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To
the
common
mind
he
became
known
as
a
rolling
stone
,
because
this
was
the
funniest
part
:
he
did
after
a
time
become
perfectly
known
,
and
even
notorious
,
within
the
circle
of
his
wanderings
(
which
had
a
diameter
of
,
say
,
three
thousand
miles
)
,
in
the
same
way
as
an
eccentric
character
is
known
to
a
whole
countryside
.
For
instance
,
in
Bankok
,
where
he
found
employment
with
Yucker
Brothers
,
charterers
and
teak
merchants
,
it
was
almost
pathetic
to
see
him
go
about
in
sunshine
hugging
his
secret
,
which
was
known
to
the
very
up-country
logs
on
the
river
.
Schomberg
,
the
keeper
of
the
hotel
where
he
boarded
,
a
hirsute
Alsatian
of
manly
bearing
and
an
irrepressible
retailer
of
all
the
scandalous
gossip
of
the
place
,
would
,
with
both
elbows
on
the
table
,
impart
an
adorned
version
of
the
story
to
any
guest
who
cared
to
imbibe
knowledge
along
with
the
more
costly
liquors
.
"
And
,
mind
you
,
the
nicest
fellow
you
could
meet
,
"
would
be
his
generous
conclusion
;
"
quite
superior
.
"
It
says
a
lot
for
the
casual
crowd
that
frequented
Schomberg
's
establishment
that
Jim
managed
to
hang
out
in
Bankok
for
a
whole
six
months
.
I
remarked
that
people
,
perfect
strangers
,
took
to
him
as
one
takes
to
a
nice
child
.
His
manner
was
reserved
,
but
it
was
as
though
his
personal
appearance
,
his
hair
,
his
eyes
,
his
smile
,
made
friends
for
him
wherever
he
went
.
And
,
of
course
,
he
was
no
fool
.
I
heard
Siegmund
Yucker
(
native
of
Switzerland
)
,
a
gentle
creature
ravaged
by
a
cruel
dyspepsia
,
and
so
frightfully
lame
that
his
head
swung
through
a
quarter
of
a
circle
at
every
step
he
took
,
declare
appreciatively
that
for
one
so
young
he
was
"
of
great
gabasidy
,
"
as
though
it
had
been
a
mere
question
of
cubic
contents
.
"
Why
not
send
him
up
country
?
"
I
suggested
anxiously
.
(
Yucker
Brothers
had
concessions
and
teak
forests
in
the
interior
.
)
"
If
he
has
capacity
,
as
you
say
,
he
will
soon
get
hold
of
the
work
.
And
physically
he
is
very
fit
.
His
health
is
always
excellent
.
"
"
Ach
!
It
's
a
great
ting
in
dis
goundry
to
be
vree
vrom
tispep-shia
,
"
sighed
poor
Yucker
enviously
,
casting
a
stealthy
glance
at
the
pit
of
his
ruined
stomach
.
I
left
him
drumming
pensively
on
his
desk
and
muttering
,
"
Es
ist
ein
'
Idee
.
Es
ist
ein
'
Idee
.
"
Unfortunately
,
that
very
evening
an
unpleasant
affair
took
place
in
the
hotel
.
'
I
do
n't
know
that
I
blame
Jim
very
much
,
but
it
was
a
truly
regrettable
incident
.
It
belonged
to
the
lamentable
species
of
bar-room
scuffles
,
and
the
other
party
to
it
was
a
cross-eyed
Dane
of
sorts
whose
visiting-card
recited
,
under
his
misbegotten
name
:
first
lieutenant
in
the
Royal
Siamese
Navy
.
The
fellow
,
of
course
,
was
utterly
hopeless
at
billiards
,
but
did
not
like
to
be
beaten
,
I
suppose
.
He
had
had
enough
to
drink
to
turn
nasty
after
the
sixth
game
,
and
make
some
scornful
remark
at
Jim
's
expense
.
Most
of
the
people
there
did
n't
hear
what
was
said
,
and
those
who
had
heard
seemed
to
have
had
all
precise
recollection
scared
out
of
them
by
the
appalling
nature
of
the
consequences
that
immediately
ensued
.
It
was
very
lucky
for
the
Dane
that
he
could
swim
,
because
the
room
opened
on
a
verandah
and
the
Menam
flowed
below
very
wide
and
black
.
A
boat-load
of
Chinamen
,
bound
,
as
likely
as
not
,
on
some
thieving
expedition
,
fished
out
the
officer
of
the
King
of
Siam
,
and
Jim
turned
up
at
about
midnight
on
board
my
ship
without
a
hat
.
"
Everybody
in
the
room
seemed
to
know
,
"
he
said
,
gasping
yet
from
the
contest
,
as
it
were
.
He
was
rather
sorry
,
on
general
principles
,
for
what
had
happened
,
though
in
this
case
there
had
been
,
he
said
,
"
no
option
.
"
But
what
dismayed
him
was
to
find
the
nature
of
his
burden
as
well
known
to
everybody
as
though
he
had
gone
about
all
that
time
carrying
it
on
his
shoulders
.
Naturally
after
this
he
could
n't
remain
in
the
place
.
He
was
universally
condemned
for
the
brutal
violence
,
so
unbecoming
a
man
in
his
delicate
position
;
some
maintained
he
had
been
disgracefully
drunk
at
the
time
;
others
criticised
his
want
of
tact
.
Even
Schomberg
was
very
much
annoyed
.
"
He
is
a
very
nice
young
man
,
"
he
said
argumentatively
to
me
,
"
but
the
lieutenant
is
a
first-rate
fellow
too
.
He
dines
every
night
at
my
table
d'hote
,
you
know
.
And
there
's
a
billiard-cue
broken
.
I
ca
n't
allow
that
.
First
thing
this
morning
I
went
over
with
my
apologies
to
the
lieutenant
,
and
I
think
I
've
made
it
all
right
for
myself
;
but
only
think
,
captain
,
if
everybody
started
such
games
!
Why
,
the
man
might
have
been
drowned
!
And
here
I
ca
n't
run
out
into
the
next
street
and
buy
a
new
cue
.
I
've
got
to
write
to
Europe
for
them
.
No
,
no
!
A
temper
like
that
wo
n't
do
!
"
...
He
was
extremely
sore
on
the
subject
.
'
This
was
the
worst
incident
of
all
in
his
--
his
retreat
.
Nobody
could
deplore
it
more
than
myself
;
for
if
,
as
somebody
said
hearing
him
mentioned
,
"
Oh
yes
!
I
know
.
He
has
knocked
about
a
good
deal
out
here
,
"
yet
he
had
somehow
avoided
being
battered
and
chipped
in
the
process
.
This
last
affair
,
however
,
made
me
seriously
uneasy
,
because
if
his
exquisite
sensibilities
were
to
go
the
length
of
involving
him
in
pot-house
shindies
,
he
would
lose
his
name
of
an
inoffensive
,
if
aggravating
,
fool
,
and
acquire
that
of
a
common
loafer
.
For
all
my
confidence
in
him
I
could
not
help
reflecting
that
in
such
cases
from
the
name
to
the
thing
itself
is
but
a
step
.
I
suppose
you
will
understand
that
by
that
time
I
could
not
think
of
washing
my
hands
of
him
.
I
took
him
away
from
Bankok
in
my
ship
,
and
we
had
a
longish
passage
.
It
was
pitiful
to
see
how
he
shrank
within
himself
.
A
seaman
,
even
if
a
mere
passenger
,
takes
an
interest
in
a
ship
,
and
looks
at
the
sea-life
around
him
with
the
critical
enjoyment
of
a
painter
,
for
instance
,
looking
at
another
man
's
work
.
In
every
sense
of
the
expression
he
is
"
on
deck
"
;
but
my
Jim
,
for
the
most
part
,
skulked
down
below
as
though
he
had
been
a
stowaway
.
He
infected
me
so
that
I
avoided
speaking
on
professional
matters
,
such
as
would
suggest
themselves
naturally
to
two
sailors
during
a
passage
.
For
whole
days
we
did
not
exchange
a
word
;
I
felt
extremely
unwilling
to
give
orders
to
my
officers
in
his
presence
.
Often
,
when
alone
with
him
on
deck
or
in
the
cabin
,
we
did
n't
know
what
to
do
with
our
eyes
.
'
I
placed
him
with
De
Jongh
,
as
you
know
,
glad
enough
to
dispose
of
him
in
any
way
,
yet
persuaded
that
his
position
was
now
growing
intolerable
.
He
had
lost
some
of
that
elasticity
which
had
enabled
him
to
rebound
back
into
his
uncompromising
position
after
every
overthrow
.
One
day
,
coming
ashore
,
I
saw
him
standing
on
the
quay
;
the
water
of
the
roadstead
and
the
sea
in
the
offing
made
one
smooth
ascending
plane
,
and
the
outermost
ships
at
anchor
seemed
to
ride
motionless
in
the
sky
.
He
was
waiting
for
his
boat
,
which
was
being
loaded
at
our
feet
with
packages
of
small
stores
for
some
vessel
ready
to
leave
.
After
exchanging
greetings
,
we
remained
silent
--
side
by
side
.
"
Jove
!
"
he
said
suddenly
,
"
this
is
killing
work
.
"
'
He
smiled
at
me
;
I
must
say
he
generally
could
manage
a
smile
.
I
made
no
reply
.
I
knew
very
well
he
was
not
alluding
to
his
duties
;
he
had
an
easy
time
of
it
with
De
Jongh
.
Nevertheless
,
as
soon
as
he
had
spoken
I
became
completely
convinced
that
the
work
was
killing
.
I
did
not
even
look
at
him
.
"
Would
you
like
,
"
said
I
,
"
to
leave
this
part
of
the
world
altogether
;
try
California
or
the
West
Coast
?
I
'll
see
what
I
can
do
...
"
He
interrupted
me
a
little
scornfully
.
"
What
difference
would
it
make
?
"
...
I
felt
at
once
convinced
that
he
was
right
.
It
would
make
no
difference
;
it
was
not
relief
he
wanted
;
I
seemed
to
perceive
dimly
that
what
he
wanted
,
what
he
was
,
as
it
were
,
waiting
for
,
was
something
not
easy
to
define
--
something
in
the
nature
of
an
opportunity
.
I
had
given
him
many
opportunities
,
but
they
had
been
merely
opportunities
to
earn
his
bread
.
Yet
what
more
could
any
man
do
?
The
position
struck
me
as
hopeless
,
and
poor
Brierly
's
saying
recurred
to
me
,
"
Let
him
creep
twenty
feet
underground
and
stay
there
.
"
Better
that
,
I
thought
,
than
this
waiting
above
ground
for
the
impossible
.
Yet
one
could
not
be
sure
even
of
that
.
There
and
then
,
before
his
boat
was
three
oars
'
lengths
away
from
the
quay
,
I
had
made
up
my
mind
to
go
and
consult
Stein
in
the
evening
.
