Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-07

] him in a spell. He knew the world
yet Larsen's eyes compelled ODE
| dience.
Day by day, with not a CLEAN of
graciousness to break the orgy of
! brutishness, this tragic drama went
on. Humphrey despaired of even
a CLEAN of sunshine. Suddenly fate
! interviewed in the person of Maude
Brewster.
Like Humphrey, she came to the
Ghost from the sea, saved from a
wrecked liner. Like Humphrey, she
expected to be put aboard a pas
senger vessel. But no! The Sea
| Wolf had other plans. She was add
ed to the crew as Humphrey was,
and likewise for the good of her
| SOUL
| Maude received the news in Won
derment. What~kind of man was
! this mocl1ing master Of the Ghost?
| She was soon to find out.
| The cook had offended Larsen. A
rope was coi1ed around the offender
and he was cast overheard in the
wake Of the ship. A shark rushed
| for him and Larsen ordered him
pulI6u III. bSSpIlS IHS llduu6uGU
| haste, the shark in the final rush
tore away the foot of the victim.
The shark was not in the reck-
oning, Miss Brewster" said the
| Sea Wolf smiling1y. ct was-shall
we say-an act of Providence"
This scene convinced Humphrey
that he must kill Wolf Larsen. His
courage flared up so brightly that
| he actually threatened to murder
him.
| The Sea Wolf parked a whimsi-
cal guffaw: Bravo, Hump, you do
me proud. like you the better for
: it.
, Humphrey WINGED. He confided his
| resolution to Maude, with whom
he had fallen in love. She coun-
seled against it, protesting that
moral courage always defeats brute
force, but she failed to convince
him. He knew the Sea Wolf too
| we'll.
The dancing lights in Wolf Lar
| sens eyes when he looked into
Maude's warned Humphrey that
| some day the storm would break.
And it did. In the midst, of the
night, he rushed into Maude's cabin
to find her in the crushing embrace
of Wolf Larsen.
Humphrey flung himself on the
monster to be tossed aside like a
chip. He rushed again, drawing his
knife, pIunging the blade into the
Sea VOLTS shoulder. Larsen stag
gered back and Maude : seized
Humphrey, begging him not to
kill. Suddenly the Wolf collapsed.
not from the wound, but as il
from some uncanny spell that par
alyzed him. The giant was help
less. Humphrey carried him to his
berth and realized that opportu-
nifty for escape was at hand.
Maude and he put off in small
i boat, hoping that they might make
Japan, 500 miles away. But the
winds and creeping drift Of the Pa
cific interviewed, and finally the grim
adventure ended for time on a
little Arctic island. Here they pre-
pared to remain for the winter.
Suddenly one morning, weeks aft
err, Humphrey saw on the beach the
wreck of a vessel, and it was
strangely familiar. 1t could not be
yes. it was-the Ghost. The
blood chilled his veins. WILD
thoughts of flight or the sudden
ending of both their lives entered
his mind: Then a wondering cum
ming succeeded such fears He
would kill Wolf Larsen. kill him
as he slept, for all on board were
doubtless sleeping. With knife and
gun he climbed to the deck. He
saw no one. Was the ship deserted
after all?
But as he rounded the poop there
III To1f
Humphrey raised his gun; the trig-
ger clicked sharply. Then silence.
why don't you shoot?" cody re-
marked the Wolf.
Humphrey could not speak.
"Humph,'' said the Sea Wolf slow
/ ly. You can't do it. And after all
I have taught you. You know that /
would kill an unarmed man as read
lily as 1 would smoke a cigar Bah!
1 had expected the better things of
you, Humph.'
Humphrey slowly lowered the gun
The Ghosts presence was explain
ed calmly by the Sea Wolf. He was
caught in a net he had set for his
hated brother, Death" Larsen, his
crew were taken away and he was
left alone, Pacific storms did the
| rest.
A strange weariness in the Sea
VOLTS bearing, hesitant, pre-occu-
pied air about him puzzled Hum
phrey. A few days later, he again
summoned courage to put him out
of the way. But this time he saw
Wolf Larsen slowly making his way
down the deck, his quivering finger
tips cropping for the hand rails.
Wolf Larsen was blind! No need
to kill him.
=. Maude and Humphrey determined
to escape by repairing the Ghost