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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-04
CHAPTER w.

What happened to me next on the
sealing schooner Ghost, as l strove to
mt into my new environment, are mat.
tiers Of humiliation and pain. The cook
who was called the doctor" by the
crew. Tommy" by the hunters. and
"Cooky" by Wolf Larsen. was q
changed person. The difference
worked In my status brought about a
corresponding difference in treatment
from him. Servile and fawning as he
had been before. he was now as domi-
neering and bellicose. In truth, l was
no longer the fine gentleman with a
skin soft as 'lydy's." but only an
ordinary and very worthless cabin-boy.
He absurdly insisted upon my ad-
dressing him as Mr.. Mugridge. and his
behavior and carriage were insuffer.
able as he showed me my duties. Be
sides my work in the cabin, with it's
four small staterooms, was supposed
to be his assistant In the galley. and
my colossal ignorance concerning such
things as peeling potatoes or washing
greasy pots was a source of unending
and sarcastic wonder to him.
This first day was made more diff
cult for me from the fact that the
Ghost, under close reefs (terms such
as these did not learn till later, was
plunging through what Mr.. Mugridge
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-04
CHAPTER v.

But my first night in the hunters
steerage was also my last. Next day
Johansen, the new mate, was routed
from the cabin by Wolf Larsen, and
sent into the steerage to sleep there
after, while l took possession of the
tiny cabin stateroom. which. on the
first day of the voyage. had already
had two occupants. The reason for
this change was quickly learned by
the hunters, and became the cause Of
great deal of grumbling on their
part. It seemed that Johansen. in his
sleep. lived over each night the events
Of the day. His incessant talking and
shouting and believing of orders had
been too much for Wolf Larsen, who
had accordingly foisted the nuisance
upon his hunters.
After sleepless night, arose. weak
and In agony. to hobble through my
second day on the Ghost
The day was filed with miserable
variety. had taken my dried clothes
down from the galley the night be.
fore, and the first thing l did was to
exchange the cooks garments for
them. l looked for my purse. In ad.
dition to some small change land
have q good memory for such things),
1t had contained $185 in gold and pa
per. The purse l found, but its con-
tents. with the exception of the small
silver. had been distracted. l spoke
to the cook about 1t, when / went on
deck to take up my duties in the gal
ley, and though had looked forward
to surly answer. had not expected
the belligerent harangue l received.
Look ere, 'Ump," he began, a ma
licious light in his eyes and a snarl
In his throat, dye want yer nose
punched? Strike me blind II this aynt
gratitude for yer! Ere you come,
pore, miserable specimen of 'uman
scum, an tykes yer into my galley
an treats yer 'ansom. an this Is wot
l get for 1t. Mex time you can 60 to
ell. say 1. an I've a good mind to
give you what-for anyw'y."
So saying. he put up his fists and
started for me. To my shame be It, l
covered away from the blow and ran
out the galley door. The speed with
which l ran caused excruciating pain
in my knee. and sank down helpless.
ly at the break Of the poop. But the
cockney had not pursued me.
Look at i'm run! Look at i'm run!"
I could hear him crying. AN with
a gyme leg at that! Come on back,
you pore little mammals darling. I
won't 1t yer; no, won't"
/ came back and went on with nv
work; and here the episode ended for
the time.
CTO BE CONTINUED,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-04

: !l!(!sl -
And they Bm01o0UD0
smoked. using q coarse. cheap AIN q
fensive-smelling tobacco. The air
was thick and murky with the smoke
Of IT. and this, combined with the VIC.
lent movement of the ship as she
struggled through the storm. would
surely have made me seasick. had I
been a victim to that malady. As It
was, 1t made me quite sQueamish.
though this nausea might have been
due to the pain Of my leg and exhaus.
ton.
AS lay there thinking. naturally
dwelt upon myself and my situation.
1t was unparalleled, undreamed-of,
that l, Humphrey Van Weyden.
scholar and dilettante, II you please.
in things artistic and literary. should
be lying here on Boring sea seal-hunt.
ing schooner. Cabin-boy! had never
done any hard manual labor. or soul
lion labor, in my life. My muscles were
small and soft, like a woman's, or so
the doctors had said time and again
in the course of their attempts to per-
suade me to go in for physical culture
fads. But had preferred to use my
head rather than my body, and here
I was, in no At condition for the rough
life In prospect.
These are merely few of the things
that went through my mind and are
related for the sake of indicating my
self In advance In the weak and help
less role was destined to play. But
l thought, also. Of my mother and sis
tiers, and pictured their grief. I was
among the missing dead of the Mar
tinez disaster. an uncovered body.
I could see the headlines In the pa
pers; the fellows at the University club
and the Bibelot shaking their heads
and saying. Poor chap" And could
see Charley Furuseth. as l had said
good-by to him that morning, lounging
in a dressing gown on the be-pillowed
window couch and delivering himself
of oracular and pessimistic epigrams.
And all the while. rolling. plunging,
climbing the moving mountains and
falling and wallowing in the foaming
valleys. the schooner Ghost was fight.
ing her way fkrther and farther into
the heart of the Pacihc-and I was on
her.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-04
MAKES A PLEA FOR FICTION
Writer Puts Up Argument for Reten.
ton Of popular Literature In the
Country's Libraries.

The dropping OF fiction from the
public Libraries. as proposed by the
head OF the bureau of statistics and
Investigation as a means of economy,
would accomplish at a stroke a con.
summation long devoutly wished BY
many. That is. 1t would materially
reduce the percentage Of novels read
~ compared with that of other books.
Perhaps Mr.. Mcintyre has heard that
fiction was decreasing in popularity.
and thinks that he Is merely aligning
himself with q growing tendency. We
fear. however, that when he hears
from the people he will have to re.
wise his ideas. His proposal will be
met with a counter-proposal. Danish
fictionY Why not Danish all other
literature instead! Would the saw.
ing not be a. great! Nay, would II
not be greater? As for novels being
. form of entertainment" q luxury,
- our statistician holds. they are in
reality almost - much Of . neces-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-04
Care Of Golddah.

A globe Of two or three goldfish
with a bit Of green seaweed makes Q
pretty centerpiece. and they are inex-
pensive and easily cared for. They
should be placed at some distance
from stove and register and not In
the rays of the sun. They endure ex.
tremes Of cold rather than heat. In
the bottom OF the globe place some
small stones. bit OF sand. little char
coal and q spray of cabomba. q fine
water plant. Feed them q little 1t q
time. Once In two weeks remove them
to pail Of muddy water for an hour
clean the globe. replace the shells,
stones. etc.. and renu With elslF. cold
wk&AR.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-04
Ready For Il.

He was travelling in the South and
had to put up overnight at a second.
rate hotel in western Georgia. He
said to the clerk when he entered !:
Where shall | autograph!
Autograph? said the clerk.
Yes. sign my name. you know"
"Oh. right here"
AS he was signing his name in the
register in came three roughly
clothed. unshorn fellow Immediately
recognizable as Georgia crackers.
One of them advanced to the desk.
"Win you autograph" asked the
clerk. his face aglow with the pleas
ure that comes from the conscious
ness Of intellectual superiority.
Certainly" said the CRACKER" his
face no less radiant than that O! the
clerk; mines rye."-The Argonaut.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-04

It and an iron staple to the front OF
the box for 1t to hook on to: also
fasten q piece Of chain or heavy cord
to nails driven into the box end and
into the edge Of the cover, to keep the
cover from dropping back too far when
opened.
Fasten the refrigerator box upon
the window sill. close to the window
sash. Then. with the cover hasped.
the box will be trampproof. because
while the window is closed there will
not be room enough between the box
and the glass to raise the iron hasp.
For the larger refrigerator shown in
Fig. 2. get Q grocery box that will
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-04

extend across the entire width of the
window in which the refrigerator is to
be placed. or take q longer box and
cut It down. to At. Place this box upon
its side Gig. 81. cut two triangular
pieces Of equal size. and fasten one
at each end of the box. as shown at
A Gig. ~. The front edge of these
pieces should be six or eight inches
high and the rear edge about two
inches high. After mailing the pieces
in place fasten a strip B between the
rear ends.
Cut boards Of the right length and
width to roof over the top. and nail
them to the tops Of pieces A and B..
then cut two boards C Gig. p to fit
the open front Of the refrigerator, and
after fastening them in the positions
shown. cut q strip d to fit between
them.
By making the pieces C wide
enough. you can probably find two
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-04

string attached to the end for q line,
and a bent pin tied to the end of the
line for hook. In fishing. the line
must be lowered and the fish hooked
out of the pond without allowing the
hook to strike any part Of the fish.
Ii the hook strikes. the turn passes
to the next player. The points
scored are determined by the num-
bers upon the fish.
The solitaire board Gig. y should
be eight inches square. Divide the
edges Of this into eight equal parts.
and with e,;ler and pencil draw lines
across from side to side. connecting
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-04

ooze and slime. l held on to the
weather rail, close by the shrouds, and
gazed out across the desolate foam
ing waves to the low-lying fog-banks
that hid San Francisco and the Cali
fornia coast. Rain squalls were driv.
ing in between. and l could scarcely
see the fog. And this strange vessel.
with its terrible men, pressed under
by wind and sea and ever leaping up
and out, was heading away into the
southwest. into the great and lonely
Pacific expanse.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-04

Jump the pegs in such an order that.
finally. all but one will have been re-
moved.
Fig. 6 shows q quickly made set OF
tenpins. The spools for the bases
should all be of an equal size.
Arrange the ten pins upon the floor
In the positions shown In Fig. 8. and
use three rubber balls with which to
bowl them over. Each player In her
turn should roll the three balls at
the pins. One point 10 scored for
each pin bowled over.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-04
WINTER WINDOW REFRioeRA-
TORS.

A window refrigerator is one Of the
many conveniendDs which q boy can
make for his mother. It may be q
small affair like that shown in Fig. 1.
to hold milk and cream bottles and Q
butter jar. or 1t may be built large
like the one in Fig. 2. with shelf-room
enough for meats and other foods.
A grocery box will do for the small
refrigerator. There IL little work to
the making Of this. Nail q narrow
strip across the top near one edge.
to hinge the cover to. and fasten to
gether the cover boards with wooden
strips screwed across them as in the
illustration. After Ringing the cover
In place screw an iron hinge-hasp to
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-04

called an "'owlin' sou'easter." AT
half-past five, under his directions,
set the table in the cabin, with rough
weather trays In place, and then car.
ried the tea and cooked food down
from the galley.
Look sharp or you'll get doused. n
was Mr.. Mugridge's parting Injunction
as l left the galley with a big teapot
In one hand. and in the hollow of the
other arm several loaves of fresh.
baked bread. One of the hunters, q
tall. loosely jointed chap named Hen.
derson, was going aft at the time from
the steerage (the name the hunters
facetiously gave their midships sleep.
ing quarters), to the cabin. Wolf Lar.
sen was on the poop. smoking his ever
lasting cigar.
ERE she comes. Sling yer 'ook!"
the cook cried.
l stopped. for did not know what
was coming. and saw the galley door
slide shut with q bang. Then I saw
Henderson leaping like a mailman for
the main rigging, up which he shot. on
the inside, till he was many feet
higher than my head. Also I saw a
great wave. curling and foaming.
poised far above the rail. was d.
rectly under 1t. My mind did not
work quickly. everything was so new
and strange. / grasped that was In
danger. but that was all. l stood still.
in trepidation. Then Wolf Larsen
shouted from the poop:
Grab hold something. you-you
Hump"
But It was too late. l sprang toward
the rigging. to which l might have
chung. and was met by the descending
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-04

against wolves. wildcats and other
predatory animals. which committed
serious depredatious from the estab-
lishment OF the preserve in 1905 until
measures were taken to stop them.
In protecting the game from predatory
animals. the wardens and forest on
GERS are also promoting the interests
OF local stockmen. who Craze several
thousand head of cattle on certain al
lotted areas within the preserve.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-04

hANDICRAFT FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
A. Nicely HALL and DOROTHY PERKINS =
(CnnvrRh nv A n
THREE HOMEMADE GAMES.
(Copyy1ght By A. Nicely Hall)

II you have never played the game
of fish-pond Gig. u you have missed
q great deal of fun
Get a cardboard box for the pond.
and cut down its depth to / inch
Zig. p. Then cut rows of slots
through the cover. as shown, for the
fish to stick into.
Draw the outline Of q nsh up
on piece Of cardboard. as shown in
Fig. 8. Make It two inches long.
Then cut 1t out, and use II as a pat
tern for marking out one fish for ev.
cry slot in the pond. Punch a small
hole through the head of each fish,
to provide for hooking 1t. Number the
fish s. 10. Is, 20 and rs.
Each player must have a stick for
a fishing pole. with a short piece of
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-04
For Stains.

For stains on light dresses. ETC., lay
he garment fiat on q table and cover
The stains with dry pipe clay. Leave
:or half an hour. then shake out, and
apply a second lot II necessary. Take
out stains as soon sfter they are made
Is possible. for II they are allowed
20 dry in they are more difficult to re-
move.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-04
SYNOPSIS.

Humphrey Van Weyden. critic and dilet-
tante. Is thrown into the water by the
sinking of ferryboat In a fog I'm San
Francisco bay. and becomes unconscious
before help reaches him. On coming to
his senses he finds himself aboard the
sealing schooner Ghost. Captain Wolf
Larsen, bound to Japan waters, witnesses
the death of the first mate and hears the
captain curse the dead man for presuming
10 die at the beginning of the voyage. The
captain refuses to put Humphrey ashore
and makes him cabin boy for the good
NJ hia soul /"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-04
boards Of the right width for doors.
Hinge them to boards c as shown.

boards Of the right width for doors.
Hinge them to boards c as shown.
The simple lock in the illustration
Is easily made. Cut bar E as LONG
as the width Of one door. and screw
1t at one end to the center of one
door: then screw two screw-hooks into
the other door. with the hook ends
turned up for the bar to drop onto.
Screw q screweye or screw-hook
into each end of the refrigerator box,
twist a piece of wire around It. and
fasten the other end Of the wire to 4
hook or eye screwed into the window
frame.
Bore hole through each end of the
box into each compartment, far VENT.
lation.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-04
Where Plants Grow on WIrss.

In Porto Rico. where the atmosphere
is moist and balmy. air plants often
lodge in the most unusual places and
produce the most unusual effects while
growing. Frequently they establish
themselves on telephone and telegraph
wires. The insulation rots in places
and the plants take root, grow and
thrive.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-04

sit5 as the newspapers. Millions 60
through life comfortably without rub
bling elbows with even so human q
nonfictionist as John Stuart Mill. but
whoever lived until he had breathed
the wind that blows through the
pages of "Ivanhoe" and Vanity Fair?"
New York Evening Post.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-04

the points or division (Flg. g. Then
with large nail and q hammer Tor,
better still. with a gimlet, II there Ia
one in the house,. make holes at the
intersections Of the lines indicated in
Fig. 5.
When the holes have been made,
cut enough wooden pegs to At all but
one.
The game IL played by one person.
The pegs are stuck in all but the cen.
ter hole. and the game IL started with
a peg second from the hole. jumping
1t over the peg between 1t and the
hole. into the hole. The peg Jumped
over is removed. Then. one by one.
the pegs are jumped over and re-
moved. The object of the game IL to
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-04
Time to Lie Still.

Can you play dead in q battle
scene!" Oats easy" Not 30 easy a.
you think. You mustn't jump when
the cannon are fred over your pros.
trate body."-Louisville Courier-Jour.
nal.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-04

Great Deeds Call for Application,
He who would do some great thing
in this short life must apply himse,r to
the work with such concentration OF
his forces a. to idle spectators, who
live only to amuse them selves, looks
like insanity.-Erancts Parkman.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-04
Judge a man by what he does and
q woman by what she doesn't say.

BREAD WITHOUT SALT Is rAsTeLess
A medicine chest without Magic Ar.
MICA Liniment 10 useless. Best of an
lfniments for sprains, swellinea.
bruises. rheumatism and neuralria.
Three sizes. CSC, Soc and 3l.00-Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-04

The Quinine That Does Not Affect Heed
Because Of It's tonic aad LAXATIVE effect, LAxA.
TIVE BROMO OUININB 10 better than ordinsry
Quinins and can Be taksa b. anyone. ssc.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-04
Dairy Thought.

The word tomorrow" was invented
ar irresolute people and for children.
-Turgenief.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-04

A married woman of st. Helens,
England. was recently fined 500 for
betting.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-04

Nature leaves a lot of work for the
dressmaker to finish.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-04

The herring catch Of England last
year exceeded by far that Of any pre-
vious season.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-25
DR.. MCULLOCH TO
JOIN WORKERS TO-DAY

DR. -MccHIIeehr seHeFaAeecre-
tary of the Southern Sociological Con-
gress. 10 expected to arrive in the city
today to rejoin his staff of speakers
and workers who have been In charge
of the public welfare exhibit at the
First Regiment Armory. Dr. McCulloch
get the special car which the Pullman
Company has rebuilt for the congress.
The Pullman car will be used in carry
ing the STAFF of speakers from city TO
city in the campaign of extension con-
ferences and exhibitions which the
southern Sociological Congress is con-
Quoting throughout the South. The car
is comfortably fitted and will accommo-
date ffteen persons. All conveniences
have been provided in the car. and II
will be a model OF sanitation and clean
Illness The staterooms are located at
one end OF the oar and a shower-bath
room. kitchen. dining-room and ONCE
have been provided. Two large bag
gage cars are required to carry the
complete exhibit of the congress, after
the many parts have been closely
packed. The itinerary of the congress
STAFF takes in wide territory before
the present campaign closes January
/ Early in 1915 the work will be re-
sumed that the message of social ser
vice and community betterment may be
taken to all the people OF the South
land.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-25
AN EVENING OF
OLD TIME SONG

One of the most interesting events
of the week IN Y. NJ. c. A. circles will
be the song social to be held In the
building of the Railroad Y. NJ G. A.
Friday night.
used to sing. real heart songs all of
them. and. best OF all. every body viii
join In the singing.
The program follows:
Song, Aud Lang syne.-Audience.
Ten minutes talk on The Strength.
Joy and Opportunity Of Youth"-Rev.
Fred Chenault-
Solo. Drink to Me Only with Thine
Eyes"-Mr. Aubrey Pond
Solo. Coming Through the Rye
Mrs. II. J. Langston.
Duet. Tn the Gloamins"-Mr. Aubrey
Pond and Mrs. H. ]. LAnaston.
Song. annie Laurte"--Audiencs.
Ten minutes acquaintance program.
Song. "OId Folks at Homs"-Audi-
enee.
Ten minutes with r. A. Garrison. of
Chicago.
Solo. solver Threads Among the
Gold"-C. A. Canepa.
Solo. Long. Long Ago"--sfrs, W. l..
Bales.
Duet. -Just q Song Al twilight
Mr.. Canepa and Mrs. W. L. Battles.
Song. MY Ola Kentucky Home
Audience.
Negro specialtiss-w. H. Merrett and
w l. Bailes-
Song, Home. sweet Homs'-Audi-
ence.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-25
WILL SPEAK TODAY TO
RANDOLPH-MACDN STUDENTS

Miss Edith ~ Wills, lecturer for the
Anti-Saloon League OF America, will
address the student body of Ran
doiph- Macon College at Ashland TO.
day at 12:30 o'clock. Tomorrow she
is scheduled to speak to women and
girl students at Westhampton College
at II o'clock. On Friday she will de.
liver an address In Bellevue Junior
High School. Yesterday she spoke In
cambridge Junior High School. South.
side. superintendent Of Schools
Chandler arranged the local speaking
dates for Miss Wills.
Assisting DR.. A. j. Read In his ef.
hciency health tests in the Grays' Ar.
mory yesterday afternoon and last
night were Drs II. Cole Rucker
Bronson f. Summers. N Thomas En-
nett. Darlington Wilson, Boyle and
Lipscomb. Miss Frances Besley, Red
Cross director, was assisted in her
examinations Of women by four nurses
from the Instructive Visiting Nurses
Association.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-25
WRIT OF ERROR IN
LOrDOUN CASE

The Supreme Court OF Appeals yes
terday granted a writ of error and
isuperseaeas- to f. Fl. Maddax, Barber
and Ross, Thomas W. Smith h Co,
and Frank Tangorra from the decree
of the Circuit Court of Loudoun
County. The petitioners were sub
contractors in erecting residence for
James A. Buchanan. OF Washington,
John II. Nolan. the general contractor.
failed, and the sub-contractors claim
ed that Buchanan should settle their
charges against Nolan. The court de-
cided to the contrary, from which
the appeal was taken.
The court also granted an appeal to
the Washington. Virginia Railway
Company in their suit against Clara
G.. Fishburn. from the decree Of the
Circuit Court of Alexandria County,
which awarded her $4,000 for in
iuries alleged to have been received
when she fell on the plaintiffs tracks.
f'ac.rring her wrist. She sued for
$1,000.