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Show mmmmmmmmmmmm I HEROINE PUSSES 1 WIGHT OFJHMflB Hl PRISONER IN WAVE WASHED j LISHTHOUSE WATCHES AND H PRAYS FOR LOVED ONES. Hi LATTER STOLEN BY THE GALE jH Veltetl Out of Ihi Dirk Gave Her R Jlepe Reporter at Lilt Reaohet H Her with Newt tf Ssn In Law R I and Dawfhter'a Safety. H StaMisrd, Conn Abut up alone In B the Mil cylindrical lighthouse that B rise 70 feet (rooi a ledger or rock at M the me)ilb of Stamford harbor, to H wara fewrlaer of the. Iresrheroiia H shoal and rocki all around, Mr H tpiaa Wtlrkman kept the light (ot B two days, a prey to ftar for the aafatr ' hV ' nf bar aaly rtsuarhler and her eon In . H law, John J Cook, th lighthouse 1 V-eper. They disappeared one) Thura I j lr recently la a launch, carried oft HH la th sale egatnet which ahe ai ' jjfl t"em battling vainly B ' Watch the light, mother,'' were thn m letting worda of her eondn law Ami H wlrh the light ahe did Not until a B reporter managed to ranch the light ) honee In a aklC the following Hatur I J day. and assured .Mr. Welrkman that her dangbter wa alive and eafe and her WW In law Iini, did ahe alto j way to br reelings j Ach. (krtt, that I good," the et I I Claimed ' My prayer Are anawered I ThU Is her tery B Von know my daughter Martha line I been III. and I tent her away to vlalt with friend On Thursday my ton In ! I law received word that ah wai home 1 I sick and would come bark that da I lie took the little launch In Stamford I I 1' wa la tbe forenoon when he left PBJ and an Iwwr later a gale waa blowing J frot, he northwwtL It muat hare I Iwen 'M p m when I taw them com I Ing out In tbe little boat They trie I to land here, but tbe launch got on a J Then John Jumped out la water no K to hi knaea anil adored the boat off Again hn tried to land, but Ihla lime the launch waa drifting on a rock. He sassB' Tr" -" "" Hj "Mother, Keep the Llghti Burning!" Jl put out lilt or to earn tho launch and loat It overboard Then lie gavu It up "'Mother, we can't land)' lie cried lHI 'We'll ao back to abort) and comu out jH' ben till It over Voii keep the light H ' Din lltltn boat drifted off and pret ty toon John got up power. Then lio aonmed to drift again, and I taw n atenmboat bear dawn on him The hunch wat Jutt a speck when thn steamboat came along, nnd when II leased 1 could ice no mora of John mid my dauahtar 1 tried to think they were picked up by the steamboat. but 1 could not persuade myteir they v were The thought that came to me waa that they were run dawn anil J drowned BH hare knuwn a lot of sorrow but I H don't think I ever auffered o much na J that night wat owerla to do any D thing, (ii to get word nahor All I J could do waa watch, pray nnd Ik)h I B lit the light nnd took tip a position at J thu wlnibiw In the tower There I j itayed all night long uolng downttalr only to kee the tlrea burning Bleep I I did not dream nf, food I did not want j "When daybreak raiae and no tld H Ingt my anxiety Increased The ilay went by and night came on again I J felt Hire then thatJny children wore drowned Then, about sunset, tome one came out In a launch It looked j llko John and another man. They could not comu dote to the lighthouse J but they circles about and went aahore "Thlt m n ray of hope, ami again at ten lait night tome one hailed the light from the darkneaa H " 'Are you all right?' the voice crlwl t 'I'm from Sound Ileach, nnd If yoti want nttltttnce I'll bring It ' I ald I L wantl nothlug but my ton and daugh i ter The voice did not anawer at Drtt, r and then aa the boat dlppred It B aald They'te been picked up on W IBC Itland ' I heard no more. I kept awake at long at I could, and when K my head began to get numb I got the alarm cbaik aad Mil w that I would not aleep loag, bad to keep a abarp watoli or lie light to they did not niftier ot burn out. and I baa at mWalaht I bad to otiasge Uunpa, That I did not mind for I aw ud BB undlaputed domination Bach year the Republican BtJorUy grew iirlll now tnnthlrdt of tbe ten otn ar memlwr of that party At tbe majority grew the Inclination u klek iner tho tracea woa more In erUencc. Ktcry man wanted to be bow la hla own right and continually letteted attention at-tention to the leadership of Mr' Aldrlch Ald-rlch The culmination of thlt revolt enmo with the financial meatere of which Mr. Aldrlch wat the author aod which wt modified nnd changed nod mado moro dratllc to ault tho rarV-Ing rarV-Ing whims or those who rifuwj To hao llu-lr notes counted and vote accordingly With thlt revolution Mr AUrlch saw the handn riling on the wall nnd decided to abandon the struggle for supremacy Ha would gladly relinquish hit roil Hon now liefore It Is neccntary next )enr to pilot n revlml tariff i,ui thniUKli the senate and appease tboee representing many conflicting ,lrr. esta and section! llm he ha more than two )onra yet to serve aad docs not care to rim In the middle of a fight He will wait until hit term of plres, being fully aware that perknpt the latt vettlge of tactical control may bo wrested nway from him In the .rr next contest ' Blnce the Aldrlch bill patted a oulet wnat haa been made among rtftiub-llcon rtftiub-llcon tenntora for the purpose of as rertnlnlng If n combination to over throw the ' boeiltm' of Mr AMrlch can be rormotl It It proited to bind JO or more Hepubllran aenatori into a h trd and latt agrm-ment to cooeon ate on arloua matters of nonMiiu, Initiation Acting with the rj?o. crat, thlt mimher could enact nil kind of radleal or reformatory Wwa nnd tend them on to tho home dststt J tho most vigorous antagonlem t ,1 Aldrlch ' Mrt U It It round poeelble to perrei im. revolt wllhln the Itepubiic.,, 1 and make it offecthe na a worktnrf roroe, the overthrow of Henator am rich will be aeconiptUhsd long t-2- ' the time tll lor hla retlremsatfSi public lire. And with him sni ZZ ably pass all semblance or dlX. and leadership on the Itepublicsa S! of tbe teuate. """? |