Adventure Page #3

KNOW?

IT'S HIS BLOOMIN'

BUSINESS TO KNOW, ISN'T IT?

PREACHERS ONLY:

KNOW ABOUT SOULS

THAT LEAVE:

A DEAD BODY:

AND GO STRAIGH TO HEAVEN OR HELL.

I BET A GOOD ELECTRICIAN

COULD TELL MUDGIN MORE.

MAYBE MUDGIN'S DEAD AND DON'T KNOW IT.

LEAVE HIM:

ALONE, GUS.

ARE YOU:

NUTS, TOO?

DON'T TELL ME YOU

BELIEVE HIS SCREWY TALK!

I DON'T BELIEVE

IN NOTHIN'.

OH, YOU GOTTA

BELIEVE IT, HARRY.

WE'RE ALL SHIPMATES.

IT'S LIKE I TOLD YOU I

HAD CANCER OR SOMETHING.

YOU WOULDN'T JUST LAUGH

IT OFF AND DITCH ME.

THAT'S EXACTLY

WHAT HE'S GONNA DO!

GO ON, BEAT IT!

YOU'VE IMPOSED ON

HARRY LONG ENOUGH.

I SAID LEAVE:

HIM ALONE, GUS.

OK.

OH,

LOOK OUT, HARRY!

YOU'LL NEVER LEARN.

YOU STILL TELEGRAPH

THAT RIGHT.

IT'S ALL RIGHT, IT'S ALL

RIGHT. THEY'RE CLOSE FRIENDS.

I'LL SEE YOU LATER. YOU

GUYS TAKE CARE OF MUDGE.

NOW HARRY'S

SORE AT ME.

YOU SORE AT GUS,

HARRY?

NO, I LIKE GUS FINE.

I'LL SEE YOU LATER, GUS.

WHERE YOU GOING,

HARRY?

HARRY!

DON'T LEAVE ME!

HARRY! WAIT FOR ME!

I WOULDN'T FEEL SO BAD

IF I KNEW WHAT TO DO, HMM?

HE... HE WOULDN'T JUS PUT A GUY IN THE DOGHOUSE

AND LEAVE HIM:

THERE.

HARRY. HARRY!

GOD'S ASKING ME TO KEEP MY PROMISES.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, IT'S ALL MY FAULT!

OH, NO, I-I-

YEAH, YEAH. GO GET IT OFF YOUR MIND.

BUY YOURSELF:

A DRINK.

IT AIN'T SAFE FOR

ME TO BE ALONE.

A MAN RUNNING AROUND

WITHOUT A SOUL?

HOLD IT.

WHERE'S LUCILLE? DON' SHE WORK HERE ANYMORE?

NO, SHE HAD

TOUGH LUCK.

FELL DOWNSTAIRS THE OTHER

NIGHT AND BROKE HER LEG.

I GOT HER ADDRESS HERE

SOMEPLACE. YOU WANT IT?

NOT WITH A BROKEN

LEG, I DON'T!

HARRY, COME HERE!

NOW WHAT?

LOOKIT!

"THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE

IS ROOTED IN THE AGES."

MAYBE THEY KNOW ABOUT A CASE LIKE MINE.

YOU COME IN WITH ME

WHILE I ASK 'EM.

ME, GO IN THAT DUMP?

OH, BUT I CAN'T TALK

TO LIBRARY PEOPLE.

YOU'RE MY BOSUN. YOU

TALK FOR ME AT MAST.

YOU AIN'T AT MAST!

I AM SO AT MAST! I'M

UP BEFORE THE CAPTAIN!

THE REAL CAPTAIN.

AND THOSE GOOKS IN

THERE ARE GONNA HELP YOU?

WELL, THEY'RE SWELL EDUCATED.

EDUCATED PEOPLE MIGHT, HARRY.

OH, EDUCATED, HUH?

LOOKIT, HARRY. "READING

MAKETH A FULL MAN," IT SAYS.

FULL OF WHAT? FULL OF SAP

FROM THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE!

WHAT GROWS ON TREES?

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.

YOU HEAR THAT, HARRY?

SURE. TELLS YOU ALL ABOU THAT SOUL RACKET, HUH?

RIGHT. COME

WITH ME, PLEASE.

COME ON, HARRY.

WE'LL START HERE. THERE

ARE SOME EXCELLENT STUDIES:

ONE BY A SURGEON

IN THE BRITISH NAVY,

AND THIS ONE BY:

AN AMERICAN COLONEL:

FACTS ON COMBA FATIGUE.

COMBAT FATIGUE?

SOUNDS GOOD.

YES, THE STRAIN

OF WAR, YOU KNOW,

SOMETIMES CAUSES

PSYCHONEUROSIS.

PSYCHONEUROSIS? THA SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD, TOO.

YOU SEE, MR. MUDGE, YOU'VE

HAD A SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCE.

YOU MADE PROMISES

YOU DIDN'T KEEP,

AND THAT MADE YOU

FEEL GUILTY,

SO THAT YOU IMAGINED

YOU LOST YOUR SOUL.

OH, NO, MISS.

I DIDN'T IMAGINE THAT.

I REALLY LOST IT,

IN THE FOG.

ON POWELL:

STREET.

SHHHHHH!

WE'RE DISTURBING

THE READERS.

YOU MEAN THEY'RE

DISTURBING US!

HEY, PIPE DOWN,

YOU CLUCKS!

YOU KNOW, I'M NO OUT WITH YOU.

WHEN YOU GO, I STAY.

SO WHISPER,

WILL YOU PLEASE?

Harry, this nice lady

is trying to help me.

OK, OK.

I never whispered

before in my life.

How do I sound?

LOOK, MR. MUDGE,

TAKE THIS AND READ IT.

THIS... THIS PAGE HERE.

IT MAY HELP EXPLAIN YOUR PROBLEM.

I HAVE TO GET BACK TO WORK.

YOU SEE THIS:

SHELF HERE?

YEAH.

THEY'RE FUNNY

PICTURES.

FUNNY GIRL.

SAY, HARRY,

I AIN'T NEVER HEARD-

WHAT DO YOU GOT?

THE SOUL- A SYMPOSIUM OF MODERN THOUGHT.

GO TO IT.

YOU READ IT TO ME,

HARRY.

I AIN'T NEVER HAD

NO KNACK AT READING.

OK.

"THE SOUL,

OR PSYCHE,

"ALSO REFERRED TO

AS THE SPIRIT,

"THE SELF-SUBSTANCE,

THE ELAN VITAL,

"THE ETERNAL AND INDESTRUCTIBLE ESSENCE.

SEE FOOTNOTE 1-A."

HERE'S 1-A, HARRY.

"IT MUST BE

REMEMBERED:

"THAT A LARGE BODY OF

CONTEMPORANEOUS THOUGH "DENIES THE

EXISTENCE OF A SOUL

"AND SCOFFS A MAN'S IMPORTANCE

OR SIGNIFICANCE:

AS AN INDIVIDUAL."

SHHHHH!

SHUT UP! A GUY CAN'T HEAR

HIMSELF THINK IN HERE!

SHH! DO YOU WAN TO BE THROWN OUT?

I'M SORRY, MISS, BUT THIS BOOK

SAYS A MAN AIN'T GOT NO SOUL.

WELL, ONE MAN'S

OPINION... AND MR. MUDGE,

I AM HARDLY THE LAST WORD

ON WHATEVER IS TROUBLING YOU,

BUT I DO KNOW THAT A LO OF STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN.

PHENOMENA LIKE EXTRASENSORY PERCEPTIONS,

THOUGHT TRANSFERENCE, SUCH

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