Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-03
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER lat 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 q shark, fights
and kills it and goes aboard. He finds
the body of dead man and a strange
bundle beneath the sail. Jones, the
lighthouse keeper, lowers basket and
hauls Brand and his strange bundle
safely up. 1.-THE bundle contains a
live baby, of which Jones assumes the
care. On q part of the child's clothing
are the initials T. 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 IRE
Wilton. lII--Elghteen 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 a sail
boat named Daisy They are caught in
q storm, during which they hear the
signal for help coming from the rock.
They reach thelighthouse in safety and
find that two of the men, Jackson and
Bates, have been hurt. Brand sends
the men back with HIM lV--JacksOn
and Bates are lowered into the boat,
and Pollard starts for Penzsnce. The
Daisy is met by Lieutenant Stanhope,
who is devotedly In love with Enid. He
has started out for the lighthouse In
answer to the signal for help. On
meeting the Daisy he turns back to as
sist 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 1t 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 furious storm
renders sleep impossible. At dawn
from the lighthouse gallery Brand
makes out ship in great distress
VII.-CharleB 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. Vansittsrt, Pyne's aunt, is
strangely NOV cd at sight of Constance.
IV-Mrs. Vansittsrt inquiries about
Stephen Brand and his daughter and
seeks to meet Brand, but fails.
X-Stsnhope in the Falcon approaches
the lighthouse at dsybreak in an effort
to rescue Enid and Constar ce, 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 pnts back
to PenZance, but returns tie next day
bringing Mr.. Trail, whom Mrs. Van,
sittart is journeying from America tc
marry. lie sends messages to Mrs
Vsnsittart and to Pyne, his nephew
XII Stanhope has signaled f;om the
boat his proposal to Enid. The food il
giving out, and starvation threatens
when two boats arrive---the Falcon and
another but even with raft it is i'm
possible to reach the rock. XIII
and XIV--Staph0pe decides to row tt
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 rope after 6
desperate struggle. XIV. Provision
and mail matter are ferried to the light
house. In letter TO Brand Mr.. Trail
states that the initials L. T. on Enid'l
little vest stand for Edith Trail. hit
daughter, who it was thought was LOST
with her mother on board the wrecked
vessel nineteen years previous. XVI
The lighthouse prisoners are taken t
PenZance in a lifebost, where Mr.
Trail gives dinner to Mrs. Vaneit
tart, Lady Margaret, Stanhope's moth
er; Constance, Enid, Stanhope ant
Pyne. Brand arrives at the hotel la.e
and meets Mrs. Vansittart and find
that she Is his wife.