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. Khun llarnlsh, known nil tliraMti Alas
Ka um "Hurtling I uj light." cflehrnli'
30th lilitliiliiy with it crowd of miners nt
tho
Circle 01 ty Tlvoll, Tho dance leads
to heavy K.'iuitIIriK. In which over IIW.OW
Ib staked. Iliirnlih Ioxph Iiln tnuticy and
Ills mini- hut wins thu luntl contract, tin
starts on his mull trip with dogs and
sledge, telling IiIh friends that ho will be
In tlm big Yukon gold strike nt tlm Htnrt.
Utirnh.g Daylight makes u sfnsutlomilly
rnplil rim neroHs eountry with tlm mull,
appears ul tho Tlvoll find li now ready
to Join his frlomlH In a dash to tho new
?:old Ileitis. Deciding that gold will ha
oiind In tho up-river district IIurnlHh
buys two toiiM of llmir, which he deelnres
will ba worth IIh wulght In gold, but
when he arrive with his (lour In finds
tlm big flat denlii(e. A comrade discov
er gold and Daylight reaps 11 rich har
vest. He goes to Dawson, becomes tlm
moMt proiuluent figure In tho Klondike
and defeats n combination of capitalists
In a viiHt mining ili'iil. Itu returns to
civilization.
CHAPTER VII.
In no blnzo or glory did Hurtling
Dnyllght dcuccml upon Snn Francisco
Not only hnd ho boon forgotten, but
tho Klondike along with him, Tho
world wiik Interested In other things,
and thu Aln.9k.nn adventure, lllo tho
Spnnlsh Wtir, was nn old story. Ho Bot
tled down In St. Francis Hotel, wns
Interviewed by tho cub-reporters on
tno hotol-run,' nnd received brlof pnrn
graphs of notice for twenty-four
hours.
Several months punned In San Fran
cisco, during which time bo studied
tho game nnd its rules, and prepared
himself to take a hnnd.
Tiring of being inorely an onlooker,
ho ran up to Nevada, where the now
gold-mining boom was fairly started
"Just to try a flutter," aa ho phrasod
It to himself. Tho flutter ou the To
nopnh Stock Exchange lasted Just ten
days, during which time his smash
ing, wild-bull game played ducks and
drakes with the more stereotyped
gamblers, and at tho end of which
tlmo, having gambled Florldcl Into
his .flat, ho let go for a net profit of
half a million. Whereupon, smacking
his lips, ho departed for San Fran
cisco and tho St. Frnncls Hotel. It
tasted good, and his hunger for tho
game became more acute.
And onco more tho papers sensa
tionalized him. BURNING DAYLIGHT
was a big-letter headltno again. In
terviewers flocked nbout him. Old
flies of magazines nnd newspapers
wore searched through, and tho ro
mantic and historic 131am Harnlsh,
Adventurer of tho Frost, King of the
Klondike, and Father of tho Sour
doughs, strodo upon tho breakfast tn
ble of a million homes along with the
toaBt and breakfast foods, liven be
fore his elected time, ho was forcibly
launched Into tho game. Financiers
and promoters, and all the flotsam and
jetsam of the sea of speculation
surged upon tho shores of his eleven
millions. In self-defence be wns com
pelled to open offices. He dabbled In
little things at first "stalling for
time," as he explained it to Holds
worthy, a friend he had made at the
Alta-PaclHc Club. Daylight himself
was a member of the club, and Holds
worthy had proposed him. And It was
well that Daylight played closely at
first, for he was astounded by tho
multitudes of sharks "ground-Bbarks,"
he called them that flocked about
him. He saw through their schemes
readily enough, and even marveled
that such numbers of them could find
sufficient prey to keep them going.
Their rascality and general dubious
ness was bo transparent that he could
not understand how any one could be
taken In by them.
So It was that he resolved to leave
the llttlo mon, tho Holdsworthys.
alone; and. while he met them in good
fellowship, he chummed with none,
and formed no deep friendships. He
did not dislike the little men. the men
of the Alta-Paclflc, for Instanco. Ho
merely did not elect to choose them
for partners In tho big game In which
ho Intended to play. What this big
game was, even he did not know. Ho
was waiting to find it. And in tho
meantime ho played small hands, In
vesting In several arid-lands reclama
tion projects and keeping bis eyes
open for tho big chance when It
snouia come along.
And then he met John Dowsett, the
great John Dowsett. It waa sthe first
big magnate Daylight had met face to
face, and ho was planned and charmed.
There was auch a kindly humannoss
about tho man, such n genial demo
cratlcness, that Daylight found It hard
to roallzo that this was tho John Dow
sett, president of a string of bonks,
Insurance manipulator, reputed ally of
the lieutenants or Standard Oil, and
known ally of tho Guggenhammcrs.
Nor did his looks belle his reputation
and his manner. Physically, he guar
anteed all that Daylight know of htm.
Despite his sixty years and snow
white hair, his hand-shake was firmly
hearty, and be showed no Rlgns of
decrepitude, walking with n quick;
snappy step, making nil movements
definitely and decisively.
It wns not long afterward that Day
light came on to New York. A letter
from John Dowsett had been the
cause a simple little typewritten let
ter 0' several lines. Jut Daylight
i Iiln
had thrlllod as ho read It. Tho bald
sentences seemed gorged with mys
tery. "Our Mr. Howlson will call up
on you nt your hotel. Ho Is to bo
trtiBted. Wo must not bo seen to
gether. You will understand after wo
hnvo hnd our talk." Daylight cbnned
(ho words ovor and over. That was It.
Tho big gnmo had arrived, and it
looked as if ho were bolng Invited to
sit In nnd take a hnnd. Surely, for no
other reason would one man so peremp
torily Invito another man to make a
Journoy across tho continent.
They met thanks to "our" Mr.
HowlBon up tho Hudson, In n mag
nificent country home. Daylight, ac
cording to Instructions, arrived In a
prlvnto motor enr which hnd been fur
nished him. Dowsett was already
thore, nnd another mnn whom Day
light recognized before the Introduc
tion' was begun. It wns Nathaniel Let
ton, and none other. Daylight had seen
his faco n score of times In the mag
azines and newspnpors, and read nbout
his standing in tho flnntfclal world,
nnd nbout his endowed University of
Dnrntonn. He, likewise, struck Day
light as a mnn of power, though he
was puzzled In that ho could find no
likeness to Dowsett. Except in the
matter of cleanness a cleanness that
seemed to go down to tho deepest
flberB of him Nathaniel Letton was
unliko the other In every particular.
Thin to emaciation, he seemed a cold
flame of n man. Not more than fifty,
thatched with a sparse growth of Iron
gray hair, ho looked several times the
age of Dowsett.
They drank Hint Is, Nathaniel
Letton took mineral water served
"I Must 8ay, Mr. Harnlah, That You
by tho smoothly operating ma
chine of a lackey who Inhabited the
place, while Dowsett took Scotch and
soda and Daylight a cocktail. Leon
Guggenhammer arrived In the mldBt
of the drink, and ordered Scotch. Day
light studied him curiously. This was
one of tho great Guggenhammer fam
ily; a younger one, but nevertheless
ono of the crowd with which he had
locked grapples In the North. Nor
did Leon Guggenhammer fail to men
tion cognizance of that old affair. He
complimented Daylight on his prow
ess "The echoes of Ophlr came down
to us, you know. And 1 must say, Mr.
Daylight er, Mr. Harnlsh, that you
whipped us roundly In that affair."
Leon Guggenhammer was young and
fat. Not a day more than thirty, hU
face, save for tho adumbated puff
sacks under tho eyes, wns as smooth
and llnelcRs as a boy's. The talk
soon centored down to business. Dow
sett broached the plan, aided by an
occasional remark from tho other two,
while Daylight asked questions. What
ever the proposition was, ho wns go
ing Into It with his eyos open. And
they filled bis eyes with tho practical
vision of what ho had in mind.
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(Copyright, 1910, by tlm New York Herald Company.)
(Copyright, M10, by the MuoMlllun Company.
"They will never dream you are
with us," Guggcnhammer interjected,
as tho outlining of the matter drew to
a close, his handsome Jewish eyes
flashing enthusiastically. "They'll
think you are raiding on your own In
proper buccaneer stylo."
"Of courso, you understand, Mn Har
nlsh, tho absnluto neod for keeping
our alliance in tho dark," Nathaniel
Letton warned, gravely.
Daylight nodded his hend.
"And you also understand," Letton
went on, "that the result can only
ho productive of good. Tho thing Is
legitimate and right, nnd tho only ones
who may bo hurt aro tho Rtock gam
blers themselves, It Is not nn attempt
to smash tho market. As you see your
self, you aro to bull tho market. Tho
honest Investor will bo tho gainer."
"Yes, Hint's tho vory thing," Dow
,sett said. "Tho commercial need for
copper Is continually Increasing. Ward
Valley Copper, and all that It stnnds
for practically one-quarter of tho
world's supply, as I havo shown you
Is a big thing, how big, oven wo enn
scarcely estimate Our arrangements
aro made. Wo havo plenty of capital
ourselves, and yet wo want more.
Also, there Is too much Ward Valley
out to suit our present plans. Thus
wo kill both birds with ono stone.
Not only will you bull Ward Valley,
but you will at the same tlmo gather
Ward Valley In. This will be of Ines
timable advantage to us, while you
and nil of us will profit by it as well.
And as Mr. Letton has pointed out,
tho thing Is legitimate and square.
On tho eighteenth the directors meet,
and, Instead of the customary divi
dend, a double dividend will be de
clared." "There will bo all BortB of rumors
on the street," Dowsett warned Day
light, "but do not let them frighten
you. These rumors may even origin
ate with us. You can see how and
why clearly. Hut rumors are to be
Whipped Us Roundly In That Affair."
no concern of yours. You are on tho
Inside. All you have to do is buy,
buy, buy, and keep on buying to .the
last stroko, when the directors declare
tho double dividend. Ward Valloy will
Jump so that It won't be feasible to
buy after that."
"And one other thing. Mr. Harnlsh,"
Ouggenhammer Bald, "If you exceed
your available cash, or the amount you
care to invest in tho venture, don't
fail immediately to call on ub. Remera
ber, wo aro behind you."
"Yes, wo are bohlnd you," Dowsett
repeated.'
Nathaniel Letton nodded his head in
affirmation.
CHAPTER VIII.
Hack at hla hotel, though nearly two
In the morning, he found the reporters
waiting to' Interviow hlnr. Next morn
Ing thore were more. And thus, with
blaro of paper trumpet, waa he re
ceived by New York. Once moro, with
beating of tom-toms and wild nulla
balloo, hla picturesque figure strodo
across tho printed sheet. The King of
tho Klondike, tho hero of the Arctic,
tho thlrty-mlUlon-dollar millionaire of
GHT.
IpNDON
tho North, had como to New York.
Whnt had he como for? To trim the
New Yorkers as he had trimmed the
Tonopnh crowd in Nevada?
They were prepared ror him to play,
nnd, whon heavy buying of Ward Val
leg began, it was quickly decided thnt
he was the operator. Flnnnclnl gossip
buzzed and hummed. He wns nftcr
tho Guggenhnmmers once moro. The
story or Ophlr wus told over ngaln
nnd sensationalized until oven Day
light scarcely recognized It. Still. It
was all grist to his mill. Tho stock
gamblers wero clearly befooled. Earn
day ho Increased his buying, nnd so
eager were tho Rollers that Ward
Valley roso but aruwly. A wildly ex
citing tlmo was his during tho week
preceding Thursdny tho eighteenth.
Not only was ho gambling as he had
nover gambled before, but he was
gambling nt the biggest table In tho
world for stakes so large that oven
tho case-hardened habitues of that tn
bio wero compelled to sit up. In splto
of tho unlimited soiling, his persist
ent buying compelled Ward Valloy
steadily to rise, and as Thursday np
proached, the situation becamo acute.
Something had to smash. How much
Ward Valloy waa this Klondike gam
bler going to buy? How much could
he buy? Whnt wns tho Ward Vnlley
crowd doing nil this time? Daylight
appreciated Interviews with them
that appeared Interviews delightfully
placid nnd non-commlttnl. Leon Gug
genhammer even hazarded tho opinion
that this Northland Croesus might pos
sibly be making a mistake. Out not
that they cared, John Dowsett ex
plained. "It Is purely gambling from
beginning to end." were Nathaniel Let
ton's words; "and wo refuse to have
anything to do with it or to take no
tice of It In any way."
During this time Daylight had sev
eral secret meetings with bis partners
one with Leon Guggenhammer, one
with John Dowsett, and two with Mr.
Howlson. Deyond congratulations, they
really amounted to nothing; for, as he
was Informed, everything was going
satisfactorily. Out on Tuesday morn
ing a rumor that was disconcerting
camo to Daylight's ears. It was also
published In the Wall Street Journal,
and It was to the effect, on apparently
fiiraigai insiao mrormatlon, that on
Thursday, when the directors of Ward
Vulley met, instead of tho customary
dividend being declared, an assess
ment would be levied. It was the first
check Daylight had 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 colos
sal operating of his was being done
on his own money. Dowsett, Gug
genhammer and Letton were risking
nothing. It was a panic, shortlived, it
was true, but sharp enough while it
lasted to make him remember Holds
worthy and the brick-yard, and to im
pel him to cancel all buying orders
while he rushed to a telephone.
"Nothing in It only a rumor,"
came Leon Guggenhnmraer's throaty
voice In the receiver. "Ab you know,"
said Nathaniel Letton, "I am one of
the directors, and I should certainly
be awaro of it were such action con
templated." And John Dowsett: "I
warned you against Just such rumors.
There is not, an iota of truth In It
certainly not. I tell you on my honor
ub a gentleman."
Heartily ashamed of himself for his
temporary loss of nerve, Daylight re
turned 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
beginning to tumble. Daylight calm
ly doubled his buying orders..
And all through Tuesday, Wed
nesday and Thursday morning, he
went on buying, while Ward Valley
rose triumphantly higher. Still they
sold, and still he bought, exceeding
his power to buy many times over,
when delivery was taken Into account
What of that? On thla day the double
dividend would be declared, he as
sured himself. The pinch of delivery
would be on the shorts'. They would be
making terms with him.
And then the thundorbolt struck.
True to the rumor, Ward Valley levied
the assessment. Daylight threw up
his arms. He verified the report and
quit. Not alone Ward Valley, but all
securities were being hammered down
by the triumphant bears. As for Ward
Valley, Daylight did not even trouble
to learn if It had fetched bottom or
was still tumbling. Not stunned, not
evon bewildered, while Wall Street
went mad, Daylight withdrew from the
field to think It over After h short
conference with his brokers, ho pro
ceeded to his hotel, on the way pick
ing up the evening papers and glanc
ing at the head-lines. DURNINO
DAYLIGHT CLEANED OUT. ho read;
DAYLIGHT GETS HIS; ANOTHER
WESTERNER FAILS TO FIND EASY
MONEY.
He passed up to his rooms, ordoed
a Martini cocktail, took off his shoes,
and sat down to think. After half an
hour be roused himself to take the
drink, and as ho felt the liquor pass
warmlngly through his body, hla fea
tures relaxed Into a slow, deliberate,
yet genuine grin. Ho was laughing
at himself.
"Buncoed, by gosh I" ho muttered.
(CO BE CONTINUED.)
&WHEUR p. NESBIT
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"'" ""' " Ii ' till h :ihmmmkHmLm4)
If you always laugh ut tlm other mnn'a
Joko
You'll win great popularity,
So laut;h nt lis Jest till you nlmost choke
It Is a gentln charity.
And then you'll llnd tin you go through
life
Thus BprendhiR your frivolity,
'Hint you'll bo famed as 11 man who's rlfo
With cver-hrlmmlnK Jollity.
It matters not If hln Jokn be chaff
And not ho very humorous,
Jtemeinhir this, that the folk who laugh
Aro not so very numerous.
And, oh, my boy, If the limn be great
And hit Joko be Joe-Mlllery,
Then laugh yourself to 11 parlous Btata
Though you'd prefer a pillory.
If you alwuys laugh nt the other man's
Jest
With wild nnd long hilarity,
Ho'll say ho knew you had long pos"
sesscd
That most Impressive rnrlty
A sense of what Is thu glut of wit
And humorous analysis
Then como again with nn nnelent bit
That bus scnllo paralysis!
Scored at Last.
"Jones said to me "
The man began to tell It, but in
stantly his wife interrupted him with
a remark of her own, which Introduc
ed some comment from her sister,
who was at the table. When silence
came, the man began again.
"Jones said to me "
The sister-in-law broke in at once
with a statement about one of the
neighbors who was still wearing her
last season's dress, and this led to a
discussion of the fashions. When a
lull came, tho man started again:
"Jones Bald to me "
The wifo immediately began telling
her Bister something she had forgot
ten to tell her that morning, and tho
man sat and waited until the telling
was completed. Once more he as
sayed: "Jories said to me "
Tho sister-in-law stopped him by be
ginning a vivacious account of a di
vorce 'suit that was about to be filed.
The man now became somewhat peev
ish, and devoted hlmBOlt to his din
ner. At length his wife noticed his
Bllence and said sweetly:
"Did you say that Mr. Jones told
you something, dear?" ,,
"Yes. Jones said to me that he
never could finish a sentence at
home."
Retribution.
Just as the young man with the rice
on his hatbrlm and the bruise from an
old shoe under his left ear Is boarding
the train a number of individuals
make a rush for him, drag him
through the station, tearing bis cloth
ing, trampling upon bis hat, and final
ly hurling him into a waiting carriage.
"Stop!" says an officer. "What Is
the meaning of this?"
"Say," says the spokesman of the
kidnapers, "we are all married men,
and this .fellow has been the leader
of the merry crowd' that has placarded
our trunkB and otherwise made us feel
like victims of the inquisition. We
are Just getting even with him"
"That's enough," says the officer.
"All I ask is that you take him to the
edgo of town nnd gag him so his yells
won't be too loud."
This Busy World.
Although most of us are complain
ing restlessly that there Is nothing
going on, there is a war, there are
Hoods, there are strikes, big and lit
tle; fall openings; Taft's speeches;
comment on Canada; the Harmon,
Clark, Woodrow Wilson and othei
boems; the Lorlmer Investigation;
fall hats; Cavalldra; an ocean-to-ocean
aeroplane race and a gambling Inves
tigation all happening simultaneously.
Yet one-half tho world is wondering
how to have its new .bonnets trimmed
and the othor half Is asking tho
clothes-cleaner if bo can spruce up
last winter's suits.
Henry's Falling.
"Do not weep," they said to the
mourning widow, "remember that
Henry has gone to a land flowing with
milk nnd honoy."
"I know," sho sobbed. "I know.
Hut poor Henry always waa so care
less about his rubbers."
LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA,
SECURES DRY FARM
ING CONGRESS
F0RJ912.
The term, "dry farming" docs not
Indicate all thnt might be implied. It
docs not mean a system of irrigation,
but ono where nil the rain fall and
precipitation is stored up and con
served in tho soil, to be drawn upon
by scientific and sane processes when
It may be required to forward and In
crease the growth of grain.
In certain sections of tho Canadian
West as well as In the American
West, there is n portion of the coun
try In which tho soil is the very best
for the growing of cereals, but the
geographical locations and relative
position to the rain avenues, do not
glvo tho advantngo that other parts
possess In tho matter of precipitation.
Agricultural science, howev.or, has
been making rapid progress during
the past fow years, and it Is now as-'
certnlncd thnt It is not nltogether tho
number of inches of rain that Is es
sential to the Browing of crops, but
Its conservation, and that is tho
meaning of "Dry farming." "Dry
Farming" may well bo applied to dis
tricts whore thero Is n heavy rain fall
and better results will follow. The
education of the public Into these new
methods, not new exactly, but such
ns have had satisfactory demonstra
tion, is not nlonc the purpose of theso
dry-farming Congresses. One idea Is
to bring into llfo nnd into operation
tho great nrens of splendid land lying
within what might be termed soml
arld, without placing them under the
restrictive and expansive process of
Irrigation.
Tho Congresses nro attended by
thousands nnd they bring representa
tives from nil parts of tho world. Tho
Province of Alberta, and also of Sas
katchewan, has taken a vital interest
In tho Congresses which havo been
held in tho past two or three years.
The, Province of Alberta has made
provincial exhibits, districts have
shown their products, and last year,
several hundred dollars were taken In
prizes; this year tho Province of Al
berta took, prizes ten to one in excess
of any state in the Union. Alberta
has won eight .out of twenty special
cups, that province taking one, Leth
bridge one, Arthur Perry six, and
John Baxter, Edmonton, carrying off
one sweepstakes. When it came to
a matter of! location for the Congress
for 1912. the City of Lcthbrldge,
which had put up a splendid fight for
It, secured the Congress by a unani
mous vote. It Is expected that the
Lethbrldge Congress will be the larg
est yet held and will be the biggest
convention In the history of Western
Canada. In emphasizing his invita
tion to Lethbrldge, one of the speak
ers said he had just received a tele
gram from Magrath (near Lethbrldge)
stating that of one thousand acres of
wheat Just thrashed Hethershaw and
Bradshaw had thrashed 47,000 bush
els. Literature Bent out recently by the
Canadian Government Agents, which
will be sent postage free on applica
tion, tells of hundreds of splendid
yields in all parts of Western Canada.
Her Credit Was Strained.
A young country merchant who had
something of a reputation for close
figuring was especially attentive to
the village schoolma'am. The young
womnn had a sweet tooth and was not
at all retiring about making the fact
known. Accordingly, she hinted to
her adrplrer that a box of chocolates
would be greatly appreciated on the
occasion of his next visit Later the
suggestion was repeated and again
duly heeded. The third time the sub
ject was broached, however, the dis
penser of sweets turned a deaf ear to
the entreaty.
"I don't know about taking that girl
any moro candy," he confided to a
companion next day. "She's owln' me
sixty cents for chocolates already."
Llppincott's Magazine. '
Pantomime Code.
James T. Fields of the firm of Tick
nor & Fields wore a flowing beard,
as many men of his time did. He was
scrupulous in the care of It, and in
the main managed It at the table
with skill.
His wife was always on watch for
him, too, when they went out to din
ner together. They had a pantomime
code and a few expressive spoken sig
nals. Should a bread crumb catch in
the floss Mrs. Fields would say:
"My dear, there's a gazelle in the
garden."
Turkish Medicines.
Old-fashioned physicians have plen
ty of reliable remedies for cholera.
An ngate in tho pocket and a hyacinth
on the neck are much esteemed, but
the bone of a dead child carried In
the pocket is nearly as efficacious.
Cholera, we learn, Is caused by the
moon. Therefore drink decoctions of
laurel while Mars or Mercury is in the
ascendant, since these planets are un
friendly to the moon. We are glad to
know this, as we have always bad
our doubts about the moon. ,
During the Spat,
Wife (complalningly) You're not
like Mr. Knagg. They've beon mar
ried 20 years, and Mrs. Knagg Bays
her husband Is so tender.
Hub Tenderl Well, he ought to
bo, after being In hot water that
Storm' Note.
Ltttle Harold Hillside looked out of
the window at tho snowstorm last
Monday morning and exclaimed, "Oh,
look at tho blister!" Newark News.
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