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Show miu nn linn mil B I B a seilBwiin '-mi I U SYNOPSIS. Klam Harnlah. hmin all through Alaa he aa "Hiirhln I'ayhsht." calabratsa till II. litrthday with crosrd uf nilio-ra at the I1W iHlx Ttvnll The ami.. laa.la Ui heavy gambling. In which over IOniu la atakrd Hannah lu-a hla tntmry and tit mine but wltia the mall cnhlra.t Mr atarta fin hla mall trip with doga ami audio, n-lllng hll frlemla that If will lie In Ilia hl tuknn 'l.t etrlke at thr alart turning Daylight makra a at naailnnHll) rapid run acpiaa ruuntrr Willi Ilia mnll. H.psara at tin- Tlv.ill anil la now ready In Jnlii In. frlenda In a ilaah tu I hi- new M nlde lierldlnc that emd will he found In Ihe up river dlattlit llarntah huva tan tona uf rt.iuf m lil. lt he il. i lr will t.- wnrth Ita arirlil In "ld hut when ha arrlvra with tita tluur ha flnila Ilia hlg tint di-mnlntf A r friIp dla.uv. -ra g,,!.1 and 1'avlls-ht n-apa a rh I. bar- "I It. mra In I .... l-r,.na t,a Itinat tir.inilnrnt flaurr In Ihe Khwdlhr "n" a' .r"l "ndii'li'i" de'.?l ""lie tVtilrtia "l " rlvlllr'itli.n. and amid tha hewlhlrrlhe iiiiililli allona nf hlith Miianee, Daylight flii.la that he liaa I,, ,-n Ir.l tu l.iw.t I I. eleven milMnna In n manipulated ei heme Mr g.a tn New V'irk. ami . ..nfl.inlliia-Ida ..nfl.inlliia-Ida dlalnval pirlneta with a revolver, ha ilir-.m i, tn kill thrin If hla mmiry la tint returned Thr are cowed, return tlialr ali.allriKa and MihiiUIi g..ea hn. k tn rlnll t tain In. n whara ha meets Ida filta In ln-.li- Mn.i ii a prcltv ateniiri,iher II-nilik.-B lutite tin ..I m-iil . ami la Intn tha iKilith al rln I'.ir a rest ha gora In tha oillilrv Daylight ifi'ta dai'pi-r Intn high finance In Han I rnm lai n, hut nrtrn tha hniRlnir fur tha alhiile Ufa nanrly overcomes over-comes hltn. CHAPTER XIII. On Rondny. lilt at In the afternoon, found Daylight serosa tha bay In lb rirtltnont bllli of Oakland Aa uaual. Ii In big moior car. thoimh not bin own. the guest of Hwlft water Hill, lairk's own darling, who had com down to spend tha clean up of tba enth fortune wrung from lha froxen Arctic gravel. It waa a marry party, and I liar bad made a merry day uf It. circling Iba bay from Han Krancleco around by Ban Jose and up to Oakland, Oak-land, having bran thrlra arrested tor speeding. Iba third tlma. however, on tha llaywarde stretch, running away with their captor, rearing that a telephone tele-phone message to arrret I ham bad bran flashed ahead, they bad turned Into lha back road through tha billet, and now, rushing In upon Oakland by a new route, were bolateroualy die-eueaiaat die-eueaiaat Cteac dlapoaltlon they ahould make of the conatable. "We'll coma out at tlialr Park In ten mlnulre.' one of the men announced, an-nounced, "l-ook here, Hwlftwater, there'a a croaa road right ahead, with lota of natea. but It'll take ua back-country back-country Into llerkelry. Then we ran come bark Into Oakland from the other oth-er aide, aneak acroaa on the ferry, and aend the marhlne bark around lonlxht with the chauffeur." Hut Swlftwater lllll failed to aee why he abould not go Into Oakland by way of lllalr I'ark. and ao decided. Tba nait moment, flying around a bend, the back road they were not going to take appeared. Inalde the nine, leaning out from her aaddle and Slum rloalng It, waa a young woman on a ihoatnul anrrel. With hla Aral gllinpae. Dayllxht felt there waa anme- 1 thing atrangvly familiar about brr. The licit moment, atralghttifilug up In llm amldle with a tnovi-ment he could not full lo Identify, aha put the borae t Into a gallop, riding away with her buck toward them. It wua Ilede Ma-mm Ma-mm lie remembered what Morrlaon hud told him about her keeping a riding rid-ing bone, and be waa glad ahe bad not Been him In thla rlotoua company. Intervening treee at that moment la abut her from Tlew, and Bwlfi water lllll plunged Into the problem of dla- lioalng of their conatable. while Uay- light, leaning bark with cloned eyea. Vj waa ailll aeelng Urde Maaon gallup off jf. down the country road. 'y On Monday morning, coming In fur illctutlon. he looked at her with new A Intereat, though ha gave no algn of .". It; and the atereotyped bualneaa . .' paaaed off In the atereotyped way. Hut the following Sunday found 111 til on a " horae hlmaelf. acroaa the bay and rid ' tug through tha I'ledmont hllla. He ' iniide a long day of It. but no gllmpae J did he catch uf Iiede Miuion, though A be even look the bark road uf itmuy J. gutea and rode on Into Herkeley. It hud been a frultleaa day. an far ae ahe i mu ci in rt-rued; and yet not entirely fi. (rultleaa, for he had enjoyed tho open JT tlr and ihe horae under him to eucta 'P purpohe Hint, on Monday, hla Inatruc- fx tliina were nut to Hie deulera to look Jt for the beat clienlinit aorrel thai JL money could buy. At odd tluire during rT the week he examined nuinbera of $i-heatntil aoriela. tried aeveral and waa imm lulled. It na not till Hatunlny ... (lint ho ruiue upon Hob. Imyllght fy knew hi m for what no wanted Iho mo- f)N inent he luld ryea on hlin. A large JV horac for H riding anliiinl, he waa none ;J; too lurgo for a big man like Daylight. fl In apienilid rnnillilon. Ilob'e coat In jjttt the unllKbt wua a flame uf fire, hl ijw an hed neck a Jewelled cutiflngiutlon 5L Duyllght eianiliied the mano and w lound It finer than any bono a hair W be hud ever een. Also. Ha color wua yU nun. mil In that It waa almoat auburn. J!l While be run hla tlngem through II, fff Hub turned bla bead and playfully liiuled Dayllghl'a ahoulder. Huddle him up. and 1 11 try him." bo luld the denier. "I wonder If ho a ed lo apura. No Ktitfllub aaddle, i I mind, (live me a good Mrilcan and a : curb bit not too aevere, aeelng aa he ' llkea to rear." Iiayllgtit euperlntended the prrpara. I loin, adjuatlng the curb atrap and j the atlrrup length, and doing the cinching. He ahook hla head at the I martingale, but yielded to the dealer a j ndvlie to allow It to go on. And Hob, j beyond aplrlted reatlraaneea and a ' few playful attempta. gave no trouble Nor In the hour a riding that followed, aave for aome permlaalble curveting and prnnclng. did be mlahehave Hay , light waa delighted; the purrhaao waa I Imiuefltately made; and Itob. with rid Ing gear and peraonal equipment, waa dlapatched acroaa the bay forthwith tu lake up hla quarlera In the atablra of the Oakland Hiding Academy. The net day being Runday, Pay-light Pay-light waa away early, croaalng on (he ferry and taking with hltn Wolf, tbe lender uf hla aled team, the nne dog which he had aelected to bring with htm when he loft Alaaka. (Jurat aa he would through the I'ledmont hllla and along the many guled bark rnnd to Herkeley. Daylight aaw nothing of Dede Maaon and ber cheatnul eon-el. Hut he had Utile time fur dlaappolht- mint, for hla uwn cheatnul kept htm buay. At the end of half an hour uf gnodneaa Daylight, lured Into conn-drnce. conn-drnce. waa riding along at a walk and rolling a cigarette, with alack kneea and related aeat, the relna lying on the animate neck. Hob whirled abruptly and with lightning awlftneaa, pivoting on hla bind lega, hla fore lege jual lifted clear of tha ground. Daylight Day-light kept bla aeat, but. beyond a futile fu-tile rein acroaa tha nec k, did nothing to prevent the evolution. "Well. Hub." be addreaaed tba animal, ani-mal, at tha aame tlma wiping the aweat from hla own eyea, "I'm free to conreaa that you're aura tbe blamed-eat blamed-eat all fired qulckeat creature f ver aaw. I gueaa tbe way to fii you la to keep tbe apur Juat atouchlng ah! you brute!" For, the moment the apur touched hltn, hla left bind leg had reached fur-ward fur-ward la a kick that atruck tha atlrrup atlr-rup a emart blow. Beveral time, out of curloatty. Daylight attempted tha apur, and each time Hob'a hoof landed tha atlrrup. Then Daylight, following the horae'a eiatnple of tha unexpected, auddenly drove both apura Into him and reached him underneath with tbe quirt. "You ain't never had a real licking before." be muttered, aa Hob, thua rudely Jerked out of tha circle of hla own Imptkh mental proceaaea. abet ahead. Half a duien tlmea apura and quirt bit Into him. and then Daylight aettled down to enjoy the magnificent gallop. No longer punlihed. at the end of a half mile Hob eaaed down Into a fnet ranter. Wolf, lolling Ihe rear, waa rutchlng up, and everything waa going ntruly. And when, at laat, Dnyllght decided that Ihe bore had had enough, he turned blm around abruptly abrupt-ly nnd put blm Into a gentle canter on the forward truck. After a time, he reined In to a atop to aee If he were breathing painfully. Hlnndltig for a minute. Hob turned hla hend and nunled hla rlder'a atlrrup In rogulnh. Impatient way, aa much aa to Intimate that It waa time they were going on. "Well, I'll lie plumb goah darned!" waa Duyllght'a comment. "No III will, no grudge, uo nothing and after that laminating! You're aura a hummer, Hob." He had taken a liking to the animal, and repented nut uf hla bargain. He reallred that Hob waa not vlcloua nor mean, the trouble being thnt he waa buratlng with high aplrlta and waa endowed en-dowed with mora than ihe average horae'a Intelligence. It waa the aplrlta and the Intelligence, combined with Innrdlnafe rogulahneaa, that made him what he waa. What waa required to rontxol him waa a atrnng hand, with lempered aternneaa and yet with the reqitlalte totirh uf brutnl donilnnnre. Throughout the week Daylight found hlmaelf almoat aa murh Interested In Huh aa In Dede: and. not being In the Dili k of any big deitla, he waa prnb ably more Interested tn both uf them t linn In the hualueae game. Hob'a trick of whirling wna of kperlal moment mo-ment lo hltn. How to overcome It Hint wna Ihe thing. Huppoae hu did meet with De.lt. out In the hllla; and Kuppoae by nine lucky atroke uf fate, he ahould niniiiige to be riding along-aldo along-aldo of her; then that whirl uf Hob'a would be ttifial dlarotirertltiK nnd em-hurruxiiliig em-hurruxiiliig Ho wua not particularly milium for her to nee blm throw n forward for-ward on Hob'a neck (lu the other hand, uddetily to leave her and go dunning down the bach truck, plying ipilrt and apura, wouldn't do, either. What wna wanted waa a method wherewith to prevent that lightning whirl. II" muKt atop the animal before be-fore It got around. The relna would not do thin. Neither would the apura. Koiiinlned the quirt. Hut bow to ac-cotnpllah ac-cotnpllah It? Hob alwaya whirled to Ihe right. Very well. He would double the quirt In bla band, and, tha luttunt uf tbe whirl, Uiut double quirt I v, : -J It Wat Dede. would rap Hob on the bob. The horaa didn't live, after It onoe learned tbl leaann, that would whirl In tba faivt of tbe doubled quirt. Mora keenly than ever, during tha week In the office, did Daylight reallat that be had no aoclal, nor even hutnaa rontarta with Dede. The altuatlon wai aurb that he could not aak her thi almple question whether or not ibt waa going riding next Sunday. Tbui he found another card In the bant the mad god had dealt him. How Important Im-portant that card waa to become he did not dream, yet he derided that It waa a pretty good card. Bundny rame, and Huh. out In the ' Piedmont hllla, behaved like an angel Hla gondnraa at tlmea waa of Ihe aptrlled, prancing order, but other-w other-w lae he waa a lamb. Hut no Dede did Dnyllght encounter. He vainly circled about among the hill roada, and In the afternoon took the ateep grade over ihe divide nf the eernnd range and dropped Into Maraga Valley. Juat after paaaltlg the font of the dearrnt. he heard the hoof brata of ranterltif horae. It waa from abend and coming toward him. What If It were Dede! He turned Hob around and etarted to return at a walk The canter came nearer, but he faced atrnlght ahead until he heard the horae behind check to a walk. Then he glanced over bla boulder. It waa Dede. The recognition recogni-tion waa quick, and. with her. arcom panted by aurprlae What more natural thing than that, partly turning turn-ing hie horae, he ahould wait till aha rnught up with him : and that, when abreant, they ahould continue abreoat on up the grade? He could have alghed with relief. Tha thing waa arrnmpllahed, and ao eaally. (IreetlngB had been eichanged; here they were aide by aide and going In the aame direction with mllea and mllca nhead of them. He noted that her eye waa flrat for the hone and next for him. "Oh. what a beauty!" ahe had cried at eight of Hob From the ahltilng light In her eyea, and the face filled with delight, he would acarcely have believed thnt It belonged to the young woman he had known In the oftlre, the young woman with Ihe controlled, kutidued office face. "I didn't know you rode." waa one of her flrat retnnrka. "I Imagined you were wedded tu get there-quick uiachltiea." Thin, and to hla great relief, they launched on a topic of mutual Interest. Inter-est. He told her uboul Hob'a trkka. and of the whirl and hla achrme to overcome it; nnd alio ugri-ed thnt horaea hud lo be bundled with a certain cer-tain rutloiuil Buvertty, no mailer how much one loved them. There waa Mub. which aim had hud for eight yean, and which ahe had hud to breuk of atall kicking. The proreaa hud been ' painful for .Mub, but It had cured her. "You've ridden a lot." Daylight ' kuld. "I really can't remember the flrat 1 time I wua on a horae," ahe told hltn. "I wua born on a ranrh, you know, and they couldn't keep uie away from the lumen." And thereat aha told him more of her ranrh Ufa In tha daya before bar father died. And Daylight waa hugely pleased with hlmaelf. They were getting get-ting acquainted Tha eonveraatlon had not lagged In the full half hour they had been together. When aha talked, he listened and followed ber. and yet all the while he waa follow-' Ing hla own thoughta and Impressions aa well. It waa a nervy thing for her to do, thla riding astride, and ha didn't know, after all. whether he liked It or Dot. His tdeae of women were prone to be old fashioned: they were the onea he had Imbibed In the early day. frontier Ufa of bla youth, when oo woman waa seen on anything but a sidesaddle . He had grown up to the tacit fiction that women on horseback were Dot hi- peda. It rain to him with a shock, thla alght of her ao manlike In her aaddle. Hut be had to confeaa that the alght looked good to blm juat the same. CHAPTER XIV. Another Sunday man and horaa and dog roved the I'ledmont bills And again Daylight and lede rode together. togeth-er. Hut thla tlma her surprise lit meeting him waa tinctured wlih suspicion; sus-picion; or rather, her aurprlae waa of another order. The prevloua Sunday had been quite accidental, hut hla appearing the second time among her favorite baunta hinted of more than the fortuitous. Daylight waa made to feel that aha auapected blm, and he. remembering that he had Been a big rock quarry near Hlalr I'ark. stated offhand that be was think Ing of buying It. Hla onetime Investment In a brickyard hud put tha Idea Into bla bead -an Idea that he derided waa a good one. fur It enabled blm to auggest that she ride along with blm to Inspect tha quarry. Ho aeveral hours he spent In her company, ln which ahe waa much Ihe nine girl aa before, natural, unaffected, unaffect-ed, light hearted, smiling and laugh-lug, laugh-lug, a good fellow, talking hones with unflagging enthusiasm, making friends with Ihe crustytemH-red Wolf, and expressing a desire to ride Hob, whom nhe declared ahe waa morn In love wlih than ever. Against hla better Juda inent. Daylight gave In. and, on mi unfrequented stretch of ruuil. changed saddles and bridles "Hememher, he's grenaed lightning " he warned, aa be helped her to mount Hhe nodded, while Hob pricked u hla eara to the knowledge thai be bud n strange rider on hla buck Tbe fun came quickly enough too quickly for Dede, who found herself ugiilnat Hob's heck aa ha pivoted around utid bolted the other way. Duyllght followed on her hone and watched, lie suw her rherk the animal quickly to a BtiindHlltl, and immediately, with leln ucroas neck and a decisive prod of the left spur, whirl hltn back the wuy he had come and almoat aw awlftly. "(jet ready tn give him the ijulit uu the ii'ise." Daylight called. J ITO UK CUNTlNUliD.) 1 |