Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-09-04

enough IN the service rOOm 10
permit these things to be seen.
mo bad news, I hope?" he inquired,
though the sight of Stephen Brand
seated at his desk and placidly writ
ing was reassuring.
| The question steadied her to an ex-
tent.
"It is nothing Of any consequence"
she said and darted past him.
Brand looked up from his journal
He smiled, though the American
thought there was a hint of pain in his
eyes,
81 am going to lose one of my girls"
he said. "Oh, no; this is not loss by
death, but by marriage. If I were q
Frenchman would describe it as gain
ing son. Enid has just received what
is tantamount to a proposal"
by flag wagging" Pyne was natu-
rally astounded.
Eyes. You would not expect one Of
the people from the Chinook to be SO
enterprising."
| "I-don't-know," said Pyne, punctu-
ating each word with a deliberate nod.
"Well, in any case, would not have
forwarded the application after an ac-
quaintance Of eighteen hours" OBJ
lserved Brand, with equal deliberation.
| They're two powerful fine girls"
said Pyne. steering clear of the point
''They have just been telling me how
Miss Enid happened along. 1t reads
like fairy tale"
"She was given to me by the winds
and waves, yet she is dear to me as
my own child. I shall miss her great
ly-if all goes well here" ...
''Ive cottoned on to both of them
something wonderful But, if am
not intruding into private affairs. how
romes it that Miss Enid is being tele-
rraphed for? OF course I can under
stand the gentleman being in a hurry
would feel that way myself if the
conditions were favorable"
Pyne could be as stolid as a red In
dian when the occasion demanded it.
Brand found no hint in his face of the
hidden thought in his words.
"Have they said anything to you of
a man named Stanhope?" inquired the
lighthouse keeper, reSuming the entry
In his diary after a sharp glance up
| ward
"Y-yes. They pointed him out to me
this morning; in the navy, I think; fel-
low with title and that sort of thing"
mo. His mother is Lady Margaret
Stanhope, being an earls daughter, but
his father was a knight. He has been
paying attentions to Enid for year
md mere to my knowledge and to his
mothers exceeding indignation, I fan.
cy"
'@That is where we on the other side
have the pull Of you"
"Have you? 1 wonder. However,
Lady Margarets views have not trou-
bled me. I will deal with her when
the time comes. At present it looks
fairly certain that Master Jack has
settled matters on his own account.
may be mistaken, of course How do
you interpret this?"
He closed the journal and handed to
Pyne a memorandum taken down let
ter by letter by a sailor as Brand read
the signal:
Mother sends her love to Enid
did mother ever convey her love
to Enid before?" asked Pyne.
"No.'
''Then l call that neat. 1 take of
my hat to Stanhope. He and mamma
have had a heart to heart talk"
Brand leaned his head on his hands
with clinched fists covering his ears
There was period of utter silence un
til the lighthouse keeper rose to light
the lamp.
Pyne watched him narrowly.
may be trespassing on delicate
ground" he said ut last. ..~.If am. you
are not the sort Of man TO stand On
Iceremony. In sthe States You know
| when the authofftiSe want 10 pkeserYe
b RS3k4se5kdas sSs d6iadE aealai
Enso walk on-thss sessx 2 rbeS:6u'