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They saw him slouch for'ard after breakfast, and, like a mendicant, with outstretched palm, accost a sailor. The sailor grinned and passed him a fragment of sea biscuit. He clutched it avariciously, looked at it as a miser looks at gold, and thrust it into his shirt bosom. THEY SAW HIM SLOUCH FORWARD AFTER BREAKFAST AND LIKE A MENDICANT WITH OUTSTRETCHED PALM ACCOST A SAILOR THE SAILOR GRINNED AND PASSED HIM A FRAGMENT OF SEA BISCUIT HE CLUTCHED AT IT AVARICIOUSLY LOOKING AT IT AS A MISER LOOKS AT GOLD AND THRUST IT INTO HIS SHIRT BOSOM
a home among the orange groves and flowers. The days were not many after that when he sat at table with the scientific men and ship's officers. He gloated over the spectacle of so much food, watching it anxiously as it went into the mouths of others. With the disappearance of each mouthful an expression of deep regret came into his eyes. He was quite sane, yet he hated those men at mealtime. He was haunted by a fear that the food would not last. He inquired of the cook, the cabin-boy, the captain, concerning the food stores. They reassured him countless times; but he could not believe them, and pried cunningly about the lazarette to see with his own eyes. It was noticed that the man was getting fat. He grew stouter with each day. The scientific men shook their heads and theorized. They limited the man at his meals, but still his girth increased and he swelled prodigiously under his shirt. The sailors grinned. They knew. And when the scientific men set a watch on the man, they knew too. OUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND A HOME AMONG THE ORANGE GROVES AND FLOWERS THE DAYS WERE NOT MANY AFTER THAT WHEN HE SAT AT TABLE WITH THE SCIENTIFIC MEN AND SHIP'S OFFICERS HE GLOATED OVER THE SPECTACLE OF SO MUCH FOOD WATCHING IT ANXIOUSLY AS IT WENT INTO THE MOUTHS OF OTHERS WITH THE DISAPPEARANCE OF EACH MOUTHFUL AN EXPRESSION OF DEEP REGRET CAME INTO HIS EYES HE WAS QUITE SANE YET HE HATED THOSE MEN AT MEAL TIME HE WAS HAUNTED BY A FEAR THAT THE FOOD WOULD NOT LAST HE INQUIRED OF THE COOK THE CABIN BOY THE CAPTAIN CONCERNING THE FOOD STORES THEY REASSURED HIM COUNTLESS TIMES BUT HE COULD NOT BELIEVE THEM AND PRIED CUNNINGLY ABOUT THE LAZARETTE TO SEE WITH HIS OWN EYES IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE MAN WAS GETTING FAT HE GREW STOUTER WITH EACH DAY THE SCIENTIFIC MEN SHOOK THEIR HEADS AND THEORIZED THEN LIMITED THE MAN AT HIS MEALS BUT STILL HIS GIRTH INCREASED AND HE SWELLED PRODIGIOUSLY UNDER HIS SHIRT THE SAILORS GRINNED THEY KNEW AND WHEN THE SCIENTIFIC MEN SET A WATCH ON THE MAN THEY KNEW TOO
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