Lighthouse Girl

Lighthouse Girl — page 7 — August 10th I’m sheltering in Lizard Cave out of the roaring wind The sea’s too rough for Stan’s supply boat so we’re living off rabbit and nettles Again When the rain stops I’ll go out (cid:90)(cid:76)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:85)(cid:76)(cid:224)(cid:72)(cid:17)(cid:3)(cid:58)(cid:72)(cid:214)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:72)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:68)(cid:87)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:73)(cid:82)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:80)(cid:72)(cid:68)(cid:87)(cid:17)(cid:3)(cid:44)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:80)(cid:72)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:87)(cid:76)(cid:80)(cid:72)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:44)(cid:214)(cid:80)(cid:3) snug and warm This cave is my favourite place I can hear mutton-bird chicks peeping in their burrows while seals play on the rocks below The war seems so far away August 11th Young men are lining up at the recruiting centres They (cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:214)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:90)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:3)(cid:223)(cid:74)(cid:75)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:46)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:86)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:17)(cid:3)(cid:41)(cid:68)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:86)(cid:68)(cid:92)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:74)(cid:82)(cid:89)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:76)(cid:86)(cid:3) (cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:3)(cid:80)(cid:76)(cid:74)(cid:75)(cid:87)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:224)(cid:72)(cid:72)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:68)(cid:78)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:80)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:3)(cid:40)(cid:88)(cid:85)(cid:82)(cid:83)(cid:72)(cid:17)(cid:3)(cid:44)(cid:3)(cid:90)(cid:82)(cid:81)(cid:71)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:76)(cid:73)(cid:3) Harold will enlist I can’t imagine my brother as a soldier August 17th On Sunday night there were 1500 people at the railway station to farewell the Albany recruits A local nurse has signed up too The Albany Brass Band gave the soldiers a rousing send-off Joe reckoned he could hear them playing The Girl I Left Behind from the lighthouse balcony I couldn’t hear anything above the racket of the petrels They were cooing and calling from their burrows until dawn

Lighthouse Girl — page 8 — August 21st Last night I had strange dreams German soldiers in pointy helmets were rowing across to Breaksea but Jacko wouldn’t let them land He kept kicking the soldiers into the sea as they tried to climb onto the jetty I wasn’t the only one who had a restless night This morning Father was tired and grumpy I think he’s worried that Harold will sign up I’ll make some bread and butter pudding to cheer him up

Lighthouse Girl — page 9 — Winter waves crashed The wind howled Every night Breaksea Lighthouse blinked its steady warning Every day Fay wrote in her diary

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