Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-09-11


4An idler, eh? You do not strike me
as properly classed."
ats the fact, nevertheless. My
grandfather was pleased to invest a
few dollars in real estate on the sheep
farm where Manhattan avenue now
stands. Ny uncle has half; my mother
had the other half"
"Are both of your parents deadF
Eyes: years ago; lost at sea, too, on
my fathers yacht
ssWhat terrible thing!
..It must have been something like
that. | was only six years old at the
time. My uncle lost his wife and child.
700 when the Esmeralda went down.
1t nearly killed him. 1 never thought
he would marry again. but suppose
he's tired Of being alone"
Probably. By the way, now that
you mention it, Mrs. Vanslttart Wlshed
to see me yesterday. l could not spare
a moment, so 1 sent her a civil mes
sage. She told Constance that she
thought she knew me-
Hardly likely" smiled Pyne, III
you have passed nearly the whole OF
your life in lighthouses
..I did not quite mean to convey that
impression. l knew a man OF her late
husbands name, many years ago."
ssShe is a nice woman in some ways"
said Pyne refectively. "Not quite my
sort, perhaps, but lady all the time
She is not an American. Came to the
States about 80, 1 think, and lost her
hubby on a ranch in California. Any
how, the old man is dead stuck on her,
and they ought to hit it off well to-
gether. The Vansittart you knew didn't
happen to marry relative of yours 2"
ssNo. He was a mere acquaintance"
"Odd thing" ruminated Pyne. ct
/ has Just occurred to me that she re-
sembles your, daughter-your elder
daughter-not so much in face as in
style. Same sort of graceful figure.
only a trifle smaller
/ .Such condolences often happen in
the human family For instance, you
! are not wholly unlike Enid"
.'Hully gee said Pyne, I'm too run
down to stand flattery"
Likeness is often matter of envi-
ronment. characteristics, mannerisms,
the subtle distinctions of claSs and so
ciaI rank, soak in through the skin
quite as sensibly as they are conferred
by heredity Take the plowman's son
and rear him in a royal palace, turn
the infant prince into peasant, and
who shall say when they reach mans
estate, This is the true king You will
} remember it was said Of the Emperor
Augustus, Urbem lateritiam invent
| |
city brick; he left it marbleo. The same
noble result may be obtained in every
/ healthy child properly educated"
The college bred youth had not enter
!, ed into any general conversation Will
Brand before. He had the tact now t
: conceal his establishment at the name
! of his friends speech. sfss
.sYou fling heredity to the winds
2 | then?" he asked. @
{ Brand rose to his feet, as was nl
: way when deeply moved.
6 THANK God, yes!" he cried. r.
. A faint hoot came to them throug
3 the chortling Of the wind. ="
: zone of our visitors" shouted BranS
i "and here we are gossiping as thoug
e snugly' seated in armchairs at the fire
side."n s..o ,es 49,. 20,
s He hurried to the gallery. putting o
3 an oilskin coat. y.
{ eve must win through, and CUES
I'll play ball with my father-in-1aw
It uuoth PynIle to himself as he followed.
This time it was the Falcon alon
II and she signaled with a lamp that
= was deemed best to defer active oper
d tions until the following :afternoo
n The tide at dawn would not suit.
! l.. She went off, and the two men r
e. turned to the grateful shelter of Il
y service room.
Brand forbade further talk. Pyl
ar must rest now and relieve him at
lg o'clock. The youngster needed
8, feather bed; he was asleep in anna
ze ingly quick time. There is a suppe
less hunger which keeps people ava
Ii at night with full larder in the hous
It. The crude article differs from the CT
is tured one so greatly that the man w
rs hungers of necessity cannot sleep t
he much. -.4
lp Thus far the Inhabitants OF tie lig,
ell. house had been given quite enou
he nutriment to maintain life. There W
to no reason why any, even the most de
lis cate, should be in real danger duri
lie the next forty-eight hours. But set
un tific reasoning and the animal instin
re of mankind clash at times; in that
lid the danger whose sullen shadow v
deepening the lines in the corners
p Brands eyes. $50 p =
Every hour the officer on duty a
ch some men of the watch visited him
a report that all was we'll below. So
lily of the less drunken mutineers W
er- pitifully sober now; the others W
lat maudlin. Beyond the few words
ISL changed on this and kindred topics
he was left alone with his thoug
| throughout the silent watch. P.
slept heavily. Glancing at times
om the youngsters stalwart figure I
lille 6rY,, hop6corno faro Rron6 fO11nd n