Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER, AT daybreak an as
sistant keeper of the lighthouse, pacing
the gallery, discovers in the distance
ship in distance. Stephed Brand agrees
to swim to it. Upon reaching the ship
he comes Ia contact with shark, fights
and kills it and goes aboard. He finds
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
live baby, of which Jones assumes the
care. On part of the child's clothing
are the initials E L. The little one is
placed in care of the nurse who has
charge of Stephen Brands child in Pen
lance. They call the child Enid Ire
Wilton. III-Eighteen years later Con-
stance Brand, daughter of Stephen
Brand, and her adopted sister, Enid
Treviliion, so to the lighthouse with an
old fisherman, Ben Pollard, in sail
boat named Daisy. They are caught in
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
tie 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. HI
has started out for the lighthouse 10
answer to the signal for help. On
meeting the Daisy he turns back to as
slst with the injured men. V.-From
lighthouse window Enid spies boat
approaching the rock. 1t is the Lap
wing owned by man named Lawton.
Brand discovers that it is sailed by
Stauhope. He signals for them not to
land, and Stanhope returns to PenZance
The girls spend the night at the rock
VI.-During the night furious storm
renders sleep impossible. at dawn
from the lighthouse gallery Brand
makes out ship in great distress
VlI.-Charles A. Pyne, 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 NOV ed atsight of Constance.
lV-Mrs. Vansittart inquiries about
Stephen Brand and his daughter and
seeks to meet Brand, but fails.
N-Stanhope in the Falcon approaches
VIC iik htuOu5O Nv Ill OIL CllOI
to rescue Enid and Constance, but is
unable to land in account Of high seas,
Brand signals news of the disaster.
Constance and Pyne become well &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
Vansittart and to Pyne, his nephew
XII Stanhope has signaled from the
boat his proposal to Enid. The food is
giving out, and starvation threatens,
when two boats arrive---the Falcon and
smother but even with raft 1t Is i'm
possible to reach the rock. XIII
and XIV--Stanhope decides to row to
the lighthouse and signals to Brand.
Brand tries in vain to persuade him
not to. Sianhope, with Ben Pollard
and Jim Spence, reaches the rock in
safety and connects q rope after a
desperate struggle. XV.--Provisions
and mail matter are ferried to the light
house. In a letter to Brand Mr.. Trail
states that the initials Il. T. on Ends
little vest stand for Edith Trail, his
daughter, who it was thought was lost
with her mother on board the wrecked
vessel nineteen years previous. XVI
The lighthouse prisoners are taken to
Penzsnce in lifeboat, where Mr..
Trail gives dinner to Mrs. Vsnsit
tart, Lady Margaret, Stanhops's moth
er; Constance, Enid, Stanhope and
lyne. Brand arrives at the hotel later
and meets Mrs. Vsnsittsrt and finds
that she is his wife. XVII-Brand
tells Constance of her mother and Enid
of her father. Mrs. Brand goes to
Brands house where she becomes i'll
The dreadful idea possessed him that
in her weak state this passionate wish
might be granted.
'sNanette," he cried, you must con-
troll yourself II you will not promise
to sit down and talk quietly l will
leave YOU"
She obeyed him instantly.
II don't care how much you scold
me-" she said, but you must not 80
away. meant to see you before left
I'eIaance. | came here that night. l
looked through the window. l saw my
daughter and her adopted sister listen
ing to you and weeping because Of a
mothers Shame. Then must have lost
my senses. l ran away. remember
nothing else until i woke I'M 10 find
Constance caring for me-in your
house"
He tried to brco,, IN uuon tho trcnd
of her tboucht This was Inv no mean.
the line he lad intended to pursue. His
hone was to soothe and calm her. to
part from her in amity and without
giving her cause to denlore n loss of
dignity.
9, nm only too n,eosod that who, III.
ness oyertool, Won vo,, we're committaa
10 nv care and to Constance Poor
piru She thonpl,t Won wore dead
"Did Won foil nor thotyu
$40 bnt I allowed If 10 be assumed
which Is thc same tbmp"
"When did she know tho t,u+b9v
an the hotel-aftor Won Ioft +ho
room. i had to saw something. n was
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Won were nv wifcn