Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-12-17
T6g PILLAR
OF LIGHT
BY LOUIS TRACY.
,.,bor Of The Wings of the Morning.
wright, 1904, by Edward ]. Globe

va rockets All the information they
...ssa1 was the message from
~. End and its time Of dispatch.
h I,cr, S+lnhope's easy going face be-
No very strenuous indeed when he
hoard the news.
Tho hour stated was precisely the
$50, tho Daisy was due at the rock if
.ns made q good trip. Without allow
,a, far any possible contingency save
,,7,s+ar TO the girls and their escort.
. =. rrshpl to the mOoring place of the
-, ron steam yacht Lapwing, i'm
oorrlcd q couple of lounglng sailors,
sro1 un stocked and steered the craft
. himself and was off across the bay in
quarter of the time that the owner
Il n the Lapwing could have achieved
tbe same result
His amlzement was complete when
no encountered the redoubtable Daisy
horIinc home before a seven knot
broaze He instantly came round and
ronced up to speaking distance. When
no learned what had occurred he read
order TO pick mp the relief lighthouse
boomers and thus save time in trans
forrinc them to the rock.
n IN 4 word. as Enid Treyillion was
safa 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.
Il If they left the harbor at o'clock,
there would still be plenty of light to
reach the Gulf Rock. Ben Pollard,
gancng over his shoulder as the Daisy
raced toward PenZance side by side
with the Lapving, 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
emily decided on the menu for dinner,
when they had inspected the kitchen
and commended the cleanliness of the
cook Jackson; when they had washed
u The dishes and discovered the where
abouts Of the ''tea things" they sud
denly determined that 1t was much
nicer aoft in the sky parlor than in
these dim little rooms.
Il don't see why they don't have
decent windows" said Enid. "Of
course it blows hard here in a gale,
but just look at that tiny ventilator, no
bigger than ships portfolio, with a
double storm shutter to secure it If
E you please for all the world as If the
sea rose so highw
Constance took thought for awhile.
i suppose the sea never does reach
Fl this height" she said.
Enid, in order to look out, had to
thrust her head and shoulders through
an aperture two feet square and three
leef IN depth. They were in the living
room a. that mOment-full seventy fee
sOoVe the spring tide high water mark
Sixty feet higher the cornice of the
saiery was given its graceful outer
sOpe 10 shoot the climbing wave crests
VI On Atlantic gale away from the Ian
urn The girls could not realize this
Nupendous fact Brand had never told
tnen. He wished them to sleep peace
illly on stormy nights when he wa:
away from home. They laughed nov
- le Ianciful notion that the sc;
'Oulu ever so much as toss its spra.
he window Of the living room.
Iney passed into the narrow stair
p"' their voices and footsteps
sounded hollow. 1t was to the foo
Oeaeath that Bates had fallen.
uon think like living in light
ereeps"
surely there are neither ghosts no
SINUS here" said Constance. sit i
a. Ouern, scientific, unitarian in ever.
"tOP OF its solid granite"
Out Enid was silent as they climbe'
'ue steep stairs.
bo 0uee she stopped and peeped int
a,r nathers bedroom.
mat is where they brought m
r mnen first came to the rock" sh
whispered. at used to be Mr.. Jone:
Cu l remember dad saying so.'
oOuStance, on whose shoulders tn
w assuring cloak of science hung some
~, loosely, placed her arm aroun
WI NJ sisters waist in a sudden access {
tenderness.
civ lou have improved in appearance
."'. tnen, Enid" she said.
h.. "nat a wizened little chip mus
T looked. l wonder who l am"
doa,. Know who you soon will be if 20
uont take care"
At N h 6lushed prettily. she glance
w. MI herself in a small mirror on IL
IN %'n Trust woman to find a mirr'
any apartment.
yv =, suppose Jack will ask me to ma
y lim,' she unused.
T and what will you reply?'
fo, girls lip parted. Her eyes sho1
faoo au Instant; then she buried h