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( ( TH J E PILLAR of if in IT -n take Lim downstairs and give h.' : ine. You must have -found ray conversation interesting, Mr. Pyne, wlzKe I was eating, but before you go let ir.e add a word in season. Stand or fa 1 each must abide by the common rule." r.vne, with the guilty feeling of a de tected villain, explained to Constance how the cup might be rescued. "I shall keep a clase eye on you in future," she announced as they went below. "Do," he said. "That is all I ask for." "I am a very strict person," she went on. "Dad always encouraged us in the sailor's idea of implicit obedience." "Kick me. It will make me feel good," he answered. Entering the second bedroom, where Elsie and Mamie were seated content edly on the floor, she stooped and kiss ed them. And not a word did she say to Enid as to tl?e reason why Mr. Pyn.e should be served with a second break fast. She knew that any parade of his unselfishness would hurt him, and he, on his part, gave her unspoken thanks for her thought. Conversation without words is an art understood only by master minds and lovers, so these two were either excep tionally e!e-er persons or developing traits of a more common genus, per haps both. CHAPTER XI. s--s HE tribulations which clustered I 1 in beelike swarin in and around I I the Gulf Rock lighthouse dur- - 1 ing those weary hours were many and various. Damp clothing, in suiiiciency of food, interior tempera tures ranging from the chill draft of the entrance passage and stairways to the partial suffocation of rooms with windows closed owing to the incursions of the rising tide this unpleasing ag gregate of physical misery was serious ly augmented by an ever increasing list of sick people, an almost total absence of any medical comforts and a grow ing knowledge, on the part of those not too despondent to think, that their ulti mate relief might be deferred for days rather than hours. No mere man can understand, and a woman of ordinary experience can but dimly imagine, the difficulty and ardu ousness of the task undertaken by Constance and Enid. To cook and supply food for eighty one persons with utensils intended for the use of throe, to give each, separate individual an utterly inadequate por tion, so skillfully distributed that none should have cause to grumble at his or her neighbor's better fortune here .were culinary problems at once com plex and exhaustive. By adopting fantastic devices, bring ing into service empty jam pots and sardine tins, they found it was possible to feed twenty at a time. This meant the preparation of four distinct meals, each requiring an hour's work. Long before the last batch, which included themselves, was lamenting the absurd discrepancy between appetite and an tidote in the shape of anything to eat, the first was ravenous again. The women complained the least. In the occupants of the two bedrooms the girls encountered a passive fortitude which was admirable. It was an ex traordinary scone which met their eyes when they entered either of these stuffy apartments. Many of the res cued ladies had not given a thoughto changing the demitoilet of evening wear on board ship for more service able eJothi'ST when the hurricane over took thL vessel. They ail, it is true, possessed cloaks or wraps of some sort, but these garments were still sodden with salt water and therefore unwear able, even If the oppressive warmth in each room rendered such a thing pos sible. Their elegant costumes of mus lin, cotton, silk or satin were utterly ruined. Lucky were the few whose blouses or bodices had not been rent lntc tatters. Some of ths worst sufferers in this respect were now the best provided. Blankets and sheets had been ruthless ly torn up and roughly stitched into articles of clothing. Mrs. Vansittart, for instance, who first suggested this via media, wore an exquisite Paris gown and a loose dressing Jacket ar rangement of yellow blanket, the com ponent parts of which she persuaded two other women to sew together on the model provided by her own elegant figure. A few quick witted ones who fol lowed her example exhausted the avail able stock, and pillowcases and ruga would have undergone metamorphosis in the same way had not Constance come to the rescue by impounding them, declaring that they must be re served for the use of those sufferers who needed warmth and rest. The men passed their time in smok ing, singing, yarning and speculating on the chance of the weather clearing. Ultimately, when the banging of the waves again made the column feel un safe, a small section began to plan petty attempts to pilfer the previsions. It Is the queer mixture of philosopher and beast in the average human being that makes it possible for the same man In one mood to risk his life quite voluntarily to save others and In an other to organise selfish theft. After; an Ingenious sosnrn ha4 been detected te. gn te.rMr th LIGi: I Louis Tracy, storeroom lock, and when a tray of cold ham was deliberately upset while a football scrimmage took place for the pieces, Mr. Emmett stopped these ebullitions by arming the watch with assorted weapons from the workshop and issuing stern orders as to their use in case of need. Here again the warring elements which form the human clay were ad mirably displayed. On duty, under the bonds of discipline, the coarse grained foremast hand who had gobbled up a surreptitious lump of fat pig during the first successful scuffle would brain the daring rascal who tried to better his condition by a similar trick a sec ond time. Discipline sometimes con verts a skulker into a hero. When the state of the tide permitted, storm shutters were opened and a free draft of air allowed to enter through the door. Then all hands eyed the sea anxiously. The wind was strong and piercing, and the reef maintained its ceaseless roaring. Whenever a window opened toward the land there was a small crowd waiting to peep through it. At last the sense of orderliness gradually permeating the inmates of the lighthouse actually resulted in the formation of queues, with stated in tervals for moving on. There was a momentary relief in looking at the land. The cliffs, the solitary white houses, the little hamlets half hidden in cozy nooks, seemed to be so ab surdly near. It was ridiculous to imag ine that help could be long deferred. The seaward passing of a steamer, car rying flowers from the Scilly isles to Penzance for Covent Garden, caused a flutter, but the sight of a Penzance fishing smack scudding under jib and close reefed foresail between the rock and Gutbenbras point created intense excitement. Noah, gazing across the flood for the return of the dove with the olive branch, could not be more pleased than these castaways in their granite ark when the brown sailed boat came within their view. The window in the coal cellar opened fair toward the Land's End, and the grimy occupants of this compartment could look their fill at the messenger of life. A rich New Yorker in vain offered $100 to any man who gave up his place in the line after he himself, by the op eration of the time limit, was remorse lessly sent away from the narrow loop hole. Dollars and pounds sterling have a curiously depreciated value under such circumstances. The men of the watch were always questioned for news by the unemploy ed majority. They related the comings and goings of the Falcon, carried sym pathetic inquiries from story to story, promiscuous passing to and fro being forbidden owing to the narrowness of the stairs, and seized every trifling pre text on their own part to reach the top most height and feast their eyes on the extensive panorama visible from the storm-girt gallery. Had they watched the coast line less and the reef more their observations would have had value. , Quite early in the day the purser handed to the occupants of each room a full list of passengers and crew, with the survivors grouped separately. In only three instances were husband and wife both saved. The awful scene in the saloon accounted for this seeming discrepancy. Dazed men and senseless women were wrenched from each oth er's clasp either by the overwhelming seas or during the final wild fight for life at the head of the companion stair way. A wreck, a Cro ia a Uisatar, pay little heed to the marriage tie. The third and last meal of the day was eaten in silence and gloom. All the spare lamps were dlverte'd to the kitchen, because Brand, during a fur ther detailed survey of the stores, made in company with Mr. Emmett and the purser, discovered that there was an alarming deficit of fresh water in the j cistern. In the hurry of the earlier hours a serious miscalculation had been made in transmuting cubic feet into gallons. 1 It became an instant necessity to use every heating appliance at command and start the distillation of a drinkable ! fluid. The Gulf Rock light did not possess a proper apparatus. The only method that could be adopted was to impro vise a coil from canvas sewed into a tube. The exterior was varnished and wrapped in wet cloths to assist the condensation of the steam; hence, ev ery kettle and pot being requisitioned for this paramount need, cocoa could be supplied to the women alone, atrhile the taste of the water even thus dis guised was nauseating. No more po tatoes could be boiled. Raw, they were almost uneatable. And potatoes hap pened to be the food most plentiful. The genuine fresh water, reduced to a minimum in the cistern, was only a little better in condition unless it was filtered, and Brand decided that It ought to be retained for the exclusive use of those seriously ilL Patients were multiplying so rnpidly that the hospital was crowded, and all fresh cases as they occurred perforce re malned where they were. Neither Constance nor Enid felt the time hang heavily on her bands. Both wen toe busy, though the new ordi nance regarding the food supply trans ferred their atteaOoafMkB aoUHs Jl Jot Jbl 6. wAeia&iar- ttfc.nto CT Author of -The 3 ' Wings ) of the S ovi 111115 j I Copyright. 1904. by C I Edward J. Clode ' C wmch must be -kept fuU'ot'saK waler at boiling point. "' '': - Pyne was an invaluable assistant. In the adjustment of refractory can vas tubes over hot spouts, in the ma nipulation of the condensing plant so that it might act efficiently, in the triramins of lamps and the stoking of the solitary coal fire he insisted on taking to himself the lion's share of the work. 113 a! --ays bad a pleasant quip or funny story to brighten their talk. "You can conquer trouble with a grin," he said. "Worry doesn't cut ice." Enid, of course, cliaSed him about hi ?i American accent, which, she pro test o:'.. she would acquire after a week's practice. "It is so quaint to our ears," she rent on. "I naver before grasped the reason why Mark Twain makes rae laugh. All he does is to act as a pho .:o"raph. Every American is a born amorist." - 'There's something in' that," admit ad Pyne. "We do try to disinter a ..oke. Say. have you girls ever heard how an English professor explained the Yankee drawl?" "No I" they cried. "He said It represented the effort of an uneducated man to make a speech. Every time his vocabulary gave out he lifted his voice to show he wasn't half through with his ideas." "Oh," said Constance, "that is neither kind nor true, surely." , ? "Well," agreed Pyne slowly, "that is the view a friend of mine took of the remark. So he asked the professor if he had a nice agreeable sort of defini tion, all ready for use, of the way Eng lishmen clipped their syllables. The other fellow allowed that he hadn't pondered on it. 'I guess, said my friend, 'it represents the effort of an educated ass to talk English.' " Though the laugh was against them, they were forced to snigger approval. . "I think," said Constance, "that our chief national failing is pomposity, and your story hits it off exactly. In one of our small Cornish towns we have a stout little mayor who made money in cheese and bacon. He went to see the Paris exhibition, and an Exeter man, meeting him unexpectedly at the foot of the Eiffel tower, hailed him with delight. 'Hello, Mr. Mayor' he began. 'Hush,' said the mayor, glancing around mysteriously, Tm 'ere incog.' ". None who heard these light hearted young people yelling with merriment would imagine that they had just dined off a piece of hard baked bread made without yeast and washed down with water tasting of tar and turpentine: "Now, Miss Enid, your turn!" cried Erae... . . (To be Continued) .,' rr Will Extend, ' A dispatch sent out from Al bany a few days ago is as. fol lows: That the Corvallis & Eastern Railroad means business in its recent announcement that it would extend the road from Ya quina to Newport is demonstra ted by the fact that Manager Guy V. Talbot yesterday went to Newport to personally attend to securing some of the right of way. A sawmill company is said to be placing blocks; in the rail road's progress in this respect. Though the proposed route of the extension has not been determin ed, it is generally believed that it will follow the bay as nearly as possible the five miles to the summer resort city. There has been considerable speculation as to the route, and it is having a considerable effect on real estate transfers at Newport. For the last few weeks there has been a boom in building sites in Newport and the hill which lies between the town and the big Summer settlement near the beach. The announcement that the road was to be extended has stimulated the already active market. If the extension should enter Newport via Nye Creek it is pre dicted that the big hotels and business houses would all have to move, as the town now exists, it is claimed, practically as a base of supply for the big city of Sum mer cottages at Nye Creek. But if the road reaches the resort via Newport, and does not go over to Nye Cieek, there will be no change in the present situation. The real estate market is thus affected. The extension of the C. & E. will indeed mean greater things for Newport. The new road now stops at Yaquina, and it is necessary to make the remainder of the trip by boat. This natur ally necessitates considerable trouble and delay. Miss Belle Banney left Wednesday for Condon, where she is to teach in the public school the coming year. Hiss Banney is s highly successful teacher and her friends wish her good lock in the Btv field. ' 1 v. -j ; 5 i SHOT BEAR. And Laughed When it Rolled Down Hill. John Bauer recently had the chance of a lite time to distinguish himself and be made the most of it. . It is now settled beyond a doubt that John is the fleetest foot racer in Corvallis, if not on the whole Pacific coast. It all hap pened out on a lone mountain side, a mile from camp, last week while John, a lad of 18 or 20, was at Yachaats with his uncle, Mike Bauer, the popular Corvallis tailor. ' : m , Mike had gone .fishing and John decided to go out for bear, so shouldering a 22-rifle he sal lied forth. He went along whist ling and finally up on the side of the mountain be saw his game. The 22 spit out a bullet and down came Mr. Bear, rolling over and over, straight towards the hunter. John stood still and smiled, and as the bear kept rolling, the smile developed into a chuckle and the Corvallis boy slapped his knee and shouted, "I've got him, oh, I've got him!" But alas for the uncertainty of all things earthly ! By this time the grizzly had reached the foot of the hill and then something dawned on the sportsman. It was the tardy idea that Mr. Bear had simply been rolling down hill to reach him more quickly, and not be cause the little 2t had inflicted a fatal wound, -. and as the hairy form righted itself, scrambled to its feet and made straight after John, the latter let an ear-pierc ing shriek and bolted. The way the: slender youth cleared the stumps and fallen trees, tore through the underbrush, splashed through creeks and flew along the level stretches tor camp would have turned Sprinter Floyd Williams green with envy had he been there. And at every step young Bauer let a yell that made the hills echo, until the bear, evidently satisfied that he was out classed, gave up the chase and took to the brush again. John reached home Tuesday, but he has hardly caught his breath yet from his race, and next time he .: hunts for grizzlies he will not be deceived by any of their fool antics, nor will he at tempt to bag such game with an air gun. Broke Children's Bank. A dirty sneak thief was abroad in Corvallis last Thursday, which was circus day in Albany. Or there may have been more than one of the sticky-fingered gentry "in" on the deal; but be that as it may, one of the meanest tricks was done in Corvallis that has come to light in many a day. The three children of Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Campbell had a sav ings bank that had been on duty about three years without having been emptied. No one knew just what amount it contained, but the estimate is anywhere from $15 to $30, principally in nickels, dimes, pennies and half dollars, with possibly a gold piece. Thursday the Campbells at tended the circus in Albany, leaving the doors at home un fastened. They returned that night and next morning Mr. Campbell found 33 cents in small change near the chopping block in the woodshed. Further investigations resulted in the finding of the door to the savings bank. It was in the yard and had been bent almost double by a blow from an ax. Some small change was found in the yard and a few coins were picked up on the sidewalk. The rest of the bank has not been found and the money is gone. Some one evidently familiar with the premises and with the fact that the bank was nearly full and was soon to be opened, must, it is thought, be the guilty parties. Suspicions are entertained by Mr. Campbell and the police, but what the outcome will be, is of course uncertain. It is thought the job was done by "kids," and possibly by some who have out grown their knee pants. Just in Time. A fire near the intake of the Corvallis mountain water system threatened destruction to the tim ber in that locality for a ' time Tuesday evening. A message reached this city that campers had left a fire which had sprung up and was spreading. Fioyd Bogue hurried to the scene in compauy with Ed Allen of Philomath, and they were just in time to check the flames which had consumed a big stump and were spreading :.n the underbrush. The bovs carried water 150 yards and scon had the fire out, but heavy damage might have result ed in a few hours, as the breeze was carrying the blaze timber ward. Campers who move on and leave a spark of fire at such dry times as these, should be given a year's rest in Sing Sing or some other secluded spot, until their reasoning powers are sufficiently developed to render them safe and sane citizens to be at large. Happily Wedded. 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