Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-26

SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER lat daybreak an as
sistant keeper of the lighthouse, pacing
the gallery, discovers In the distance q
ship in distance. Stephed Brand agrees
to swim to it. Upon reaching the ship
he comes III contact with shark, fights
and kills it and goes aboard. He finds
the body of dead man and strange
bundle beneath the sail. Jones, the
lighthouse keeper, lowers basket and
hS0ls Brand and his strange bundle
safely up. 1.-THE bundle contains q
live baby, of which Jones assumes the
care. On part of the child's clothing
are the initials E. T.. The little one is
placed In care of the nurse who has
charge of Stephen Brands child in Pen
Zance. They call the child Enid Ire
Wilton. III-Eighteen years later Con
stance Brand, daughter of Stephen
Brand, and her adopted sister, Enid
Trevillion, go to the lighthouse with an
old fisherman, Ben Pollard, in sail
boat named Daisy. They are caught In
storm, during which they hear the
signal for help coming from the rock
They reach the lighthouse in safety and
find that two of the men, Jackson and
Bates, have been hurt. Brand sends
the men back with him IV--Jackson
and Bates are lowered into the boat,
and Pollard starts for PenZance. The
Daisy is met by Lieutenant Stsnhope,
who is devotedly In love with Enid. He
has started out for the lighthouse in
answer to the signal for help. On
meeting the Daisy he turns back to as
eist with the injured men. V.-From
a lighthouse window Enid spies boat
approaching the rock. 1t Is the Lap
wing owned by man named Lawton.
Brand discovers that it Is sailed BY
Stsnhope. He signals for them not to
land, and Stanhope returns to PenZance.
The girls spend the night at the rock.
VI.-During the night furious storm
renders sleep impossible. At dawn
from the lighthouse gallery Brand
makes out ship in great distress
VII.-Charles A. Pync, young man
on board, throws ar0pe from the fore
mast to Brand, and by means of pull
ley aeventy-eight people are saved be-
fore the ship sinks.
VIlI-Mrs. VansIttart, Pyne's aunt, is
strangely moved at sight of Constance.
IV-Mrs. Vansittart inquiries about
Stephen Brand and his daughter and
seeks to meet Brand, but fails.
X-Stanhope in the Falcon approaches
the lighthouse at daybreak In an effort
to rescue Enid and Consts1 ce, but is
unable to land in account of HIGH seas.
Brand signals news of the disaster.
Constance and Pyne become we'll ac-
quainted. XI-The Falcon puts back
to Penzsnce, but returns the next day,
bringing Mr.. Trail, whom Mrs. Van
sittart is journeying from America to
marry. He sends messages to Mrs.
Vansittart and to Pyne, his nephew.
Kill Stanhopo has aignaled from the
boat his proposal to Enid. The food is
giving out, and starvation threatens,
when two boats arrlve---the Falcon and
smother but even with q raft it ia i'm
possible to reach the rock. XIII
and XIV--StanhOpe decides to row to
the lighthouse and signals to Brand.
Brand tries in vain to persuade him
not to. Stanhope, with Ben Pollard
and Jim Spence, reaches the rock in
safety and connects rope after a
desperate struggle. XV.--Provisions
and mail matter ate ferried to the light
house. In lettefsto Brand Mr.. Trail
states that the initfais4E. T. on Ends
little vest stand fog Edith Trail, his
daughter, who 1t wassRought was lost
with her mother on board the wrecked
vessel nineteen years previous.