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I Zm . .. mi T fi Jzi : I Louis Tracy, I! PILLAR of . v ' -- - m Mortwivg" III y ? JLilDOlL A iL I Edward J. Clod , 't ' : 'I f compliment. t expevi u ii reuiuyi uacuui uf nspevu "An Idler, en? iou oo hot sxrma uie vvnetner in caim or .storm, tne , con as properly classed." j ' trary would surely happen ere inany "It's the fact, , nevertheless. My days had passed. But life was a dlf-: grandfather was pleased to Invest a ferent thing. How came it that at the' few dollars in real estate on the sheep J very close of so many years of asso farm where Manhattan avenue now Cjation with the fickle ocean she should stands. My uncle has half; my mother pjay : sucn a trick ; on him and his ; tad the other half." - . ;daughters." infold- them with perils, "Are both of your parents deadl" . snatch them from the quiet pleasures "Yes; years ago; lost at sea, too, on of tne life they had planned for the fil my father's yacht." jture and fhmst upon theni. even if "What a terrible thing 7' . ithey escaped with their lives,, a pub- "It must have been something like ' icity -nich he, at any rate, abhorred that I was only six years old at the ' ftnd even dreaapg? - time. My uncle lost nis wiie uiu umu, ( harbored no delusions on this eyes! to intrust" themselves" this pre carious means of escape, but the in stant they dropped off the ledge of the gallery their, weight caused the kite to swoop downward. The resultant plunge into the "ocean and Constance's farewell shriek were nothing more ter rifying than the chill blast and whistle of the air current admitted by Brand, but ryne did not want to go to sleep again. lie did not like emerald hued spirits which arranged such unpleasant escanades. . , ' ' ( Continued) i Dr. t iQ a id . . he would marry again, out l suppose o rtrir I - - i V.. " " rrirt. Tinvr tnirnr . , .- . . i , rrsistitnt Keeper, oiners quarreisuuic. uc... ne s tirea oi uemg Jacket, with a rope about his waist, ; wm De a combined rush for tne store- ( was clinging to a stumpy mast . room." too. when the Esmeraiua went uown. r v drama of the It nearly killed him. I never tnougnr. - was now i center. Two stout guiue royco manipulated from.the deck of the ves sel, and the flat, unwieldy mass of timber was slowiy drifting nearer to the lighthouse with the tide. The door of" the column opened to owi tho p,ist so the wind, with its pelting sheets of spray, was almost in the opposite quarter, and the stout grrmite shaft itself afforded some de gree of protection for the entrance. The scheme signaled from the steamer was a good one. None but a lunatic would endeavor to approach the rock itself, but there was a chance that the raft might be made to drift near enough to the door to permit a grapnel to be thrown across the rope held by the gallant volunteer on the raft. It was his duty to attach the two ropes and thus render it possible for a stronger." line to be drawn irom tne vessel to the pillar. There was no oth er way. The lighthouse did not possess a rope of sufficient length to be drawn back by the raft without the interven tion of some human agency. This was precisely the puny, half de spairing dodge that the reef loved to play with. Catlike, it permitted the queer, flat bottomed craft to approach almost within hail. Then it shot forth a claw of furious surf, the heavy raft was picked up as if it were a floating i feather, turned clean over ana uung many fathoms out to sea, while both of its guiding cables were snapped with contemptuous ease. The assistant keeper, kept afloat by his jacket, was hauled, half drowned, back through the choking froth, while the wave which overwhelmed the raft curled up a spiteful tongue and almost succeeded in dragging out several of the men stationed in the doorway. With a clang the iron shutter was rushed. into its place, and when the bailor was rescued the Trinity boat steamed away to try to secure the raft. - So joyous hope gave way once more to dark foreboding, and the only com fort was the faint one to be extracted from the parting signal: "Will try again next tide." "But why did not the second officer tell me?" "He thought you had troubles enough. If he could depend on the remainder of the crowd he would rope the sinners. Says he knows a slave knot that will make 'em tired." Brandos eyes glistened. "The fools," he said, "and just as the weather is mending too." "You don't mean that?" "Listen." He glanced up at the glass dome. Heavy drops were pattering on n. They looked like spray, but Pyne shout ed gleefully : ' "Is it rain?" "Yes. I was just going to summon the watch to help in. filling every ves sel. By spreading canvas sheets we can gather a large supply if it rams hard. Moreover, it will beat the sea down. Man alive, this may mean sal vation! Tie those weaklings and sum mon every sober man to help." With a whoop, Pyne vanished. He met Constance on the stairs, coming to see her father before she stretched her "WrthnWv Rv the way, now you mention it, Mrs. Yansittart wished to see me yesterday. I could not spare a moment, so I sent her a civil mes sage. She ' told Constance that she thought she knew me." "Hardlv likely," smiled Pyne, ' "if you have passed nearly the whole of J your lire in ngnuious.es. "I did not quite mean to convey that impression. I knew a man of her late husband's name, many years ago." "She is a nice woman in some ways," said Pyne reflectively.' "Not quite my sort, perhaps, but a lady all the time.' She is not an American, came to tne States about "00, I think, and. lost her hubby on a ranch in canrornia. Any how, the old man is dead stuck on" her, and they ought to hit it off well 'to gether. The Yansittart you knew didn't happen to marry a relative of yours?" "No. He was a mere acquaintance."' "Odd thing," ruminated Pyne. "It has just occurred to me that she re sembles your, daughter your elder daughter not so much in face as in style. Same sort of graceful figure, only a trifle, smaller." Such coincidences often Happen in weary limbs on the hard floor of the the numan family. For instance, you kitchen. 1 are not wholly unlike Enid. CHAPTER XIII. IISCIPLINE slackened its bonds that night. For one thing. Mr. Einmett fell ill. Although in ured to hardship In the ele mental strife, being of the stocky mar iner race which holds the gruff Atlantic in no dread, he had never before been called on to eat sodden bread, to drink condensed steam flavored with varnish and to chew sustenance from the rind of raw bacon. These drawbacks, add ed to the lack of exercise and the con stant wearing of clothes hot yet dry, placed him on the sick list. " Again there were ominous whispers of unfair division In the matter of food. It was not within the realm of, accomplishment that the purser, Con stance. En:i and others who helped to apportion the eatables could treat all alike. Some fared better than others in quality if not in quantity. The un fortunate ones growled and talked of favoritism. A crisis was reached when the sec ond oflicer mustered the night watch. When one sheep leads the others will follow. A stout German from Chicago She never knew exactly what took place. It might have been politeness, but it felt uncommonly like a squeeze, and Pyne's face was extraordinarily close to hers as he cried: "It's raining. No more canvas whis ky. Get a hustle on with every empty vessel." He need not have been in such a whirl, however. When the shower came it did, not last very long, and there were many difficulties in the way of garnering the thrice blessed water. In the first place, the lighthouse was expressly designed to shoot off all such external supplies; in the second, the total quantity ob tained did not amount to more than half a gallon. ; , .. . . But it did a great deal of good in other ways. It brightened many faces, It caused the drunkards to be securely trussed like plucked fowls and dumped along the walls of the entrance pas sage, and it gave Brand some degree of hope that the rescue operations of the next day would be more success ful. , ' ; When the rain cleared off the moon flickered hi a cloudy sky. This was a further omen of better fortune. Per haps the jingling rhyme of Admiral Fitzroy's barometer was about to be Justified: - -:- .,, . . Long foretold, ' ' . 1 '! !'! Ixmf last; ;.! i f '. Short notice, -.N-Soon: past. ; ' And the hurricane had given but alight warning bt-its advent. "I feel it in my bones that we shall all be.as frisky as lambs tomorrow,, said Pyne, when he rejoined . Brand after the scurry caused by the rain had passed. "We must not be too sanguine. There is a chance now.: I , won't deny that, but the sea is treacherous." "This reef licks creation. At Bar Harbor, in Maine, where a mighty big sea can kick up In a very few hours, T hnve seen it co down again like magic under a change of wind?' -That is. quite reasonable. Any ordi nary commotion has rop to spread it self In the tideway. Here tne tide is "I'm too run Gulf Rock was now filling tne columns nf npwsnaners all over the world. lie .i4. 1 and his beloved girls would be written tnar , . , ,. . . - ; ' a DOUr, QlSCUSseu, ueauiuca m iuiouujc language, pictured by black and white artists and eulogized by wideawake editors eager to make much of a topic dear to the public mind, v On the. rock they were tindoubtedly In grave danger. Death confronted them death at, once extraordinary and ghastly. No tyrant of the middle ages, with, all his ; paraphernalia for wring ing truth or., lies out of cringing wretches, had devised such a fate as threatened if the inconstant sea should choose to render the - reef ... altogether unapproachable for-many flays. Yet If helD came he and those dear to him were already -steeped iri unavoidable notoriety, bringing in its train certain vague disabilities which he had striven to avoid for over twenty years. And all this because one fierce gale out of the . many Jie , naa enq,ureu sprang into being at a moment when his mates were incapacitated and his daughters happened to pay him a sur prise visit. "It is an insane freak of fortune, ne muttered, "so incomprehensible, so ut terly out of focus with common events, that if I were a .superstitious man j should regard it as betokening the ap Droaeh of some great epoch in my life. Surely; a merciful Providence would not bring my girls here, to subject them to the lingering torture of hunger and thirst. I must, not think of it furtner. That way lies madness There was-at least one other troubled souL on the rock? which divined some , . . '.1 J- . . Ta sinister portent, m uie sioi.m. Vansittart, even at this moment, was staring into the black void with ques tioning eyes. He resolutely threw back his neaa as If he would hurl into the outer dark- the eibberine phantom which "Hully tree." said Pyne, fiown to stpd flattery!" i "Likeness is often a matter of envi ronment. Characteristics, mannerisms, the subtle distinctions of clas and so cial rank, soak in through . the skin quite as sensibly as they, are conferred by heredity. Take the plowman's son and rear him in a royal palace, turn the Infant .prince into a peasant, and who shall say tvhen they reach man's Astnte. 'This is the true king.' You will remember it was said of the Emperor Augustus, Urbem lateritiam invenit, .fTTi . found the citv brick; he left it marble'). The same whispered these words of foreboding. Has Arrived. ness noble result may be obtained In every healthy child properly educated." The college bred youth had not enter-. Bd into any general conversation with Brand before. He had the tact now to conceal his astonishment at the manner of his friend's speech. . ' "You fling heredity to the winds; then?" he asked. ' Brand rose to his feet, as was lis way when deeply moved. " ' : "Thank God, yes!" he cried. T, A faint hoot came to them through the chortling of the wind. "One of our visitors." shouted Brand, "an'd:here!wB' are gossiping as though nugly seated In armchairs at the fire tide i' He' hurried to the gallery, putting on an. oilskin coat. ffWe must win through, and I guess I'll play ;ball. with my f ather-ln-ia w. cuotn fyne to nimseii us ue luuuncu. This time it was the aicoa aione. asked bluntly: "Vere's de goot of blayin' at mound- j broken up into ocean rivers, streams In' srart? Dere Is bud von ting to gart, th boundaries as definite as the uud Cut !cs icr hidchen Community of interest caused many to huddle closer to him. Here was one who dared to say what they all thought. Their feet shuffled in sup port. The oilicer, faithful to his trust, was tempted to fell the man, but he thought the circumstances warranted more gentle methods. "Whv are vou dissatisfied?" he stern ly demanded. "What do you suspect? Are you fool eaough to imagine that you are being cheated by people who are dividing their last crust with you?" "How do ve know dat? Dose girls dey are chokin mit Mr. Pyne all der day. Dey can'd do dat und be hungry like us."" - "You unmitigated ass!" said the dis gusted oflicer. "There Is food here for three people. They have fed eighty one of us for two days and will keep us going several more days. Can't you figure - It out? Isn't It a miracle? Here! Who's for guard and who not? Let us quit fooling." And the doubters were silenced for the hour. The hymn singer endeavored to raise a chorus. He was not greeted with en ' aimslusm," onta- rtew valiant spirits came to his assistance. A couple of hymns were feebly rendered and again silence. "Say when," observed Pyne calmly . a , catpIia rvTn tr Wilt II ne emtrrcvi n-iv. - find Brand trimming tne spare huui. - "Not tonight," 8111(1 Brand. .."Why not? Hell may break loose at anv mbmAo.t downstairs." . - . . "What has occurred? " I heard some- yT- f thing of a dispute Tt-hen ,tl watch tered at 8 o'clock. "Things are worse now. One of the men found a gallon of methylated spirit In the workshop. "Good heavens! Did he drink any of itr- B eaAfcta mate krptSed XSf Although the lamp needed no attention lust then. , he tclImbe4 to the trimming kage. merely' to find relief in mechan ical action. He carefully examined the adjustment, and, to. judge how the weather was shaping, went out into the gallery, to look at the'jaistant lights. ..The three quick flashes or tne sseven Stoned lgh'tship were very clear: : That i.w?as a good sign.' : The wind came from that quarter and, blustering tnougn it was, driving gigantic waves before it into the loud embrace of the reef, it maintained . the good promise of the last few hours'. :J,jI Seeking -ttbfe comparative shelter, oi the east sdde beI(g?ied,iSteadlly,at1 the Lizardi ; i Its. jtwok. fixed, electric; oeams, nearly In- line withi fp.e Gulf 'Rock, were dull and watery. A local squall of rain was ; sleeping down from tne . iana. Changeable. threatening, unsettiea the meteorologist mignt appiy any oi; these "ierihs to the' prevalent condi- There is a new member on the taff of the experiment station at OAC, coi cerning whom the Forest Grove Times has the fol lowing to say: "Prof. C. E. Bradlev, who has been a member of the faculty of P. U. for the past five years,, has received and accepted a call to he State Agricultural College at Corvallis. He will be connected with the experiment station and will have no teaching to do. The recent session of congress passed what is known as the Adams act appropriating a sum of money to be apportioned to the diSerent -tates supporting "agricultural schools to provide for original scientific research work. Only men of established reputations in that kind of work are eligible to the positions and as Prof. Brad ley had been giving much atten tion to those lines and had done much work of that character, in looking over the state for a suit able man for the' position the au thorities selected him. .It is not only a high honor to be so chosen but it also puts him in a position to give his entire attention to a work that is most congenial to him and in which he has already accomplished good results. Al though he regretted to leave P.U. and Forest Grove at this time, vet he felt that this was an op portunity he could not refuVe in iustice to himself, arid so he has accepted and is moving there this week as his duties begin at once. The people ot this community will very much regret to lose Prof. Bradley and his estimable family, though they are pleased ; to know that the Professor's ability as a scientific investigator are -recog nized by the leading educators of the countrv. Li. , ,i -r: cal gentlemen in attt.i ..auv . G R. F ' .! Corv .l v its u-j paper on 1l t ' which also b ought curt ; uteTesiiiiy drscussiou. - A clinical case w s .,re'm?d , some of he Albaisv pi -v arts anddisenssed at ltnvth lim the . com pan v, adjourned t,.- th Im perial restuiunt w ert- excell ent banquet was enjo ed. . The next meeting ot . .e so ciation will be held on t e evea- . ing of the fust Thursdax i De cember, at Corvallis Th se in attendance at last Ti"j;n!' meet ing and banquet we r: . Dr. VV. T. WilHtnM n Di. E. A. Pierce, and Dr. Coffev..- ot Portland; . Dr. G. R. Fnrr, Dr. B. A. Cthey and Dr. Prtnot, of Corvallis; Dr. J. C Booth apd Dr. Drucks a medical studtnt, of, Lebanon; ; Dri Bennelt, of B He-; fountain; Dr. Newth,,oi Philo , math; Dr. A. G: Prill, of. Scio; Dr. J. P Wallace," Dr. W. H. Davis, Dr. H. M. Ellis; Dr. W. A. Trimble, Dr. J. L. HilV, Dr. . A. Stark and Dr. -RiseM Wal lace, of Albany. -Albany Herald. A PRFTTY WEDDING. At Dallas Sunday-Guthrie. -Whiteside- Corvallisltes There. ana sne signaieu wiui . ; ,, w onw th..- twlnklink (masthead "lights, of several BtMinprs Rlow hiith or low. mans Thames. The main body sweeps up into the bottle heck of the channel, Another tributary comes round the north of the Scilly isles and runs into the tidal stream again exactly at this point. The result often is that, while little pleasure boats can safely run out into the bay from Penzance, there is a race over the rock that would break up a stranded battleship.". ... "Say, do you like this kind of life?' "I have eiven my best years to it" Pyne was smoking a pipe, one which Brand lent him. The tobacco was a capital substitute for food, especially as he had established a private under standing with Elsie and Mamie that .they were to waylay him when possi ble and nibble a piece of biscuit he carried in his pocket.. This arrangement was to be kept a strict secret from all, especially from Miss Constance and Miss Enid, while the little ones themselves did not know that the she dragons whom Pyne feared so greatly gave them surrepti tious doses from the last tin of con densed milk, retained for their exclu sive benefit ... ... . "Do you mind my saying that you are a good bit of an enigma ?' he haz arded between, puffs. - "It may be so, but J like the service." "Just so. I . was never so happy as when I took a trip as fourth engineer on a tramp in the gr.lf of Florida. : But that didn't signify being tied to a long nosed oiler for iie .reujainder of my days.".;,.. . a.iw.vit-.v iv k "Are you a marie j engineer?: ,vin- TihiCwgoniej T hold a certificate just for fun. had a mechanical twist in me and gave It play. But I am an Idler by profes- sion.- The lighthouse keeper laughed ao MtoraBr 0t w taux w was deemed best to defer active opera- tldhs ' ' until the following afternoon. Th. tMa ot rln-wn wauhl not Ml it. . ! She went off, and the two ; men re turned to.. the grateful shelter of the service room. Brand forbade further talk. Pyne must rest now and relieve mm at a o'clock. The youngster neeaea no feather bed; he was asleep in amaz ingly quick time. There is a supper- less hunger which keeps people awake at night with a full larder in the .house. The crude article differs from, tne cui tured one so greatly that the man who hungers of necessity cannot sleep too much. Thus far the Inhabitants cf tlie light house had been given quite enough nutriment to maintain life. There was no reason why. any, even the most deli cate. should be in real danger during the next forty-eight hours. But scien tific reasoning and the animal instincts of mankind clash at times; in that lay the danger whose sullen shadow was deepening the lines in the -corners of Brand's eyes, Every hour the officer on duty and some men of the watch visited him to report that all was well below. Some of the less drunken mutineers were pitifully sober now; the others were maudlin. Beyond the few words ex changed on this and kindred topics he was left alone with his thoughts throughout the silent watch. Pyne slept heavily. Glancing at times at the youngster's stalwart figure . and firm, handsome face, Brand found him self reviewing the buried years. He thought of the days when he, too, looked forth on the world with the stern enthusiasm of triumphant youth. Long forgotten ghosts were resur rected, shattered ideals built up again. He wondered, If the decades rolled back, would he decide a second time to abandon the fine career which lay at his feet and withdraw his grief and his talents to the seclusion of lonely rocks and silent headlands. f-- . l -" " Tie had; been- happy, as- men count happiness, , during the decades.- No cloud had "iirisea to mittr- the complete cotentc tys eplTfee DlossoBiiBg of the Is Wtofllljtfnl 'otoaimowi was an mcrhig W6himf. andVHt was! paehig-'Titrag'"t held should be plunged into a whirl pool of events in the very hour when their domesticity teemed .to t most ftsswed. The chjuigerni 06ods of the elements found no ooontwpart hubis Be. knowlac Um dU iuc must travel and vessels put to sea. On such a night at other times he would re-enter the -lighthouse, with a cheery sense of its comfort and homelike as pect. Now. he dreaded the brilliant in terior, of tie service room. Its garish aspect ill accorded with the patient misery, the useless repmings, tne ine briate stupor which crouched beneath. If he and those committed to his cnarge were to-be saved either the sea must be stilled or another miracle of tne loaves and fishes enacted. There, alone on the gallery, amid the din of howling . wind ana ceaseless plaint of the waves, he seemed to be .. The quarterly meeting of the Central .Willamette Medical As sociation was held at the Alco Club Thursday . . evening with a large attendance and an interest- in? evening's program was en- ioved. During the. evening Dr. W. T. Williamson, 'oi Portland, who was mesent. . wesented . an interesting paper on "The Differ ential Diagnosis of Cerebral from Spinal Diseases," an able and practical presentation ot the sut- lect that was later ireeiy ana ex- .... - . I1 At the bride's home near Dal-, las, at high noon, Sunday.; Clar ence J. Whiteside and . Miss May Guthrie were united in marriage . by Rev. Wigmore of Eugene. ' .: : As Miss Christie Burkhead ; played the wedding march, the. young couple entered the parlor. where fifty guests waited to witness the ceremony. Follow ing congratulations a delicious wedding breakfast was served. The bride was lovely in a cos tume of cream voille, and carried a shower bouquet of bride roses and asparagus fern. The bride's bouquet was caught by Miss Edna Burkhead. . The decorations in the rooms were yery effective, consisting of Oregon; grape, ivy, roses ? and dahlias, v and ;; transtormin thfe , apartments into a , place dffra-- grance ana Deauty, ,,vs .. ,,; rne Dnae is a popular ana. es teemed young lady of Polk coun ty, while the groom is one 1 of Corvallis' best young men re- MYJ and Mrs: Whiteside" 'drove td '.tlorvallis :'' Sunday evening, wnere aneatly furnished cottage: awaited them, and where they are. now at home to their many friends..., ; , , She Fottd Relief. VJ". ; von are troubled wun liver com piaint and baVe "not received help read this. Mrs. Mary E.' Hammond, Mood, Texas. was in: poor health with liver troube--fo' over a year. Doctors did me no good nd, J triea Herbine, aod three bottles cored mej' I can't pay-too-much for Herbine, as it is a wonderful liver medicine. I always bave it in the house. , Publish where you wish." Sold? haustively discussed by the medi- by Graham & Wortham fere: I X She V308 crying softly. I apart, cut oft from the sufferings with in. He. lifted his eyes to the somber arch of the heavens. Men said the age of . miracles had passed. Pray God it might not be so! " - v . . : . When Brand went out fhe sudden rush of cold air thrpugh the little door leading to the balcony aroused, pyne. iThat yvnng gentleman was' rodely ttwelkened' from ..;aerloiiisly Vivid dream. 'Hefanaied that'CJonstaflpe And he were clinging to the tall of an enor mous kite, which had been, made to hover over the rockr -by a green. Imp seated In an absurdly small boat. They were solemmry advised bjr other gnomes, imps wiih.gparkllng. JtimftUkm The Kind You Have Alwavs "Bouglit, and wiicli lias been, in use for ovei 30 years, nas borno tne sigrnature of and has been made under nis per- soaal sapervironri Flne its infancy. V3i '-CUCJLWi A2o"sr no'oua i t? ceolva yon In this. 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