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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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her sister, Miss Tesse Hall of that place
was united in marriage to Walter Wat
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performed by Bev. A. J. Bartholomew,
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F. O. Gray left yesterday for Portland
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