Show 1 M ir U I 1 NG DAYLIGHT G I 1 HT D by JACK LONDON 11 author horo of r so the rhe call oo 00 of th mcdoll arf ahus wh ae fabj 11 I 1 I 1 maram ira rip eatn etc it by dearborn melvill MAI flint solo by the new now vork herald co le y so by he the ullis Coi panr SYNOPSIS dam elam 11 arnish known all through alasa mth as burning daylight celebrates hia hi lmh birthada birthday with is crowd of binom at th he circle LT city I 1 ity the danco dance lead leads to heavy gambling in which over 0 staked 11 arnish loses hia his monea mono and hie 1 mine but wine wins the mail contract lie llis it etaro arts on his hi mall trip with doc dorm and fn ll lodge edira telling hl hie f frienda that he will be in the t e big yukon fold gold title at the start burning daylight make snakes a sensationally rapid run auroia country with the mail mall appear appears at the and ie in now reada ready to coln join pis hi frienda friends in fn A fah dash to the new now fold no fielda da deciding thit ffoyd will be found bold found in the upriver up river dind ct harnley buys buy two tona tonis of flour which he declare W will be worth if its wel in gold cold b but t when en he arrive with with hia n leht a flour he and th the big flat A comrade discover cold old and daylight reaps a e rich barvest harvest lie goes to dawson become becomes the most prominent no nt 1 fleur in the klondike ind d defeats L C om lavro catl un of n i vast minin dt 1 lie ile returns tj tu civilization ana an amid the complication of high finance daylight Day liKht llight binds that h he haa has been led ti to invest his hi eleven million millions in a manipulated scheme lie goes to new now york ta CHAPTER hlll continued then the grin 1 died away and bla his face grow grew bleak and serious leaving out his interests Inte reata in the everal several western reclamation rocla matlon projects which were still assessing heavily ho he was a ruined man nut but harder hit than thia this was w big pride lie ile had been eo so easy r they h alty had bad gold bricked him and ho he had nothing to show siow for it the simplest farmer armer would have had docu ments while he bad had nothing but a agreement and a verbal one at that agreements ho he snorted over it john Dowa Dowe etts foice totes just ai an be h had bad heard it in the telephone receiver receivers bounded sounded in ble his ean earn the words on my honor as a gentleman tent leman they wore were sneak thieves and wind lera lers that waa was what they ivere were and the they bad given him the cross the newspapers newe were right tight lie and come to now york to 0 o trimmed and blesses Bless rs dowsett Dowe ett let lot ton on and had done it ho he waa was a little flab and they had played with him ten ton days ample time in which to him along with hie his cloven eleven millions of course they bad had been unloading on an him all the time and now they were buying ward valley back for a a song ere the mar ket righted itself and daylight sat and consumed cocktails and saw back in bis his life to alaska and ind lived over the grim 1 years in which ho be had battled for bis his leven eleven millions for awhile murder ate at hie his heart and wild ideas and ketchy sketchy plans of killing his betrayers flashed cashed through his wind daylight unlocked bis his grip and took out bis his automatic pistol a big colts 44 he ile released the safety catch with bis his thumb and operating the sliding outer barrel ran the contents of the clip through the meLban tern the eight cartridges slid out in a stream he ile refilled the clip threw a cartridge into the chamber and with the trigger at ful cock thrust up the bacety ratchet lie ile shoved the weapon into the side pocket of bis his coat ordered an other Mar martini tint and resumed bla his seal seat at ten he be arose and pored over the city directory then be put on hie hla shoes took a cab and departed 01 now its my deal and im going to gee gas if I 1 can hold them four ace into the night twice he changed cabs and fetched up at the night office of a detective agency lie its super intended the thing himself laid down aboney in advance in profuse quantities elected a the six men be he needed and gave them their instructions muter for so a task bad had they u oil lip been so well paid for to each in ad to office charge charges be gave save a five hundred dollar bill with the promise of another it be succeeded some time next day be was convinced it I 1 not sooner big hi three silent partner partners would come together to each one two of hia big detectives were to be attached time and place was wa all be wanted to lean learn stop at nothing boys were his final instruction instructions 1 I must have thi this icTor matlon whatever you do wb atea happens ill see you through MM returning to bla his hotel he changed cabs cabe ca ton before went up to his room and with wilb one more cocktail for a night cap vent went to bed and to sleep in the morning he dressed and shaved order ed ad breakfast and the newspapers sent up and waited out but he did not no drink dy by nine his telephone began to ring ting and the repots to edme in nathaniel letton war taking the train at tarrytown john dowsett was wag coming down by the subway leon had not stirred out yet though she was assuredly within and in this fashion faA hion with a map of the city spread out before him day light followed the movements of his three men as na they drew together na thanial letton waa was at his in the mutual building next arrived dowsett was still in his own owl ofil oddes cell dut but at eleven came the word he also had arrived and several minutes later daylight was in a hired motorcar motor car and speeding for the mutual colander bolander building Dull ding CHAPTER IX nathaniel letton waa was talking when the door opened he ceased and with bis his two companions gazed with con trolled perturbation at burning day light striding into the room the free swinging movements of the trail traveler elerwese were unconsciously exaggerated in that stride of his big in truth it seemed to bin him that be felt the trail trall beneath his feet ll howdy gentlemen howdy he remarked ignoring the unnatural calm with which they greeted his entrance tie ile abood bands hands with them in turn striding from one to another and gripping their band hands so heartily that na thaniel letton could not forbear to wince daylight flung himself into a massive chair and sprawled lazily with an appearance of fatigue the leather grip he had brought into the room be he dropped carelessly beside him on the floor ive sure been going some he be sigh ed ad we sure trimmed them beautifully it was real slick and the beauty of the play never dawned on me till the very end jt it was pure and simpio simple bag down and drag out and the way they fell for it waa was amalin letton made a dry sound in his big throat dowsett sat quietly and wait ed ad while leon struz bled into articulation you certainly have raised cat cain in he eald said daylights black eyes flashed in a pleasant way 1 I though thought I 1 be proclaimed jubilantly and we fool emi I 1 was surprised I 1 never dreamed they would bo be that easy and now be he went on not permit ting tins the pause to grow awkward might as well have an accounting im west this afternoon on that blamed twentieth century lie ile tugged at bis his grip got it open and dipped into it with both his big bands hands dut but don t forget boys when you all want me to horns boggle wall street adoth er flutter all you all have to do Is the word il 11 sure ure be right there with the cogdall ills hands lands emere emerett eme reid td clutching a great mass of stubs check checkbooks books and brokers receipts th the se ho h deposited in a heap on the big table and dipping again he fished out the alers and added them to the pile he lie consulted a slip of paper drawn from bis his coat rocket and read aloud ten ton million twenty seven thousand and forty two dollars and silita eight cents Is in my figurin gurin fl on my expense of course that allu alid taken from the winnings before we all set et ts to figurin gurin fl on the whack up oberd a your fig urea ures it must a beau A mighty big clean up the three men man looked their at one another the man was waa a bigger fool than they had imaging ed ad or else he was playing a game which they could not divine nathaniel letton moistened his big lapa and spoke up it will take some hour hours yet mr before ohp full accounting can be made mr Ilo Is at work upon it pow cow wo we ah ab as you say it has been a eray tying clean up suppose re we have lunch together and talk it over ill have the clerks work through the noon hour so go that you will have ample time tj t catch your train dowsett and manifested a relief that was almost obvious the situation waa was cle clearing ring it was disconcerting under the cir circumstances cuin to be pent petit in the room with this heavy muscled mua oled aadlan like man inan whom they had bad robbed they remembered unpleasantly the many tor la lea ot of bis ble strength and recklessness if letton could only put him off oft long enough for them to escape into the po orld the office door all an v el 0 77 to dr IL I 1 oo 00 e ELI for a while murder ate at his heart would bo be well and daylight bowed showed all the signs of being put off im real glad to hear that be he said 1 I dont don t want ant to miss that train and you all have done me proud gentlemen letting me in oa on this deal I 1 just do appreciate it without being able to express my feelings but I 1 am sure almighty curious and id like terrible to know mr air letton what your figures of our winnin Is can douall you all give me a rough estimate nathaniel letton letters did nut not look ap ly at hia his two friends but in the brief pause they felt that appeal pass out from him dowsett of sterner mold than the othere others began to divine that the waa playing gut but the other two to were still under the of bis his child like innocence I 1 it Is its extremely extreme lyer er difficult leon began you see ward valley has his fluctuated so er that no estimate can possibly be made in advance letton supplemented approximate it approximate it lt daylight counselled counseller coun selled cheerfully it dont hurt if aou douall all are a million out one ous bide side or the other tho the figure sll straighten etral gh en that up but im that curl curt ous I 1 m just itching all over what dye eay may why continue to play at cross pur poses I 1 dowsett demanded abruptly and coldly let us have the explanation here and now mr Is la boring under a fale impression and bt h should be eel set et straight raight by B Y this imo letton was aas stiffened stiff eved by th the attitude dowsett had taken and his answer was prompt and definite 1 I fear you are under a misapprehension hen hension slon mr there are no winning to bo be divided with you now don t get excited I 1 beg of you I 1 have but to press this button far from melted daylight had all the seeming see jiongo of being stunned lie ile looked at dowett and murmured it wan was your deal all right you all dole them thein right too well I 1 ain t kicking I 1 in Is like the player in ihu that poker game it wan your doal and you all bad had a to do y your yr r best bes and you done it cleaned me out slick er ern 11 a whistle he ile gazed at the heap on the table etli with an air of stupefaction and that all aint worth the paper its written on gol got dast it y you u all can sure deal em round when you get a chance oh n no I 1 ain t a kicking it was your deal and douall you all certainly done cne me and a man ain t half a nan man that squeals on another man deal and no he the lr bcd rl is played out and the cards are on the table and the deals it over but ills HI band hand dipp dipping lilg swiftly into his in ide side breast pocket appeared with the big colt colts automatic A aa 3 1 I waa was saying the old deala deals elabd now on an its my deal and im A going to see ate it if I 1 cn can hold them aces f four our rake 9 your 70 band 1 away you united whited sepulchral he cried sharply nathaniel Nthan ll bettone Let tone hand band toward the cuba creeping cree pushbutton button on th the dull dak WM was abruptly arr arrestor estoL change cars daylight command ed take that chair over there you gangrene lovered skunk jump or make you leak till folk sll think your father was vas a water hydrant and your mother a sprinkling cart you all moe move your chair alongside and you all Doft sett bit sit right there while I 1 just irrelevantly explain th 0 virtues of this here automatic shee loaded tor for big game and she goes off eight times she a a sure hummer when hen she gets started remarks being over I 1 now proceed to deal remember I 1 alot aint making no remarks about your deal you done your darns darn flost and it vaa as 11 ll 11 right but thia this la Is my deal and ita its up to me to do my dam dest in the first place douall you all know me im burning daylight ain t afraid of god devil death nor destruction my four acea aces and they sure copper your bets look at that there living skeleton letton youre sure afraid to die your bones I 1 Is all rat mt alinn together you re that scared and loot too at that fat jew there thia this little ot pong pure fure put the fear of god in his heart lies iles yellow ellow as a sick persimmon dowett youre a cool one douall you all aint batted an ee nor turned a hair tints th its because youre great on arithmetic and that makes you all dead easy in this deal of mine youre sitting there and uddin two and two together and aou douall all know I 1 sure bur J a got you skinned I 1 ou know me and that I 1 ain aln t afraid of nothing and you all adds up all your money mo ney and knows you ain t a going to die it you can help it I 1 II 11 ties you handed was dow retort not by a damned segial when the fun starts you yau re the first I 1 plue plug 11 hing hang all right but douall you all wont went live to see it you all die her here and now while bile III die subject to the lawe laws delay being dead with grass crass growing out of your you y OU wont ont know pa hen I 1 hang but ill sure bur have the pleasure a long time of knowing you all beat me to it IL you surely wont ont kill us letton asked in a queer thin voice daylight it shook hook bis his head its it a sure too expensive you all aint worth it id d sooner booner have chips back my ray and I 1 guess you all d boor boorer er give M my Y chips back than the dead house go tn A long silence followed well I 1 ive ve done dealt it douall you all to play but 9 up to while youre do de berating liberating I 1 want to give ing if it that door opens you all warn and of any one you cussens lets unusual u a usual right on theres acy scything thing here and an d then I 1 start plugging ture hure they get out 0 of the room oom r aint a soul 11 except feet first TO DB HE CONTI CONTINUED 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