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Durham Chronicle (1867), 20 Oct 1910, p. 6

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The thing was so be- . ,wilderingly sudden, the arrival of ‘(fonstance and. Enid on the scene so' timely and unexpected, that Brand, al ‘philosopher of ready decision in most! 'affairs of lilo. was at a loss what tol .do for the best now that help, of a; sort undreamed of, was at hand. I ’ The case. of Jackson, who wast 5 scalded, was simple enough. The' Board of Trade medicine chest sup-‘1 l plied to each lighthouse is a Mo; simile of that carried by every sea-l ; going steamship. It contained the; ordinary remedies for such an injury,: and there would be little difl‘lculty ori ' danger in lowering the sufferer to the wl‘ Duurouu u sun .. . e ..--_- -._. When the two girls stood with St: ;:-‘.xen Brand in rhe narrow entrance to the l'glithousc-, the gravity of their bright young fat .3 was due solely to the fact that tit-1r father had an- nounce-d the serious accidents which had heralien ‘ris assistants. No se- cret monitor wixspered that fate, in her bold and 1. «:rciless dramatic ac- tion, had roughly removed two char- acters from the stage to clear it for more striking events. Louis boat. But Bates’s affair was different. He lay almost where he had fallenr Brand had only lifted him into the storeroom from the foot of the stairs. placing a pillow beneath his head, and appealing both to him and to Jackson to endure their torture unmoved whilst he went to signal for assistance. The problem that confronted him now was one of judgment Was it bet- ter to await the coming of the doctor or endeavor to transfer Bates to the boat ? â€" -- - 7-2“- n..- racy ”was; a He consulted Ben Pollard again; the girls were already climbing the steep stairs to sympathize with and tend to the injured men. .. LIIC LAIJuI w“ ---v--. “Do you think it will blow harder, Ben, when the tide turns?” he asked. ~ A“- ...I ”VII, " IIVIL \IIV u-â€" The old fellow seemed to regard the question as most interesting and novel. Indeed, to him, some such query and its consideration provided the chief problem of each day. There- fore he surveyed land, sea and sky most carefully before he replied: (‘oDD‘flSh‘ by ”JUNE Vw-v-wwâ€"v “It may be i’ifiost anything atore night, Misser Brand; ‘ ‘ ,_1_‘ L‘C'A ll‘btnv’ -'--~â€"v- At another {Ii-1115 Brand would have smiled. To-day he was nervous, dis- traught, wrenched out of the worn rut of things. _.LL- THE VI. LIA. “I fang; there is some chance of the doctor being unable to land when he reaches the rock. Do you agree with nuv - His voice rang sharply. Ben caught its note and dropped his weather-wise ambiguity. “It’ll blow harder, an’ mebbe snaw azin. F000 F833? A YEAR and unsuitable food. Alamo 9!, ” he no“! CHAPTER Iv. VOICE. OF THE REEF mafia-oval ”MW“: Tau-nu, 00.0.0000... McLeod ANGI- moooQOOQOOOOOO 100115. ; the ”I snau neoa some help here In that case, so I will retain the young lac‘ti. Of course you can manage the boat easily enough without them?” Pollard grinned reassuringly “We’m run straight in wl’ thiccy wind,” he said.‘ So thegvgégiled it that way, all so simply. ‘0 7â€" 4--..L- n ”OI-Ir-J v A man sets up two slim masts a thousand miles apart and flashes com- prehensible messages across the void. The multitude gapes at first, but soon accepts the thing as reasonable. “Wireless telegraphy” is the term, as one says “by mail." V‘UIMU \_-'v v Jackson, white and mute, was low- ered first. The brave fellow would not content himself with nursing his agony amidst the cushions aft. When Bates, ,given some slight strength by a stiff “dose of brandy, was carried, with in- i finite care, down three flights of steep land narrow stairs, and slung to the ‘crant in an iron cot to be lowered in ibis turn, Jackson stood up. Heedless iof remonstrances, he helped to steady ithe cot and adjust it amidships clear '.of the sail i “Well done, Artie,” said Brand’s E clear voice. ,_ “Oh, brave!” murmured Enid. “We will visit you every day at the hospital,” sang out Constance. ‘ Jackson smiled, yes, smiled, though his bandaged arms quivered and tho seared nerves of his hands throbbed ' excruciatingly. Speak aloud he could ’ not. Yet be bent over his more help- : less mate and whispered hoarsely: “Cheer up, old man. Your case is worse'n mi; 0. An’ ye did it for me." . Pollard, with a soul gnarled as his r body, yet had a glimpse of higher 3 things when he muttered: 1-,) LA.- ”\n‘n V‘OV -"d A whole drama was flowing over a curve of the earth at that moment, but the Marconi station was invisible. There was no expert in telepathic sen- sation present to tell Brand and the fisherman that. their commonplace words covered a magic code. ‘91 a y - luau lUl sun “has .. - . .-- “D’ye think ye can hold her, mate. . While-s I hoist the cloth?” 3 It was a 1 Jackson nodded. The request was could “Qt 1‘91 a compliment, a recognition. He sat glass-covered down and hooked the tiller between enjoyed it i! his arm and ribs. Ben hauled with a ‘ as he said, "t Will; the Daisy, as if she were glad to but 300“ he escape the cascades of green water ”-0 tell them SWil‘ling over the rock, sprang into in- ed Carn du- stant animation. The watchers from “0t knOWing the lighthouse saw Ben relieve the ‘moment Old steersman and tenderly arrange the lcally Sign“ cushions behind his back. Then hope to chan Brand closed the iron doors and the steam yacht three were left in dim obscurity. 50°“ as the They climed nearly a hundred feet town that th of stairways and emerged on to the “Help wants cornice balcony after Brand had . The 0.1““ BtOpped the clockwork which control-- Brand “’33 led the hammer of the bell. ' storm to 'US What a difference up here! The sea, mation they widened immeasurably, had changed isage-from - its color. Now it was a sullen blue 10f despatch gray. The land was nearer and highél Jacx 5‘31 er. The Daisy had shrunk to a splash ' came "“1" of dull brown on the tremendous ocean ‘ he heard “‘- prairie. How fierce and keen the| ,Th“ hour , wind! How disconsolate the murmur ! “1“" the I)“ of the reef! . . ‘ - - l 2.12; for any :~“' ‘w/ ' "' wade Brand, adjusting his inoculars,: scrutinized the boat. ‘. “All right aboard,” he said. “I; think we have adopted the iser! course. They will reach Penzance by i half-past two.’_’ 5 -â€"â€"- LAâ€"unmAn *hn . llall'yuuv Iv vv v His next g'lance was towards the Land’s End signal station. A line of flags fluttered out to their right of the staff. “Signal noted and forwarded,” he read aloud. “That is alkright; but the wind has changed." Enid normed inside the lantern tor Enid popped inside the Ian shelter. It was bitterly cold. BIIVILCI 0 “Better follow her example, Connie,” said Brand to his daughter. “I will draw the curtains. We can see just as well and be comfortable.” Indeed, the protection of the stout plate glass, so thick and tough that sea-birds on a stormy night dashed themselves to painless death against it, was very welcome. Moreover, though neither of the girls would ad- mit it, there was a sense of security here which was strangely absent when they looked into the abyss beneath the stone gallery. Constance balanc- ing a telescope, Enid peering through the field-glasses, followed the pro- ‘ " wâ€"vâ€"vâ€" -wâ€" the barometer, which had fallen ran idly during the past hour, to the cy- clonic nimbus spreading its dark mass beyond the Seven Stones Lightship. iThe sun had vanished, seemingly tor , the day, and the indicator attached to ; the base of the wind vane overhead 'pointed now aou’weat by west. It would not require much further varia- tion to bring about a strong blow from the true Iouthwelt. a quarter re: ammlble for most .0! the Jlerce gale! V‘â€" .838; ain‘tâ€"he Daisy in silence, but Brand’s eyes wanflgyed_ upegs‘l‘ly from TH E DURHAM CHRONICLE mat SVVGQD the rgngllsn unannen. - - e 1- .1- LU'GL chcy l-llv "non..â€" Nevertheless, this quick darting about of the fickle breeze did not usually betoken lasting bad weather. At the worst the girls might be com- pelled to pass the night on the rock.‘ He knew that the tug with the two relief men would make a valiant effort to reach the lighthouse at the earliest possible moment. When the men joined him the girls could embark. As it was, the affair was spiced with adventure. Were it not for the mis- hap to the assistantâ€"keepers the young people would have enjoyed themselves thoroughly. The new airt of the wind, too, would send the Daisy speed- ily back to port. 0n the whole, a doubtful situation was greatly re- fly back to port. On the whole, a doubtful situation was greatly re- lieved. His face brightened. With a grave humor not altogether artifi- (:ial, he cried: .- -.. A A.‘.. _-n-. -av -â€"_" “Now, Constance, -I did not take you aboard as a visitor. Between us we ought to muster a good appstite. Come with me to the side-room. I will get you anything you want and lease you in charge of the kitchen.” “And poor me!” chimed in Enid. “Oh. you, miss, are appointed upper house-maid. And mind you. no fol- lowers." av “Mercy! I nearly lost my situation before I got it.” “How?” “We met Jack Stanhape and asked him to come with us." .I“ yv vv-uâ€" “You asked him, you mean," said Constance. VVJIU$wg “And you met him, I meant ” said Enid. “I don’t care a pin how you treated Stanho‘pe, so long as you didn‘t bring him,” said Brand, “mongh, indeed, he would have bgen useful as it turned out.” When lunch was ready they sum- moned him by the electric bells he had put up throughout the building It gave them great jay to disco‘er in the living room a code of signals which covered a variety of messages. They rang him downstairs by the correct call for “Meal served." It was a hasty repast, as Brand could not remain long away from the' :lass-covered observatory, but they all enjoyed it immensely. He left. them, as he said, “to gobble up the remains," but soon he shouted down the stairs to tell them that the Daisy had round- ed Carn du. He could not tell them, not knowing it, that at that precise moment old Ben Pollard was franti- cally signalling 'to Lieutenant Stan- hOpe to change the course of the small steam yacht he had commandeered as _soon as the murmur ran through the ' town that the Gulf Rock was flying the “Help \vantezl:’ signal. ‘ AI _‘_ Jack‘ Stanitope‘s easy-going face be‘ ’came very strenuous, indeed, when Ihe heard the news. i The hour stated was precisely the! Mime the Daisy \x'as due at the rock if: f ._‘-._. made a wad trip. Without allow-i '5 g for any possible contingency save idisaster to the two girls and their ea- ' oz't, he rushed to the mooring-place * the lO-ton steam-yacht Lapwing, 'ir-tpznrnde-gl a couple of lounging sail- iors. fired up, stoked, and steered the ,craft himself, and was off across the ' may in a Q1'2l‘i61‘ cf the time that the owner of the Lapwing could have ’achieved the same result. ._.... r »\ k - o .- ..- .-‘v The officials did not know that Brand was compelled by the snow- storm to 1259. rockets. All the infor- mation they possessed was the mes- sage from Land’s End and its time His amazement was complete when ne encountered the redoubtable Daisy bowling home before a seven-knot breeze. He instantly came round and ranged up to speaking distance. When he learn: what had occurred he read- ily agreed to return to Penzance in order to pick up the relief lighthouse- keepers, and thus save time in trans- ferring them to the rock._ In a word, as Enid Trevillion w safe. he was delighted at the prospt of bringing her back that event] when the real skipper of the Lapwl would have charge of his own be There was no hurry at all now. If they left the harbor at thl o'clock. there would still be plenty light to reach the Gulf Rock. E If they left the harbor at three! o'clock, there would still be plenty of light to reach the Gulf Rock. Benl Pollard, glancing over his shoulder as the Daisy raced towards Penzanceé side by side with the LaDWinS. W83 not so sure of this. But the arrange- ; ment he had suggested was the best' possible one, and he was only an old! fisherman who knew the coast. where-l as Master Stanhope pinned his taithf to the Nautical Almanac and the Rules. ‘ The people meet concerned knew nothing or these proceeding!- When Constance end Enid hnd. noi- emnly decided on the menu for din- ?‘:"._ ‘l'h‘r: (be: 5!!! mm m Uta word, as Enid Trevil e was delighted at the Continued on page 7. prospect evening. Lapwing three boat ooooouu' i++++++++++++++++++++++++oa+++4 ‘+++++++++++++++++++++++++vhe,e BURNETT COOPER ++++++++++++++++++++++++§+4 We have just added to our list a full lino nf l c'mue in and try them. Lunches served at; all hours. BURN ET? 5: COOPEW And makp ”w”. .. .l-I" (,Cn ‘h{ill (Df "HY' !' a“ Sh')t’§. \\"‘ 1] ['1‘ Y'l I”). dlift‘l‘vu‘. 5* \".-. 3 ~ 1‘ ' “' frum and m-i‘ F. ”u \ v; \ldl" reach of H11. 3‘ (mirnfnd‘ xll~ u! -' ,. Slippers, uuv ';~ " \Vc are (It-n7“: "“93 at, t'vdur‘m! [H‘Wm‘ Trunks. \'.Ol'~t'~. l«"*j‘_' copes. 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