Adventure Page #6

DRIED PRUNES.

AND WHAT DO YOU GE FROM SAP AND PRUNES?

WELL, HARRY,

I ONLY SAID-

"AS STARS TO THE SAILOR

ARE BOOKS TO THE SCHOLAR."

AIN'T THA SWEET.

THEY KNOW ABOU SAILORS.

YEAH, BUT HARRY,

I JUST THOUGHT-

EDUCATED PEOPLE... THEY

DON'T BRAG ON BILLBOARDS,

THEY CHISEL THEIR

ADS IN GRANITE!

"KNOWLEDGE IS POWER." "BOOKS

ARE THE LEGACY OF TIME."

UH-OH. THERE'S THE TOPPER-

"WISDOM IS PEACE." HUH!

SO THEY'RE WISE.

SO THEY GOT PEACE.

YEAH, BUT HARRY-

COME ON, MUDGE.

WE'LL GO IN AND GET A

GREAT BIG HUNK OF WISDOM,

AND A NICE FA BELLYFUL OF PEACE.

I'll wait here

while you ask 'em.

IF THEY HAD ICE, WOULD

BE WONDERFUL FOR STIFFS.

FOLLOW ME, PAL.

YEAH. WHAT DO YOU

DO FOR 'EM?

YES?

CAN'T FIND IT.

PARDON?

THE TREE.

HUH?

THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE. COME IN,

IT SAYS, AND GET UNDER THE TREE.

WHERE DO YOU KEEP IT?

THE NEXT BAR IS ABOUT A BLOCK

AND A HALF DOWN THE STREET.

YOU CAN'T MISS IT.

I KNOW WHERE ALL

THE BARROOMS ARE.

I THOUGHT I'D STOP

A MOMENT IN YOURS.

WHAT DO YOU SAY, YOU

GONNA SET 'EM UP?

WE'LL HEIST ONE

UNDER THE TREE,

AND GET DRUNK WITH

A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE.

LOOK, MISTER, ARE YOU

GOING TO KEEP THIS UP?

BECAUSE IF SO, I'LL

HAVE TO CALL A GUARD.

OH, NO. NO, NO, MISS.

I TAKE IT ALL BACK.

I DIDN'T SAY A WORD.

I'M NOT LOOKING FOR

TROUBLE. I'M BRINGING IT IN.

I GOT A SICK SAILOR

WITH ME.

WHAT?

YEAH. YEAH, THAT GUY

OVER THERE.

HE'S SICK, AND HE'S

LOOKING FOR HELP.

PLEASE EXCUSE:

HARRY, MISS.

HE'S DOING THIS

FOR ME.

YEAH, THAT'S

RIGHT, MUDGE.

TELL THE LADY:

WHAT'S EATING YOU.

I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED

IF SHE COULD HELP YOU.

SHE LOOKS PRETTY

SMART TO ME.

DID HARRY TELL YOU

WHAT WE WAS LOOKING FOR?

HE SAID:

YOU WERE SICK.

WELL, NOT REALLY SICK,

MISS. YOU SEE, I-I-

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

I LOST MY SOUL.

POPPED OUT OF HIS CHES AND LAMMED UP POWELL

STREET IN THE FOG.

IT DID. WE WAS WONDERING

WHETHER YOU COULD REFER US

TO A BOOK DEALING WITH

A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE.

YOU'RE A SAILOR?

YES, MISS.

MERCHANT MARINE?

YES, MISS.

IS HE?

YES, HE'S THE BOSUN, AND IF

YOU WAS EVER TORPEDOED, MISS,

YOU WOULDN'T SWAP HARRY

FOR NO BOSUN GOING.

WERE YOU TORPEDOED?

THE LAST TRIP.

AND YOU SAVED HIM?

HE'S NUTS.

YOU SEE, A TREE

GREW ON THE SHIP,

AND WE ALL SA AROUND AND READ.

OH, HARRY.

DIDN'T SAY A WORD.

SUPPOSE YOU TELL ME WHA YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, PLEASE.

I'M REALLY

RATHER BUSY.

YES. IT WAS LIKE

THIS, MISS.

WE WERE OUT THERE ON A

RAFT, AND ON THE SIXTH DAY,

I MADE THE LORD 4 PROMISES,

WHAT I'D DO IF HE SAVED US.

BUT I BROKE MY PROMISES,

AND I LOST MY SOUL.

UH, WHAT DO YOU SAY, YOU

GOT A BOOK AROUND HERE

THAT A SOUL MIGH WALK BACK ON?

WE'VE GOT SOME

BOOKS FOR YOU.

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