The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-10-04
The Keeper Of
The Bishop.
He Hated His Work and Wanted to
Leave 1t, but Died In the
Service.

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dnring tho o+bor fo,,r ,,.oal., ba NO.. -
keoner of tho Iicbtbo"so ~, ~" p;1tap 80
rock with 2o voers % sa,.i' D,o.op
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had boon Lror,,bt - onI;.. -. .iie ie
Trini+y ao, 80 -.
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With croot barror af ~ - I 70 ~
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'' 80. N.Y.. 'iNt d eold strung 'aut IN
I'o' "ut 'He.e an around the
-i'..,'Se .,''e are e'l3'es twisting ana
5.'S1.H- "'.""Nt any uolse' ana eNtraor-
ui'i't "a! P"''N' anu every other second,
NJ" ,'''e' 10" '.gFe' you II notice the sea
"+-"pi' ""N ou 3" near sound IKE
i'uu 'tHS' anu al aI once tAere
:, -" "-'1sI u'"eA "H'ilp'oI. me tlde runs
seven '',Hes an A"uF past the BISHOP. But
~ announcer year nave zone with her.
19AH NaFstih h"dAed across from st.
MalE 10 mat gray niger post OF the
,atitHllC' -, one more winter. We'll very
mAti' uurinS TINS one more winter the
biSA"p VIII So-on some night when
STORM DloWs from west or West-nor-west
ana the lllsh coast takes none of its
strength
ne was only utterlng the current be-
ne! OF the islands. Ihe first Bishop
ngAthouse had been swept away before
us pulidihg was hnshed, and, though
tAe second Stood fog bell, weighing nD
less thah Ton and hAed 30 feet above
lne wafer had oeen hlted from its lit
liisS ny Il single wave and tossed like
tennis pan INTO the sea. asked Car
sun Whether ne had been stationed on
the rock tho tifuA
"Peoplp taI; of Gcb+sbins nrrr,,;r-
and tugrirc NJ tbair caIJns !, ba rat,,,',,
ed. well. I've tried Hgb+sLins and
what | say is sbips are built ~ nI,nga
and tug at their cables Tbat,s tbeir
business. But it isn't the business If
100 unricbt foot ~ e,ro,,i+a e. ,1,,;,ioa ~,
tremble like steel spring 40; wasn't
on the Bishop when the bell Went. bur
was there when wave climbed nm from
the base Of the rock and smashed in the
glass wall of the lantern and put the
light out That was last spring. at
o'clock in the morning. The dav was
breaking very cold and wild. and one
could inst see the waves below, a lash
ing tumble Of gray and white water as
far as the eve could stretch. I was in
the lantern, reading It's Never Too Late
to Mend had come to where the chap
lain knocks down the warder, and was
thinking how I'd like to have a 90 at
that Warder myself when all the guns
IN the world went off together in my
eafS' ana mere was l. dripping wet and
iaitl| slctu win splhttrs OF glass, and
.ne "lNu pio"lhS SAT- IN my face, and
lHe I'llLp OUT ana pitter gray hight Of
ii nv, u'"-' "s IuouSh theFe never never
n1t "eeh any sun ana all the dead men
~ ,it sea sn"u.lhS our lor me a hundred
- u'ip"' anu Garsuh shiVeFed ana
80 - '-ia ie'. ;, en- nave only one