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Show "1111311 SYNOPSIS. 17 Humphrey Van Weyden, crltlo and dilettante, dilet-tante, rinds himself aboard the sealing schooner Ghost, Captain Wolf l.arsen, bound to Japan waters. The captain makes him cabin boy "for the Rood of his ttoul." Wolf hates a seaman and makes It the basis for a philosophic discussion with Hump. Hump s intimacy with Wolf Increases. A carnival of brutality breaks loose In the ship. Wolf proves himself the master brute. Hump Is made male on the hetl-ship and proves that ho has learned "to stand on his own less." Two men desert the vessel In one of the small Italia. A young woman and four men, aurvrrors of a steamer wreck, are rescued res-cued from a small boat. The deserters are sighted, but Wolf stands away and leaves them to drown. Maude Hrewsler. the rescued Klrl. sees the cook towed overside over-side to Ktva him a bath and his foot bitten OIT by a shark as he la hauled aboard. She begins to realize her danger at the hands of Wolf. Van Weyden realises real-ises that he loves Maude. Wolfs brother, IVath Ijirsen, comes on the seallns grounds In the steam sealer Macedonia, "hos" the soa. and Wolf captures several sev-eral of his Nvits. The tlhost runs away in a to. Wolf furnishes liquor to tho prisoners. CHAPTER XXII Continued. "He led a lost causa, and ha was not afraid of God's thunderbolts," Wolf Larson was saying. "Hurled Into hell he was unbeaten. A third of God's angels he had led with hlra. an " straightway he Incited man to rebw against God. and gained for himself and hell tho major portion of all tho generations of man. Why was ho beaten beat-en out of heaven? Because he was less bravs than God? less proud? less aspiring? No! A thousand times no! God was more poworftrl. as he said. Whom thunder hath made greater. Hut Lucifer was a freo spirit To serve was to suffocate. He preferred suf 'erir.g In freedom to all the happiness of a comfortable servility. He did not care to servo God. He cared to serve nothing. Ho was no figurehead He stood on his own legs. He was an in-.dividual." in-.dividual." j' "The first anarchist." Maud lunched, rising and preparing to withdraw to her stateroom. ' Then it is good to he an anarchist ! " he cried. He too. had risen, nnd he Ftood facing her. where she hail paused at the door of her room, as ho went n: " 'I b-r at l i-t U'e shill be fr--.-. Ihe Aln.:;h:y l.ath t.ot le.llt j Her." f ir Ms i-nvy: will not drive us h-n.-e. 1 iere w.- n,.iy r.-lcn -. uro. and In my ! To r-'-.CT is w.ir'.h amt.ltion, lli.iui.-fi in 1 H'-lr-r to r- lirn In hell than i.-rve In r I It M the rt. -riant cry of a mighty Spirit. Tho cabin still rang with his olt p. as he stood there, swaying, his bronze..) fat n shining, his head up and dominant, and his eyes, gulden and masculine, intensely masculine and In (latently soft, flashing upon Maud at the d'Mir. Ag.iln that tir.r.amabli and unmistakable unmis-takable terror was In her eys. and she said, almost In a whisper. "You are Lucifer." Tho door closed and she was gone. )! stood staring after her for a mln ute. theD returned to himself and to mo. "I'll relievo Iuis at the wheel." he said shortly, "and call upon you to relieve re-lieve at midnight. Hotter turn In now and got some sleep." CHAPTER XXIII. 1 know not what had aroused mo. tint I found myself out of my bunk, on my foot, wldo awake, my soul vlbrat-Ing vlbrat-Ing to tho warning of danger ns It might have thrilled to a trumpet rail. 1 throw open tho door. Tho cabin light was burning low. 1 saw Mnud, my Maud, straining and struggling nnd crushed In tho ornbraco of Wolf Lar sen's arms. I could see the vain b.-irt and flutter of her as aho Rtrovo, pressing press-ing her faco against Ills breast, to escape, from h I in. All this I Haw on tho very Instant of seeing and as 1 sprang forward. I struck him with my (IhI. on the faco, as be raised his head, but It was a P'iny blow. Ho roared In a ferocious, animal like, way. and gave, inn a nhovo with his hand. It wns only a shove, a flirt of tho wrist, yet so tremendous was his strength that I was hurled -h.vkwnrd as from a catapult. I struck tho door of the stateroom which Inul formerly boon Mugrldgn's. splintering and smashing tho panels with the tin j.nct of my body. I struggled to my feet, with difficulty dragging myself clear of tho wrecked door, unaware of any hurt whatever. 1 was conscious only of an overmastering rage. 1 think I. too, cried aloud, as I drew tho knife at rny hip and sprnng forward a sec olid tlmo. Hut aometbliig had happened They vtero reeling apart. I whs i lose iip.ni Mm. rny knlfo uplifted, but I withheld tho blow. I was pu..led by the strange lies of IL Maud was leaning iigciliinl tho wall, min hand eeit for support; but ho was staggering, his left hand liromed against his fnr-licnd and cov firing bis nyen. nnd with the r Ik lit ho was groping about blln In a dn.ed sort of mf. It nlriuk ngalniil the wall, and Ms txxly s"ined to oiprenn a mug ciilar and phynbal relief nt tho con ta t. as though ho bad found bis bear Ings. bis location In spneo an well an a)tnnlliliig sgnlnnl will, h to lean. Than 1 saw fl again. All my wrongs and humiliations flashed upou me with a dazzling brightness, all that I had suffered and others had suffered at his hands, all the enormity of the man's very existence. I sprang on him, blindly, Insanely, and drove the knife Into his shoulder. I knew then, that It was no more than a fle9h wound had felt the steel grate on his shoulder-bladeand 1 raised the knife to strike at a more vital part-Rut part-Rut Maud had seen my first blow, and she cried. "Don't! Please don't!" I dropped my arm for a moment, and a moment only. Again the knife was raised, and Wolf Larson would have surely died had sho not stepped between. be-tween. Her arms were around mo. her hair was brushing my face. My pulse rushed up lu an unwonted manner, yot my rage mounted with It. She looked me bravely In the eyes. "For my sake," she begged. "I would kill him for your Bake!" 1 cried, trying to free my arm without hurting her. "Hush!" she said, nnd laid her fingers fin-gers lightly on my lips. I could have kissed them, had I dared, even then. In my rage, the touch of them was so sweet, so very sweet. "Fleaso. please," she pleaded, and sho disarmed me by the words, as I was to discover they would ever disarm me. 1 stepped back, separating from her. and replaced tho knife In Its sheath. 1 looked at Wolf Larson. He still pressed his left hand against his forehead. fore-head. It covered his eyes. His head was bowed. He seemed to have grown limp. His body was sagging at the hips, his great shoulders were droop-.ing droop-.ing and shrinking forward. "Van Weyden!" be called hoarsely, i and with a note of fright In his voice i ' Oh, Van Weyd.-n! where are you!" , I looked at Maud She did not speak, but no.l l.-d her head. "Here I am." I answered, stepping ' to his side. "What is the matter?" "Help me to a soul," he said. In the same hoarse, frightened voice. "I am a sick man a very sic k 'man Hump." he said, as he b ft my sustaining sustain-ing grip and sank Into a . hair. "What Is the matter?" I a.-ked. resting rest-ing my hand on his shoulder "What cm I do for you?" Hut lie shock off my hand with an Irritated movement, and for a long -35 , V ?- r . '-a V I ! I Saw Maud Crushed In tho Embrace of Wolf Larlen't Armi. tl.no I stood by bin aide In silence. Maud was looking tin. her faco awed and frightened What, hnd happened to him wo could not Imngino. "Hump." he said nt Inst, "I must got Into my bunk Lend mo a bnud. I'll bo nil right In a little while. li s those flnnm hendncbes. I believe I was nfrnld of them. I hnd a feeling-no. I don't know what I'm talking nhout. Help mo Into my bunk." Hut when I got hlin Into his bunk ho again burled bin face In bin hands covering bin eyes, ami an I turned to go I could hear him murmuring. "I nm a sl.-k num. a very nick man." Maud looked nt me Inquiringly nn I cmoieed nllOOk 1 1 1 llClld. Bliylllg "Something has happened to him i Wlinl. I don't know. Ho In helpless. nnd frightened, I Imagine, for tho flrnt time In bin life. It m-st have occurred before bo received the knife thrust which inad" only a superficial wound You must have neon what happened " Sim shook her bend. "I saw noth tr'g It In Just an mynlor lnun to inn He Suddenly Toleniioil ,,o ,,,,, BK gored nwnv Hut what nhnll wo do? What shall I do?" "If you will wait, plenne, until I enure luo k." I nnnwered. 1 went on do, k. Louis wns nt the W hee. "You innv go for nrd nnd turn In." I nnld, taking It from him. lie wnn ijiih k to obey, nml I found nivnelf nln no on (ho dm k of tho (ilioni An iiioly nn wnn pr.rmlhln. I clewed up llm topnalln. lowered the living Jib nnd stnynnll. bmked the Jlli over, nnd flat toned the mnlnnrill Then I wont be low to Main). I plnond my nnger on my lips for nllenco, and er.leied Wolf -- Mtl Larsen's room. He was In tho samo position In which I had left him, and his head was rocking almost writhing writh-ing from side to side. "Anything I can do for you?" I asked. He made no roply at first, but on my repeating tho question he answorod, "No, no; I'm all right. Leave me alone till morning." ' But as I turned to go I noted that his head had resifmed Its rocking motion. Maud was waiting patiently for mo, and I took notlco, with a thrill of Joy. of the queenly poise of her head and her glorious, calm eyes. Calm and sure they were as her spirit Itself. "Will you trust yourself to me for a Journey of six hundred miles or so?" I asked. "You mean ?" sho asked, and I knew sho had guessed aright. "Yes, I mean Just that," I replied. "There Is nothing loft for us but the open boat." "For mo. you mean," sho said. "You are certainly as safo here as you have been." "No, thero Is nothing left for us but the open boat," I Iterated stoutly. "Will you please dress as warmly as you can. at once, and make Into a bundle whatever you wish to bring with you?" "And mnko all hnste," I added, as she turned toward her stateroom. The lazaretto was directly beneath the cabin, nnd. opening the trapdoor In tho floor and carrying a candle with me. I dropped down and began over hauling the ship's 6tores. I selected mainly from the canned goods, and by the time I was ready, willing hnnda were extended from abovo (o receive what I passed up. Wo worked In silence. I helped myself my-self olso to blankets, mittens, oilskins caps, and such things, from the slop chest. It was no light adventure, this trusting ourselves In a small bont to so raw and stormy a sea. and It was Imperative that wo should guard ourselves our-selves against cold nnd wet. We worked feverishly at carrying our plunder on deck and depositing It amidships, so feverishly that Maud, whose strength wns hardly a por .fro quantity, had to give over, exhausted, and sit on tho steps at the break of ttie poop. This did not serve to recover her. and she lay on her hack, on the hard deck, anna stretched out and whole body relaxed. It was a trick I renien.' . red of n.y sifter, and I knew she would soon be herself ni:aln. I knew, nUii, that wea;ons would not come nnii-is. and I reentered Wolf Lar serfs stateroom to g. t li s riile nn.,1 shotgun. I spoke to him. but he made no answer, though his load was still ro, king from side to side nnd he was Hot Bsle.-p "Givod by. Lucifer," I whNprrod to myself as I softly closed the door ,er, to otitain was a Mock of ammunition am-munition -an easy matter, though 1 had to enter tho steerage coin pah !o:i wny to do It Here the hunters stored the Biuui unit ion boxes they t arried In the boats, nnd here, but a few feet from their noisy revels, I took posses sion of two boxes Next, to lower a bout. Not so simple a task for one man. Hnvlng cast off the lashings, I hoisted first on Ihe forward tackle, then on tho aft. till the boat cleared the rail. wh,-n I lowered awny. one t.i' kle nnd then the other, for a couple of f.-et, till u hung snugly, above the water, ngairnt the schooner's side I made certain that It contained the proper i-julpment of oars, rowlocks and sail Water was a consideration, nnd I robhe, every host aboard of Its breaker. As there were nine boats nil (old. It meant that we should have plenty of water, and bnllnst as well, though there wan the chance Hint tho boat would bo over-Ion. over-Ion. led. what of tho generous supply of other things I wan taking A few minutes snlliced to finish the loading and 1 lowered the boat Into the wnter. As 1 helped Mnud over the rail nnd felt tier form close to mine It was all I could do to keep from crying cry-ing out. "I love you! I lovo you!" Truly Humphrey Van Weyden was at last In love, I thought, nn her fingers clung to mine while I lowered her down to the bont. I held on to tho rnll with one hand nnd supported her weight with the other, and I wnn proud nt tho moment of tho feat. It wns a strength 1 had not possessed a few months before, on tho day I said good by to Charley Furusoth nnd started for San Francisco on tho III fated Mart Inez. As the boat ascended on a nen, her feet touched nnd I released her hands. I cast oft the tackles and leaped after her. I bad never rowed In my life, hut I put out Ihe oars and nt tho expense of much effort got the boat clear of the Ghent. i ben I experimented w ith tin null, 1 had neon tho bont Hteerers and hiinlern sot their nprltsalln nmnv Mines, yet thin wan my Hist attempt. What look them possibly two minutes look mo twenty, but In the end I nue ceodeil In soiling nnd 1 1 homing It, nnd wllh the steering oar lu my hands hauled on tho wind. "'1 her o lien .Inpnn," 1 renin! koil, "nlrrilghl before nn." "I lumplirev Van Weyden," sho mild, "you urn a brnvn man." "Nnv." 1 nnnwered, "It In you who urn a In ave woninn." Wo turned our hen. In, nwnyed by n common Impulse to nee the bint of tho Ghost. Her low hull lifted nnd rolled lo wluilwnrd on a nen; her cnuvan loomed darkly In the night; her lushed wheel creaked ll n the rudder kicked; then night nnd sound of her faded awny nod wo worn alone tut tho I I a i k sen. CHAPTTR XXIV. Thorn In no need of going Into nn intended roollnl of our siiffoiliut In the r in ii 1 1 boat dining (ho ninny ilnvn wo woie driven nnd drlflod. lima and c . there, wllly-nllly, across tho wlds expanse of ocean. The high wind blow from the northwest for twenty four hours, when It foil calm, and In tho night sprang up from the southwest. south-west. This was dead In our teeth, but I took In tho sea-anchor I had roughly ruado and sot sail, hauling a course on tho wind which took us In a south-Bouthoasterly south-Bouthoasterly direction. It was an oven choice botwoon this and tho west-northwesterly west-northwesterly course which the wind permitted, but tho warm airs of the Bouth fanned my desire for a warmer sea and swayed my decision. In throe hours it was midnight, I woll remember, and as dark as I had ever seen It on the sea the wind, still blowing out of the southwest, rose furiously, fu-riously, and once again I was com pelled to sot tho sea-anchor. Day broke and found me wan-eyed and the ocean lashed white, the boat pitching, almost on end, to Its drag. We were In lmmlnont dangor of being swamped by the whltecaps. As It was. spray and spume came aboard In such quantities that I balled without cessation. cessa-tion. The blankets were soaking. Ev- FQPPP Mm v v "Good by, Lucifer, I whispered to My- elf, as I Softly Clcied tho Door. erythliiR :m .-t fire; t MauJ. atiJ hh. la oilskins. ru.ih'T tKts, ar.J sou-wrtit.-r. ttm dry. ull but lir f.u'O ar.J han 1m n:.A u tt r.i y !; of ha'.r. S Ins rrllfv.-j rr.o ut tho tuMr.tc ho'.o from tlnit- tti t'.nii'. ur.J hrawly aho throw out tins uattT n:ul fuoi' l tho morr.i. AM tlilni aro r'l:il! i It was no more than a ti 1 1 rT blow, but to u, rghtltig for l!fo In our frail iTtift. It as tr.JoeJ a Htnrm. i"oM and t-h'Trr-r tho !r. J beat' (sir on our f;UT. tho h!to lint ronr If-i! by. wo tttruii'.cJ throKh tho tiny N'.:ht o:ui;e. but nellhrr uf us h! it I'.iy tamo, nr.tl still tho wli.J bout on our fuoos ar.J tho white son roarM :ift Py the soconJ n!j;ht MuuJ wns fulling asm-p from tihaus-llon. tihaus-llon. I ooviT'M hor with olisklim ar.J a tnrpuuUn. Sho wns comparatively !rr, but sho wns numb with the coM I fruro.l greatly thai sho might din In tho ii U; ht ; but day broko. cold an.1 chofrl't. with tho samo cloude.l sky and boating wind and roaring seas i to m: ros'TiM'i:;' |