The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-03-10

Then TO what end?" he demanded.
III am immortal-why?"
faltered. How could | explain my
idealism to this man? How could
put into speech a something felt. a
something like the strains Of music
heard in sleep, a something that con-
WINGED yet transcribed utterance2
What do you believe. Them" !
countered.
Il believe that life is a ness" he
answered promptly. 1T is like yeast,
ferment, a thing that moves and
may move for a minute. an hour, a
year, or hundred years, but that In
the end will cease to move. The big
eat the little that they may continue
to move, the strong eat the weak that
they may retain their strength. The
lucky eat the most and move the
longest, that is all. What do you make
Of those things?"
He swept his arm in an impatient
gesture toward a number OF the sail
ors who we're working on some kind
Of rope stuff amidships.
They move; so does the jellyflsh
move. They move in order to eat In
order that they may keep moving.
There you have II. They live for
their bellys sake. and the belly is for
their sake. It's circle; you get no
where. Neither do they. In the end
they come to standstill. They move
no more. They are dead"
They have dreams" interrupted.
radiant. flashing dreams"
"of grub" he concluded senten.
tiously.
And Of more"
Grub. OF a larger appetite and
more luck In satisfying It" His voice
sounded harsh. There was no levity
in It. you and I are just like them.
There is no difference, except that we
have eaten more and better. l am
eating them now. and you, too. But
in the past you have eaten more than
| have. You wear the warm clothes.
They made the clothes, but they shiver
In rags and ask you. the lawyer. or
the business agent who handles your
money. for a Job"
but that is beside the matter" |
cried.
Not at ALL" He was speaking rap
idly, now, and his eyes were flashing.
1T Is piggishness. and II is life. OF
what use or sense is an immortality
OF piggishness? What Is the end
What is 1t all about? To be piggish
as you and | have been all our lives
does not seem to be just the thing for
immortals to be doing. Again. what's
II all about? Why have | kept you
here?--"
Because you are stronger" man
aged to blurt out
but why stronger?" he vent on at
once with his perpetual queries. BE.
cause am bigger bit OF the ferment
than youf Don't you sect Don't you
sect"
But the hopelessness of IT," pro
tested.
Il agree with you" he answered.
/ Then why move at ALL since moving
is living? without moving and being
part OF the yeast there would be no
hopelessness. But-and here II is
we want to live and move. though we
have no reason to. because It happens
that It is the nature Of life to live and
move. to want to live and move. II II
were not for this. life would be dead
II is because OF this life that is In you
that you dream of your immortality.
The life that is in you is alive and
wants to go on being alive forever.
BAIL An eternity of piggishness!"
He abruptly turned on his heel and
started forward. He stopped at the
break Of the poop and called me to
him.
by the way. how much was II that
Cooky got away With" he asked.
One hundred and eighty-five dol
lars. SIR" answered.
He nodded his head. A moment
later. as started down the companion
stairs to lay the table for dinner.
heard him loudly cursing some men
amidships.