Show L—— i THE GARLAND TIMES Xlk® A Romance of the Qreat Lakes " THE STORY From hla mother Norman Erickson Inherit! a dlitaate (or life on the water which la beyond the understanding of hla father Quataf veteran At Mr aallor death Quataf determines to make Norman who baa been working for a grocer hie partner in his Ashing boat at once In rebellious mood Norman seeks comfort from Rlchaud Julie playmate of hie school days Gustaf going to the aid of a drowning friend is crippled CHAPTER II— Continued ‘You?” Gustaf laughed unsteadily “You’d drown yourself! Wliat do you know about aettlu’ nets Crank the I'm goln’ You can stay engine " ashore Ed Baker lounged through the door Be had beard the querulous voice of Gustaf Jim Nelson who had been In corner on a stack of old a dozing "No nets nol awakened laying Mebbe tomorrow Gus not today I” Gustaf did hot turn his heud “I’ll take you out to the banks” Ed Baker volunteered ”lf Norm don’t "wabrTd“g6:"“ —————— “lie ain’t Bt to go” Gustaf muttered “he ain’t Bt to be son o’ me I” Nortnan dropped the edge of the He saw pond net he was mending Baker grinning In the door saw bis father’s harsh profile and Nelson’s face Beyond these sleepy troubled three through the open window across the wide waters of the lake the white tower of uiind Man's "Eye uie light beckoned to him He house suddenly and his shoes creaking stood up moved to the door “Ain’t a fit son to mel” bis father repeated ‘‘Then I’d better not stay” Norman told him “I’d belter go where I atn tit” Hj locked again at the distant lighthouse Desire grew within him He had fell It before vuguely Once when be was an Itinerant preacher who seventeen Stopped for three Sundays at the Ma drld Buy mission house bud put the He hud said all Idea Into his head men some time or other In their lives experienced a definite call to service He did not explain what the word meaut Norman could think then as now of only one service thut ever bad called him "I’ve on going been calculating away” be suid — Gustafa eyes widened “You? Going away? Where?" Norman an service "Lighthouse A Job I’d aweretL “It’s a decent Job like’’ “A good seamanlv Job" old Jim Nel son supported hi in Ills face turned Gustaf scowled Potn yellow to purple his eyes grew smaller “You’d “You?” he cried go to the Bailing?" He paused Quit lights? “Go crank that bout he added "I’ll ruD you out to the banks’ Baker offered again He stepped Norman swung about squarely In front of Baker gluring Into the shorter man’s face "Don’t you touch that boat I” he cried “Hear me? Keep away from Slop playing up to him my' father old Gustaf grunted "Lighthouse" with the perverse emphasis of a sick eh? They wouldn’t man "Lighthouse 1” have you Norman’s fist drew Baker laughed Into a tight knot Baker seeing IL and the cold whiteness of the other’s fuce dodged through the door and as If be thought suddenly of some task him huirled along the that needed wharf Father and son and patient Jim Nelson remained would have the likes “No lighthouse o’ you I” Gustaf cried Ill go see!" Norman answered lie was standing outside the shack before be knew It Nelson followed bibi “Take care of the 'old man a few days?" Nortnan asked “Sure I’ll stand your watch a bit Be’s my shipmate alD’t he?" Each nlornlng of the five days that followed Ed Baker came to the door house and In of Gustaf Erickson’s Jim Nelson an qulred for Norman awered faithfully each time Norman next back day Jim did Dot would be trust Baker Normnn stepped In unexpectedly on He lookeu thin the sixth morning lines were new serious oer there He showed no sur around hla eyes prise at seeing his father In bed "Hello “Ilello” he said to Gustaf Jim” and passed through to bis own room Try as he would theltTirmun’s no Ire could set off dry spark this II morning In the temper of his son was a new Norman who returned to unexcited Madrid Ray a little detached more mature “Your paw wa took sick" Nelson confideu when the two were alone You’re "Be carried on pretty squally to the lights?” Norman shook his head "Sure “I’m staying here’ Took the I went down to M’lwaukee There’s a few vacancies examination I been thlnkln they gold But It over Jim on the way home I Here’s have gone guess I shouldn’t I came bock to stay" my place "Pass the tests?” Nelson asked But "Won’t know for a few days that won’t moke any difference goln’ By KARLW DETZER W Coprrishc bv N U Scnric Tlx Cot don’t have to go If do get so appointment “No don’t have to But U’s a good Job Norman no matter what Gus be paused lamely Bays “He’a my father" "Sure But he’a a hard skipper I" “It don’t matter" Norman answered Gustal stayed In bed eight day this time On the ninth he arose obdurate ly and demanded hit clothes He rode out to the fishing grounds that morn Ing with Ms son and Jim Nelson! both of them submissive It was the kind of dny Normnn hated Each changeable gust presaged foul weather "All toes!” the old man ecolded "This landlubber here Is my boy Nelson and look at him all toes Be he asked you fearV of the woter7" Norman “Lean over get aagely Now heave!" oit that buoy contra"I’m not afraid F— Nortnun dicted muttered Gustaf "Pfaughl" It was noon when Normnn cranked the engine and pointed the bow toward “She’s oinkin' to blow” Jim Nelson - — — predicted "Let her!" Gustaf snapped “She’s blowed afore this" Net reels screeched Idly on shore In the seller of the breakwater of rock and cedar poles that guards the river Normun estuary of Tamarack the fish unloaded the boat cleaned Iced them and packed them for ship be It was midafternoon ment south lid finished fore had scrubbing tables while Nelson Then and Boor spun the reel he strolphfened the wet nets “Wash down the bout" Gustaf or"when you get It clean come dered home" He Nortnan did not obey directly stopped at the post office first There The was a letter addressed to him “Official mucked was envelope heavy U of Cora S Department Business merce " Normnn plnehed off a corner thrust In a finger and ripped the end lie stnrted to read the typewritten When he saw Ed Baker watchsheet ing him ami tg the other men at the nost office he thrust Hie paper Indifferently Into his pocket and stepped out Into the windy street At the first cedar clump he halted ostensibly to light his pipe The match blew out and he did not bother to strike another for He had passed his exnminnilou And had been the lighthouse service He could not to a light appointed Hadn't he do take the appointment elded that? But at least he had tasted A brief touch of triIndependence An his Into came heart umph amining board of the United States lighthouse service had not found him entirely without merit! was for Blind The appointment Sinn’s Eye He stuffed the envelope back Into his pocket and trudged toward home Tim Nelson sat moodily on the bark — — steps Evenin’ Jim” Norman said Be was opening the door Nelson took the pipe from bis teeth and motioned with It he directed "She’ goln "Listen” to blow We ain’t much sense setfln B tore all to pieces them nets today I told him ’fore we put ’em out Gus says now he’s goln' to lift day after tomorrow come seven Kales” Nelson 'The weather stayed foul dressed dozed In the parlor fully with his boots on Cutuf bad dropped slumber into an easy and contented with the first rise of the gale as If ts sound were a lullaby me he a Into a deep tired child fretted Under the rotf Normnn lay tigue wakeful He remembered bis mother and the way she had stolen In to see that he Mem was covered on nights like this memories ory of her led to other memories Grotesque and abominable of Gustaf’a hideous stories olglo mares that had tortured him as a lit lie boy the story of the captain's wife Just and the captain’s dog such a wind as this hud torn open the cabin of the schooner Gottlund The people of the town gathered on the duties next morning to scan the lake for trouble Stinging spray bit Great faces their breakers raced ashore showing white teetb at the obstruction of- the outer bur “Like to be b— on nets" a fisher mnn shouted The wind raced fuster tbe lake waves more howled threateningly stnushed harder against the beaches At six o’clock Gustaf Erickson hobbled Into his son’s bedroom TVn TiYVh"r ho iors om Time to s'tartl" “To lift nets?” Normun sat up sud denly wide awake had my break “Sur to lift nets ain’t a habit of eleepln: all fast Coffee’ hot Get a move on" day A fishermen Ed Bakei among them were standing In Gustafs shack when Norinno arrived al the dock Gustaf stretched bis legs as soon as his son came In "I been waltln you” he growled to "Fine Normnn lazy time to gel started" ac The wind roared a blasphemous The fish to his words eompanlment under shuddered Its blows shanty Norman knocked out his pipe “Well not lift today" be said poe Itively “Nobody’ going out I come didn’t home to take care of you But I'll take care now need to come I’m here We re not going out" In hla For the first lime years be defied his father Gustafs obstinate far showed no There was a vacancy sign of emotion In bis eye Be did not bear or did not comprehend "Time "Get a move on” he urged to start” "No!” Norman answered Ed Baker laughed “Get out men" Norman commanded “And you" beaddressed Baker Out of by “you get out first GARLAND UTAH speech something aloof something naughty and assured This was a tone that tolerates no argument that assumes obedient “You’re scan to go out and lift net In a little blow" Gustaf said "I’ll have no coward for son You don’t need come back" Normun turned and left the shack tie stumbled over a flab barrow Just outside tiie door Ed Baker slouched near the end of the dock bis oilskins Be laughed whipping In the wind Normun hesitated audibly then stalked on Wliat did he cure for Baker? He was putting Ed Baker end al' Madrid Bay behind him It was not bis choice He had not deserted Ills father bud decided for blra In his pocket be still held an appointment to tbe lighthouse service "Howard old Gustaf had SuliL “I’ll have no coward for a Bout" Wa he coward? s Never men of the fleet gaped hod Madrid Bay heard’ that brittle hardness In the voice of son Never bad they seen such rage In hla eyes which usuulljr were Baker backed through the door mild the other nen crowding on his toes “Don’t step In here again Baker I" Normnn shouted lie turned to bis father "I’m ready to do a man’s Job" sir - any day It’ fit the boat I" Gustaf Inter“Crank The before rupted “We’re not going" Norman said He stepped close to the old man Orrty ltre twftrlrfcsrms-sflit w ho- - was the- - friend of both - ro r was twenty blustery miles to Mun's Eje Normun run out Impetuously front his fathers house ao old dunnage bag over hls shoulder In It all thut he owned Norman's resentment chilled as the door of the house slummed Its hemlock panel shut him out with a curt Dnullty Not from hla father so long as the winds blew and the lake rolled his fulher would he near hlin - But that other gentler memory the memory of hls black eyed mother aeented now to be Imprisoned hopelessly within the walls “Cowaid!" old Gustaf bad called Wimi— Nfwould sailor have gutie out needlessly lute that st The struggle would have today killed old Gustaf Hut because hla son forbade H he called him afraid Well was he? It was not fear of him He bad drowning thnt troubled seen death lay a wet hand on that shore more than once lie could die But how would by water If he had to io act wh hfThdti ? — LlkSitlfi w Ing spitting cat hair up all over hls head? It hud not been fear kept hint No In ashore today spite of all had said! But fear might keep him In some other day He had never been tested In a gale The winds howled at bltn now taunting him with their cries Into cries that shaped themselves words wordithut formed phrase brutal phrases from the story of the schooner Got (land "It was a good dog Big Uulry all over We felt sorry that do was lost But the woman? She give nobody enough to eat!" He left the main road after a stout fifteen miles and bent with a climbing path among low hillocks up to the open sand dunes- - Froin the top of the down on the last dune he looked bouncing Inke on the slender tower on the squat of Blind Man’s Eye roofs o: the boat sheds and house of the nearby coast guard station Norman mnde out the figure of men In the suri sliding a ifeboaf up to land lie trudged up the wash to the lighthouse a quarter mile beyond the const The wind was dvlng guard station death ft dying a surly and unwilling would blow itself out tonight And tomorrow hla father probably would lift hls nets Norman’s eyes grew biller again for a moment Immediately softened to their pale kindly blue he must write Julie Klchatid that be had come to Blind Man's Eye There were three buildings on the The light towlighthouse reservation er Itself grew upward out of rocks of the wafer directly at the edge Norman knocked on the house door It was opened by a tall young woman who looked at him with II Blind git to Go In th “Wantin’ Lights — the Lazy Pokin' Land Lubberln' LlghtsI' Gustaf looked mulued In the room into bis sou's eyes Norman Into bis Each eow there a stubborn futher’s a slow cold ud ness a wllfulluess Gustaf start determination yielding Norman shook hla bend ed to speak “We re not going out air" be said Gustai understood this time tils Ula lean fuce red eyelids wrinkled twisted as If some sharp agony con vulaed 1L Bis knotty right hand lift ed forwuro slowly one short finger toward the door pointing He “You get ouL too!" he aald looked at Norman with compassion I’ll “Whose boat la this? less eyes have no cowards about my cabin You don’t belimg to no crew of mlnel No They’s too much Frenchle In you Wantin’ to go In the boy of mlnel the lazy pokin' land lights lubberln’ lights I” Norman did not speak “Get out I" Gustaf repeated It age had bis arms He folded He spoke with a chilled hla tongue HU was nol the voice mighty dignity a ordering of a brawling fisherman aon from a humble door fisherraan’a In spite of the appalling dis Nortnan some may that clutched his heart felt In his father’s slow splendid thing C83OC33PgQffgX8raCKX0OOC83CH?CKXHra lively Interest “Erickson’s my name” Normnn said 'Tm assigned here" "Come In” she Invited She led him through a short hall "In there” she directed and left him at once The room Norman entered was the with White kitchen glistening scrubbed boards and pulnted wood work the hlnek stove radiant with polish windows sparkling brass lamps 00000 Raven Led Voyagers to Iceland’s Shores Though Iceland now belongs to Den mark It was discovered by Hie Mac ancestors ot Dougnlls of Argyllshire the family w blcll now resides at Dun ollle castle and whose eldest dough ter Is known by tbe picturesque nnme of the "Maid of Lorn” Id early days the MacDougalls were sea rovers and when on their adven turous voyages they always had with ravens— their mascot several them bird Sailing along the sea north ward on a voyage of discovery a Mac chief let loose a raven hoping Dougall It would show where land lay hut the bird returned In the direction whence they had come their voyage anoMier Continuing raven was released and after circling 4t S''P- Knowing tie raven’s unerring Didn’t Work Right Two of my young friends newly weds from the city moved on a farm to begin thetr married Ufa They deTen hens cided to raise chickens on fifteen eggs were set carefully apiece In boxes aide by side and as carefully nailed In At the end of three weeks the undit the first young bride eagerly hen fully expecting to see a nest ot fluffy chicks To her horror the hen Co was dead and not an egg pipped each hen was looked at bat believing It was a all had met the same fata sad but wiser couple when the next hens were aeL— Capper’e Weekly for land they Instinct for making knew there was none near On they sailed and then let loose 'mother bird which set off la the dl rectlon they were stilling Following It these Intrepid- voyagers of the western Isles reached the unknown land of Iceland Gat Oncq a Curiosity When the first gas lights were In Id 1S1G they trodueed In Baltimore were placed on exhibit In the museum there and crowds paid admission to see them accounts de Newspaper scribed them 'as marvelous ’’lightwithout oil tallow wick or smoke’ the exhibit proved so successful that a gas compuny was formed the next the etreets of the This was hood lighted by the lamps one of the first commercial Installs lions In the United States— I’opulai Mechanics Magazine a recent niuslcnl program only three members of the quartet ap ea red on the stage while the fourth entered from the front door In cos tume with a fiery red wig lie caused a little excitement for the especially children Little Vera Gene age ihreq I bet that man remarked: “Mother has been eating ‘red hots’ for be aurelj baa red hot hair" At Even the still small voire of conscience becomes a habit it keeps on getting stiller and smaller— Exchange At the table scratching bis gleaming wltb the end of forehead meditatively penholder a tidy stack of notebooks and documents befpre him sat a small fat old mao wltb scant curly balr a nose like a cluster of ripe raspberries little round mouth and llttjs round eyes that blinked through little round spectacles Norman "Who “Eh?" he addressed are you?" wltb nnuaual Norman explained Tbe fat man dearness of tongue arose “Erlckson?’“-repeated “Eb? Well name well tbut’e a good waterproof i like the name Erickson Assistant who Just left was named Frank Jones Can’t tell much about the name Jones Mine's better Erickson’s Stocking Copt'n Sami Capt'n Sami Stocking Stocking o' lake Huron" Norumn shook bands gravely wrote be was send“Superintendent ing a man" the keeper commented Didn’t aay wbep “Didn't say who he'd get here" “I'm a night earllei than Instructions" said Norman Captain Stocking did not wait tp hear him "Jonea went this morning come sunGoing to get married You met up Susan? Hey Susan ahoy there Suet" He pitched bji voice to a cheery bel- low “Ahoy yourself I" biz daughter answered She was She appeared Immediately tall much taller than her father but In spite of that she gave a quick u rityTHVprt‘Ss1otrsnej war new assistant Interested looked like She stared at him frankly “Meet the girl" Captain Stocking “Sue this Is Erickson the new cried assistant Got here In time hr supfteve per If we ever have supper brought that fish yet?” “He’a coming up the beach now” ItNsoon aa be the girl said “I’ll cook p gets here" Her voice wae unlike her father's Norman had unlike any womah’s known except Julie ttlchaud's It was as smooth as Julie’s but not so exShe was surer of herself than cited Julie In rubber A man entered solidly lie waa about twenty five per boots wltb a burnt Imps round shoulddered orange complexion and watery eyes Captain Stocking seemed glad to see him “Make you acquainted with ErickErickson the new son Sieve Sutton our nearest assistant neighbor That's bis shack right along It from see there shore the There’s bis fish boat the winder druwed up” to the stove Sue Stocking crossed rattled pans and turned her bands covered wltb flour “What time Is It dad?” she asked Captain Stocking domed hls spectacles off the end of hls little nose “Time?’ he cried “Uy hoky poky I Whyn't you tell me what time It wus? We got just twenty minutes 'fore tight ought to show I" lie reached for hls haL “Best climb tip to the tower otnrt getting your you new fellow Instructions" They followed a plank calk to the rocks Captain Stocking puffing sputtering spitting out odd bit of led the way rapidly Into a dark room aDd lighted tt bracket lamp stair upon the wall In one corner unusually steep arose through tbe celling The keeper lighted the way with a brass lantern that be took shining from a wall cupboard by the door The angular outline of steps lifted Into the air converging toward the top mind countin’ I" Captain “Never Stocking grunted “They's “Steps" He pushed open a trap door Norman followed him Into J snug room with block trim upon doors and casements resembling the chart room of a vessel when we burnt “The lamp room “Use oil wicks" Slocking explained It for spare parts now we got the new lamp Them gauges there generating you got to watch them keep the for the lamp filled reservoir here I'll show you dow" On the wall a ship’s chronometer with ticked precision melancholy In the Lockers ranged three sides center a clrculur Iron staircase wriggled tip to a round hole In the celling through which protruded an Iron lad vnnlshed that der perpendicularly climbed above ' Captain Stocking ahead up the ladder talking kicking out hls heels Above fn the lantern ease Itself Normnn saw hls owlish little chief open a brass bound dmir In the rear of a great lens saw the flare In the thick if a glorified bonfire the sputter of glass heard vnpor and Blind Man's Eye swallowed up the world In Its glare of light Not mnn thought that hls duties would he simple The lump must be eaned each day the tower steps rruhhed liras shined tenses polished e oii tiitik (ifleiTa B d' charged a d a y and night kept for fogs and and whenever a mist thick weather obscured the horizon the fires must he touched off under the boilers In the slgnnl house to make steam and set blowing og whistle the automatic Mtoroate days’ would te free of rehe The night snich sponsibility would divide with Captain Storking At supper Captain Stocking sparred It with bis daughter occasionally developed thnt she liked to tnlk “Where you railed Erickson?" 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