A WHOLESALE ROBBERY 27 



You get little or no physical exercise, and, therefore, 

 in a personal contest, I ought to have the advantage 

 over you ; but if your nerve force dominated mine, you 

 would surely conquer in the end." 



This night he entranced his listeners with stories 

 sustaining his favorite doctrine, showing that most of 

 the really great men of the world had been men below 

 the medium height and strength, but men endowed 

 with great nerve force. He illustrated this doctrine 

 by citing examples from life. Napoleon Bonaparte, 

 the Duke of Marlborough, Grant, Lord Nelson, Byron, 

 Alexander the Great, and Sheridan, were small men 

 both in stature and weight, yet in their day and gen- 

 eration these men helped to dominate the world. 



Two of the ill-visaged men took exception to Larkin's 

 conclusions, and so did one of the pair of hunters who 

 happened to be a big strapping fellow, and who evi- 

 dently couldn't see where a little " cuss " could get the 

 better of him. The rain kept on, and we all finally 

 turned in to our respective bunks, and soon were lulled 

 to sleep by the rain pattering on the roof. 



We awoke the next morning to find that each one of 

 the four of us hunters had been robbed. Larkin had 

 his wallet taken containing thirty-four dollars ; the 

 other two men had each a revolver and these with 

 their pocketbooks, which contained all their money, 

 were also missing. The writer's watch was purloined 

 but the robbers missed the money thirty-one dollars 



