Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-12-17

region OF light. Brand was ut 80 the
" 90. ss,iaii desk in the service room ,,i's at
something seems To no.
you,' he said. 81 have - unused
peas ..l ascending from the deptbs =. "eifo
,,ir LINE IS going to splice tbe aa
inlrai, explained Enid. e ''u-
What admiraIY,
Any old admiral,
r,,r nneeeu will not take an old I'D
inirai, protested the elder ''o-
Then you had better talso III,
~ r, ~ q lieutenant" said Brand.
- ms ms. offered too good an opening 70
Emu mas already secured the ,io,,
'eilallt she murmured, with su~ie+
glance at the other '"iAe
brahd locked up quizzicallv
Dear me-" he cried, "if NV con
ORDINATIONS are not belatedn-
Enid was blushing again sho +rno
her arms about his neck.
Don't believe her, dad" she said
shes jealousr
Sohstahce saw book lying on tbe
table, Regulations For the LIGHTHOUSES
service" She opened it. Brand strolrod
hhids hair gently and resumed the
writing of his daily journal.
The Elder Brethrenr' whisnorod
Constance. do they wear lono Witt
| beards?'
And carry wands?" added the re-
covered Enid.
And dress in velvet cloaks and
buckled shoes?"
AND
And say boo to naughty little girls
who won't let me complete nv diary
shouted Brand. BE off, both of you.
Keep a lookout for the next ten min
utes. If you see any signals from the
mainland or catch sight of the Lance
lot, call me-"
Ihey climbed to the trimming stage
OF the lantern, which was level with
the external gallery Obedient to in
structions, they searched the Lands
End and the wide reach of Mounts
bay beyond earn du. Save a scudding
sail or two beating in from the Lizard
and couple of big steamers hurrying
from the east-one a transatlantic
transport liner from London-there
was nothing visible. In the far dis
lance the sea looked smooth enough,
though they needed no explanation of
the reality when they saw the irregular
white patches glistening against the
hull of a Penzance fishing smack.
'Oh, Connie, the reefr' said Enid
suddenly in low voice.
They glanced at the turbd retreat
of the tide over the submerged rocks
The sea was heavier, the noise louder
now that they listened to it, than when
they arrived in the Daisy, little more
than an hour earlier Some giant force
seemed to be wrestling there, raging
against its bonds, striving feverishly
to tear, rend. utterly destroy its invisi
BILE letters. Sometimes, after an I'M
usually impetuous surge, dark shape
trailing witch tresses of weed, showed
for an instant in the pit of the cal
dron. Then a mad whirl of water
would pounce on it with a fearsome
spring and the fang of rock would be
smothered ten feet deep.
For some reason they did not talk
They were fascinated by the power
the grandeur. the untamed energy OF
the spectacle. The voice of the reef
held them spellbound. They listened
mutely.
Beneath Brand wrote with scholarly
ease:
therefore | decided that it would
best serve the interests of the Doard
if | sent Bates and Jackson to zen
zance in the boat in which my daugn-
tor,-he paused an instant and addeu
an So, TO tbe fortunately hap
pened to visit me. As woula DE aiohe
on the rock, and the two girls mlght pe
beIpful until the relief came, retainer
them"
He glanced at the weather glass III
front of him and made note:
barometer falling. Temperature
higher"
In another book he entered the exac'
records. A column headed vino u,
rection and force" caused him to iooh
nm of the wind vane. He Wnlstieo
softly. sou
SO W. he wrote, and after sec
ond,s thought inserted the inquire
T,,a sailor,s scale. We landsman, diners
from yours. What you term a sale .
Goa he ioyfully halls as fresn pfee1 20
a. e ;s q point above this limit "hel
vol, conditioned clipper ship can car :
s;nole reefs and topgallant sans :.
, .sosa full and by. No. Il is lui
cIase ..paro noles." says the scale.
r's slowly mounting the iron ladder rh,
!, stood beside the silent wa'cn Me- sturd,
t,s,o mas was pouring smoke from ,.d he
f funnel and staggering toward the r0 sa
: , Mor4bwest and west the darkness wa
! ,preading and lowering. u,n,,na th,
He did not trouble to esam mare to,
reaf Its signs and tokens VIZ - q
fafa to him It's definite below fhe pr g
uttered threat was part OF une d p,v