Walking Shadows, Sea Tales and Others

Excerpt: "The position of a light-house keeper, in a sea infested by submarines, is a peculiar one; but Peter Ramsay, keeper of the Hatchets'' Light, had reasons for feeling that his lonely tower, six miles from the mainland, was the happiest habitation in the world. At five o''clock, on a gusty October afternoon, of the year 1916, Peter had just finished his tea and settled down, with a pipe and ...