The Arvada enterprise., 1916-08-17

Then to what end" he demanded
IF | am why?"
faltercd. How could explain my
Idealism to this man? How could |
put into speech something felt. a
something like the strains Of music
heard in sleep. a something that con
vinced yet transcribed utterance?
"Wha, do you believe, them" |
cOuntcred
Il believe that life Is a mess" he
answered promptly. 1T is like yeast
fermcnt, a thing that moves and
may move for minute. an hour.
year, or 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 move the
longest. that is all What do you make
of those things"
He swept his arm in an impatient
gesture toward a number Of the sail
ors who were working on some kind
of rope stun amidships.
They move: so does the jellyhsh
move. They move in order to eat in
order that they may keep moving.
There you have 1t. They live for
their belly's sake, and the belly Is for
their sake, It's 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 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 job"
But that is beside the matter"
cried
Not at all" He was speaking rap.
idly. now. and his eyes were flashing
1T is pggishncss. and II is life. o.;
what use or sense is an Immortality
of piggishncss? What is the end?
What Is 1t 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
it all about? Why have | kept you
hcrc?-"
"Bccause you are stronger" man
aged to blurt out.
but why stronger" he went on at
once with his perpetual queries. BE
cause am a bigger bit of the fcrmcnt
than you? Don't you see? Don't you
see?"
But the hopclessness of It," pro
tested
Il agree with you" he answered
Then why move at all. since moving
is living? Without moving and being
part OF the yeast there would be no
ubptltSNUtNS. lbul-unu mere II ls-
we want to live and move. though we
have no reason to. because It happens
that II is the nature OF life to live and
move. TO want to live and move. II It
were not for this. life would be dead
1t is because OF this life that is in you
that you dream OF your immortality
The life that Is In you is alive and
wants to go on being alive forever,
Bah, An eternity OF piggishncss.
lie abruptly turned on his heel and
started forward. lie stopped at the
break Of the poop and called me to
him.
"liy the way, how much was Il that
Cooky got away with" he asked
One hundred and ciRhiy-nye dol
lars, sir answered
lie nodded his head moment
later. as started down the companion
stairs to lay the table FOR dinner, /
heard him loudly cursIng some men
amidships