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BEAVER STATE HERALD, JANUARY li, 1907 —— ■"■ IF1"." 1 ‘ T"“* lr THE Louis Trtcy, PILLAR of iï' LIGHT JANUARY — Br ... MurRiRg’’ Cooyrtahl. IBM. by Edward J. Clod« HHMMH RYN^I’KIH. CHAPTF.lt I —At ila^irvak in a»»l»t- ant kr»|»T ol the lighthouse, discovers hi tl>r distance a ship la distress Nteph- ••ii llraini agrees to awilli out to it. In an doing h<* coiiivm in <■ iiilMil with a ■ hark wliiiii It« kill» ami board» the ship. lie finds on board I I k l»«lv <>! n ilrail man Hint a slisiigv bundle under a Sail. Jon«-» thr lighthouse keeper low er» a haaket alio haul« Brand anil Ilia ■ (rang" bundle »airly up II.—Thu bundle contain» a live l>aby ol which w lilt'll Jolie» a»»nniv» charge. Ix'tlvrn "LT" are found on eliilJ's clothing, liaby 1» plucoi in charge ol nurse alio itan clintg»- sl»<> ol hteplien Brand's children Child ia natiied "Enid Trevil lion. 111.— Eighteen year» Inter, Con- stance, I'au ’liter id Hi and, mid Enid w> to tin* 11g1111 iiii i»c witli an old hshvriiisn named Hi'ii. Tiicy me iwiiglit In a »form and nsllicy nenrthi- ligblhouai* hear the •laliger signal Imin tin- rock. l in y land eah'ly and tied that two li’cn li.il' 1-11'11 hurt. brand sends tin- Injtirvd tucn back with H* ii . IV—Jackson ■ hit lUih’»» Sir |owi re«1 into tin- boat «nd Bvii 1 tln iii liaik t » !’ . OMtM-C. Ti lL» Pniwy I* ii . ■ ili 1 ,Hllf <11 slit flsnlHqxI* vs I»• » I f « it h 1 nil. lb* HFMlFtb ■ !■ vdrilly III III caring for thIl- MO<UI<IV<I II H-y. —V Fui 1 spira a lioal appiuaeliing thv rink. Brun.l • Ii»** <»V< »N It is t’.o Lqn ii.u that it i» railed bv Ntaiiliup»- ll<- signals for them liot to laud, and r-tmilmfa- re turn» to I'etoumie. Tbc gill» • ¡»•nd the night at the rock. V I — During the night a furious »torni render» »leep Im- |»i»»l|i|e. At dawn Hiaud nmkr» out a • Idp in distress. VII—A Voting Ameri can named I'yne throws a rnfie to Itrwiid w ho make» tart to the lighthouse and 1>V mean» <d a pulley arrangement «ev ent/-light are »»veil before the nliip gut* down. **I sup-pup-pos* ao.*' she stammered. "Better »up up yon* coma." aulj Constance. "Now I uui quit» with you for thia afternoon." "I'll tell you what," went ou Brand confidentially. "hi that locker you will find a couple of »tout pilot ••oats. Put them ou. Aa I cannot pemuude you to leave tuo you iuu»t alt duwu. and It la cold lu here. Moreover, for the first tliue tu twenty oue year» I will amok» ou duty. I have earned a little relaxa tion of the law." out of the corner of bl» eye he mw that Constance. If not Enid, had not missed the aubtle hint lu hla words Hut ahe was quite normal again. Rhe gave no »Ign; helped her elater luto the heavy reefer, and made herself com fortable lu turn. “Neither of you will ever regret to night'» ax|M>rl»nc» when It la nicely over," be an Id. "You are like a couple of rccrulta In their Unit battle.” "1 am aura"— liegan Enid. A huge wave, containing aeveral hun dred tone of water, eiuote the light house and cavorted over their heads Tt»e houae that waa founded upou a rock fell uot, but It ebook through all Ila Iron bound tlera, and the empty cup» danced on their aaucera. Not another word could Enid utter, «lie waa paralysed. •'That fellow arrived -In the nick of time-to emphaaixe my remarks" »»Id Brand, lighting bl» pip*. "This la your liaptlam of fire. If I may »train a meta phor. But yon are far lietter situated than tbe soldier. Ila geta wared out of hl» wlta by big guns which are com paratively harinIce«, anil when he haa lieen well pounded for hi hour or ao be advance» quit« blithely to meet the a I moat allent ball of dnngeroua bullets Ho. you see, In bla caae. Ignorance la bliss." "Are we In till»»?" demanded Con stance. "You have been.. The llghthouaa haa outfaced a hurrlcaue such a» ha» not visited England before In my lifetime. It la over. Ttie wind haa drr>|>ped to a No. 10 gale, and we hare not loot even a bit of akin to my knowledge. Now the cannonade la tieginning. Certainty we may bare the glass broken by a rare accident, but no worse fato can tiefall ns." A heavy thud waa followed by a deluge without. They heard tbe water pouring off the gallery. Constance leaned forward, with hands on knee«. Her large eyes looked Into hla. "Thia time, dad, you are not choosing your word»." »he said. "I am sorry you should think that,” wa* the reply. "I »elected each phrase with slngulnr care Never tie misled by the apparent ease of a speaker. The lies! Impromptu Is prepared tiefore- hand.” "You dear old humbug,” she cried. Now the quiet deadline«» of the scene which followi-d the reappearance of Enid and herself from tlielr liedroom was manifest to her. Enid, too, waa looking f-om one to the other In enger striving to •-rasp the essentials of aa episode rapidly grouping Its details Into sequence. Brand knew that If he pae wise we should have five hours of spas modic conversation. Aa soon as the till« rise» sufficiently to gtln an unin terrupted run »cross the reef we will have at Icaat two II >srs of comparative quiet. About 4 o'cls’k there will be a secund edition for an hour or mo . I sup pose that any suggestion of bed"— "Will lie •••outed." oxctalmod Enid. "A nice pair of beaiPlea you will be tn the morning.” he grumbl«d artfully. Not even Const»: nre was proof again»! this new burden of woo. She glanced around. "You «ay that." she crlei. "knowing that the uearoat looking gta>» 1» yards away." fie pointed with Id» pipe. "Ill the second drawer of the dealt you will And a heliograph. It 1» only a toy, but will jnstlfy me." They ran togetlier and found tbe lit tle circular mirror. The next wave passed unheeded. Nml'lng. be went tin to the lamp. Even yet there w”» hope they might go to Isa! when the ri .«pile cam«. After much trlk of disordered hair, wan checliH, rings round the ey«*s, cracked l'p* amt other outrageous de- fect!» which a pretty woman mount, when divorced from her dre» > tig tabla, ConstMi.ee called him. "Hen1 1» n queer thins.” »he anld. "Have you heard any steamer hoot ing?” "No." he answered. Bending between the two of them, he saw that tbe point er of the aurlscopc bore due southwest, though the ta«t siren of which they had any knowledge sounded from the op posite dlrecthm. lie picked up « little trnmpet re sembling the born of a motor car. "1 use tills for tests." he explained. Its tiny vibrator quickly brought the n-edle round toward his hand. "ft 1« Improbable tn the highest de gree that any steamer Is near enough to affect the anrtscope." hr said “On a night like thia they give tbc const a Wide berth " lie quitted them again. The girl», having nothing lietter to do. watched the dial to »«••• If any change occurred, lie heard them nse the small trumprt Hire«- times. Then Enid sang out: "Oh. do come, dad! It go»-» back to the southwest regularly!" He joined In the watch. The needle wa» pointing north In obodlenc* to tbe sound waves created In the room. Suddenly It swung round nearly bait the circumference of tbe dial. No btlter cure tor tlirlr byiterta could be contrived. "Hush!” he «aid. They listened In tently. but the roar of wind and water was too denfenlng. They could hear naught else, lie went to this South west point of the g!:i«s dome, but the lantern was so blurred with rivulets of water that tie could see nothing save a tawny vnstnesa where the light fell on the flying spindrift. To make «ure he ti-sted the nuriscope again and with tbe «nme result. “A vessel 1» npproachlng from the southwest." ha announced gravely. "Evidently she Is whistling for help I ho|M> she will not attempt to approach too near the reef. I must have a look out." ? Ha put on an ollakln coat and tied the strings of a sou'wester firmly be neath hla chin. Ttie small door of the lantern opened toward the bay. so ho had no difficulty In saining the gallery. Tbe girl» watch««! him forcing hla way against the wind until he was facing It and gazing In the direction of the Neilly Isles. "Perhaps some poor »hip Is In dan ger, Connie." whispered Enid. "It makes me find quite selfish. Here was I, thinking of nothing but my own peril, yet tbnt little machine there was faithfully doing Its duty.” “It was not alone In Its self aban rled h'v daughter«’ questioning they- donment. We shall never know, denr- would bo on their knees by Ids aids est, how much father suffered when he forthwith, and ho wished to avoid any sent us off with a Jest on bls lips. I further excitement am sure he thought the lantern would "Plesas attend, both of you.” he lie blown away.” growled, with mock severity. "I am "And he with It! Oh, Connie!" going to tell you something that will "Yes. lie believed If that nwful thing took place while we were below console you.” Ills voice was drowned by some part we might eeeape. I can »ee It all now. of the Atlantic whirling over the lan I hnd the vaguest sort of suspicion, but he hoodwinked me.” tern. "Hnd we known we would not have "Thia kind of thing does not go on all the time," he continued. "Other left him!” cried Enid passionately. 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Ncverthele»>i they tioth breathed more fr.-ely w!ie:i they saw h!,”i «gain, n-i liidcL nrlnate »lin|>e against the lui: I f‘on»ta nee felt Hint she must speak "'!•<• muriti f lier own voice liegnt cou- fl ltuice. • I I IV.. nr ci'll tnn'g'it nói '.ins tliir V.’ .til l have «Ill'll In re quite caimiy. En! !, yet lie w.uh! avoid the least risk out there That woulil be endangering bit trust. <»l>. 1 am gi ld we rro here I bare never lived before this hour.” Enid «to!" a wondering ghinee at tier sister The g'r|* qeetned to be gnz!ng In’i ttopth« ltnmeusttralde. Afterward the word» mine baci: to b«-r mind — "That would tie endangering bls trust." lira nd fn.'ed the gale a full five ml* ute«. He returned hastily. “There Is a big steat-ier trading th* way—a liner. I fancy," be gasped, half chuk'-d with spray. "I fear ahe is disa- bled. Nhe I» firing rockets, and I sup pose her »iron Is gsing coustautly, though I cannot hear It." He ran to the room beneath. Flush ed with this new excitement, the girls donnpl their oilskin coats mid arrang ed their sou'westers. When he har ried up tlie stairs he was carrying four rocket*. He noted tlielr preparations. "Don't come out until I have fired the alarm « Igniti," he shouted, “and tie your dresses tightly around your knees." They board the loud hissing of the rockets, and the four re|>orts traveled dnliy from tbe sky. Three white star bur «ts and one red told tbe Mikl's End coast guards that a ship In need of help wns near the Gulf Rock. Proba bly they bail nlrendy seen tbe vessel's signals. In any event they would not miss tbe display from tbe lighthouse. Walking with difficulty, tbe girls crept out on to the balcony. Brand bad already gone to the wind ward aide. The first rush of tbe gale made them brenthleaa. yet they perse vered and reached him. They were greeted by a climber, but their father, with a hand on t^elr shoulders, pressed them down, and tbe spray crashed against the lautern behind them. He knew they would take no harm. When tbe vessel passed, their boots auil stock ings would be soaked. Then he could Insist thnt they should go to bed. At first they distinguished nothing save a chaotic blend of white and yel low foaiu. driving over the reef at an apparently Incredible sfieed. Over head tbe black |>all of the sky s»emed to touch the top of the lantern. Around, In a vast circle carved out of the mur ky wlldeniess. the wondrous lieatu of tbe light fought and conquered Ita un wearied fix’». Constance esugbt the three quick flashes of tlie Seven Stones lightship, away to the right. Khe fan cleil she saw a twinkling abend, but thia wns the Nt. Agnes light, and nel- tber girl could make out other sight nor sound uutil Brand ¡»luted stead ily toward on* »pot In tbe darknew. Before they could follow hla Indica tion they were compelled to duck to avoid another wavs. Then, as If It bad just popped up out of the sea, they di vined a tiny white spark swinging slowly serosa a considerable area. It was by that means that Brand had es timated the size and nearness of the steamer, and soon they glimpsed tbe red and green side lights, though ever and auon these were hidden by the tor rents of wnter sweeping over her decks. Of th* vessel they could see nothing whatever. Steadily she rolled along her fearful path. Having once found her. there wns fio difficulty In estimating tbe ra pidity of her approach. Enlit whose eyes were strong and farsighted, fan cied she caught a fitful vision of a big black hull tailoring In the yellow waves. Though It was difficult to speak, she crept close to Brand and screamed: "Is she drifting on to tbo reef?" "I fear so," he answered. "Then she will Is» lost!” "Yea. unlesH they manago to pass to s'uth'ard." Luckily for ¡mor human nature, men tal stress and physical effort rarely unite forces. Tlie mere attempt to re stat the wind, the constant watchful ness needed to avoid the ambitious seas, though the-ie, strance to say, ap peared to lie dlmlnlslilng In six* and volume as the tide rose, served to dull the horror of the threatened tragedy. Brand quitted them for au Instant to glue hla eyes to tbe lantern after wip ing a space on th* glass. Hi must see If the Igiup uceiled tending. Hatlsfied by the scrutiny, !>» stood behind the glfla. who had shrunk closely together the moment be retired. "They nre trying to steer clear of the reef." he shouted. 'Twice they have git her bend around, but tbe s<-a la too strong for them. 1 am afraid she 1» doomed.” Now they unquestionably «aw the great body of the ship, Her funnels »how«! most clearly, making shandy defluel black ilaiil»» on the heaving desert of froth. The plunging wb:rl» of the n nvtbcad llglit were enoupb tn prove bow the unfortunate vesoel waa laboring In what might prove to be her final agony. And the pity of It! The wind was drof’PlIn another hour the weather might moderate appreciably, the tide would swio-p her away from the hvrri- I !e re f nr.-l help would lie forthcom ing. In.iced, even then a powerful Kt’fjm trawler wa» i>r<-purln" to tight her way out of Penzance harbor, with brave i: <-n on I < anl ready to tr.ks any rlsl: to sive a »hip In distress. I'.tit the hour waa grudged by fate, They could t plainly hear the boitrwe blast» of the Ntejime-’a hwi. and again n i roclcet apurtud Its path to tbe Clouds. She wa» barely a mile away and. If anything In a worse p mltlou than be fore. a» tla» wind remained fixed In the southwest, and the tide at this stage curved In toward tbe land ere It began • o flow Lack »gain to the Atlantic. •fan nothing lie done T’ screamed •’onstance. rendered half frantic by the thought that the steamer would go to pieces before their eyes. “Nothing." was tbe answer. 'T’ray for them. They are in tbe bands of Hod.” In grewsome dlMtlnctn»^« they watch ed the vessel'» approac .. Tbe siren ••ea.sc'l Had those on board abandon ed hope? Pitching and rolling In a manner that suggested the possibility it foundering In deep water, she cams in with fatal directness. Suddenly a dreadful thought came to Brand's mind The lighthouse stood on tbe aaateriy and most elevated portion of the reef, whose bearings ran southwest by west and north-north went. At low water aome two acres of jagged rocks are exposed. On all aide» the sound- *ngs fell to sixteen and eighteen fath- k > s What If tbla helpless leviathan of 10.000 tone or more dead weight were to strike the pillar? Tbla was quite possible with the tide at Its pres ent level. It all depended whether her bows wort- raised or lowered at the mo ment of impact. In tbe one caae she would smash away many feet of rock and |ierhaps damage the foundations of the lighthouse; In the other, her ■harp prow would stab Jjito tne vitals of the granite and tbe huge column might collapse In common tuln with Ita colossal assailant. I One of the girls, he never remember- Sd which of them, spoke ’o him. He could not answer. Eor a secowd time that night he knew what fear meant. He watched tlie onwanl plunging of tbe vessel with stupefied eyes. He saw. a» In a dream, that her officer» and crew were still making desperate efforts to weather the reef. But. with the ntter malignity of fate, though they might have swung her to port, ahe would not budge a yard to starboard, for now Notli wind and waves assailed lier most vehemently on tbe starboard quarter. Thru when ahe was little more than twite her own length distant be waa certain that a dim form on tbe bridge signaled to the chart house. With a ailraculoua deftneaa. on the assumption that her wheel was put bard over, ahe fell away from the racing seaa. Her red light disappeared, her green light curved Into full view. The next wave lifted her bodily, with a mad jey that it ahould be able to use her to batter Ita enemy, the rock. Then ahe struck, with a sickening crash that waa plainly audible above tbe roar of tbe reef. Thia was not __ enough. Another rush of foaming wa ter enveloped her and amaahed her again on an Inner ledge. There ■be lodged, falling Inertly over to atsr- board. And Brand found hla voice once more. for. a» sure na this terrible night would have Its end no surely had tbe gallsnt captain of the steamer refused to Imperil the lighthouse when all hope of saving bin ship liad vanished. The tears were In Brand's eyea. Hla arms encircled the two girls. "There goes n fine ship commanded hy a brilvo man!" he cried. And that was the lieglnnlng of the captuin'a requiem. a 335 East Morrison Street, • Portland, splendid vessel, there waa little evl- deu-e of other than a blind fury In tbe fashion of her undoing. Tbe hoarse won!» bad scarce left Brand's lift« liefore a third wave, high er and more truculent than Its prede- ••«■ ior». sprang right over the lost ship ni. 1 smothered her in an avalanche of w t er. N> doubt tills mounter swept . away some of the officers and crew. It v.;is Imp-xsible to I hj certain of aught save the one tulng—that the steamer would surely break up liefore their eyes. The wind, now blowing in fierce ITi»t»; t!.e sex. rising each minute; the clouds of spray chasing each other in eerie flights tliroupb space: the grind ing. Ii.cecant, utterly overwhelming noise of the reef, made all sights and sounds Indcflulte, nebulous, almost fan tastic. But when the giant billow receded, leaving the ship like a dark rock in the midst of Innumerable cascades, the ca tastrophe took place which Brand would have foreseen were his thoughts less tumultuous. With the support of tbe sen withdrawn from half Its length the huge bull must either slip back Into deep water or break In two. The slender steel shell of an ocean liner la not constructed to resist tbe law of I gravity acting on full 5.000 ton«. No tbe solid looking colossus cracked like a carrot, and the after part fell back into the watery chasm, there to be «wallowed Instantly amid a turmoil which happily drowned the despairing shrieks of far more than half of those on l>oard. Constance nnd Enid screamed bitter ly In their woe. but again they were waved from utter collapse by the ex igencies of the moment Brand, who expected to see the remainder of the ship blown up by tbe Inrnshlng of tbe sen to the furnace«, dragged them forc ibly below tbe le-el of the protecting balu«trn(>e. Yet nothing ot tbe sort took place. A vast cloud of steam rushed upward, but It was dissipated by tbe next breath of th» gale. This Incident told tbe lighthouse keeper mneb. The vam sei had been disabled so long that her skillful commander, finding the motive power of no further avaiF and certain that hla ship must be driven ashore, had ordered tbe fires to be drawn and the steam to he exhausted from all boilers except one. Therefore her abaft wa» broken, reasoned Brand. Proba bly the accident had occurred during the height of the jiurricane. and her Steering gear, of little nse without the driving force of the engines to help, might have been disabled at the same time. When the horror stricken watchers looked araln at the wreck tbe forward p.*t had shifted Its position, It was now lying broadside on to tbe seas, and the lofty foremast thruat Ita truck to within a few feet o^them. They were spared one ghastly •cene which must surely have bereft tbe girls of their senses. Tbe majority of the first class passengers bad gathered In tbe saloon. Rome clung like limpets to the main gangway; a number, most ly men. crowded together In the draw ing room on the promenade deck. Far ther than this they could not go. aa th» rotnpanlon hatchways had been locked hy tbe officer of the watch, the decks being quite Impassable. When the hull yielded, the spacious aaloou waa exposed to the vicious waves. Finding thia new cavern opened to them, great liquid tongues sprang Into tbe darkness and licked out hap less victims by the score. Of this ap palling incident those In the lighthouse knew nothing until long afterward. When tbe »hip struck, the electric dy namos stopped, and all her lights went out The lighthouse lamp, owing to Its rays being concentrated by the dioptric lens, helped not at all to dissipate the dim and ghastly vision beueath, but the great frame of the fore part of the vessel served as a breakwater to some extent and temporarily withheld tbe waves from beating against tbe col umn. Hence Brand, straining bls eyes through the fl.tlng ruck, fancied be could make out the figure of the cap tain as be left tbe bridge auil. with some of tlie crew, took shelter behind tlie structure of the library and state cabins on what remained of the prom CHA ITER VII. enade deck. At the same moment the I’ST na the spin of a coin mny frenzied occupant» of the library and moan loss or gain In nome gangway contrived to burst open* the trumpery dispute or game of door of tbe main companion. If they had to die. they might as well the hour. In like manner ap I parently nre the ggaver Issues of •lie life In the open and not boxed up In or death determined at times. It is not lm|ienetrable darkness. As a matter so, we know. Behind the triviality on of fact, tbe bolts were forced by a man which men fasten with amaaement as who fired his revolver at them. Tbe the governing factor In events there sea quickly discovered this new outlet. Iles an inscrutable purpose. Yet, to The next wave, passing through the those watcuing the destruction of tbe saloon, sent tons of water pouring I • I Oregon »••»»•»»»••»«••»a Watches and Jewelry - KM AIkING A SPTCTALTY — AU Work Osorsateed. For Special Bargain» in A'atebes, See Fred D. 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Tbe liberated passengers saw It for the first time. The sight brought no hipe. Between ship and lighthouse was a true mael strom of more thau sixty feet of water created by the backwash from tbs stonework and the shattered hull. Even If the passage could be made, of what avail was It? Tbe iron entrance door was full fifty feet above tbe pres ent level of tbe sea. It could only be approached by way of the rungs of Iron imbedded In tbe granite, and ev ery wave, even In the comparative moderation caused by the obstructing’ wreck, swept at least twenty feet of the smooth stone tiers. It Is this very fact that preveuts rock lighthouses from sel dom If ever serving as refuges for ship wrecked sailors. The ascending ladder Is so exposed, tbe sea usually so tur bulent under tbe least stress of wind, that no human being can retain band hold or footing. Yet there was one faint chance of succor, and It was not a sailor whs grasped It. The first that Brand knew of tbe desperate venture waa tbe sight of a »pectral man climbing up ths shrouds of tbe foremast. On a steamer, whose yards are seldom naed for sails, tbe practicable rope ladder ceases at tbe fore, main or mizzen top. as tbe case may be. Thenceforward a sailor must climb with bands and feet to the truck, a feat which may occasionally be necessary when the vessel ia in dock. It is hardly ever attempted at sea. Tlie voituresome Individual who thus suddenly made himself the center of observation carried a line with him. Not until he essayed the second portion of hl« jieriloii» ascent did Brand realise what the other Intended to do. which was nothing less than to reach tbe truck, tlie very top of tbe mast, and en deavor to throw a rope to the gallery. And he might succeed, too— that waa the tnnrvel of It. The tapering spar came very near to them. i>erbape twelve feet distant, and the wind would certailffy carry the rope across the chasm If carefully thrown. A few strong and active men might nse this aerial ferry. Well, better they than none. Brave fellow! Would that tip Lord might help him! ( to ax coirriMvaD.) Subscribe for Tbe Herald. I