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Yet he was sane. He was taking precautions against another possible famine  that was all. YET HE WAS SANE HE WAS TAKING PRECAUTIONS AGAINST ANOTHER POSSIBLE FAMINE THAT WAS ALL
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. 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. Similar were the donations from other grinning sailors. The scientific men were discreet. They let him alone. But they privily examined his bunk. It was lined with hardtack; the mattress was stuffed with hardtack; every nook and cranny was filled with hardtack. G 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 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 SIMILAR WERE THE DONATIONS FROM OTHER GRINNING SAILORS THE SCIENTIFIC MEN WERE DISCREET THEY LET HIM ALONE BUT THEY PRIVILY EXAMINED HIS BUNK IT WAS LINED WITH HARDTACK THE MATTRESS WAS STUFFED WITH HARDTACK EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY WAS FILLED WITH HARD TACK
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