Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-11-30
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SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
CHAPTER AT dayhrcak an assistant keeper
of the lighthouse pacing the gallery, discovers
the distance ship IN distress. stephen
I;raud agree to swim IL il Upon reaching the
ship hc comes in contact with n shark, fights
and Kills II and gors aboard. He finds the body
of Il dead man and a strange bundle beneath the
sail. Jones. the lighthouse keeper, lowers a
basket and hauls Brand and his strange bundle
safely up. 1.-The bundle contains live baby.
Of wh h Jones assumes the care. On part of
the child's clothing are the initials "E. I.
The little one L. placed in care of the nurse who
has charge of stephen Brands child in Pen
xance They call the child Enid TrevliOn. III
Eighteen years later Constance Brand. daugh-
ter III stephen Brand. ami her adopted sister.
Enid Trey iilion. =" {" III" lighthouse with an
cd f-hcriuau. Fan rolaid, in a sailboat named
Daisy. They are caught IN storm. during
which they H. ar the signal for help coming from
the rock. They reach the lighthouse in safety
and find that two of the NEIL. Jackson and Bates,
have been hurt. Brand sends the men back with
Ben. IN-Jackson and Bates are lowered into
the boat and Pollard starts for Penzance. The
Daisy is met by Lieutenant StanhOpe, who il
devotedly in love with Enid. He has started
out for the light house in answer to the signal
for help. On meeting the Daisy he turns back
To assist with the injured men. V-From n
lighthouse window Enid spies boat approach
Ing the rock. 1t 10 the Lapwng, owned by .
man named I.awton. Brand discovers that it Is
sailed by stanhope lie sIsnals for them not ITO to
sirls spend the night at the rock. Nl-During
The night furious storm renders sleep impOs-
sible. Al dawn from the lighthouse gallery
Brand makes out ship in great distress. VII
Charles A. Pyne. young man on board, throws
q rope from the foremost TO Brand. and by
means of pulley seventy eight people are saved
before the ship sinks. NIII-Mrs. Nansittart,
Pyne's aunt Is strangely moved at sight of Con-
stance. IX-Mrs. Vansttart inquiries about
stephen Brand and his daughter and seeks to
meet Brand. but fails. X-Stanhope in the Fal-
con approaches the lighthouse Al daybreak in an
effort to rescue Enid and Constance, but is un-
able to land on account of high seas. Brand
signals news Of the disaster. Constance and
Pyne become well acquainted. XI-The Falcon
puts back to Penzance, but returns the next
day bringing Mr.. Trail, whom Mrs. Vansittart
is journeying from America to marry. He sends
messages to Mrs. Nansittart and to Pyne, his
nephew. XlI-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 another. but even with a
raft it il impossible to reach the rock. XIII and
XIN-StanhOpe decides to row to the lighthouse
and signals to Brand Brand tries in vain to
persuade him not to. StanhOpe, with Ben Pol
lard and Jim Spence, reaches the rock in safhty
and connects rope after desperate struggle.
XV-ProvisiOns and mail matter are ferried to
the lighthouse. In q letter to Brand Mr.. Trail
states that the initials Z. T. on Ends little vest
stand for Edith Traill his daughter. who it was
thought was lost with her mother on board the
wrecked vessel nineteen years previous.