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(Copyright 1910 by th New York Herald Company) (Copyright 1910 by the MacMillan Company had thrilled as he read it The bald sentences seemed gorged with mysknown all through Alaatery “Our Mr Howison will call upDaylight'' celebrates his on you at your hotel He Is to be birthday with a crowd of miners at the Circle City Tivoli The dance leads trusted We must not be seen toto heavy gambling In which over $100000 Harnlsh loses his money and gether You will understand after we “his staked mine but wins the mall contract He have had our talk” Daylight conned starts on his mall trip with dogs and the words over and over That was It sledge telling his friends that he will be In the big Yukon gold strike at the start The big game had arrived and it Burning Daylight makes a sensationally looked as If he were being Invited to rapid run across country with the mall sit in and take a hand Surely for no appears at the Tivoli and Is now to Join his friends In a dash to theready new other reason would one man so perempDeciding that gold will be field fields In the torily Invite another man to make a district Harnlsh buys two tons of flour which he declares journey across the continent will be worth Its weight In gold but when he arrives with his flour he finds Mr They met — thanks to "our" the big flat desolate A comrade discovers gold and Daylight reaps a rich harHowison — up the Hudson In a magvest He goes- to Dawson becomes the acDaylight most prominent figure in the Klondike nificent country home and defeats a combination of capitalists cording to Instructions arrived In a In a vast He returns to mining deal private motor car which had been furcivilization nished him ' Dowsett was already CHAPTER VII there and another man whom Daybefore the Introduclight recognized In no blaze of glory did Burning tion was begun It was Nathaniel Daylight descend upon San Francisco and none other Daylight had seen Not only had he been forgotten but his face a score of times in the magthe Klondike along with him The azines and newspapers and read about world was interested in other things his standing in the financial world and the Alaskan adventure like the and about his endowed University of Spanish War was an old story He set- Daratona He likewise struck Daytled down In St Francis Hotel was light as a man of power though he Interviewed on was puzzled by the In that he could find no the and received brief para- likeness to Dowsett Except In the of notice for graphs matter of cleanness — a cleanness that hours seemed to go down to the deepest Several months passed In San Fran- fibers of him — Nathaniel Letton was cisco during which time he studied unlike the other in every particular the game and its rules and prepared Thin to emaciation he seemed a cold himself to take a hand flame of a man Not more than fifty Tiring of being merely an onlooker thatched with a sparse growth of he ran up to Nevada where the new hair he looked several times the boom was fairly started — age of Dowsett “just to try a flutter” as he phrased drank— that Is Nathaniel They The flutter on the It to himself Letton took mineral water served Stock Exchange lasted Just ten days during which time his smashing game played ducks and drakes with the more stereotyped and at the end of which gamblers time Florldel Into having gambled his fist he let go for a net profit of half a million Whereupon smacking his lips he departed for San Francisco and the St Francis Hotel It tasted good and his hunger for the game became more acute And once more the papers sensationalized him BURNING DAYLIGHT Inheadline again waB a Old terviewers flocked about him files of magazines and newspapers were searched and the rothrough mantic Elam Harnlsh and historic Adventurer of the Frost King of the and Father of the SourKlondike doughs strode upon the breakfast table of a million homes along with the toast and breakfast foods Even be- fore his elected time he wa forcibly Into the game launched Financiers and promoters and all the flotsam and of the sea of speculation Jetsam surged upon the shores of his eleven millions In he was comHe dabbled in pelled to open offices little things at first — "stalling for time” as he explained It to a friend he had made at the himself Club Daylight was a member of the club and had proposed him And It was well that Daylight played closely at first for he was astounded by the multitudes of sharks — he called them — that flocked about him He saw through their schemes and even marveled readily enough that such numbers of them could find sufficient prey to keep them going Their rascality and general dubiousness was so transparent that he could not understand how any one could be taken In by them So it was that he resolved to leave the little men the Holdsworthys alone and while he met them in good with none he chummed fellowship and formed no deep friendships He did not dislike the little men the men He for instance of the merely did not elect to choose them for partners in the big game In which What this big he Intended to play “I Must Say That You Mr Harnlsh He game was even he did not know was waiting to find It And in the operating mahe played small hands In- by the smoothly meantime the chine of a lackey who Inhabited reclamain several vesting tion projects and keeping his eyes place while Dowsett took Scotch and a cocktail Leon open for the big chance when it sodarfnd Daylightarrived midst in the Guggenhammer should come along And then he met John Dowsett the of the drink and ordered Scotch DayThis was It was the first light studied him curiously great John Dowsett famone of the Guggenhammer met had great to face Daylight big magnate face and he was pleased and charmed ily a younger one but nevertheless he had with which crowd one of the There was such a kindly humanness Nor about the man such a genial demo- locked grapples in the North fail to mencraticness that Daylight found It hard did Leon Guggenhammer to realize that this was the John Dow- tion cognizance of that old affair He on his prowa of of Daylight complimented sett president banks string Insurance manipulator reputed ally of ess — "The echoes of Ophlr came down the lieutenants of Standard Oil and to us you know And I must say Mr Daylight — er Mr Harnlsh that you known ally of the Guggenhammers Nor did his looks belle his reputation whipped us roundly in that affair” was young and Leon Guggenhammer and his manner Physically he guarNot a day more than thirty his fat him knew of anteed all that Daylight adumbated puff face save for the Despite his sixty years and was firmly sacks under the eyes was as smooth hair his The talk hearty and he showed no signs of and lineless as a boy’s decrepitude walking with a quick soon centered jJown to business Dowmovements all sett broached the plan aided by an snappy step making occasional remark from the other two definitely and decisively It was not long afterward that Day- while Daylight asked questions Whatlight came on to New York A letter ever the proposition was he was gohad been the ing Into it with his eyes open And from John Dowsett cause— a simple little typewritten let- they filled his eyes with the practical everal lines But Daylight vision of what he had in mind ter 8YNOPSIS Elam Harnlsh - - ' ' soth iurn'n are “They will never dream you with us" Guggenhammer interjected as the outlining of the matter drew to a close his handsome Jewish eyes “They’ll flashing enthusiastically think you are raiding on your own In proper buccaneer style” “Of course you understand Mr the absolute need for keeping our alliance In the dark" Nathaniel Letton warned gravely Daylight nodded his head “And you also understand” Letton went on “that the result can only be productive of good The thing Is legitimate and right and the only ones who may be hurt are the stock gamblers themselves It Is not an attempt to smash the market'As you see yourself you are to bull the market The honest Investor will be the gainer” “Yes that’s the very thing" Dowsett said “The commercial need for copper is continually Increasing Ward Valley Copper and all that It stands of the for— practically s world's supply as I have shown you — is a big thing how big even we can estimate Our arrangements scarcely are made We have plenty of capital ourselves and yet we want more Also there is too much Ward Valley Thus out to suit our present plans we kill both birds with one stone Not only will you bull Ward Valley but you will at the same time gather Ward Valley In This will be of inestimable advantage to us while you and all of us will profit by It as well And as Mr Letton has pointed out the thing is legitimate and square On the eighteenth the directors meet and Instead of the customary dividend a double dividend will be de- the North had come to New York What had he come for? To trim the New Yorkers as he had trimmed the Tonopah crowd In Nevada? were They prepared for him to play and when heavy buying of Ward began It was quickly decided that he was the operator Financial gossip buzzed and hummed He was after the Guggenhammers once more The story of Ophlr was told over again and sensationalized until even Daylight scarcely recognized It Still It was all grist to hls mill The stock Each befooled gamblfrwere clearly hls buying and so day eager were the sellers that Ward A wildly exValley rose but slowly citing time was hls during the week preceding the eighteenth Thursday Not only was he gambling as he had never gambled before but be was gambling at the biggest table In the world for stakes so large that even the habitues of that table were compelled to sit up In spite of the unlimited hls persistselling ent buying compelled Ward Valley steadily to rise and as Thursday apthe situation became acute proached How much Something had to smash Ward Valley was this Klondike gambler going to buy? How much could he buy? What was the Ward Valley crowd doing all this time? Daylight with them appreciated Interviews that appeared — Interviews delightfully Leon Gugplacid and even hazarded the opinion genhammer that this Northland Croesus might be making a mistake But not that they cared John Dowsett ex“It is purely gambling from plained beginning to end” were Nathaniel words “and we refuse to have clared" to do with It or to take no“There will be all sorts of rumors anything tice of it In any way" on the street” Dowsett warned DayDuring this time Daylight had sevlight "but do not let them frighten eral secret meetings with hls partners These rumors may even originyou — Kme with Leon one Guggenhammer You can see how and ate with us But rumors are to be with John Dowsett and two with Mr why clearly Howison Beyond congratulations they really amounted to nothing for as he was informed was going everything satisfactorily But on Tuesday mornthat was disconcerting ing a rumor came to Dayllght'B ears It was also published in the Wall Street Journal and it was to the effect on apparently that on straight inside information Thursday when the directors of Ward Valley met instead of the customary dividend an assessbeing declared ment would be levied It was the first check Daylight bad received It came to him with a shock that if the thing were so he was a broken man And it also came to him that all this colossal operating of hls was being done on his own money Dowsett Guand Letton were risking ggenhammer nothing It was a panic shortlived it was true but sharp enough while It lasted to make him remember and the and to orders pel him to cancel all buying while he rushed to a telephone in It — only a rumor" "Nothing came Leon Guggenhammer’s throaty voice in the receiver "As you know” said Nathaniel Letton ‘1 am one of the directors and I should certainly be aware of it were such action conAnd John Dowsett: “1 templated” warned you against' just such rumors There is not an iota of truth in it— certainly not I tell you on my honor as a gentleman” Heartily ashamed of himself for hls temporary loss of nerve Daylight returned to his task The cessation of buying had turned the Stock Exchange Into a bedlam and down all the line of stocks the bears were smashing Ward Valley as the apex received the brunt of the shock and was already to tumble beginning Daylight calmdoubled his orders ly buying And all Wedthrough Tuesday and he nesday Thursday morning went on buying while Ward Valley rose triumphantly higher Still they sold and “still he bought exceeding ijisjjower to buy many times over when delivery was taken into account What of that? On this day the double dividend would be declared he sured himself The pinch of delivery would be on the shorts They would be him with terms In That Affair” making Whipped Us Roundly And then the thunderbolt struck no concern of yours You are on the True to the rumor Ward Valley levied Inside All you have to do Is buy the assessment Daylight threw up buy buy and 'keep on buying to the his arms He verified the report and last stroke when the directors declare quit Not alone Ward Valley but all the double dividend Ward Valley will securities were being hammered down jump so that It won’t be feasible to by the triumphant bears As for Ward buy after that” Valley Daylight did not even trouble “And one other thing Mr Harnlsh" to learn if it had fetched bottom or said “if you exceed Guggenhammer was still tumbling Not stunned not available cash or while Wall the amount you even bewildered your Street care to Invest in the venture don’t went mad Daylight withdrew from the fail immediately to call on us RememAfter a short field to think it over with his brokers ber we are behind you” conference he pro‘Yes we are behind you” Dowsett ceeded to his hotel on the way pickrepeated ing up the evening papers and glancNathaniel Letton nodded his head in ing at the headlines BURNING affirmation DAYLIGHT CLEANED OUT he read HIS DAYLIGHT GETS ANOTHER CHAPTER VIII FAILS TO FIND EASY WESTERNER MONEY his hotel though nearly two Back at He passed up to hls rooms ordered In the morning he found the reporters took oft his shoes Martini cocktail waiting to Interview him Next morn- and sat down to think After half an And thus with hour he roused himself to take the ing there were more blare of paper trumpet was he re- drink and as he felt the liquor pass ceived by New York Once more with warmingly through hls body hit feaand wild hulla- tures relaxed into a slow deliberate beating of balloo bis picturesque strode figure yet genuine grin He was laughing across the printed sheet The King of at himself the Klondike the hero 4f the Arctic “Buncoed by gosh!” he muttered millionaire of the (TO BE CONTINUED) Jor-- of Salina- - Drafts drawn on all the principal cities of the United States and Europe Banking in all its various forms Accounts Respectfully Solicited Four per cent interest raid on time deposits New Train Service hereaaed VIA DENVER & RIO GRANDE " Is With Canncctian SANTA FE ROUTE ' ' ROUTE BURLINGTON THREE FAST ROCK ISLAND ROUTE TRAINS PACIFIC MISSOURI EAST UNION PACIFIC 10 TWO NIGHTS CHICAGO TWO NIGHTS TO ST LOUIS THROUGH THREE SLEEPERS TO NEW YORK NIGHTS OP ROUTES CHOICE TO ST see any D For further information ent or addroaa CHICAGO KANSAS CITY I LOUIS G GAPD Sait PDA Denver WADLEIGH A Ag- Lako City BENTON A F R & Colo SAUSAGE and Fine mad to Fresh Like Mathar make Choicest line oh MEATS and GROCERIES The White W G Freat LONG Use Electric Lights Why not? 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