Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-17

SYNOPSIS.

~ OH APTER lat dHybreak all II
sistant keeper of the lighthouse, paeins
the gallery, discovers in the distance u
ship in distance. Stephed Brand agrees
to swim to it.. Upon reaching the ship
he comes in contact with n STARK, fights
and kills 1t aud goes aboard. He finds
the body Of dead man and strange
bundle beneath the sail Jones, the
lighthouse keeper, lowers basket and
hauls Brand and his strange bundle
safely up. 1.-THE bundle contains Il
live baby, of which Jones assumes the
care. On part of the child's clothing
are the initials E L. The little one is
placed in care of the nurse who Ess
charge OF Stephen Brands child in PEI
-.Zance. They call the child Enid TIE
Wilton IlI--Eighteen years later Con
stance Brand, daughter Of Stephen
, Brand, and her adopted sister, Enid
TrevilltOn, go to the lighthouse with an
old fisherman, Ben Pollard, in sail
boat named Daisy. They are caught in
q storm, during which they hear the
signal for help coming from the rock,
They reach the lighthouse ia safety and
find that two of the men, Jackson and
Bates, have been hurt. Brand sends
tie men back with HIM IV--JacksOn
and Bates are lowered into the bnat,
and Pollard starts for Penzance. The
Daisy is met by Lieutenant Stanhopc,
who Ia devotedly In love with Enid. He
has started out for the lighthouse IN
answer to the signal for help. On
meeting the Daisy he tnrns back to as
slst with the injured men. V-From
lighthouse window Euid spies boat
approaching the rock. L. is the Lap
wing owned by man named LawtoD,
Brand discovers that it is sailed by
Stanhope. 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 dawI
from the lighthouse gailerT Brand
VII.-Charles a. Pync, q young mar
on board, throws a rope from the fore
mast to Brand, and by me ans Of a pull
ley seventy-eight people are saved be
fore the ship sinks.
Wilma. Vansittart, Pyne's aunt, It
strangely moved at sight of Constance
lV-Mrs. Vansittart inquiries abou
Stephen Brand and his daughter an,
seeks to meet Brand, but fails.
N-Stanhope in the Falcon approache
the lighthouse at daybreak in an effOr
to rescue Enid and Constance, but ii
unable to land in account of high seas
Brand signals news of the disaster
Constance and Pyne become well &C
quainted. NI-The Falcon pnts hacl
to PenZance, but returns the next day
bringing Mr.. Trail, whom Mrs Van
eittart is journeying from America t
marry. lie sends messages to Mrs
Vansittart and to l'yne, his nephew
Kill Stanhope has sienaled from tn
boat his proposal to Enid. Tha food il
giving out, and starvation threatens
when two boats arrive--the Falcon enc
snother---but even with raft it is i'm
possible to reach the rock. MI
and XIV--Stsnhope decides to row t,
the lighthouse and signals to Brand
Brand tries in vain to persuade hin
not to. Stanhope, with Ben i'olIar'
and Jim Spence, reaches the rock il
safety and connects rope after
desperate Struggle. Provision
and mail matter are ferried to the light
house. In letter to Brand Mr 1'rai;
states that the Initials Il. t. on Enid
little vest stand for Edith Trail, hi
daughter, who it was thought was Ion
with her mother on board the wrecke
vessel nineteen years previous. xvi
The lighthouse prisoners are taken I
PeDZance in lifeboat, where III
Trail gives dinner to Mrs. Vansi
TAFT, Lady Margaret. Stanhopa's mo'f
or; Constance, Enid, Stanhope An
I'yne Brand arrives at the hotel la {
and meets Mrs. Vsnsittart and fine
that she is his wife XVII-Bran
tells Constance Of her mother and Eni
Of her father. Mrs. Brand goes I
Brsnd'e house where she becomes il