Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-01-28
G6e PILLAR
OF LIGHT
BY LOUIS TRACY.
Iushor Of The Wings Of the Morning"

NuCh UeS~dEe unlpuN Nth Noiiy
,od cheer to all who heard. yet Mrs.
ansittart listened as one in trance |
whom the divinest promise was a |
ING unasked for and unrecognized. |
fter passing through the greater peril |
the reef I'm a state of supine con- |
iousness. she was now moved to ex-
home activity by n more personal and |
N alfsh danger. There was she, hui
an atom. 10 be destroyed or saved at
be idle within OF circumstance: here,
it'll life and many things worth living
br restored to her safe keeping. she
aw imminent risk Of collapse with
hich the nebulous dangers OF the
rreck were In no way comparable. 1t
rould have been we'll for her could she
rlv realize the promise of the hymn,
Our light affection. which is but for a
moment. worketh for us a far more ex-
ecding and eternal weight of glory"
Not so ran Mrs. Vansittart's tumble
thoughts. The plans. the schemes,
he builded edifce Of many years,
threatened to fall in ruin about her.
n such bitter mood there was no con-
oIation. She sought not to find spir
tual succor, but bewailed the catas-
rophe which had befallen her
II assuredly contributed to that "af
fIctiOn which is but for q moment
hat Constance should happen just
hen to run up the stairs toward the
bosptal Each fight was so contrived
hat II curved across two-thirds OF the
tuperficial area allotted to the stair
way. Any one ascending made a com
plete turn TO the right about to reach
the door OF the room on any given
handing and the foot Of the ladder to
the next.
Hence the girl came Unexpectedly
face TO face with Mrs. Vansittart. The
meeting startled her. This pale WON
an so thinly clad in the demitoilet OF
evening wear on shlpboard. should not
he standing there.
us anything wrongT" she cried. rails
ing her lantern just as Enid did when
she encountered the sailors.
mo. no." said the other. passing a
nervous hand over her face. Con
stance. with alert intelligence. fancied
she dreaded recognition.
"Then why are you standing here
II f. so cold You will surely make
yourself ILL.,"
"I was wondering IL might see Mr.
Brand" came the desperate answer
the words bubbling forth with unre
strained vehemence.
See my father" repeated the girl
She took thought for an instant. The
lighthouse keeper would not be able
10 leave the lamp for nearly three
hours. When dawn came she knew HI
would have many things to attend to
signals to the Lands End. the arrange
mcnt OF supplies. which he had al
ready mentioned to her, and host o
other matters. Four o'clock in tn
morning was an unconventional hou
for an interview but time itself wa
topsy turvy under the conditions prev
alent on the Gulf Rock.
ct will ask him." she went on hui
riedly. with an uncomfortable feelin
that Mrs. Vansittart resented her il
dicial pause.
Thank you"
To the girls ears the courteous a
acknowledgement conveyed an odd no
Of menace. If the eyes are the wi
dows of the soul surely the voice is
subtle gauge. The more transparent
simple. clean minded the hearer, Il
more accurate is the resonant impre
sion. Constance found herself vague
perplexed 10y two jostling abstraction
III they took shape ii was in mute que
tioning. Why was Mrs. Nansittart
anxious to revive or. it might be. pro
long buried memories. and why did h
mobile smile seem to vein hostile
tent:
But the fresh, gracious maidenho
IN her cast aside these unwont
studies in mind reading.
"He has so much to do" she c
planned. although there are many
us on the rock tonight be has new
been so utterly alone Won't you w
inside until | return"
Not unless am in the way" pie;
ed the other. Il was choking in the
The air here. the space, are so gra
full"
SO Constance passed her. Mrs. V;
sittart noted the dainty manner
which she picked up her skirts
mount the stairs. She caught glimI
Of the tailor made gown, striped 5
underskirt. we'll fitting, low heel
wide welted expensive boots. Trust
women to see all these things at
glance, with even the shifting slimn
OF a storm proof lantern to aid
quick appralsement.
As the girl went out of her sight
"Reminiscences came to her.
'No wonder | was startled" she &C
muned That sailors coat she we
helps the resemblance. Probably il
her fathers"
Then the loud silence OF the liz
house appalled, her. The singing
ceased or was shut off by a clio
door. One might as well be in a TO
as surrounded by this tangible df
ness. The tremulous granite. so {
and hard. yet alive in its own e