Show t FORGET aSIpndon Copyright 1910 by th New York Herald Company) (Copyright 1910 by the MacMillan Company SYNOPSIS Elam Hamleh known all through Alaska aa “Burning 'Daylight" celebrates his 10th birthday with a crowd of miners at the Circle City Tivoli The dance leads to heavy gambling in which over 1100000 la staked Harnlah loses his money and his mine but wins the mall contract He starts on his mall trip with dogs and sledge telling his friends that he will be In the big Yukon gold strike at the start a sensationally Burning Daylight makes rapid run across country with the mail appears at the Tivoli and is now ready to join his friends In a dash to the new Deciding that gold will be !old fields In the district Harnlsh buys two tons of flour which he declares will be worth its weight in gold but when he arrives with his flour he finds the big flat desolate A comrade discovers gold and Daylight reaps a rich harvest He goes to Dawson becomes the most prominent figure in the Klondike and defeats a combination of capitalists In a vast mining deal He returns to civilization and amid the bewildering complications of high finance Daylight finds that he has been led to Invest his eleven millions in a manipulated scheme He goes to New York and confronting his disloyal partners with a revolver he threatens to kill them If his money is not returned They are cowed return their stealings and Harnlsh goes back to San Francisco where he meets his fate in He Dede Mason a pretty stenographer makes large Investments and gets Into the political ring For a rest he goes to the country CHAPTER XI— Continued him- could not persuade Daylight self to keep to the traveled roads that day and another cut across country to Glen Ellen brought him upon k canyon that so blocked his way that he was glad to follqw a friendly This led him to a small frame cabin The doors and windows were open and a cat was nursing a litter cf kittens In the doorway but no one the He descended teemed at home crossed the trail that evidently Part way down ho met an old the sunset man coming up through In his hand he carried a pall of foamy He wore no hat and In bis milk hair and faoe framed with beard was the ruddy glow and con- summer day tent of the passing Daylight thought that he had never teen so contented looking a being "How old are you daddy?” he queried was the reply “Tes and spryer than slrree In patched He was a little man with a cotton overalls bareheaded shirt open at the throat and flown the In chest The sun was his face and by It his sandy hair was on the ends to peroxide bleached He signed to Daylight to blonde halt and held up a letter “If you’re going to town I’d be obliged If you mall this” be said “I sure will" Daylight put It Into his coat pocket “Do you live hereabouts stranger?” But the little man did not answer He was gazing at Daylight in a surprised and steadfast fashion “I know you” the little man an- “You’re Elam Daylight the papers call you Am I right?” Daylight nodded "Well I’m glad I wrote that letter this afternoon” the little man went on “or else I’d have missed seeing I’ve seen your photo In the payou pers many a time and I’ve a good I recognized memory for faces you at once My name’s Ferguson” “Do you live hereabouts?’’ Daylight his query repeated I’ve got a little shack “Oh yes back here In the bush a hundred yards and a pretty spring and a few fruit trees and berry bushes Come In and take a look And that spring la a dandy You never tasted water like It Come In and try It” Walking and leading his horse Daythe light followed eager little man through the green tunnel and emerged abruptly upon the clearing If clearing It might be called where wild nature and man’s were Inextricably blended It was a tiny nook In the hills protected by the steep walls of a canyon nounced ' most" “You must a’ taken good care of yourself” Daylight suggested "I don’t know about that I ain’t I walked across the loafed none plains with an ox team and fit Injuns man with In ’51 and I was a family reckon I was as seven youngsters old then as you are now or pretty nigh on to It” "Don’t you find It lonely here?’’ The old man shifted the pall of milk land reflected “That all depends” he said oracul"I ain’t never been lonely exarly Some cept when the old wife died fellers are lonely In a crowd and I’m of one them That’s the only time is when I go to ’Frisco I’m lonely But I don’t go no more thank you This is good enough ’most to death I’ve been right here in this for me valley since ’54 — one of the first settlers after the Spaniards" and DayThe old man chuckled light rode on singularly at peace with It seemed himself and all the world 'that the old contentment of trail and camp he had known on the Yukon He could not had come back to him shake from his eyes the picture of the old pioneer coming up the trail through the sunset light He was cerr The tainly going some tot thought of following his example enmind but the big tered Daylight’s vetoed the game of San Francisco Idea CHAPTER XII Instead of returning to the city on Monday Daylight rented the butcher's horse for another day and crossed the bed of the valley to Its eastern hills As on the previous day Just for the at Joy of it he followed tohaphazard and worked his way up Coming out upon ward the summits folhe led a wagon road that upward lowed It for several miles emerging valley In a small ranchers poor where half a dozen on the steep farmed the road pitched upBeyond the slopes the covered ward Dense chaparral but In the creases exposed hillsides of the canyons huge spruce trees flowers and oats wild and grew he broke Late In the afternoon and followed a through The dry trail down a dry canyon slencanyon gave place to one with a The water der ribbon of running and the a trail ran Into emerged across a small flat road npon a slightly traveled country There were no farms in this ImmediThe soil ate section and "no houses close either was meager the the surto the surface or constituting Manzanita and scrub-oaface Itself and walled- the flourished however road on either side with a Jungle And out a runway through growth this growth a man suddenly scuttled la a way that reminded Daylight of a rabbit “What Do You Think of It Eh?” mouth Here were several large oaks strain Of course my body went back a richer sgll The erosion on me and my mlnfl too for that evidencing It had to be bolstered of ages from the hillside had slowly up with Unformed this deposit of fat eart-whisky which wasn’t good for It any more than was the living in clubs der the oaks almost burled In them stood a rough unpainted cabin the and hotels good for my stomach and with chairs wide veranda of which tie rest of me So quit quit everyand came to live In advertised an and hammocks thing absolutely keen the Valley of the Moon — that’s the bedchamber Daylight’s The Indian name in took clearing you know for Sonoma everything eyes the In lived was lrregu’ar following the patches the first Valley of the best soil and every fruit tree year then I built the cabin and sent I never knew what hapand berry bush and even each vege- for my books Look table plant had the water personally piness was before mor health to it The tiny Irrigation at me now and dare to tell me that conducted channels were everywhere and along look "1 wouldn’t some of them the water was running give a day over forty” Ferguson looked eagerly Into his Daylight confessed “Yet the day I came here I looked visitor’s face for signs of approbation nearer sixty and that was fifteen “What do you think of it eh?” and manicured every years ago" but blessed tree” Daylight laughed They talked along and Daylight the joy and satisfaction that shone In looked at the world from new angles Here was a man neither bitter nor the little man Ms eyes contented “Why d’ye know I know every one cynical who laughed at the and called them lunatics a man of those trees as If they were sons of who did not care for money and In I planted them nursed them mine whom the lust for power had long since died It was net until ten o'clock that As Daylight parted from Ferguson he rode along through the starlight the Idea came to him of buying the ranch on the other side of the valley There was no thought In his mind of ever Here Waa a Man Who Laughed at Them Dwellera and Called City lunatics it to live on His game waa Francisco But he liked the aa soon as he got back to the office he would open up negotiations with Hillard The time passed and he played on attiSan Francisco's at the game tude toward Daylight had undergone a change While he with his slashing was a distinct buccaneer methods menace to the more orthodox financial gamblers he was nevertheless so grave a menace that they were glad enough to let him alone He had alof ready taught them the excellence letting a sleeping dog lie Dede Mason was still in the office disHe had made no more overtures He had no cussed no more books active Interest In her and she was to Jjim a pleasant memory of what had never happened a Joy which by his essential nature he was barred from ever knowing Yet while his Interest had gone to Bleep and his energy was he consumed In the endless battles he knew every trick of the waged light on her hair every quick definite mannerism of movement every line of her figure as expounded by her six times Several gowns months or so apart he bad Increased her salary until now she was receivBeyond ing ninety dollars a month this he dared not go though he got around It by making the work easier This he had accomplished after her return from a vacation by retaining Also her substitute as an assistant he had changed his office suite so that now the two girls had a room by themsaw of her more he and selves The the more he thought he knew of her did the more she unapproachable But since he had no Inseem to him tention of approaching her this was an but fact unsatisfactory anything He was glad he bad her In hts office and hoped she'd stay and that was J abSut all Daylight did not Improve with the passing years The life was not good was He growing stout and fpr him flabbisoft and there was unwonted The more he ness in his muscles drank cocktails the more he was compelled to drink In order to get the result the Inhibitions that eased him down from the concert pitch of’ bis operations And with this went and the wine too at meals long drinks after dinner of Scotch and soda at the Riverside Then loo bis body and suffered from lack of exercise from lack ‘of decent human associations his moral fibers were weakentng' Never a man to hide anything some of his escapades became public in and of such as speeding his big red motor car down to San fyse with companions distinctly sporty —Incidents that were narrated as good fun and comically in the newspapers (TO BE CONTINUED) Intending in San ranch and Destruction of Rats East Africa publication contains description of a method of destroy followed In Java In which Ing rats An s In employed In carbon bisulphaie carrying out the method a small quun my usuelly about half a teaspoonfui of tbe carbon bisulphide Is poured In in tbe rat bole and after waiting a few moments to let tbe liquid evap oiate the mixture of air and vapor Is a small explosion resulting and lighted filling the bole with poisonous gas Such a prokilling tbe rata Instantly cess practiced openly might be objeo tlocable under some circumstances be cause of danger from fire resulting from the explosion and a field for Invention appears to offer itself to pro vide some form of gun or explosion chamber suitably formed to be inserted In tbe mouth of tbe rat bole and adapted to enclose the ex the resulting plosion and discharge noxious gas Into the American DAYS like mine will not for him” Want a Third Fort Tbe refusal of the house Bentatlves to Incorporate policies enough be good of reprethe In bill the fortification appropriation of for a site for $150000 coast defense on Cape Henry was a Do Kind of Fighting to moat of the sharp disappointment in Them in the house to a good Virginians good many army officers and unquesof entire to the tionably population section of the Old DoLIKE DAMON AND PYTHIAS the minion Fort Monroe today has the safety of cities In its keepseveral American Ties of Affection Broken by Colonel’s It Is the outpost defense of ing Candidacy Not Equalled by Any and with and Baltimore Washington Who Have Served for Fort Wool It stands as a sentinel Comparleon keeping watch over Norfolk and Richmond The army men and the VirBy George clinton sentinel ginians think that a third but congressmen Washington— "If William H Taft should be posted and Theodore Roosevelt are to do tbe have taken Issue with them Across kind of lighting for tbe next three the mingling waters of Chesapeake months that It Is In them to do they bay and the ocean Ilea Cape Charles must keep their minds oil the old whose rough coast la visible on clear days” It was the days to the gunners on Monroe’s parwho has known bottx men Intimately apets but If what haB been said by from the day when they began their supposed experts Is true no projectile which the big guns of tbe fort can Washington life who said this President Taft did not believe until hurl ever Is likely to prove effective Into tbe six o’clock Sunday February 25 that against battleships steaming was to declare channel close under the Charles proTheodore Roosevelt himself even In effect an active can- montory to make the run up the wadidate for the nomination He hung ters leading to the capital The forte at Cape Henry southward on after other men bad let go their In across tbe entrance to the Inland war hold to a faith that something would keep tbe colonel ters army men seem to think would friendship ' frpm Baying tbe definite word which nearly perfect the system of defense Henry would put him Into the field as a rival but the proposal for a Cape Is only one of eeveral of the man who ae secretary of war fortification from made sustained him In executive endeavor plans which have been Mr Roosevelt’s friends say that Mr time to time to complete the defenses of the harbor bay and river Taft broke the bonds of friendship Hints at 8elfiah Interest when he departed three years ago There waa a plan first to build a fort from the promised path Tbe blame Is thrown one way by some men and an- on Cape Charles Itself but later this other way by others but wherever It was changed in favor of a plan to belongs the friendship seemingly has plant big guns on a half submerged gone though It may be as Mr Taft Island midway of the entrance to the This plan was considIs reported to have said recently to Chesapeake one of hls friends that one day after ered by congress several years ago the troubles time when retirement and there were hints that some selfish Interests were connected with it but comes It will return David and Jo- no one ever made a direct charge and Damon and Pythias Fldus Achates there never was any proof advanced Aeneas and nathan Inslnuar and all the rest who have served bo of what were but whispered tioni for friendship’s' comparifaithfully It seems to he the full belief of sons must pass when tbe once existmany army officers that one day an ading affection of Theodore Roosevelt in the vicinity and William H Taft for each other Is ditional fortification of the Virginia capes will be authorconsidered As things are now ized by congress The Ranking Officer It Is said that a foreign fleet with a board There la a Washington newspaper pilot deserving the name on story to the effect that the society the leading ship could slip Into the haze under cover of a editor of a local journal went to the Chesapeake no matWhite House one morning when Mr while the shore artillerymen Roosevelt waa president to get some ter how watchful would know nothing until there was no Information on precedence and while of the movement there he asked some one who tbe target to fire at but the broad wakea officer of the cabinet was of the Invading vessela ranking Fort Monroe Is said to be a bulTbe president overheard tbe question and turning said: “The secretary of wark of defense In Itself but It seems war” So he waa to Theodore Roose- even to the layman that the picture — of drawn by some of the congresemen velt a capital laid waste by the guns of Many things showing the affection between Mr Roosevelt and Mr Taft a foreign fleet or by troops which had of a back the secured to the present mind today by are brought landing Is drawn with a free breach between two men who once fortifications came as near to being one as human hand guided by a freer Imagination One If vessels should succeed In getting by circumstances would admit night In December 1907 two or three Fort Monroe they would have a hard Taft became an time getting up the Potomac klver fdr months before Mr the Potomac’s announced candidate for the nomina- below Washington tion President Roosevelt talking to channel is Make an Easy Target some friends In the White House said Pictures also have been drawn ot that the country was calling certain “‘the Roosevelt the demolition of Richmond and Norpolicies legislative Then be Bald that be did folk by hostile guns It would seem policies” that the Virginia capital and Its seanot know whether they were RooseHls un- port might be able to rest In confivelt policies or Taft policies certainty as to the proper name was dence that ho foe can come up the waTbe main ship due he said to the fact that long be- ter to their troubling fore be bad any thought that one day channel at the mouth of the James be might be president of the United Is within easy great gun range of the States he was thinking along lines of parapets of Fort Monroe and the gunwhat he considered to be proper pub- ner who could not hit so fair and conand wondering if ever fronting a mark as a battleship or a lic policies they might be given legislative effect cruiser at double the distance would after one pushing of While wondering he found out that be discredited another man was thinking along tbe the electric button and hls place same lines and also wondering If hls would be taken Instantly by a man home — thoughts might one day take the form able to drive every projectile The other man Mr for the army Is not worthless there of legislation Roosevelt said was William H Taft are many Buch men In the artillery As the story came from Mr Rooseranks velt he entered Into a correspondence It the marksmen at Fort Monro with Mr Taft exchanged views and should happen to fail In their gunning were there Is perhaps little chance that opinions and found that the Roosevelt said that from their brother artillerymen identical at Fort that date until the day he was speak- Wood would fail In theirs for the ento force a ing the two had been close In counsel emy that would attempt in friendship and In endeavor passage of the James would almost brush the muzzlea of the smaller fort’s Story Pleased Taft have occasional guns Artillerymen ' It was only a few weeks ago that chances to test their skill A governPresident Taft was told this story of ment tug tows red triangular pyrathe words of the man whom even mids made of cloth stretched on a' then it was expected might be hls framework of wood across the line ot He liked the fire while the men at the big rifles rival In the 1912 field the targets drawn story and said It was good to bear It peg away at through tbe fire zone at a ten knot knew generally Before the country a hit It Is that Mr Roosevelt hoped that his gait In order‘‘toto make ” for If hit not necessary It la be war Induced to could secretary of found that the shot has made itself become a candidate for the presidency In space fore and aft of a visitor at the White House asked "effective” the target not greater than that him what progressive Republicans which would have been covered by the were to do on election day the fola hit Is credited It seems lowing November provided the party battleship to be a fair system of marking and Insisted on nominating a reactionary The president said that he hoped it Is the only one used by the land and sea artillerymen of the world when would not be necessary for anybody If the party firing at moving marks that“to go fishing” Hits at Commerce Court should nominate as be hoped It would Wilrette Representative Thetus William H Taft It would have a Is the reprecandidate and if be was Sij8 of Tennessee progressive Introwho congress elected the country would have a pro- sentative in Then he added duced the bill to abolish tbe compresident gressive Jt probably will be rewith Mr Taft merce court that hls associations most readmembered newspaper by with him and hls close friendship court dlsar made him know just how he felt about ers that the commerce real progressive legislation and Just greedof with a good many of the findthe Interstate commerce comwhat he would do to further Its cause ings mission hnd that the Supreme court if ever be became president in some inThere are a few Washington believ- stood by the commission ers of a story somewhat widely told stances at any rate and aa a result that Mr Roosevelt broke with Mr there Inhas been ofa good deal of agitafavor the abolishing Taft before Inauguration day 1909 It tion court railroad This tribunal is pretty well known that tbe predewaa created In part by the direct cessor watched with some misgivings of recommendation Taft President the successor’s cabinet making enand there seems to be little likelV deavors but It Is to be doubted If Mr Roosevelt said as he Is reported to hood at this session at any rate that have said "A cabinet like mine does any strong attempt will be made to which not seem to be good enough for him get a bill through congress nd it may be 'that In a few weeks shall wipe the court out of exlstano Must Taft and Roosevelt cau of TNfmo Aurwp or 'meMAAfrt “MrffANG? £Dm"ffC fed them and brought them up Come on and peep at the spring” "It’s sure a hummer” was Daylight’s verdict after due Inspection and samas they turned back for the pling house ' The The Interior was a surprise cooking being done In the small kitchen the whole cabin formed a A great table In large littered the middle was comfortably All the with books and magazines available wall space from wall to cellbooking was occupied by filled shelves It Beemed to Daylight that he had never seen so many books asSkins of wild-sembled In one place cat ’coon and deer lay about on the floor Daylight found himself charmed and made curious by the little man Why was he hiding away here In the chaparral he and his books? So It was when between them they had washed and wiped the dishes and put them away and had settled down to a comfortable smoke that Daylight put hia question “Look here Ferguson Every since we got together I’ve been casting about to find out what’a wrong with you to locate a screw loose somewhere but ril be danged if I’ve succeeded What are you doing here anyway?” Ferguson frankly showed his pleasure at the questions “First of all” he began “the doctors wound up by 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 Hawaii They tried electricity and I waa a forced feeding and fasting graduate of about everything In the curriculum They kept me poor with their bills while I went from bad to worse The trouble with me was twoand fold first I was a born weakling next I was living unnaturally — too and much work and responsibility editor of strain 1 was managing In San Francisco the and I wasn’t strong enough for the OLD if They That’s - |