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  • Miss Ruth said this mornin 'she was told -- I don't know who by -- that the lightkeeper was a woman-hater.

    The Woman-Haters: a yarn of Eastboro twin-lights Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

  • The longtime lightkeeper, his wife and granddaughter all escaped unharmed, but the keeper's logs, dating from the lamp's first lighting, were lost.

    Loch Traignarry Light Mark Reep 2011

  • It goes against logic that non-actor Helen Reddy as the lightkeeper Flora delivers the most subtle and nuanced performance.

    2008 August : Scrubbles.net 2008

  • It goes against logic that non-actor Helen Reddy as the lightkeeper Flora delivers the most subtle and nuanced performance.

    Weekly Mishmash: July 27-August 2 : Scrubbles.net 2008

  • The lightkeeper in charge had been devastated, claiming a gentleman from Portland had given him too much to drink and challenged him to a friendly game of cards.

    The Lightkeeper Wiggs, Susan 1997

  • “I hear you mistook the lightkeeper for a midwife,” she said with a braying laugh.

    The Lightkeeper Wiggs, Susan 1997

  • In the New London community, where he and his brothers had been raised, he had served as apprentice to the lightkeeper, whose daughter he would later marry.

    Devlin’s Light Mariah Stewart 1997

  • That fury had propelled Jesse to have the lightkeeper dismissed.

    The Lightkeeper Wiggs, Susan 1997

  • And with each passing day, she had grown more and more fascinated with the lightkeeper who lived cut off from the world in the beautiful house by the sea.

    The Lightkeeper Wiggs, Susan 1997

  • The head lightkeeper at Cape Disappointment rescued a single shipwreck survivor on Sunday last.

    The Lightkeeper Wiggs, Susan 1997

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