The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1916-10-26

NhCJ ~oulu Creep III uho oc0
wraiths. one by one. out OF the gray
Wainwright. the hunter whom Wolf
Larsen had stolen with boat and men.
took advantage OF the yelled sea and
escaped. He disappeared one morn
ing In the encircling fog with his two
men. and we never saw them again.
though 1t was not many days when
we learned that they had passed from
schooner to schooner until they finally
regained their own.
had read sea romanccs in my time.
wherein figured. as a matter OF course.
the lone woman in the midst OF a ship
load OF men: but | learned, now, that
| had never comprehendcd the deeper
significance OF such a stuation-the
thing the writer's harped upon and ex.
plotted so thoroughly. And here 1t
was. now. and | was face to face with
1t. That 1t should be as vital as pos.
s!ble. 1t required no more than that
the woman should be Maud Brewster.
who now charmed me In person as
she had long charmed me through her
work.
S'' wac ihlhS NOulldot W
Wolf Larsen. Each was nothing that
the other was. everything that the
other was not. noted them walking
the deck together one morning. and
ltkened them to the extreme ends OF
| the human ladder of evolution-thc
one the elimination OF all savagery.
the other the finished product OF the
| finest civilization
But this day. az | noted them pac-
| Ing up and down. ! saw that 1t was she
who terminated the walk. 1t was in
! his eyes that saw the cause OF her
| perturbation. Ordinarily gray and
cold and harsh. they were now warm
and soft and golden. and all adance
with the tiny lights that dimmcd and
faded. or welled up till the full orbs
were flooded with a glowing radiance.
! Perhaps 1t was to this that the golden
color was due: but golden his eyes
were, enticing and masterful, at the
same time Turing and compelling. and
speaking demand and clamor OF the
blood which no woman. much less
Maud Brewster. could misunderstood
ilti oNH Iusnfu upon me,
and In that moment OF fear. the most
terrible fear a man can experience,
! knew that in inexpressible ways she
was dear to me. The knowledge that
| loved her rushed upon me with the
terror, and with both emotions grip
ping at my heart and causing my
blood at the same time to chill and
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| by power without mo and beyond
me. and found my eyes returning
against my will to gaze into the eyes
OF Wolf Larsen But he had recovered
| himself The golden color and the
dancing lights were gone. Cold and
gray and glittering they were as he
bowed brusquely and turned away.
Il am afraid" she whispered with
n SILVER. Il am so afraid"
l. too was afraid. and what OF my
| discovery OF how much she meant to
| me my mind was in turmoil. but |
succeeded in answering quite calmly:
AN will come right. Miss Brewster.
! Trust me. ii will come right"
She answered with grateful little
smile that sent my heart pounding.
| and started to descend the companion
! stairs
For a long while | remained stand.
| ing where she had left me. There
/ was imperative need to adjust nv.
/ self, to consider the Significance OF
! the changed aspect of things II had
| come, at last, love had come. when |
! least expected ii and under the most
| fOrbidding conditions. OF course. my
! philosophy had always recognized the
| inovltablcncss OF the love call sooner
/ or later. but long years OF bookish
| silence had made me inattentive and
unproparcd And now 1t had come,
! In what could have been no less than
/ an ecstasy. | left my post at the head
OF the companionway and started
ul,Elg the deck. murmuring to myself
tsose beautiful lines OF Mrs Brown.
ing.
| lived with visions fur my company
lystcnd Of men uuh women years ago
And found them gentle mates. nor
thought to know
sw~rcr music tEnu they played to
me.
But the sw.etcr music was playing
" my ears. and was blind and oh.
! liyious to all Hbou, me The sharp
voice OF Wolf Larsen aroused me.
What the hell are you up to-" he
was demanding
had s,rayod forward where the
sailors were painting. and | came to
myself TO md my advancing foot on
the verge Of nvcrturuing paint pot
Slc"p.walking. suustrukc. what"
] he baTkod
No. Indigestion rctortrd. and
| continued my walk ns II nothing un.
/ toward had occurred
| Al the midday dinner. Wolf Larsen
informed the hunters that they were
to eat hcuccfurth TN the stcoraEc 1t
was an unprccodcnto., thing on sealing