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t:i;im llnmlxli. known nil (IiikiiIi Alas
la as "lliitnlii',' l.i liKlit." ci'li'lu-iti hl
Brttli liltllnlav with ii einwil or iiilnM.t lit
the CIiclu City Tlvutl. Tin- dunce 1'inN
to licuvv Kiiinlitlng, In wlili-li uor JlHt.ltM
Is Mtiilicil. I liirnlHli Iowh IiIm imoih'V and
IiIm mine lint wins tin- tin til iMintiai't Hi
marls on his mall nip wllli ilos iiml
Mi'ilnu, Ii llltm Ms filoniN that In- Will lie
In tin- lil Yukon koIiI Mi Ike at tin- start
Hunilng Daylight makes a Hi'iuutliuiiilH
t"ii plil ran in-rum country with tin- mall,
appeals at tin; Tlvoll mnl Is now roiuly
to Join Ills fi ti-ints In a ilasli to tlic ih-w
Kiild Ili-lils. Doi'lilliik' tlmt golil will he
fotinit In tlii! up-tlwr illstilft llarnlHli
littv.i two tons or lloiir, Willi h In- iIitIuhm
will In- worth Its wi'liiht In polil. hut
whim he airlvi's with lili tlotii In- llmls
thi' IiIk Hat ili'solato. A comtaili' illi'ov
era i;ohl anil lvlyht wiips a ilch liar
Vi'st. Mm Koi'ti to Dawnoli, Im'i'iiiiu'M tlm
most proniltii'iit Amire In tin- Klondike
anil iloffiits a I'oinhluatlon of rapltallsts
In a Mist minium ileal. Ho roturm to
rlvillr.ntlon. anil, amid the hewlldiTlnu
I'liniplleatioiis of IiIkIi llnanee. n.iyllulit
tltnls that he has 1 u led to lne-t Ids
eleven minimis In a manipulated cehenie
He jioi's to New York, and eonfrniitliu:
his disloyal partneis with a revolver, he
Ihioateus to kill them If his monev Is tint
returned. Thev aie eowed. retain their
Htealltms and llainlsh oes hark to S.iu
Kliuiolsiv wheie he niei'ts Ills fate la
Iiede Mason, a pretty Monographer, lie
makes larKi Investmenln and i ts Into tlm
political ling, l-'or a lest he oes to the
I'otintry. Imyllglit Ki'ts deeper Into hlah
tlnaneo In San I'ranelsro. hut otten the
loiiKlim for tho slmplo llfi; neatly over
I'ome.s lilni
CHAPTER XIII.
One Sunday. lute In tho afternoon,
found Daylight ncroHS tho buy In the
Piedmont hills of Oakland. As usual,
he was In ti big motor car, though not
his own, the Rttest of Swlftwnter Hill.
Luck's own darling, who had eomo
down to sjicnd tho clean-up of the sev
enth fortune wviiiir from tho frozen
Arctic gravel. It was n merry party,
and they had made a merry day of It,
circling the bay from San Francisco
around by San Jose and up to Oak
land, having been Union arrested tor
speeding, the third time, liowover, on
the Ilitywards utrcteh, running awny
with their captor. Keating that a tele
phone :nes?:ige to arrest them had
been Hashed ahead, they had turned
Into tho baek-ioad through tho hills,
and now, nibbing In upon OaUI.ind b
ti new i onto, were l.nlstrrniisly dis
cussing what ills-position they should
innlte of the constable.
"We'll come out at I'.lalr Park in
ten minutes," one of the men an
nounced. "I.ool; here, Swltt water,
there's a cross-road right ahead, with
lots of gates, but It'll tako us back
country Into nerkeley. Then wo can
como back Into Oakland from tho oth
er side, sneak across on tho ferry,
and send the machine back around
tonight with the chauffeur."
Hut Swlftwatcr Hill failed to see
why ho should not go into Oakland
by way of Hlalr Park, and ao decided.
Tho next moment, Hying around a
bend, the bnck-road they were not
going to tako appeared. Inside the
gate, leaning out from her snddlo and
Just closing It, was a young woman on
a chestnut sorrel. With his llrst
glimpse, Daylight felt there wus some
thing strangely familiar about her.
The next moment, straightening up in
tho saddlo with n movement ho could
not fail to Identify, sho put the horso
Into a gallop, riding awny with her
back toward them. It was Dedo Ma
sonho remembered what Morrison
had told him about her keeping a rid
ing horse, and he was glad sho hail
not seen him In this riotous company.
Intervening trees at that moment
shut her from view, and Swlftwnter
DIU plunged Into the problem of dis
posing of their constable, while Hay
light, loaning back with cloned eyes,
was still seeing Dedo Mason gallop off
down the country road.
On Monday morning, coming in lor
dlctntion. ho looked at hor with new
Interest, though ho gavo no sign of
It; and tho stereotyped business
passed off In the stereotyped way. Hut
the following Sunday found him on n
horso himself, across tho bny and tid
ing through tho Piedmont hills, lie
made a long day of It. but no glimpse
did ho cntch of Dedo Mason, though
ho even took the back-road of many
gates and rodo on Into Herkeley. It
had been a fruitless day, so far ns she
was concerned; and yet not entirely
fruitless, for he hud enjoyed tho open
air und tho horse underhlm to such
purpose tlint, on Monday, his Institu
tions were out to tho dealers to look
for tho host chestnut sorrel that
money could buy. At odd times during
tho wcok ho examined numbers ol
chestnut sorrels, tried several nnd was
unsatisfied. It was not till Saturday
that ho camo upon Hob. Daylight
know him for what he wanted the mo
ment he laid eyes on him. A largo
horso for a riding animal, ho was none
too largo for a big man llko Daylight.
In splendid condition, Hob's coat In
tho sunlight was a flame of fire, his
arched neck a Jewelled conflagration.
Daylight examined tho mane and
found ft finer than any horso's liulr
ho had over seen. Also, Its color wns
unusual In that It was almost auburn.
Whllo ho ran his fingers through It.
Dob turned his head nnd playfully
nuzzled Daylight's shoulder.
"Suddlo him up, nnd I'll try him."
ho told the dealer. "I wonder If he's
vA to spur. Ne English saddle,
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mind (live me a good Mexican nnd a
curb bit not too severe, seeing as ho
likes to rear."
Daylight. Miperlutendod tho piepara- '
tlous, adjusting the curb strap and !
the stirrup length, and doing the
cinching. He shook his head at tho
martingale, but yielded to the dealer's '
advice to allow It to go on. And Hob,
beyond spirited lei'.tlessness and a
few playful attempts, gave no trouble.
Nor In the hour's riding that followed,
save lor t-onie permissible curveting
at-d prancing, did he mlsbelune. Day
light wan delighted; the purchase was
Immediately made; and Hob, with tid
ing gear and personal enulpmout, was
dispatched across the bay forthwith
to take up his quarters In the stables
of the Oakland Hiding Academy.
The next day being Sunday, Day- ,
light was awny early, crossing on the
ferry and taking with him Wolf, the (
leader of bis sled loam, the one dog
which he had selected to btlng with
him when he left Alaska. Quest, us he
would through the Piedmont hills und
along the many-gated hack-toad to
Herkeley, Daylight saw nothing ol
Dedo Masop and her chestnut sorrel.
Hut he had. little time tor disappoint
ment, for his own chestnut kept him
busy. At tho end of half an hour
of goodness Daylight, lured Into conll
deuce, was riding along at n walk
and rolling a cigarette, with slack
knees and relaxed seat, the reins lying
on the animal's neck. Hob whirled
abruptly and with lightning swiftness,
pivoting on his hind legs, his fore legs
just lifted clear of tho ground. Day
light kept his seat. Vut, beyond a fu
tile rein across the neck, did nothing
to prevent the evolution.
"Well. Hob." bo addressed the ani
mal, at the same time wiping the
sweat from his own eyes, "I'm free to
confess that you're sure tho blamed
est all-lli ed quickest creature 1 ever
saw. I guess the way to fix you is to
keep the spur Just a-touchlng ah!
you brute!"
I'or. the niomont the spur touched
him. his left hind leg had reached for
ward in n kick that struck tho stir
rup a nitart blow. Revet al times, out
of curiosity. Daylight attempted the
spiir, and each time Hob's hoof lauded
the Mil rup. Then Daylight, following
the house's example of tho unexpected,
suddenly drove both spina into him
and reached him underneath with the
quirt.
"You ain't never had a real licking
before." ho muttered, ns Hob, thus
rudely Jerked out of the clrclo of his
own Impish mental processes, shot
uhead.
Half a dozen times spurs and quirt
bit Into him, and then Daylight settled
down to enjoy tho magnificent gallop.
No longer punished, nt the end of a
half mile Hob eased down Into a fast
canter. Wolf, tolling the rear, was
catching up. and everything wns going
nicely. And when, at last, Daylight
decided that the horse had had
enough, ho turned him around abrupt
ly and put him Into a geutlo canter
on tho forward track. After a time,
he reined In to a stop to see If he
were breathing painfully. Standing
for a minute. Hob turned his head and
nuzzled his rider's stirrup In n
roguish, Impatient way, as much as to
intimate that It was time they were
going on.
"Well, I'll bo plumb gosh darned!"
was Daylight's comment. "No ill-will,
no grudge, no nothing nnd after that
lambasting! You're sure a bummer,
Hob."
Ho had taken a liking to the animal,
and repented not of his bargain. He
realized that Hob was not vicious nor
mean, tho troublo being that he was
bursting with high spirits and was en
dowed with more than tho average
horso's Intelligence. It wns the spirits
and tho Intelligence, combined with
inordinate rogulshness, that made htm
what ho was. What wns required to
control him was a strong hand, with
tempered sternness and yet with the
requisite touch of brutal dominance.
Throughout tho week Daylight found
himself almost as much Interested in
Hob as in Dedo; and, not being In tho
thick of any big deals, ho was prob
ably more Interested In both of them
than In tho business game. Hobs
trick of whirling was of special mo
ment to him. How to overcome It
that was tho thing. Suppose he did
meet with Dedo out In tho hills; nnd
t-upposo by sonio lucky stroke of fate,
he should mnnago to be riding along
side of her; thon that whirl of Hob's
would bo most disconcerting and em
barrassing. Ho wns not particularly
anxious for her to see hltn thrown for
ward on Hob'o neck. On the other
hand, suddenly to leave her and go
dashing down tho bnck-track, plying
quirt and spurs, wouldn't do, clthor.
What wnB wanted was a method
wherewith to prevent that lightning
whirl. Ho must stop tho animal be
fore It got around. Tho reins would
not do this. Neither would the spurs.
Hemalncd tho quirt. Hut how to ac
complish It? Hob always whirled to
iho right. Very well. Ho would
douhlo the quirt In his hand, and, tho
Instant of the whirl, that double quirt
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would rap Hob on the nose. Tho horso
didn't live, after It once learned tho
lesson, that would whirl in the face
of Hie doubled quirt.
More keenly than ever, during that
week in the olllce. did Daylight jenllo
that he had no social, nor even human
contacts with Dede. The situation was
such that he could not ask her the
simple question whether or not sho
was going riding next Sunday. Thus
ho found another card In the hand
tho mad god had dealt him. How Im
portant that card was to become ho
did not dream, yet bo decided that it
was a pretty good card.
Sunday came, and Hob. out in the
Piedmont hills, behaved llko nn nugel,
His goodness at times was of tho
spirited, prancing order, but other
wise he was a lamb. Hut no Dedo did
Daylight encounter. Ho vainly circled
about among the hill roads, nnd In
tho afternoon took tho steep grade
over tho divide of tho second rnngo
nnd dropped Into Maraga Valley. Just
after passing tho foot of tho descent,
ho heard tho hoof beats of a cantering
horse. It was from ahead nnd coming
toward him. What If It were Dedo?
He turned Hob around nnd started to
return at a walk. Tho canter came
nearer, but he faced straight ahead
until ho heard the horso behind check
to a walk.. Then ho glnnced over his
shoulder. It was Dede. The recogni
tion was quick, and. with her, nccoin
pnnlcd by surprise. What moro
natural thing thnn that, partly turn
ing his horse, ho should wait till sho
caught up with htm; and that, when
nhrenst, they should continue abreast
on up tho grado? Ho could have
sighed with relief. Tho thing
was accomplished, and so easily.
(Srcotlngs hud boon exchanged; here
they wero ride hy sldo and going In
the same direction with miles and
miles ahead of them.
IIo noted that her eye was first for
the horse and next for lilni.
"Oh. what a beauty!" sho hnd cried
at sight of Hob. Krora the shining
light in her eyes, and the face filled
with delight, ho would scarcely have
believed that it belonged to tho young
woman ho hnd known in the ofllco,
tho young womnn with tho controlled,
subdued ofllco face.
"I didn't know you rode," was ono
of her first remarks. "I imagined
you wero wedded to get-tbero-qulck
machines."
Thus, und to his great relief, they
launched an a topic of mutual Inter
est. He told her about Hob's trick),
and of tho whirl and his scheme to
overcome It; nnd sho agreed that
horFcs had to be handled with a cer
tain rational severity, no matter how
much ono loved them. Thero was
Mab, which she had had for eight
years, and which she hnd had to break
of stall-kicking. The process had been
painful for Mab, but It had cured her,
"You've ridden a lot," Daylight
said.
"I really can't romembor tho first
time I was on a horso," she told him.
"I was born on a ranch, you know, and
they couldn't keep me away from tho
horse.!."
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And thereat she told him more ol
her ranch life In the davt, before her
ipther died. And Daylight was hugely
pleased with himself. They were get
tin; acquainted. The conversation
had not lagged In the full half hour
they had been together. When sho
talked, he listened nnd followed her,
and yet all the while be was follow
ing his own thoughts and Impressions
as well. It was a nervy thing
for her
and he
whether
Ideas of
to do, this riding astride,
didn't know, alter all,
ho liked it or not. His
women wero prono to be
old-fashioned; they wero the ones ho
had Imbibed In tho early day, frontier
life of his youth, when no womnn wns
peon on nnythlng but a sldosnddlo.
Ho had grown up to tho tacit fiction
that women on horseback were not hi
pedH. It camo to him with a shock,
this sight of her so mnnllko In her
saddle. Hut he had to confess that tho
sight looked good to him Just tho
same.
CHAPTER XIV.
Another Sunday man nnd horso and
dog roved the Piedmont hills. And
again Daylight and Dede rodo togeth
er. Hut this time her surprise at
meeting him was tinctured with sus
picion; or rather, her surprlso was of
another order. Tho previous Sunday
had been quite accidental, but his
appearing the second tlmo among hor
favorite haunts hinted of moro than
the fortuitous. Daylight was mndo to
feel that she suspected him, and he.
remembering that he had seen n
big rock quarry near Hlalr Park,
slated offhand that ho wan think
ing of buying It. Ills one-tlmo
investment In a brickyard had
put tho Idea Into his bend an Idea
that ho decided was a good one, for it
enabled him to suggest thnt sho rldo
along with him to Inspect tho qunrry.
So soveral hours he spent In her
company, in which she was much tho
same girl oh before, natural, unaffect
ed, light-hearted, smiling nnd Inim fl
ing, a good fellow, talking horses with
unflagging enthusiasm, making friends
with tho crusty-tompercd Wolf. r.d
expressing a desire to rldo Hob, wf.om
she declared she wns moro In love vlth
than over. Against his bettor Judg
ment, Daylight gavo In, nnd, on nn
unfrequented stretch of road, changed
saddles and bridles.
"llcmember, ho's grensed lightning,"
ho warned, as he helped hor to mount
She nodded, whllo Hob pricked up
his ears to the knowledge that he hud
a strange rider on his back. Tho
fun came quickly enough too quickly
for Dede, who found herself against
Hob's neck as ho pivoted around and
bolted tho other way. Daylight followed
on her horse nnd watched. Ho suw
hor check the animal quickly to a
standstill, and Immediately, with rein
across neck nnd a dcclslvo prod of
the loft spur, whirl him back tho way
ho had como and almost as swiftly.
"Get ready to glvo him tho quirt on
tho noso," Daylight called,
(TO UU CONTINUED.)
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DOESN'T FEAR ZERO WEATHEri
Girl With Cot and Waterproof Dlnnkef
Spends Her Nights In Open Air
During All Seasons.
riilcngo. Kor the first time In twt
yoaitt Ilarrlu Downs, 11! years old,
tqiout the other night In a convention
al atmosphere of steam radiators and
wall paper. It was not because 11 was
rolil. Harrle slept outdoors every night
during Chicago's- Kevenly-three-liours'
Ktroteh of below-zero weather, The
trouble was that she got homo a little
Into from a party and the effort ol
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Harrle Downs.
making her bed outside didn't seem
worth while.
Harrle Is tho daughter of 15. 15.
Downs of Kvanston, general manager
of tho Klgln and Helvldero Klectrlc
Hallway company. Two years ago sho
was bothered with adenoids. A spe
cialist advised that Harrlo sleep out
wide, winter and summer. Mr. Dowua
purchased a cot, a waterproof blan
ket, and a porch screen. Ho hung the
screen on a porch of the Downs apart
ment, a block front Lake Michigan.
"It'll bo nice tonight," commented
Harrle, surveying tlm snow-laid lloor.
"I nlways like It when It snows. Lust
night I didn't get any sleep al all.
I had both windows open, but tho
room Ht III seemed hot."
Harrle says she lutinds to continue
sleeping outside all her life.
CHILD IS BURIED ALIVE
Father Admitc Brutal Murder In Cali
fornia Court Wife Is Chanjcd
Jointly for Crime.
San Francisco, Cal. Charged with
murdering his Infant son, John Itcch,
an Italian, wns before tho Superior
court of California, recently. Jtouh
was unwilling witness and told tho
court that ho and his wife had talked
about "putting away" their child thou,
sands of times that they might hnvo
more money to send to tho old folka
In Italy.
In his statement Itech declared he
took tho baby back of tho barn at his
home, where ho had dug a hole and,
placing tho babo in a sitting posture,
filled tho holo with earth. Tho death
wounds found on tho bnbo's head wero
Inflicted, Itcch snld, by his shovel when
ho tamped down tho dirt.
Tho proceedings in court wero not
lengthy. After Koch's statement had
been mndo it was read over to him by
tho interpreter und ho readily signed
It. As ho alllxcd his name to tho
document, which tho authorities do
claro Is virtually his death warrant,
Kcch showed tho first sign of emotion
slnco his arrest. Largo tears trickled
down his cheeks and ho sat silently
for a few moments holding his head
In Ills hands.
HEN REMAINED AT HER POST
Was Sitting on Nest in Separator and
Stuck While Machine Threshed
Out Field cf Wheat.
Sioux Falls, S. D. A threshing ma
chine taken out of a shed for tho
first tlmo this season was utcd to
thresh out a smnll field of wheat,
near this city. When tho Job waa
finished, tho mnchlno man discovered
a hen sitting on a, nest of eggs in n
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Stuck to Her Nest.
corner of tho sopnrator. Tho wind
from tho fan milted her feathers, the
whirling of tho pulleys had evldontly
annoyed her somewhat, and there was
dust in her mouth, and fright in hor
eye, hut llko tho Immortal boy on tho
burning deck, sho stuck to hor post.
Of tho thirteen eggs in tho nest, only
ono was Injured.
Find Cancer Cure.
Pnrls. Professor Wassorman, notec".
scientist, claims to bavo discovered a
euro for cancer by treating tho dis
ease with selenium and cosln. Selen
ium was discovered by Mmo. Curio,
who found radium.
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and other ill, due to an inactive condi- j
tion of tho liver, Stomach and Dowel, j
may be obtained moit pleasantly and 1
moil promptly hy tuing Syrup of Figf
and Elixir of Senna. (I u not a new
and untried remedy, Lut U utcd by
millions of well-inform ed families through
out the world to cleanse and sweeten
and strengthen the system whenever a 1
laxative remedy is needed.
When buying nolo the full name?
of tho Company California Rg Syrup
Co., printed on every package of the
genuine-
Regular price 50 per bot one tbtt only.
ror tale by oil leading nruggUn.
A DIFFERENCE.
The Itomancor When you havo
money, people will shake you by the
hand
Tho Philosopher When It'8 gona
they'll tihako you altogether.
If a Woman Had Done It.
Trust the suffragettes to make capi
tal out of tho merest indiscretion of
mere man! The following Is nn ex
ample, taken from ouu of their publi
cations, the Newsletter, for .lauuary:
"A lovely llttio press Item floating
up from Chatham Courthouse, Va
made the editor laugh and laugh. It
said that a Juror sneaked out of tho
juiy room while the rest of the Juiors
wero asleep, und went und milked his
cow. IIo laid out to get back beforo
the others waked up, but somebody
suw him and told on him, and tho
trial had to begin all over. IT a wom
an Juior should do that out In Wash
ington or Idaho, wouldn't it ho a
pi oof of Hie Incapacity of the sex for
the duties of citizenship?"
Superstitious Walter.
A man dining at a cafe observed
that though ho hud ordered ono dozen
oysters, be was horvod with only
eleven. The next evening tho samo
thing occurred again. Then tho din
er became honiewhat Irritated.
"Why," ho demanded of tho waiter,
"do you sotvo mo only cloven oysters
when I order a dozen?"
Tho waiter bowed npologotlcally.
"I didn't think you'd wanting to bo
Bitting thirteen at table, sir."
Not Original.
Author This story is tho child ot
my brain.
Kdltor Then It Is nn adopted child.
He who never stolo a kiss doesn't
know what he has missed.
GRAND TO LIVE
And the Last Laugh la Always the Deit
"Sk mouths ago I would havo laugh
ed at the Idea that thero could bo nny
.'' : .letter for a table boverago than
coitec," writes an Ohio woman, "now I
laugh to know thero is.
"Slnco childhood I drank coffeo free
ly us did the other members of tho fam
ily. Tho result was a puny, sickly
girl; and as I grew Into womanhood I
did not gain In health, but was af
flicted with heart trouble, a weak and
disordered stomach, wrecked nerves
and n general breaking down till last
winter, at tho ago of US, I seomed to
be on tho verge of consumption.
"My friends greeted mo with 'How
bad you look! What a terrlblo color!'
nnd this was not very comforting.
"Tho doctors nnd patent medicines
did mo absolutely no good. I was thor
oughly discouraged.
"Then I gavo up coffeo and com
menced Poatum. At first I didn't llko
It, but after a few trials and following
tho directions exactly. It was grand.
It was refreshing and satisfying. In
a couplo of weekB I noticed a great
chnngo.
"I beenmo stronger, my brain grew
clearer, I was not troubled with for
getfulne.su as in coffeo times, my
power of onduranco was moro than
doubled.
"The heart troublo and Indigestion
disappeared and my nerves becamo
steady and strong.
"I began to tako an Interest In things
about mo. Housowork and home
making becamo a pleasure, My friends
have marveled at the change nnd when
they enqulro what brought It about
I answer 'Postum, and nothing elso In
tho world.'" Name given by Postum
Co., Dattlo Creek, Mich.
Read tho little Hook, "Tho Road to
Wollvllle," In pkgs. "Thero'a a reason."
Rvrr rrnil the above IrtterT A new
one anpeara from time to time. They
fire srnulBC, true, Md fall of nnntaa
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