The evening world., 1915-02-26

fellow OF middle age. with . tanned.
weather-b beaten face. . dull oxlike eye
ana service cap on his head. He In
troduced himself a. Hiram Peddi.
cord. the lighthouse keeper. and
seemed very pleased when he found
that the last OF the Longuehayos had
come TO pay him q visH-
cially a. the assistant they sent me Is
. ree'lar Sunday -schooler: don't SEQ
no vartue In good Jamaica rum. aud
Gays It's q sin to shuttle q deck Of
cards. Trying to save my soul now.
he IT," he added. casting q sour glance
upward At the Iron balcony that sur
rounded the light tower. and which hs
informed US was the trimming stage.
II didn't know they had two keep
ers here" said Longuehays; and ex-
changed . peculiar glance with Cree
church.
'Oh. SURE" was the surprised afir-
native OF Peddicord. suppose . fog
comes up during the day while I'm
sleeping. and I amt there to light the
iamp-nice for shipping. amt It? But
you people come right In and set
down. Well help the lame gentleman
up the ladder"
Longuehaye explained to him that
he had brought the paralysed gentle-
man to the island In the hope that the
sea breeses would benefit him; then,
to my intense amusement, referred to
himself as doctor and said he had
hopes Of Creechurch recovering his
limbs. Poddicord was sympathetic.
We climbed up the ladder 10 the
f1rst noor. which was . storeroom anc
contained oil tanks: and here Peddi-
cord explained the machinery for fOrc-
Ing the oil up into the ught-tower.
The second landing held q Workshop,
where defective bits Of the apparatus
were attended to. Here Creechurch
decided to rest with the negro: and
Peddicord took VI UP the winding iron
stairs, showing us another storeroom.
the use Of Waiting inspectors, and
finally brought US to the trimming
stags-and to the lamp. Here our
brains were mazed with his talk OF
dioptrtc lens oocuiting machinery. su-
pertor1ty Of oil - light over cleo
tricity and other ct ceteras connected
with the working Of lighthodsa Most
important Of all. he showed " the
key which sent the electric spark to
the oil-soaked wicks. eight In number.
and ths key which set In motion the
that electricity should be used a. Q
means to light an oil lamp: but Ped
dicord sf1irmed that the oil lights PEN
strated q fog where the electric lights
% often failed to carry. He handled
the great hight with the loving care Of
Q father. showing Us the uses OF the
little brass sorrows to raise or lower
the w1cks. until I was moved TO try
the experiment Of lighting and setting
in motion the great burner. To my
surprise I succeeded, and Psddicord
,HAt AAA
The assistant lightkeeper who had
been introduced quoted us texts from
the Bible to show that lighthouses had
been In existence IN the time OF the
ancient Phoenicians. He was an I'm
perfectly educated young man, with
his Information sticking out In bumps
rather than assimilated.
Well" said Lonsuehaye, finally,
'1t's time to Join ths old man. dare
He looked at his watch. but a. Ped
dioord sttll talked on the subject OF
the lack Of quality in Argand lamps.
he composed himself to listen again
with his eye on the stairway. at which
presently appeared the head Of the
black. Augustus, VINO jabbered out q
Hood OF Spanish TO Longuehaye.
gathered from his speech that Cree
church had been taken With . para
hand or foot. LonSuehaye apolo61zed
TO Peddicord and rushed down the
stairway. and when we followed him
at Q more ieisurely pace and found
him In the Workshop. holding up the
head Of Creechurch. his face. for the
first time since saw It, had an ex-
pression. and that expression was
grave.
"Nr. Psddicord," he said: 1T seems
70 me that We viii be forced TO put you
TO Q great Inconvenience"
'Don't mention II, dr." replied Ped
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