Show SECLUUED SIIIMLAM OciltrnioitIlililliuiiieofahloniillf tMi Coail Millora Haruilr UlcuuifJ nt 3lmcitI I luggu It li Just ioulbte to ctt beyond the reach ol the telegraphic wire and the I ileelre of doing to may pctluni Icm an additional attraction 10 tbe mod In crating excunlon to he I nude In She land writes II U Ttalllln the London elenraph A mile or to out at tea he yond the moat northerly promontory of r tItle mutt northerly island of the arch lpehn B tack ol rock at prcclpl lout ai the cone of the Matteihorn lift III downing head above the aim 01 the North lea Viewmi It from a tow mllea ilUUnc you could say that I It acatce jupplicil loolhold for a leogull but loakliiK at It mote intently jou wit ore n Ihln nlule atreak 11 thin and uhlle n > a pcclcil willow uand plantei on Iti aumnill It Is the lighthouse of he Mnckle TlugRa thf fllrthrt out post of that great nrmy ot lieacors which uige their tllent woIIlo night by light 101111 Iho MI tlul brtlexe uur roiaii Nowhere hue wr carried the war to la Into the enuny country or irronted him wllh mure ilatinx clul enge Hete on lIe lagged long ol rork anl rtolng alxlir lcd alcove the pex of the heer preiipice on oohimh II h us been Ml tnliaculoutly elected the Unit tIght hectic watch and word amid 0 i atnIl of 1 the atotmie omaIro that ar tao inyuherc around our lemprttbeatin ilci It woo a cnmp tatlve y calm day when we put out Iron thd hghthoute laiiou at the head ol llutia rrlth lo Uit the Muckle lugga but poutlve ai lurance of a landing an the rick wm not nor bltever to be had In what 10 a lund tlio 0 would rm lulcjoil weather and on a day when the latea ijll clllH of t the mainland I are being waihed by only inch a tide ai molng I Mini aileep too mil for nound ur foam It I la many a lime found ImrKM aible for wouldbe lmori to land snfi I aofilylapplng lea whme wand have I hardly ilrcngth lo curl and bteuk upon the shIngle may tie l nurging In a heavy moundeu well o > ertho dripping houl item of tin rock and bteakmg in sort a alnat 111 iron wall Still there wan good hope for Ul today > o far ue all el itrl orecaiU went and better hope 1111 In that we hail the medical oflicer if the lilanil wllh lu In mite boat I he lImo uai near at hand for one of lilt periodical vlilti of Inspection 10 the Ighthouie and he hud lelied the oppor luulty of lolning oure > mllllon and taking tak-ing advantage of the favorable weather olmhch had tempted ui lo embark upon In I It lobes a pretty bail day or courte In keep Ihe ordinary relief I partica oihore 1 Iouy nabiluilly I como and go In IOdIne of the lea Inwnlch lured boatmen would decline tOo teipontibiUty of attempting to land the Casual tourist Hut the dot tom who had donbtlem dlicliargeil Inipccllng duly on many a day ol ditty weather wouldBHUtedl he dellveted on the rock lIla afternoon If I delivery < uete at all practical e and lucre itemed a fir c son that n HJIU mlnht be trained In our favor 01 ble conipinloni So that we Hatted on our enletpiiie alIt exceptionally fair promIse ol bring ing II to a iiKccwful luue 1 U Is a tough fourmile row to the Ilugga from tOn Ilglnhouw station At Ihe head of the litth and our three I oar I men have to bend their backi la It with a wlil The nhotei on either SIde ol ui I grow higher and boldcrai Ihe waterway widens and at lait alter some forty mlnutei steady pulllnc we Hud outieUei on the open ova To limo tight lIne the headland I of Saxalofd honeycombed wllh I dooming coon On the I U hi hand Irowni the tremendoui boil ul Herman eseIwIn lclghu 1 which figure In None legend ai II the ton ccItne I uiiodei ol two i Hairing glanti whole mla ile < llunj at each other ate supposed la be li I log lo Ihli day at the foot of either dill In the form ol gigantic tea wnihcd bouucr even ai the rocki wllh which Iolyphe floe pelted D > lit Hill lie oil Acl Ucale on tho Sicilian cot llul we ate now clear of land and Ihe pyramid ol the Tlugga lurmounled by In itcndcr tplre of clone It I In full view at lail We bear 10 the northwestward and our busts btghi to dance upon the WOol wllh a btukneMlhat uatniui how Uclu the lithe cam of all those deeply In dented frllln that npcn out nun this I ever unimlel tea As the water llapl and bulTcti our ad ancing how the dn couraglng thought that we lIIy 100 duo lined lo have our journey for nothing IrrefUlibly leruri Hut It inlIne that u D are In luck Fur I many vein past ai 10 teamed nltirwaro It I had been found impuwlble for any vliiting partiea from Ihe ammo to thIrd I a fnft but when we reached the norlheailern face 01 tho rock and hud tutned Into Ihe natural hiitnor which It Irma with In luttr I aliter Ihe arleat landlubber could lao Men lint all wai right I Just fur the I moment however the mete light of this KXTKAORDIrMRY LITTLE IIAXgN itirtly the 11111001 01111 itrangeit ever comlruclcd from the matonry ol nature leaxea no room lor thouiu ot any thing I clM On our right to the I altitude of 300 leet tower the black precipice on which tho llghihouMilandi 1 lu ihccr r ce terraced from bale summit with I fllghti of Keep none itepi clamped and morticed Into Ihe olid rock and protected pro-tected everywhere with a Single iron ham rail Over ngainit It to our left ala al-a illilance of tone fifty or Ixty jardi Irani ill companion and nhout hall lu nature FiSts the little I hol Klugga oval I about midway between the two ptojecti J a long and jagged blade of rock to the Ilddilflg kln tide 1 of which IK 1 lined Ihe Iron landing I ladder Ihe Iop blueblack water 11 heaving In urHeji mounds Into the minI utlle bunco and ellnl round In waveworn walls unbroken 10 Ih it it la an easy icramble up the rung 01 the soiling ladder on to Ihe rock jetty where two of Ihe three llghtkcepera re celie Ito with that broad tmlle ol greet log wllli which these teahound prison ett alnaya welcome new faced Irom the thore thoreAll All well boyir InquIre the doctor All well I sir ° Iliati right t So arc your wInce and bul coo A heatty handihake ratlfiea the ex change ol good now and almoit before we have had time to turn around the two men lion ilk down the ladder Into our boat and ate off folIo bourn5hlRJ while we explore Iho lighthouse under the guidance 01 their conirndc ll li n pumping ramp up I that two hundred feet ol rocky stairway at any rate for unaccuilonied lunarbut In a few mlnutei we reach Iou little itone courtyard court-yard of Ibo lighthouse nod stand on the moat northerly point 01 Inhabited land In her mniedy i uropoan donunloni Small ui it is ue courtyard with the toner whiih r stj from it oven the entire apex 01 110 Mucklo Ilugga rock and lli it m i MX c I mndary will are Iliuh I with the pucinn I on either sIde I The Interior ol tin Ighthouie need little deacripllon hi It 0 Ihe lIual arrangement arrange-ment ol lloor mnccled with each other by laildi rrIubrltaougrooluit floor with tic huso tore of oil barreli a thousand I galloni for a years supply comlortable kitchen living room on the floor aboic the lecplng bunk of the men on the next tair and nt the top ol ooo more IIIbt 01 nepi Ihe lanlrrn just noxv a cii tiystallne chamber with Itibpautlful mmated I glaw rcllec on made ilotloui the aflcrnoon day light t with II e colon of the ptlum but I alter nightlall aglow and ablare wIll heal l and light Intolerable 10 that Hand h rA In 1 It you seem lo Iw In the centre I ti rnlll of a globe of living fire 1rom the lantern out lulls 011 lo the balcony out klde arid survey the boundleM I wane I of i wattri ahead And on either hand On the coot thre li I nothing nearer lIon the COASt of Norway nor on Ihe west than the iliorei ol Ihe American continent nor on the north than the Ice fie da ol t the pole linn at Ihli tranquil hour and with the three sea uleeplng plandly italy fathom beneath you cannot but feel a thrill of ptlde In that which no mi pressed Ihe Greek poet of Ixvolhouond yean ago tlw lubllme hardihood i of man lloxr much more power lully would l It aIled ou II you could ne ao these men 10 uflen sew the ulumbermg entmy awakened and giving bottle if I like them lou could watch the hive Atlantic roller breaking sheer oxir nder rock which now hol1I abe 1 > < Ih ab-e waters to the height of one hundred feet In the clear ot If you could listen for dayS together to the roar of wind which droxvn their vuico even In Hie Inmoit receaie of Ihe lighthouse xxliich a eei the plalfotm outildo with uch lerrihc lurv that no man could Hand j 11 lorllo erect on It for a moment orson a yard from the door dxcept by crawling on his band and kncea and r rhll unite I the lower lllelfwltli I lucIa tremendous violence vio-lence thai In solid masonry ihudderi like a living thing beneath ihe blown II would be world a good deal 10 Ihe lover of new experiences lopai but one night on Ihe rock under inch conditions ai theae Hut if he did I not care lo fall too far behind the march uf menlo among the world ol 1 men he might pay too dearly fot Ml new ixieilence Six weeks U I tIle regulation term of duty In oIlIlrlo the lighthouie followed by a fortnight fhl oil on allure but again tonal again lose It happwed during the winter I aeaum i that nearer three rnonthi have hauled 1 before Ihe men could be reheted Tu pend a night In the lighthouse it thIs late eon of Ihe year might nuan re nislning Ihe until thewholcatpectol Hnghih politlca had undergone Ian lorinatlon until perhaps a couple ol 1 iiraoilioon reiich I mlnlstr ie had been fotmed and fallen and < pooihly until China had become a dependency ol Japan |