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big   man。    I   couldn't   keep   him   off   me�察  �though   twice    I   smashed   him 

fairly   in   the   face   with   my   fist。 He   grappled   with   me�察  �and   we   went 

down�察�rolling and scrambling and struggling for grips。                  He was getting 

away with me�察�when some one came running up with a                     lantern。    Then I 

saw his face。      How shall I describe the horror of          it。   It was not a face 

only wasted or wasting featuresa living             ravage�察�noseless�察�lipless�察�with 

one   ear   swollen   and   distorted�察   �hanging   down   to   the   shoulder。     I   was 

frantic。    In a clinch he hugged         me close to him until that ear flapped in 

my   face。    Then   I   guess   I  went   insane。     It   was   too   terrible。 I   began 

striking him with my         revolver。     How it happened I don't know�察�but just 

as I was getting       clear he fastened upon me with his teeth。              The whole 

side of my hand        was in that lipless mouth。         Then I struck him with the 

revolver butt      squarely between the eyes�察�and his teeth relaxed。; 

     Cudworth held his hand to me in the moonlight�察�and I could see the 

scars。    It looked as if it had been mangled by a dog。 

     ;Weren't you afraid�拭─�I asked。 

     ;I was。     Seven years I waited。        You know�察�it takes that long for the 

disease to incubate。       Here in Kona I waited�察�and it did not come。                 But 

there was never a day of those seven years�察�and never a night�察                 �that I did 

not look out on 。 。 。 on all this 。 。 。 ;        His voice      broke as he swept his 



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eyes   from   the   moon´bathed   sea   beneath   to   the      snowy   summits   above。 

;I could not   bear to think   of losing it�察 �of        never again beholding   Kona。 

Seven   years�      �I   stayed   clean。   But   that    is   why   I   am   single。   I   was 

engaged。      I could not dare to marry while            I was in doubt。      She did not 

understand。      She   went   away   to   the    States   and   married。     I   have   never 

seen her since。 

     ;Just   at   the   moment   I   got   clear   of   the   leper   policeman   there   was   a 

rush and clatter of hoofs like a cavalry charge。              It was the      squarehead。 

He had been afraid of a rumpus and he had improved his                   time by making 

those blessed lepers he was guarding saddle up four                   horses。     We were 

ready   for   him。    Lyte   had   accounted   for   three    kokuas�察  �and   between   us 

we untangled Burnley from a couple more。                  The     whole settlement was 

in   an   uproar   by   that   time�察  �and   as   we   dashed away   somebody   opened 

upon     us  with   a  Winchester。      It   must   have    been    Jack    McVeigh�察     �the 

superintendent of Molokai。 

     ;That was a ride�        �Leper horses�察�leper saddles�察�leper bridles�察            �pitch´ 

black darkness�察�whistling bullets�察�and a road none of the                 best。    And the 

squarehead's horse was a mule�察�and he didn't know how                      to ride�察�either。 

But we made the whaleboat�察�and as we shoved off                     through the surf we 

could hear the horses coming down the hill from                Kalaupapa。 

     ;You're     going    to  Shanghai。      You     look   Lyte   Gregory     up。   He     is 

employed   in   a   German   firm   there。      Take   him   out   to   dinner。   Open   up 

wine。     Give     him    everything     of  the   best�察  �but  don't   let  him    pay   for 

anything。      Send the bill to me。        His wife and the kids are in         Honolulu�察�

and   he   needs   the   money   for   them。     I   know。     He   sends   most     of   his 

salary�察�and lives like an anchorite。          And tell him about         Kona。      There's 

where his heart is。       Tell him all you can about         Kona。; 



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         JACK LONDON BY HIMSELF 



     I was born in San Francisco in 1876。            At fifteen I was a man among 

men�察  �and   if   I   had   a   spare   nickel   I   spent   it   on   beer   instead   of candy�察�

because I thought it was more manly to buy beer。              Now�察�when        my years 

are nearly doubled�察 �I am out   on a   hunt for the boyhood              which I   never 

had�察�and I am less serious than at any other time of              my life。    Guess I'll 

find     that   boyhood�       �Almost       the   first  things    I    realized     were 

responsibilities。     I have no recollection of being         taught to read or write´ 

´I could do both at the age of fivebut I         know that my first school was in 

Alameda before I went out on a            ranch with my folks and as a ranch boy 

worked hard from my eighth           year。 

     The   second   school   were   I   tried   to   pick   up   a   little   learning   was   an 

irregular hit or miss   affair at San Mateo。          Each   class sat in   a   separate 

desk�察�but there were days when we did not sit at all�察�for              the master used 

to get drunk very often�察�and then one of the elder            boys would thrash him。 

To even things up�察�the master would then             thrash the younger lads�察�so you 

can think what sort of school   it        was。     There was no one belonging to 

me�察�or associated with me in any            way�察�who had literary tastes or ideas�察�

the   nearest   I   can   make   to   it is   that   my   great´grandfather   was   a   circuit 

writer�察 �a Welshman�察  �known         as ;Priest;   Jones   in   the   backwoods�察  �where 

his enthusiasm led him to         scatter the Gospel。 

     One of my earliest and strongest impressions was of the ignorance of 

other people。      I had read and absorbed Washington Irving's              ;Alhambra; 

before I was nine�察�but could never understand how it was                  that the other 

ranchers knew nothing about it。           Later I concluded        that this ignorance 

was peculiar to the country�察�and felt that those           who lived in cities would 

not be so dense。       One day a man from the           city came to the ranch。       He 

wore shiny shoes and a cloth coat�察�and I           felt that here was a good chance 

for   me   to  exchange     thoughts    with   an   enlightened      mind。    From     the 

bricks   of   an   old   fallen   chimney   I   had built   an   Alhambra   of   my   own�察�

towers�察  �terraces�察  �and   all   were  complete�察  �and   chalk   inscriptions   marked 



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the different sections。        Here I led the city man and questioned him about 

;The Alhambra�察─  �but         he   was   as   ignorant   as the   man   on   the   ranch�察  �and 

then I consoled       myself with the thought that there were only two clever 

people in      the worldWashington Irving and myself。 

     My     other   reading´matter       at  that   time   consisted     mainly    of   dime 

novels�察    �borrowed     from    the  hired   men�察   �and   newspapers       in  which    the 

servants gloated over the adventures of poor but virtuous shop´ girls。 

     Through      reading    such   stuff   my   mind    was    necessarily    ridiculously 

conventional�察�but being very lonely I read everything that came my                     way�察�

and was greatly impressed by Ouida's story ;Signa�察─�which I                      devoured 

regularly for a couple of years。          I never knew the finish        until I grew up�察�

for   the   closing   chapters    were    missing    from    my    copy�察   �so   I  kept   on 

dreaming with the hero�察�and�察�like him�察�unable to see                Nemesis�察�at the end。 

My work on the ranch at one time was to watch                     the bees�察�and as I sat 

under     a  tree  from    sunrise   till  late  in  the  afternoon�察     �waiting    for  the 

swarming�察 �I   had   plenty  of   time   to   read    and  dream。      Livermore Valley 

was   very   flat�察  �and   even   the   hills  around   were   then   to   me   devoid   of 

interest�察�and the only incident to         break in on my visions was when I gave 

the alarm of swarming�察�and            the ranch folks rushed out with pots�察�pans�察�

and buckets of water。         I    think the opening line of ;Signa; was ;It was 

only a little lad�察─     �yet he had dreams of becoming a great musician�察�and 

having all     Europe at his feet。       Well�察�I was only a little lad�察�too�察�but why 

could not I become what ;Signa; dreamed of being�拭�

     Life    on  a   Californian    ranch    was    then   to  me   the   dullest   possible 

existence�察�and every day I thought of going out beyond the sky´line                       to 

see   the   world。   Even   then   there   were   whispers�察  �promptings�察  �my         mind 

inclined to things beautiful�察�although my environment was                     unbeautiful。 

The hills and valleys around were eyesores and aching                   pits�察�and I never 

loved them till I left them。 

     Before   I   was   eleven   I   left   the   ranch   and   came   to   Oakland�察  �where   I 

spent   so   much   of   my   time   in   the   Free   Public   Library�察  �eagerly   reading 

everything   that   came   to   hand�察  �that   I   developed   the   first   stages   of  St。 

Vitus' dance from lack of exercise。            Disillusions quickly        followed�察�as I 

learned more of the world。          At this time I made my          living as a newsboy�察�



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