Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-04-22
Ole PILLAR
OF LIGHT
BY LOUIS TRACY.
Author Of The Wings Of the Morning
Copyright, 1904. By Edward J. clOds

absolutely. But StanhOpe. who ls
a sailor. and two men named Spence
and Jones. who were Brands col
leagues on the Gulf Rock at that time.
have helped me IN building up n com
plete theory. II is quite clear that the
second boat did not sink. as was re-
ported Iy the captain Of the John S.
she was damaged and had her mast
broken hy the collision. In the dark
ness and confusion she would he read
SIS carried past the bark. which was
probably travelling four knots an hour.
TIE two sailors IN springing from her
guuwale into the bobstays would GER
tainly cant her considerable. and at
the same instant my poor wife either
threw her child into the boat with a
last frcuzicd effort or some one caught
the baby from her as she sank The
boat was seen by Brand floating i'm
with the tide on the morning of the
Goth Of July. She had been nine days
nt sea. Some survivor must have Civ
en- the little one n5urishment i'm that
time as q twelve-months-old child
could not possibly have lived. In all
likelihood the bank Of fog chung to the
surface OF the sea and followed the
tides. as there was little or no wind
on the days following the loss of the
yacht.
again. there were provisions in the
boat. but no water Why? Either the
water casks had started their slaves
when the smash took place or a care
less steward had failed to fill them.
The next thing is the identity of the
boat. by the stupidity of a sailor one
OF the Esmcralda's lifeboats was burn
ed TO the waters edge in Norway. He
upset a tin of petroleum while he was
opening it, and a lighted match did the
remainder Indeed, he and another
man at the oars narrowly escaped
death. A boat was purchased. but ac-
cideut or mischance prevented the Es-
meralda's name being painted on it.
There was a Norwegian port number
on the stern board. and this was
smashed away by the falling mast.
As the sail was trailing in the water
when the boat was found by Brand it
Is assumed that the survivor or sur
vivors. who paid some heed to the
child. suffered from injuries which pre-
vented him or them from hauling it in.
One mans body was found on board,
and he had been dead many days.
Finally we have the evidence of the
child's clothing"
The girls told me something of the
story on the rock" said Pyne. Gee
whiz, I little dreamed that Enid-or
Edith, l medn-was my first cousin!'
You know that her garments were
marked Z. T. and that a little shawl
was pinned about her with a gold
brooch set with emeralds arranged as
a four leafed Shamrock
mo. | fancy that they were him
dered i'm their yarn. Believe me, there
was always enough to do in that won.
derful place. Besides, l knew about
the brooch Had they mentioned it,
guess the gray matter at the back OF
my head would have become agitateC
by thought"
Eyes. of course am talking to yol
as if you were hearing this sad history
for the first time
1T is new enough. 1t has a fresl
point Of view. which is everything
Now. about that brooch?"
- bought ii in Bergen. / remembe
your poor father laughing about it.
was odd to find an Irish emblem /
that out OF the way little town. hav
not seen ii yet but it is ludicrous
think that so many condolences ca
affect two different children cast adrii
about the same time in open boats &
the junction of the St Georges chann'
and the north Atlantic
Its the kind OF thing that doesn
occur with monotonous regularity
agreed Pyne. by the way, have ju:
made an interesting discovery on N
own account"
What is it?'
at might easily have happened tht
not Enid-sOrry-I mean Edith-but
should have been the youngster ca
adrift i'm that boat"
Yes. that is so. Of course"
"And would have grown up as Co
stances brother. Guess things ha'
panned out all right as it is
1t was on the tip of his uncle's tong
to ask for some explanation of Il
very gratifed tone in which Mast
Charles made this remark, but the hea
walter entered solemnly. with the a
Of respectful and discreet decoru
which only an English family butler
head waiter can assume without bu
lesQue
BEG pardon. gentlemen" be sal
but thought you would like to kno
about the lady in No. II, Mrs. Vansi
tart
Eyes; what of her?' demands
Trail, while Pyne found himself ina
lining that which caused his heart
beat more rapidly than even the fig
for life in the saloon of the Chinook
"She went out, sir. about an ho
ago. and
HAS she not reiurnedf'
"No. sir. y policemen has just call
TO say that she was taken i'll and
now being cared for at Mr.. BranC
house