Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-01-28

opened all ayall3Dle NlDuOWS.t uh-
clamped the door when Brand gave the
order and busted itself exceedingly
with the desultory jobs which offered
to so many willing hands.
It was now by the nautical almanac |
dead low water on the reef, but the |
strong southwesterly wind, hurting
heavy sea completely over the rocks. |
showed that the standards of war and
peace differ as greatly in the matter or
tides as in most other respects.
AS the light increased it lost its first
warm tinge. Steel gray were sky and
water. sornber the iron bound land,
while the whereabouts of the sun be-
came a scientific abstraction. There
fore the Photograph was useless, ana
Brand, helped by some of the sailors,
commenced to faunt his flag signals to
the watching telescopes on the faroH J
promontory of the Lands End. The
Falcon. strong hearted trawler, was
plunging toward the rock when the
first line of gay bunting swung clear
Into the breeze And what a message
| it was-in Its jerky phrases-its pro-
| found uncertainties-for communica-
| ton by flag code is slow work, and
| Brand left much to an easier system OF
| talk with the approaching steamer.
| Chinook-New York to Southampton
struck reef during hurricane propeller
shaft broken-78 survivors in lighthouse
| captain, POI passengers, officers and crew
| lost with ship.
/ The awful significance of the words
sank into the hearts of the signalers.
For the first time the disaster from
which. by Gods providence, they had
emerged safely became crystallized in
to set speech. Seventy EIGHT living out
of $50 who might have lived! This was
the curt intelligence which leaped the
waves to fly over the length and
breadth of the land, which sped back
to the States to replace the expected
news of a safe voyage, which thrilled
the civilized world as it had not been
thrilled for many a day.
Not soul in the lighthouse gave
thought to this side of the affair. All
were anxious to reassure their loved
ones, but in their present moribund
condition they could not realize the
electric effect of the incident on the
wider world which read and had hearts
to feel.
Even while Stephen Brand was sig
mailing to the Falcon with little white
flags quickly extemporized as soon as
she neared the Trinity buoy, news
paper correspondents ashore were busy
at the telegraph Office and their asso
ciates on the trawler were eagerly
transcribing the lighthouse keeper:
words wherewith to feed to fever hea
the sensation which the night had pro
yided for the day.
Brand. foreseeing the Importance o
clearness and brevity, had alread.
written out a full draft of his detailed
j message.
Faithful to his promise, Stapletol
was acting as signaler in chief Of
board the Falcon, so Brand might ma
/ nipulate his flags as quickly as lay il
o his power, with Chief Officer Emmett
: reading the words at his elbow Their
t was no fear that any mistake would b
made by the receiver.
Z The story. if condensed, was CON
- plete. Beginning with an explanatio
of the liners disablement, it dealt wit
her desperate but unavailing struggl
to weather the reef described Pyne'
gallant and successful effort to get i
= touch with the lighthouse the rescue c
IL a fourth of those on board, the name
&C of the survivors, and, finally, their pre-
e dicament in the matter of food an
water.
u All this took long to tell. =
&c Within the lantern, Charles A. Pyn
Ii appointed supernumerary assista1
keeper, was Furnishing brass work {
LII per instructions received He lit
knew the use which was being made
le his name by the tiny bits Of linen tos
u ing about on the exterior gallery.
y such wise. helped by compositor an
le dignified by headlines, does a man b
come hero in these days of knigh
hood conferred by the press.
u Constance was scrutinizing the Fa
IL con from the trimming stage. Hearir
III Ends CHEEKY Good morning to Pyl
Is when that young lady raced upwaI
Us from the kitchen to catch a glimpse
:. the reported vessel, she dropped b
= glasses for a moment.
au "Jack is ON board,' she announce
I'll "Of course he would be there. Al
there is such lot of other men-ha
he Penzance. 1 think
lie Enid joined her. Pyne, too, thong
}" he could pocsh burner up there
we'll as on the floor of the service rool
10 Stanhope's stalwart figure, clad
81 oilskins. was clearly defined as he sto
dS alone on the port side Of the Falcor
- snail bridge, reading off the signi
~ ~ and sending back spasmodic twitt
u, ings of the flags which he also had p
cured to indicate that each word "
H. understood.
- "Who is the skipper of the tue
ON inquired Pyne quietly.
- Both girls laughed.
You mean Jack" cried Enid. :"
Is not the captain. He is an officer
the royal navy. our greatest friend.
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