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By

the

light

of

the

lantern

I

saw

the

butt

twist

slowly

around

till

its

sides

coincided

with

the

sides

of

the

step

.

Maud

made

fast

and

returned

to

the

windlass

.

Slowly

the

butt

descended

the

several

intervening

inches

,

at

the

same

time

slightly

twisting

again

.

Again

Maud

rectified

the

twist

with

the

watch-tackle

,

and

again

she

lowered

away

from

the

windlass

.

Square

fitted

into

square

.

The

mast

was

stepped

.

I

raised

a

shout

,

and

she

ran

down

to

see

.

In

the

yellow

lantern

light

we

peered

at

what

we

had

accomplished

.

We

looked

at

each

other

,

and

our

hands

felt

their

way

and

clasped

.

The

eyes

of

both

of

us

,

I

think

,

were

moist

with

the

joy

of

success

.

"

It

was

done

so

easily

after

all

,

"

I

remarked

.

"

All

the

work

was

in

the

preparation

.

"

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"

And

all

the

wonder

in

the

completion

,

"

Maud

added

.

"

I

can

scarcely

bring

myself

to

realize

that

that

great

mast

is

really

up

and

in

;

that

you

have

lifted

it

from

the

water

,

swung

it

through

the

air

,

and

deposited

it

here

where

it

belongs

.

It

is

a

Titan

's

task

.

"

"

And

they

made

themselves

many

inventions

,

"

I

began

merrily

,

then

paused

to

sniff

the

air

.

I

looked

hastily

at

the

lantern

.

It

was

not

smoking

.

Again

I

sniffed

.

"

Something

is

burning

,

"

Maud

said

,

with

sudden

conviction

.

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We

sprang

together

for

the

ladder

,

but

I

raced

past

her

to

the

deck

.

A

dense

volume

of

smoke

was

pouring

out

of

the

steerage

companion-way

.

"

The

Wolf

is

not

yet

dead

,

"

I

muttered

to

myself

as

I

sprang

down

through

the

smoke

.

It

was

so

thick

in

the

confined

space

that

I

was

compelled

to

feel

my

way

;

and

so

potent

was

the

spell

of

Wolf

Larsen

on

my

imagination

,

I

was

quite

prepared

for

the

helpless

giant

to

grip

my

neck

in

a

strangle

hold

.

I

hesitated

,

the

desire

to

race

back

and

up

the

steps

to

the

deck

almost

overpowering

me

.

Then

I

recollected

Maud

.

The

vision

of

her

,

as

I

had

last

seen

her

,

in

the

lantern

light

of

the

schooner

's

hold

,

her

brown

eyes

warm

and

moist

with

joy

,

flashed

before

me

,

and

I

knew

that

I

could

not

go

back

.

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