Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-08
CHAPTER V-contInued.

breakfast l had another IN
enVlaole experience. When I had fin
ished washing the dishes l cleaned the
CABIN stove and carried the ashes up
on deck to empty them. Wolf Larsen
ana henderson were standing near the
wheel deep in conversation. passed
tneR and flung the ashes over the side
20 Windward. The wind drove them
PACK, and not only over me but over
henderson and Wolf Larsen. The
next instant the latter Kicked me VIC
lentAy' as a cur is Eicked. l reeled
awsy from him and leaned against the
caOln IN half-fainting Condition. But
Won Larsen did not follow me I'D.
Brushing the ashes from his clothes,
ne bad resumed his conversation with
henderson. Johansen, WHO had seen
the affair from the break OF the poop.
sent couple of sailors aft to clean
up the ness.
Later IN the morning 7 received a
surprise of a totally different sort
Following the cooks instructions.
mad gone into Wolf Larsen's state
room to put it to rights and make the
bed Against the wall, near the head
OF the bunk, was a rack filed with
DOCKS l glanced over them. noting
with establishment such names as
Shakespeare, Tennyson, Poe and De
/ Qulncey. There were scientific works
too, among which were represented
men such as Tyndan, Proctor and Oar
Win Astronomy and physics were
represented, and remarked BuIfnch' 8
Age Of Fable" Shaw's History OF
English and American Literature. s.
and JohnsOn's Natural History" in
two large volumes. Then there were
a number Of grammars, such as Met
calf's and Reed and Kellogg's; and
smiled as saw copy of The Deans
/ English"
l could not reconcile these books
with the man from what | had seen
| OF him. and | wondered if he could
/ possibly read them. But when I came
to make the bed found, between the
blankets, dropped apparently as if be
had sunk off to sleep, a complete
Browning. the Cambridge edition. Il
was open at in a Balcony" and
| noticed, here and there, passages IN
/ derlined in pencil. Further, lettins
/ drop the volume during a lurch of the
ship, a sheet Of paper fell out. It was
/ scrawled over with geometrical dia
grams and calculations Of some sort
This glimpse l had caught of his
/ other side must have emboldened me
/ for I resolved to speak to him about
the money had lost.
q have been robbed" I said to him
a little later. when found him pacing
up and down the poop alone.
Sir" he corrected. not harshly. but
sternly.
Il have been robbed. sir" 1 amend
ed.
How did it happen?" he asked.
Then / told him the whole circum
stance, how my clothes had been left
to dry in the galley, and how, later,
was nearly beaten by the cook wher
| / mentioned the matter.
He smiled at my recital. "Pickings.
he concluded; "Cooky's pickings. Ant
/ don't you think your miserable life
/ worth the price? Besides, consider il
a lesson. You'll learn in time how tC
/ take care of your money for yourself
/ l suppose, up to now, your lawyer has
done it for you. or your business
/ agent"
could feel the quiet sheer through
his words. but demanded. How car
l get it back again.
That's your lookout. You havenr
any lawyer or business agent now. sc
/ you'll have to depend on yourself
/ When you get a dollar, hang on to it
/ A man who leaves his money lyine
around. the way you did, deserves tc
/ lose it. Besides. you have sinned. You
/ have no right to put temptations in
/ the way OF your fellow-creatures. You
tempted Cooky, and he fell. You have
( placed his immortal soul in jeopardy
/ BY the way. do you believe in the
/ immortal soul?'
/ His lids lifted lazily as he asked the
/ question. and it seemed that the deeps
! were opening to me and that / was
gazing into his soul But it was ar
( illusion. Far as it might have seemed
no man has ever seen very far into
Wolf Larsen's soul, or seen it at all
of this I am convinced. II was very
lonely soul. was TO learn, that never
unmasked, though at rare moments ii
played at doing so.
| u read immortality in your eyes.
7 answered. dropping the "sir"-an ex
periment. for thought the intimacy
Of the conversation warranted it
1 u took no notice.