Show DAY DAYL DAYLIGHT L IGHT iCK cK LONDON ata mcauoy ca a ajaj i f W V adf by Deu deuben brn Al melvill elvill JOIN Q 1 bow york 1111 lo 10 company o 0 bf b tb SYNOPSIS through alaa alas ell all lob known know celebrates ele brates his lt crowd f miners at with a leads dance siy divoll ty bling in which his oer and lose mall contract contla ct 11 the wins ap with dogil and mail ta 3 will be friends it no big strike at the start S gold 1 makes a sensation aill dat with the mall auntry ros 8 no ready and be the new eads a dash to i dl n in that gold will mob de district ila r which he dac declares tares th U it weight in It gold but with hie his f flour lour he finds MOW A comrade dico V reaps reap a rich har tiar haw son becomes the s to davirson bavi ct in I 1 the klondike 1 combination of capitalists deal lie return returns to laang amid the bewilda ring aal of 0 hish high nine cayll daylight vis t bm bas b been een led ju invest ii no in a ma manipulated scheme new york and c rt ners with a revolver he ni them it if his money V I 1 not KT ey are cowed return their d barnish goes back to san her ir lie he meets hia his ate fate in stenographer ite he i 4 pretty 1 nt ante and fret gets into the for a re rest s t he goes to the TER eft XI Continued could cot not persuade persua do him to the traveled road roads d I 1 another cut across coun ellen brought him upon g tio so blocked his way that to follow a friendly cow led him to a small frame doors and window a were cat was nursing a lifter liktor n the doorway but DC nc one home ome he lie descended the Ti dently crossed the can wiy down he met an old T ip p through the sunset be ie carried a pall ot at foamy we wore no hat bat and in bis his 4 irith with enow snow white hair and he the ruddy glow and con e passing summer day ngit that be he had never enter looking a being are you daddy be he quer url r was the reply yes our and 1 than st a e taken good care of 0 suggested how sow about that I 1 aint 1 I walked across the it a ox team and fit wa a family man with piers tars I 1 reckon I 1 wa was as 8 you are now or pretty IL u find it lonely here a shifted the pall of milk ed I 1 depends le pende he be said fracul ut I 1 never been onely lonely cx ex tho e old wife died some ly in a crowd croud and im OL the only time 13 when I 1 go to frisco 90 no more thank you ith a this la is good enough atlen been right here in this 0 54 one of he the first seti the spaniards int chuckled and day 00 ns ilaray at peace with ill 1 I the world it seemed contentment of trail and ha 1 it known nan on the yukon back to lit him in he ile could not his BI eye the picture of illeen er comina up the trail t iud et light ile newa was ecer e for eighty tour four the owing his example en 1118 nind mind but the big 4 franisco rr anIscO vetoed the C EH XII f returning ming j the th city on lentea the butchers nobber S day and crossed the ta I 1 ey to its eastern hills lit e followed fu on dy just for or th the a tad lu at erkd his way wa up P to ad that i riling out upon pa ailed led r pard upward bo be fol to era mile 8 emerging in lount 4 dozen an 60 encl encircled ruled talley valley 1 tze door or ranchers ran chera fh grapes les on the YOM dd the steep te road broad arral etched up ides he the but in the 1048 creases hug wild d 0 0 adnice trees oat oa I 1 and flower flowers the 4 be he broke b dry ed A well defined calleon ca llyon the dry lot to with a water the mom trail raa ran into a wood ro road ad and in A the tb road einer emerged ged across a mall small fint flat upon a slightly traveled country rend road there were no farms in a tali this immell ate section and DO no houses the anti oil was meager the bed ro either close to the surface or the surface itself Manz aalta and arub scrub oak however flour Court lahe abed ind waited the road on either eicle side with a 1 jungle growth and out a runway through this growth a man nud suddenly denly scuttled in a way that r reminded daylight of a rabbit he was wa a little man in patched overalls bareheaded with a cotton shirt open at the throat and down tha cheat the sun was ruddy brown in bis his face and by it bla his sand hair was mas bleached on the ends to pera peroxide ilde blonde he ile signed to daylight to halt and held up a letter if youre going to town id be obliged if it you mall mail this he be said 1 I eure sure will daylight put it into bis his coat pocket do you live hereabouts stranger str angerT but the little man did not answer ho he was as gazing at daylight in u sur and steadfast fashion 1 I 1 know you the little tann inin in in an bounced youre elam burning daylight the papers call you am ara I 1 right daylight nodded well im glad I 1 wrote that letter this afternoon the little man aa on or else id have missed seeing you ive seen your photo in the pa pers many a time and ive a good memory welco ry for facea faces I 1 recognized you at once my IY names ferguson do you live hereabouts daylight repeated his query oh lob yes ive got a little back here in the bush a hundred yirda and a pretty spring and a faw fruit trees and berry bushes come in and take a took and that spring Is a dandy you neer neier tasted nater ilka like it come in and try it walking and leading his horse daylight followed the quick stepping eager little man titan through tb green tunnel and emerged abruptly upon the clearing if clearing clear lne it intent might be called where wild nature and mane mans earth scratching were inextricably blended it waa was a tiny nook in the bills hills protected by the steep sleep walla walls of 1 a I C canyon nyon mouth here ft ere several large oaks evidencing a richer soli the erosion ot of ages from the hillside hlll alde iad and slowly formed thie this deposit of fat tat earth un tin der the oaks almost burled buried in them stood a rough unpainted cabin the wide ver veranda atida of which ith chaira chairs and bam hammocks mocks advertised advert leed an boutot out of doors bed bedchamber cUmber da lights keen eyes took in everything the clearing was irregular following the patches ot of the beat nil and every fruit tree and brry bueb and even each vegetable plant had the water pe personally ally conducted to it IL the tiny tin irrigation channels annele cb were everywhere and along some of them the water wa was ru running ferbuson Fer suson looked ea erly into nh tits visitors toes face for signs ign of or approbation what do jw yom think of it eb hand reared aad manicured every blessed tree daylight laughed but tb the joy jay and ill that hon ilion in eye eyes co contented tented the little man why dye know I 1 know of thor those very every one tree trees ai as tf it they were one tons of mice mine I 1 planted Pla fed them nursed alem alm them and brought them up come on and peep at tit the spring its if aure sure a burn hummer mer verdict wae was Day daylights lightn after due inspection and am sam wing aa a they turned houte haute baci bach for the i the interior as a a oprise u the th cooking being done in t the b 0 mall small lean to kitchen the whole cabaz termed formed a large ih ing room A the great table in middle wae was comfortably littered ith books and mage alnea all t the available wall space from wall to cell ing wae was occupied by filled book shelves it seemed to daylight that he had never seen so many book books as in one place skins of wild cat coon and deer lay about on an the pine board floor daylight found himself charmed and made curious by he little man why nas as he biding awby aly here in the chaparral be he and hia his books so it was when be between teen them they had washed and wiped the dishes and put them away aay and had settled down to a c corn am fordable for table smoke that daylight put bin 1 question booc look here ferguson every since we e got to ther ive been casting about to find out hats wrong with you to locate a screw loose some ft here but III be danged it ive sue ceeder what are vou doing here anyway firguson frankly showed his pleas ure nt tit the questions first of c all he began the doctors wound up ajr b losing all hope for me gave me a few months at best and that after a course in sanitariums and a trip to europe and another to Ila hawell till they tried electricity and forced feeding and fasting I 1 waa was a graduate of about everything in t the he curriculum they kept me poor with their bills I 1 went from bad to worse orse the trouble with roe me was two Z 0 k i r 01 what do you think of it eh fold old first I 1 akas a born weakling Aea kling and next I 1 was living unnaturally too much work and responsibility and s strain t ral n 1 I was managing editor of the tribune in san francieco Franc leco and I 1 wasn gasn t strong enough for the atrain n of course my body went bach back on nie tile and find my mind too for that mat it bad to be bolstered up with 11 whisky b isky which wasu t good for it any more than uns as the IN living ing in clubs and hotels good for my ruy star stomach jacb and tie tle rest rent of me so I 1 quit quit every thing absolutely and came to lavt in the valley of the MOOD abil indian name you know for or sonoma valley 1 I lived in the lean to the first year then I 1 bult the cabin and ald cent sent to for r my books I 1 never vever knew what bap was wait be before fore nor der health look elook at it me now and dar t to 0 1 tell e 11 me that 1 I look forty seven 1 I 1 give a day over forty daylight confessed jt t the day I 1 came here I 1 looked nearer sixty and that WM fifteen years yea they ago I 1 talked alon and nd daylight looked at the world broils fro jew angles jingles here hore was wa a man amr no cynical who laughed at the tha city dweller err end and called them lun cuci a man 10 to lo did not fare care for money and in whom the luat lust for power had long lous inra since died it wa was not until ten ton that daylight parted from ferguson Fer eiron AP be he rodo rode along through the the ib idea came to him blin of buying tb barch on thu tho other ride side of the valley there wae was no thought tr it his ht mind of ev ever r intending to live au on it igli caroo came w wa tn in san 13 francieco Franc teco hat dut he liked the th nf k here was wa man who laughed at a city dwellers Dw ellera and called them lunatic lunatics ranch and an as eoon soon as bo be got back I 1 t to ou the domce ho he would open up neg otla tlona lit a as with Ull lard rd the timo time pissed and he be played on at the game san Franc lacoa attitude toward daylight had bad undergone a change while he be with bis his slashing buccaneer methods wae was a distinct menace to the more orthodox brian finan caal gamblers ho he wae was nevertheless so grave i menace that they were ere glad enough to let him alone lie ile bad had already taught them the excellence of letting a sleeping bleeping dog lie D de iason was as still in the office ho ile bad had made no more overtures die MR cussed no more books he ile bad had no active interest in her and eho she wh to him a pleasant memory of what bad never happened a joy jay which by his essential nature he was barred from ever knowing yet while his interest had gone to sleep and his energy was consumed in the endless battles he aged ged he knew every trick of the light on her hair every quick definite mannerism of movement every line of her figure aa as expounded by her tailor made gowns several times alx six months or so apart be he bad iacre increased ased her salary until now she waa wan inc ing ninety dollars a month beyond athla he be dared not go though be he got around it by making the work easier this ho he had accomplished after her return from a vacation by rota retaining ining her substitute as an as assistant distant also he bad had his oance suite so that now the two girls had a room by them solves thu tho more be he saw of her and the more be he thought he know of her the more unapproachable did ehe she seem to him but since be bad had no in of approaching her this was anything but an unsatisfactory fact lie ile was glad he had her in his office and hoped hed shed stay nud aud that wax was about all ah daylight did not improve with the passim years the life was not good i for him lie was growing stout and soft and there was unwonted flabby ness in his muscles the more he drank cocktails the more he was compelled to in order to get the desired result the inhibitions that eased him down from the concert pitch of his operations and with this went wine too at meals and the long drinks after dinner of scotch and eoda soda at the riverside then too ills body suffered from lack of exercise and from lack of decent human desocia dons his moral fibers were weaken ing never a man to hide anything some of his escapades became public such as speeding and of joyrides joy rides in ili bis his big red motor car down to ban san jose jtb compan lois distinctly sporty incidents that wern were narrated as a good fun and comically in the 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