Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-10
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 1t. Upon reaching the ship
he comes In contact with shark, fights
and kills 1t 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 a
live baby, of which Jones assumes the
care. ,On part of the child's clothing
are the initials Il 7. 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 Tie-
Wilton. IIl--Eighteen 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
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
the men back with HIM lV--Jackson
and Bates are lowered into the boat,
and Pollard starts for Penzance. The
Daley is met by Lieutenant Stsnhope,
who is devotedly in love with Enid. H.
has started out for the lighthouse il
answer to the signal for help. Or
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
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
VlI.-Charles A. Pyne, young man
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 moved at sight of Constance
lV-Mrs. Vansittart inquiries about
Stephen Brand and his daughter and
seeks to meet Brand, but fails.
A-Stanhope in the Falcon approaches
the lighthouse at daybreak in an effort
to- @cue Enid and ConstaL ce, but is
un 70 land in account of hiph seas
Brand signals news of the disaster.
Constance and Pyne become we'll &C.
quatnted NI-The Falcon puts back
to Penzsnce, 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
another but even with raft it is i'm
possible to reach the rock. XIII
and XlV--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 rope after a
desperate Struggle. Nv Provisions
and 2astmatter are ferried to the light
'&nOusp. In letter to Brand Mr.. Trail
states that the Initials T.. L. on Enid'e
little vest stand for Edith Trail, his
daughter, who it was thought was los,
with her mother on board the wrecked
vessel nineteen years previous. XVI--
The lighthouse prisoners are taken tc
Penzance in lifeboat, where Mr.
Trail gives dinner to Mrs. Vansi
tart, Lady Margaret, Stanhops's moth
or; Constance, Enid, Stanhope and
Pyne. Brand arrives at the hotel later
and meets Mrs. Vansittsrt and finds
that she is his wife. XVII-Brand
tells Constance of her mother and Enid
Of her father. Mira. Brand goes tc
Brands house where she becomes ill