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THE SEMIAVEEKLV TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. Si- 8YN0PSIS. 14 Kmplirey Van Wydon, critic and dllot- mnie, iinua nimsoir nbonrd tlio Dealing Etuuurcr uiiubi, uapinin won j-arscn, ound to Jnpan waters. Tlio captain makes him cabin boy "for tho good of hi oul." Tho cockney cook, Muftrldifo. flealn his money. Cooky It Jealous of dump ana nazes mm. wolf hazes u soa mun and makes It the basis for a Dhll OHopme discussion with Itump, Cooky ?nd Hump whet knives at each other. Iump'n Intimacy with Wolf Increases. Wolf sketches the story of his llfo. dls- kunaus ino uiuio ana umar, ana llius trntcu the Instinctive lovo of life by chok ins; Hump nearly to death. A carnival of brulallty breaks looso In tho ship. Wolf prrVes himself tho master bruto, Is knock- uveruoani ana wins clear in a right In la forecastle. Hump dresses Wolf's wjunds and. despite Ills protest. Is made "" on ine new-snip. Air. van weyflen tries to learn his duties as mate. Van werden proves by his conduct In a blow, with all hands out In tho boats amons the seal herd, that ha tins Innrnnri "In pinna on ills own legs.1 Two men desert mo vessel In ono of tho small boats. A young woman and four men. survivors of m joujner wrecK. are rescued from a ma'' "pat. Tho deserters aro sighted, out Wolf stands away nnd leaves thorn to drown. Maudo Urowster. tho rescued Klrl, and Van Weydon nnd thoy know each other's work. They talk together Jf a world allon to Wolf. Maude sees Mugrldco towed overside In a bowline to Ivo him a bath. CHAPTER XIX Continued. Mugrldgo had hoard tho Kanaka's warning cry and Was screaming mad ly. I could sco a black fin cutting tho wator and making for him with grcator swiftness thnn ho was being pulled aboard. It was an ovon toss whothor tho shark or wo would got Mm, and It was a mattor of moments. Whon Mugrldgo was directly benoath us, tho otorn descended tho slopo of a passing wavo, thus giving tho advan tago to tho shark. Wolf Larson throw his strongth Into one tremendous Jerk. Tho cocknoy'a fcody loft tho wator; 00 did part of the shark's. Ho drow up hla legs, and tho man-eater seemed no more than barely to touch ono foot, Inking back into tho wator with a ..plash. But at tho moment of con ,tact Thomas Mugrldgo crlod out. Then ho camo in Hko a frosh-caught llsh on a line, clearing tho rail gen orously and Btrlklng tho dock In a heap, on bands and knees, and rolling over. But a fountain of blood was gush ing forth. Tho right foot waB miss ing, amputated neatly at tho anklo. 1 lookod instantly to Maud Browstor. 'Hor faco was whlto, her oyos dilated "with horror. Sho was gazing, not at Thomas MugTldgo, but at Wolf Larson. And ho was awaro of It, for ho said, with ono of his Bhort laughs: "Man-play, MIbs Browstor., Somo wnat roughor, I warrant, than what you havo boon used to, but still man play. Tho shark was not in tho reck oning. It " But at this Juncture Mugrldgo, who had lifted his hoad and ascertained tho oxtont of his loss, floundorod ovor on tho dock nnd burled his teeth In Wolf Larson'o log. Wolf Larson toopod, coolly, to tho cocknoy, and pressed with thumb and flngor nt tho troar of tho Jaws and bolow tho ears. Tho Jawe opened with roluctanco, and Wolf Larson Btoppod froo. "Ab I was saying," ho went on, as though nothing unwontod had hap pened, "tho shark was not In tho rockonlng. It waa ahem shall wo aay ProvldoncoT" Wo walked to tho break of tho poop, whoro sho turnod nnd facod mo. I glanced around to soo that no ono was within hoarlng distnuco. "What Is it?" I askod gontly; but tho oxprosslon of determination on hor faco did not rolax. "I can readily understand," sho bo gan, "that thiB mornlng'B affair waB largely an accident; but I havo boon talking with Mr. Hasklna. Ho tolls mo that tho day wo woro roscuod, ovon whllo I was In tho cabin, two men woro drowned, doliberatoly drowned xnurderod." , Thoro was a quory In hor voice, nnd ho facod mo accusingly, as though I ;woro guilty of tho dued, or at loast a party to It. "Tho Information Is qulto correct," I anaworod. "Tho two mon woro mur dered." "And you permitted It!" sho crlod. "I was unablo to provont It, Is a better way of phrasing It," I replied, till gently. "But you tried" to provont It?" Thoro was an emphasis on tho "triod," nnd a pleading llttlo noto In hor volco. "Oh, but you didn't." sho hurried on, divining my answor, "But why didn't you?" I ohruEgcd my shoulders. "You must romombor, Miss Browstor, that you aro a now Inhabitant of this llttlo world, and that you do not yet under tand tho lawa which operate within It. You bring with you cortaln flno conceptions of humanity, manhood, conduct, and such things; but bore you find them misconceptions. I havo found it so,': I nddod, with an Invol untary sigh. Sho shook hor head incredulously. What would you ndvlBO, then?" I asked. "That I should tako a kniro, or a gun or an ax, and kill this man?" She halt startod back. "No, not that!" "Then what should I do? Kill my olf?" "You spoak la purely materialistic torma," sho objected. "Thoro Is such a thing as moral courage, and moral courogo Is novor without effect." "Ah," I smiled, "you advlso mo to kill neither him nor myself, but to lot mm kill mo." I hold up my hand as sho was about to speak. "For mor ui cuurago is a wortniess asset on this llttlo floating world. Loach, ono or tho mon who wpro murdered, had moral courago to an unusual degroo. So had tho other man, Johnson. Not only did It not stand thorn In good stead, but It destroyed thorn. And so with mo If I should oxorclso what llttlo moral courago I may possess. "You must understand. Miss Brow stor, and understand clearly, that this man Is a monstor. Ho 1b without con science. Nothing la sacred to him, nothing Is too torrlblo for him to do. It was duo to hla whim that I was de tained aboard In tho first place. It Is duo to his whim that I am still allvo. I do nothing, can do nothing, becauso I am a slavo to this monstor, as you aro now a slavo to him; bocnuso I do slro to llvo, as you will desire to llvo; because I cannot fight and ovorcomo him, Just as you will not bo able to fight and ovorcomo hlra." Sho waited for me to go on. "Dlsponso with all tho moral cour ago you can," I Bald briskly. "Don't arouso this man's animosity. Bo qulto friendly with him, talk with him, dis cuss lltoraturo and art with him ho Is fond of such things. You will find him an Interested listener and no fool. And for your own snko try to avoid witnessing, as much as you can, tho brutalities of tho ship, it will make It easier for you to act your part" "I am to Uo," sho said In steady, rebellious tones, "by spooch and ac tion to lie." Wolf Larson had separated from Latimer and wns coming toward us. 1 was desperate. "Pleaao, ploaso understand mo," I said hurriedly, lowering my volco. "All your oxporionce of men and things Is worthless hero. You havo already managed mo with your eyoa, com manded mo with them. But don't try It on Wolf Lnrsen. You could as eas ily control a Hon, whllo ho would make a mock of you. Ho would I havo always been proud of tho fact that I discovered hlra," I said, turning tho conversation as Wolf Lnrsen stepped on tho poop nnd Joined us. "Tho edi tors wero afraid of him and tho pub lishers would havo nono of him. But I know, and hla gonlus and my Judg ment woro vindicated whon ho mado that magniflcont hit with his 'Forgo.' " "And It was a nowspaper poem." buo said glibly. "It did happen to soo tho light In a nowspapor, ' I replied, "but not be causo tho magazino editors had boon donlod a glimpse at It." "Wo woro talking of Harris," I said to Wolf Larson. "Oh, yes," ho acknowledged. "1 ro mombor tho 'Forgo.' Flllod with prot- Wolf Lnrsen Had Separated From Lat imer and Wns Coming Toward Us. ty aontlnionts nnd an almighty faith In human Illusions. By tho way. Mr. Van Woydon, you'd bettor look In on Cooky. Ho'a complaining and restless," Thus wna I bluntly dlsmlBsod from tho poop, only to find Mugrldgo sloop Ing soundly from tho morphlub I had given him. I mado no hasto to return on dock, and whon I did I was grntt Hod to boo MIbs Browstor In anlmatod convorBntlon with Wolf Larson. As I aay, tho Bight gratified mo. Sho was following my advlco. And yot I -wub conscious of a Blight shock or hurt In that Bho waB nblo to do tho thing I had bogged hor to do and which sho had notably disliked. CHAPTER XX. Bravo winds, blowing fair, Bwlftly drovo tho Ghost northward Into tho seal hord. Tho hunting wns ppriloua; but tho boatB, loworod day after day, woro Bwallowed up In tho gray ob scurity, and woro Been no moro till nightfall, and ofton uot till long aftor. 1 1 1 ... wraiths, ono by ono. out of tho irrav. Walnwright, tho huntor whom Wolf Larson hod stolen with boat and mon, took advantago of the veiled soa and cocaped. Ho disappeared ono morn- ing In tho encircling fog with hla two men, and wo novor saw them again, mougn it was not many days whon wo learned that thoy had passed from schooner to schoonor until thoy finally rcgoinou their own. I had read sea romances In my tlmo, whoroln figured, ns a mattor of courso, wiion uioy wouia creop in Hko soa tno iono woman In tho midst of n ship- "inn words. I wns In fenr that a strug load of mon; but I learned, now, that Bio might tako place, but a cry from I had novor comprehended tho doopor tno holmsman mado It easy for tho signiucanco of such a situation tho thing tho writers harped udoii and ox pioueu bo thoroughly. And hero It was, now, and I was faco to faco with It. That It should bo as vital ns nos slblo, It required no moro than that tho woman should bo Maud Browstor, wno now charmed me In norson as sho had long charmed mo through hor wonc. ano wns in striking contrast to Wolf Larson. Each was nothing that tho othor was, everything that tho othor was not. I noted them wnlklng tno uock together ono morning, and I likened thorn to tho cxtromo ends of tho human ladder of evolution tho ono tho culmination of all savagery, tho other tho finished product of tho finest civilization. But this day, as I noted thorn dbc lng up nnd down, I saw that It wns sho who terminated tho walk. It waB in his oyes that I saw the causo of hor porturbatlon. Ordinarily gray and cold and harBh, thoy woro now warm and soft and golden, and all adanco with tho tiny lights that dimmed and faded, or welled up till tho full orbs woro flooded with a glowing radiance Perhaps it waB to this that tho golden color was duo; but goldon his oyos woro, enticing and mnsterful, at tho samo tlmo luring and compelling, and speaking a demand and clamor of the mood which no woman, much loss Maud Browstor, could misunderstand. Hor own terror rushed upon mo. and in that moment of fear, tho most torrlblo fear a man can oxporionce. I know that In Inexpressible wayo she was doar to mo. Tho knowlodgo that I loved hor rushed upon mo with tho terror, and with both emotions grip ping nt my neart and causing my blood at tho samo tlmo to chill and loap riotously, I felt myself drawn by a power without mo and bovonil mo, and found my oyos returning against my will to gazo into tho oyos of Wolf Larson. But ho had recovorod himBOIf. Tho golden color and tho dancing lights wore gono. Cold and gray. .and glittering thoy wore as ho bowed brusquely and turnod away. 'I am afraid." sho whlBporod. with a shiver. "I am so afraid." I, too, was afraid, and what of mv discovery of how much sho meaut to mo my mind was In a turmoil: but I succeodod In answering qulto calmly: 'All will como right. Miss Browstor. uat mo, it will 'fcomo right," Trust mo, it will tone right. Sho answered with a grateful llttlo snillo that sont my heart noundlne and started to descend tho companion rnn,t ih ; , " stairs. For a long whllo I remained stand ing whero alio had loft mo. There was Imperative need to adjust my self, to consider tho significance of tho changed aspect of things. It had como, at last, lovo had como, whon I least expected It and under tho most forbidding conditions. Of courso, my philosophy had alwayB recognized the lnovltablenosa of tho lovo call sooner or later; but long yoara of bookish sllonco had mndo mo inattentivo and unpropnred. And uow it bad come! In what could havo been no less than an ocstasy, I loft my post at tho head oi tno companionwav and ntnrt.i along tho dock, murmuring to myself iHoso oeauutui lines of Mrs. Brown lug: Ll lived with visions for my company . mm women years ago And found them gentle mates, nor thought to know Sniel0r mUS' than they played to nut tho sweeter music waB playing rn my oars, and I was blind and ob livious to all about mo. Tho Bharp volco of Wolf Larson aroused mo. "What tho hell aro you up to?" ho was demanding. I had strayed forward whoro tho Bailors wero painting, nnd I camo to myself to And my advancing foot on tho vorgo of overturning n paint pot. tjioop-waiklng, Bunstroko. what?" "u """-". No; Indigestion," I retorted, nnd continued my walk as If nothing un- toward had occurrod. At tho -midday dinner, Wolf Larson Informed tho hunters that thoy woro to eat honcoforth In tho stoorago. it was nn unprecedented thing on sealing schooners, whoro. It Is tho custom for tho huntors to rank unofllclnlly as of fleers."" Ho. gavo no reason, but hla mo tlvo was obvloua enough. Horner und Smoko had been displaying a gallantry toward Maud Browstor, ludicrous in It solf nnd lnoffenslvo to hor, but to him ovldontly distasteful. Tho announcement wna received with black sllonco, though the other four hunters glanced slgnlflcnntly at tho two who had boon tho causo of tholr banishment. Jock Homer, flulnt I as was his way, gavo no Blgn; but tho blood surged darkly across Smoke's forehead, and ho half oponod his mouth to Bpoak. Wolf lnrsen was watching him, waiting for him. the stcoly glitter In his oyos. "Anything to say?" ho domanded ag. grcsaivoly. It was a challenge, but Smoko ro fusod to accept It. "About what?" ho asked, so .Inno cently thnt Wolf Larson was discon certed, whllo tho othora smiled. "UU, nothing, wolf- Larson said lamoly. "I Just thought you might want to roglstor a kick." "About what?" asked tho lmporturb- ablo Smoke. Hmokos matos woro now smiling broadly. Ills captain could havo killed him, nnd I doubt not that blood would havo flowed had not Maud Browstor boon present. Fpr that mattor, It was her presonco which enabled Smoko to act as ho did. Ho was too discreet nnd cautious a man to Incur Larson's nngcr at a tlmo whon that anger could bo oxprossod In terms stronger suuntion to savo Itself. Smoko hoi" tho cry camo down tho open companlonway. "How's It bear?" Wolf Larson called up. "Dead astern, sir." "Maybo It's a Russian," Buggostod Latlmor. His words brought anxloty into tho faces of tho other hunters. A Rus sian could mean but ono thing n cruiser. Tho hunters, never moro thnn roughly awaro of tho position of tho ship, nevertheless know that wo wero closo to tho boundaries of tho forbidden sea, whllo Wolf Larsen'a rec ord ns a poachor was notorious. All eyes centored upon him. "Wo'ro doad safo," ho assured thorn with a laugh. "No salt mines this 'Anything to Say?" He Demanded Ag gressively. tlmo, Smoke, But I'll toll you what of flvo to ono It's the I'll lay odds Macedonia." No ono accopted his offer and bo wen on. "In which event, I'll lay ten t0 ono thero's trouble breezing up." "No, thank you," Latlmor spoko up, don't object to losing my monoy, but I Hko to get a run for It, anyway. There novor waB a time when thoro waan't trouble whon you and that "lul"ur 01 ourB sol togoiner. ana i u iay twenty to one on that." (TO BE CONTINUED.) TO KILL LOG-EATING GOATS Lumber Company Orders Herd Exe cuted When It Gets Entirely Too Ravenous. Goats aro perfect marvels In clear ing foroBt lands for cultivation. They eat tho brush down to the roots, tako tho "slash" from lumbor operations for dessert, and preparo tho forest for ag riculture in a way that no man can do except at great expense, says tho Minneapolis Journal. In northern Min nesota tho homesteader or settlor who nns a hord of goatB iB the onvy of nI1 nis nolghbors, But whon tho goata begin to eat sawloga their usefulness has passed; they bocomo a menace to socloty. This la tho danger that con- frontB northern Minnesota unions proper precautions aro taken. In a Bemlpfllclal roport'to W. T. Cox, atntn fnraatnr n rllafrlrtf rnnnni. tnll.. and Interesting experience. Finding that It was somowhat expensive to burn tho "BlaBh" and to carry out tho ordors for forest fire prevention the company decided to obtain a band of goats to do tho work. Tho goats did well. Thoy ate all tho brush, all tho slash, tho grass and tho shrubbery. Tho lumber company was pleased. But whon tho grass nnd shrubbery, brush nnu slash woro exhausted tho Kata tnckled tho pulpwood and tho loKBi Directors of tho company do- creed that tho goats be slaughtered, "This will tench lumber companies not to cut their timber too small," was Mr. Cox' comment. War Economy. Richard Hnrdlng Davis, tho war cor respondent, said, tho other day, In Pittsburgh: "Tho allies aro getting togothor at last. Thoy aro working togethor. In tholr plans wo boo no moro solflshness. "Thoy woro pretty selfish at first. Tholr Bolflshness was typical, In fact, by an economy story a story about rlc" Englishman. "This wealthy old follow, when tho oconomlzo - and - savo movement wns'at its height, said warmly ovor a regalia and a glass of liqueur brandy at tho club: "'Economize, oh? Economize, Is It? Well, by Jove, It's Incredlblo how ono can oconomlzo It ono sotB one's mind to It. I lopped flvo pounds a week off my household expenses at one stroke this morning by cutting off all the sorvanta' moat'" Washington Star. In poaco times tho army of Amer ican tourlBta In London numbers 100.000. GOOD ROADS ARE NEGLECTED Lecture Is Read to States by American Highway Association New Jer sey Took Initiative. Tho American Highway association reads the states a lecturo on tholr neg lect of good roadB. Thoro aro 2,250,000 mllca of public road In tho Unitod States. Tho annual expenditure for construction and malntonanco amounts to $260,000,000. Yot inadequate results aro found overywhoro. This is due to tho lack of continuity of purpose, tho lack of co-ordination in managoment, and tho general lack of control. Of tho 2,250,000 milca of roadway, less than 10 per cent Is really Improved. Improvement in most lnstancca means a plowed furrow for a drain nnd a wagon load of gravel in n chuck holo. In fact there aro only about 120,000 Concrete Road In Indiana. miles of really good road In all tho 48 Btatos. Tho troublo with highway conatruction la that often waste and graft get together. Tho association has been doing somo market figuring, and it finds that 450, 000 mlloB of real highway, around tho coutora of population, would reduco tho cost of living as well as add to tho enjoyment of living. A system Is proposed whoreby each of tho states could undertake tho construction of 500 or COO miles of highway each year. Thus in twelve yoara or so, with tho 120,000 mllea of road already improved, tho nation would possess tho nucleus of a flno market system. These roads, radiating from the centers of consump tion, could easily be connected with tho trunk highways that aro now being constructed in all parts of tho coun try, largely aa a reault of the activity or motor clubs. Concentration in Washington might mean unity and co-ordination, but it would also mean Increased appropria tions. Tho work belongs to tho Btatos. It was not, says the highway associa tion, until 1891, that tho stato of Now Jersey took the initiative, and throo years later established a department of public roads. Since thon other states havo followed In form, but hard- iy in anirit. Tho association ninrnn m. diana in tho iiat of lazy common- woniuiB. or an tno tine gravel roads it Possessed a few veara nan Indiana can, apparently, no longer bo regarded aB a leader in highway improvement. If this is true. Itvla tlmo that some- thing wero dono. Indianapolis Nowa. SURFACED ROADS IN COUNTRY Ohio Leads With 23,312 Miles In diana Next With 26,831 Mis souri Brings Up the Rear. Tnoro aro z.273,000 miles of roads in tho united states, of which 247,490 uiuuo, ur iv.v per cent, aro surfaced, ui suriaceu roauB onio has 28.312 mlleB; Indiana, 2G.831; Now York, 22, 398; Georgia, 12,500; Wisconsin, 11, 500; Kentucky. 10,036; Toxas, 9,700; California, 9,388; Illinois, 9,000; Massa chusetts, 8,928; Michigan, 8,859, and Missouri, 8,000 miles. In 1914 0,805 Btnto and state-aid roads wero built, and, 39,988 miles woro maintained with Btato aid. Tho total mlleago of Btato and stato-ald roads built In the whole couutry up to January 1, 1915, was only 35,477 miles. To Spend $3,000,000. Minnesota will upend $3,000,000 for hotter highways. To dato this yonr the Btato has given counties for stato eld $750,000 for highways, which will bo increased to $1,500,000 beforo noxt January. Goorgo W. Cooloy, engineer of tho Btato highway commission, rec ommondB u ono-mlll tax, and making tho stato's sharo of tho oxponso for stato roads one-half. Booster Never Quits. 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