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CHAPTER vII--contlnued.

CHAPTER VlI--contlnued.
In the end. with loud protestatIons
that he could lose like a gentleman,
the cooks last money was staked on
the game and lost. Whereupon he
leaned his head on his hands and
wept. Wolf Larsen looked curiously
at MIN, as though about to probe and
ViVisect him, then changed his mind.
as from the foregone conclusion that
there was nothing there to probe.
Hump" he said to me, deliberately
polite, kindly take Mr.. Mugridges
arm and help him up on deck. He is
not feeling very we'll"
And tell Johnson to douse him with
a few buckets Of salt water" he add.
ed, in a lower tone for my ear alone.
left Mr. Mugridge on deck, in
the hands of couple of grinning sail.
ors who had been told off for the pur.
pose. Mr.. Mugridge was sleepily splut.
tering that he was a gentleman's son.
But as | descended the companion
stairs to clear the table heard him
Shrek as the first bucket of water
struck him.
Wolf Larsen was counting his win.
nings.
"one hundred and eighty.flve dollars
even." he said aloud. Just as
thought. The beggar came aboard
without a cent"
And what you have won is mine
air." ] said boldly.
He favored me with a quizzical
smile. Hump. have studied some
grammar in my time, and | think your
lenses are tangled. Was mine you
should have said. not Is mine.'"
1T is question not OF grammar but
OF ethics" answered.
1t was possibly minute before he
spoke.
Dye know, Hump" he said, with Q
slow seriousness which had in It ar
indefnable strain Of sadness, thai
this is the first time | have heard the
word ethics In the mouth OF a man
You and are the only men on this
ship who know its meaning"
AT one time in my life." he con
tinued, after another pause, 81
dreamed that | might some day tall
with men who used such language
that l might lift myself out of the
place in life in which had been born
and hold conversation and minglC
with men who talked about Just such
things as ethics. And this is the frs
time | have ever heard the word pro
nounced Which is all by the way
for you are wrong. II is a question
neither of grammar nor ethics. but o.
fact"
Il understand" | said. THE fact Il
that you have the money
His face frightened. He seemed
pleased at my perspicacity.
"But you wrong me by Withholding
It," objected.
Not at all. One man cannot wronl
another nan. He can only wrong him
self. AS see II, do wrong alwayi
when | consider the interests Of 9th
ers. Don't you see? How can two
particles OF the yeast wrong eacl
other by striving to devour eacl
other? II Is their Unborn heritage Il
strive to devour, and to strive not Il
be devoured. When they depart from
this they sim"
Then you don't believe in altru
ism?" asked.
He received the word as II II hat
a familiar ring. though he ponderet
1t thoughtfully. Let me see. II mean
something about cooperation. doesn'
II. "Oh. yes. l remember II now.
ran across II in Spencer"
"Spencerl" cried. Have you reat
him?"
Not very much" was his eonfes
sion. His Psychology left me buttinl
around in the doldrums for many
day. But did get something out 0
his Data of Ethics. There's where
ran across 'altruism. and remembe
now how Il was used"
What else did you run acrossf"
asked.
In as few words as possible" b
began. Spencer puts II something
like this: First. a man must &C
for his own beneht-to do this q
20 be moral and good. Next. he mus
act for the benefit OF Ais children. AM
third. he must act for the benefit Of hi
race"
And the highest finest. right con
duct" interieeted. is that act whicl
benefits at the same time the man. hi
children. and his race"
I wouldn't etand for that" he rs
piled. Couldn't see the necessity 70