The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-07-29

are ashamed Of the day Daisy
has behaved = expecting 10
marry you IN the winter and now
running away with that travelling
salesman from Boston-yes, the
i nInister II Tuloss married them
With these lovers.
eNo, dear, i give myself 10 you,
but the sea did help Us a lot, didn't
it7r and she blew kiss out TO the
calm that afternoon, and now ah
long they're married and he b her
husband, why we've got to make the
best Of. II. But we'd 4 hun sight
ruther Daisy had married you--
what can / say TO comfort you.
Bent,
Ben Raymond's tanned face
seemed 70 pale, q tired look came
into his dark blue eyes and his
firm lips were afstraight hard line
that parted In a grim smile at the
shamefaeed ,eountenAnce OF William
Brewer.
Don't worry about me, Mr..
Brewer" he said, extending big
brown hand. ITS a hard blow-if
Daisy had only told me she didn't
! love me would have freed her
81 once, but don't you and Mrs.
Brewer fret about tt--it will come
out all right In the end"
You're son 10 be proud Of,
NBen, said the older man hoarse-
Ii she went away.
HenSpaused with his hand on the
painter of the lighthouse motor.
boat The smile had faded and
there was only the grimness left
on his face. The boat was laden
with supplies for the lighthouse,
standing clean and white at the
end Of the long shoal two miles
rom the mainland. Ben was as.
sfstant Keeper there, and he and
Daisy had planned an idyllic life in
their seabound home;-but il waa
not 10 be Therefore, the light.
house looked colder and lonelier
than ever as his boat dashed
across the bay. He might have
been Tilted every day Of the week
for allSthe emotion he showed when
he mounted the stairs TO the coy
LIVING room and told his uncle and
lSsnnt the news.
When the keeper and his good
wfteihad exhausted their anger and
the MONDAY dinner was cleared
away Bon found work TO do in the
lamp room. and the two old people
were left alone, at will be made
tpto him some day, my dear. The
good Lord will straightcn It out!
Daisy was trining gill. but be
cause Ben loved her tried TO like
her,
Days, weeks and months went by
md Ben Raymond found that time
Was little solace. He had learned
10 think OF Daisy as Mrs, Browne,
though he had never seen her or
heF dapper husband!
expect some day I'll be darneo
glad Il happened" he told himself
Sayagely, as he polished the brass.
e. and cleaned the big lenses.
Il was q wild autumn, with rag.
ing seas and furious winds that
shook the building TO It's founda,
ton. Folks ashore arose in the
night and looked off toward Sands
Ligiit TO see II some giant sea had
not swept 1t away, but nothing hap.
peIed until Christmas week, when
q binding snowstorm held the
country in thrall and the friendly
Deans Of Sands Light could scarce.
" be- seen. Through the smother.
y ING thickness the big foghorn blared
ReFningly,twhile bell buoy nearby
toiled with dreaFy insistence. Ben
had not slept for several days and
his uncle urged him to rest. you'll
be no use to me all tagged out,
Benny he said,
'paSt all right, Uncle Pete" as.
suFed Ben, We've got to see this
old Her'egster through without a
Week5pp the shoal,"
WHATS thatW beloved the
keepeg above the noise Of the horn.
sSea gulls-poor critters" NUT.
tered Ben.
Sounds like cry" The two
menirnshed to window and looked
out. AT first nothing could be seen
but the smotheFing cloud OF snow.
fakes There was no sign Of an
unfortunate vessel bearing toward
the shoal or the sign OF fires Of the
~ saving station-yes, there were
n fires miles below at Kiticut
ch-the life savers were out to.
night on Kiticut Beach were the
black rocks where another light
was placed. But still came that in.
sistent cry that seemed timed to
sound whenever the foghorn
paused,
ITS on the shoal below-maybe
some one from the wreck of Xiii
CUT shouted Ben, and he pulled
= bn his oilskins, Morning was
z breaking, but there was not much
relief In the binding storm. Ben
shot a powerful searchllght down
atthe shoal and glimpsed mass Of
sYou'ii be drowned!" warned his
ykupt, "But you've got to go, Ben.
n.y..
Fer the first time since his brok.
en- engagement Ben laughed out.
right He, kissed his aunt and
made for the lower floor. Halt an
hour afterward he brought up one
By one four people. three women
and one man, survivors from the
1 fFreck Of the ship at Kitcut, who
Aad been put into a small boat and
had drifted to the friendly shelter
Of Sand shoal. They were ali
warmly dressed, and after the
keeper and his family had worked
ovef them for hours and put them
to bad they slept all through the
ne1t day and In more or less de.
eyeaa az stiffness came down to