The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-07-20

wen undressed and from which ruf
fercd for weary months. and the name
OF Hump" which Wolf Larsen had
called me from the poop. Thereafter
fore and aft. was known by no other
name, until the term became n part
VI my thought processes and | idouti
fed II with myself. thought of myself
as Hump. ms though Hump were ! AMI
had always been |.
II was no easy task. waiting ON tho
cabin table. whore sat Wolf Larsen,
Johansen and the six hunters. Tn"
cabin was small, to begin with. and to
move around. as was compelled to.
was not made easier by the ]schooner's
violent pitching and wallowing. But
what struck me most fCrcibly was
the total lack OF sympathy on the part
OF the men whom served. could
feel my knee through my clothes
swelling and swelling, and was STICK
and faint from the pain OF II. could
catch glimpscs OF my face, white and
CHASTITY. distorted with pain, in the
cabin mirror. All the men must have
seen my condition, but not one spoke
or took notice Of me. til was almost
grateful 10 Wolf Larsen. later on q
was washing the dishes). when he
said;
Don't let q little thing like that
bother you. You'll get used to such
things In time. Il may cripple you
some, but all the same you'll be learn.
ing 10 walk.
That's what you call q paradox
isn't it?" he added.
He seemed pleased when ] nodded
my head with the customary Yes
sir"
Il suppose %you'know a BIT about liz
erary things? En-? Good. I'll have
some talks with you sometime"
And then, taking no further account
OF me. he turned his back and went
up on deck.
That night. when ! had finished an
endless amount OF work. ! was sent TO
sleep in the steerage. where | made
up a spare bunk. was glad 10 get out
OF the detestable presence OF the cook
and to be on my feet. To my surprise,
my clothes had dried on me and there
seen ID no indications OF catching cold.
either from the last soaking or from
the prolonged soaking from the foun.
dering OF the Martinez. Under ordi
nary circumstances. after all that
had undergone. ! should have been Il,
for bed and a trained nurse.
n,,, - Ey,na u.aa hot harGn1 ma To-
ribly. AS we.. as ! cNld make out
the kneecap seemed turned up on
edge IN the midst of the swelling. a
! sat in my bunk examining II tthe
six hunters were all In the steerage
smoking and talking In loud voices
Henderson took a passing glance at II
Looks nasty" he commented. "Ti'
a rag around II and itll be all right
Like the savage, the attitude o
these men was stoical In great things
childish In little things, remember
later in the voyage, .eeing Kerfoot
another OF the hunters, lose a hnge
by having II smashed to a Jelly. ant
he did no even murmur or change IN,
EXPRESSION on his face. Yet hay,
seen the same man. time and again
hy into the most outrageous passion
over n triiie.
He was doing II now. vociferatinp
believing. waving his arms, and ours
ing like a fend, and all because OF
disagreement with another hunter a
TO whether a seal pup knew instinC
/ lively how TO swim.
For the most part, the remainin
four hunters leaned on the table OF Ia
IN their hunks and left the dlscusslo
to the two antagonists.
I And they smoked, incessantl
smoked. using a coarse, cheap and o
fensive.smelling tobacco. The al
was thick and murky with the smok
I OF II. and this. combined with the VII
v lent movement OF the ship as sh
struggled through the storm. woul
surely have made me seasick, had
n been n victim to that malady. AS
was, Il made me quite squeamisl
u though this nausea might have bee
due TO the pain OF my leg and eXhau
d ton. '-'-
o AS lay there thinking | natural
z dwelt upon myself and my situation
II was unparalleled, undreamed-o
that |. Humphrey Van Weyden,
q scholar and a dilettante. II you pleas
q In things artistic and literary, shou'
y be lying here on a Boring sea seal'hun
. Ing schooner, Cabin.boy! | had new
q done any hard manual labor, or set
lion labor, In my life. My muscles We
q small and soft. like a woman's, or
y the doctors had said time and aga
70 In the course OF their attempts TO pc
70 suade me to go In for physical cultuI
fads. But | had preferred TO use u
y head rather than my body, and he
was, in no NJ condition for the rouI
~ life In prospect.
!" These are merely a few OF the thin
u" that ven through my mind and a
related for the sake OF vindicating m
u self In advance In the weak and bel
a less role was destined TO play, Is
u thought. also, OF my mother and S
III tiers, and pictured their grief. "