Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-01-14

THAT is more than I can say" she
answered, "but | am so delighted that
we managed to save so many poor peo-
pie"
How many"
Seventy eight But l dare not ask
you how many are lost 1t would make
me cry, and have no time for tears
VIII you really help to carry tray?"
Just try me"
At the top of the stairs Constance
called to her father:
anything you want, dad?"
Eyes dear. Find out the chief officer
and send him to me. He can eat and
drink here while we talk"
CHAPTER VIII.
"G1T~ 9LEASE be careful These
D{ stairs are very steep" said
! Constance, swinging the Ian
- tern close to her companions
feet as they climbed down the topmost
flight.
If l fall" he assured her. you will
be the chief sufferer"
"All the more reason why you should
not fall. Wait here a moment. must
have a look at the hospital''
The visiting officers room, which also
| served the purposes of a library and
| recrea ton room in normal times, now
held fourteen injured persons, includ-
ing two women, one of them stew
ardess, and a little girl.
Most of the sufferers had received
their wounds either in the saloon or by
collision with the cornice of the light
| house. The worst accident was bro
| ken arm, the most alarming a case of
| cerebral conclusion. = Other injuries
| consisted for the most part Of cuts and
| bruises.
Unfortunately. when the ship struck,
the surgeon had gone aft to attend to
| an engineer whose hand was crushed
as the result of some frantic lurch
caused by the hurricane Hence the
| doctor was lost with the first batch Of
| victims. Enid discovered that among
the few steerage passengers saved was
a man who had gained some expert
ence in a field hospital during the cam
paign in Cuba. Aided by the plain di-
rectiOns supplied with the medicine
chest of the lighthouse, the ex-hospital
orderly had done wonders already.
Gail l want. MISS he explained in
answer to C0nstance's question, "is
some water and some linen for band
ages. The lint outfit in the chest is not
half sufficient"
She vanished, to return quickly with
sheet and pair of scissors.
"Now," she said to Mr.. Pyne eff you
come with me l will send you back
with a pail Of water"
She took him to the kitchen, where
Enid, aided by sailor. pressed into
service, was dispensing cocoa and bis
cults. Pyne, who remained in the
stairway. went off with the water and
Constance's lantern. The interior of
the Lighthouse was utterly dark. To
move without a light and with no prior
knowledge of its internal arrangements
was positively dangerous. All told
there were seven lamps of various
sizes available. Brand had one, four
were distributed throughout the apart
ments tenanted by the survivors of the
wreck, two were retained for transit
purposes, and the men shivering in the
entrance passage had no light at all.
Constance took Ends lantern in or
der to discover the whereabouts of Mr.
Emmett. the first officer, the tray car
rying sailor offering to guide her te
him.
, When Pyne came back he found
, Enid in the dark and mistook her fol
Constance.
, They want some more" he cried a
+ the door.
"Some more what?" she demanded
, 1t was no time for elegant dlction
Her heart jumped each time the SCI
sprang ut the rock It seemed to b,
so much worse in the dark.
. Water said he.
Dear me. | should have though
everybody would be fully satisfied il
. that respect
He held up the lantern.
"Wen. that's curious" he cried. g
: imagined You were the other youn,
! lady. The water is needed in the hos
f pital."
] why didn't you say so?' she snap
f ped. being in reality very angry wit
! herself for her dippancy. She CAV
him a full pail and he quilted her
# Constance. having denFered her ia
n Tiers message to Mr.. Emmett wa
greeted with tart question when sh
n re-entered the kitchen.
! Why on earth didn't you tell N
q that young man was attending to tn
injured people: Is he a doetorg
Il think not What happenedf"
He came for a second supply of wa
, ter and neatly Dir my head off,
: "Oh. Enid, am sure he did nc
mean anything. Didn't vou recogniz
him. III vas he who climbed the mas