The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, February 08, 1916, Image 2
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIDUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. 3 SYNOPSIS. 8 Humphrey Vnn WoyJcn. critic nwl dilet tante, Is thrown Into tho wutcr by the lnklne of n ferryboat In n foK In Han Krnnclpco bay, nncl becomes unconscious before help reaches him. On comltiR to his sonscs he llnOn himself aboard the peallnc schooner (JhoHt, Contain Wolf JUvrgcn, bound to Jntian waters, wIlneHSi-a the death of tho drat mato and licarn the captain curse tho dead man for presuming to dlo. The captain refuses to put Humphrey ashore and makes him cabin hoy "for tho Rood of bis soul." Ilo begins to learn potato ;n-elltiK nnd dish wnshlni undor the cockney cook. MiiRridKO, Is caught by a heavy sea shlppoil over the quarter as he Is carrying tea aft arid his kneo Is seriously hurl, but no one pavs nny attention to his Injury. Ilump'ti quar ters are changed aft. MukHiIko steals his money and chnses him when accused of It. I.ator ho listens to Wolf give his Idea of life "like yrnst. a ferment . . . the bin eat tho little ." Cooky Is Icalous or Hump and hazes him. Wolf dozen a sea man anJ makes It the basis for another philosophic discussion with Hump Wolf entcrtnins M-igndgu In his cuhln. wins from him at cards tho money he stole from Hump, nnd then tells Hump It Is his wolf's by right of might. Cooky nnd Hump whet Jinlvrs at each otlior Hump's Intimacy with Wolf Increnscs, and Wolf l etches lt story or his life lo Hump. CHAPTER X Continued. "Younro worso off thnn Omar," I Bald. at leant, after the custom ary agonizing of youth, found content and mado of his materialism a Joyous thing." "Wb- was Omar?" Wolf Larson naked, nnd I did no moro work that day, nor tho noxL nor tho next. In his random reading ho had never chanced upon tho ftubalyat, and It wbh to him Ilka a great find of trcasuro. Much I romemborcd, possibly two tftlrda of tho quatrains, and I man aged to ploco out tho remainder with cut difficulty. I was Interested nB to which quatrain ho would llko best, and was not surprised whon ho hit upon tho ono born of an lnstant'8 Irrltn Wilt, and qulto at varlanco with the Pofdlan'a complacent philosophy and cental codo of life : What, without asklnr. nlthor hurried Whonce? And, without asking, Whither hurried hencol Oh. many n Cup of this forbidden Wlno Must drown the memory of thut Inso lencol "Grcatl" Wolf Larson cried. "Great! That's tho lceyrioto. Insolence! He culd not havo used a hotter word." In vain I objected and donted. He doluged mo. overwhelmed mo with ar trirjaont. "H'b not tho nature of llfo to bo othcrwlso. Llfo. whon It knows that t It must ceaso living, will always rebol. ' It cannot holp Itsolf You havo talked of tho InBtlnct of Immortality. I talk of tho Instinct of llfo, which Is to live, It mastered It In you (you cannot dony It), becnuso a crazy cocknoy cook sharpened a Itnlfo. "You nro afraid of him now. You wo afraid of mo. You cannot deny It, If I should catch you by tho throat, thus" his hand wob about my throat nntl my breath was shut off "and bo Bin to prcsB tho llfo out of you. thus, and thus, your Instinct of Immortality will go glimmering, and your Instinct of llfo, which Is longing for llfo, will flutter up. nnd you will struggle to savo yourself. I3h7 I sco tho fear of death In your eyes. You boat tho nlr with your arms. 'To llvo! To llvo! To llvo!' you nro crying; and you nro crying to llvo hero and now, not here after. You doubt your Immortality. chT Hn! Ha! Your body draws Itnolf up in knots llko a snake's. Your chest h oaves and strains. To llvo! To llvo! To live" I heard no moro Consciousness was blotted out by tho darkness ho had so graphically doscrlbcd, and whon I came to myself was lying on tho lloor and ho was smoking a cigar and re garding mo thoughtfully with tho old. familiar light of curiosity In his eyes "Well, havo I convinced you?" ho ilomanded. "Horo, tako u drink of this. I want to ask you soma ques tions." I rolled my head negatively on tho floor. "Your arguments nro tod or forcible," I managed to artlculato, at cost of great pain to my nchlng throat "You'll be all right In hnlf nn hour, bo assured in a. "And I promise I won 't uso any more physical domonstra Hons. Got up now. You can nit on i chnlr." And, toy Hint I wnB of this monster J tno uiscuasion oi umar uiid (lit' Prenchor was lasumod. And half the night wo sat up ovor 1L CHAPTER XI. Tho last twonty-four hours have wit nessed a carnival of brutality. From cabin to forecastle It sootna to bavo broken out like a contagion. Thomas Mugrldgo Is a sneak, a spy, an In (ormer. Ho has boon attempting to surry favor and reinstate himself In Jtio good graces of tho captain by car rylug tales of tho men forward. Ho It wub, I know, that carried somo of IbhtiBou's hasty talk to Wolf Larson. Johnson, It seems, bought a suit of jIlB'.tliiB from tho slop-chest und found Shorn to bo of greatly Inferior quality Nor was ho alow in advertising tho !ict. 1 had Just flnls'hod sweeping the xbln. and hod been Inveigled by Wolf Larson Into u discussion of Hamlet, )Ih favorite Shakpupearcan cbaroctor, Mifn Inlm 'sen desconded the com vmi i iff. followed by Johnson ciwniaHr v jack LONpOfr Tho hitter's 'cap camo off after tho custom of tho sea, nnd ho stood re spectfully In tho center of tho cabin, swuylng heavily and uneasily to tho roll of tho schooner and facing tho captain. "Shut the doors and draw the slldo," Wolf Larson said to tno. Ab I obeyed 1 noticed an anxious light como Into Johnson's oyos, but I did not dream of Its cnuso. Tho mate. Johanson, stood away several feet to the sldo of him, and fully three yards In front of him sat Wolf Larson on ono of tho pivotal cabin chairs. An appre ciable pause fell, a pauso that must havo lasted fully a mlnuto. It was broken by Wolf Lnrson. "Yonson," ho began. "My namo 1b Johnson, sir," tho sail or boldly corrected. "Well, Johnson, thon, damn you! Can you guess why 1 havo sont for you?" "Yes, and no, sir." wan tho slow re ply. "My work Is dono well. The male knows that, and you know It. sir. So there cannot bo any complaint " "Johnson," Wolf Larson said, "1 un dorstand you're not qulto satisfied with those oilskins?" "No, I am not. They nro no good, sir." "And you'vo boon shooting off your mouth nbout thorn." "I sny whnt I think, sir," the sailor answered courageously. It was at this moment that I chanced to glanco at Johanson. Ills big fists wcro clenching and unclenching, nnd his face was positively llondtsh so malignantly did ho look at Johnson. "Do you know what happens to men who say what you'vo said about my slop-chest and mo?" Wolf LarBon de manded, sharply nnd imperatively "Whnt you nnd tho mnto thcro nro going to do to mo, sir." "Look at him, Hump," Wolf Larson Bald to mo, "look at this bit of animat ed dust, that Is Impressed with certain human fictions such nB righteousness nnd honesty, nnd that will llvo up to them in Bplto of all personal discom forts and menncoa. What do you think of him, Hump? What do you think of him?" "I think that bo Is n hotter man thnn you nro," I anaworcd, Impelled, somehow, with n desire to draw upon myself a portion of tho wrath I fell was about to break upon his head "Ills human fictions, as you choose to call them, make for nobility and man hood. You havo no fictions, no dreams, no Ideals. You nro a paupor." Ho nodded his head with savage pleasantness. "Quito true. Hump, qulto truo. I havo no Actions that malto for nobility and manhood. A living dog Is bettor thnn n dead lion. say I with tho Preacher. My only doe- trlno Is tho doctrine of expediency, and It makos for surviving. Do you know what I am going to do?" I shook my head. "Watch mo." Three yards away from Johnson ho wns. and sitting down. Nino toot! And yet ho loft tho chair In full leap, without first gaining n standing posi tion. It was an nvalancho of fury His Hand Wits About My Throat and My Breath Was Shut Off. that Johnson strove vnlnly to feud oil. Wolf Lnrsona list drovo lo tho chest, with u crushing, resound ing Impact. Johnson almost fell back ward, and Bwnycd from aide to sldo In an effort to recover his balauco. 1 cannot give tho further particulars of tho horrible acono that followed. It waa too revolting. It turns mo alck oven now whon I thlnl: of It. Johnson fought brnvoly onough. but ho wna no match for Wolf Larsom much loss for Wolf Larson and tho mato. It was frightful. 1 folt that I should loso my mind, and I rnu up tho companion stairs to opon tho doors nnd cscnpo on dock. Ilut Wolf Larson, leaving his victim for tho momunt. and with one of his trcmcndouB springs, gntnod my aldo and Hutu; mo Into tho far corner of tho cabin. "Tho phenomena of llfo, Hump," ho girded nt mo, "Stay and watch It. You may gather data on tho Immortal i i a man who un his own 1 Little world aoajdshTp WAS A LAW -UNTO-HlMSELRe lty of tho soul. Hesldcs. you know, wo can't hurt Johnson's soul. It's only tho fleeting form wo may demolish.'' It Boomed eonturles possibly it was no moro than ten minutes that the beating continued. Wolf Larson and Johanson were nil about tho poor fel low. And when ho could no longer rise they still continued to bent and kick him where he lay. "lJasy, Johanson; easy as sho goes." Wolf Larson finally said. "Jerk open tho doors, Hump," I was commanded. 1 obeyed, and tho two brutes picked up tho senseless man like a sack of, rubbish and hove him clear up the companion stairs through tho narrow doorway, and out on deck. Tho blood from his noso gushed In a scarlet stream ovor tho feet of tho holms man, who wns nono other thnn Louis, his boat mate. But Louis took and gave a spoko and gazed Impurturb ably Into tho hlnunclo. Not so was tho conduct of Gcorgo Leach, the erstwhile cabin-hoy. Fore nnd nft thcro wns nothing that could have surprised us moro than bis con sequent behavior. Ilo It was that camo up on tho poop without onlcr3 and dragged Johnson forward, whero ho sot about dressing his wounds as well as he could and making him com fortable. Wolf Larsen was smoking n cigar and examining the patent log which tho Ghost usually towed astern, but which had been hauled In for somo purpose Suddenly Leach's voice camo to my ears. It was tenso and hoarse with an overmastering rago. 1 turned and saw htm standing Just beneath tho break of tho poop on tho port sldo of tho galley. His faco was con vulsed and whlto, his eyes were (lash lug, his clenched lists raised, over head. "May God dumn your soul to hell. Wolf Lnrson, only boll's too good for you, you coward, you murderer, you pig!" was his opening salutation. I was thunderstruck. 1 looked for his instant annihilation, nut it was not Wolf Laracn'a whim to annihilate him. Ho sauntered slowly forward to tho break of tho poop, and, leaning his elbow on tho corner of the cabin, gazed down thoughtfully and curious ly at tho oxclted boy.. And tho boy Indicted Wolf Larson as ho had nover been Indicted before. Each moment 1 looked, and everybody looked, for him to leap upon tho boy and destroy him. Ilut It wns not his whim. His cigar wont out, and he continued to ga'zo silently nnd curi ously. Leach had worked himself into an ocstnsy of Impotent rngo. "Pig! Pig! Pig!" ho wns reiterat ing at tho top of hla lungs. "Why don't you como down and kill mo, you murdorcr? Como on, you coward! Kill mo! Kill mo! Kill mo!" It wns at thla stago that Thomas Mugrldgo's erratic soul brought him Into the sccno. Ho tumod to Leach saying: "Such langwldgo! Shockln'!" Leach's rage was no longer Impo tent, Horo at last was something ready to hand. And for tho first time slnco tho stabbing tho cockney had appeared outsldo tho galley without his knifo. Tho words had barely loft his mouth whon ho was knocked down by Leaeh. Threo times he struggled to his feet, striving to gain tho galley, and each tlmo was knocked down. "Oh. Lord!" ho cried. '"Kip! 'Kip! Tyke Mm nw'y, earn't yer? Tyke 'tnt aw'y!" Tho huntorB laughed from sheer re lief. Tragedy had dwindled, the farce hnd begun. Tho sailors now crowded boldly aft. grinning and shullllng, to watch tho putnnieling of the haled cockney. And oven I folt n great ov surgo up within mo. I confess that 1 de lighted In this beating Leach was glv Ing to Thomas Mugrldgo. though It wa3 as terrible, almost, as tho one Mugrldgo had caused to bo given to Johnson. Hut tho expression of Wolf Larson'r, faco nevor changed. Tho cockney strovo In vnln to protect hlnv self from tho Infuriated boy And In vnln ho strovo to gain the Rholter o! tho cabin. Mow followed blow with bowlldering rapidity. Ho was knocked nbout like n KhutUocock. until finally, llko Johnson, ho was beaten and kicked as ho lay helpluss on the deck. And no one Interfered Hut the3o two affairs wore only tho opening ovents of tho day's program. In tho afternoon Smoke und lleudoi son fell foul of each other, and a fu slllado of shots camo tip from tho stoorago, followed by a stampede of. tho other four hunters for tho dock. A column of thick, acrid smoko tho kind always mado by black powder was arising through tho open compan ion way, and down through It leaped Wolf Laraen. The Bound of blows and scullltng camo to our ears. Doth mon woro wounded, and ho wns thrashing thorn both tor having disobeyed his orders nnd crippled themselves In ad vanco'of tho hunting season. In fact, thoy woro badly wounded, and, having thrashed thorn, ho proceeded to op orato upon thorn In a rough surgical fashion and to dress tholr wounds. I Borvcd as assistant whllo ho probod and cleansod tho pnssngos mado by tho bullots, and I saw tho two mon endure tils cruda surgery without an esthetics nnd with no moro to uphold them thnn n stiff tumbler of whisky. Tho Bccond dog-watch nnd tho day wcro wound up by a fight between Jo hanson nnd tho lean. Ynnkce-looklng hunter, Latimer. It was caused by re marks of Lntlmcr's concerning the noises mado by tho mnto In his sloop and though Johanscn was whipped, he kept tho atcorago awako for the rest of tho night whllo ho blissfully slum bered nnd fought tho light over and over again. As for myself. I was oppressod with nightmare. All my days had been pasnod In comparative lgnornnco of tho nnlmallty of man. In fact. I had known llfo only In Its Intellectual phases. Urutnllty I had experienced but It wus the brutality of the Intel lectthe cutting sarcasm of Charley Furuscth. the cruel epigrams and oc casional harsh witticisms ol tho fel lows at the Hlbolot, and tho nasty re marks of some of tho professors dur ing my undergradunto days. That was all. Not for nothing had 1 boon called "Sissy" Van Weyden. I thought, as 1 tossed restlessly on my bunk between ono nlghtmaro and nn othor. And It seemed to mo that my VMM I 'You Cowardl You Murdererl PIq!" You Innocence of tho realities of llfo had been complcto Indeed. I laughed bit terly to myself, and seemed to find In Wolf Larsen's forbidding philosophy a more adequate explanation of llfo than I had found in my own. (TO HE CONTINUED.) CAT CAUSED MUCH TROUBLE Family Pet Has Been Formally Cau tioned that "The Cave" Is Not Public Property. Out In Woodruff placo a number of small boys havo banded together nnd dono what most boys havo dono If thoy wcro real-for-auro boys built a cave, says tho Indianapolis News. Ap proaching this cave is n long under ground tunnel nbout two feot squnro. Whnt there is In this tunnel in tho way of sldo chamners and tho like, tho fathers and mothers nover will know, but at the inside end of tho tunnel is tho den, about five feet squnro, built In a sldo hill i.nd ns dark as the most cavernous depths of a Wyandotto cavo. Ono of tho youngsters belonging to tho band of cavo dwellers hurried homo from school tho othor afternoon, donned his cavo outfit, and mado for tho tunnel. Crawling In fiat on tho ground, ho mndo his way toward tho don. Arriving then, ho heard a scram bling nolso Just nhead and two liery spots loomed up In tho darkness. His teeth chattered with irlght. Ilo couldn't back away, ho was too fright ened to go forwnrd, and there waa no chnnco of escnpo at cither sldo. Tho fiery sputa becamo active and tho boy becamo panicky. Just what happonod in there tho outside w rid will never know, but when the at It was .ho family cat camo out of tho tunnol it was going some. No cat ovor moved fast jr. and I. didn't stop until It had reach-id ti barn tluoo lots away. And tho boy when ho emerged nls face was ns whlto us tho arctic snow and ho was moving rapidly for Mio o.on. Tho noxt afternoon tho boy painted a. sign on which wcro tho vi.rds. "Tho Cuvo" in whlto paint, on a blazing yellow taek ground. Gazing proudly at the slfiiflio explained. "Now, tr that fool cat can read, he'll keep out of thcie." . Hang Pictures nt Once. People who stand their family por traits against tho walls whllo packing and unpacking their household goods, cause a great deal of broken glass, scratches and dontB. Tho first thing to bo dono when moving Into your now home, should bo to hang tho pic tures any place, in order to got them out of thu way, without waiting to choose n scheme of urrangemcnt. Thla will prevent a great deal of breakago and other damage. Help Wanted. "Can I do anything for you?'' asked tho passing motorist of an exasper ated man who was trying to change a tiro whllo his wlfo, a woman of com mnndlng appearance, stood by and gave numerous directions "Yes, In deed," replied tho oxasporated man, na ho mopped his brow. "My wlfo horo Is an ardent suffragette. I wish you would talk to her about tho cause until 1 got thla tiro on." Opportunity nover troubles a man il Uimto Is nothlnir In him WIDE ROADS ARE IMPORTANT rime That Highway nullders Awak ened to New Conditions Involves Safety and Convenience. Tho road builders of today nro neg lecting a very Important point. Tho motor car Is a new thing In the world nnd crentcs entirely now con dltlons. Tho travel of tho futuro -will be very great. Tho fashion should bo sot at onco for n 100-foot right of way on nil main roads. Ono hnlf should bo developed first; tho other could bo used by tho former owners under n freo lenso from the counties until it Is needed. It will surely bo needed some day. Allowing ton foot for a Bldowalk the first hard-surfaced road should ccntei Making a Road In South. on tho remaining 40 feet. Tho model to bo worked to is two 40-foot road ways, two ten-foot sidewalks and threo rows of shado trees a most proper plan for a hot climate. AH travel of course takes tho right hand road. Tho grado should allow crossing from ono road to tho other. On a slnglo road with a GO-foot right of way, two ten-foot sidewalks and 30 feet for vehicles, when autos nro standing at each curb thero la not room for safe passing of vehicles go ing In opposite directions and this difficulty and danger increases with the traffic. A single-track road should bo GO feet wide. Tho middle line of new roads Is gen erally on n section lino or other lino between two owners. If tho fashion ia set for a 100-foot right of way owners will glvo tho CO feot. If county commissioners will Insist on tho 100 feet and mako it a state wldG rulo supported by public opinion, owners will fall into lino and give the land. Tho double-road plan allows speed with safety and tho speed of motor cars will In tho futuro bo Increased on long runs. The point Is that It Is tho duty of tho pioneer road builders of today to provide for tho travel of tho future. Fifteen years ago In Chicago a street a milo long between Grant nnd Lincoln parks wns widened from CO to 200 foot. It cost $10,000,000. If the people who laid out that street could havo looked ahead tho expenso would havo been only tho amount of the surveyor's bill. In less degree such tilings will happen- somo day in Florida wherevor narrow roads are built. California has awakened to the idea and has somo main roads 100 feet wide. As soon na Florida geta hard roads tho travel by tourists nnd citizens by motor car and motor truck will rapid ly lncroaso nnd will grow In tlmo to enormous proportions. The climate and tho motor car will accomplish it and It Is tlmo that tho road huildetB awakened to these en tlrcly new :ondltlons. Besides tho question of safety nnd convcnlenco thero is tho question of beauty, o civic prido and tho satisfaction of building right for all time. Road builders must roalizo that tho motor car has brought entirely now conditions. Thoy must lay out tho roads wido enough for nil tlmo, whllo tho land can bo ;ot for nothing. It Is a duty. Kindness to Cow Pays. Bo kind to tho diry cow. You can't pound raljk out of her with tho milk stool or run milk out of hor with tho dog when bringing hor from tho pas turo to the barn. Got on good terms with tho dairy cow, and her friend ship will bo soon by Increased profits In tho milk pail. Surfacing Footpaths. 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Go now, mako tho best Investment you evor mado, by getting a largo fifty cent caao of Pnpo'a Dlapopsln from any storo. You rcnllzo in flvo minutes how needless It Is to suffer from Indiges tion, dyspepsia or bad stomach. Adv. After a man has takon out an acci dent Insurance policy his wlf thinks It n wnsto of money If nothirj hnp pons to him. THE PROFESSOR'S STATEMENT. Prof. Aug. F. V. Schmitz, Thomas, Okla., writes: "I was troubled with Backache for about twonty-flvo years. When told I had Bright's Disease in its last stages, I tried Dodd's Kid ney Pills. After using two boxes I was somowhat re lieved and I stop ped the treatment In the spring of tho next year I had another at tack. I wont for Prof. Schmitz. Dodd's KIdnoy Pills and thoy relieved mo again. I used threo boxes. That la now threo years ago and my Back ache haa not returned In Its severity, and by using another two boxes a lit- tlo later on, tho pain left altogether and I havo had no troublo since. You may uso my statement. I recommend Dodd's Kidney Pills when and whor- ever I can." Dodd's Kidney Pills, 60c per box at your dealer or Dodd's Medl clno Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Adv. Love Is not only blind, but seems to bo unablo to detect a gin breath of long standing. RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR. To half pint of water add 1 oz. Bay Rom. e gmall box of Barbo Compound, and H oz. of glycerine Apply to the hair twice a week until it becomes the desired shade. Any drag gist can put this up or you can mix it at home at very little cost. It nlll gradually darken streaked, fnded gray hair, and re moves danuruu. it is excellent ror mi line hair and will make harsh hah soft and glossy. It will not color tho scalp, Is not sticky or greasy, and docs not rub olt. Adv. Men tell more lies about tholr weight than women do about tholr ago. For a really fine coffee at a mod erate prlco, drink Denlson'a Seminole Brand, 35c tho lb., in scaled cons. Only ono merchant in each town Bolls Somlnolo. If your grocer isn't tho ono, wrlto tho Denlson Coffee Co., Chicago, for a souvenir and tho namo of your Semlnolo dealer. Buy tho 3 lb. Canistor Can for 51.00. Adv. With tho onward march of civiliza tion more opportunities ariso for mon to mako foolB of 'themselves. Consistent in cases of poor ap petite, imperfect diges tion, inactive liver and clogge'd bowels is HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS A household remedy for 6o years. Try a bottle today. EALOF COUNCIL BLUFFS o nAV DRINK and DRUu TREATMENT SIN, GAS Alwaya Baccceifal. Write for Ilooklet. Address NEAL INSTITUTE 21 Ilenton Street, COUNCIL DLUfTS, l& Or address J, A. MAY, Monoaer. S5 II DTI IRE CURED In a few days sty S I 3Kitu without pain or a s or deal operation. Ilo pay until cured. Write Dlk W11A.K, 300 lUo lildg., Omaha, Mab. VvT N. U, OMAHA, NO. 6-1916.