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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 1t 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 a chip.
lie rushed again, drawing his knife,
piunging 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 off in a small
boat, hoping that they might make
Japan, 600 miles away. But the winds
and creeping drift of the Pacific inter-
Fened and finally the grim adventure
ended for time on q little Arctic
Island. Here they prepared to remain
for the winter.
Suddenly one morning. weeks after,
Humphrey saw on the beach the
wreck OF vessel, and 1t was strangely
familiar. 1t could not be-yes it was
the 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 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
burst on his gaze the Sea Wolf. Hum
phrey raised his gun: the trigger
clicked sharply. Then silence.
why don't you shootH coolly re.
marked the Wolf.
Humphrey could not speak.
Hump" said the Sea Wolf. slowly,
'You can't do it. And after all have
taught you. You know that I would
Kill an unarmed man as readily as I
would smoke cigar. Bah! / had ex-
pected the better things Of you,
Hump"
Humphrey slowly lowered the gun.
The Ghosts presence was explained
calmly by the Sea Wolf. He was
caught In 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 WEAKNESS In the Sea
VOLTS bearing, 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 ne 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. but the
! Sea Wolf willed otherwise. Blind and
helpless as he was. he craftily con-
trived to ruin Humphreys work, de-
| termined they should die together. so
his grim revenge would be complete.
Fiendish cunning and instinct to kill
| still remained,
| 4 final reckoning was to come.
Scoring precaution because he felt
the Sea Wolf physically powerless
from the suspected presence of trl-
NOR on the brain, Humphrey ventured
too near one day Suddenly the Sea
VOLTS stupor passed. The steel-like
fingers gripped Humphreys throat.
! The trap had sprung.
Maude leaped into action, tearing at
Lnrsen's hands. But for once the Sea
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his weakened body. His fingers
twitched and then relaxed and Hum.
/ phrey was released.
"That was the last play of the
Wolf" said Larsen, with his twisted
smile. I'D like to have done for you
first, Hump. l thought ! had that
much left In ne.'
And so Wolf Larsen faded into un-
consciousness, n pitiful ending for this
grim sea murderer who pictured him
self roaring to death in a blaze Of tu'
mutt and evil splendor.
| Soon the restored Ghost embraced
the waves again, freighted with happi
! ness. Then a trail of smoke on the
horizon, rescue and the lovers kiss
as the cutter went dancing over the
waves on the long road home.
! Copyright. 1919, by the Post Publishing Co
(The Boston Post). All rights reserved
| Condensed from 1.-The Sea Wolf" by Jack
| London. Copyright, 1894, by the Mae
milan Company. Used by permission o.
| author and publisher.