Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-10-18


Bates compound fracture. If weather
modcratcs will be with you next tide"
"All right" waved Brand.
The distant figure started again:
"L-o-v-e to Enid
Enid INDUCED in an extraordinary
arm flourish.
"A-n-d C-o-n-s-t-a-n-c-e."
"That spoils it." she screamed. at
ought to be only kind regards to you,
Connie. ! believe you are a serpent,
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DO stop your chatter" shouted
Brand, and lie continued the message:
Weather looks very bad. Little hope
for tonight. Lancelot due at q. Will
see personally that no chance is lost.
Goodby."
"Goodhy" was the response.
The Lapwing fell away astern from
the vicinity of the buoy.
"Why is he doing that?" asked Con-
stance, close TO her fathers ear.
He Is too good n sailor to risk turn
ing her in that broken water. A little
farther out there is greater depth and
more regular seas"
They watched the yacht in silence.
At last her head swung round toward
the coast. When broadside on Il wave
hit her, and the spray leaped over her
masts.
That gave them wetting." cried
Brand, and his calm tone stlled their
ready fear. Indeed, there was greater
danger than he wanted them to know,
but the Lapwlng reappeared, shaking
herself and still turning.
Good little boat" said Brand. The
crisis had passed. She was headed. at
full speed, for the bay. And not too
soon. Ere she reached the comparative
shelter of Clements island she was
swept three times by green water.
Inside the lantern, their faces ruddy
with the exposure, their eyes dancing
with excitement, the girls were vouble
with delight. Could anything be more
thrilling than their experiences that
day.
THAT seunphore dodge Is too pre-
cious to be lost" cried Enid. Connie,
you and l must learn the alphabet.
You shall teach us this very evening.
dad. Fancy me signaling you the
whole length of the promenade: Just
look at Mrs. Wilson's bonnet or Here
come the Taylor-Smiths. Scoot" Oh,
it's fne."
She whrled her arms in stiff jointed
tastic posing.
why should you scoot when you
meet the TaylorSmiths? ?" asked Brand
Because Mrs rs. hauls us off to
tea and gives us q gallon Of gossip
with every cup"
Il thought your sex regarded gossip
as the cream
than his wife. He doesn't say much.
but he winks. One of his winks, at the
end of story, turns an episode into n
three volume novel"
at seems to me I must teach you
the code in my own self defense" he
replied. And now for tea. Let us
have it served here"
They voted this an admirable notion.
The girls enlivened the meal by relat-
ing to him the dongs and sayings of
current interest ashore during the past
two months. BY a queer coincidence,
which he did not mention, his relief
was again due within a week, Just as
on the occasion Of Ends first appear
ance on the rock. The fact struck him
would not return to duty. lie had
completed twenty-one years Of active
service. Now he would retire and
when the commercial arrangements
| for the auriscope were completed he
would take his daughters on Il long
promised continental tour unless, in
deed. matters progressed between
early marriage
| He had forescen that Stanhope would
proba bly, ask Enid to be his wife. He
| knew the youngster we'll and liked
him. For the opposition that Lady
Margaret might offer lie cared not a
jor. He smiled inwardly-as the con,
venient phrase has it--when he re.
dispute between himself and her. lady
ship. He would surprise her..
Brand the lighthouse keeper and
Brand urging the claims of his adopted
daughter would be two very different
persons.
OF course all Penzance knew that be
was gentleman, n scientist In small
way and man Of means. Otherwise
Constance and Enid would not have oc.
cupied the position they held in local So
ciety. Those unacquainted with Eng.
fish ways ofttimes make the mistake
of rating a mans social status by the
means he possesses or the manner of
his life in London. No greater error
could be committed. The small. exclu.
sive county town, the community
which registers the family connections
Of many generations, is the only re.
liable index. Here to be of gentle
birth and breeding-not bad credentials
even in the court of King Demos-con
fers Brahmanical rank, no matter wha1
the personal fortunes of the individual
Brand, it is true, did not belong to 6
Cornish county family, but there were
those who conned him shrewdly. They
regarded him as a we'll meaning crank
yet the edict went forth that his daugh
tiers were to be received" and received
they were, with pleasure and admira
ton, by all save such startled elderly
mammas as Lady Margaret Stanhope
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