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

upon this, and him. Louis passed 1udE
ment and prophecy.
'Tis a fine chap. that squarehead
Johnson we've for'ard with u.s." he
said. "The best sailorman in the
fo'c'sle. He's my boat puller. But
it's to trouble he'll come with Wolf
Larsen. as the sparks fly upward The
Wolf is strong. and it's the way OF
wolf 10 hate strength. an strength
Il is he'll see In Johnson-no knucklin'
under. and Yes. sir thank ye kindly.
sir for a curse or a blow"
Thomas Mugridge is becoming unen-
durable. | am compelled to Mister
him and Sir him with every speech.
One reason for this is that Wolf Lar
sen seems to have taken q fancy to
him. II is an unprecedented thing. I
take It, for a captain to be chummy
with the cook; but this is certainly
what Wolf Larsen Is doing Two OF
three times he put his head into the
galley and chaifed Mugridge good
naturally. and once, this afternoon. he
stood by the break Of the poop and
chatted with him for fully fifteen min
utes. When It was over, and Mug
ridge was back in the galley. be be-
came greasily radiant. and went about
his work. humming the coster songs
In a nerve-racking and discordant fal-
setto.
Il always get along with the ON.
GERS" he remarked to me in . conf.
Dental tone Il know the wy. do.
to myke myself uppreci.yted. There
was my last skipper. 'Mugridge.' seq
e to me. 'Mugridge. SEE ., you've
missed yer vokytion.' An 'ow's thatH
SEE |. Yes should a been born
gentleman. an never ad to work for
yer livin'.' God strike me dead. imp,
II that ayn't wot e seq, an me a-sittin'
there in rs own cabin, joIly-like an
comfortable. a-smokin' Is cigars an
drinkin' Is rum"
This chItter-chatter drove me to dis
traction. never heard voice hated
so. Positively. he was the. most dis.
gushing and loathsome person have
ever met. The filth Of his cooking was
indescrbable. and. as he cooked every
thing that was eaten aboard, ] was
compelled to select what | ate with
great circumspection. choosing from
the least dirty OF his concoctions.
My hands bothered me a great
deal, unused as they were to work.
Nor was my knee any better. The
swelling had not gone down, and the
cap was still up on edge. Hobbling
about on 1t from morning to night was
not helping II any What | needed
was rest, II It we're ever to get we'll.
Rest! never before knew the
meaning OF the word. had been rest
ing all my life and did not know II.
But now. from half past FIVE in the
morning till ten o'clock at night, !
am everybody's slave, with not one
moment to myself. except such as !
can steal near the end OF the second
dog watch. Let me pause for min
ute TO look out over the sea sparkling
in the sun, or to gaze at sailor going
aloft to the gaii-topsails, or running
out the bowsprit, and | am sure to
hear the hateful voice. Ere. you
imp. no sodgerin. I've got my peep
ers on yer"
There are signs OF rampant bad tenn
per in the steerage, and the gossip is
going around that Smoke and Hender-
son have had a fight. Henderson
seems the best of the hunters. a slow.
going fellow. and hard to rouse; but
reused he must have been, for Smoke
had a bruised and discolored eye,
and looked particularly vicious wher
he came into the cabin for supper.
CTo RE coNTINUEDJ