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Moran’s old stand, near the Gara- fmxa St. bridge, where I am prepared to tater to their wants in in kinds of custom blacksmith- ing. All work guaran- teed first-clue. ONTARIO “Yet you girls delight in poets who bid you hearken to the music of the spheres. I suppose you will admit that the ear of. say Ben Pollard, is not tuned to such a celestial harmony. However, I will explain my auriscone in a sentence. It only listens to and indicates the direction of toghorns; sirens, and ship’s bells. A shrill steam whistle excites it, but the breaking of scan aboard ship, the loud flapping of a propeller, the noise of the engines, of a sale, or all these in combination, | leave it nnrnoved." , “I had no difficulty in constructing a diaphragm which would. intercept all sounds,” he said. “The struggle came iwhen I wanted 8.; agent which would .distinguish and register a particular :set of sounds, no matter what addi- gtional din might be prevalent at the 'same time. My hopes were wrecked .so often that I began to despair, until 'I chanced one day to read how the high-tension induction coil could be tuned to disregard electrical influences other than those issued at the same pitch. My anxiety, until I had pro- cured and experimented with a pro- perly constructed coil, was very try- ing, I assure you.” natural kind. Your mother. to you. Constance, is like Enid’s to her, a dear but visionary legend. In a de- gree, it is always so between loved ones lost and those who are left. Truth, honor, work, these are the highest ideals for the individual. They satisfy increasingly. Happy as I am in your companionship, you must not be vexed when I tell you that the most truly joyful moment of my life was conferred when my little friend here first responded accurately to external influences." He laid his hand on an object rest- ing on a table by itself. It looked like an aneroid barometer, but the others knew it was the marine auriscope to which he had devoted so many pa- tient hours. These three understood each other exactly. By inadvertence, the conver- sation had touched on a topic concern- ing which Brand was always either vague or silent. Both girls were quick- witted enough to know that Con- stance's mother was never willingly alluded to either by the lighthouse keeper or by the elderly Mrs. Shep- pard who looked after them in infan- cy, and was now the housekeeper of Laburnum ’Cottage. “Is it in working order now?” ask- ed Constance instantly, and Enid came nearer. - Together they exam- ined the small dial. It was equipped with an arrow-headed pointer, and marked with the divisions of the com- pass but without the distinguishing letters. “My dear child, I have always told you that the boat had been in collision during the fog which had prevailed for several days previously. Those who were caring for you were prob ably knocked overboard and drowned." “But alone! Utterly alone! That is the strangeness of it. I must be an American. Americans start out to hustle for themselves early in life, don’t they.” “Certainly. in that respect you might claim the record." Brand had not told her all the facts of that memorable June morning. Why should be? They were not plea. sant memories to him. Why cumber her also with them? For the rest he had drawn up and read to her, long ago, a carefully compiled account oi her rescue and the steps taken to dis- cover her identity. “I entered on an active and useful “You cannot imagine how the clock dawdles in this circumscribed area. Work alone conquers it. Otherwise, men would quit the service after a month’s experience.” “Ship ahoy!" screamed Enid. “Here comes the Lapwing round Carn du. Mr. Lawton must have lent her to bring the relief. How kind of him." “The Lapwing cannot approach the rock,” said Brand. “1 will signal ‘Land- ing impossible to-day.’ It will save career with no such halo of glory,".them a useless journey,” broke in Constance. “I am just plain English, born in Brighton, of parents not poor but respectable. Mother died, coded. a year after my birth, didn’t dad ?" 1 He selected the requisite flags from a locker, the phrase he needed being Soon the strong breeze was she.|trying to tear the bunting from the cordage. and though they could not “And I was ‘estimated’ as a year old then? Isn’t it. a weird thing that a yeanold baby should be sent adrift on the Atlantic in an open boat and never a word of inquiry made subsequently as to her fate? I fear I could not have been of much account in those days." “Yes, it you to the date. I serenity.” “You were thirteen months old when we lost her." he answered, bending over the clock-work attachment of the fog bell to wipe off an invisible speck of dust. Since his first term of ser- vice on the rock the light had changed from an occulting to a fixed one. nineteen years June, since you renely towards deserted boat?” “She is buried there, isn't she,” the girl went on. “How strange that, amidst our many journeyings, we have never visited Brighton." Constance was annoyed. How could she have been so thoughtless as to cause her father a moment’s suffering by bringing up painful reminiscences. But he helped her, being master of himself. They room. “It I were able to take you to he] grave-side, I would not do it,” said Brand. “1 do not encourage morbid sentiments, even of that perfvctiy He adjusted a switch in the instru- ment. \“I remember wondering what on earth it was," volunteered Enid. “It sounded like a mathematical snake.” “And I am sorry to say that even yet I am profoundly ignorant as to its true inwardness.” smiled Constance. “I remember ones. rm 1: mere .oms racy THE 'upyrl‘ descended THE ht CHAPTER V. {E HURRICANE .cended into the service Pillar Light insist on accuracy as might cavll at your said Enid; “it will be on the 22nd of next found me floating se- the Gulf Rock in a McLeod Allen. “Not the least. In any event, you two girls will be in bed and sound asleep at ten o’clock.” “Perish the thought!” cried Con- stance. “Bed at ten, during our first and only night on a lighthouse!” “Ship ahoy!" screamed Enid. “Here comes the Lapwing round Carn du. Mr; Lawton must have lent her to bring the relief. How kind of him.” 301113 from Faimouth t‘o ”Po‘flfflal‘la 'ln’ a fog, how dreadfully difficult it was to discover the whereabouts of another steamer we passed en route," said his daughter. “Well, with this little chap on the bridge, the pointer would have told the captain unerringly. I don't suppose it will be thick whilst you are here, or you would see it pick up the distant blasts of a steamer long before we can hear them, and follow her course right round the arc of her passage. It is most interesting to watch its activity when there are several ships using their sirens. I have never had an ap- portunity of testing it on more than three vessels at once, but as soon as I could deduce a regular sequence in the seemingly erratic movements of the indicator, I marked the approach and passing of each with the utmost easek’ “Would that stOp collisions at sea?” “Nothing will do that, because some ship’s officers refuse at times to ex- ercise due care. But with my instru- ment on board two ships, and a time chart attached to the drums, there would be no need for a Board of Trade inquiry to determine whether or not the proper warning was given. To the vast majority of navigators it will prove an absolute blessing." “There’s not the least little bit of chance of there being a fog to-night?” queried Enid, so earnestly that a wave of merriment rippled through the room. “You will see,” said her father. “You cannot imagine how the clock dawdles in this circumscribed area. Work alone conquers it. Otherwise, men would quit the service after a month’s experience.” He selected the requisite flags from a locker, the phrase he needed being coded. Soon the strong breeze was trying to tear the bunting from the cordage. and though they could not hear the three whistles with which the little yacht acknowledged the sig- nal, they could easily see the jets of steam through their glasses. “You clever old thing!” cried Enid. “I suppose you will make heaps of money out of it.” “The inventor is the last man to make money out of his inventions, as a rule,” said Brand. “I suppose I differ from the ordinary poor fellow inas- much as I am not dependent [or a livelihood on the success of my dis- covery.” Constance happened to overlook the table on which stood the auriscom. “This thing has actually recdrded those whistles,” she cried in wonder. “What sort of whistle has the Lap- wing ?” asked Brand. “A loud and deep one, worthy of g' ieviathan. It was a fad of Mr. Law-fl ton's. They say his siren consume. more steam than his engines.” Her father laughed. The Chronicle till Jan. Let, 1912 for 81.00, Subscribe now. 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But the Lapwing reappeared, shaking herself, and still turning. “Anyhow he is sticking to his course,” he announced. “I may as well take in the decorations." Undanntedly, but much flurried by a sea ever increasing in strength as the force of the ebb tide encountered the resistance of the wind. the Lap- wig held on. With wind and sea Cgflnft her she world have made 3.50%“ work of it. As it was. there was -< 1;: :2; 2 ahcmning for both journeys un- 3-5.: :5: wind went back to the north : "i as rapidly as it had veered to ;\'aturally, the pair in the lantern found the progress of the yacht ex- aspcratingly slow. “A niceLapwing,” said Enid, scorn- fuliy. “I will tell Mr. Lawton he ought to 2'-;-<'hristcn her the Bantam. All her pacer is in her crow.” When Brand joined them matters became livelier. More accustomed than they to the, use of a telescope, he made. discoveries. “The two supernnmeraries are there,” he announced, “but I cannot see Lawton Indeed, so far as I can maize out, she is commanded by Stan- skins.” ” "He has left Lady Margaret! cried Constance. ’ “He never went home!’ essayed “'i‘b'Morvah,” explained Enid, with a syllabic emphasis meant for one pair of ears. rv “It is verv nice of him to struggle on and after a look at us,” said Brand. "He can come close enough to see us, but. that is all. Our small megaphone will be useless.” Indeed. the Lapwing dared not ap proach nearer than the Trinity moor- ing buoy. By that time the three, pro- tected from the biting wind by ollskin coats, were standing on the gallery. The reef was bellowing up at them with a continuous roar. A couple of acres of its surface consisted of noth- ing more tangible than white foam and driving spray. “Poor chap! He was going to take us for a drive to-morrow,” said Con- stance. Stanhope, resigning the wheel to a sailor, braced himself firmly against the little vessel’s foremast and began to strike a series of extraordinary at- titudes with his arms and head. “Why is he behaving in that idiot- ic manner?” screamed Enid. “Capital idea â€"â€" semaphore â€"clever fellow, Jack,” shouted Brand. Abashed, Enid held her peace. The lighthouse-keeper, signalling in turn that he was receiving the mes- sage, spelled out the following: “Is all well?" “Yes,” he answered. “Bates and Jackson reached hospi- tal. Bates compound fracture. It weather moderates will be with you next tide." “All right,” waved Brand. The distant figure started again: “Lâ€"o~v-e t-o E-n-i~d.” Enil indulged in an extraordinary arm 1 )urish. “A-n-d C-o-n-s-t-a-n-c-e.” “That spoils it,” she screamed. "It ought to be only kind regards to you, Connie. I believe you are a serpent, Enid “Do stop your chatter,” shouted Brand, and he continued the message. “Weather looks very bad. Little hope for tonight. Lancelot due at six. Will see personally that no chance is lost. Good-bye." “Good-bye," was the response. The Lapwing fell away astcrn from the vicinity of the buoy. “Why is he doing that?” asked Con- stance, close to her father’s ear. “He is too good a sailor to risk turning her in that broken water. A little farther out there is greater depth and more regular Seas. “Good little boat!” said Brand. The crisis had passed. She was headed, at full speed, for the Day. And not too soon. ’Ere she reached the compara- tive shelter of Clement’s Island she was swept three times by green wa- ter. Inside the lantern, their faces ruddy with the exposure, their eyes dancing with excitement, the girls were volu- ble with delight. Could anything be more thrilling than their experiences that day! “That semaphore dodge is too pre- cious to be lost,” cried Enid. “Connie, you and I must learn the alphabet. You shall teach us this very evening, dad. Fancy me signaling you the whole length of the Promenade: ‘Just look at Mrs. Wilson’s bonnet,’ or ‘Here come the Taylor-Smiths. Scoot!’ Oh, it’s fine.” “Why éhould‘ you meet the Taylor Brand. “I thought your sex as the cream?” rigidity and mimicked Staf fantastic posing. “Because Mrs. tea and gives us Witty gvery cup.” “Sex, indeed! Old Smith is worse than his wife. He doesn't say much, but he winks. One of his winks, at the end or a story, turns an episode intg a three-volume novel.” They voted this an admirable no~ tion. The girls enlivened the meal by relating to him the doings and sayings of current interest ashore during the past two months. By a queer coinci- dence, which he did not mention. his relief was again due within a week, Just as on the occasion of Enid’s first Continued on me 7. “It seems to me I must teach you th_e code in my own self-defence," he replied. “And now for tea. Let us have it served here." ;. \x'Q‘uiL; not be abreast the rock -~a:“.3 an hour, so Brand left the .‘21 oharge of the lookout whilst mud the oiE-rosz . A wild night, :5 he anticipated, demanded full 1‘: at the lamp. If the air be- 3>:1'-'£at'.12'z1t9d, breakage of the vr- thizzne-ys might take place, and 2 2:3.0 a good stock on hand. 2:115: ma]. too, were needed; .v EJ‘e aecident to Bates and Em; thrown into arrears all winery duties of the afternoon 'agegsgea ‘in Ben Pollard’s oil- scoot Smiths 3. hauls gallon 4 regarded gossip stiff-jointed Stanhope’s 9n of when off to gossip 1 you asked soumwmmomoouw Headquarters for All Kinds of Bakery Goods and Confectionery ALL KINDS OF FRUIT IN SEASON We have just added to our list a, full line of limkwl 3'19”“ Home in and try them. Lunches served at all hours. 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