The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-07-27
iron tnis. and him. Louis passed judo.

upon this. and him. Louis passed judg'
ment and prophecy.
TITS n fine chap. that sduarehcad
Johnson wo've for'ard with u.s." he
said. The best sailorman in the
fo'c'sle. He's NV bout puller. Bot
its to trouble he'll come with Wolf
Larsen. as the sparks ny upward The
Wolf II ~ ing. and IT'S the way OF
a woif to hate strength. an strength
II is he'll see In J~ohnson-no %knucklin'
under and n Yes. sir thank ye kindly.
sir. for q curse or n blow
Thomas Mugridge is becoming unen.
durable. am compelled to Mister
him and Sir him with every speech.
One reason for this Ia that Wolf Lar.
sen seems to have taken a fancy to
him. II IL nm unprecedented th'lg. I
take Il. for n captain TO be chummy
with the cook: but this In certainly
what Wolf Larsen is doing. Two or
three times he put his head into the
galley and cha1cd Mugridge good
naturally. and once. this afternoon, he
stood by the break OF the poop and
chattcd with him for fully fifteen min
utcs When II was over. and Mug.
ridge was back In the galley, he be-
came greasily radiant, and went about
his work. humming the coster songs
in a nerveracking and discordant fal
setto.
II always get along with The ON
GERS" he remarked to me In a conf
dental tone. II know the wy. | do
to myke myself appreciated There
was my last skipper. 'Mugridge. seq
@ to me. Mugridge,' seq o. you've
missed yer vokytion.' An 'ow's that
seq /, Yes should "a been born q
gentleman. an never 'ad TO work for
yer Twin God strike me dead. imp
II that ayn't wot e SEE. an me a.sittin'
there In Is own cabin, jolly.like an
comfortable, a.smokin' is cigars an
drinkin' 'is rum"
This chltter.chatter drove me to dis.
traction. | never heard q voice ! hated
so. Positively. he vas the most die
gushing and loathsome person | have
ever met. The filth OF his cooking was
indescribable. and. as he cooked every
! thing that was eaten aboard. ] was
compelled to select what ate with
great circumspection. choosing from
the least dirty OF his concoctions
My hands bothered me a great
deal, unused as they were to work.
Nor was my knee any better. The
swelling had not gone down, and the
cap was still up on edge. Hobbllng
about on II from morning to night was
not helping II any. What needed
was rest. II Il were ever 10 get we'll.
Rest! never before knew the
meaning OF the word. had been rest.
ing ali my life and did not know II.
But now. from half past FIVE In the
morning til ten o'clock at night, +!
am e~verybody's slave. with not one
moment 10 myself, except such as
can steal near the end Of the second
dog watch. Let me pause for a min
ute to look out over the sea sparkling
in the sun. or to gaze at a sailor going
aloft to the ~gaff.topsails. or running
ont the bowsprit. and ! am sure 70
hear the hateful voice. Ere, you
imp. no sodgerin'. I've got my peep
ere on yer"
There are signs Of rampant bad tenn
per In the steerage. and the gossip Ia
going around that Smoke and Hender
son have had Q fight Henderson
seems the best OF the hunters, q slow
going fellow. and hard to rouse; but
reused he must have been, for Smoke
had a bruised and discolored eye
and looked particularly vicious when
he came into the cabin for supper.
(To BE Continued