The Arvada enterprise., 1916-09-07

mighty grief. AS | softly withdrew !
could hear him grooming. God! God!
Cod" Not that he was calling upon
came from his soul.
Al dinner he asked the hunters for
a remedy for headache, and by eve
ming. strong man that he was. he was
half blind and Keeling about the cabin.
I've never been sick in my life
Hump" he said. as guided him to
his room Nor did | ever have q
headache except the time my head
was healing after having been laid
open for six inches by a Capstan-bar.
For three days this binding head
a ch. lasted. and he suffered as wild
animals suffer. as 1t seemed the way
on ship to suffer. without plant. with
out sympathy, utterly alone.
This morning. however. on entering
his stateroom to make the bed and
put things in order. found him well
and hard at work Table and bunk
were Uttered with designs and ca!cu.
la,ions. On a large. transparent sheet.
compass and square in hand. he was
copying what appeared to be a scale
u some sor, or other.
Hello, Hump" he greeted me gen
tally. Tim Just finishing the finishing
touches. Want to see it work."
But what is it," | asked
"A labor saving device for mariners
navigation reduced to kindergarten
simplicity" he answered gayly.
There was a ring of triumph In his
voice. and his eyes. clear blue this
morning as the sea. were sparkling
with light.
you must be well up In mathemat.
les" | said. Where did you go TO
SCHOOL,"
Never saw the inside OF one. worse
luck" was the answer. Il had to dig
it out for myself"
And why do you think | have made
this thing" he demanded abruptly.
Dreaming to leave footprints on the
sands OF time" lie laughed one OF
his horrible, hooking laughs. Not at
all. To get 1t patented. to make
with all night in while other men do
the work. That's my purpose. Also.
| have enjoyed working II out"
The creative Joy" | murmured.
Il guess that's what it ought to be
called. Which Is another way of ex.
pressing the JOY Of life in that 1t Is
alive, the triumph of movement over
matter. of the quick over the dead. the
pride OF the yeast because 1t Is yeast
and crawls."
threw up my hands with helpless
disapproval of his invctcrate matcri
alism aud went about making the bed
lie continued copying lines and figures
upon the transparent scale II was a
task requiring the utmost nicely and
precision, and | could not but admire
the way he tempered his strength to
the fnCness and deliCaCy OF the need
When | had finished the bed.
caught myself locking nj him In .
fascinated sort OF way. lie was Ger
tainly a handsome beautiful in
the masculine sense. And again. with
I
total lack OF vlCiousncss or wicked
ness or siutuluc8s in his face Who
was he What was he? How had he
happened to be? All powers seemed
his, all po,cutialitics- why. then. was
he no more than the obscure master OF
a seal hunting schooner with a rcpu
tatlou for trightful brutality among
the men who hunted seals
My curiosity burst from me IN =
mood OF speech
WHY Is II that you have not done
great things In this world? with the
power tina, Is yours YOU might have
risen TO any height Uuposscsscd OF
conscience or moral instinct. YOU
might have mastered the world bro
ken 1t to your hand Aud yet here you
are. al the top OF your life. where di
minIshing and dying begin. living an
obscure and sordid existence. hunt
ing sea animals for the satisfaction
OF womaus vanity and love OF deco
ration. reycing In n pigEishucss TO
use your own words, which Is any
thing and everything except splendid
Why. with all that wonderful strength
have you not done something There
VAS nothing to stop you. nothlue that
could stop you VIVA, was wrong
Did you tack ambition Did you tall
under temptation What was the mat
ter? VIVA, was tho matter Q"
lie had lifted his eyes to me at the
commencement Of my outburst. and
followed me complnccntly until had
done and stood before him brcathIcss
and dismay"d lie waited moment
as though seeking where to begin, and
then said
Hump do you know the parable
OF the BuWor who went forth TO SOW
II you viii remember, some OF tho
seed 'rll upon stony places where
there was not much earth. and forth
with they sprung mp because they had
no decpnoss OF earth And when the
sun Was M they were scorchcd. and
because they had no root they with
cred away And some foil among
thorns. and the thorns sprung up and
chokcd them"
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