The Red Cloud chief., 1906-10-05

ol'Nth up lto llNNlc, otiVhtt
with boundaries as definite as the
Thames. The main body sweeps up
into the bottle neck of the channel.
Another tributary comes round the
north Of the Scilly isles and runs into
the tidal stream again exactly at this
point. The result often Is that, while
little pleasure boats can safely III
out into the bay from Penzance, there
is n race over the rock that would
break up a stranded battleship."
Say, do you like his kind of lifeT'
81 have given my best years to It,"
Pyne was smoking a pipe, n which
Brand lent him. The tobacco was a
capital substitute for food. especially
as he had established a private under
standing with Elsie and Mamie that
they were TO waylay him when posi-
bic and nibble a piece of biscuit he
carried In his pocket.
This arrangement was to be kept q
strict secret from all, especially from
Miss Constance and Miss Enid, while
the little ones themselves did not n
that the she dragons whom Pyne
feared SO greatly gave them surrepti-
tious doses from the last tin of con-
densed milk. retained for their exclu-
sive benefit.
do you mind my saying that you
are a good bit of an enigma?' he haz-
arded between puffs.
1T may be so, but I like the service"
"Just so. l was never so happy as
when I took a trip as fourth engineer
on a tramp in the gulf of Florida. But
that didn't signify being tied to a long
nosed oiler for the remainder of my
days"
Are you q marine %engineerT in
Quired Brand, with some show of in
terest.
~ hold a certificate just for fun. I
had a mechanical twist in me and gave
1t play. But I am an idler by profess
sion"
The lighthouse keeper laughed so
naturally that the younger man was
gratified. Polite disbelief may be a
compliment.
"An idler, Ell? You do not strike me
ms properly classed."
Its the fact, nevertheless. My
grandfather was pleased to invest a
few dollars In real estate on he sheep
farm where Manhattan avenue now
stands. My uncle has half; my mother
had the other half"
Are both of your parents deadT'
"Yes; years ago; lost at sea, too, on
my fathers yacht"
What a terrible thing!"
1T must have been something like
that. l was only six years old ut the
time. My uncle lost his wife and child,
100, when the Esmeralda went down.
1t nearly killed him. I never thought
he would marry again, but l suppose
he's tired of being alone"
Probably. BY the way. now that
you mention 1t, Mrs. Vansittart wished
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, 'if
you have passed nearly the whole Of
your life in lighthouses"
II did not quite mean to convey that
impression. l knew n man OF her late
husbands name, many years ago"
"She is a nice woman in some ways"
said Pyne reflectively. mot quite my
sort. perhaps. but a lady all the time.
She Is not an American. Came to the
States about 90, l think, and lost her
hubby on n ranch In California. Any
how, the old man Is dead stuck on her,
and they ought to hit it off well to-
gether. The Vanslttart you knew didn't
happen to marry a relative of yoursT"
mo. He was a mere acquaintance"
"Odd thing ruminated Pyne. 1T
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 trife 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 fiattery!
Likeness Is often a matter Of envi'
ronment. characteristics, mannerisms
the subtle distinctions of class and so
cial 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 a peasant, and
who shall say when they reach mans
estate, This Is the true king You will
remember 1t was said of the Emperor
Augustus, Urbem lateritiam invent
marmoream rellquit CHE found the
city brick; he left It marble'). The sam
noble result may be obtained In every
healthy child properly educated"