Ji. . -a Ti ILouis Tracy, j
A Tew " words "may " cover a' vast
amount of exertion. Before the sec
ond line, with its running gear, was
safely stayed around the body of the
lantern even the iron railing might
give way a precious hour had elapsed,
and Stanhope was impatiently stamp
ing about the bridge of the tender,
though none knew better ".than he that
not an unnecessary moment was being
lost
At last a signaler stationed on the
tug was able to ask:
"What shall we send first?" .
And the answer came back:
"Water, milk, bread."
All night tinsmiths had labored to in
close food and clothing in water tight
cylinders ready for transport, and the
shining packages now began their voy
aging from the tug's trawl beam to the
lofty gallery, three-fourths of the jour
ney being through the sea. When the
first consignment reached the rock an
other lusty cheer boomed from the
watching-vessels.
Stanhope at feast could picture the
scene in progress behind the grim gran
ite walls Constance and Enid, with
others whom he did not know, serving
out generous iraf ts to thirsty and fam
ished women and men, helping them
selves last, and hardly able to empty
the eight gallon supply of fresh water
before they were called on to distrib
ute a similar quantity of milk.
And then the bread, the cooked meat
all cut in slices, the tinned soups and
meat extracts, the wines for Traill
had taken charge of the catering, and
his arrangements were lavish what a
fe:ist for people almost on the verge of
starvation!
The hours flew until the tug signaled
that she must cast loose and back
away from the reef. The tide was
running westward now. Soon the dan
ger would be active, and in any case
the Gulf Rock was saved from the
possibility of famine during the next
forty -eight hours. So the hawser In its
turn was buoyed, and Brand's parting
Instruction was not to attempt to re
open communication during the dark
hours of the morning tide.
The wisdom of his advice was mani
fest. With farewell trumpetings the
vessels scurried off to Penzance, and
the telegraph office was kept open 'all
night transmitting the word pictures
of newspaper correspondents to thrill
the world with full descriptions of the
way in which the Gulf Rock's fam
ished denizens had been relieved.
The last two packages ferried to the
lighthouse contained not only warm
woolen wraps for the women and chil
dren, but a big bundle of letters and
telegrams.
Pyne was the postman. There were
at least twenty notes addressed to the
girls and several to Brand from friends
ashore.
Mr. Traill, of course, wrote to his
nephew and Mrs. Vansittart. Natural
ly Pyne carried his own missive to the
kitchen, where he found that Con
stance and Enid had managed to wash
In distilled water.
They were cutting sandwiches and
endeavoring to read their letters at
the same instant. lie bowed with sar
castic politeness.
"I see you are ready for the party,"
he said.
Certainly he offered a deplorable con
trast to them. His face was incrusted
with salt and blackened with dirt and
perspiration. His hands were like
those of a sweep, but smeared with oil,
which shone on his coat sleeves up to
both elbows. His clothes were torn
nnd soiled, his liner, collar and cuffs
limp as rags, and his waistcoat was
ripped open, having remained in that
condition since it caught in a block
as he descended the mast.-
"Oh, you poor fellow!" cried Con
stance. "How you must envy us!
Here is a kettleful of hot water. I
can't say much for the towel, but the
soap is excellent."
Refreshed, Tyne opened his uncle's
letter. The girls were keeping up a
running commentary of gossip.
"Mousie (Mrs. Sheppard) says she
hasn't slept for three nights."
"Edith Taylor-Smith savs she envjies
us."
"That letter you are reading now is
from Lady Margaret. What does she
say?"
"She sends all sorts of love, and
that kind of thing," cried the blushing
Enid, who had just learned from
Jack's mother that Stanhope had ap
propriated her as his intended wife
without ever a proposal.
"Is th:'t all in four closely written
pages':"
"Well sho hopes soon to see me to
see both of us"
Constance was too kindly to quiz her
sister. Maybe she saw something in
Enid's eye which threatened speedy re
taliation. "Here's a note from the vicar. They
have held a special service of interces
sion at St. Mary's."
"And Hettie Morris writes Good
gracious, Mr. Fyne! Have you had any
bad news?"
Enid's wondering cry was evoked by
the extraordinary way in which the
youm: American was looking at her.
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iter ''' mA mr ifa -J
"I sec you are ready for the party."
Some intensely exciting knowledge had
mastered stoicism. His eyes were dis
tended, his lips quivering. He leaned
with one hand on the kitchen table. In
the other he had clinched his uncle's
letter.
Constance stood near to him. That
he, of ail 'the men she had ever met,
should yield to an overpowering emo
tion startled her greatly."
She caught his arm.
"Mr. Pyne," she said softly, "if it is
any ill tidings you have received we
are indeed sorry for you."
He pulled himself straight and gave
Constance such a glance that she has
tily withdrew her hand. It seemed to
her that he would clasp her in his arms
forthwith without spoken word. Her
action served to steady him, and he
laughed, so softly and pleasantly that
their fear was banished.
"Girls," he said slowly, "I have been
parachuting through space for a min
ute or so. I'm all right. Everybody is
all right. But 'my head swims a bit If
I come back forgetting my name and
the place where I last resided, remem
ber that once I loved you."
He left them. He could not trust
himself to say more. .... ... u
"That letter was from his uncle, I
suppose," said Enid, awe stricken. '
"It must be something very dra
matic which would make him act so
strangely. Why has he run away?
Was he afraid to trust us with his
news?"
There was a sharp vehemence in
Constance's voice which, did not escape
her sister's sharp ears.
"Connie," said Enid quietly, "as sure
as Jack loves me, that man is In love
with you."- .- '-
"Enid" ;
But the other girl laughed with a
touch of her saucy humor. ,
"Why did he look at you in that way
just now? Didn't you think he was go
ing to embrace you on the spot? Con
fess!" "It was at you- he was looking."
"Not in. the way I mean.. He gazed
at me as if I were a spirit. But when
you touched him he awoke. He might
have been asleep and suddenly seen
you near him. I wonder he didn't say,
'Kiss me, dearest,' and then I will be
sure it is not a dream." " v
Constance discovered that she must
defend herself.
"Mr. Pyne hardly conveyed such un
utterable things to me," she' said, con
scious that a clean face betrays a flush
which smudges may hide. "Have you
had a letter from Jack that you can
interpret other people's thoughts so
sweetly?"
"No, dear. Jack has not written, I
have found out the cause. His mother
expresses the hope that he will be the
first to convey her good wishes. 1 So I
think he meant to try to bring the
rope himself. Dad knew it and Mr.
Pyne. That is why they did not tell
us."
Constance gathered her letters Into a
heap. The tiny pang of jealousy which
thrilled her had gone.
"Eighty -one hungry mouths expect to
be filled to repletion tonight," she said.
"No more gossip. What curious crea
tures women are! Our own affairs 'are
sufficiently engrossing without endeav
oring to pry into Mr. Pyne's."
"Connie, don't press your l;ps so
tightly. You are just dying to know
what upset him. But, mark my words,
it had nothing to do with any other
woman."
Wherein Enid was completely mis
taken; she would never commit a
greater error of judgment during the
rest of her days.
When Pyne quitted the kitchen his
intent was to reach Brand without de
lay. As he passed Mrs. Vansittart's
bedroom he paused. Something had
delighted him Immeasurably once the
first shock of the intelligence had
passed.
He seemed to be irresolute In his
mind, for he waited some time on" the
landing before he knocked at the door
and asked If Mrs. Vansittart would
come and speak to him. ; . , .
"Are you alone?" she demanded, re
maining invisible.: ..'l- . ii I
"Yes." ho said. '.I, : " '
Then she appeared, 'with ' -that bor-
rowea snawi suu closely wrapped over
bead and face.
"What la ltrr abeaaJd.jreullz. .
from my ;
C I cannot
"Tes a:cbarmirig letter, but
understand it. He says that some very
understand iu uesajs uiaisumcteij (
ot.,i .marino vmt ts-in de-i!
tain. him in PeHzance after we reach
the place. He goes on but I will read
It t you. I am 'quite bewildered."
She took a letter from her pocket' and
'. searched through its, contents until she
found a paragraph. She was about to
read it aloud when some one came
down the stairs.. It was one of the of
ficers, yet Mrs. Vansittart was so flur
ried that she dropped the sheet of pa
per and; bent .to pick it up before Pyne
could intervene. -
' "Oh, bother!" she cried. "I am dread
fully nervous, even now that we are in
no further peril, This is what I wish
you to hear." . . . '
And she read: . - - ;
Nothing but the most amazing and un
looked for circumstances would cause me
to ask you to postpone the " date 'of our
marriage for at least a month after you
: reach shore. Tnls la not the time nor are
I your present surroundings the' place for
telllngr you ; why I - make txis - request.
Suffice it to say that I. think .Indeed, I
V am sure a great happiness has come Into
my life, a happiness... which .-, you,.-.as my
' wife soon to be, yrlU, share. (
The American,! .while . Mrsw; Vansittart
was intent, on , her . excerpts from his
1 uncle's letter, studied all that was visi
i ble of her ;f ace. -That which he saw
, there puzzled, him. - vShe- had suffered
ho more than! others, so he wondered
why she wore such, an air of settled
melancholy. Throughout the lighthouse
gloom was dispelled...1 The sick became
i well, the lethargic became lively. Even
the tipplers of methylated spirits, dead
'' ly ill before, had worked like Trojans
at the rope, as eager to rehabilitate
their shattered character as to land tho
much needed stores. I
What trouble (had T)ef alien this wo
man, so gracious, so facile, so worship
ful .in her charm, of manner and iter
ance during the years he had known
, her, that she remained listless when all
about her was life and joyance, she,
. the cynosure of many eyes by her cos
tumes and graceful carriage, cowering
from recognition? Here was a mys-
I tery, though she had repudiated the
1 word,and a mystery which, thus far,
defeated his subconscious efforts at. so-
I lution. '
1 She lifted her eyes to his. Her ex
pression was forlorn, compelling pity
by it3 utter, desolation.
"What does he mean?' she asked
plaintively, ; "Why "has he not spoken
clearly? Can you tell' me what it is,
this great happiness which has entered
I so strangely into his life and mine?"
I vi have .never ' met any man who
knew exactly what he meant to say
and exactly how to say It better than
Cyrus J.," said Pyne.
"But he has written to you surely.
Does he give no hint?" . ,
"Hia letter is a very short one. To
be candid, I have hardly made myself
acquainted with its contents as yet."
"You are fencing : with me. You
know, and you wiU not. tell.".
Her mood changed so rapidly that
Pyne was iot wholly prepared for the
attack! . . :; -. .;-
"It is a good rule," he said, "never,
to pretend you can handle another
man's affairs better than he can handle
ithem himself."
He met her .kindling glance firmly.
The anger that scintillated in her eyes
almost found utterance, but this clever
woman ef the world felt that nothing
would be gained,, perhaps a great deal
lost, by any open display of. temper.. ,
She laughed scornfully.
"Mr. ' Traill is certainly the best
judge, of those worthy" of his confi
dence. Excuse me if I spoke heatedly.
Let matters remain where they were."
"Just a word, Mrs. Vansittart. . My
uncle has written you fairly and
squarely. He has not denied you his
Confidence. If I understood you, he
has promised It to the, fullest extent'
"Yes, that is true." .
"Then what are - we quarreling
about?": ,.V.
He lauzhed in his careless way to
put her at her ease. . She frowned med
itatively. She who could smile in such
a dazzling fashion had lost her art of
mie. ": ' . - -,"...
(To be Continued)
Serious Situation.
'' Portland is facing a fuelfamine.
Indications now are to the effect
that there will be the greatest
scarcity"; of coal and wood this
Winter ever known in the history
of the city. Already prices have
(begun to soar, and it is possible
: that the shortage will cause the
poor people of Portland to be hit
hard before the cold season is
lover. Theonly kind ot fuel a-
vailable now is slabwo h3, and so
great is the demand for this that
orders taken today, cannot be filled
tor two weeks. Coal, four-foot
fir and oak, are nearly out ot the
market and dealers cannot say
w.hen they will be able to supply
i he demand, even at advanced
figures.
As an example ot how prices
are advancing, green slabwood
that could be procured on demand
at $1.50 per load a few weeks
ago, has gone up to $1.75, while
dry slabwood commands $2.50 a
load. - Four-foot fir is now worth
$4.50 a cord against $4 a month
ago. . Coal is. valued at $8.co a
ton, a rise of 50 cents in a few
weeks. ? . J.i ". ' j-V.- sV"r ;,; '-.i ?
The canse .of. the shortage in
fuel lies in the scarcity 4 of "cars
needed in the transportatiom of
wood from local interior poiats,
Ton have had "a letter
ancle?" .. ' ' r , .:. ,
aai . Qr coai .from Rock Spring v
- tTir . , ,. e
. VWe are coo tons short x of our
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orders alreadvi-- said Manager
j Reeves, of the Rock Springs Coal
Company.. This : shortage has
been more-pronounced since the
first of September, when bouse'
keepers began ordering their Win
ter supplies of . fuel. . We have
tried to jet cars in every way we
could think .of, but all the rail
roads report a famine in the sup
ply of both box and flat cars, and
none of them know when the sit-
uation can be
gram. . .
reieved.,, Tele-
Additional Local.
Mrs. De vine leaves today for Ashland
to visit relatives. ; r : -.
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"Shorty" Miller is one of the old stu
dents, who arrived, yesterday to re-enter
OAC. , , . , ; -,, :. . . -. .
Mrs. Charles .Beach leaves tomorrow
(or Portland where she will visit frieads
and . attend .the -Methodist Conference
that convenes in that city next week. ,
Mrs, G: B. S h nidt (xpcta to leave
Monday for Portland to. attend tte M. E.
conference. Rev. G. H Fee -6 goes down
on Tuesday for the same purpose.
Subject at' the Church of Christ next
Sunday , morning: "The Theory and
Practice of Christianity." Evening,
"Leaving Home." Special serman to
young people. ' ,
The site of the new A. J. Johnson brick
is a scene of activity these days. W. O
Heckart has btgun operations and quite
a force of men aie busy, although a scai-
city of laborers is reported. The contra
for -the concrete work has been sublet to
Ed Felton.' : - ' " ;
FlansTare in progress now for a big re
C9ption to students, the affair to be given
by the . Epworth League ' of the M. E
cnarcn on October 6th. The ' occasion
will be a pleasant one, further particu
lars of which will be liiven later.
. The busiest people in town these davs
are the city draymen. From dawn until
darjj they' are ordered here, there and
everywhere, and with loaded, trucks are
mat on every corner. - The occasion for
the rash is the influx of students, each of
whom has from oae to a r-ozen boxes,
bundles aid trunks to be carted about,
and also to an increase in all lines of
business about town which naturally
conies after each harvest.
, Prune pipking began at the big orchard
Mjnday and is being hurried as much as
poss,ibe as the fruit is ripening rapidly
and falling. Abon twenty pickers are
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Read these little "ezcerpU from biographies
of Holmes Business College graduates."
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ther particulars if you will call at the College.
Mr. took a course in shorthand, was
employed by the O. R. & N. Co., went to
China, and-now occupies the high position of
Consul at Harbin, won by sheer merit
JMr. took bookkeeping and stenography
at the Holmes Business College, was engaged
with a Portland machinery house for a (ew
years, and now enjoys a lucrate position with
the U. S. Government in the Philippines.
I Mr. tdbfc a course afc the Holmes Bus
iness College, went to Japan and founded n
enormously successful business of his own. .This
man's success is the result solely of technical and
practical training which enabled him to grasp
opportunities and mould them to his purpose.
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The crop hii g .Jd 10 Lh8u118 broth
era of 'tlbtny, on o( hon U operating
the dri-r. hil R ibert Johnson is in
charge of th nicking. ' Tie orchard is
on tti th bus:wt pi es in Ben on coun
ty jun it'iw.
Carpenter are now figuring on pU"
f r an ftd.il ion 24 hy 3(1 feet which is to
be added to the sooth aid f the.Christ
Un church. The a Mitiori will be for a
lectnre room, to be connected' with the
main room by folding doos, by whi -h
means he two roo can be thrown ir
to one large auditorium when rsqnired;
If the good weather continues work 01
the addition will be commence 1 at once,
but in case of early rains it is possible
the improvement may not be made un
til spring. . .
At the college armorv tonight there is
to be a big reception , given in honcr
the new stn lents. by the Y. M and Y.
W C,A. The public generally will at
tend and a jolly time is certain to be en
joyed. Ihe usual program and refresh
mpnts will be features
James WithyoomHe, who ran for gov
ernor on the Republican ti -ket at the las
state election, is at the Imperial hotel
Mr." Wirhycombe lives at Corvallis and
is in Portland on a brief business visit.
Since his arrival at the Imperial he la
been visited hy many friends who flocked
to the tint 1 when his arrival became
known. Wednesday's Port'and Jouma .
After so long a tinn and so much di
cussion by residents' of the locality, a
gwd cross walk has finally heen put in
near the CAE fdepnt ind ,M'S. Wilkin
son's .residence. There is still need.
h ever, of new sidewalk iu order to save
students a four blocks' walk around or a
tamp through the mud acrosslo's.
Thf matter is mentioned bv request of
dwellers iu that part of tewn.
John vie iee, a well-known resident ot
Benton county for many years, died very
suddenly vesterday forenoon while en
route to Co'vallis. With his family, Ml
McGee resides on the Burnett place soath
of town. Hhal been fee:in bad fr
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a physician summoned, buti it was too
late. Mr. McGee was about 60 or (x
years ot age and has a family. No par
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Because there is no provision: made by
the city of C'vallis for a jurying place
for dead animals, a ne -comer declares
that he will "leave the blasted town aa
soon as he can get out." He savs he had
intended to buv property in Corvallis but
he'll be 'Merned" if he will now, but
that he will go where there is a cemetery
for defunct horses and other brutes, with
a sexton to dig the grave and a suitable
hoarse for carting away the deceased.. It
all came about through the death of a
horse belonging to said new-comer. A
drayman was engaged to cart the carcass
to the Swick place below town, but no
h ie could be had and the owner had to
stand in ' the boiling sun, in thistles
waist high", and dig and dig and di j and
dig until a hole large enough for the car
Ciss had been made. . And now the
grave digger says he will not pitch his
tent in such a "bloomia' town as Corval
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