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New Williams Sewing achines “'0 are carrying a very large stm-k nf Rugs and Floor Uilclnths. which we are scning at. very «1039 prices. Come in and see nur stock before buying. and we will save you money. RUGS AND FLOOR OILCLOTHS \Ve keep always in stock a large assortment of Blankets, All-won! Sheeting. Tweeds. Yams and genoral Dry Goods and Grncerioa. (fnrdlng and Spinning “tended to promptly AT (Trade Mark. Registered) Rob Roy Rolled Oats i T11- so below.“ ' } Both men wore the uniform of as- ‘ Blatant-keepers. yet it needed not their nor of speech to reveal that one . h [was a gentleman, born and bred, and and and V 0111‘ Stove needs he other a bluff, good-natured. horny- les rnplztcmg, or perhaps anded A. 8.. to whom new-1am eggs and recently cured flsh appealed .‘ar N EW STOVE mamasrm . He who had involuntarily quoted '- “79", we have all the “Queen Mab" turned his gaze seaward '9 place is again. Each moment the scene was becoming more brilliant yet nearer to earth. The tar-off islands sent GLASS W“ M ' W“ W I ' through throng la. The uiro‘se flush u 0 ,3...“ .bn the ho n was assum a yel- . u u lower tinge and the blue of sky and Water was deepening. Twenty miles away to the southwest the smoke of I mm m “DU-Qt.“ Minn-8’ Box Cat” Beds, reg- ular $23.00 ................... I ’35 “Lexus ("'nld0\:1n Balsa, reg- uLu $1.75......... ....I. 29 Missvs' Vici Kid Bluchers, low heel. regular $1.85. . . . Furniture and Upholstering Gamsnxa St. f’.":“:. .1 .65 :‘Just a it'll go be] Both m Blatant-km manner 0 [was a 361 be other , mded A pad race! more pot! '5 The small door beneath the sins rune was open. The worker within. busllx @311an an eight-{nob Wyn-93'. â€"â€"â€"â€"' v v vâ€"â€"-_ Eeaaed nor an instant and popped his Pearl out. “Did you hail me?” he inquired. i The matterot-fact words awoke the dreamer. He turned with a pleasant pmile. 'p “To be exact. Jim, I did hail some- !body, but it was Aurora. Spirit of the Dawn. not a hard-bitten aailorman Find him. “It I was you. cap'n" he said. ”I’d turn in. Jon“ is feeling At this knowing. You ought to be dfifl‘l beat after your double spell of the last two days. I'll keep breakfast back until three bells (9.30 am.) so' there’s trash can an’_ hanicsz'. In -_ _._ Overhead. the magnificent lantern. its eight-ringed circle of flame hurnin8 at full pressure, illumined the drift- ing vapor with an intensity that seem- ed to be born of the sturdy granite pillar of which it was the fitting dia- dem. Hard and strong externally as the everlasting rock on which it stood. â€"-replete within with burnished steel and polished brass. great cylinders and powerful pumps,â€"â€"the lighthouse ,thrust its glowing torch beyond the reach of the most daring wave. Cold, pour, defiant it looked. Yet its sup- .erhuman eye swept to pierce the rvery heart of the fog. and the fur- ‘nace-white glare, concentrated ten thousand-fold by the encircling hive of 'the dioptric lens, flung far into the gloom a silvery cloak of moon-like. majesty. ‘ "Oh, that’s all right, cap’n. I thought gi heard you singin’ out for a ight." ! The other man bent his head to hield a match from a puff of wind, hus concealing from his companion he gleam of amusement in his eyes. is mate sniffed the fragrant odor of he tobacco longingly, but the Elder rethren of the Trinity maintain strict discipline, and he vanished to _ AL-_-_‘-L - ..... Copyright by Ichcod C All... CHAPTER I. FLOTSAM. All night long the great bell oi the 'lighthouse. slung to a stout beam pro- jecting seaward beneath the outer 'Dlatform. had tolled its warning through the fog. The monotonous ticking o (the clockwork attachment that governed it. the sharp and livelier click of the occulting hood’s machinery. were the only sounds which alternated with its deep boom. The tremendous clang sent a thrill throng hthe giant column itself and Denied away into the murky void with a tremolo of profound diminu- tions. At last an irresistible ally sprang to the assistance of the unconquer- able light. About the close of the middle watch a gentle breeze from the Atlantic followed the tide and swept the shivering wraith landward to we northeast, whilst the first beams of ;a June sun completed the destruction ;oi the routed spectre. 313311356}; Tina appeared. and be- ;hold, it was good. '-vâ€" --vâ€"â€" "_ , On the horizon. the turquoise rim .of the sea lay with the sheen of folded silk against the softer canopy lot the sky. Towards the west a group of islands ,to which drifting banks of mist clung in melting des- pair, were etched in shadows of idreamy purple. Over the nearer sea- .floor the'quickly dying vapor spread 'a hazy pail of opal tints. Aonss the Mace of the slums glistening bands 'q livered in famy lghts. The slanting rays of the sun threw broadcast- a golden mirage and gilded all things with thedumb gladness of an English Tsummer’s day. .A man. pacing the narrow gallery beneath the lantern. halted for a mo- ment to flood hls soul afresh with a 'beauty made entrancing by the know ledge that a few brief moments would resolve it into maturer and more fa- mlllar charms. = He was engaged, it is true. in the 'unromantio action of filling his pipe,â€" a simple thing. beloved alike of poets and navvies,â€"â€"yet his eyes drank in :the mute glory of the scene. and, captive to the spell of the hour. he murmured aloud: “Floating on waves of music and of i "'sb",'oi12:é"xfio}é,' fusion the dawn of [316 third day, the waters under the . eaven were gathered lnto_one piece is ask without a thought (2 broken they tiarl: And atop obedient to the reins of pmâ€" He left a piece of good advice be. light. Behold the chariot of the Fairy. Queen! Celestial coarser: pew the unyieldv mg nit; Their filmy pennant nt her word oms racy THE bouple of whlfll, Jim. 'rneu Pillar Light in an aimless circle for half an hour thereafter, and then, when the ebb restored direction and force to the current, voyage forth again to the fabled realm of Lyonnesse. For a little while they stood togeth- er in silence. Jim suddenly quitted his companion and came back with a class. He poised it with the preci- sion of a Bisley marksman and began to speak again, Jerliily} Atlantlo liner. and the last shred! of whlts mist were curling torlornly above the waves. The presonos o! the stsaxnship. a tiny. dull spot on the loving ploturo. poopled tho povold with lie and hanlsh- ed poetry with tho thinly shootsd ghosts of the fog. In a little more than an hour she would he abreast of the Gulf Rock Light. The watcher believedâ€"was almost cortaln. in tact â€"that she was the Prlnoess Royal. homeward bound from New York to Southampton. From her saloon dock those enthusiasts who had risen early enough to catch a first glimpse of the English coast were already scanning the trimly rugged outlines of the Soil- 1y Isles, and searching with their glasses for the Land's End and the Lizard. He smiled again, a trifle bitterly. perhaps. Behind him the singer rou- ed sexually: At this hour a two-knot current. swept to the east around and over the treacherous reef whose sunken fangs were marked by the lighthouse. In calm weather, such as prevailed just then. it was difficult enough to effect a landing at the base of the rock, but this same smiling water- race became an awful, raging, tear ing fury when the waves were lash- ed into a storm. He pocketed his pipe and stood with hands clenched on the rail. gazing in- tently at a white-painted ship’s life- boat, with a broken mast and a sail trailing over the stern. Its color. with the sun shining on it, no less than the vaporous eddies fading down to the surface of the sea. had prevented him from seeing it earlier. Perhaps he would not have noticed it at all were it not for the flashing wings of several sea-birds which accompanied the craft in aerial escort. Even yet a landsman would have stared insolently in that direction and declared that there was naught else in sight save the steamer, whose tall masts and two black funnels were now distinctly visible. But the light- house keeper knew he was not mis- taken. Here was a boat adrift, for- lorn, deserted. lts contour told him that it was no local craft straying ad- venturously from island to mainland. Its unexpected presence. waited thus strangely from ocean wilds. the bro- ken spar and tumbled canvas, betok- ened an accident, perchanoe a tragedy. “Jim!" he cried. His mate. engaged in shrouding the gleaming lenses from the sun's rays. came at the call. He was lameâ€"the result of a wound received in the Egyptian campaign; nevertheless, be was quick on his feet. "What do you make of that?” The sailor required no more than a gesture. He shaded his eyes with his right hand. a mere shipboard trick of concentrating vision and brain. for the rising sun was almost behind him. He spoke in a species of verbal shorthand. but his meaning was clear enough. even to the sentence left un- finished. The craft was under no con- trol. She would drift steadily into the Bay until the tide turned. wander F’i‘he other man leaked around. From tint elevated perch. one hundred and thirty feet above high-water" mark._he could survey a vast area of sea. Ex- ocptlnz the approaching ateamerâ€" which would flit past a mile away to the southâ€"and a few distant brown notch which betokened a shoal of Penance fishing-smacks making the but of the tide eastwardâ€"there was not a I.” u; sight._ Strange, how differently men are constituted. And women! Bah! A hard look came into his eyes. His mouth set in a stern contempt. For a while his face bore a steely expres- sion which would have amazed the man within the lantern. now singing lustily as he worked. The man on the platform seemed to be amused from a painful reverie by the jingle so curiously a propos to his thoughts. He tapped his pipe on the iron railing, and was about to enter the lanternâ€"and so to the region of sleep beneathâ€"when suddenly his glance. trained to an acutenesss not dreamed of by shore folk, rested on some object seemingly distant a mile or less, and drifting slowly nearer with the tide. “Ship’s boat.” be answered. laconi- cslly. “Collision, I expect. There's bln no blow to speak of for days. But they're gone. Knocked overboard when she was took aback by a. squall. Unless them blrdsrâ€"" â€""‘I that we should try and get hold of her," he uld. Jun kept h1- eyo glued to the tele- But as the harp of David caused the evil spirit to depart from Saul. so did the music of the morning chase away the lurking devil of memory which sprang upon the lighthouse-keeper with the sight of the vessel. “Stove in torrerd. above the water line. Wouldn't live two minutes in a sea. Somethln’ lyln' in the bows. Can't make it out. And there’ a a con- plo of oormoranta perched on the gun- vale. But she’ll pass within two hun- dred yards on her present course. an' the tide'll hold long ‘enpugb for that." 3f" '11 only be 3 pound or two. not mammhmmm In a few hours they would be in Southampton; that afternoon in Lon- donâ€"London, the Mecca of the world. from which. two years ago he lied with a loathing akin to terror. The big ship out there, panting and strain- ing as it she were beginning, not end- ing. her ocean race of three thousand miles, was carrying eager hundreds to the pleasures an dfollies oi the great city. Yet he. the man smoking and silently staring at the growing bank of smoke,â€"a young man. too; handsome, erect, with the clean. smooth profile of the aristocrat.â€"â€"had turned his back on it all, and sought. and found. peace here in the gaunt pil- lar on a lonely rock. “Soon we’ll be in London Town. Sing, my lads, yeo ho-o. And see the King in his golden crown, Sing, my lads. yeo ho." L't worth it. cap’p. The ul- .‘V'Whiy 13 it so omphnfleuly silly. half” way the smiling query. He focused the telescope again. gave a moment's scrutiny to the steamer, and then re-examined the boat. The stillness of the morning was solemn. Beyond the lazy splash of the sea against the Gulf Rock it- self, and an occasional heavy surge as the swell revealed and instantly smothered some dark tooth of the reef. he heard no sound save the ring of Stephen Brand's boots on the iron stairs as he descended through the oil-room, the library and omce. to the first bedroom, in the lower hunk of which lay Mr Jones' keeper and chief. recovering irom a sharp attack 0! sciatica. During one tearful night in the March equinox, when the fierce heat of the lamp within and the icy blast of the gale without had temporarily deranged the occulting machinery. Jones experienced an anxious watch. Not for an instant could he forest) attendance on the lamp. Owing to the sleet it was necessary to keep the light at full pressure. The sur- plus oil, driven up from the tanks by weights weighing halt a ton. must flow copiously over the brass shaft of the burner, or the metal might yield to the fervent power oi the col- umn of flame. Watching the boat. Jim centered her in the telescopic ileld, and looked anxiously for a sharp arrow-shaped ripple on the surface of the sea. The breeze which had vanquished the fog now kissed the smiling water into dimples. and his keen sight was per- plexed by the myriad wavelets. Each minute the condition of adairs on board became more defined. Be- neath some oars ranged along the starboard side he could see several tins. such as contain biscuits and compressed beef. The shapeless mass in the bows puzzled him. It was part- ly covered with broken planks from the damaged portion of the upper works. and it might be a Jib-sail tall- en there when the mast broke. The birds were busy and excited. He did not like that. At last the lighthousekeeper heel-d unending footsteps. This was not Stephen Brand, but Jones. Jim, whose rere irritated moods found safety in ltolid silence, neither s ke not look- ed nround when his oh et Joined him. Jones, a man of whitewash, polish. and rigid adherence to framed rules. found the boat instantly, and reca- pitulated Jim's inventory, eliciting to of agreement as each item was cited 01!. naked on. lifelong or metal beneath caught the earsâ€"the opening of the stout doors. forty feet above high-water mark. from which a. series of iron rungs. sunk into the granite well. led to the rocky base. “Sharks! This is not the Red Bet. i am not afraid of any odd prowler. n0nceâ€" Anyhow. I am going to at Jones. ” “Jams won 't hear of it.” “That is precisely what he will do. within the next minute. Now. don’t be vexed, Jim. Stand by and sin: out directions if neediul when 1 nm in the .vater. Have no fear. I nm more than equal to Leander in I. sea. like this." The occuiting hood, too. must be helped when the warning click csme. or it would jam and tail to fail per- iodically. thus changing the character of the light, to the bewilderment end grnve peril of any unhappy veasel striving against the exterior turmoil of wind and wave. 80 Jones passed four hours with his head and shoulders In the tempera- ture of a Turkish bath and the lower part of 1118 body chilled to the hope. He thought nothing of it at the time. This was duty. But at intervals, throughout the rest of his life. the Ici- utic nerve would remind him of that lonely watch. This morning he was convalescent after a painful immobil- ity of two days. Nearly half an hour passed. The Princess Royal, a. fine vessel of yschtr like proportions, sprinting for the st- ternoon train, was about eight miles swsy, sou'-west by west. Accordi to present indications steamer an derelict would be abreast of the Gulf Rook Light simultaneously. but the his ship. of course. would give 3 wide berth to s rook-strewn shosl. binoculars in hand. “Brand's 'goln’ to swim out. It's hardly worth while I! nalln' to the Luna's End,” commente Jones. No answer. Jlm leaned well over md saw their associate. stripped to his underclothlng, with a leather belt Iupportlnz o. sheath-knife slung tom“ hla shoulders. cllmblng down the. ladder. This taciturnity surprised Jones. for Jim was the cheerieat nurse who ever bmught a underer a plate of soup. “It'l nothing for a good swimmer. in it?” was the anxious quoltion. “No. It's no distance to speak of.” “An‘ the aea's like a mill-pond?” “by. it's smooth enough.” “Don't you think he ought to try it? Every tine morning he has a dip oi! Jim, who trusted to the he‘d-Ree? er’s veto.â€"awed. too. by the reference to Leander, whom he he: 1y “societ- ed with Captain Wehb.â€"-â€" nde no re- jolnder. "Ewan. 1: It's .11 mm for rum m' yo! “'9 all right t_o_r m9! .4. - Jim hsd urged his plea to the man whom it chiefly concerned. He was far too sporting s chsrscter to ob- tsin the interference of suthority, snd Jones, whose maritime experiences were confined to the hsuiing in or psying out of s lightship's csble. hsd not ths slightest suspicion of lurking anger in the b_lue depths. __ *A'uzht splash came to them. 3nd, a 1" second- later. Bnnd'u bend ad would”: Iwun¢_1n§o vgow. __A_.ttor : “How d'ye know Wittâ€"'0 iboard of aer? What's them fowl after? What'l under that sail? \Vhtt’s that lyln' :rumplod up tormrd? Do“! men. mebbe. It they are. she's conveyed by sharks.” â€"â€"â€"â€" wâ€"-. m Winch: ho rolled on: ' m Continued on P130 8. buoy on the of chaos until the ne- det come. or we maul u smock. But when the good 0' ultin’? We've got to boot. un’ nohody'd be such a tool to to swim to her." “That 1: whet I had In mind.” Jim lowered the glue. “That’s the tuet time I’ve over neat-d you say a dâ€"d only thing. Sto- )hen Brand." ' There wu no wavering Judgment in “3 voice now. He wu tum. tnd nightly alarmed. :01. m’ ‘n‘ might tie her no y on the on chuog m CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY TIME TABLE Trains will arrive and 60M .0 lol- luws. until further noticeb- Rand down No man who does business with H. H. Millsr in over “tidied to go chow”. Our methods seem to plane. M. 0L!» par no.“ h tin-I. J D. T811031). 0 nay ANYONE ONE NEEDING New Pumps, Pump Re- pairs, Cement Curbing or Culvert Tile, see . . . . JNU. SUHUL'I‘Z or anal! at flu chop u 3363B? birii "6" 1:33 flfâ€"M'M m 033mm 87.0. Wi all lou am H an acre. A bunin lately. A EARBWARE andmfln‘ru 3‘ nous. ray ‘ount . to as on.“ Lou than no. wfirbuy 0m- “ N. More nod dwelling. but. 0th. h. dwollink 1nd “.000 stock. 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