The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-20

monster. as you are now q slave
to him; because desire to live.
as you will desire to live: because
l cannot fight and overcome him,
lust AZ you will not be able to
Tight and overcome him."
She waited for me TO 70 on.
What remains? Mine il the
role OF the weak. remain silent
and suffer ignominiy, as you viii
remain silent and suffer igno-
miny. And IL 10 we'll. II is the
Dest we can do II we wish to live.
The battle ia not always to the
strong. We'have not the strength
with which to fight this man: we
must dissimulate, and win, II win
we can. by craft. IL you will be
ADVISED by me, this is what Won
VIII do. l know my position IA
periious. and l may say frankly
,nat yours Is even more perilous.
we must stand together. without
appearing to do 80, In secret ALI
ance. 1 shall not be able to side
win you openly, and, no matter
what fndignities may be nut upon
me, you are to remain likewise
silent. We must provoke No
scenes with this man, nor cross
mis- Will. And we must keen smiI-
ing faces and be friendly with him
be-" " may
she brushed her hand across
her forehead In a puzzled way.
saying, Still do not under.
stand"
You must do as say" | in
corrupted authoritatively, for /
saw Wolf Larsen's gaze wander
ing toward us from where he
paced up and down with Latimer
amidships. do as | say. and ere
long you will find | am right.
what shall / do. then % she
asked, detecting the anxious
glance / had shot at the object
OF our conversation, and impress
ed. | fiatter myself, with the
earnestness OF my manner.
Dispense with all the moral
courage you can" | said briskly.
Don arouse this mans animos-
NY; Be quite friendly with him.
talk with him, discuss literature
ana ART with him-he is fond of
such things. You will find him
an interested listener and no fool
ana for your own sake try 10
avoid witnessing, as mach as YOU
can, the brutalities of the ship. II
VIII make 1t easier for you to act
your part"
am to lie," she said in
STEADY, rebellious tones" by
speech and action to lie."
Wolf Larsen had separated
from Latfmer and was coming to-
ward us. ! was desperate.
Please, please understand
me, ! said hurriedly, lowering
my voice. "All your experience
OF men and things is worthless
mere. You must begin over
again. l know can see it
you nave. among other ways.
Deen used to managing people
with your eyes, letting your moral
courage speak out through them.
as IT were. You have. already
managed me with your eyes. COM
manded me with them. But don't
try 1t ON Wolf Larsen. You could
as easily control lion, while he
would make a mock OF you. He
would have always been
proud OF the fact that / discoy-
cred him." ] said, turning the
conversation as Wolf Larsen
stepped on the poop and Joined us.
fhe editors were afraid of him
and the publishers would have
none of him. But knew, and
his genius and my judgment were
vindicated when he made that
magnificent hit with his Forge. y
And II was q newspaper
poem she said glibly.
1T did happen to see the light
In newspaper" / replied, but
not because the magazine editors
had been denied a glimpse at it,
We were talking of Harris"
said to Wolf Larsen.
oh. yes" he Acknowledged
II remember the Forge Filled
with pretty sentiments and an
almighty faith in human Illusions.
BY the way, Mr.. Van Weyden.
you'd better look in on Cooky.
He's complaining and restless"
Thus was / bluntly dismissed
from the poop, only to find Mug
ridge sleeping soundly from the
morphine | had given him. / made
no haste to return on deck, and
when did ! was gratified to see
Miss Brewster In animated con-
versation with Wolf Larsen. AS
/ say, the sight gratified me. She
was following my advice. And
yet l was conscious of a slight
shock of hurt in that she was able
to do the thing had begged her
to do and which she had notably
disliked.
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