Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-12

what proportion of the various articles
there ought to be left"
Then take my advice, Miss Con-
stance, and keep on forgetting" he |
said.
A quick flush came into her pale
cheeks.
You are not saying that without
good cause?" she murmurcd.
II have the best of reasons. If the
least hint of such thing goes round
among the men there will be ructions."
Constance went to the door and
closed 1t.
Enid" she said, 81 believe father
and Mr.. Pyne have got some dreadful
plan in their minds which they dare
not tell us about"
But the American was not to be cor
ncred in such fashion. He opened the
door again and went out, pausing on
the threshold to say:
II wouldn't venture to guess what
might be troubling Mr.. Brand, but you
can take 1t from me that what he says
goes. Talk about grasping nettle
firmly! believe your father would
grab scorpion by the tail If he felt
that way"
And with this cryptic utterancc he
quilted them, intending to warn Brand
at the first opportunity that the time
was ut hand when he must harden his
heart and take the decisive step Of
cutting Off communication between the
service room and the remainder of the
building.
This could be done easily. The
flanges of the uppermost iron staircase
were screwed to tho floor above and
below. A few minutes labor would re-
move the screws. The steps could be
lifted bodily into the service room and
there utilized to seal the well.
"What bowling menagerie will
break loose here when they find on"
thought Pync. Its Il hard thing to
| say, but we ought to have the door
open. Quite a stack of folks will need
to be pitched outside"
| A comforting reflection truly, yet his
, face bore no token thereof as he join
ed the lighthouse keeper and several
| Of the Chinook's officers and men on
the gallery.
The wind had shifted another couple
| OF points to the north, and the sea,
apart from the reef, was running in a
heavy unbroken swell. That was the
tantalizing part of it. Any ordinary
ships boat, properly managed, could
live in perfect safety in the open.
But the iron toothed reef, with its
tortuous channels and battling currents
changing with every stage Of the tide,
surrounded the pillar with an appar-
emily impossible barrier, while the
| lighthouse itself offered as frowning q
front as any of the black rocks which
reared their weed covered crests ut
low water.
Signals We're being exchanged be.
| tween the gallery and the Trinity tend
| er. Brand seemed to be very emphatic
| in his answers to the communications
made to him by Stanhope.
mo, no." he muttered aloud, while
the anxious man near him wondered
why he was SO impatient.
ut is utterly impossiblew he said
again. mo boat can do it. Some one
should stop him. 1t means certain loss
OF Ire.
At last, becoming aware that his
companions could not understand what
was going on, he turned to them with
passionate explanation.
THAT brave fellow Stanhope says
that, with two others ut the oars, he
intends to row near enough to the rock
at half flood to endeavor to spring on
to the ladder. cannot persuade him
| thht no man mas ever yet succeeded In
such n MAD project. LOOK below and
see no" each wave climbs around
eiehteeh OF twenty rect OF the base.
ine 'liiiS Is Wildly lmpractlcaDlc. lie
WI pe swept OH ana slhasheu 10 pieces
peiore ON eyes even II. inc poat cs-
eapes.
lf the boat can come near enough
FOR that purpose. couldn't we heave Il
I line aboard her!' asked one of the
ships officers.
we can try. | shall signal them to
mat erect. Anything Is better than to
sanction an attempt which Is foredoom-
cd to failure and E:ist result in the
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