Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-08-07

themselves to painless death against IL,
was very welcome. Moreover, though
neither of che girls would admit 1t,
there was a sense of security mere
which was strangely absent when they
looked into the abyss beneath the stone
gallery. Constance, balancing 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 it's 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 not re-
Quire much further variation to bring
about strong blow from the true
southwest, a quarter responsible for
most of the fierce gales that sweep the
English channel.
Nevertheless this quick darting about
of the tickle breeze did not usually be-
token lasting bad weather. At the
worst the girls might be compelled to
DdSS lIle ulSnL Ou l1lC LONh. In IAAS'
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
sistant 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 doubtful
situatios was greatly relieved. His
face b";ghtened. With grave humor
not altogether artificial he cried:
"Now, Constance, 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.
"Oh, you, miss, are appointed upper
housemaid. and, mind you, no follow
ers"
Mercy! 1 nearly lost my situation
before l got it"
"HowF'
eve met Jack Stanhope and asked
him to come with u.s."
"You asked him, you mean," said
Constance.
"And you met him, meant" said
Enid
81 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 code of signals which covered
a variety of messages. They rang him
downstairs by the correct call for
"Meal served"
1t was hasty renast. as Brand could
not remain long away from the glass
covered observatory, but they all en-
joyed it 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
not knowing it. that at that precise mo-
ment old Zen Pollard was frantically
signaling to Lieutenant Stanhope to
change the course of the small steam
v""''+ y" h"d commAndeered as soon
a. -" ::>.;;,r r;.a <-:o;SA the town
that the Gulf Rock was flying the ''help
wanted" signal.
The officials did not know that Brand
was caI~nclled by the snowstorm to
us" rorketS. All the information they
possessed was the message from
Lands End and its 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 I.apwing. i'm
pounded couple of lounging sailors.
fired up, stocked and steered the craft
himself and was off across the bay in
a 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 seven 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 save time in trans
ferring them to the rock.
in a word, as 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