Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-19
SYNOPSIS.

duu Kills IL anu goes HDOHrQ. lie mas
the body of dead man and strange
bundle beneath the sail. Jones, the
lighthouse keeper, lowers basket and
hauls Brand and his strange bundle
safely up. 1.-THE bundle contains q
ave baby, OF which Jones assumes the
care. On q part of the child's clothing
are the initials E T. The little one is
placed in care of the nurse who has
charge of Stephen Brands child in Pen
zsnce. They call the child Enid TIE
Wilton. LIl--Eighteen years later Con
stance Brand, daughter of Stephen
Brand, and her adopted sister, Enid
TrevilliOn, go to the lighthouse with an
old fisherman, Ben Pollard, in sail
boat named Dsisy. They are caught in
q storm, during which they hear the
signal for help coming from the rock.
They reach the lighthouse in safety and
find that two Of the men, Jackson and
Bates. have been hurt. Brand sends
the men back with him IV--Jackson
and Bates are lowered into the boat,
and Pollard starts for PenZance. The
Daisy Is met by Lieutenant StanhOpe,
who is devotedly In love with Enid. He
has started out for the lighthouse il
answer to the signal for help. Or
meeting the Daisy he turns back to as
slst with the injured men. V.-From
lighthouse window Enid spies boa,
approaching the rock. 1t is the Lap
wing owned by man named <Lawton,
Brand discovers that it Is sailed by
Stanhope. He signals for them not to
land, and Stanhope returns to Penzance
The girls spend the night at the rock
vi During the night a furious storm
renders sleep impossible. At dawn
from the lighthouse gallery Brand
makes out a ship in great distress
VII.-Charles A. Pyne, q young man
on board, throws arope from the fore
mast to Brand, and by means of pull
ley seventy-eight people are saved be-
fore the ship sinks.
VIlI-Mrs. Vansittart, Pyne's aunt, is
strangely moved at sight of Constance.
IV-Mrs. Vansittart inquiries about
Stephen Brand and his daughter and
seeks to meet Brand, hut fails.
A-Stanhope In the Falcon approaches
the lighthouse at dsybreak In an effort
to rescue Enid and Constatc &c, but is
unable to land in account of high seas
Brand signals news of the disaster.
Constance and Pyne become we'll &C.
quainted. XL-The Falcon puts back
to Penzance, but returns the next day,
bringing Mr.. Trail, whom Mrs. Van
sittart is journeying from America to
marry. He sends messages to Mrs.
Vsnsittart and to Pyne, his nephew.
XII Stanhope hiss s'gnaled from the
boat his proposal to Enid. The food is
giving out, and starvation threatens,
when two boats arrive---the Falcon and
snother--but even with raft it is i'm
possible to reach the rock. XIII
and XIV--Staphope decides to row to
the lighthouse and signals to Brand.
Brand tries in vain to persuade him
not to. Stanhope, with Ben Pollard
and Jim Spence, reaches the rock in
safety and connects rope after a
desperate struggle.
CHAPTER XIV.
~1 HE twisted strands of tough
hemp might have been an cleo
trio cable Of utmost conductiv-
~ ity II its powers We're judged
by results. When willing hands had
carefully hauled in the rope until the
knot could be unfastened and the end
secured to the cosd connecting the gal
lery with the entrance, man was dis
patched to warn Brand that all was in
readiness for the next step.
The rough sailor was the messenger
OF the gods to those who waited on
each story. AS he ran upward, climb
Ing the steep stairs with the nimble-
ness Of monkey, he beloved the
great news to each crowded doorway
Seeing the girls in the kitchen, though
already his breath was scant he blurt-
ed out:
Its all right, ladies'! He's done the
trick!"
On the next landing pallid womens
faces cleaned at him.
Rope aboard!" he gaspcd. They're
tyin' on legs O. mutton now"
Yet again he was waylaid on the
floor above. Hard pressed for wind he
wheezed forth consolation.
Just goin' to haul the bottled beer
aboard" he grunted.
1t would never do to pass the hos
pital without u word.
Beef tea an port wine swimmin'
here" he painted.
Brand was peering through the Ian
tern door, awaiting this unwashed
Mercury, who caught sight of the
lighthouse keeper ere his shaggy head
had emerged from the we'll
The man stopped, almost spent He
gave an offhanded sailors salute.
Haul away, sir!' he yelled. and his
voice cracked with excitement. In
deed, they who remained quite coher-
ent on the Gulf Rock, OH the ships, and
even ON the cliffs nine miles away,
were few in number and to be piticd
exceedingly. There are times when q
man must cheer and woman's eyes
glisten with joyous tears, else they
are fiabby creatures, human jcllylish.
The steamboats, snorted With raucous
: siren blasts. and although the hoarse
shouting of men and the whistling OF
steam were swept into space by the
north wind In Its rage, those on shore
could read the riddle through their
glasses of the retreating boat and the
white vapor puffs.
The first to grasp Stanhope's hand
when he swung himself onto the deck
of the tender was Mr.. Cyrus j. Traill
well done, my lad" he cried bro
kenly. II thought 1t was all up with
you. Did you see herr"
Yes. but only for second"
you thought it best not to Join
them?'
you know that would gladly 20
now and attempt it. But ! dared not
refuse the better way l can't tell you
what happened. Something stillcd the
sea like magic. Look at 1t now"
Assuredly the waves were breaking
again around the pillar with all their
wonted ferocity, but one among the
Trinity house officers noticed Il smooth,
oily patch floating past the vessel.
"By Joye!" he shouted, Brand
helped you at the right moment He
threw some gallons of COLA over
board."
Trail, bronzed, spare, elderly man,
tall and straight, with eyes set deep
beneath heavy eyebrows, went to jim
Spence and Ben Pollard where they
We're helping to sling the Daisy up to
the davits.