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

Then to what end" he demanded.
III am immortal why7"
faltered. How could | explain nv
idealism to this man? How could I
put into speech a something felt, a
something like the strains Of music
heard In sleep. a something that con
WINGED yet transcribed utterance?
What do you believe. them" |
countcred.
II believe that lie Is a mess he
answered promptly 1T Is like a yeast
"a ferment. a thing that moves and
may move for a minute. an hour. a
year, or a hundred years, but that In
the end will cease to move. The big
eat the little that they may continue
to move. the strong eat the weak that
they may retain their strength. The
lucky eat the most and nov the
longest. that is all. what do you make
OF those things?"
lie swept his arm In an impatient
gesture toward a number OF the sail
ors who were working on some kind
OF rope stun a%midships.
They move. so does the ~jellyAsh
! move. They move In order TO eat In
order that they may keep moving
There YOU have IL. They live for
their belly's sake. and the belly is TOR
their sake. It's a circle: you get no
where. Neither do they. In the end
they come to a standstill. They move
no more. They are dead"
They have dreams" interrupted
radiant. flashing dreams"
"of grub" he concluded senten
tiously.
And Of more"
Grub. OF a larger appetite and
! more luck In satisfying IT," His voice
sounded harsh. There was no levity
in IT, You and are just like them
There is no difference, except that We
have eaten more and better. am
eating them now, and you. too But
In the past you have eaten more than
have. You wear the warm clothes
They made the clothes, but they shiver
in rags and ask you. the lawyer, or
the business agent who handles your
money, for a job"
But that is beside the matter"
cried.
Not at all" He was speaking rap.
idly, now, and his eyes were flashing.
1t Is piggishness, and II Is life. or
. what use or sense is an Immortality
OF piggishness? What Is the end
What Ia II all about? To be piggish
as you and ! have been all our lives
does not seem TO be Just the thing for
immortals TO be doing Again. what's
IL all about? Why have ! kept you
here?-"
Because you are stronger" man.
aged TO blurt out
But why stronger" he went on at
once with hts perpetual queries. BE
cause am a bigger bit OF the ferment
than you? Don't you see? Don't you
see?"
Blu, the hopelessness OF H." I pro.
tested.
Il agree with you" he answered
Then why o at all, since moving
Is living? Without moving and being
part OF the yeast there would be no
hopelessness. But-and here II is
we wan TO live and move, though We
have no reaso TO. because II happens
that il Ia the nature of life 10 live and
move, TO want 10 live and move II Il
were not for this, life would be dead
II IL because OF this life that II In you
that you dream OF your Immortality,
The life that Ia In you Ia alive and
wants 10 go or being alive forever
Bah! An eternity OF piggishncss!"
He abruptly turned on his heel and
started forward. He stopped at the
break OF the poop and called me to
him.
by the way, how much was II tina,
Cooky got away WITH" he asked.
one hundred and eighty.tve dol
lars. sir answered.
lie nodded his head. a momen,
later, az started down the companion
stairs to lay the table for dinner.
heard him loudly cursing some men
Gmidships.