The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-12-10

WAS SOOn 10 nnO u
The cook had offended Larsen. A
rope was coiled around the offender
and he was cast overheard In the
wake Of the ship. A shark rushed f0r
him and Larsen ordered him pulled In.
Despite the maddened haste, the shark
In the final rush tore away the foot Of
the victim.
1.-THE shark was not in the reckoning,
Miss Brewster" said the Sea Wolf.
smilingly. ut was-shall we say-an
act of Providence"
This scene convinced Humphrey that
h must kill Wolf Larsen. His cour-
age fiareL uT SO brightly that he actu-
ally threatened to murder him.
The Sea Wolf barked a whimsical
outlaw: Bravo, Hump, you do me
proud. 1 like you the better for it."
Humphrey WINGED. He cOnfided his
resolution to Maude, with whom he
had fallen in love. She counseled
against it, protesting that moral cour-
age always defeats brute force, but
she failed to convince him. He knew
the Sea Wolf too well.
The dancing lights in Wolf Larsen's
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 crush
ing embrace Of Wolf Larsen.
Humphrey flung himself on the
monster to be tossed aside like q chip.
He Rshed again. drawing his knife,
plunging the blade into the Sea VOLTS
shoulder. Larsen staggered back and
Maude seized Humphrey. begging him
not to kill. Suddenly the Wolfe col.
lapsed, not from his wound, but as If
from some uncanny spell that para
lyzed him. The giant was helpless.
Humphrey carried him to his berth
and realized that opportunity for es-
cape was at hand.
Maude and he put of in q small
boat, hoping that they might make
Japan, 600 miles away. But the winds
and creeping drift of the Pacific inter-
vened and finally the grim adventure
ended for a time on q little Arctic
island. Here they prepared to remain
for the winter.
Suddenly n morning, weeks after,
Humphrey saw on the beach the
wreck Of a vessel. and it was strangely
familiar. 1t could not be-yes ii was
Ghost. The blood chilled in his
veins. Wild thoughts of flight or the
sudden ending of both their lives en-
tered his mind. Then a wondering
cunning succeeded such fears. He
would kill Wolf Larsen, kill him as be
slept, for all on board were doubtless
sleeping. With knife and u he
climbed to the deck. He saw no one.
Was the ship deserted after all?
But as he rounded the poop there
burst on his gaze the Sea Wolf. Hum
phrey raised his gun; the trigger
clicked sharply. Then silence.
"Why don't you shoot?" coolly re-
marked the Wolf.
Humphrey could not speak.
Hump" said the Sea Wolf. slowly,
you can't do it And after all I have
you. You know that / would
kill an unarmed man as readily as I
smoke a cigar. Bahi / had ex-
pected the better things Of you,
Humphrey slowly lowered the gun.
The Ghosts presence was explained
by the Sea Wolf. He was
caught In a net he had set for his
hated brother, death" Larsen, his
crew we're taken away and he was left
alone. Pacific storms did the rest
A strange WEAKNESS in the Sea
bearing, q hesitant, preoccupied
air about him puzzled Humphrey. A
Few days later he again summoned
courage to put him out of the way.
But this time he saw Wolf Larsen
making his way down the deck,
,is quivering finger tips cropping for
he hand rails.
Wolf Larsen was blind! No need to
ill him.
Maude and Humphrey determined to
,scape by repairing the Ghost. but the
Sea Wolf willed otherwise. Blind and
as he was, he craftily con-
rived to ruin Humphreys work, de-
they should die together. SO
lis grim revenge would be complete. !
cunning and instinct to kill
till remained.
A final reckoning vas to come.
%precaution because he felt
he Sea Wolf physically powerless
the suspected presence Of a to-
nor on the brain, Humphrey ventured
90 near one day. Suddenly tie Sea
Volts stupor passed. The steel-like
myers gripped Humphreys throat
he trap had sprung.
Maude leaped into action, tearing at
hands. But for once the Sea
Volts tremendous will could not spur
is weakened body. His fingers
witched and then relaxed and Hum
hrey was released.
''That was the last Dlay Of the