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'"I t Is Uli auTUl tiling, UK uiuaucu,
"to condemn so many men, women and
children to such a death."
. spasm of pain made Pyne's lips
ti.uulous for an instant. He had for
gotten Elsie and Mamie.
P.ut his voice was fully under con
trol when he spoke apiin.
"You can count on me in the deal in
all but one thins," he said.
The older man looked up fiercely.
What condition could be imposed in
the fulfillment of a duty so terrible?
"I am here by chance," went on
Pyne. "One of your daughters may
Lave told you that Mrs. Vansittart
fame from Xew York to marry my un
cle. Anyhow you would know she was
dear to him by his message today. She
Is sort of in my charge, and I can't de
6i t her. It's hard luck, as I don't care
a cent for her. She's the kind of wom
an old men adore fascinating, birdlike
creatures when the cage is gilded."
Brand sprang to his feet and raced
up to the trimming stage. When his
hands were on the lamp he felt surer
of himself. It gave him strength dur
ing the hurricane, and it would
strengthen him now.
"There can be no exceptions," Jie
said harshly. Pyne waited until the
lighthouse keeper rejoined him.
"I ought to have put my proposition
before you first and made a speech aft
erward." he said. "Constance and Enid
will join you here when you say the
word, but I will be on the other side of
the barricade."
"Nonsensef cried Brand. "You have
no right to thrust away the chance that
is given you. tiou saved all these peo
pie once. Why should you die use
lessly?" "What! Suppose it pans out that
way. Suppose we live a couple of
weeks and escape. Am I to face the
old man and tell him the truth? No,
Bir. You don't mean it. You wouldn't
do it yourself. What about that shark
the girls told me of? I can guess just
what happened. He wanted the light
refreshment in the boat. Did you scoot
back when you saw his fin? I'm a heap
younger than you, Mr. Brand, but that
bluff doesn't go."
' "Thank heaven, we have twenty-four
hours yet!" murmured Brand.
"It will be all the same when we
have only twenty-four seconds. Let us
fix It that way right now. Don't you
see, it will be easier to deceive the
girls? And there's another reason. Bar
ricade and shoot as you like, it will be
a hard thing to keep threescore des
perate men boxed up down below.
When they begin to diet on colza there
will be trouble. A few of us, ready to
take chances, will be helpful. Some of
them may have to die quick, you
know."
f Brand closed his eyes In sheer af
fright. In that way he tried to shut out
a vision.
"Be it so," he gasped. "May the Lord
help us."
It was the responsibility that master
ed him. Judges on the bench often
break dawn when they sentence a
criminal to death, but what judge, hu
mane, tender lleartod and God fearing,
ever pronounced the doom of seventy
eight people snatched from a inerciful
death to be steeped in horrors?
At last his iron will predominated.
The knowledge that the path of duty
lay straight before him cheered his tor
tured soul. No man could say he erred
In trying to save his children. That
was a trust as solemn as any conferred
by the Elder Brethren of the Trinity.
He placed a hand on Pyne's shoulder,
for thir: youngster bad become dear to
him.
"Had I a son." he said, "I should
wish him to be like you. Let us strive
to forget the evils that threaten us.
Brooding is useless. If need be you
will take charge of the lower deck.
There is starvation allowance for three
more days at the Avorst, but I hate the
thought of starting the new scale to
morrow." "It may not be necessary."
"Candidly, I fear it will." I know the
Cornish coast too well. When bad
weather sets in from the southwest at
this season it holds for a week at the
lowest computation."
"Is there no other way? Can noth
ing be done out there?"
"Able men, the best of sailors, the
most experienced of engineers, have
striven for half a century to devise
some means of storm communication
with a rock lighthouse rlaced as this Is.
They have failed. There is none."
"That's good," cried Pyne pleasantly.
"Where is your pouch? I feel like a
smoke. If I hadn't fired that question
at you I should have wasted a lot of
time in hard thinking."
Brand had to scheme that night to
reach the storeroom unobserved. The
Falcon, steaming valiantly to her ob
servation post near the buoy, aided
him considerably. He permitted the
night watch to gather In the service
room while he supplied the men with
tobacco and stationed the officer on the
gallery to observe the trawler In case
she showed any signal lights.
Since the attempt on the lock Con
stance gave the key to her father after
each visit For the rest, the Inmates of
the pillar were sunk in the lethargy of
unsatisfied banger. Constance and
Enid, utterly worn ont with fatigue,
'.were sound asleep in the kitchen, and
the tears conned down tb jnan'f face
fct he tctoft tbe serf t a tfch lm
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Morning
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Edward J. Clode
curing xhV measured allowance oT Hour
and bacon for one meaL The diet of
"Had I a son J should wish him to be
like you."
one hungry meal for eighty-one people
gave twenty-seven hungrv meals for
three. He ought to have taken more,
but he set his teeth and refused the
ungrateful task.
It is ofttimes easy for a man to de
cide upon a set course, but hard to fol
low it.
"A week!" he murmured. "Perhap3
ten days! That is all. Pray heaven I
may not go mad before they die!"
Pyne, watching the light, knew that
Brand had succeeded. The Falcon
went. Gradually the watch dispersed.
"Where is the hoard?" asked Pyne,
making believe that they were playing
some comedy.
"Hidden in the kitchen lockers. I
could obtain only distilled water. You
must persuade the girls in the morning
that something went wrong with the
apparatus."
As opportunity offered Brand trans
ferred the tins to the lockers of the
service room. Pyne, who missed noth
ing, shook his bead when it became
evident that last consignment was
safely stored away.
"Not much there," he commented.
"I will take no more!" was the fierce
cry.
"You ought to."
"I refuse, I tell you! Don't torture
me further."
"Any chance of a row in the morn
ing? The purser and Mr. Emmett
mount guard when the storeroom is
opened."
"I acted my role welL I built up the
vacancies with empty tins."
"My sakes," cried Pyne pityingly,
"you deserve to win through !"
"I think my heart will break," mut
tered Brand. "But look! The lamp! It
needs adjusting."
Indeed, a fresh' gale seemed to be
springing up. The wind vane having
gone, the index was useless. It was
not until a burst of spray drenched the
lantern that Brand knew of a change
taking place. The wind was backing
round toward the north.
The barometer fell slightly. It por
tended either more wind and dry
weather or less wind, accompanied by
rain. Who could tell what would hap
pen? Fair or foul, hurricane or calm,
all things seemed to be the ungovern
able blundering of blind chance.
When the rock was left In peace aft
er the fall of the tide Pyne promised
to keep the light in order if Brand
would endeavor to sleep until day
break. Rest was essential to him. He
would assuredly break down under the
strain if the tension were too long
maintained, and a time was coming
when he would need all his strength,
mental and physical.
I "Here have I been snoozing in odd
' corners ever since I came aboard,"
; urged the American, "and I have noth
. ing to do but starve quietly. It's ri
j diculous. My funeral Is dated; yours
I isn't. You can't be on deck all the
j time, you know. Now, just curl up
! and count sheep jumping over a wall.
or any old game of the sort, until your
eyes close of their own accord."
Brand yielded. He lay on the hard
boards, with a chair cushion for a pil
low. All the rugs rescued by Con
stance were now needed in the hospi
tal. In less than a minute he was
sound asleep.
"That was a close call," mused Pyne.
"In another hour he would have crack
ed up. He's a wonder anyhow."
The lighthouse keeper slept until long
after daybreak." Pyne refused to al
low any one to disturb him.
Soon after 7 o'clock the watch re
ported that two vessels were approach
ing from the bay. One was the Fal
con, and the sailors soon made out that
the other was the Trinity tender from
Plymouth.
When they were both nearing the
buoy Brand was aroused.
It was evident that t jo brief rest had
cleared his brain and restored his self
confidence. Instantly he took up the
thread of events, and his first words
showed bow pleased he was that some
one of authority in the lighthouse serv
ice should be In active communication
with him.
sstanfiope on feoara tne Trmiry steam
er, standing-by the side of the inspect
ing officer of the south coast -iights.
Other officials ' were there, but near
Stanhope was a tall elderly man un
known and certainly a stranger in Pen
zance. -' '
The Falcon was now chartered by
press men, so the civilian on the official
boat was evidently a person of eon
sequence Indeed, .Brand imagined,
long before Pyne was able to verify
the impression, that the newcomer was
Mr. Cyrus J. Traill, whom he had failed
to notice' in the poor light of the pre
vious evening. . ' -.
He knew quite well that the experi
enced chief of the lighthouse service
would appreciate fully the disabilities
under which he labored, with eighty
one mouths to. feed from a stock al
ready far below the three months
maximum.
The first telegraphed question be
trayed the prevalent anxiety.
"Hope all is well?"
What was he to say? Was it ifot
best to speak boldly and let men know
the truth, not alone as to their present
desperate plight, but. revealing the
. measures he had devised for the pro
tection of the light? He could not
make up his mind to launch" out into a
full explanation that instant
So he signaled: .
"Every one alive, but many cases of
grave collapse."
Stanhope was again the signaler
evidently he had arranged matters with
the admiral at Portsmouth so Brand
expected the prompt reply:
"How are Constance and Enid?"
"Quite well and cheerful."
The tall man near Stanhope bent
closer.
"Are Mrs. Vansittart and Pyne all
right?" ' i
Brand assumed that the lady was in
no worse condition than others. Con-'
stance, telling him the state of the sick
during a hasty visit, had not mentioned
her name. - 7;
So he sent the needed assurance and
went on forlornly:
"Suppose no effort can be made to
open communication?"
To his great surprise the answer
came: '
"We. are constructing a raft When
the tide falls this afternoon we will try
what can be done." ' '
Ah, how glad he was that he had not
obeyed his earlier impulse and horri
fied the anxious rescuers by a prophet
cy. of lingering death for many, with
the prelude, perchance, of murderous
excesses committed by men on' the
verge of madness. If that story had
to be told he would not flinch, but it
was a grateful thing that the hour of
Its telling might at least be deferred.-
A long message followed, a string of
loving words from relatives ashore to
those known to be imprisoned on $y&
rock. During the merely perfunctory
reading off , of the signals his . active
mind was canvassing the probabilities
of success or failure for the venture, o
the afternoon. It was high water about
3 o'clock, and, in his judgment,,, wi$h
the wind in its present quarter, about
northwest by west the cross seas
which would sweep the reef and engulf
the lighthouse at half tide would ren
der It wildly impossible for any raft
ever built by man's hands to live In the
immediate vicinity of the rock.
However, the issue lay with others
now. He knew that they would do- all
that brave men would dare. He was
tempted to make known the inspiring
news to all hands, but refrained, be
cause he feared ultimate failure. Be
neath his feet was a human volcano.
Stirred too deeply, it might become ac
tive and dangerous.
So the apathetic multitude in his
charge, hungrily awaiting a scanty
morsel of food which only provoked
what it failed to gratify, must rest
content with the long statement writ
ten out by the purser and read by him
at the door of each room.
Pyne took to Mrs. Vansittart the
news of his uncle's presence on the
steamer." -
"If you would like to sea him," he
said, "I have no doubt Mr. "Brand will
let you stand on the gallery for a lit
tle while." - -
She declined, excusing herseif on the
ground of weakness.
"In this high wind," she said, "it will
be very cold out there, and any further
exposure would make me very ill."
"That's true enough," he agreed,
though he wondered why she raised no
question concerning the message she
wished him to convey to Mr. Traill.
Had she forgotten the urgency of her
words overnight? He had carried her
instructions quite faithfully to Brand
and the latter smiled at the fantasy.
"Time enough to think of such things
When we are assured of the lady's de
parture," he said, and they left it at
that
Thinking to interest her, Pyne told
her of the crowd on the Falcon.
"Mostly reporters, Brand thinks," he
said. "What a story they will build
up in the New York papers! It will
be more fun than a box of monkeys to
get hold of this week's news and read
all the flapdoodle they are printing."
But Mrs. Vansittart was not to be
roused from her melancholy. She
dreaded the least physical suffering.
Privation was a new thing in her life.
Today she was Inert timid, a woman
who cowered away from the door and
was obviously anxious that he should
leave her to the quiet misery of the
packed bedroom.
As the day passed, a wearisome iter
ation of all that had gone before, a
new feature In the relations of the
crowded community made itself disa
greeably apparent Men drew apart
from each other singly or in small
groups. An inconsolable gloom settled
on the women. By some means the
knowledge spread that they might all
starve to death in the heart of this cold
dungeon. They began to loathe lt to
spbraid Its steadfastness srttt spoken
coses or vorestrsiaed tears, ata ssac-;
taafy jg aa dag. :M.H"WMtusr Jtt
xomo-or tne next. 'jno longer was tnere
competition to look at land or sea from
the open windows. Everywhere was
settling down a pall of blank, horrible"
silence and suspicion.
Even Constance yielded to the com
mon terror once when the men of the
watch escorted the bearer of a tray
load of provisions to the occupants of
the coal cellar. " ,
"Enid," she whispered, "did you see
the light in their eyes? What is it?
Does hunger look that way?" ; s
"It must be so, yet it is almost un
believable. They are far removed from
real starvation." '
"One would think so. But it is so
hard to realize things beforehand. And
t thev have nothins to do. They are
brooding all the time. ' We are slaves
to our imagination. Many , a sick per
son is allowed to eat far less than
these men harve been given, and the
deprivation is not felt at all."
, "What will become of us, Constance,
if we are detained here for many
days?" . .;;..' ,
"Dear one, do not ask me. We must
not think of such things." .
- "But dad is thinking of them. I
watched his face when I took him a
scrap of food just now, and" "
'Hush, dear. Let us pray and hope."
There was a clatter of f act downthe
iron stairs. The men of the watch
were hustling to unbar the iron door.
A solidly built circular raft had been
lowered from the. Trinity tender.
(To be Continued)
Why Not Use Electric Lights?
Stop scratching matches on jour wall.
Tnose streaky match scratches look
mighty bad on any wall. But as long as
yon continue to use gas or oil you'ye got
to use matches. '
The "matchless light" is the electric
light, a simple twist of the wrist does it.
We are improving and perfecting our
lighting service in this city and can give
better service for less money than ever
in the history Of the city.
The -cost of wiring has been reduced
until it is within reach of all.
If you would like to know more about
it, call on us in our new office opposite
the O. J. Blackledge furniture store or
phone us, Ind, Phone 4S9.
v Willamette Valley Co. ,
G. A. Clark, Mgr.
-. 74-tf.
Additional Local.
. . Austin Lafferty and family leave to
morrow to ppend a week at the state fair
at Salem. Mr. Lafferty being especially
interested in the raing events.
; Mrs. W. H. Wagner and daughter,
Miss Luella, left Wednesday for the In
depence hop yards for the picking sea
son. The work that was put in on the city
hall lawn last fall was well worth while,
as results show. The late roses are now
in bloom there, lending an air of beauty
and fragrance to the formerly neglected
grounds. By another year the place will
be one of the most attractive spots in the
city, and the ladies who took the work
in hand are certainly to becongratulated.
. Mies Eva Dyer, of Linn county, has
been in ACorvallis the ; past day or two,
looking after affairs preparatory to re-entering
0&.C.
Misses Ethel and Merle Hollister re
turned yesterday from Newport where
they have spent the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Green gave an in
formal dinner Wednesday evening, in
honor of Prof, and Mrs. F. Berchtold,
the latter of whom left yesterday for
Washington to spend the winter.
Mrs . Bert Hollister departed yesterday
for Portland to join her husband and
take uni her residence. Mr. Hollister
has been in that city a month or two, at
work. '
Presbyterian Church, M. S. Bush, pas
tor. Bible school at ten, Worship at
eleven, subject. "The Gospe.l" C. E.
meeting at 6 :30 p. m. and evening ser
vice at 7 :30, subject, "Gamaliel . "
Eyery single moment of the Oregon
Development League convention, to be
held in Salem, September 11th to 13th,
will be filled with real interest. Talks
on subjects which concern the smallest
community as well as the city, general
discusiions to be participated in by all
the delegates, practical addresses having
to do with the advertising of Oregon,
will form a program that no loyal citizen
of the state should mieg if he can possi
bly arrange to be in. atteadance.
About Dan Kelly.
The U. of 0. star athlete will
not go East this year to enter the
big National Amateur Athletic
meet in New York, as originally
planned. ,
Kelly decided it would be bet
ter to wait another year. Then,
too, to compete would mean a
great deaf -of hard . training,
which might impair his future
performances by overdoing him
at the start.
Pueblo, Colo. , was the birth
place of Kelly twenty-three years
ago but his parents moved to
Baker City when he was an in
fant. Until- six years ago he
knew nothing of athletics. He
then took up running at the Ba
ker high school, and did the hun-
! dred" in 10 1-5. " He also played
football. From Baker City he
entered r Columbia' 'University,
Portland, Or . In the fall of 1905
he switched to the University of
Oregon. ;
Resolutions.
Whereas, That Clark Monday, a
faithful and honored member of Corvallis
Assembly number 23 United Artisans,
was taken from our midst by a sudden
and unexpected death, and after severe"
sickness, but heroic bearing, .
Whereas, That these changes in-life
are reconciled by us t'o the administration
of the Supreme Artisan of the Universe,
Whereas, With fortitude these things
are borne. Yet we greatly mourn the
death aad loss of our young brother, who
had within him the elements and prom
ise of graat usefulness as an Artisan and
Citizen, therefore be it,
Resolved, That as members of this
Assembly, we sincerely sympathize with
tne bereaved family, in this their great
los3 of a son and brother. Be it further
Resolved, That these resolutions be
spread upon the minutes of this Assem
bly and a copy of same be forwarded to
the family. -
j . S.N. WlLKINS,
M. E. Abbot,
Tilub Read,
74 Committee.
Bellefountain Briefs.
Mr. and Mrs. Al Tharp and
Mrs. Martha Tharp left Tuesday
for an outing at the coast.
Abram Larkin and family and
Mrs. Dr. Bennett are to leave
Monday for a two weeks' stay at
the coast.
The Hadley family and Roy
Starr leave Saturday or Sunday
for a vacation at Newport.
Walter Taylor, who has been
very low1 with typhoid fever fcr
several weeks, is not improved,
and little hope of his recovery is
entertained.
Ly. N. Edwards is moving the
household goods to Corvallis this
week, with which his daughters
will fit up a bachelor girls' hall
for the coming school year, as
they are to enter OAC.
Johnny Martin, Charles Cling
ingsmith and Ed L,ooney are en
joying themselves at the coast
this week.
Hop picking is now on in full
blast and this neigh berhood is al
most depopulated as at conse
quence. There is a scarcity of
pickers in nearly all the yards,
according to report.
For Sale.
Twenty head of horses and mules aged
from 2 to 4 years. Four miles south
west of Albany on the Oakville road.
Route 3, Albany, Or.
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Swipes.
For $2.60 an Australian matrimonial
agency will furnish parson, ring, witness
es and a cheerful atmosphere for a wed
ding. The Chicago News has noticed that
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asy-going . men' are apt to spend too .
much, time in the clouds, looking for the
silver. lining.-. - : .
Secretary Bonaparte of the Navy says -tnat
"the negro must work or go to the
wall.", Perhaps he. will go to the melon,
patch. t ;
" The following is 'supposed to be the
latest version of a familiar couplet: '
Laugh, and the voMd laughs with you;
Snore, and you sleep alone.
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Beveridge is campaigning in Maine for
the Republicans. It has been suggested (
that the Democrats should call in Prink
water ior a chaser.
Another lynching has taken place in
South Carolina. Governor Hey ward is a
man of words not deeds. Spee-hes will
not correct the lynching habit.
Italy is. building' a bigger and more
powerful 6hip than Britain's Dread,
naught. Italy Is friendly to Britain, but
"in times of peace," etc.'' .
Milwaukee, after all, needs to have a
warship named after her, remarks an ex
change. One always associates the Wis
consin city with a schooner.
Mr. Bryan visited Pompeii, and, ac
cording to the Mexican Herald, remarked
that he had also been damaged by erupt
ions of another kind.
A man in Detroit went to fasting for
his health. He held out 49 days, and
then he died. ' The demonstration that
fasting cures everything is correct.
Speaking of Mr. Rockefeller'd serious
cough, an exchange says that , several
"good causes" are hoping that he will
cough up something substantial.
Hoke Smith aras successful in the
Georgia caucuses. The vituperative war
fare in that State is now attributed to the
jokesmith, not to the candidate.
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