliuitty -tiro With tnarvl
»ua lack, S. raya» a' ipa frmh
craw At Ua a*ui of a few «Ia>a
of wMd conviviality <iu»r» »y ant
MtHJaHay at* •iraa4«« a..d *«••*
tholr old puaUiuaa on >a Mayw •
Thay aia tioMJlaiy r*< * at! but *•
main. On thair way l>> rt.o. *■•**-
«)«#»• they a.ght a daraitet un«| (*. •*>.
nay and ktcOi./Gy »wnn to It Tiia
daral(t t |>rav«a to be the < hw>n-
poake. rtihly laden. Its •■iitir<* craw
bonayyii K
SSL.
t.*W l.«r in. tail t..« Mae-
■qua) to tha ta*k and Oib-
» alone, sail tt.e
ship to Dan Frwnctaoo, their w»l-
vaaa mo -y aiumntu.y to 11.00)
ap*a< • Ilia or*w havu.* i1. h*hi i
hln . Captain H< ray^e tml'i t^am
to eturn At .u» “old horee »ui«
tha tbrea purciiaaa two mygtar^.ua
hotaa whh'li they bcilerc to <<>>.•
tain armigyied "Onwnul « ► "
They And. Inataad. two «1eu*l <.h'-
ttaman Ib’ruaga aaaka to “df.-.Ma
rrnaa ‘ hi* two aM<v|*ttt«. hut Mr
Olt.nay ..mvlf* him and ntaha* a
aatiafartcry hnnn. tn 1 wttbmri »
With tha Chib"**- compApy to
wt o. . Uia ho.ftea have ba»*n aon-
•ty; » 1, lending parngita out It* ttil
cabi. Olbnay rtaertw MrUnlfar «
action In la*, liny money to M. r.ty. >
without ‘oohauTttnK lift ., and *ft< r
a terrific wordy combat tha tor a
•eporata, M<'<)u(Te>- bacoming »#•
slat.tut engineer on an oil mahr*.
Ott.nar rtlaaptwwr rrr »nd n.r^gg'.
fc (<1 toT.v up the .4.1
a au»HjM»'hfc,e *V *^'l >n on g l.*frv
munftlor* to !>nwar
rayca .w I'Cfdn, and It.
#W la tmoe a.ora pwt in
•tor Arriving . t I.Ih
K. laytn find* hia old
Mr. Ulbnay, la the eonat
having aaf
iralryi la y
Joyful.
li t lea. tha ra-
ihitnk of fh»ry for tiuin nnd eggs
I'l.ltiruH SengNot on your Ilf* If
akllT. I’d—'*
lilhnry finu
**1 v Mt ti e *•!
MAtul you’re Juat an
you **ver wit a.” re|yll
•>f hawlin
nled. Hut
er.** drof) o'
oi! hg lu (I#
-y, «"!d •'•o"
There * s.nne'lnn' u.'
'••aped Into the hold. “Bear a Ugh:
'•ere until 1 tan n*K out ttie wheel* of
• rbrw r.ero," he
“f(»ur eight hundred." He thrust a
me *«•#—>*•«• there*-
fheae guns. Here they ar*\ lut.«*ie t
curtiidg# In the fuse settlor, twisted ^
-ullor! It'* * fCnboat '
creum *e[<arat«N-' Stand by wltn that
tt. *l:itim ed It in tlie gnu. and fired
iggoiied guaVlpe cosn
xllng to—”
again. "Over," be growled
tt 1 there’* #r# fedciMl
•But. Gfb. lay d* nr boy," protested
Something 'vidiu-d over III# Mnggl*
le fi.re ”
« aptaln K« rngg*. “Thla 1* Insanity !**
and threw up a wuterspout hulf a
toe. ! ah dild -•
pair of luvla.
for d—>•**♦ let
patrol I.
dug flylr
“L*,r *t put l»i*ck tc San I^ego hoy.**
ivave.*e<l ruptalu H* raygn *d’I) M
dir m*i| if I relink the td*w o hmln the
Mgcgt#."
*”A'oo late.*’ anld the |VJlW>*ophlcnl
Gibber. “We’re lo lley'^D water*
now, and ahe cun cut ua hff from ti e
i»ny. The only thlig we can do In to
run for It and try to lone her nfter
-pllt milkt We ll drop I dark Te|| t,.
i d her
:pl<
mill take 00 coal, and *h»ut •ui»#et
w#’tl pr!l oat and make *]t* run down
to IbwntiM Imy in tl v dark. We
might M4 well forget thr p4*t and put
thin th'ng through a* :»rr program.
Only I anw vlalooa of a M‘hnon#r nil
mt o*vt Sernggnv. an^-well, what'n
the u#wt Wliat'n the »e! Scraggay.
you’re a nmural h. r# .ar j.lot. Al-
ways buttin' In. buttin' 'n fit for n«»th-
ln’ hut the green pen t^»de. However,
I gneaa I can turn In b my «4d berth
and yet aoRte *i**t*|». the old girl
It. There ain't m ch w Ind to
no 1 guena we din timnage
nr own for a ^hlle. Never*
ve gut a hunch taut we'll be
tiled. Of course, you ain’t get
S«-raggn. and theyU
and conflscale u*.
and bIhnk the whole hloo&ili
«.f u*. 1 hot a d
that fellow I.opet *olrf u* out. after
the faaldon of tin* ctuinfry. I can't help
thtnkln* that that gun M*at wua there
nltln’ for ti* to ahow up."
1 pn|M>ra to nh<
arch the can
HUUid me up a
Were fl'lhliele
re perfectly right,
ttglitln' than lei '
rlu a wall in Faan
a. H*Tagg*y. and *
• g.K»dh I. for (Hit
•onthlertty ut f’uptaln Hcragga. “Like
,peorlii‘ flah In r bath tub." he de-
i.red. Hr * d or*r the fuse netfer.
Treacfierous Drug May
Start Trouble.
Too know what calomel it. !t’» roer*
ouk.
attac
id her.
bone* and t-hould
‘OU*t V
• »|ed
ibd
never t»e jhm into yotu
and If you feel h!!! u.-, het
hrapm-t pa ted uud all knocked o
A'okmC your druggist
m tr.e aou's Liver To
la a lu
ek Pi
Gib.” Imlf a«>bl»«>d 4’uptutn S«*riigg». '
“No hope.” re;.I led Mr. Glhney. |
“Fight and «tle I* the lavt report.
She's eight tniie* astern and gainin’
every minute, ai.d when *he'* within .
two ndle* *he II open tire of couriw.
ve won’t In* hit UuleMN they’ve got **
'I J Yankee gunner aMmrd.
to ftre INI
| Just a-wnlt
have
aod
fair
1 dare
n Herat;.a
Id Mr Ofbney firmly
lied for the flag an
“N
out V
furrirY coan
Mid Mr. Gib
“Of eonra# It ol”
••’l 1 »v all
I thine* In the lumar* rej.ubllc* Why
| should I N* an exception? There’t half
! « do/en tlffcrcnt gang* ftghtln' each
1 other nn1 tl»e gv^rnment In Mexico.
and If I don’t deliver rVae arm*. Just
I *n*. all thf live* |H l e»«vln . \nd after
I got the -arr> *oto rohmibia and
1 sold H I could bA* e y. ached on the
j rebel* there, and get a reward for It.
' and >uved a lot •mee Hr. *, and come
i.wny r!cn nnd respected
“By th« Lord Harry." '
-d to study the ctmboat until
i* could no longer* be tiny d«*u?*t
•he Intended to overhaul them
nude otit that sh« had a gui
. with a ba'tery »T two one pound
>11 top 01 .Vv hwu ••• an J Homethltig !
er port rj*i»irt r -Vit h-.*.e<l like it j
I... mpld-flr# gul. Akot twenty ;
dress* 1 In white cloth. coul<! M j
nr t»**e deck#.
e*entj/ Mr GIbney wa* Int
ed by Taptalw Scragga pulling
In !>
OIM
miner t>nce. wasn't yu
nptaln Scragga In
tight am
bobbin' 1
I ache—*f
"You M*t I wa*." replied Mr. fiibncy.
"My ahootln’ won the trophy three
time* In succession when I was on
the old Keiirsarge. If ! h«d one good
gun and n half-d**c#nt crew. I'd kn *-k
| that gunboat ably before ahe knew
ild Captain j "bat had hit 'r»rH
g^t an Ininglrm “Gib. I’ve gdf %-\ Idee." *<1 d Captain
■ to that. Gib. I Scragga.
you You’re all | ‘°«t with It" nuld Mr. GIbney ch'*er-
11.d no loose end*- j fully.
Imn’t tell me tb “Thera wi.a « >nr little cannon low
iroftgh, Gib. <Jreat j eretl Into the held the la*t thing before
t^lnt of the hi
tn hi* breast
of the tlag a
behind It. atv
ratin' tngethe
“All right,
aolenaly, “I n
‘tJZr
»llp|>ed h
inly to mt
Plied her cab
un tc
n’t light under the
the tall jf the <i
•'ll have a flag t
tvlng Mr. Glbuey
id the era'
’aptaln Her
get the guns on d
ran below . He apiteared «»u 1
enrly with a long Mu# burge*
wa* emblazoned in white letteri
th.it Ain’t there j we put on the **ialn hutch, and the R' j .. u,„,j Jt wk his
a otu.d It? Tliere j munition to M*d 'em with I* atowed In hou-.-Mug and with trembling li
rk pres
n whirl
«h a grand lor In
life. It’s a nbsoli
He whine
r. Don’t
Mr.
Otbney turned a beamli
give nj» Gib. 4)U u
p your Im
agination
the *k
pper, reached nut hi*
and find 11 wuy
ut. Let'
get to-
folded
Captain Scruggs In an
gather. Gib, nnd m
ike n lift!
e money.
that
ouitl have done rre«
Thing It *11 Glh. I
t
ouw ever
grizzly
b<*;ir. There were gem
alnce I scot* you last."
“MV!!.* r*oiled Mr. GIbney. “I il turn
tn amt t»y m •*• tie«ne a way ouv but I
(Isn’t hol-1 out no liofM*. Not a ray of
It. I'm 1 frald, Scrnggny, we've got to
be bones’.”
Saying which. Mr. GIbney hopped up
Into hla betfh. stretched hla huge leg*,
and tVII aa»eep with Ida clothe* on.
of ndmtratlon In hla eye* nnd In hla
voice when he could master hia emo-
tions sufficiently to npcak.
“Scruggay, old tnrj>or. you're been n
long time coinin' through on the Itnagl-
natloti. brt you’re sure arrived with
all sell *»'♦. I always thought you hud
■bout aa much nerve a* an oyster, hui
I take It all back. Well get out them
h the er.d
•o^l It to th
looktNl hi
Jacka
id ftcf»t
id If I do
CHAPTER IX—Continued
‘nptr.lti scraggi
tin’ uMiy grrnlg
"Why ?" dem
fnatanfly on th
“Not that I
id ever lightened his cold gray
id alfh’.ig henrlly. presently wci
•(ik. Kn he paaaed up the com pa
ay. the first mate heard bin mtir
"Glh** a hue Ind. I’ll be dad hi
O'
next nc
y i
-H .j.»
»ut I SM
than I
nnd the >
m.v punM »
"Tve had the Mn
Iprf' - * j M
ki-:
:e
and Strli»es
." said <’a|e
eia
. headachy, c-^iatl
ked out. Just go to
yet u bottle of I>od*
r a few cent* wia«-h
table aubat'tute fur
•• dangerous calomel, lake a
*f ! and If It doe-n’t atHrt your llrer and
ptaln strutL’hten you uj* twtter and quicker
r amed than natty calomel and without n uking
tat." the philosophical Gib- y..u nick, you just go back aod get your
led him. “We can't export money
with everything Scraggay. | I ain't take calotnei! It make# you
The words s. r. - nr Hy sl,-k the next day; It loses you a *lay’a
w <*rlr. I ntdiuui's Liver Tone straight ana
you right up and you feel great. No
salts necessary. Give It to the children
because It ts j»erfe<*tly harmless and
Can not salivate— Ad ve
.I*, mouth before the Hagg
»t aid ubout ten feet of her
railing were trailing along-
Mr. Glhney who tied softly
Q
veniaerrtenf.
Itti
YM
l — ^
Ta.l la Shot Away.*
MOTHER!
Move Child’s Bowels with
“California Fig S)Tup”
f&s
fcven o croea. feveriih. bllioUA, or
natiiMiteil child love* th# •frultf*
•»f "Cal if oral
i»nful never 1
Fig Byrap." A
f*dls to cl. unse the
nd tmwela.
e for yoarosi
In a few hoc:'* you
f how thoroughly It
nil tlie sour 1
ut of the bow
Idle, and rn«Uge*ted
rets anil you have a
i-k chikt to-
*t for gena-
’ which trea
cbHdrei of
le. Mother 1
or ft>a may
Advert law-
are afraid
help laugh-
—
THIN, FADED HA(R
NEEDS “DANDERINE"
TO THICKEN IT
89 cents buy* a bottl# __ ^
with the Mng:
er.mich 10 In*
“But I tb
things *1
vece.j rnptcif
nnd I<opc* to'
th'ti 1
Ith th#
Mr. GlUner ur..n’*e'l #11(1 hid h * face
lu his L i. ' •• ' b*» *■; id sad-
ly. “IF* a ctji b yon ain't «•#*! the
n**t four «>mrs :«» stimulate that tmggt-
rathm of jour*. Of .conrse they wax
pttrrhaoV for th# Mexlcana, but what
waa to prevent me from lettin’ the
Mexb'nn* t'-,y for them, bufp out on
the chartri rf tb** Nwit. atifT tltrr. hate
to# diteCf the *oirg# tu tW-A’nlted
Rtnte* of Colombia. where 1 cap aeil
'em at * profit, the r.Ut fMrf
not), In* t . ' i^hk «^ff Now ymt got to
co*ne hvttif" tu with the Maggie, and
wt *♦ ha;-p«M>c? MThr, I g«4 t# l»# h#fi
»«• «.f .irso I got t« (Take good on
• * ■ 1 ind e hat • in It for —1
nfiijiftyA dvrm. when the
* is baii,
mil^tSUKStM-y. “On*.
ua hu«-
'U
4A down the companion-
u«fv to report 11 targe jH»w er *< Icnmer
ff6|J« • nt from the lee of ll»c Coro*
prAn# #ii<l standing off un n ctiurse cnV
rotate*! t(* Intercept the Maggie In an
hour or two.
Captain Scrngg* and ^Ir Glhnpy
sprang op «fi the bridge at- oaee. the
Tutter witjx ruga* i(*ug aiasa »p to
his ev # %
“Uhe *niv|(w* In virX*t She MB of
the l*:«wtr vud tit julmimyr* TUdie
out M the t^ayli^r Mid turagil soaij 11 error
she 4«im# n»o#n‘ imer ^a.“ #aVf ffhr •'NWv,
line achomeir. Two maws
“I'd Sooner Oia Flghtln* Than Let
| Them Ptand Me Up Agm a Wall
j in En#en*Ua "
I cle, f##il me to thf sharka. f.»r I won't
1... w#nkty of the ! v#d that * lo n»c.
I Pipe 11U hand* and lift off that roal’i
I hatch, lleev# a block and tk’Hf
through that cargo gaff and otaod by
to h» «ve out fit# gnno."
But C’nptaln Scraaga had rci>etite*1
of hi* mah suggestion alnu»*t the n.»-
meut h# made It. Only the din* m«e
*ity of desperate measures to save the
Maggie had proain cd him t# pdt the
Ideu into Mr ullmey’* bead, and when
hr saw t!M* avkllfy with which the lat-
ter aet 10 work clearing fur actb*H» lit*
error knew no bound#.
Gib," h# w ailed. To afraid w#
to*'Or out try to lick ijiat atpiboat at.
#r aiL They Might aink ut with all
Landa."
Uhe that
He got out the lanyard, slipped a
cartridge In the Iwct'^b, yanked end
at*ratch»*d h’* uetd again. Ills calm
<M i befall oft wa* dH#tftg Hcraigg*
rroaj. lie r—Irdqd Mr. GIbney with
some aiqM*r!ty that they were not at
f#i.«UftA a strawberry fc*ttrai and t-«
the Vnt of beavea to get b«ry.
“I*r* ast (matin' tb# rapge you
so p**, fliboi# rathftod. * tu b"
about three mile# tn me. A little long.
1 H*bl*e. ter 'feu gnu. trt)t~~tkm j norh-
lu* like mfU'r ft»d
Glhney uroirkdl prwrntlh
»pm‘ tl»ev don’t pot me w*1h
vldle Btn cr*.endin’ ny
FOR COLDS, CROUP AND PAINS-
l a# Voeher Balm; It wlfewa at 4*ora,
AYOU> IMliAlloNH.
If we have no agent where you Bra,
write for a fro# samph
Viirhra. Inc- Ktw Orleaua,
plltpeuta ■*
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