The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-12-10
ME keen eyes of Wolf Larsen,
master Of tho saalipp schooner

AnoAN ia kHC cCoiInS SGLUOt1CE
Ghost, bound for Japanese
poaching grounds. spotted the bobbfng
head OF Humphrey Van Weyden amid
the waves Of San Francisco bay, into
whose waters Humphrey had been
thrown as a result Of q shipwreck. A
Few moments more and Humphrey was
aboard the Ghost.
Rescued, he faced his rescuer with
thanks and a request to be put ashore.
The skipper eyed him ~cu-iousIy.
what do you do for g living?' he
asked.
Il am q gentleman" Humphrey
stammered.
~Who feeds yOu?"
II have an inc0me.~
Wolf Larsen's lips curled In a sheer.
"YOu stand on dead mems legs. You
couldn't walk alone between two SUM-
rises and hustle the meat for your
belly for three meals You stay here
as cabin boy for the good Of your soul.
I'll make a man of you"
Instant rebellion leaped into Hum
phrey'S eyes. Before he could protest
there came a sudden interruptions
caamor from the real cabin boy, a
great husky youth who stood by. Wolf
Larsen turned and crashed his fist into
the boys stomach. Crumpled like q
vet rag around a stick, the lad col
hpsed into a heap on the deck.
"Well," said Wolf Larsen meaningly
10 Humphrey, shave you made up your
snindT"
The spark of manhood in Humphrey
died out
ayes" he replied weakly.
"Say Yes, sirv"
Yes sir"
And thus Humphrey passed into the
Servitude Of Wolf Larsen, the Sea
Wolf. His blinking eyes, half reveal
ing and half %concealing his terror, sur
veyed his master and thus appraised
him: Massive of build, like a huge
gorilla; with a strength, savage and
f%erOcious; features of no evil stamp;
eyes of battling prOtean gray, some
times as chill as an Arctic landscape,
sometimes all aglOw with lOve-lights-
AmtCIcC, DId6IuIilc anu COLJDCIiluS"
which at the same time f~ascinate and
dominate until they surrender
In a gladness of Joy and of relief and
sacrifice"
His creed, the mighty will which en-
gtned Wolf Larsen, was short.
life is a mess" he declared. "The
big eat the little that they may con
tnue 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"
His company on shipbOard: seamen
sodden and sullen by drink, more ami
ma than human ; a group of seal hunt
ers, wild reckless nomads, ignorant Of
an ordered world-ail slaves in body
and spirit to the Sea Wolf. !
Yet there was a gentle side to Wolf
Larsen. He was no ignorant ave man.
He could discuss literature with
Hump" roll over his lips the poetic
glories of Shelley and Browning, argue
the sciences with amazing fluency and
be disarmingly charming at times.
As the days rolled on and murder0us
4uarrels made the hours hideous,
Humphreys backbone gradually stiff
ened. He dreamed of killing the Sea !
Wolf. But Larsen fascinated him and
like some splendid animal, some dan
gerous beast, held him in a spell. He
knew the world should be rid Of such.
monster, yet Larsen's eyes compelled
obedience.
Day by day, with not q CLEAN OF gra-
eiousness to break the orgy OF BRITISH
ness, this tragic drama went on. Hum
phrey despaired of even 2 CLEAN OF
sunshine. Suddenly fate interviewed
n the person of Maude Brewster.
Like Humphrey, she came to the
Ghost from the sea. saved from q
wrecked liner. Like Humphrey. she