Show ACK DON vr 44 W 17 C 0 o copyright 1910 ay the new york therald company copyright 1910 by the company r is SYNOPSIS mant narn lah known all through alaska uj a burning daylight celebrates hla hirth birthday dav with wi a fai crowd of miners at the circle alty city tivoli the dance lends lendi to heavy gambling gambl lne in which over la Is harnish loses hla his money and ahli hi mine hu but t wins the mall contract ho luria on an lilii hir mall mail trip with dogs anil and aarts feda telling filing tits liln friends fr lenila that lie he will be in tile big yukon gold bold strike at thu the start burning daylight makes a sensationally mair rapid run across country with the mall appears at the tivoli anil and la in now rendy ready to lo join his friends in a dash to the now cold deciding that ROM gold wilt vill be found in the upriver up river district I 1 larnish buys buy two tons tonii of flour which he declares will be worth its iti weight in gold old but when h he arrives with hla his flour he finds the MB ba flat desolate A comrade comrad fl discovers god 1 and daylight rea reaps s a rich bar vent veat ile he goes to cawson aws b ecomet the mosi most prominent figure in the th Kl klondike and ats a combination of capitalists lr irk vast mining minim deal lie ile returns to civilization find and amid the tha bewildering complications of high finance fl nance 1 at finds that lie lia has hag be bren led to invent hl 3 leven millions million in a manipulated scheme lie ile to now new york ind and mil his dis disloyal loval partners with a revolver lie ho threatens in ft kill them 1 it hl tits anoney la Is not te returned turned rhey bre are cowed return their and noes goes baek to san bait where ito ho meets his fate in dede alason a pretty stenographer ilo II 11 mif larve investments find gets into tho the political ring for a rest he noes goes to the country daylight reta gets deager deeper into high finance in san ban francisco but often the tha for the simple life nearly overcomes h him in dede mason bu buya afi a horae borne find and met meets her in h hr her r z addle t trips one day tie he aalon dedo dede to no go with mm on nw more ride his hl purpose being to ask k tier lier to marry him anti and they arinter dav wwava sh ah to analyze her feelings feell nR tells daylight that her happiness could auld not lie ile with a money manipulator maril P 10 1 1 undertakes to build up i areat t community its he la Is InA latent abat sh she marry him ad and yet hopes to win her CHAPTER glnn lian the ferry system beran began to run MI find the time between oakland anti bait san fru francisco was demonstrated to be cut in half the tide or of torrine expenditure started to turn not that it really did turn for he p promptly went into further ti lents euis thousands thousand ot at lots in hla his rest real lenc jence were vero sold and thousands il if ho lu was waa being built factory sites aleca ra elling ties I 1 in n tho the heart of oakland all AH this tended toa to ft steady in tho the value of nt daylights hugo huge holdings hut but a of old he be had his hunch and was billing tt IL already ho he had begun bor bar rowlin rowles fr roro rim tho the banks the ning pronia be made on her laud land ue ae sold were turned into moro more land into more development and instead f t paying ok off old loans he contracted diew ones As be had bud pyramided pyra in dawson city he bo now pyra pyramided in oakland but he be did it with till the knowledge know ledga that it was a stable ente enter r irlam arlie rather than a risky placer iraln work on an daylights dock system went on apace yet tt it was nas one of those enterprises that consumed m dreadfully and that could not bo be accomplished as aa quickly as a terry ferry system not content with manu ac turing electricity for hla his street railways tu fu the 06 old fashioned way in pow cr houses daylight organized the sierra and salvador power company this immediately assumed targe large proper conn crossing the san joaquin val ley on the tha way from the mountains and plunging through the contra costa hills there were many towns and iven a robust lobust city that could he be eup plied piled with power ateo also with light and it became it a street and house lighting project tie as wall vail As soon aa the pur oia ct cf power sites in the sierras was wa s through the survey were elkind building na ins began and so ao tt it went there were a th thousand maws into which he poured unceasing streams of money in tho the spring of the year tho the ireat panto cams on the first warning was when tho the banks banka began calling in tt their unprotected loans daylight promptly paid the first of several ot of his bis personal notes that were presented then bo be divined that those these demands but indicated the tha way the wind was waa going to blow and that one of those terrific financial lu andal he had aicard about was soon to sweep over the united states how this paril particular cular storm was to be he did not anticipate nevertheless he took look every in his bis power and had no anxiety about his bis weathering tv it out nul and in the end when early summer was WAB on everything began to came a day when daylight did tho the an lin hi lett left the office an hour earlier than usual and tor for the reason that tor for the first time mince the panic there wag waa not an item of work willing to bo be done ito ho dropped into ll egans private office before leaving for a 0 chat and as aa ho he stood up to go eo he be said allegan ll egan were all hunh hunk adory were ware pulling out cat of the financial in ine fine shape and well get out without leaving one unredeemed pledge ballad the worst woral lit hr over and the ind end la in sight just tight rein for a couple more just juat a bit of 0 a pinch or a flurry or so act now anil and then and wo we can let Is t so go and spit aptt on our for onca be varied hii clotead of going directly to bit bis hotel holl hb in started on a round of the burn bare anil and catt a cat cocktail matatall Atall horo herst itna s k ca 1 cocktail coch tall there and two or three when he be encountered men ho he knew it was after an hour or so tit of this that ho he dropped into the bar of the parthenon for ono one last drink before going to din nor ncr dy by this time all his being was pleasantly warmed by the alcohol end and he be was in the most genial and best of spirits at the corner of the bar sev oval eval young men were up to the old trick of resting their elbows and attempting tempting to force each others hands down ono one broad shouldered young giant never removed his elbow but put down every hand that carno came against him daylight was interested its Blo saon tho the barkeeper told him la in answer to hla his query lies iles the heavy hammer thrower at the U C broke all records this year and tho the woolda world 16 record on top of it iles hes a husky all right all right daylight nodded and went over to him placing his own arm in opposition id like to go you a flutter son on that proposition he said the young ruan man laughed and locked binnis with him and to daylights astonishment ment it was his bis own hand band that was forced donnon down on the bar hold field on he muttered just ono one more nutter flutter I 1 reckon I 1 just ready that time again the hands locked it happen ed quickly the offensive attack of muscles slipped instantly into defence and resisting vainly his bis band was forced over and down daylight was dazed it had been no trick tho the skill was waa equal or it anything this Is the first time I 1 ever come to the penitent form and you put me there hero yourself hard ive seen a few ew in my time and I 1 aint fastidious 96 BO aa 04 you can notice it but let roe me tell you right now that im worth the devil alone knows how many millions and that id sure cure give it all right here on inn tile the bar to turn down your hand band which means mcana id give elve the whole shooting match just to be back where I 1 was before I 1 quit sleeping under the stars and come into the hen coops of cities to drink and lift up my feet eel and ride son the tha matter with me and the way I 1 feel about it the game aint worth the candle you just tale take care of yourself and roll my advice over once in a while good night ile he turned and lurched out of the place the moral effect of his utterance largely spoiled by tho the fact that he was so patently full while he be uttered it still in a daze daylight made to his hotel accomplished Us lila dinner and prepared for bed the damned young whippersnapper he muttered put my hand down easy as you please my handl bandt lie ile held up the offending member and regarded it with stupid wonder the hand band that had never been beaten the hand that had mado made the circle city giants wincel and a kid from college with a laush laugh on his face had put it down twice dedo dede was right ile he was not the same man the situation would bear more serious cooki looking ng into than ho he had ever given it IL but this was not the time in the morning after a good sleep he be would give it consideration CHAPTER 1 daylight awoke with the familiar parched mouth and lips 11 pa and throat fi i i i v A 0 O 10 r I 1 aa I 1 lilt fill n N I 1 were pulling out of th tho the o financial pawnshop in fine shape t the superior skill had been his strength strength had done it lie culled for the drinks and still dazed and pondering held up hla his own arm arid and joked at it as at some new arrange thag lie ho did not know this arm it cor cerU tamly Saly was waa not the arm he had bad carried around with him nil all tho years tho the old artal arm 7 why it would have been play to turn down that chat young baskys but this arm am he ha continued to look at it with such dubious perplexity as am to bring a roar of at laughter from the young men this laughter aroused him hara tie he joined in it at first and then his bis face ace slowly grew grave lie he leaned toward the hammor hammer thrower he said let ma whisper a secret get gel out of bore and quit drin klug before you begin the abo young fellow bushed angrily but daylight held steadily on you listen haten to your dad and let mm aay a few im a young man myself only I 1 aint iet mo me tell you several years ago age for me to turn your hand down would have hake been like committing ambault and battery on am a klu dergar hergarten der garten tew fi losson looked hla his incredulity while the others end and clustered amount daylight encouragingly son I 1 aint bixen to lna took a long drink of at water from tho the pitcher beside his avd and gathered up tho the train or thought where bo be had bad left it tho night before ile ala reviewed the easement casement of the financial strain things were mending at last while the going was still rough the greatest dangers ian Kera were already past ills mind moved on on to the incident at the corner of the bar ot at the th par thenon when the young athlete had turned hla bia hand baud down ilo was no longer stunned by tho the event but tie was shocked chocked and grieved as only a strong titan man can bf be at this passing of his bis ito ho bad always looked upon this strength of hla his is as permanent and hero here tar for years yeara it t had been steadily oozing from him As he had bad diagnosed it ho he had bad come in from under the stars to roost tn in the coops of cities tie had almost forgotten how to walk ile iia had lifted up hta his feet hud and been ridden around la in automobiles cabs and carriages and electric cars lie eie had bad not exercised und tie ne had dry batted ratted hla with alco hol and was ws it worth it what did all ait his money mean after all dede was right it could buy bay hiru him no more mere than one bed at a time and at the same time it had mado made him the tat eat of at slaves it tied him rast fast which was better he asked himself all this was dedes dedea own thought it wat wa what rhe had meant when she bho prayed be would go broke lie held up his bla offending right abia apia ana it the same old aim arm of course she could not love that arm and that body as aa sho had loved the strong clean arm and body 0 of years before its he like that arm and body himself A young whippersnapper had been able to take tahe liberties with it it had bad gone na his arms went out and around he her r back on him lie ile sat up suddenly no he had gone back on it lie ile had gone back on himself lie he had bad gone back on dede she was right a thousand times tight and she had sense enough to know it sense enough to refuse to marry a money slave with a whisky rotted carcass lie ile got out of bed and looked at himself in tho the long mirror on the wardrobe door ile he pretty the old time lean cheeks checks we were gone these were heavy seeming to hang down by their own weight ile he looked for the lines of cruelty dede had spoken of and anabe he found them and he be found the harshness in the eyes as well the jeyes that were muddy now alter after all e cocktails ot at the night before and of the months and years before lie he I 1 looked 0 at the clearly defined pouches that showed under his eyes and they shocked him ho he rolled up p the sleeve of his pajamas no wo wonder ader the hammer thrower had put his hand band down those muscles A rising tide of tat had submerged them he stripped off the pajama coat coal again he be was shocked this time by the bulk of ofa his body it pretty the lean stomach had become a paunch the rigid muscles of chest and shoulders shoulder and abdomen had bad broken down into rolls of flesh and this was age then there drifted across the held ot of vision of his minds eyo eye the old man he had encountered at glen ellen coming up tho the hillside through the tires of sunset white headed beaded and dwhite bearded eighty tour four in his bis hand the pall of foaming milk and in his bis face all the warm glow and content of the passing summer day that had been age yes eighty four and spryer than most he could hear bear the old roan man say next he remembered ferguson the little roan man who had scuttled into the road like a rabbit the onetime one time managing editor of a great newspaper who was content to live in the chaparral along with hta his spring at 0 mountain water and his bla band reared and manicured fruit trees ferguson had solved a problem A weakling and an alcoholic he had bait run away from the doctors and the chicken coop of a city and soaked up health like a thirsty sponge ile he sat down suddenly on the bed startled by the greatness of the idea that had come to him he did not bitang alti long ills his mind working tn in its customary way like a steel trap canvassed the idea in all its bearings it was big bigger than anything he be had bad faced before and he faced it squarely picked it up tip in his two bands and turned it over and around arid and looked at it simplicity of it delighted him lie he chuckled over it reached tits nt decision and began to dress dresa midway in the dressing bo be stopped in order to use UBO the telephone dede was the first he be called up come to the office this morning he be said im coming out to see you tor for a moment tle he called up tip others ile ho ordered hla his motorcar motor car to jones jonea he gave instructions for the forwarding ot of dob bob and wolf to glen ellen hegan lie ce surprised by asking him to look up the deed of tho the glan ellen ranch and make out a new one in dede masons name who hegan demanded dede meson mason daylight replied imperturbably perturb ably ther the phone must be indistinct this morning dedia dede D e d ia e mason M a s on got itt it half an how later he was flying out to berkeley and for tho the first time the he big red car halted directly before tho house dean offered to receive him in the parlor but he be shook hla his head and nodded toward her rooms in he ha said no other 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