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''1 do believe It is blowing worse than
ever," said Enid, striving desperately
to bo unconcerned. In reality the an
gry wind was no longer able to behead
the waves. With a rising tide and the
gale assisting there would soon bo a
sea worthy of Turner In his maddest
.in ood.
"Oood gracious, dad," cried Con
stance, "how pale you arol And your
forehead Is wet. What havo you been
doing?"
Itratul hastily mopped his face with
n handkerchief.
"During some of the heavy gusts,"
lie explained, "I was compelled to
stand on the trimming stage. And the
micromotor valve required adjust
ment." She eyed him narrowly. The margin
of suspicion was wider.
"There is nothing else wrong?" shu
asked.
lie approached and kissed her ear.
"Since when did my little girl begin
to doubt me?" lie said quietly.
Her eyes lllled. Even the hint of a
reproach from him was Intolerable.
For the life of her she could no longer
control the Hood of terror which welled
tip beyond restraint.
"Forgive me, dad," she murmured,
"but I thought, and I still think, that ,
we were and are In n position of the
utmost peril. I can't help knowing
that It Is high wnter about 2 o'clock.
It Is now only a quarter to 1. The
worst Is not over. Do you think I can
not read your dear face! Dad, If there
1s danger don't send us away ngnln."
Tears were streaming down her
-white cheeks. Enid, holding the tray
Jn speechless bewilderment during this
outburst from her proud and self re
liant sister, set It down on the writing
desk with a crash.
"Oh, dear," she walled, "I don't want
any cocoa If we're gug-gug-golng to be
drowned!"
-'itin''-rtnlnly If Stephen Brand had im-
jed two minutes earlier that he was
Mt to laugh long and loudly In a gen-
yfjiie" surrender to an uncontrollable
Rput.ni of mirth he -would have feared
ler. his wits were leaving him. Yet
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be laughed now until his vision was ' into his.
i i'urred. And the wonderful relief of
ft! What a tonic after tho ordeal he
iiad endured!
It chanced just then that an eman
cipated wave embraced the granlto col-
umn, hit the cornice and deluged the j
lantern, Its disintegrated mass striking
the glas with force enough to break
any ordinary window. The astounded
jglrls could not refuse the evidence of
eyes and ears. Here was the frantic
.sea leaping to a height of 1-10 feet and
more, yet their father was treating the
lucldent as the merriest joke of many
a mouth.
No better euro for their hysteria could
be contrived. Brnnd was obviously not
acting. Tho hearty pulsations of laugh
ter had restored his ruddy color. Evi
dently they were alarmed about noth
ing. "Hero, Euld. drink your parting cup!"
lie cried. "Have no fear. It is only
the dochan dorls before many another
feast."
Keeling somewhat ashamed of them
selves, though smiling very wistfully,
they obeyed him. He sipped his cocoa
-with real nonchalance. Another wave
turned a somersault over the lantern.
Iirand's only anxiety was to blow at
the steaming liquid and cool it sufll
ciontly. Yet was ho watching them and ham
mering out the right course to adopt,
lie nlono understood that to the novice
the amazing ordeal from which the
lighthouse had successfully emerged
Avas as naught compared with the
thunderous blows of tho waves, the
astounding reverberations of tho hollow
pillar, the continuous deluge of spray
striking the lantern, which tho infuri
ated sea would Inflict on them.
To urge any further effort to Bleep
was folly. They must remain with him
and bo comforted.
Being reasonable girls, of fine spirit
under conditions less benumbing, It
-was better that they should grasp tho
facts accurately. They would be timid,
of course, Just as people are timid dur
ing their llrst attempt to walk 'twist
rock and cataract at the falls of Niag
ara, but they would linvo conlldcnco In
their guide and endure tho surrounding
paudcmoulum,
"Hero's to you, Enid. Still wo live,"
ho cried, and drained his cup.
"I Biip-pup-poso bo," sho stammered.
"Better sup up your cocou," said
Coustauco. "Now I urn quits with you
for this nfternoon."
"I'll tell you what," went on Braud
confidentially. "In that locker you will
find a couple of stout pilot coats. Put
them on. As I cannot. peramidjB jrou to
' leave me you nutst sit "flown, IfnTlTt Is
cold In here. Moreover, for the llrst
time In twenty-one years 1 will smoke
on duty. 1 have earned u little relaxa
tion of the law."
, Out of the corner of his eye he saw
, that Constance, If not Enid, had not
mls.M'd the subtle hint In his words.
But she was quite normal again. She
gave no sign; helped her sister Into the
heavy reefer, and made herself com
fortable In turn.
"Neither of you will ever regret to-
night's experience when It Is nicely
over," ho said. "You nre like a couple
of recruits In their llrst battle."
"I am sure" began Knld.
A huge wave, containing several hun
dred tons of water, smote the light
house and cavorted over their heads.
The house that was founded upon a
rock fell not, but it shook through all
Its Iron bound tiers, and the empty
cups danced on their saucers.
Not another word could Knld utter.
She was paralyzed.
"That fellow arrived In the nick of
time to emphasize my remarks," said
Brand, lighting his pipe. "This Is your
baptism of lire, If 1 may strain a meta
phor. But you are far better situated
than the soldier. He gets scared out
of his wits by big guns which are com
paratlvely harmless, and when ho has
been well pounded for an hour or so
he advances quite blithely to meet the
almost silent hall of dangerous bullets.
So, you see, hi his case, Ignorance is
bliss."
"Are we in bliss?" demanded Con
stance. "You have been. The lighthouse hns
outfaced a hurricane such as has not
visited England before In my lifetime.
It Is over. The wind has dropped to a
No. 10 gale, and we have not lost even
n bit of skin to my knowledge. Now
the cannonade Is beginning. Certainly
wo may have the glass broken by a
rare accident, but no worse fato can
befall us."
A heavy thud was followed by a
deluge without. They heard tho water
pouring off the gallery.
Constance leaned forward, with
hands on knees. Her largo eyes looked
"This time, dad, you are not choosing
your words," she said.
"I am sorry you should think that,"
was the reply. "I selected each phrase
with singular care. Never bo misled
by the apparent ease of a speaker. The
best Impromptu Is prepared before
hand."
"You dear old humbug." she cried.
Now the quiet deadllness of tho scene
which followed tho reappearance of
Enid and herself from their bedroom
was manifest to her. Enid, too, was
looking from one to the other In eager
striving to grasp the essentials of an
episode rapidly grouping Its details Into
sequence. Brand know that If ho pnr-
No better cure for their hysteria could
be contrived.
ried his daughters' questioning they
would h on their kneca by his sldo
forthwith, and ho wished to avoid any
further excitement.
"Heaso attend, both of you," ho
growled, with mock severity. "I am
going to tell you something that will
console you."
Ills voice was drowned by florae part
of tho Atlantic whirling over tho lan
tern. "This kind of thing docs not go on
all the time," ho continued. "Other
wise wo should have fivo hours of spas
modic conversation. As soon as the
tide rises sufficiently to gain an unin
terrupted run across tho reef wo will
have at least two hours of comparative
quiet. About 4 o'clock thero will bo a
second edition for nn hour or so. I sup
pose that any sugjjestlpn of bed'iL.
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"Will be scouteu7' exclaimed Enid.
"A nice pair of beauties you will be
in tho morning," he grumbled artfully.
Not even Constance was proof
against tills now burden of woe. Sho
glanced around.
"You say that," she cried, "knowing
that the nearest looking glass Is yards
away."
He pointed with his pipe.
"In the second drawer of the desk
you will find a heliograph. It is only
u toy, but will justify mo."
They ran together and found tho lit
tle circular mirror. Tho next wave
passed unheeded. Smiling, ho went up
to the lamp. Even yet thero was hope
they might go to bed when the respite
came.
After much talk of disordered hair,
wan chocl-s, rings round the eyes,
cracked lips and other outrageous de
fects which a pretty woman mourns
when divorced from her dressing table,
Constance called him.
"nero Is a queer thing," sho said.
"Have you heard any steamer hoot
ing?" "No," he answered. Bending between
the two of them, ho saw that the point
er of the aurhcope bore duo southwest,
though the last siren of which they had
any knowledge sounded from the op
posite direction.
lie picked up n little trumpet re
sembling tho horn of a motor car.
"I use this for tests," ho explained,
Its tiny vibrator quickly brought tho
needle round toward his hand.
"It is Improbable in the highest de
gree that any steamer Is near enough
to affect the nurlscopo," he said. "On
a night Hko this they give tho coast a
wide berth."
He quitted them again. The girls,
having nothing bettor to do, watched
the dial to see If any change occurred.
Ho heard them use the small trumpet
three times. Then Enid' sang out:
"Oh, do come, dad! It goes back to
the southwest regularly!"
He joined In, tho watch. Tho needle
was pointing north in obedience to tho
sound waves created In the room.
Suddenly It swung round nearly half
the circumference of tho dial.
"Hush!" he said. They listened In
tently, but the roar of wind and wnter
was too deafening. They could hear
naught else. lie went to the south
west point of tho glass dome, but tho
lantern was so blurred with rivulets of
water that ho could see nothing savo n
tawny vnstness whero the light fell on
tho flying spindrift.
To make sure ho tested the nurlscopo
again and with the same result.
"A vessel is approaching from tho
southwest," ho announced gravely,
"Evidently sho is whistling for help.
I hope sho will not attempt to npproach
too near tho roof. I must havo a look
out."
Ho put on nn oilskin coat and tied
tho strings of a sou'wester firmly bo
mm th his chin.
The small door of the lantern opened
toward tho bay, bo ho had no difficulty
In gaining tho gallery. Tho girls
watched him forcing his way against
tho wind until ho was facing It nud
gazing in the direction of tho Scllly
Isles.
"Perhaps somo poor ship Is In dan
ger, Connie," .whispered Enid. "It
mnkes mo feel quito selfish. Hero was
I, thinking of nothing -but my own
peril, yet 'that little machine there was
faithfully dcJi!iUifLd.uy,"
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"It was not alone iTi Its self nh.iu
doument. We shall never know, dear
est, how much father suffered when hi
sent us off with a Jest on his Hits. I
am sure he thought the lantern would
bo blown away."
"And he with it! Oh. Connie!"
"Yes. He believed if that awful
thing took place while wo w.'ro below
wo might escape. I can see It all now.
I had the vaguest sort of suspicion,
but he hoodwinked "me."
"Had we known wo would not have
left him!" cried Enid passionately.
"Yes, we would. Think of him.
sticking to his post. Was It for us to
disobey?"
Overcome by their feelings, they
stood In silence for a little while.
Through the thick glass they could
dimly distinguish Brand's figure. A
great wave assailed the lantern, and
Enid screamed loudly.
"Don't, dear!" cried Constance shrilly.
"Father would not remain thero If It
were dangerous."
Nevertheless they both breathed more
freely when they saw him again, nn
Indeterminate shape against the lumi
nous gloom.
Constance felt that she must spunk.
The sound of her own voice begat con
fidence. "I havo never really understood dad
until tonight," she said. "What an en
nobling thing Is a sense of duty. Ho
would have died here quite calmly,
Enid, yet ho would avoid the least risk
out there. That would bo endnngerlng
his trust. Oh, I am glad wo are here.
I have never lived before this liour."
Euld stolo a wondering glance nt her
sister. The girl seemed to bo gazing
into depths Immeasurable. Afterwnrd
tho words came back to her mind
"That would be endangering his trust."
Brand faced the gale a full fivo min
utes. He returned hastily.
"There Is n big steamer heading this
way a liner, I fancy," ho gasped, half
choked with spray. "I fear she Is disa
bled. She is firing rockets, and I sup
pose her siren Is going constantly,
though I cannot hear It."
lie ran to thb room beneath. Flush
ed with this new excitement, tho girls
donned their oilskin coats and arrang
ed their sou' west era. When ho hur
ried up tho stairs lie was carrying four I
rockets. He noted their preparations.
"Don't come out until I have fired tho
alarm signal," ho shouted, "and tlo
your dresses tightly around your
knees."
They heard tho loud hissing of tho
rockets, and the four reports traveled
dully from tho sky. Three white star
bursts ami ono red told the Land's End
coast guards that a ship In need of
help was near tho Oulf Bock. Proba
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signals. In any event they would not
miss tho display from tho lighthouse.
"Walking with difficulty, tho girls
crept out on to tho balcony,
Brand had already gone to tho wind
ward side. Tho first rush of tho galo
made them breathless, yet they perse
vered and reached him. They wero
greeted by n climber, but their father,
with a hand on their shoulders, pressed
them down, and tho spray crashed
against tho lantern behind them, no
know they would take no harm. When
tho vessel passed, their boots and stock
ings would bo soaked. Theu he could
insist that they should go to bed.
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dealing. Test it
save a chaotic bleilfl "o7 "wIiTTo tinTl yel
low foam, driving over the reef at an
apparently Incredible Bpeed. Over
head the black pall of the sky seemed
to touch the top of the lantern. Around,
In a vast elrolo carved out of the mur
ky wilderness, the wondrous beam of
the light fought and conquered Its un
wearied foes. Constance caught tho
three quick Hashes of the Seven Stones
lightship, away to the right. Sho fan
cied she saw a twinkling ahead, but
this was the St. Agnes light, and nei
ther girl could make out other sight
nor sound until Brand pointed stead
ily toward one spot In the darkness.
Before they could follow his Indica
tion they were compelled to duck to
avoid another wave. Then, as If It had
Just poppeil up out of the sea, they di
vined a tiny white spark swinging
slowly 'icross a considerable area. It
was by that menus that Brand had es
timated Uie size nud nearness of the
steamer, and soon they glimpsed tho
red and green side lights, though ever
nud nnou theso woro hidden by tho tor
rents of wnter sweeping over her
decks. Of tho vessel they could seo
nothing whatever.
Steadily sho rolled along her fearful
path. Having once found her, there
was no difficulty In estimating the ra
pidity of her npproach. Enid, whoso
eyes wero strong and farslghted, fan
cied she caught a fitful vision of 11 big
black hull laboring In tho yellow waves.
Though It was difficult to speak, sho
crept close to Brand and screnmed:
"Is she drifting on to tho reef?"
"I fear so," ho answered.
"Theu sho will bo lost!"
"Yes, unless they manage to pass to
B'uth'ard."
Luckily for poor human nature, men
tal stress and physical effort rarely
uulto forces. The mere attempt to re
sist the wind, the constant watchful
ness needed to avoid tho ambitious
seas, though these, strange to say, ap
peared to be diminishing In size and
volume as the tide rose, served to dull
tho horror of the threatened tragedy.
Braud quitted them for an Instant to
gluo his eyes to the lantern nfter wip
ing a space on the glass. Ho must seo
If the lamp needed tending. Satisfied
by tho scrutiny, he stood behind tho
girls, who had shrunk closely together
tho moment he retired.
"They are trying to steer clear of
the reef," ho shouted. "Twlco they
huvo' got her head around, but tho Boa
Is too stroug for them. I am afraid sho
Is doomed."
Now they unquestionably saw tho
great body of tho ship. Her funnels
showed most clonrly, making sharply
defined blnck daubs on tho heaving
desert of froth. Tho plunging whirls
of tho masthead light wore enough to
prove how the unfortunnto vessol was
laboring In what might prove to be her
final agony.
And the pity of It! Tho wind was
dropping. In another hour tho weather
might moderate appreciably, the tldo
would sweep her away from tho horrl
blo reef and holp would bo forthcom
ing. Indeed, even then a powerful
steam trawler was preparing to fight
her way out of Penzanco harbor, with
brave men on board ready to take any
rl8kjpaflxea.shln. In dlsiresJL.- .
(To ho Continued )
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