The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-03


position he takes Is based on no
moral grounds, that all the hunt
tiers could kill and eat one an
other so far as he Is concerned, !
were II not that he needs them
alive for the hunting. IL they |
will only hold their hands until
the season is over, he promises
them a royal carnival, when all
can be settled and the
survivors may toss the non-sur-
vivors overheard and arrange a |
story as to how the missing men
were lost at sea. / think even !
the hunters are appalled, at his
cold-bloodedness. Wicked men
though they be, they are certain
ly very much afraid of him.
Thomas Mugridge is cur-like
In his subsection to me, while
go about In secret dread of him.
His Is the courage of fear,--a
strange thing ! know well OF
myself, and at any moment ~
may master the fear and impel
him to the taking of my life. Myl
knee Is much better, though i'll
often aches for long periods, and
the stiffness is gradually leaving
the arm which Wolf Larsen
squeezed. Otherwise am in
splendid condition. feel that am
in splendid condition. My mus
eles are growing harder and in
creasing In size. My hands, how
ever, are spectacle for grief.
They have a parboiled appear
ance, are afflicted with hang
nails, while the nails are bro
ken and discolored, and the
edges of the quick seem to be as
Stunning a fungoid sort of growth.
Also, am suffering from boils,
due to the diet, most likely, for
| was never afflicted In this man
ner before.
l was amused, couple OF even
ings back, by seeing Wolf Larsen
reading the Bible, a copy of
which, after the futile search for
one at the beginning of the voy-
age, had been found in the dead
ihdtC Cu |
what Wolf Larsen could get from |
It, and he read aloud to me from
Ecelesiastics. could imagine he
was speaking the thoughts of his
own mind as he read to me. and
his voice, reverberating deeply |
and mournfully In the confined |
cabin, charmed and held me. He
may be uneducated, but he GER
tainly knows how to express the
of the written word. |
] can hear him now, as | shall al |
ways hear him, the primal melan-
choly vibrant In his voice as he
read:
Il gathered me also silver and |
gold, and the peculiar treasure of
the provinces; ] get me men sing
ers and women singers, and the
delights of the sons of men, as
instruments, and that of |
all sorts.
so l was great, and increased |
more than all that were before |
me In Jerusalem; also my wis
dom remained with me.
Then / looked on all the
works that my hands had
and on the labor that
| had labored to do; and behold,
all was vanity and vexation OF
spirit, and there was no profit
under the sun.
"All things come alike to all;
there is one event to the right
eous and to the wicked: to the
good and to the clean, and to the
to him that sacrificeth,
and to him that sacrificeth not;
as Is the good, so is the sinner;
and he that sweareth, as he that
feareth an oath.
This is an evil among all |
things that are done under the |
sun, that there is one event unto |
all; yea, also the heart of the
sons OF men is full of evil, and |
madness Is in their heart whilel
they live, and after that they go |
to the dead.
For to him that is Joined toll
all the living there is hope; for a |
living dog is better than a dead |
lion.
For the living know that they
shall die; but the dead know not
neither have they any
more a reward; for the memory
of them is forgotten.
ALSO their love, and their
hatred, and their envy, Is now
neither have they any
more portion forever in any
thing that is done under the SUM-"
There you have it. Hump" he
said, closing the book upon his
finger and looking up at me.
THE Preacher who was king
over Israel in Jerusalem thought
as l think. You ,call me a pessi-
mist. Is not thl pessimism Of
the blacklist ?-'Ai = vanity and
vexation OF spirit There is mol
profit under the sun,' There is
one event unto ALL to the fool
and the wise, the clean and the
unclean, the sinner and the
saint. and that event is death,
and an evil thing. he says. For
the Preacher loved life. and did
not want to die, saying, For q
living dog is better than a dead
lion. He preferred the vanity
and vexation to the silence and
unmoyableness OF the grave. And !