The Powers of the Air (1914)
Bill Winters, the keeper of Lighthouse No. 21, had a remarkably attractive daughter, Alice. The two men to whom Alice seemed peculiarly attractive were Jim Francis, the assistant light keeper, and Ned Redmond, the wireless operator at Shore Haven. Alice did not care for Jim Francis. Ned Redmond was different, so different, in fact, that Alice became deeply interested in wireless telegraphy. One day, when the regular shipment of oil had not arrived at the lighthouse, Winters sent Francis ashore for a few gallons to replenish his depleted supply. Two hours later. Winters came ashore to discover what had delayed his assistant, and discovering him in an advanced stage of intoxication, discharged him on the spot. While Winters went up town to buy the sorely needed oil. Francis came upon the keeper's boat, and decided that he would be revenged. Accordingly he rowed out to the lighthouse with the full intention of wrecking the entire place. When Francis entered, Alice locked herself into the wireless room directly below the great light. By this time the sun had set, and the light was still dark. While Jim, shouting hoarsely, battered upon the frail door, Alice sent a message to Ned Redmond at Shore Haven. "Lighthouse 21, S.O.S., S.O.S., S.O.S." Ned received the message, and rushed to the shore, where he found Winters searching vainly for his stolen boat. They procured a light dinghy and set out for the light. Meanwhile, in the midst of her terror, Alice remembered that the great "Carolia" was due to pass. Without the light she might easily be wrecked. So even while the door was splintering under Francis' blows, Alice sent a message out through the void to the "Carolia," "Light dark in Lighthouse 21." The door fell, and the infuriated Francis savagely attacked the girl who had baffled him, but Ned and the keeper arrived in the nick of time, and while Ned was throttling Francis, Alice sped upstairs, filled the lamp, and lighted it. Then together the two lovers watched the "Carolia" steam safely past.
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