The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-01-15
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Tho Ghost has attained the south
ernmost point of the arc she Is ue-
scribing across the Pacinc, ana Is al
ready beginning to edge away 10 inc
west and north toward some lone
island II is rumored where she VIII
fill her water casks before proceeding !
TO the seasons hunt along the coast Oh !
! Japan. The hunters have experiment |
cd and practiced with their rifles and
shotguns till they are satisfied ana
put their boats in apple-pie order-to
use Leach's homely phrase.
His arm, by the way. has heaieu
nicely, though the scar will remain all
his life. Thomas Mugridge lives III
mortal fear Of him, and Is afraid TO
venture on deck after dark. Louis
shakes his head obviously over the
outlook for the man Johnson. VINO mas
collided two or three times with WON
Larsen over the pronunciation OF his
name. Johansen he thrashed on the
amidships deck the other night. since
which time the mate has called him
nv his proper name. But of course II
Is out of the question that Johnson
should thrash Wolf Larsen.
Louis has also given me additional
information about Death Larsen,
which tallies with the captains brief
description. We may expect to meet
Death Larsen on the Japan coast.
"And look out for squalls" Is LOUIS
prophecy. "for they hate one another
. like the wolf whelps they are Death
Larsen is in command of the only seal
ing steamer in the feet, the Mace
donia which carries fourteen boats
whereas the rest of the schooners
v carry only six.
10 A II is forward and in the galley
,, On II "a in the steerage and aft, on this
n veritable hell-ship. Men fight and
r. struggle ferociously for one another
"a lives The hunters are looking for
"A shooting scrape at any moment De
-, tween Smoke and Henderson. whose
NJ. old quarrel has not healed. while Wol
IN Larsen SAYS positively that he Will XII
ro tho survivor of the affair, II such al
ve fair comes off. | think even the hunt
"a ers are appalled, at his cold-bloodec
es ness. Wicked men though they OF
IN they are certainly very much afrai
ng of him.
,rs Thomas Mugridge is curlike in n,
he subsection to me. while go ABOUT
m secret dread OF him. His is the cou
no are of fear-a strange thing | kno
we'll of myself-and at any moment
nd NAV master the fear and impel MI
ida to the taking of my life. My knee
IN much better, though it often aches II
long neriods. and the stiffness is gra
loo uallv leaving the arm which VIC
,ur. Larsen squeezed.
hJe was amused. a couple OF evening
the hack. by seeing Wolf Larsen readil
lite the Bible, copy Of which had De-
nor found in the dead mates sea-che
,av. 7 wondered what Wolf Larsen cou
ora. get from it, and he read aloud to I
use from Ecclesiastes. | can hear him no
v a as | shall always hear him. the prin
say melancholy vibrant in his voice as
and read.
the There you nave IT, hump, NC %
be- closing the book upon his niger a
ay." looking up at me. THE Preacher
who was king over Israel IN Jerusal
thought as | think. All is vanity
tiles yexation of spirit, There is no pr'
q to under the sum- There is one ev
mo unto ALL to the fool and the wise.
reat clean and the unclean. the sinner
N It the saint, and that event is death. {
". an evil thing. he says. For the Prea
orsi- or loved life. and did not want to
,por- saving. For living dog Is better Il
orns n dead lion.' He preferred the vaI
And. and vexation to the silence and
Know movableness of the grave. And
man. To crawl is piggish; but to not CT;
to be as the clod and rock is loathst
re Is to contemplate Life itself Is un
isfaction, but to look ahead to deaf
cedo- greater dissatisfaction"
swer ITO BE CONTINUEDJ