The Red Cloud chief., 1906-07-27

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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 a doubtful
situation was greatly relieved. His
face heightened. With n grave humor
not altogether artificial he cried:
"Now, Constance, l did not take you
aboard as Il visitor. Between us we
ought to muster a good appetite. Come
with me to the storeroom. I will get
you anything you want and leave you
in charge of the Kitchen
"And poor me- chimed in Enid
ooh. YOU. miss. are appointed upper
~houscmaid, and, mind you, no follow
crS."
Mercy! l nearly lost my situation
before | got it,"
"IIDw:"
I'VE met Jack Stanhope and asked
him to come with u.s."
You asked him, you mean," said
Constance.
and you met him, l meant" said
Enid.
II don't care a pin how you treated
Stanhope so long as you didn't bring
him. said Brand, though, indeed, he
would have been useful as it turned
| out"
When lunch was ready they summon
ed him by the electric bells he had put
up throughout the building. 1t gave
them great JOY to discover in the living
room a code of signals which covered
n variety of messages. They rang him
downstairs by the correct call for
Meal served"
1t was n hasty repast, rs Brand could
not remain long away from the glass
covered observatory, but they all en-
iOycd ii immensely. He left them. as
he said, "to gobble up the remains
but soon he shouted down the stairs
to tell them that the Daisy had round
ed earn du. He could not tell them,
not knowing it, that at that precise mo-
ment old Ben Pollard was frantically
signaling to Lieutenant Stanhope to
change the course of the small steam
yacht he had Communicated as soon
as the murmur ran through the town
that the Gulf Rock was flying the help
wanted" signal.
The officials did not know that Brand
was compelled by the snowstorm to
use rockets. All the information they
possessed was the message from
Lands End and it's time of dispatch.
Jack Stanhope's easy going face be-
came very strenuous indeed when he
; heard the news.
The hour stated was precisely the
time the Daisy was due at the rock If
she made a good trip. Without allow
ing for any possible contingency save
disaster to the girls and their escort,
he rushed to the mooring place of the
ten ton steam yacht Lapwing, i'm.
pounded a couple of lounging sailors,
fired up. stocked and steered the craft
himself ana was off across the bay in
n quarter of the time that the owner
Of the Lapwing could have achieved
the same result.
His amaZement was complete when
he encountered the redoubtable Daisy
bowling home before a eve knot
breeze. He instantly came round and
ranged up to speaking distance. When
he learned what had occurred he read
lily agreed to return to PenZance in
order to pick up the relief lighthouse
keepers and thus ave time in trans
ferrlng them to the rock.
In a word, a Enid Trevillion was
safe, he was delighted at the prospect
of bringing her back that evening,
when the real skipper of the Lapwing
would probably have charge Of his
own boat. There was no hurry at all
now
If they left the harbor at 3 o'clock,
there would still be plenty Of light to
reach the Gulf Rock. Ben Pollard,
glancing over his shoulder as the Daisy
raced toward Penzance side by side
with the Lapwing, was not so sure Of
this. But the arrangement he had sug-
gested was the best possible one, and
he was only an old fisherman who
knew the coast, whereas Master Stan
hope pinned his faith to the Nautical
Almanac and the rules.
The people most concerned knew
nothing Of these proceedings.
When Constance and Enid had SOL
EMMY decided on the menu for dinner,
when they had inspected the kitchen
and commended the cleanliness OF the
cook. Jackson: when they had washed