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


After breakfast | had another I'm.
enviable experience. When ] had I'm.
ished washing the dishes cleaned the
cabin stove and carried the ashes up
on deck to empty them. Wolf Larsen
and Henderson were standing near the
wheel. deep In conversation. passed
them and flung the ashes over the side
TO windward, The wind drove them
back. and not only over me but over
Henderson and Wolf Larsen. The
next instant the latter kicked me VIC.
lently, as cur Is kicked. reeled
away from him and leaned against the
cabin in half-fainting condition. But
Wolf Larsen did not follow me up.
Brushing the ashes from his clothes.
he had resumed his conversation with
Henderson. Johansen, who had seen
the affair from the break Of the poop.
sent a couple of sailors aft to clean
I'D the mess
Later in the morning l received a
surprise OF totally different sort.
Following the cooks instructions,
had gone into Wolf Larsen's state.
room to put 1t to rights and make the
bed. Against the wall. near the head
OF the bunk. was a rack filed with
books. | glanced over them. noting
with astonishment such names as
Shakespeare. Tennyson, Poe and De
Quincy. There were scientific works,
too, among which we're represented
men such as Tyndall, Proctor and Oar
win. Astronomy and physics were
represented. and remarked Bulinch g
Age OF Fable" Shaw's History OF
English and American Literature"
and Johnson's Natural History" in
two large volumes. Then there were
a number of grammars, such as Met.
calf's and Reed and Kellogg's; and |
smiled as saw copy Of The Deans
English"
could not reconcile these books
with the man from what | had seen
OF him. and wondered II he could
possibly read them. But when | came
to make the bed found. between the
blankets, dropped apparently as II he
had sunk of to sleep. a complete
Browning, the Cambridge edition. II
was open at TN a Balcony" and
noticed. here and there. passages un.
derlined In pencil. Further, letting
drop the volume during lurch Of the
ship. q sheet OF paper fell out. II was
scrawled over with geometrical dIa.
grams and calculations OF some sort
This glimpse l had caught OF bis
other side must have emboldened me
for resolved to speak TO him about
the money | had lost.
Il have been robbed" said to him
little later. when found him pacing
up and down the poop alone.
"Sir." he corrected. not harshly. but
sternly.
Il have been robbed. sir" I amend
cd.
How did 1t happen?" he asked.
Then ! told him the whole circum
stance. how my clothes had been left
to dry in the galley. and how. later.
was nearly beaten by the cook when
mentioned the matter.
He smiled at my recital. "Pickings.'
he concluded: "Cooky's pickings And
don't you think your miserable life
worth the prieef Besides. consider Il
a lesson. You'll learn in time how tc
take care Of your money for yourself
suppose. up to now. your lawyer has
done It for you. or your business
agent"
could feel the quiet sheer through
his words. but demanded. How can
got II back again."
That's your lookout You haven't
any lawyer or business agent now. %
you'll have to depend on yourself
When you get dollar. hang on to IL
A man who leaves his money lyins
around. the way you did. deserves tc
lose it. Besides. you have sinned. You
have no right to put temptations in
the way OF your fellow-cfeatures. You
tempted Cooky. and he fell You have
placed his immortal soul in jeopardy
BY the way. do you believe in the
immortal soul?"
His lids lifted lazily as he asked the
question. and Il seemed that the deeps
were opening TO me and that ] was
gazing into his soul. But it was an
Illusion. Far as II might have seemed
no man has ever seen very far into
Wolf Larsen's soul. or seen Il at all
OF this | am convinced. Il was very
lonely soul. was to learn. that never
unmasked. though Al rare moments Il
played at doing 50.
Il read immortality IN your eyes.
answered. dropping the "sir"-ah ex
pertinent. for ! thought the intimacy
81 the conversation warranted Il.
He took 70 notice.