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

1--WE 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
II don't care q 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. It gave
| them great joy to discover in the living
room code of signals which covered
Il variety Of messages. They rang him
downstairs by the correct call for
Meal served"
1t was q hosty repast. as Brand could
not remain long away from the glass
covered observatory, but they all en-
joyed 1t immensely. He left them, as
he said ito gobble up the remains"
but soon he shouted down the stairs
to tell them that the Daisy had round
ed earn du. Tie 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 "helD
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 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 Lapwing, inn
pounded couple Of lounging sailors,
fired up, stocked and steered the craft
himself and was off across the bay in
q 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 q 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 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
now.
If they left the harbor at 8 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
the dishes and discovered the where
abouts of the ''tea things" they sud
denly determined that 1t was much
nicer aloft in the sky parlor than in
these dim little rooms.
81 don't sec why they don't have
1ecant windows" said Enid. "Of