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CHAPTER I. Contlnuod.
"I still got (lint hunch." KcaniB
fingered IiIh cards n loin; time. "And
I'll pluy It, but you've got to know
how I atnntl. Thcre'H my Htenmcr, tho
Delia worth twenty thoimand If slio's
worth nn ounce. Thoro's Slxty-Mllo
with flvo thniisnnil In stock on tho
BhalvcH. And you know I goi a snw
mill coming In. II'h nt Llndcrnian
now, nnd tho scow Is building. Am I
good?"
"Dig In; you'ro Buro good," wns
Daylight's answer. "And whllo wo'ro
about It, I may mention casual that
1 got twenty thousnnd In Mac's snfo,
thcro, nnd there's twenty thousand
more In tho ground on Moosehldo.
You know tho ground, Cnmpbcll. Is
they that-all In tho dirt?"
"Thcro sure Is. Daylight."
"How much does It cost now?"
Kenrns nuked.
"Two thousand to sco."
wo 11 sure hump you If you-all
come In," Daylight warned him.
"U'b an almighty Rood hunch,"
Kcarns said, adding hlu slip to tho
growing heap. "I can foci her crawl
in' up and down my back."
"I ain't got a hunch, but I got n tol
erable good hand," Campbell an
nounced, ns ho slid In his slip; "but
It's not a raising hand."
"Mine Is." Daylight paused nnd
wrote. "I sco that thousand nnd ralso
her tho same old thousand."
The Virgin, standing behind him,
then did what n mnn'H best friend was
not privileged to do. Itoachlng ovor
Dnyllght'u shoulder, she picked up his
hand nnd rend It. at tho samo tlmo
Welding tho faces of tho cardB cIobo
to his chest What sho saw were
three queens nnd a pair of eights, but
nobobdy guessed what she saw.
Every plnycr'a eyes woro on her fnco
as she scanned tho cards, but no sign
did sho give. Sho laid, tho hand face
down again on tho table and slowly
tho lingering eyes withdrew from her,
having learned nothing.
MacDonald smiled boncvolently. "I
eo you. Daylight, nnd I hump this
time for two thousand. How's that
hunch, Jack?"
"Still acrawllng, Mac. You got me
now, but that hunch Is a rlp-snortor
porsuadln' sort of a critter, and It's
my plain duty to rldo it I call for
tbreo thousand. And I got another
hunch; Daylight's going to cnll, too."
"Ho suro is," Daylight agreed, after
Campbell had thrown up his hand.
"He knows when ho's up against It,
and bo plays accordln. I see that
two thousand, and thon I'll see the
draw."
tn a dend nllcnco, savo for tho low
voices of tho three players, tho draw
was made. Thirty-four thousand dol
lars were already in the pot, and tho
play possibly not half over. To tho
Virgin's amazement. Daylight hold up
bis three queens, discarding his eights
and calling for two cardB. And this
time not even she dared look at what
he had drawn. She know her limit
or control. Nor did ho look. The two
new cords lay face down on tho tabic
whore thoy had been dealt to him.
"Got enough," was tho reply
"You can draw If you wnnt to, you
know," Kcarns warned him.
"Nope; thls'll do mo."
Kenrns himself draw two cards, but
did not look at them. Still Hnrnlsh let
his curds lie.
"I never bet In tho teeth or a pat
hand," he said slowly, looking ut tho
saloon kcopor, "You-all stnrt her roll
ing, Mac."
MncDonald counted his cards care
fully, to make doubly suro It was not
a foul hand, wrote a sum on a paper
slip, and slid It Into the pot, with ths
simple uttcrnnco:
"Fivo thousand." '
Kenrns, with ovory oyo upon him,
looked at his two-card draw, counted
the other throo to dispel any doubt ot
holding moro than flvo cards, mid
wrote on u hotting slip.
"I see you. Mac," be said, "and I
ralso bur a llttlo thousand Just bo as to
keep Daylight out."
The concentrated gaze shifted to
Daylight. Ho likewise examined bis
draw and counted his flvo cards.
"I see that six thousand, and I raise
her five thousand . , . just to try
and keep you out, Jack."
"And I ralso you flvo thousand Just
to lend a band at keeping Jack out,"
MacDonald said In turn.
His voice was slightly husky and
trained, and a nervous twitch in the
corner of his mcuth followed speech.
Kearns was pnlo, and those who
looked on noted that bis band trem
bled as he wrote bis slip. Uut bis
voice was unchnnged.
"I lift her along for flvo thou
sand," be said,
Daylight was now in the center
The kerorcno lamps above flung high
light from the rush of sweat on hi
forehend, Tho bronzo of his cheeks
was darkened by tho accession 'of
blood. His black cyos glittered and
lil i) nostrllH wcro distended and eager.
Thoy wero Inrgo nostrllB, tokening
his descent from ouvago ancestors
who hod survived by vlrttio of deop
lungs and generous nlr-paunges.
Yet, unlllco MacDonnld, his voice wns
firm and customary, and, unlike
Kenrns his hnnd did not trcmblo when
ho wrote.
"I call, for ten thousand," ho said.
"Not that I'm afraid of you-all, Mac.
It's that hunch of Jack's."
"I hump his hunch for flvo thousand
Just tho samo," said MacDonald. "I
hud tho beat hnnd beforo the draw,
and I mill fences I got it."
"Mebbo this Is a raso whero a
hunch nftor tho draw is better'n the
hunch beforo," Kcarns remarked;
whoreforo duty says, 'Lift her.
Jack, lift her,' and so I lift her anoth
er flvo thousnld."
Daylight loaned back in bis chair
and gazed up at tho kerosene lamps
whllo ho computed nloud:
"I wns In nine thousand beforo tho
drnw, nnd I saw and raised clevon
thousand that makes thirty. I'm only
good for ton more." Ho loaned for
ward nnd looked nt Kearns. "So I call
or flvo thousnnd."
"You can raise If you wnnt," Kcarns
nnoworcd. "Your dogs are good for
flvo thousald In this gnmo."
"Nary dawg. You-all can win my
dust nnd dirt, but nary one of my
dnwgs. I Just cnll."
The saloon keeper flnnliy spoko:
"If nnybody else wins, thoy'll hnvc
to take n mortgage on tho Tlvoll."
Tho two other players nodded.
"So I call, too."
MacDonnld added his slip for five
thousand. Not ono of them claimed
tho pot, and not ono of them called
tho size of his hand. Simultaneously
nnd in silence thoy faced tholr cards
on tho table, whllo n general tiptoe
Ing and craning of neckB took place
among tho onlookers. Daylight
showed four queens and an ace; Mac
Donald four Jncks nnd nn ace. and
Kenrns rour kings nnd a trey. Kenrns
reached forward with an encircling
movement or his arm nnd drew the
pot In to him. his arm shaking as be
did bo. Daylight picked tho aco from
his band and tossed It over alongside
MacDonald's ace, saying:
"That's what cheered mo along.
Mnc. I knowed It was only kings that
could beat me. and he had them.
"What did you-all have?" ho asked,
all Interest, turning to Campbell.
"Straight fluHh of four, open at
both ends a good drawing hand."
"You bet! You could a made a
straight, a straight flush or a flush out
of It."
"That's what I thought," Campbell
said, sadly. "It cost mo six thousand
beforo I quit"
"1 wlsht you-all'd drawn," Daylight
laughed "Thon J wouldn't a' caught
thnt fourth quce'n. Now I've 'got to
tnko Hilly Rawlins' mnll contract and
mush for Dyea. What'B tho slzo of
tho killing. Jack?" N
Kenrns attempted to count tho pot,
but wns too excited. Daylight drew
It across to him, with firm Angers sep
arating nnd stacking the mnrkera and
I. O. U.'s and with clear brain adding
the sum.
"One hundred and twenty-seven
thousand," he announced. "You nil can
sell out now, Jack, nnd head for
homo."
The winner smiled nnd nodded, but
seemed Incnpablo of speech.
"Name your snake-julco, you-all
tho winner pays!" Daylight called out
loudly to all about him, at the samo
time rising from his chnlr and catch
ing tho Virgin by tho arm. "Come on
for a reel, you-nll dancers. Tho night's
young yet, and It's Helen Hrer.kfnst
and the mnll contract for me In tho
morning. Here, you-nll Rawllds, you
I hereby do tako over that samo
contract, and I start for salt wato- nt
nlno a. m. savvoo? Come on, you-nll!
Whore's that fiddler?"
CHAPTER II.
It was Daylight's night. Ho wns the
center nnd the head of tho revel, un
quenchably Joyous, a contagion of
fun. In between danco bo paid over
to Kearns the twenty thousand tn dust
and transferred to him his Moosehldo
clnlnj. Likewise bo arranged the tak
ing over of Hilly Rnwllns' mail con
tract, and mode bis preparations tor
tho start. He dispatched a messonger
to rout out Kama, his dog-driver a
Tananaw Indian, far-wandered from
his tribal borne In the service of tbe
Invading whites Kama entered tbe
Tlvoll, tall, lean, muscular, and fur
clad, the pick of his barbaric race nnd
barbaric still, unshaken and una
bashed by the revelers that rioted
about him while Daylight gave bis
orders.
"Urn," said Kama, tnbblng his In
structions on bis fingers "Got urn
letters from Rawlins Load urn on
Hied Grub for Selkirk vou think um
plenty dog-grub stop Selkirk?"
"Plenty dog-grub Kama."
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"She's a Comln', Follows, Gold From the Grass Roots Down, a Hundred
Dollars to the Pan."
"Um. Drlng slod this place nlno
um clock. Hrlng um snowshoes. No
bring um tent Mebbo bring um fly?
um little fly?"
"No fly," Daylight answered de
cisively. We travel light savveo?
Wo carry plenty letters out, plenty
lettors back. You nro strong man.
Plenty cold, plonty travel, all right."
"Sure all right," Kama muttered,
with resignation. "Much cold, no care.
Um rendy nlno um clock."
He turned on his moccnslned heel
and walked out, imperturbable, sphinx
like, nolthor giving nor receiving
greetings nor looking to right or loft
The Virgin led Daylight away Into a
corner.
"Look hero. Daylight," she said In a
iow volco, "you're busted."
"Hlgher'n a kite."
"I've eight thousand In Mac's safe
" sho began.
Hut Daylight interrupted. Th
apron string' loomed near and be shlec
like nn unbroken colt
"It don't matter." he said. "Dusted
I came Into the world, busted I go out,
and I've been busted most of tho tlmo
since I arrived. Como on; let's waltz."
"Hut, listen," she urged. "My
money's doing nothing. I could lend
It to you a grubstake." sho added,
hurriedly," at Bight of tho alarm in his
faco.
"Noboby grubstakes me." wns the
answer "I stako myself, nnd whon
I make a killing It's sure all mine. No
thank you. old girl. Much obliged. I'll
get my stnko by running the mall out
and In." With n sudden well-assumed
ebullltlou of spirits ho drew her to
ward tho dancing-floor, and as they
swung around nnd nround In a waltz
ehe pondered on tho Iron honrt of the
man who held hor in his arms nnd re
sisted all hor wllos.
At six the next morning, scorching
with whisky, yet ever hlnibelf. he
stood at tho bnr putting every ninn's
hand down. Tho wny of It was that
two men faced each other aeross a
corner, tholr right clbow reMlng on
tho bnr, their right hands gripped to
gether, while each stove to prohs, tho
other's hand down Man ufter man
came agalnBt him, but no mnn put his
hand down, even Olnf Henderson and
French Louis falling desplto tholr
bugoncBs.
"Tho winner pnyB!" Daylight cried.
"Surge along you-nll! This wuy to tbe
Bnake-room!"
"I'm bubted hlgher'n n kite, nnd I'm
hlttln' the trail for Dycu "
"Coin' out?" some one cnllod.
A spasm of anger wrought on bis
faco for a flashing Instant, but tn the
next good humor was back again
"I konw you-all are only pokin' fun
asking such a question," he snld with
a smile "Of course I ain't going out"
"Tako the oath again, Daylight," the
same volco cried
"I sure will I first come 'over Clill
coo( In '83 I went out over tho Pass
In n fnlLhllzznrd. with a rag of a shirt
and a cup of raw flour I got my grub
stake In Juneau that winter, and In
the spring I went out over the Pass
once more And once more tbe tarn-
Ine drew me out
Next spring 1 went j
LpNDON
rfirrt fr zicr, cc.
In again, and I sworo then that I'd
never como out till 1 made my stake.
Well, I ain't mode It, nnd hero I nm.
And I ain't going out now. I get the
mail nnd I come right back. I won't
stop the night at Dyea. I'll hit up
Chllcoot soon as I change the dogs
and get tbe mail and grub. And so I
swear once more. I'll never hit for
the Outside till I make my pile. And
I tell you-all. here and now, It's got
to bo an almighty bis pile. I'll be real
conservative, and put the bottom notch
at a million. And for not an ounce
less'n that will I go out of tbe coun
try. I tell you-all I got a hunch.
There's a big Btrlke coming on the
Yukon, and It's Just about due. I don't
mean no ornery Moosehldo, Dlrch
creek kind of a strike. I mean a real
rip-snorter hair-raiser. Nothing can
stop her, nnd she'll come up river.
Thoro'a where younll'll track my moc
casins in the near future If you all
want to And me somewhere In the
country around Stewart river. Indian
rivor and Klondike river. When I got
back with tho mail, I'll head that way
bo fast you-all won't see ray trail ror
smoko. She's a-coming, fellows, gold
from tho grass roots down, a hun
dred dollars to the pan, and a stam
pede In from the Outside fifty thou
sand strong."
"If I was you. Daylight, I wouldn't
mush today," Joe Hlnes counseled,
coming In from consulting tbe spirit
thermometer outside tbe door. "We're
in for a good cold snap. It's sixty-two
below now, and still goln' down. Bet
ter wait till she breaks."
Daylight laughed, and tho old sour
doughs around him laughed.
"It's n thousand miles to Dyea," Het
ties announced, climbing on the chair
and supporting his swaying body by
an arm passed nround Daylight's neck.
"It's n thousand miles, I'm saying, an'
most of tho train unbroko, but I bet
any chechnquo anything ho wants
that .Daylight makes Dyea In thirty
days."
"That's nn avcrngo of over thirty
three miles a day," Doc Watson
wnrncd, "nnd I've traveled somo my
self. A blizzard on Chllcoot would
tie him up for a week."
"Yep." Hetties retorted, "an' Day
llght'll.do the second thousnnd back
again on end In thirty days more, and
I got flvo thousand dollars that says
so, nnd damn the blizzards."
To emphasize bis remarks, he
pulled out a gold sack the 3lze of a
bologna sausage nnd thumped It down
on tho bar Doc Watson thumped bis
own snek alongside.
"Hold on!" Daylight crlod. "Hetties
right, and I wnnt In on this. "I bet
flvo hundred that sixty days from now
1 pull up at tho Tlvoll door with tbe
Dyea mall."
A skeptical roar went up, and a dos
en men pulled out their sacks.
(TO BK CONTINUKD.)
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