The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-07-27
CHAPTER V-contlnued

After breakfast had another I'm
snviable experience. when had IN
lshed washing the dishes cleaned the
cabin stove and carried the ashes M
on deck TO empty them. Wolf Larsen
and Henderson were standing neal the
wheel, deep in conversation. passed
hcm 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 VITO
lently. as \ cur IL kicked. reeled
away from him and leaned against the
cabin In a h~altfainting condition. But
Wolf Larsen did not follow me up
Brurhing the ashes from his clothes.
he had resumed his conversation with
Henderson. %Johansen. who had seen
the afair from the break OF the poop.
sent a couple OF sailors aft TO clean
Up the mess.
Later In the morning | received a
surprise OF a totally different sort.
Following the cooks instructions. |
had gone into Wolf Larsen's state
room to put II TO rights and make the
bed. Against the wall near the head
OF the bunk, was a rack filed with
DOCKS. ! glanced owe them. noting
with astopishment such names as
Shakespeare. Tennyson. Poe and De
Quincy. There were scientific works
too, among witch we're represented
mon QuRh On TNnAan D... - ~
win. Astronomy and physics were
represented. and remarked Bulhnch's
Age OF Fable" Shaw's History OF
English and American Literature"
n J%ohnson's Natural History" In
two large volumes, Then there were
a number OF grammars. such as Met
Calls and Reed and K~ellogg's; and
smiled as ! saw a copy OF The Deans
English"
could not reconcile these books
with the mar 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 10 sleep, a complete
Browning. the Cambridge edition. II
was open at I'm a Balcony" and |
noticed, here and there, passages I'm.
derlined In pencil. Further. letting
drop the volume during a lurch OF the
ship a sheet OF paper fell out. Il was
scrawled over with geometrical dia
grams and calculations OF some sort
This glimpse | had caught OF his
other side must have emboldened me
for ! resolved to speak TO him about
the money | had lost.
i have been robbed" | said 10 him.
a little later, when | found him pacing
up and down the poop alone.
sir" he corrected. no harshly. but
sterniy.
Il have been robbed. sir" amend.
ed.
How did II happen ?" he asked.
Then told him the whole circum
stance, how my clothes had been lief,
to dry In the galley, and how, later.
was nearly beaten by the cook waar
! mentioned the matter.
He smiled at my recital. "Picking,.'
he concluded "Cooky's pickings And
don't you think your miserable lito
worth the price? Besides, consider /,
a lesson. Youll learn in time how tc
take care Of your money for yourself
suppose, up TO now. your lawye. has
done II for you. or your business
agent
I could feel the quiet sneer through
hts words, but demanded. How ca.
! get II back again"
That's your lookout. You haven
any lawyer or business agent now. 9,
youll have 20 depend on yourself
When you get a dollar, hang on . It
a man who leaves his money lyin,
around. the way you did. deserves I,
lose IL Besides. you have sinned 70,
have no right TO put temptations II
the way Of your fellow.creatures. 70,
tempted Cooky, and he fell. You hay,
placed his immortal soul In jeopardy
By the way, do you believe In tn,
immortal souiI"
His lids lifted lazily az he asked tn,
question. and II seemed that the deep
were opening to me and that wa
gazing into his soul, But II was a
illusion. Far az II might have seemed
no nan has ever see very far int
Wolf Larsen's soul, OF seen II at all
Of this am convinced. II was a yer
lonely soul, | was to learn, that neve
i unmasked, though at rare moments
. played al doing so,
II read Immortality in your eyes.
J answered, Dropping the "sir"-an el
pertinent, for thought the intimac
Of the conversation warranted II.
We took nc notice.