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Newspaper Page Text'! ! IT IHT F I - -T-1 i I i . -B. JL JL iL I Louis Tracy, 1 1 PILLAR oJT IC B. M H -r M I Copyrlaht. 1904. by . .' , .., i- vr , f" -Baa n:. lit: ' he shoutea cbeerfu..y an J l,e cheated her quic intelligence a IM.lr inmm IT 1 .1 . 1 I 'llr 1 I I II I Tl 'il I I (I "IS. I gone, fercnance it was his last sight of them in this life. Three t;:iu'3 the stalwart framework creaked, Once it moved so perceptibly that the curtain rings jingled. Then he remem bered the words of Isaiah: ' "For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his dis tress, a refuge from the storm, a shad ow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall." V The blast of the terrible ones! What a vivid pen picture of the awesome forces of nature! How long would this tornado continue? Already it must have strewed its path with havoc at sea and on land. His physical senses were elevated to the supernatural. He seemed to acquire abnormal powers of Bight and hearing. He could see the trees bending before the wrathful wind, hear the crashing tiles and brick work as houses were demolished and people hurled to death. But there was no ecstasy of soul, no mental altitude. In quick reaction came the fanciful memory of the hardy old salt who cheered his shipmates during a ter rific gale with the trite remark: "I pity the poor folk ashore on a night like this." Wh;it a curious jumble of emotions jostled in his brain. A step from the sublime to the ridiculous! Not even a step. They were inextricably inter woven, the woof and the warp of things. He recalled the odd expression of an officer who had passed unscathed through the inferno of Spion kop. "I had no sense of fear," said he, "but my teeth began to ache." Brand, a student, even of himself, discovered that his dominant sensation was one of curiosity. "If it has to be," said his nervous system, "let it come quickly." He felt like a man lying on the operating table waiting for the chloroform. Suddenly the bright flame of the lamp lessened. The use that was Ma second nature caused him to raise the wicks and admit more draft. Even while his deft fingers arranged the complex burner his ear . caught a change in the external din. The shriek of the wind dropped to a thunderous growl. This was a gale, not a tempest God be praised, the crisis had passed! The hurricane had. lasted thirtyfive minutes. A similar tornado sufficed to wreck one-half of the city of St. Louis. This one, as he learned afterward, swept around the south of Ireland, created a tidal wave which did great damage to the Scilly isles and the headlands of the south coast, yet spent Itself somewhere in the North sea. Dwellers in Inland cities were amazed and incredulous when the newspapers spoke of its extraordinary violence. A truth is harder to swallow than a lie all the time. Up clattered Enid with the steaming beverage, Constance, the lantern bear er, providing the rear guard. "I do believe it is blowing worse than ever," said Enid, striving desperately to be unconcerned. In reality the an gry wind was no longer able to behead the waves. With a rising tide and the gale assisting there would soon be a sea worthy of Turner in his maddest mood. - "Good gracious, dad,"- cried Con stance, "how pale you are! And yout forehead is wet. What have you been doing?" Brand hastily mopped his face with a ban ".iye!::;?. "During some of the heavy gusts," he explained, "I was compelled to stand on the trimming stage. And the micrometer valve required adjust ment." " She eyed him narrowly. The margin of suspicion was wider. "There is nothing else wrong?" she asked. He approached and kissed her ear. "Since when did my little girl begin to doubt me?" he said quietly. Her eyes filled. Even the hint of a reproach from him was intolerable. For the life of her she could no longer control the flood of terror which welled up beyond restraint "Forgive me, dad," she murmured, "but I thought, and I still think, that we were and are in a position of the utmost peril. I can't help knowing that it is high water about 2 o'clock. It is now only a quarter to 1. The worst is not over. Do you think I can not read your dear face! Dad, If there is danger don't send us away again." Tears were streaming down her white cheeks. Enid, holding the tray in speechless bewilderment during this outburst from her proud and. self re liant sister, set it down on the writing desk with a crash. "Oh, dear." she walled, "I don't want any cocoa if we're gug-gug-golmy to be drowned!" Certainly if Stephen Brand had lav aglned two minutes earlier that lie was about to laugh long and loudly In a gen uine surrender to 'tin uncontrollable spasm of mirth he would have feared lest his wits were leaving him. Yet he laughed now until his vision was blurred. And the wonderful relief of It! What a tonic after the ordeal he had endured! . -j It chanced Just then, that an em&s glDfttgdjStive embraced .the jmugrtajpet- , cmn, -mr. tne cornice ana aeragea me j h m disinteted masg j fte ?lagg fom; tQ breafe glrls could not refuse the evidence of eyes and ears. Hepe was the frantic A sea leaping to a height of 140 feet and more, yet their father was treating the incident as th merriest joke of many a month. . No better cure for their hysteria could be contrived. Brand was obviously not acting. The hearty pulsations of laugh ter had restored his ruddy color. Evi dently they were alarmed about noth ing. "Here, Enid, drink your parting cup!" he crici "Have no fear. It is only the dochan doris before many another feast" ' Feeling somewhat ashamed of them selves, though .smiling very wistfully, they obeyed him. He sipped his cocoa ! with real nonchalance. Another wave turned a somersault over the lantern. Brand's only anxiety was to blow at the steaming liquid and cool it suffi ciently. Yet was he watching them and ham mering out the right course to adopt He alone understood that to the novice the amazing ordeal from which the lighthouse had successfully emerged was as naught compared with the thunderous blows of the waves, the astounding reverberations of the hollow pillar, the continuous deluge of spray striking the lantern, which the infuri ated sea would inflict on them. To urge any further effort to sleep was folly. They must remain with him and be comforted. Being reasonable girls, of fine spirit under conditions less benumbing, it No better cure for their hysteria covXd be contrived. was better that they should grasp the facts accurately. They would be timid, of course, just as people are timid dur ing their first attempt to walk 'twixt rock and cataract at the falls of Niag ara, but they would have confidence in their guide and endure -the surrounding pandemonium. "Here's to you, Enid. Still we live," he cried, and drained his cup.- "I sup-pup-pose so," she stammered. "Better sup up your cocoa," said Constance. "Now I am quits with you for this afternoon." "I'll tell you what" went on Brand confidentially. "In that locker you will find a couple of stout pilot coats. Put them on. Aa I cannot persuade you to leave me you must sit down, and it is cold la here. Moreover, for the first time in twenty-one years I will smoke on duty. I have earned a little relaxa tion of the law." - Out of the corner of his eye he saw that Constance, if not Enid, had not missed the subtle hint in his words. But she was quite normal again. She gave no sign; helped her sister into the heavy reefer, and made herself com fortable in turn. "Neither of you will ever regret to night's experience when it is nicely over," he said. "You are like a couple of recruits in their first battle." "I am sure" began Enid. A huge wave, containing several hun dred tons of water, smote the light house and cavorted over their heads. The house that was founded upon a rock fell not but it shook through all Its iron bound tiers, and the empty cups danced on their saucers. " Not another word could Enid utter. She was paralyzed. "That fellow arrived in the nick of time to emphasize my remarks," said Brand, lighting his pipe. "This is your baptism of fire, if I may strain a meta phor. But you are far better situated than the 6oldier. He gets scared out of his wits by big guns which are com paratively harmless, and when he has been well pounded for an hour or so he advances quite blithely to meet the almost silent hail of dangerous bullets. So, you see, in his case, ignorance la bliss." - "Are we In bliss?" demanded Con stance. "You have been. The lighthouse has outfaced a hurricane such as has not visited England before In my lifetime. It Is over. The wind has dropped to a No. 10 gale, and we have not lost even a bit of skin to my knowledge. How the cannonade la beginning: Certainly winar. hare, the glass broken bor n rare accident, trot no worse rate can befall us." - - A heavy thud was followed by , a deluge without They heard the water pouring off the gallery.1 .V -"V-'--' N Constance leaned forward, with -fcands on knees. Her large eyes looked inta his. - . ' . . v: -- . ' "This time. clad, you are not choosing your words. she said. . .. , . "I ptn- sorry yo! shordcl thin that," was the reply. "I selected each phrase with sispmlar care. Never be misled by the apparent ease of a speaker. The best impromptu is prepared before !ia:i(l." ' ' ; ' . "You dear old humbug," she cried. ' ; Not.- t quiet dcadliness of the scene which followed the, reappearance of Enid and herself from their bedroom was manifest to her. Enid, too, was looking from one to the other in eager striving to rrrasp the essentials of an e!!soc!e rapidly grouping its details into sequence. Brand kpew that if he par ried his daughters' questioning they would bo on their knees by his side forthwith, and he wished to avoid any further excitement. "Please attend, both of you," he growled, with mock severity. "I am going to tell you something that will console you." His voice was drowned by some part of the Atlantic whi ling over the lantern. "This kind of thing does not go on all the time,' he continued. "Other wise we should have five hours of spas modic conversation. As soon as the tide rises sufficiently to gain an unin terrupted run across the reef we will have at least two hours of comparative quiet. About 4 o'clock there will be a second edition for an hour or so. I sup pose that any suggestion of bed" "Will be scouted," exclaimed Enid. - "A nice pair of beauties you will be In the morning," he grumbled artfully. Not even Constance was proof against this new burden of woe. She glanced around. " : ; "You say that" she cried, "knowing that the nearest looking glass is yards away." - He pointed with his pipe. ' "In the second drawer of the desk you will find a heliograph. It is only a toy, but will justify me." " They ran together and found the lit tle circular mirror. The next wave passed unheeded. Smiling, he went up to the lamp. Even yet there was hope they might go to bed when the respite came. - After much talk of disordered hair, wan cheeks, rings round the eyes, cracked lips and other outrageous de fects which a pretty woman mourns when divorced from her dressing table, Constance called him. " "Here Is a queer thing," she "" said. "Have you heard any steamer hoot ing?" . :"V "No," he answered. Bending between the two of them, he saw that the point er of the aurlscope bore due southwest though the last siren of which they had any knowledge sounded from the op posite direction. 7 - -! " He picked up a little trumpet re sembling the horn of a motor car. "I use this for tests," he explained. Its tiny vibrator quickly brought the needle round toward his hand. "It Is Improbable In the highest de gree that any steamer is near enough to affect the auriscope," he said. "On a night like this they give the coast a wide berth." He quitted them again. The girls, having nothing better to do, watched the dial to see If any change occurred. He heard them use the small trumpet three times. Then Enid sang out: . "Oh, do come, dad! It goes back to the southwest regularly!" He joined In the watch. The needle was pointing north in obedience to the sound waves created in the - room. Suddeply it swung round nearly half the circumference of the dial.' "Hush!" he said. They listened in tently, but the roar of wind and water was too deafening. They could hear naught else. He went to the south west point of the glass dome,' but the lantern was so blurred with rivulets of water that he could see nothing 'save a tawny vastnes where the light fell on the flying spindrift To make sure he tested the auriscope again and with the same result "A vessel is approaching from the southwest" he announced gravely. "Evidently she is whistling for help! I hope she will not attempt to approach too near the reef. I must have a look out" . He put on an oilskin coat and tied the strings of a sou'wester firmly be neath his chin. The small door of the lantern opened toward the bay, so he had no difficulty In gaining the gallery. The girls watched him forcing his way against the wind until he was facing It and gazing in the direction of the Scilly isles. "Perhaps some poor ship is in dan ger, Connie," whispered Enid. "It makes me feel quite selfish. Here was I, thinking of nothing but my own peril, yet that little machine there was faithfully doing its duty." ' "It was not alone in its self aban donment We shall never know, dear est bow much father suffered when he sent us off with a jest on his lips, I am sure he thought the lantern would be blown away." - "And he with it! Oh, Connie!" "Yes. He believed if that awful thing took place while we were below we might escape. I can see It all now. I had the vaguest sort of suspicion, but he hoodwinked me." "Had we known we would not have left him!" cried Enid passionately. "Yes, we would. Think of him, sticking .to his post Was it for us to dlSObey?" . " .-.-.w.:-'.- Overcome by their -feelings, they stood In silence for a little while,. Through the . thick glass they could dimly distinguish Brand's figure. A great wave assailed the faatern, and afra-Rftd toodbv " - " ,y - - TDSh't, deTu:!" cried Constance shrilly. "Father would not remain there if it were dangerous." Nevertheless they both breathed more f freely when they saw him again, an Indeterminate shape against the lumi nous gloom. ': ,- '. . - Constance felt that she must speak. The sound of her own voice begat con fidence. " .. -'. . ', ' , "I have never really understood dad until tonight," she said. "What an en nobling thing is a sense of duty.: . He would have died here quite calmly, Enid, yet he would avoid the least risk out there,! That would be endangering his trr.st. Oh, I am glad we are here.; I have never lived before this hour." V i Enid stole a ivondering glance at her sister. The girl "seemed to be gazing Into depths immeasurable. Afterwart. the words came back to her mind "That would be endangering his trust" Brand faced the gale a full five min utes. He -returned hastily. ' - "There i3 a big steamer heading this way a liner, I fancy," he gasped, h:tif choked with spray.- "I fear she is disa bled. She is firing rockets, and I sup pose her slwn is going constantly, though I cannot hear It." , - He ran to the room beneath. 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