The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-11-09

| "D'ye think ne can hold her, mate 2"
animation. The watchers from the
! lighthouse saw Ben relieve the steers
man and tenderly arrange the cushions
behind his back. Then Brand closed
| the iron doors, and the three were left
| in dim obscurity.
They climbed nearly hundred feet
Of stairways and emerged on to the
cornice balcony after Brand had stop
hammer Of the bell.
What difference up here! The sea,
widened UNNECESSARILY, had changed
its color. Now it was a sullen blue
gray. The land was nearer and high
err. The Daisy had shrunk to q splash
| of dull brown on the tremendous ocean
prairie. How fierce and keen the wind
How disconsolate the murmur of the
reef,
Brand, adjusting his binoculars, scru-
tinized the boat
"All right aboard" he said 81 think
we have adopted the wiser course
They will reach Penzance by half
past 9"
His next glance was toward the
Lands End signal station. A line of
flags fluttered out to the right of the
staff
"Signal noted and forwarded" he
read aloud. "That is all right, but the
wind has changed"
Enid popped inside the lantern for
Oh
Better follow her example, Connie"
said Brand to his daughter. 81 will
draw the curtains. We can see just
as well and be comfortable
Indeed, the protection of the stout
plate glass, so thick and tough that
sea birds on stormy night dashed
themselves to painless death against it,
was very welcome. Moreover, though
neither of the girls would admit it,
there was a sense of security here
which was strangely absent when they
looked into the abyss beneath the stone
gallery. Constance, balancing a tele-
scope, and Enid, peering through the
fieldglasses, followed the progress Of
the Daisy in silence, but Brands eyes
wandered uneasily from the barometer,
which had fallen rapidly during the
past hour, to the cyclonic nimbus
spreading its dark mass beyond the
Seven Stones lightship. The sun had
vanished seemingly for the day, and
the Indicator attached to the base Of
the wind vane overhead pointed now
sou'west by west. 1t would MT re-
quire much further variation to bring
about q strong blow from the true
southwest, quarter responsible for
most of the fierce gales that sweep the
English channel.
Nevertheless this quick darling about
of the tickle breeze did not usually be-
token lasting bad weather. At the
worst the girls might be compelled to
pass the night on the rock. He knew
that the tug with the two relief men
would make valiant effort to reach
the lighthouse at the earliest possible
moment. When the men Joined him
the girls could embark. AS it was the
affair was spiced with adventure.
Were it not for the mishap to the as
slstant keepers the young people would
have enjoyed themselves thoroughly.
The new ART of the wind, too, would
send the Daisy speedily back to port.
This in itself justified the course he
had taken. On the whole n doubtful
situation was greatly relieved His
face frightened. With a grave humor
not altogether artificial he cried:
"Now, Constance, l did not take you
aboard as visitor Between MS we
ought to muster good appetite. Come
with me to the storeroom. l will get
you anything you want and leave you
In charge of the kitchen"
And poor mev' chimed in Enid.
"Oh, you, miss, are appointed upper
housemaid, and, mind you, no follow
ers."
"Mercyl nearly lost my situation
before got IT,"
"IIo.vT