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Ma B'n"a In INawann. tianiiiii'a Ilia Rinat t. rnmln.nl flaura In Ilia Klmiillka anil d.r.ala a iviinlilnatliin nf raiiltnllala In a vnal mining il.-l. Ma r.lurna In I flrllll.ll.in, ami "mid tha Wwlln.rtns nimiill.'allnna nf Mah rlnanra. liavllsht flniia thai h haa bn l.il In tnv.al I. la li'Van nnlllnna III a manlpilrata.1 arhama. Ha s ias tn N.w Turk, anil innfriintlns hla ill.lnral nartnors with a ri'V.ilvar. ha Ihrwal.na In kill Iham U hla mnn.y la mil ratiimail. Thay am rowan, rnttirn lli.lr .annua and llarnlah bni k tn Han l-ranila.n whara ha rnaMa hla rata In lh-d- Mnann. a tiratty alannsrnph.r Ma mak.a lars Invaalm.nla ami ! Into lha pohHral rlns. r"iir a rat ha inn lo lha country. CHAPTER XI. Contlnutd. rayllicht could not porsusila Mm-lalf Mm-lalf lo ktiop tn the trsvlpil roads thai dny. and snolbnr cut nrrtms conn, try to (lln Elln bniusht blm upon t canyon thnt so blnrkrd his way that b was lsd to follow a frlindly cow. Dstb This led him tn a small frsmi :nbln. Tho doors and windows wors open, and a cat wss nursing; a litter f klllens In ths doorway, but no ona eemed at homo. Hn ilnsremted tha tmll thnt eyldnntly croaaed the can. yon. I'srt way down, lis met an old man coming up through the sunaet. tn his hand ho carried s pnll of foamy ,,111. It. wir. nn hat anil In hla fnco. framed wllh snow-white bslr and beard, wss ths ruddy low and con-lent con-lent of the ps'sltiK summer dy. Daylight thought that hs had oeyar teen so contented looking a belni. "How old ara you, daddy T" ba qusr-lad. qusr-lad. "Klghty four." wns tha rsply. "Tea, Irree. eighty-four, and spryer than most." "You must a' taken good cars of yourself." Daylight aiutieated. "I don't know about that I ain't lonfed nous. I walked across tha plains with an ol team and lit Injuns In '61. and I was a family man with even youngsters. I reckon I waa aa old then as you are now, or pretty olgh on to It." "Don't you find It lonely nereT" Tho old man shitted (be pall of milk nd reflected. "Thnt all depends," be said oracularly. oracul-arly. "I ain't neror been lonely except ex-cept .'heii "lie old wife died. Boms felliirs are lonely tn a crowd, and I'm one nf them. That's tha only time I'm lonely. Is when I go to 'Ftlsco. Ilut I don't go uo mors, tbank you most to death. Tbla Is good enough for me. I've been right here In this mlley since '04 one of the first settlers set-tlers after the Kpnnlnnla " The old man chuckled, and Daylight Day-light rode on, singularly at peace wllb himself und all the world. It seemed that the old contentment of trnll and camp he had knnwn on the Yukon hud come back to blm. He could not shake from his eyes the plrturs of the old pioneer coming up the trail through the sunaet light. Ha was certainly cer-tainly going some for eighty-four. The Ihought of following his esnmple en-tared en-tared Daylight's mind, hut the big game of Hnn Francisco vetoed the I Idea. CHAPTER XII. Instead of returning to the city on Monday. Iluylluhl rented the butcher's horse for another tluy and crossed tbe tied of the ynlley to Us eastern bills. As on the previous (lay. Just fnr tbe ny of It. be followed cattle-trails at hnphnrnrd and worked hla way up toward to-ward the siiinnilis. Coming out upon I wagon road thnt led upward, he followed fol-lowed It for several miles, emerging In a smnll, mnuninln enctrcled vnlley, where hnlf a doxen poor ranchers 'armed the wine grnpes on the steep ilopes. Ilnynnd, the road pitched upward. up-ward. Honrs chaparral covered tha xpoaed hlllildi's. but In the creases 3t the canyons hurts spruce trees irew, and wild oats and flowers. Late In the afternoon he broke through, and followed a well defined trail down a dry canyon. Tbe dry sanynn gave place to one with a slender slen-der ribbon of running water. Tba trail ran Into a wood-rosd, and the wood road emerged across a small flat upon a slightly traveled country rosd. There were no furms In this Immedl' ste section, and no houses. The soil was menger, the bed-rook either cIono to tbe surface or conslltiitlng the surface sur-face Itself. Mammilla and scrub-oak, bnvever, flourished and walled the rond on either side wllh a Jungle 'growth. And out a runway through I this growth a man suddenly scutlied In a way that rvmlnded Daylight of a rabbit. He was a little man. In pstrjai overalls; bareheaded, with a cotfe shirt open at the throat and down p chest The sun wss ruddy brown! his face, and by It his sandy tislr W blenched on the ends to pernatet blonde. He signed to Dayllgbt W halt, and held up a letter. I "If you're going to town, I'd obliged If you mull this." he said. I "I sure will." Daylight put It ld his coat pocket. "Do you live bet ahnuts. stranger?" 1 Ilut tbe little man did not answer He was gmltig at Daylight In a s apprised ap-prised and stesdfast fashion. "I know you," the little man nounced. "You're Khun llarnlah Horning Daylight, the papers call yoa. Am I right?" I Daylight nodded. I "Well, I'm glad I wrnts that lett this afternoon," tba little man weft on, "or else I'd have missed seelr you. I've seen your photo lo tbe I pera many a time, and I've a guot memory fnr faces. I recognised yos at once. My name's Ferguson." I "Do you llvs hereabouta?" Dayllgtt repeated bla query. "Oh, yea. I've got a little shant back here In the bush a hundred yards and a pretty spring, and a few fruit trees and berry hushes. Come In ant lake a look. And that spring Is a dandy. You never tasted water llks It. Corns In and try It." Walking and leading his horse, Dsy-llght Dsy-llght followed the quick stepplni. eager little man through the greea tunnel and emerged abruptly upon lbs clearing. If clearing It might be cslU-4' where wild nature and mnn'a enn scratching were Inextrlcebly blends Il was a tiny nook In the bills. n lected by the steep walls of a cantcl S'onvrlrM tais hv tha Naw Tnrk Marald rnmpany.) I Copyright. 1119. by lha Ma Mlllan Company. I tbem. and brought them up Coma a and peep at the sprtng." "It's sure a hummer." was Daylight's rdlct, after due Inspection and sam-ling, sam-ling, as they turned back for tha use The Interior wss a surprise The .klng being done In the smnll, lean- kitchen, the whole cnhln formed a tge living room. A great table In middle wna comfortably littered vth book and mngnr.lncs. All the tsllnhle wall spnee, from wall tn cell-at. cell-at. was occupied by mint book-wives book-wives It seemed to Dsyllght that a had never seen so (Tinny books aa-mbled aa-mbled tn nne plnre. Hktna nf wild , 'coon and deer lay about on the lia-tMinrd floor. Daylight found hlinai'lf charmed and tide curious by the 111 l It. man Why ks he biding away here In the chsp-iral, chsp-iral, he and his books? Ho It waa, ben between (hem they bad washed id wiped the dishes snd put them say. and bad smiled down to a com-'rtable com-'rtable smoke, that Daylight put his veetlon. "t-ook here. Ferguson. Kvery since got together. I've been casting tout to And nut what's wrnng with u, tn locale a screw Inose some-here, some-here, but I'll ba dsngid If I've too led i-d What are you doing here, lyway?" Ferguson frankly showed his pleas- at at tne quesiions. "First of all," he began, "the doctors Vund up by losing all hope for me. !ve me a few months at best, and it. after a course In sanitariums I a trip to F.urope and another to wall. They tried electricity and seed feeding and fasting. I waa a kduate nf about everything In the errlculum. They kept me poor wllh fclr bills, while I went from bad tn arse The trouble with me waa two-W: two-W: first I wss a horn weakling; and Vit, I wns living unnaturally too sl h work, and responsibility and I In. I wss managing editor of "'l Times Tribune In Hnn Krsnclsco, "l I wasn't strong enough for ths v. i : J "What Do Vw Think of It, Eh?" mouth. Here were several large oiks, evidencing a richer soli. The erosl'O of ages trotn the hilUlde had slowly formed Ibis deposit of fat enrlh. fader fa-der tbe osks, almost burted tn lb, stood a rough, unpaliited cabin, the wide veranda' of which, with cbs'ra and hammocks, advertised an out-of-doors bedchamber. Daylight's ksen eyus took In everything. The clearing, waa Irregular, following the patches of the best soil, and every fruit tree and berry bush, and even each vegetable vege-table plant, had tbe water perknnslly conducted to It. The tiny Irrigation channels were everywhere, and along some of tbem the water was running. Ferguson looked eagerly Into bla visitor's fur a for signs of approbation. "What do you think of It, eh?" "Hand roared and manicured, every blessed tree," Daylight laughed, but the Joy and satisfaction thnt shone In Ms eyes contented the little limn. "Why, d'ye know, I know every ona of those trees as If they were sons of inlue. I plained tbem, nursed tbem, HI strain. Of course my body went back on me, and my mind, too, for thut mat-air. mat-air. It bad to be bolstered up with whisky, tlch wasn't good lor It any more limn'was the living In clubs snd hotels good, for my stomach and ti e rest of me. Ro I quit, quit everything, every-thing, absolutely, and came to live In the Valley of the Moon that's the Indian name, you know, for Honotna Valley. I lived In the lean to the first year; then I built the cabin and sent fur my books.' I never knew what happiness hap-piness wns before, nor health. Look at me now and dare to tell me that I look forty-seven" "1 wouldn't give a day over forty." Dnyllght confessed. "Yet the day 1 csme here I looked nearer sixty, and thut was fifteen years ago." They talked along, and Daylight looked at tha world from new angles. Here was a man, neltbor bitter nor cynical, who laughed at the city-dwellers and called them lunatics; a man who did not cars for money, and lu whom the lust fnr power had Ions since died It was nr until ten o'clnck that Daylight parted frnm Ferguson. As he nnlr slong through tbe stsrllgbt, the Idea rnme lo blm of buying the ranch on the other side of the valley. There was no thought In bis mind of evel Here Was a Man Whs Laughed at City Owellara and Called Ttism Lunatics. I Intending tn live on It. His game waa In Han Franclacn. Ilut be liked the ranch, and aa soon aa he got back to the office he would open up negotiations negotia-tions with Hlllnrd. The time passed, and he played on at the game. Han Francisco's attitude atti-tude toward Daylight had undergone a change. While he, with bla elaahlng buccaneer methods, was a distinct menace tn the more orthodox ftnan clnl guinbleru. ha was nevertheless so grave menace Hint they were glad enough to let hltn alone He hnd al ready taught Ihem tbe excellence ol Idling a sleeping dog lie. li d Mason was still In ths office. Hn bad msde no more overtures, discussed dis-cussed no more tmoka. He had no aetlve Interest In her, and she waa to hi in a pleassnt memory of what had .mm Mappawaa. taw. VJhVala. w hla essential nature, he waa barred from ever knowing. Yet. while his Interest hail gone tn sleep and his energy waa consumed In the endless battles he wnged, he knew every trick of the light on her hair, every quick definite mannerism of movement, every line of her figure sa si pounded by her tailor made gowns. Haveral limes, six months or so apart, be had Increaaed her salary, until now she was receiving receiv-ing ninety dollars a month. Ileyond this he dsred not go, though he got srnund It by making the work easier. This he bad accomplished after her relurq from a vacation, by retaining her substitute as an assistant Also, he hud chsnged his office suite, so that now the two girls hsd a room by themselves. them-selves. The more he ssw of her, and i ho more be thought he knew nf her, the more unapproachable did she seem tn hltn. Ilut since be bsd no In-tentlon In-tentlon of approarblng her, this was anything but an unsstlsfsctory fncL He was glnd be hsd her In his office, and hoped she'd stay, and that waa about all. Daylight did not Improve wtib the passing ynsrs. Tbe life was not good tor hi in He waa growing stout and oft, and there was unwonted flubbl-nesa flubbl-nesa In bla muscles. The more he drunk rocktnlls. the more he was compelled com-pelled to drink In order to got tbe de-slicd de-slicd result, the Inhibitions that enaed him down from the concert pltcn ol bis operations. And with this went wine, too, at meals, and Ibe long drinks slter dinner of Hcolcb aud soda at Ibe Itlverslde. Then, loo. his body suffered from lack of exercise; and, from lack of decent human associations, associa-tions, his moral fibers were weakening weaken-ing Never a man to hide anything, some of his escapades beenme public sucb ss speeding, and of Jny rldes In his big red motor car down to Hnn Jose with companions distinctly sporty - Incidents that were narrated aa good tun and comically In the news liapers. (TO UK CONTINCKD.) Dsstructlon of Hats. An F.ast Africa publication contains a description of a method of destroying destroy-ing rats, followed In Java, In which enrbou btaulphale In employed In carrying out tbe method a small quantity, quan-tity, usually about balf a teaspoonful of tho carbon bisulphide la poured Into In-to tbe rat bole and after waiting a lew moments lo let tbe liquid evsp-oi evsp-oi ste. ths mixture of air and vapor Is Untiled, a small explosion resulting and filling ths hols with poisonous gas killing the rats Inslaotly. Buch a process pro-cess practiced openly might be objeo llnrjsbls under some circumstances ba cause of danger from fire resulting from the exploslou and a field for Invention In-vention appuars to offer Itself to pto vide some form of fireproof gun ol explosion cbsoitsr suitably formed to be Inserted In the mouth of the rat bole and adapted to enclose tbs ex plosion and dlscbargs ths resulting noxious gus Into the bole Scieuun American. |