The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, February 15, 1912, Image 2
I i i x i- fo& I m m i -ft m m m a ' ? W 3! Fi . M V.'J I i ! Kfi MMMK IS SYNOPSIS. Illitii MnnilHli, known nil thinmih AIiim. kit iim "lliiinlli': IiiIIkIiI," ci'li'linUi'M hH Sot li lilttiidiiv wlih 11 cKiwil nf mine is n( the Oii'le City 'I'lvoll. Tin- itoiire li-niN to liflivy Kiiliilillim, In which over $lwi" Im HtnUi'il. IIiiiiiIhIi Inm-ii IiIm inoin'y ami lilx 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 hut wlii'i flu mull lonttni't. lie miiiIh on IiIm mull trlti with iIukm mnl Mi-ih'.i Idling Icl.i frl.'iHlM thai he will hu In tlm IiIk Yukon gold Htrlki- nt tin mutt IliirnltiK Divllitlit miilti'M 11 Hi'iiMitlnirillv inplil inn m-riM coiintry with I he mill, nppcnrs nt tin' 'I'lvnll iiml li now ii-mly to Jiln IiIm frli'inN In n iI.ibIi to tli" ni'W Kohl th'lilH Doi'lillim thni nolil will ! fotinil In thn up-ilver illKtilrt lliirnlmi Iiiivh two totiM of Hour, width ho ilteliiii'H will he worth IIh ui-lKht In l.'ohl, hut when he ntrlvri with his Hour ln IIiiiIh the hl tint ilrvnliilf. A otiunilo iIIdpov th Kohl ninl iMvlhsht nnpa a rich liar- Will. Ill KCM'M to IMHXIMI, lll'IOUH'H III" moit prominent IlKiiro In Iho Klmiillke utul ili-feiilH 11 romhliiiillon of raiiltalimi In 11 viihI mining ileal. Ili U-turns in rlvlllxnllnii. and. nmiil (Ik- bewildering roiiiiilli-utliitiH of high nuiim-i', Daylight IIiiiIh that ho has hi I'd to Invent his i-lcM'ii mlllhuiH In 11 miitilpulatril nelieme Hi- i:ocm to New Vnrlc. mnl ronfi onlliig IiIm iIIMuwiI paitnni.s with 11 revolver. In' ihtcnti-tis lo kill thi-m IT his money Is not ti-tiirut'tl. Thi'V nro lowed, ri-tuin tlu-lr hi ijiilliiKM nml I tarnish goes h.u-k to Kan l-'iantlci-o wlu-io hi' im-i-lM his fall1 In Dede Miihoii, it tiii-tty HlenoRintiher. Ho inaki-H huge Invi-Htuii-nlM ami gets Into Iho liiilltlcal ring, roi' n H'Ht In- goes to tin; oiintry. IMvllght i:'tn ih-i-pi-r Into high fliiiiiiri In Knn I'l iiirlni-o, hut ofli'li thu longing for tin1 Hliupli' life iii-atlv ovi'i-romi-s IiIm. Dcilo .M.ihoii btlH a horsn mnl Dnyllght iiiii-iH In-r In ln-r mihMI" UlpH One ilay ho nslui Di'ih' lo go with him on iini' inn'p tide. IiIm put ptmo helng to iih1 Imr In innrrv him. mnl tln'v ranlc-r uwiiy, she trylnu to imalvzii her fi-i IIiikh. CHAPTER XV. Continued. lint throiiKli It all ran tlio i;nlilon tlni'iiil of lovu. At Hist he lcitl lieoti rntttuttt JiihI to rlilo with Dcilo nml tu Im 1111 cotiinulely tonnn with licr; tint Iho dottlro nml lliu ito'd fur Iht In rroiiRi'tl. The morn lio knt'W of lior. tlio tilulior wii.s IiIh nnnntlsal. Had hho lircn rt-Aorvoil and linii('lity with lilm, or licon nu'ioly a I'li'i'lltiK. nltn lirrttiK croaturo of a woman, It would liavo Im'imi tllffoiunt. Instead. Mhe tim:i7oil hltn with her simplicity and wIioIl'eoiiu'Hosh. with lior Kiont store nf romradolliicjiH. Tlio Intlrr was tin1 iiiipxiit'clrd, tin Imd novor Inoltnl ttpon woman In Hint way Woman, tlm toy; woman, tlio liiirpy; woman, tlio norosaary wll'o and mother of tlio raco'H olTHprliiR all thin had hcon IiIh t'xpcctatlon and limlcrHttimllnK of woman. Hut woman, tlio comrade and ilnyrollow . and joyfollow Mils was what Dcilo had surprised hltn In. And llm more Hho liocnino wortli while, tlio inoro nrdnntly IiIh lovo hiirni'd, un consciously Hhadlng IiIh volco with caresscH. nnd with equal unconscious' iioss flurltiR up signal II res tu his eyes. Nor was she blind to It, yot, llko many women before her, nho thought to play with tho protty llro nnd eacapo tbo consequent conflaBrntlon." "Winter will noon lie cotnltiK on." nho said regretfully, mid with provoca tion, okie day, "and then there won't be nny moro riding." "Uut I must nee you In thn winter lust tho samo," ho cried hnstly. She shook her head. "I've been pretty rooiI," ho declared. "I lonvo It to you If 1 haven't. It's boon pretty tannl, too, I enn tell you. You Just think It over. Not once hnvo 1 said 11 word nbout love to you, nml 1110 IovIiir you all tho tlmo. That's goltiR Eonio for n man that's used to havlnR his (iwn wny. I'm somewhat of a rusher when It comes to travel ItiR. I reckon I'd rush God AtuilRtiMy If It came to n raco over the Ico. And yet I didn't rush you. I rucss tills fact Is an Indication of how much I do lovo you. Of course I want you to marry me. Have I said a word about It, though? Nary n chirp, nary a flut ter. I'vo been quiet mid Rood, though It's almost uindo mo sick nt times, this keeping quiet. I haven't asked you to marry me. I'm not asking you now. Oh, not but what you satisfy mo. 1 Mire know you're tho wlfo for mo. Hut how about myself? Do you know 1110 well enough to know your own mind?" Tie shrugRcd his shoulders. "I don't know, mid I ain't gotng to take chances on It now. You've Rot to know for euro whether you think you could Ret along with me or not, nnd I'm plnyliiR n slow conservative game. 1 ain't a-RoIng to lose for overlooking my hand," This was love-making of a sort be yond Dedo's experience. Nor had sho over beard of anything llko It. "So you see," ho urged, "Just for a nquaro deal we've got to sco somo moro of ench other this winter. Most likely your mind ain't mndo up yet " "Hut it la." she interrupted. "I wouldn't daro penult myself to care for you. Happiness, for me, would not llo that way. I like you, Mr. Ilarnlsh, Hiid nil that, but It can never bo more than Hint." "It's because you don't llko my way of living," he charged, thinking In his own mjnil of tho r.onsntlounl joy-rides nnd general profligacy with which the newspapers had credited him think ing ibis, mnl wondering whether or not, In maiden modesty, alio would disclaim knowledge of It. To IiIb surprise, her answer was Hat and uncompromising. "No; I don't." "I know I've been brash on some of those rides that Rot Into tho papers," be began bis defence, "and that I've Imm ' jtfMmy' ST $ xCy boon traveling with n lively crowd" "I don't mean that," sbo said. "Ilioiili I know about It, too, nnd can't say Hint I llko It. Uut It Is your life In general, your business. There uro women In the world who could marry it man like you and be happy, but I couldn't tid thu more I cured for such a man. the moro unhappy I should he You see, my iinliapplnoss, In turn, would lend to make lilm un happy. 1 should make a mistake, ami he would make an equal mistake, (IioihUi his would not be so hard 011 lilm hecausu he would still have his business." "Iluslness!" Daylight gasped. "What's wrong with my business? I play fair and square. There's noth ing underhand about It, which can't be said of most businesses, whether of the big corporations or of the cheat ing, lying, little corner giocerymeii I play the straight rules of tho game, and I don't have to He or cheat or bieak my word." "Don't you tee," he went on, "the whole game Is a gamble. Kverybody gambles In one way or another. The farmer gambles against the weather and (Ik market on his ciops. So does tho United Htates Steel Corporation. The business of lots of men Is straight robbery of the poor people. Hut I've never made that my business. You know that. I've always gone after tho robbers." "I missed my point." sho admitted. "Walt a minute." And for a space they rode In si lence. "I see It more clearly than I can slate It, hut It's something llko this. Theie Is legllmate work, nnd there's work that well, that Isn't legitimate The farmer works the soil nnd pro duces grain, lie's making something that Is good for humanity. Ho actual ly, in a way, creates something, tho grain that will 111! the mouths of the hungry." "And then the railroads and market iH'gers and the rest proceed to rob him of Hint samo grain." Daylight bioko In. "There ain't much difference be tween playing halfway robber llko tho railroad hauling that farmer's wheat to market, nnd playing all rob ler anil robbing tho robbers like I do. And, besides, halfway robbery la too slow a game for me to sit in. You don't win quick enough for me." "Hut what do you want to win for?" Dedc demanded. "You have millions and millions, already; why can't you do Rood with nil your money?" Daylight laughed. "Doing good with your money! Ain't It funny, to go around with brass knuckles nnd a Mr club breaking folkB' henda and tnklng their money nwny from them until I've Rot n pile. nnd then, repenting of my wnys, going around nnd bnndnglng up tho heads tho other robbera aro brenking? I leave It to you. Thnt's what doing Rood with money nmountH to. Every onco In a while some robber turns soft hearted and takes to driving nn am bulnnce. That's what CarneRlo did. Ho smashed heads In pitched battles at Homestead, regular wholesale head breaker ho was, held up tho suckers for n few hundred million, nnd now he goes nround dribbling It hack to them. Kunny? I leave It to you." He rolled a clgarctto and wntched her half curiously, half amusedly. Ills replies nnd harsh generalizations of a harsh school were disconcerting, and she caino back to her earlier position. "I can't argue with you, and you know that. No matter how right n woman Is, men have such a wny about them woll, what they say sounds most convincing, and yet the woman Is still certnln they nre wrong Hut there is 0110 thing, tho creative Joy; and It's a hlpher Joy than moro gam bling. Haven't you ever mndo things yourself a log cabin up In tho Yu kon, or a ennoo. or raft, or something? And don't you remember how satis lied you were, how good you felt, whllo you wero doing It and after you had It dono?" Whllo sho spoke his memory wns busy with tho associations sho recall ed. Ho saw tho deserted flat on tbo river bank by the Klondike, and tio saw tho Ior cabins and warehouses sprliiR up, and nil tho log structures ho hnd built, nnd his sawmills work ing night nnd dny on three shifts. "Why, dog-gono It, Miss Mason, you'ro right In n wny. I've built hundreds of houses up there, nnd t remember I wns proud nnd ""glad to see them go up. I'm proud now, when I romembcr them. And there wns Ophlr the most Clod-forsaken moose pastiiro of a creek you over laid eyes on. I made that Into tho big Ophlr. Why, I ran tho wnter In thero from tho lUnknbllly, clRhty miles away. They all said I couldn't, but I did it, and I did it by myself. The dam mid tho flume cost me four million Uut you should have seen that Ophlr pow or plants, electric lights, and hun dreds of men on tho pay-roll, working night and dny. 1 guess I do get an inkling of what you mean by making i4YIGiT ACK LPMDON urtop or "rr ciu or rrhvi: "Mrr rwor "nif?rN rowrrrc. (CopvilKttt. 1310. liv Wf New Vnrk IIkmiJ rotnpany.) (Copyright, 1910. by the MiiuMlllun Company 3-777 I J "I Like You, Mr. Harnish, .nnd That Is All." ,1 thing. I mndo Ophlr. ami she was a hummer." "Anil you won something there that was. more than mere money." Dedo encouraged. "Now do you know what 1 would do If I had lots of money and simply had to go on playing at business? Take all the southerly and westerly slope of these bare hills. I'd buy them In nnd plnnt eucalyptus on them. I'd do It for the Joy of doing It any wny; but suppose I had that gam bling twist in mo which you talk about, why, I'd do it Just the snme and make money out of tho trees. And there's my other point again. Inatcad of raising tho price of coal without adding an ounce of coal to tho market supply. Til be making thousands and thousands of cords of firewood mak ing something whero nothing was be fore. And everybody who ever crossed on the forrles would look up nt theso forested bills and bo made glad. Who was made glad by your milling four dollars a ton to Rock Wells? It wns Daylight's turn to be silent for a time while she watted an an swer. "Would you rather 1 did things llko that?" ho naked nt last. "It would be better for tho world, nnd better for you," hho auswered nonconimlttnlly. CHAPTER XVI. All week every ono In the office knew that something new and big was afoot In Daylight's mind. On Sunday Dedo learucd all about It. "I've been thinking a lot of our talk." ho began, "nnd I've got nn Idea I'd llko to give It a flutter. And I've got a proposition to make your hair stand up. It's what you call legiti mate, and at tho same tlmo it's the gosh-dangdest gamble a man over went Into. How about planting min utes wholesale, and making two min utes grow whore one minute grew bo fore? Oh, yes, and planting a few trees, too say several million of thuni. You remember tho quarry I inado believe 1 was looking at? Woll, I'm going to buy It. I'm going to buy theso hills, too, clear from here around to Berkeley nnd down tho oiner way to san i-cnimro. 1 own a lot of them already, for that matter. Hut mum Is tho word. I'll bo buying a long tlmo to como boforo anything much Is gucsyed about It, and I don't want tho market to Jump up out ot sight. You sco that hill over there. It's my hill running clear down its slopes through Piedmont and halfway along those rolling hills Into Oakland. And It's nothing to all tho things I'm going to buy." Ho paused triumphantly. "The ferry system between Oakland and San I-'rnnclsco Is tlio worst one horso concern lu the United States. You cross on It every day, six days In tho week. That's say, twenty-llvo days a month, or threo hundred a year. How long does It take you ono way? Forty minutes, If you're lucky. I'm going to put you across In twen ty minutes. If that atu't mnklng two minutes grow where one gtew hetoie, knock off my bead with little apples I'll sao ou twenty minutes each way. That's forty nilnuo a day, times tluen hundred, equal to twelve thou sand minutes a jear. Just for you. Just for one person. Let's see: that's two hundred wholo hours. Suppose I save two hundred hours a year for thou sands of other folks that's farming some, ain't Is? Como on. Let's ride up that hill, and when I get you out on top where you can see something, I'll talk sense." A small footpath dropped down tc the dry bed of the ennyon, which they crossed before they began tho climb. The slope was steep and covered with matted brush and bushes, through which the horses slipped nnd lunged. Showers of twigs and leaves fell upon them, and predicament followed pro- dlcament, until they emerged on the hilltop the worse for wear but happy and excited. Here no trees obstruct ed the view. The particular hill on which they were. out-Jutted from the regular line of the rnnge, so that the sweep of their vision extended over three-quarters of the circle. Below, on the flat land bordering tho bay, lay Oakland, nud across the bay was Snn Francisco. Between tho two cities they could see the white ferry-boats on tho water. Around to their right was Berkeley, and to their left the scattered villages between Oakland nnd San I.eandro. Directly In the fore ground was Piedmont, with Its desul tory dwolllnRs nnd pntches of fnrmlng lnnd, nnd from Piedmont tho land rolled down In successive waves upon Oakland. "Look at it." said Daylight, extend ing his arm In u sweeping gesture "A hundred thousand peoplo there nnd no reason there shouldn't be halt a million. There's the chance to make llvo peoplo grow whero ono prows now. Hero's tho scheme In a nutshell. Why don't moro peoplo live lu Oak land? No Rood servlco with San Fran Cisco, and, besides, Oakland is asleep It's a wholo lot better place to live in than San Francisco. Now, supposo I buy In all tho street railways of Oak land, Berkeley, Alameda, San Leandro nnd tho rest bring them under one hend with a competent management": Supposo I cut tho time to San Fran cisco one-half by building n big ptei out thero almost to Qont Island and establishing a ferry system with mod ern up-todoto boats? Why. folks wtll want to llvo over on this side. Very good. They'll need lnnd on which tc build. So, llrst' I buy up tho land But tho land's cheap now. Why? Bo causo It's In tho country, no electric roads, 110 quick communication, no body guessing that tho electric roada aro coming. I'll build tho roads. That will mako tho land Jump up. Then I'll sell the land as fast as tho folks will want to buy because of tho im proved forry system mid transporta tion facilities. (TO liU CONTINUED.) Peace is tho strongest force there Is, but only a few havo made the discovery. SPENDING A FORTUNE TO TELL OTHERS HOW TO GAIN WEALTH This Is a story of how a comfortable lttlo fortune wns spout In three weekfi: It wasn't squandered, nnd In Its way that fortune put potential wcnlth Into tho hands of moro than. 155,000 per sons In Chicago. To begin nt tho beginning: When tho third Chicago Iuul Show was be ing planned tho Union and Southern Pacillc railroad companies began to plan 11I30 how they could attract their sharo of tho hundreds of thousands that would visit thu ahow, to their ter ritory. Many things wero discussed tho first being the Idea of booths in which to display tho products grown tlong the lines of tho railoiuls. "That won't do," said (lerrltt Fori nnd Charles S. Fee, passenger tralllc managers of the Union and Southern Pacific railroads. "Wo'vo got to havo something different this year. Last year wo showed what our fanners can do. Thin year wo want to Bhow what till of us can do." Plan to Spend a Fortune. And right there began tho plans for spending this fortune. After a doz en different suggestions had been thrashed out thero was evolved the ono used, that of having two moving plcturo palaces built Into tho Coliseum r.t Chicago nnd theio showing stereop ticon nnd moving pictures not only of farm llfo but of town and city llfo along tho Union and Southern. Pacillc lines. Twenty thousand dollars was tho Eiiin decided upon as necessary to mako tho display. The spaco at tho Coliseum that wns allotted to tho rail roads was put lu tho hands of a mov- rfZ ,.. f-.iW t nC SL-i? .i J? Szl2&!J. x;.; .v --?' ing plcturo architect a specialist In tho designing and building of motion picture houses and he was told to go ahead and build two of tbo best ones be ever planned. The result more than repaid the plan ners. When the theaters were turned over to the railroads they were fully up to expectations. The entrances to foyer of tho two was from the main body of the Coliseum and the two wide doorways were brilliantly lighted with eloctrlc signs. Tho foyer ran the full length of tho Coliseum Annex and was wide. Under foot was a soft carpet, nnd on the walls were scenes of farm and homo llfo in the west. o Theaters Are Resting Place. The theaters themselves also wero reached by two broad doorways each. Inside they wero carpeted and fitted with comfortable wldo armed opera chairs that furnished tho grateful rest ing place to the thousands that had been "looking around" In tho big Coli seum and standing about on tho con crete floors until their feet ached. Tho walls of tho theaters also wero cov ered with paintings of western scenes. In addition to tho fnrm scenes wero views of several of tho Immense irri gation projects, nnd a number of the scenic wonders of the world. Tho "cages" for tho moving plcturo operators wero fireproof, so that In enso of accident no flame could reach out into tho body of tho houBe. The ceilings of tho two halls wero beamed and paneled and tho interior decora tions wero equal to thoso of any thea ter In Chicago. In tho front of each room was tho platform on which the lecturers stood, and to tho left of this was tho screen on which tho pictures were thrown. This was ono hugo sheet without scam to mark or mar it. and tho reflections cast wero as clear as it was posslblo to mako thorn. , v Five Hundred Lectures Given. Five hundred and six lectures were Another Duty. "You nro my wlfo's social secre tary?" ho asks of the beauteous crea ture who Is seated at the small desk In tho study. "Yes, sir," sho smiles. "I am supposed to take Mrs. Bllrrup's placo In as many social details us pos slblo." "Well or sho doesn't seem to bo coming downstairs this morning, nud It has always been her custom to kiss me good-by when I start for tho of fice." Judgo. Tho truo nimi Is ono who will neith er seek mi Indirect ndvontago by a spo clous word, nor tuko an evil path to secure a good purpose Scott. Most peoplo look at trouble through a microscope. A i - k k ,W'T ,v t ' j-- , . .w "V . s. 11 s " i .. r ... .-w :r litiBilw ill L glven in the two theaters in tho 22 days the Land Show wuo open or an averago of 211 lectures n day. Thirty different men and women from differ ent parts of tho country sent out tho call for their particular sections; each presenting In his or her own way tho advantages to ho derived from reald lug there. v Governor's day at tho Land Show was November 28, and on that dny the Union-Southern Pacillc companies threw open I heir theaters to tho gov ernors of ton western stnteo, welcom ed them there, mid It was thero that tho mesruges of thebo states wero told to Chicago. Other distinguished visit ors were Invited, and they also talk ed to thousands. On tho special days of tho states represented at tho expo sition, tho programs wero given, as a usual thing, In one of these theaters. Men stood nt each door of tho two theaters all day long with countoro In their hands, and every pcrnon that entered was ticked off on tho llttlo watch-llko machines they held. At, tho end of each day the total wnB taken from each and they wero set hack to zero again ready for tho next day. In this way nccurato count was kept of tho 155,000 men, women and chil dren who wero told tho moesago ot tho west. Message Straight to Hearts. "Wo found that, wo sent our mes sage straight into tho hearU of the land hungry," paid an ofilclal of tho railroads who was present during tho land show. "They cuino Into our llt tlo theaters with their eyes and foot jyTji .! tired from the sights they had seen and the hard floor they had tramped. They sank down Into our comfortable seats, rested their feet on our padded floor, and just listened. Then when the lights were lowered and the beautiful ly colored stereoptlcon pictures were thrown on the 6creen, their eyes were rested by tho eolt -olors of the flow ers, the waving grate and the hand somo homos shown thtm. In the mo tion pictures they were shown the mcthodB of farming, tho scenic won ders of our lines, and the many cit ies which we reach. Altogether, I be lieve that we reached the people la this way better than we could la any other." ) p- Thousands Get Literature. As the throngs passed from the the ators after each lecture they were sent out through the front of tho rooms, Into a wldo hallway between tho audi toriums. On ono side of this hallway was a long counter whero literature descrlptlvo of the Union-Southern Pa cific territory was handed them and tens of thousands also registered tbolr names and addresses. Theso will be turned over to tho communities In the railroads' territory for tbclr benefit In order that they -may get Into direct touch with persons seeking new homes. Tho cost of spaco, fitting up and op- orating tho two thoaters was a heavy ono, nnd at the end of tho 22 days of the exposition tho men behind tho ex hibit discovered that their little for tune of $20,000 had been spent With tho close of tho land show workmen tore out all tho handsome paintings, and tho chairs nnd other comfortablo fittings, and within a few hours nothing was loft except that which tho railroad men wanted the memory, planted deep In the minds of tens of thousands of persons, of their part of tho West and its opportuni ties. Damp One. Suburbs I'm going down eel- Mrs Inr. Suburbs Well, bon per's Ba?ar. voyage. Har- Conttmation cautcs many scrloux dis eii'CH. it in thoroughly cured by Doctor Pierces Pleasant PellelN. Ono a laxative, tlueu for cathartic. A pretty girl doeBn't havo to pro poco during leap yo-ir, and a hoinoly ono Is afraid to but thu re's tho stren uous widow. NT. mii.i. It's easier to look wlso thun it to deliver the goods.- I? 1 - ft I 1 ifamnnmvr "Jf 'U" .- -&rywilpmiH,HJ!Z.flm.nmmmii Hi'Jjscwnryifawwwti)ujaM-ffM