The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-12
Monotony of Life in a
Light House.
STUDY FOR ALIENISTS
Hideous Crimes Committed. In That
Awful Isolation Broken Only by The
Sea Cults Scream and The Eier-
nal Diapason OF the
Deep.
oHy FRED l.. aER.ITT.)

(By FRED u. IIFslsITTb
II you talk with officials in the Of
ice of the Light House Board here
you viii become convinced that Kip
lng's ''Disturber of Traffic II not al
together ar imaginative story. Ger
went mad. must have been drawn
fsom real life. for they win tell you
of many men in the service whose Ca
reers in that respect parallel his.
Those who have read the Kipiiug
stgry wilI recall that DoRse had no
human cornpauionship. except that of
his sFeb-footed assistant, ChallonE.
and IN the loneliness OF idle hours
Uogse would be on a plank with eye
fo q crack watching the water streas
ing beneath him IKE arrows on u
wind chart. but much more regular"
lie kept this Bp until The Btreaks that
v ould run with the tides. north ang
south twice a day. preyed upon hzs
''inteiieekss and try as he might. ne
couldn't keep his eyes or the water
ard the stTeaks out of bis head. F9-
naliy he decided that the vessels pass
Ing the light caused the troublesome
Ftreaks and that the only Eay 10 stop
them was 10 scare the ships away
from the light house. To do this he
buoyed the channel for Ks by day
ara had ChaIl0ng hang out long rows
Of danger signals at night. 10 effect
i've was the plan that for month.
Itowse had the Satisfaction of seeing
the commerce. CT the wOri1 TUNED
faek from the strait over which bis
light stood sentinel ard sent around
thousands of fajies out of isa way. In
s0ursa of tire the Inevitable light
house officials came along. cleared the
channel 0f "a warning beac0rls and
carried away the gsrnsnteS kesper.
There have been no such obsiTJc-
t8ons 30 commerce or account Of crazy
lsghf-keepers IN the experience 0f cur
76ght House BD8Ta. bat Chief ts&er@
johnson. who has seen an unusually
long term % service and who keeps
eloae track Of such thiHgE. can tell
; ou % many cases ~1aoalng the mai
ces4fnz effect of Faonot0uy and lsaia-
ton npon the human brain.
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