The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-03-02

Ne Christmas morning, Deru-
& 8 chette, charming young girl,
- wrote the name of a man, Gill
liatt. il tie snow. Gilliatt, seeing the
name ana knowing who wrote it. new
er forgot.
Gilliatt vas q young man Of doubt
fuI birth and unpopular disposition
VIC lived by himself in an old wreck
of 4 house inst. Sampson in the Isle
of Guernsey. He was a fisherman;
also Il carpenter, & Wheelwright, Il sort
Of engineer when need be. Ee was
also a Dreamer of dreams.
Dernchette lived with her uncle,
Mess Lethierry. a man at once good
natured. intolerant, superstitious and
progressive In his wandering days
Letherry had befriended Rantafne, an
adyelrrrrer Who repaid this kindness
by running off with $4,000 francs Of
Lethierry'S. the savings Of forty years
and intended for Deruchette's dowry.
However. Lethierry had still his
steamboat. the Durande. She at least
would rot fail him. Other steamboats,
failed but not his Durande-this be-
cause Gf her wonderful engines. The
master OF the Durande was Sieur Gu,
bin, who had built up reputation for
high responsibility. He was capable,
prudent seaman and wonderful swim
mer. Also he was a man who knew
how to bide his time.
ono Of l. 47,iTD IN tho roaiO land
Clubin encountered the thief Rantaine,
as he was about to leave the country
with fortune of $1,000 francs. At
the point of a revolver Clubin took
from Rantatne the $4,000 francs, and
at once, although it was foggy, set
sail in the Durande for st. Sampson.
The Durande was wrecked on some
rocks in the channel. Clubin disem-
parked his passengers and crew in the
long boat For himself, he would go
down with his ship. The passengers
and crew, arriving safely in st. Samp-
son. were loud in their praise of the
heroic captain.
All Lethierry'S hopes for Deruchette
had lain in the Durande. He besought
men to go out to the wreck to see if
there was nope for her or if Clubin re-
NAMED alive. They went, Gilliatt first
of all. and returned to report that no
Clubin was there and that the Durande
was h0pelessly wrecked. Only her en-
gires remained intact.
Her engines! The word reused
Lethierry from his despair. Her en-
enes! His engines, which he had de-
signed himselfl They were the real
value Of the ship! If he could but re-
cover the engines! But how? What
man could devise the means to save
them? The superhuman being who
could do that, why-he should marry
Derucfette.
A man pushed his way through the
crowd surrounding Mess Lethierry and
his niece. "You would marry him to
Defuchette?" said the man. 1t was
Gilliatt
Mess Ieth:erry raised a solemn
hand. 81 pledge myself to it in Gods
nGme!"
Next Gag Gilliatt set sail. With ex-
traordin:.Iy skill he Unanswered to the
one spCt near The wreck where it
might be possible to moor his sloop
This nook was 100 yards from the
wreck, too far for The sleeping place
OF q man who had not minute to
waste. Yet he could not bunk on the
come IN ta.- INIT a,sT weep him away
He discovered 4 Little plateau on the
top Of CI2 Of the GoUvres pinnacles.
Re assembled the pinnacle by means of
a knOtted cord; every time he made
his way up or down he risked his life,
but there his bed must be, for time
was everything. And for weeks he
lived on the DOuvres rocks at his work
work that demanded the knowledge
of a sailor, a carpenter an engineer,
a blacksmith.
Incredible toll! To repair pulley
blocks and construct hoisting tackle;
TO reshape broken joists and make old
sails into twine; to cut iron bars into
files and long spikes; to take apart
and stow the paddle wheels to re-
sharpen hatchets and renew saw teeth
these were but the beginning of his
preparations.
And more than toll. Part of the
food which he had brought with him
was washed into the sea, and he dared
not leave the wreck unguarded to sail
to Guernsey for fresh supply; so he
gathered the tiny shellfish from the
rocks and hunted the crabs which ran
in and out of crevices.
One day he pursued a crab into
cave. While peering about, I'D to his