| Show sah na G ra fACK LONDON call of the bricf i martin ita 01 Aa fang fany I 1 sieu eden by dearborn melvill no 1 4 7 u tb III new he york co BA ISO I 1 abe company pa SYNOPSIS known all tsi through rough alas ah celebrates cele bratts his 1 with a ro 11 of miners at the dalno leads S aty S in wh ii over ablitt t S loies Is money and ins the ina 11 contract ut enill trip dogs and his ho will be las friends that inc aws kokoll cold strike at the start makes a I 1 country aith the mat I 1 amos I 1 the SI tivoli it I 1 is I 1 n ow v realy ready friends in a lash to ahn new debune I 1 I 1 gold will be it iii arnish astl the up t I 1 h he de clares worth tons 5 01 a in gold but arrives wibb g he finds it desolate A 4 comrade on d reaps a rich b ar U to ann becomes b the in the klondike XU I 1 I 1 n or ats maning il d a 11 he ila returns to and nd the bewilder ing its of 0 high finance D bit b ba has been 1 birj to anve t III men Ilar in jn a echeme scheme kork tl 11 partners with a ri revolver Vv olvar lie ile to kill them if lih money la Is not they are re cow 1 il I return their and harshh KOPS goes back to san where he meets hs h fate tn in son ri a pretty stenographer lie in es ments and gets into the nt nc for a rest he goes to the dl da ight gots depper deeper into high i san but otten often the or r the simple life nearly over CHAPTER XIII inday late in the afternoon across the bay in the t bills of oakland aa As usual a a big motor car though not the guest of swiftwater Swift water dill bill urn wo darling who bad had come pend spend the clean up of the sev tune une wrung from the froien rel it was a merry party iad had made a merry day of it the ie bay from sin su francisco by san jose and up to oak been thrice arrested for 5 tae third time however on wards stretch running away 4 lr Ir captor fearing that a tele A message to arrest them had ched bed ahead they bad had turned aback back road through the bills hills if rushing in upon oakland by route ere boisterously dis hat disposition they should t f the lons constable lable 11 coma come out at blair park in ites one of the men an i book look here swiftwater Swift water crossroad cross road right ahead with ites but take ua us back lato into berkeley then we e can ack into oakland from ahti oth 1 daak antak across on tho the ferry terry ai 4 the machine back around ith the chauffeur swiftwater Swift water dill bill failed to see I 1 bould should not go into oakland of blair park and so decided it Ino arment ment hying around a the 9 back road they were not ta take appeared inside ae fining aning out from her caddie saddle and ta ing it aa a young woman or on pt orrel sorrel with his first daylight felt there was some strangely familiar about her dle straightening baening bt ening up in bilth h W a movement ont be he could ma to identity identify bho rho put the home llop riding away with ber her onald them IQ it was as dede ala what morrison Morr laon 11 4 him n about her keeping a rid arse was glad ehe she bad BU londar A anav him in 1319 this rio floto company W morning coming in tor for k though ti he ough looked at her with tb new he gave no eign sign at 0 tbs stereotyped typed business off 02 in idowu to the stereotyped typed T way but qt sunday found tou him on a rough S across the bay ua and rid 4 1014 the piedmont cd Inot hills he ile day of ont it but no glimpse u catch to of tb reedo alason 00 though abou back road of f kad ittin many it rode fu 0 into kelcy it 33 1 day 0 mcern be far as she ed ss for K and yet not entirely bd ad il enjoyed the I 1 the hoge h open oe under him 1 r thit mat to auch such ere out oil to ia daY bis in struL i best b the e dealers to look took r could buy 1 ch taut torrel sorrel that reek eek ba at odd dimps 11 during examined 1111 numbers nun ibera of orri e 11 tried ted 1114 ft i several and wae was i I 1 oa cani was not till u saturday u f or e upon bol bob daylight W hat t be he 1 0 1114 a waned wanted the mo 1 or 4 riding eyes on him A large sa zis for toris animal he was dono none egidid it conf big titan 11 ilke lalle abt a aught bobs bob coat in 14 1 itak ack 1111 aflame a of fire clr bla his llott jewelled t ion it 1 cr 10 th mane and d than 11 L 7 horses hair 1 alao also its lt color WM j unusual Vi usual in that it was wall almost auburn bum while be rat ral his angers fingers through it bob turned his head and pla fully tully nuzzled daylights shoulder saddle him ur and ill try him be he told the 1 dealer I wonder if he hes used to spurs no english saddle mind give me a good mexican Alex lean and a curb bit not too devere seeing as be he lka to rear daylight Cay llight superintended the ti ons adjusting the curb strap and the stirrup length and doing the cinching he ile shook his head at the martingale but yielded to the dealer a advice to allow it to go on and bob beyond spirited restlessness and a few playful attempts attempt a gave no trouble nor in the hours riding that followed eave save for some permissible curveting and prancing did bo he misbehave day light was delighted the purchase was immediately made and nob bob mth rid ing gear and personal equipment was dispatched across the bay forthwith to take up his quarters in the stables of the oakland riding academy the next day being sunday day light was away early crossing on the crry and taking with him blin wolf the leader of his ded team the ona one dog which he had selected to bring with him when he be left alaska as he w would through the piedmont bills hills and along too the many gaad back road to berkeley daylight saw nothing of dedo mason and her chestnut sorrel but ha he had bad little time for disappoint went tor for his own chestnut kepi kept him j busy at the end of half halt an bour of goodness daylight lured into con denee dence was riding along at a walk and rolling a cigarette with ith knees and relaxed seat the reins lying on the animals neck bob whirled abruptly and with lightning swiftness pivoting on big hind legs his fore legs just lifted clear of the ground day light kept bis his seat beat but beyond a fu tile rein across the neck did nothing to prevent the evolution well bob ho he addressed the an AM real in al at the same time wiping the sweat from his own eyes im free to confess that youre sure the blamed est ali fired quickest creature I 1 ever saw I 1 guess the way to fix you Is to keep the spur just a touching ahl you brute for the moment the touched him his left hind leg had reached for ward in a kick that struck the stir rup a smart blow several times ont of curiosity daylight attempted the spur and each time bobs 8 hoof landed the stirrup then daylight following the horses example of the unexpected suddenly drove both spurs into nto him and reached him inder underneath neath with the quirt you aint never had a real licking before he be muttered as bob thus rudely jerked out of tho the circle of his own impish mental processes shot ahead half a dozen times spurs ad aad quirt bit into him and then daylight settled down to enjoy tho the magnificent gallop no longer punished at thi end of a half allo mile dob bob cased eased down into a fast canter wolf tolling toiling tto the rear was catching up and everything was going nicely and when at list last daylight decided that the horse had had enough bo he turned him around abrupt ly and put him into a gentle canter on the forward track after a time bo he reined in to a atoo to see it if he were breathing painfully standing Stand lne for fl minute dob bob turned his bead and his riders in a roguish impatient way as much as to intimate that it time they were going on well ill be plumb gosti darn darned edt was daylights comm nt I 1 no III will no grudge no nothing and after that lambasting lam basting youre eure sure a hummer bob he ile had taken a liking to the a and repented not of bla his bargain llo realized that bob was not vicious nor mean the trouble being that be he wae was bursting with high spirits and was endowed with more than the average horses intelligence it was tho the spirits and the intelligence combined with inordinate roguishness that made him what he was what wae wac required to control him was a strong band and with tempered sternness and yet with the requisite touch of brutal dominance throughout the week eek daylight found himself almost as ats much interested in dob bob ae an in dede and not bein being in the thick of any big deals he be as probably more interested in both of them than lu the business game bobe bobs trick of whirling wae was of special moment to him how ilow to overcome it that was the thing suppose he did meet with dede out in the hills and suppose by some lucky stroke of fate he be should manage to be riding alongside of her then that whirl shirl of dobs bobs would be most disconcerting and embarrassing barr assing he ile waa was not particularly anxious for her to see him thrown forward on bobs dob neck on the othe hand suddenly aud denly to leave her and go dashing down the luck track plying quirt and spurs do cither either what was wanted was a 6 met method hod wherewith to prevent that lightning animal b before e the whirl he must flnoy it got around the reins would not do this neither would the sparl remained the quirt quirl but bo bow W to aa 0 o com it bob always whirled to would the right very verl well he ile double the quirt in his band hand and the of the whirl that double quirt would rap rep bob on an the noe tta hot N J V X N ell 7 Y C 5 1401 it wae was dede live after it once learned the lesson tint would whirl in the face of ho the doubled quirt more keenly than ever during that week in the domce did daylight realize that he had bad no social dor nor even human cont 1 sets with dede the situation was such that ho be could not ask her the simple question whether or not was going riding axt sunday thus ho he found another card in the band hand the mad god had de deill ailt him how ilow important that card was as to become be did not dream yet he decided that it was vas a pretty good card sunday came and bob lob out in the piedmont hills behaved like an angel hia ilia goodness at times was of the spirited prancing order but otherwise he wag as a lamb but no dede did daylight encounter he ile vainly circled about among the tho hill roads and in the afternoon took the steep grade over oer the divide of the second range and dropped into maraga valley just after passing the foot of the descent he beard the hoof beats of a cantering horse it was from ahead Q and coming toward him what it it were dede he ile turned dob bob around and started to return at a walk the canter camo came nearer but he faced straight ahead until be he heard the horse behind check to a walk alk then he glanced over bla big shoulder it was dede the aton was as quick and with ith her accod earled by surprise what more natural thing than that partly turn ing bis his horse he should wait till she caught up with him and that when abreast they should continue abreast oa 03 up the grade ie ile could i have sighed with relief the thing was accomplished and so bailly pailly greetings had been exchanged here they were ere side by side and going in the same direction with miles and miles ahead of them he ile noted that her eye was first for the horse and next for him bim oh what a beautys beau tyl she bad cried at sight eight of 0 bob from the shining light in her eyes and the face filled with delight be he would scarcely have believed that it belonged to the young woman oman he had known in the office the young woman with the controlled subdued office face 1 I know you rode was one of her first remarks 1 I imagined you ware wedded to get there quick machines thus and to hid hla great wrest relief they launched on a topic of at mutual inter est he ile told her about bobe bobs tricks and of the whirl and his scheme to overcome it and she agreed aba horses had to be b handled with p certain I 1 rational severity no ila matter how much one loved then them there waa was mab which 11 bh she bad bad had for eight and which she had bad to break br oak years the process bad had been 0 of atall stall kicking painful for mab but it bad cured her youve ridden a lot daylight said 1 I 1 really cant remember the fast she be told hinl time I 1 wa wae a on a horse know and d 1 I WM waa bom on a you they keep in me away from the bersee horse and thereat eb shig told him at 0 her ranch life in the daya days before her father died and daylight was hugely pleased with himself they wore were getting acquainted tho the conversation had bad not lagged in the full half hour they had been together ther when aha she talked ho be listened and followed her and yet all the while he tie was follow ing hia his own thoughts and impressions aa its veil nell it was a nervy thing for fm her to do this riding astride and anti he know after all whether ho he liked it or not tila ideas of omen wera prone to ba old fashioned they were the ones h had imbibed in the early day life of his youth when no woman wa wit seen on anything but a sidesaddle side saddle he ile bad grown up to the tacit liccio that ft omen on horseback were not bl pods it camo came to him kim with a shock this eight of her so manlike in n her saddle but he had to confess that the eight right looked good to him just tho samo same CHAPTER XIV another sunday man aud and horse and dog the piedmont bills hills and again daylight and dede rode goeth er but this time her surprise at meeting him was tinctured with sus bus biclon or rather her surprise was of another order the previous sunday bad had been quite accidental but biff tile appearing the second time among her favorite haunts hinted of more than the fortuitous daylight was made to feel that she suspected him and be he remembering that he bad seen a big rock quarry near blair PAM stated offhand that be he was wait think ing of buying it it ids ills onetime one time investment in a brickyard had rind put the idea into bla his bead an idea that be he decided was a good one for it enabled him to suggest that ebe she ride along with him to inspect the quarry so several hours be he spent in bet company in which she was much tha same girl aa as before natural un affect ed light hearted smiling and laugh ia ing a good fellow talking horses with unflagging enthusiasm making frienda friends with the crusty tempered wolf and expressing express int a desire to ride bob whom she declared she was more in love with than ver ever against bis his better judg ment daylight gave in and un an unfrequented stretch of road changed saddles and bridles remember hes bes greased lightning be warned as be helped her to mount she nodded while dob bob pricked up bis his ears earn to the knowledge that bo he bad lad a strange rider on his back the fun carne quickly enough too quickly aly for dede who found herself against bobs unive neck oa as bo be pivoted around and bolted the other way daylight follow fol lowet ec on her horse borse and watched he ile saw av her check the animal quickly to a standstill and immediately with rein rela across neck and a deci decisive prod ol 01 the left spur whirl him baal the wa vs he bad had eeme and almost as swiftly get ready to give him the quirt oc ox the nose daylight called TO BE CONTINUED 4 |
