Beaver State herald., February 22, 1907, Page 3, Image 3

BEAVER STATE HERALD, FEBRUARY 22, 1907
Gfe PiLLAR
0F LIGHT
By LOUIS TRACY.
Aalhor al "lk» Wmgi al Iba Maralaf**
Cop»rifili. IHM. I>, Kdoard
J. Clod»
HYXOl’MH.
CHAI'TFII !
Al ilnv iiicuk <ti ii»i>t-
■ ul krv|«*r ni Ilio lightlumai-, dimovi-r»
In tlie distane«' h «hip in diatre»«. Kli'pli-
rii Hrmnl Hitrri-B lo awini uni tu II. In
»•• duitlg Im collii'« ili CUtllHl'l witli il
almrk wliiiìi he kilt« and board» Ilio
•lilp. Ili-Ulula ou lutarli llit t»«ly nf «
ili-mi iiihii alni a atiauui- I hiiu II i - under 11
•all. Jone» llii> liglillumai- keeisT Ina-
era a baaki't alni lumia Brand and Ina
• tralice blindi« ailhlv up.
II.— Tilt'
I hiiu II i - iiinlulna a live babv id «Iddi
a Im li .li una Haaiinu-a iliurgi*.
la-tli-ra
“ I'- Iari- Inumi "ti rlnl'l’a dolliing
Baby ia plaii-ii in diargv <>( nursi* » l><>
lini cliiirifi' alai! nf Nteplieii Braiul'a
rliildirn < ìillil la iiaim-d "K.iud Ilei il-
limi.
Ili— l.iublii'ii )i-.na later, Coli-
al im i-, dwugliter • •! lltand, and I imi go
tu lln- llktlilboiia« aulì in old lla|n-rman
nami-l Ben. Tliev are cangili in n storni
and iiatlii-y nini thè Ughi bollai- bear 'In
danyer alunni frulli thè r>a k
ììu-y lumi
aufi'ly and timi iliat tao nien liavi la-en
liuti.
Brand aemla thè injurcd meli
bai k alili lieti l\ .lai-kauii und llutea
are l-iarre-l into the lumi ami Ben t.ikea
thi'in l»n k lo l'euz im-e. Tlie |lai»y la
niet lo l.ii-utriiaiit Ntiinboia- «ho i»
devotedly in loie with I imi Ile aaaiata
In caring for the wounded men. — V
F.nid «piia n Inali HpproNi-hing tlm rm-k
Il la t'.e l.iip«ihg
Brami dlwover»
Ibai il la anili-d liv Mtanliiiin- Ile aignala
for theio imi lo lami, ami Manluip« te-
turila lo Pi-nzani t- The girla >|*imi thè
night at thè rock.
VI—buring thè
lllglit a furimi» atomi renderà aleep ine
jamaiplc. At duali Brami titaki-a olita
• hip ili dlntii-nil. VII—A Votilig Ameri­
can minml l'ytu- tlimwa a mpe lo Brand
w hu niakra faal lo tlie lighlhouee and
bv menila ol a pullev arnu
meni acv-
rat/-righi sre suvcd ¡adori- I In- «Inp gm-a
down. Vili — Mrs. Viinaittart, l'vne'«
• uni. la alrungelv moird al sigili uf
(.'oliatami-
IX Aire. Van-iltart aet-ka
to meet Brand. X---Htanlio|n- in thè
Fall-ori ap|a*ara tirar thè lighllntuae al
■ lavlireak and try» tu reactie tlm girla
XI—Tlm t alcoli rei urna thè nell dai,
lirlnging Mr. Traili, «boni Mia Vallali-
turi |» lo niarry. Ile M-mla me»ng,-a to
Mia Vanaitlart and ti l’yne hi» m-plie».
CHAITElt XII.
YNE found Enid may red and
Inclined tn la* tearful. The dy­
ing light of day u an at III strong
enough In the service room to
jmrtnlt the»« thing» to Im wen.
•'No bad lieivn. I hope?” be Inquired,
though the sight of Htepben Brand
wiitial at hla di»k and placidly writ­ the »igual:
water »iitll'icnt to malutalu the live«
ing wna reassuring.
"Motlmr «enda h<-r love to "'nld "
i of my daughter«, you und myaelf for a
Tim question steadied her to an ex­
"bld mother ever convey imr love few hour« longer than tlm other«. By
tent.
to Eiifcl Imforif?" naked I'yue.
I right, if I followed the rule« I have
promlMi-'l to oiicy, 1 alone «bould live.
"No."
"It la nothing of any conscqtienc«.”
"Then I call that im.it. I tal.e off That 1» Impoaalble. A Kfairtuu might
•Im »aid and di«tiil pant him.
Brand Io iked up from Illa Journal, my hat to Mtanliufte. 11« and mumma do It, but I cannot «liandou my glrla
• nd yet retain my aeuuea. I tru«t you
lie smiled. though the American have bud • heart to heart talk.**
Brand leaned hl» Imad on bl» Lauda, beeiiu»i' I inUMt have a confederate.
thought there was n hint of pulu In hla
with clinched flat» covering hla eara. 1 If the weather dm-« uot break before
• '«
"I am going to lime one of iny girl«." Them wua a period of utter «Hence un­ tomorrow ulgbl we inuat barricade the
he said. "Uli, no; this la not a loss by til tlm llghtbuuae keapar roae to light italr« and tight If tici-eaaary."
Ill« face wua drawn and baggnrd.
death, but by niarrlage. If I were a I tlm lamp.
hi« eye» blazing. He »hook a» one lu
I’yue watched him narrowly.
Frenchman I would describe It aa gain
"I may lie treapuaalug on delicate the Brut throe» of fever. He aeeiued to
Ing n » hi Enlil bus Just received what
ground." be aald nt Inat. “If I am. you await la» companion'» verdict with an
la tantamount to u proptSMl.”
"By Hag wagglug?" Pyne wua natu­ are not the aort of man to ■land on overpowering dread le»t any attempt
ceremony. In the State», you know, ■botlld lie made to queation the JuatIce
rally astouuded.
"Yea
You would not ex|>ect one of when the nuthordlea wuut to praaerva of bl« decree.
“Ye« I figured It out that way. too."
the people from the Chinook to Im ao 11 park unction they don't any. T’leaae
¡do not walk on tlm graaa.’ Ttmy put «nld I’yne. "It'« queer, l»n't It, to be
•uterprlalug."
up a bow'd Which reada. 'Keep off.* lu «uch u fix when there'« all aorta of
"I don't know.” auld Pyne. puuctu
help within call, »o to »peak? We
(Ye never kick. We re Uaad to It."
utlng each word with u delllierate nod.
"My notice Iwirl, If required, will might aa well lie lu a mine cloned up
"Well. In any case. I would not have
tie lea» curt, ut any rule." replied by an explosion. Amt. I'll tell you
forwarded the application after nti ac-
Braud, and they faced each other. what. I'm real «orry for you."
qlinlntllUce of elghtei-ii hour«." ole
Branj. col!ap»iug under tiie »train,
Though tlielr worda were light, uo
•erred Brand, w-ltb equal del literal Ion.
pirn an nt i-om-elt I trked in their miiida. aank lato a chair.
"They're two powerful tine glrla,"
"It it an awful thing." be moaned,
There W ’4 a ipl.-«tlou to l>e aak'*d ami
auld I’yne, atccrlug dear of the pblnt.
"to com emu «<> many men. women and
uuawered. and It held tiie i»»uca of life
"They have Ju»t Irnen telling me how
ciiiidrefc to »u< ii a death."
Mlaa Enlil hnppeiii-d along. It reaja and denOl.
A » imniii of pain made Pyne'« lipa
"Wh.it did you mean Juat now by
like u fairy tale."
anyln-.’, 'If nil for« well here?' 1» there tremul*UM for nu luataut. He bad for­
"Him waa glicn to um by the winds
ui y »pedal reatm why thing« «liould gotten Elide and Mamie.
and wave». vet aim la dear to me ua
But bi» voice wua fully under con­
Uot go well?"
my own child I ahull mlaa her great­
The young I'hlladelpblan might have trol w li'-ti Im »[Hike ngalu.
ly If all it«'" well here"
beeu imzardlng an Inquiry alaiut n
"You can count on me In t'ie der.l In
"I've cottoned on to both of them
matter of trlvl-il lutereat. »o culm waa all Imt one thing." be «aid.
aometh'nr wonderful.
But. If I am
Tlx- o!der man looked up fiercely.
he. ao atnootb bl« utterance. But
not Intruding Into private affalra. how
Brand had tuaile uo utlatake III eatl- What condition could lie lm|Mru'd In
coinca It licit Mlaa Enid la Imlng tele
uiatiug tbla youngater*» ftmee of char­ the fulf.ilmc.it of ii duty ao terrible?
frnphed for? <»f course I cun under-
"1 am here by chance." went on
acter. nor did Im «eek to temporlce.
Itiiml th" g -nt'i'tiiaii being in a burry.
lie extended uu urtu toward tlm reef. Pyne "One of your daughter» may
I would fed that way uiywlf If the
have told you that Mr«. Vanalttart
"You bear that?" be »aid.
condition« wen- favom’de "
cnini' from New York to marry my I1D-
"Yea."
I’yne could la- aa stolid aa a red In­
de. Anyhow you wou’d know «he «at
"It may Ixill that way for week«.”
dian wh -'i the occasion demanded It.
dear tj him by hl» me»«age today. She
"Ho I Lave I men told."
Brand fou.pl no bint In Ills face of the
1» « irt of In my chnrge. and I can't de-
"By whom?"
bidden thorn lit In Ida word«.
•ert tier. It'« hard luck, a« I don't care
"Mr. Emmett told me.'*
"Have they auld anything to you of
"Ah! He and I have dUcnraad the a «-ent for her. She'« tie- kind of '.rom­
a man named Ntanhop«?" Inquired the
matter alrcaidy. Yet I Imagine that an o'd men adore faHclnating. birdlike
llghthouao keeper, resuming tlm entry
neither be nor any other mau In the cre.it-iri'i— when the cage 1« gilded."
In hla din-} after a »harp glance up­
Brand «prang to bl« feet uud raced
place aave myaelf grarp« the true
ward.
up to the trimming atage. When hi«
meaning of Hie fact."
"Y-yes. They pointed him out to me
"I've beeu thi-orlxlug." «lid Pyne. hands were on the lump lie felt »urer
tlila mmnlti
In the navy. I think; fel­ "It occurred to me that thia light l»u't of lil'o<elf. It give him «trengih dur­
low with n title and that sort of tiling " here for amuacrient."
ing tiie b'trrhnne, uud <i would
"No
11!» mother 1» laidy Margaret
He looked up nt the 1-imp and «mlled. atrengtlien him now.
Ktunliope. la-lug un earl a daughter, but Tim pillar lu thowe day« mu»t have
"Tliere can be no exception«.” be
Illa fatlmr wia a kulidit
He hna I men
lai'ti n haunt of lllualou«. fur Brand, mid b.tr-li'y. Pyne waited until th«
paying attontlona to Enid for a year like Couatance ami I’yne bimaelf lu llghtbauae keeper rejoined him.
and mure to uiy knowledge and to hla ( the ca»e of Mr». VniiHittart. thought
"I ought tv have put my proposition
uiother’a exceeding indignation, I fan­ be caught an expreaaiou familiar to tiefore y >n fir<t and made a «[leech aft­
bl« eye« long la-fore Im bud seen that erward." he «aid. "Constance and Enid
cy."
will Join you here when you «ay the
"Thnt la where we on the other «Ido clear cut. «pletididly Intelligent face.
But there waa no time for Idle k | m * cu - word, but I will lie on the other »ide of
have the pull of you.”
"Have you? 1 wonder. However. latlou. He gluu<-cd into the well of the btrrieade."
I.udy Mnrgaret'a view» have not trou­ the nt a Ira to make «ure that uo one
»-miense!” cried Brand. “You have
bled me. I will deal with Imr when waa uacendlug.
no right to llirust away the chance that
Tlmu
Im
approached
nearer
to
Pyne
tlm time coiuea. At preaent It look»
la given yon. You saved all these jieo-
fairly certnlu that Maater Jack baa and »old In an Inteuae whiaper:
pic once. AVby should you die u»e-
"it
1»
folly
to
wa»te
word«
with
you.
H ttlcd matter» mi hi" own account. I
li-asly?"
may be nilataken. of courae. How do I have rciiKoued till« tblug out. and now
"V.hat! Suppose It pans out that
I will tell you what I have decided. I
you Interpret till»?"
way. Suppose we live a couple of
will
take
tlm
watch
from
S
until
12.
He cloned tin* Journal and handed to
At 12 you will relieve me and I will weeks and escape. Am I to face the
I’yne a memorandum taken down let
old mau uud tell him—the truth? No,
t -r by letter by a anllor aa Brand read go la-low to aecurC provlKiou» uud
air. You don't mean it. You wouldn't
3
do It yourwlf. What about that «bark
the girl« told me of? I can goes« just
wbat happened. He wanted the light
refreshment In the boat, bid you »coot
back wlieu you saw hi« flu? I'm a heap
yomig-r than you, Mr. Brand, but that
bluff doesn't go."
"Thank heaven, we have twenty-four
hours yetr murmured Brand.
“It will be all the same when we
have only twenty-four «econds. Let u»
fix It that way right now. lion't you
«ee, it will tie easier to deceive the
girls? And there'» another reason. Bar­
ricade ami shoot ■» you like, It will be
a bard thing to keep threescore des­
perate men boxed up down Is-iow.
When they begin to diet on colza there
will tie trouble. A few of ua. ready to
take chances, will tie helpful. Some of
them may have to die quick, you
know.”
Brand close! bls eyes In sheer af­
fright. In that way be tried to »but out
a vision.
"Be ft mo ." he gasped. "Slay the Lord
help ua."
it wa« the responsibility that master­
ed him. Judges on the liem-b often
break diwn when they sentence a
criminal to death, but what Judge, hu­
mane tende- hearte.l and God fearing,
ever pronounced the doom of seventy­
eight pi'ople snatched from a merciful
death to l.e steeped In horrors?
At last hi« Iron will [iredonilnated.
T?ie knowledge that the pith of duty
lay straight liefore him cheered his tor­
tured soul. No man could say be erred
in trying to «are til» children. That
was a trust as solemn a» any conferred
by the Elder Brethren of the Trinity.
lie place-! a hand on Pyne’s shoulder,
for this youngster had bei-ome dear to
blm.
"Had I a s >n." be said. "I should
wish him to lie like you. I-et us strive
to forget the evils that threaten us.
Brooding Is useless. If need lie you
will take charge of the lower deck.
Tiiere Is starvation allowance for three
more day* at the worst, but I hate the
thought of starting the new scale to­
morrow.”
"It may not be necessary.”
"t'andidly. I fear It will. I know the
Cornish coast too well.
When bad
weather sets In from the southwest at
this season It bold« for a week at the
lowest computation.”
"Is there no other way? Can noth­
ing tie done out there?”
"Able men. the tiest of sailors, the
most experienced of engineers, have
striven for half a century to devise
some means of storm communication
with a rock lighthouse placed as this is.
They have failed. There Is none."
"That's good." cried Pyne pleasantly.
“Where Is your pouch? I feel like a
»moke. If I hadn't fired that question
nt you I shotil I have wasted a lot of
time In hard thinking.”
Braud had to scheme thnt night to
reach the storeroom unobserved. The
Falcon, steaming valiantly to her ot>-
serration |o«t nenr the buoy, aided
him considerably.
He permitted the
nl; ht watch to gather In the servlc«
room while he «upplieil the men with
tobacco and «rationed the officer on th«
gallery to otwH'me the trawler In casa
she «bowed any signal lights.
fllnce the attempt on the lock Con­
stance gar« the key to her father after
'•acti visit. For the rest, the inmates of
the pillar were stink In the lethargy of
Unsatisfied hunger.
Constance anil
Enid, ntterly worn ont with fatigue,
were sound asleep In tiie kitchen, ami
the tears cottried down the man's face
a« he acted the part of a thief In «e-
i-ur'ng the measured allowance of flour
and bacon for one meal. The diet of
"Hud I « »on / hhuiihl with him to bt
Itke you."
one hungry meal for e:gh’y-one people
give .wenty-seven hungry meals for
three. He ought to have taken more,
but be set bls teeth and refused the
ungrateful task.
It Is ofttimes easy for a men to de­
cide upon a set course, but hard to fol­
low it.
"A week!” he murmured. "Perhaps
ten days! Tb.it is all. Pray heaven I
may uot g> mad before they die!”
Pyne, watching the light, knew that
Brand had s lcceeded. The Falcon
weut. Gradually the watch dispersed.
"Where is the hoard?" asked Pyne,
making believe that they were playing
some comedy.
"Hilden in the kitchen lockers. I
could obtain only distilled water. You
muvt persuade the girls in the morning
that something went wrong with the
apparatus."
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