The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-08-24

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II seemed couturics-pos lilly II was
no moro than ten minutes that the
beating continued Wolf Larsen aud
J%ohauscn were all about the poor fcl
low And when he could no longer
rise they stu continued to beat and
KICK him whore he lay
Easy, Johansen, easy ms she goes,
Wolf Larsen finally said
JERK open the doors, Hump" I was
commanded.
ohcyed. and tho two hrutcs pickcd
up the sensclcss mar like q sack ~
rubbish and hove him clear up the
companion stairs through the narrow
doorway. and out on deck. The blood
from his nose pushed IN n scarlet
treat Owe the feet OF tho helms
man. who was none other than Louis.
his boat mate. Hut Louis took and
"A n spoke and gazed impcrturh
ably into the pinnacle.
not 80 was tho conduct Of George
Leach, the orstwhile cabin.boy. Fore
and uft there was nothing that could
have surprised us moro than his con
scducnt behavior. lie q, was that
came up on the poop without orders
and dragged Johnson forward. where
h." set about dressing his wounds as
we'll as he could and mailing him com
Portable.
Wolf Larsen was smoking a cigar
and examining the patent log which
the Ghost usually towcd astarn. but
which had been hauled In Tor snmo
purpose Suddenly Loach's voice came
20 my ears. II was tense and hoarse
with an ovormastcring rage. turned
and saw him standing Just beneath
the break of the poop on the port
side OF the galley. His face was con
vulsed and white. his eyes we're fash
ing. his clenched fists raised over
head.
May God damn your soul 70 hell
Wolf Larsen. only heil's too good for
you. you coward, you murderer. you
Pig" was his opening salutation.
was thunderstruck. | looked for
his instant annihilation. But Il was
not Wolf Larscn's within To- annihilate
him. He sauntered slowly forward TO
the break OF the poop. and. leaning
his elbow on the corner OF the CABIN.
gazed down thoughtfully and curious.
ly al the excited boy.
And the boy indicted Volt Larsen
as he had never been indicted before.
Each moment | looked. and everybody
looked, for him to leap upon the boy
and destroy him But II was not his
within. His cigar went out, and he
continued to raze silently and curt.
ously.
Leach had worked himself into an
ecstasy OF impotcnt rage.
Pig! Pig! Pig" he was roitcrat.
ing Mt the top OF his lungs. why
don't YOU come down and Kill mo. you
XIII me! XIII me! Kin me-"
II was at this stage that Thomas
MugridIc's crratic soul brought him
into the scene lie turned TO Leach
saying
such langwidgc! Shockin'!"
Leach's rage was no longer lmpo-
tent. Here az last was something
i'dhg " ualNh Hhu lbi Nut UENI time
since the stabbing the cockney had
appeared outside the galley without
his knife The words had barely left
his mouth when no was knocked down
by Leach. Three times he struggled
10 his feet, striving 10 gain the galley.
and each time a knocked down.
"Oh, Lord" he cried Flip ZIP!
IykA I'm, .uE'y nur,H, ,raro MI. a..
aw'y,"
Tho hunters laughed from sheer re
lief Tragedy had dw!ndlod. the farce
had begun The sailors COW crowded
boldly aft, gTiuning and shutting. TO
watch the %pummeling OF the hated
cOckncy And even felt a great 10y
surge up within me. | confess that de.
lighted In this beating Leach was Civ
ing to Thomas Mugridge, though Il
was as terrible, almost. as the one
Mugridgc had caused To be given TO
Johnson. But the expression ot Wolf
Larsen's face never changed The
cockney strove In vain 20 protect him.
self from the infatuated boy And IN
vain he strove to gain the shelter OF
he cabin Blow followed blow with
bewilderlng rapidity. lie was knocked
o Ike a s~huttlecoCk, until,
hnally, like Johnson. hs was beaten
and kicked as he lay helpless on the
deck. And 40 one interfered
But these two AFFAIRS were only tho
opening events OF the days program.
In the afternoon Smoke and Hender.
son fell foul of each other, and a N.
sillade OF shots came up from the
steerage, followed by a stampede OF
the other four hunters for the deck.
A column OF thick. acrid smoke-th.
kind always made by black powder
was arising through the open compan
ionway, and down through II Ieapsd
Wolf Larsen. The sound OF blows and
scutiing came TO our ears. Both men
were wounded. and he was thrashing
them both for having d~lsobeyed his
orders and crippled themselves In ad
n OF the hunting season. In fact,
they were badly wounded. and. having
thrashed them. he proceeded 10 op-
crate upon them In a rough surgical