Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-11-12
CHAPTER: l.

beam projecting seaward be- |
n Meath the outer platform, had |
Il ifs warning through the fog. |
(. nonotOnous ticking of the clock
II attachment that governed it, the
81 and livelier click of the occult |
.hood's machinery, were the only |
!. Is which alternated with it's deep
II The tremendous clang sent a
M through the giant column itself
'.hp9led away into the murky void
ID tremOlO of profound diminu-
a<erbead the magnificent lantern, it's
ia riuced circle of flame burning at
.u PRESSURE, illumined the drifting
Ia with an intensity that seemed to
of the sturdy granite pillar of
IA # was the fitting diadem. Hard
..A| str5ug externally as the everlast-
l.ssncci on which it stood, replete
||..AIn with FURNISHED steel and polish
|.s Ms, great cylinders and powerful
..s6s the lighthouse thrust it's glow
sr Birch beyond the reach of the most
:.ffg wave. Cold, dour, defiant it
|3h Yet it's superhuman eye
IN to pierce the very heart of the
Z. and the furnace white glare, con-
mattel ten thousand fold by the en-
|Htng hive of the diOptric lens, flung
& Into the gloom a silvery cloak of
nsl like majesty.
|at last an irresistible ally sprang to
"A assistance of the uncOnquerable
sM About the close of the middle
In a gentle breeze from the Allan
ktOlOved the tide and swept the
hhPring wrath landward to the north
81 while the first beams of a June
nj completed the destruction of the
NED specter.
~ once more, as on the dawn of the
En day. the waters under the heaven
Nh gathered into one place and the
land appeared, and, behold, it was
|N the horizon the turquoise rim of
/. Sea lay with the sheen of folded
HI against the softer canopy of the
n Toward the west a group of is
LIN, to which drifting banks of mist
|hg in melting despair, were etched
'shadows of dreamy purple. Over
nearer sea floor the quickly dying
Dr spread q hazy pail of opal tints.
bss the face of the waters glisten-
hands of emerald green and serene
M duivered in fairy lights. The
Entng rays of the sun threw broad
la a golden mirage and gilded all
|sanes with the dumb gladness of an
'nt sh summers day.
Imam. pacing the narrow gallery be
*stth the lantern, halted for a mo
'Ne1t to flood his soul afresh with
.kAuty made enhancing by the knoWl
+lee that a few brief minutes would
'Mblve it into maturer and more ia
Niar charms.
y He was engaged, it is true, in thu
.ErDmantic action of filling his pipe
simple thing, beloved alike of poet
# navvies, yet his eyes drank in tn
Lie glory of the scene, and, captlV
the spell of the hour, he murmure'
bud:
bating on waves of music and of ligh
.hol1 % fol Y-xT
kstial coursers paw the unyielding air
biz ilmy pennons at her word they ful
stop obedient to the reins of light.
he small door beneath the glas
be was open. The worker within
ply cleaning an eight inch burne
ased for an instant and popped III
hd out.
Did you hail meT" he inquired.
he matter of fact words awoke I'll
famer He turned with a pleasaI
lle.
10 be exact, Jim, 1 did hail sons
ry, but it was Aurora, Spirit OF IL
Wn, not a hard bitten sailorma
you"
Oh that's all right, cap'n! though
card you singin' out for a light.
he other man bent his head to Shlel
Patch from a puff of wind, thus CO.
ling from his companion the glea
amusement in his eyes. His ma
ued the fragrant odor of the tobac'
sngly, but the Elder Brethren
Trinity maintain strict disciplln
he vanished to his task witho'
nought Of broken rules.
u left a piece of good advice D
ID him.
Il was you, cap'n," he said, i
IN. Jones is feelin' Al this NOR
lie comes on at s. You ought
uead beat after your double spt
ue last two days. I'll keep brea
pack until three bells (9:3O a. 10
uere's fresh eggs an haddick."
'uS a couple of whiffs, Jim. Th'
90 below"
O.u men wore the uniform of assl'
Aeepers, yet it needed not the
uuer of speech to reveal that o
d gentleman born and bred a.
Vller a bluff, good natured. hor
'eu A. B., to whom new laid eg
recently cured fish appealed
potently than Shelley and a su
dawn at sea.
VINO had involuntarily quot
zen Nab" turned his gaze seawa
M Each moment the scene was
more brilliant, yet nearer