i i H. m I'Ji ft I . JMifiM& m 'Sr1 ""fe ry-x. iJ&o -" nJBKai? AfflL II SYNOPSIS. Klnm It.irrilflh, Itiinwii nil tlirotlirb. Alns in fin " Hurrilnuc I ayllhl.' rotrliruti's IiIm loth lilrtliil.iy wltli it i niuil of mt ti-r at tlic t'lri'lo I'llV Tlvoll. 'I'll" laiin: IpiuIh !o liMivy t;n in lil I in,. In willed orr WW) w ntakei, llarnlnh Iij-m-h IiIh money and !iIh mine lint wIiih (lie mull conlriict. II" IntlH mi lil.i mall trip with tloK-t find tleilKt'i lellltiK III frlemlH that lie will It' ll! the tiltf Viiltuii Knlil mrllu- at the Htart. IturnltiK IhiyllKlit makes a i-.i'imitlnmilly railil run m-riis country with the mull. Htipeiits at the Tlvoll and l now ready i.. I..1.. l.u. ri.. ...I., l.. . .l.tul. f.. lfn. nniv ... jw.i. ...r. ...' inn. it. ..i.m. -. ...' . - -- E OKI llelilM. UicliIlliK that MOIU will no l.m.wl I. lit. ..!.. .tlMltl.'l llilllllHIl titivii two toliH of Hour wlileli lie ileeliirei will lie wot th Km wi-lKht In Ktil, hut when ho arrlveH with IiIm Hour he limit) Hie blir Hat ilenohite. A t-tiliiriuln iIIm-iiv-era Kohl and W,iIU-lit roiiH a rleli liar vent. Hn koph to luiwHon, lieeotneH the niont prominent tluuie In the Klondllte and ile renin a roiiihlnatlnn of eaiiltallHtn In n viint mining deal. He rettirun to civilization, and. amid the liewllderlm; roiiipllcntliiiiN of IiIkIi llnnnre, OtiyllKlit IIihIm that ho lirtH t n led to Invent hit) pleven tnllllotiH In a manipulated Hi-hemo. Ma Koet) to New York, ami confrontluK IiIh dliiloval tiarttipra with a revolver, ho threatens In kill them If IiIm money In not returned. Thev are cowed, return their MteallnKi and I f nr tiIhIi koch hank to San iTiinriHeo Wlpre he nieem niH rate in Deilo MiiMon, n pretty HtenoKiaplier. Ho laaki'M lnrn Invi'HlmentH and if'tH Into the Iiolltlcal rlriK. I'or u ret ho noes to tho country. Dayllxht I'Pto rteeper Into IiIkIi finance In Kan Francisco, lull often tho liitiiflnK for the Hlmtilo life nearly river lOiiii'H hltn. Deile Mnion IiiiVh a Iiotho and Daylight meetH her In tier hikMIh trips. Ono day he iih1h Dcile to ko with him tin ntio more ride. IiIh purpose lielnR to link her to marry Mini and they canter away, nlie trvltitf to analyze her feelliiKM, )edn telln Daylhtht that her happiness could not lie with u money manipulator, llayllcht uudertakea to build up a Kreiit liidn.it rlnl community. CHAPTER XVII. Continued. Sho lotl tho way throtiRli the tlonr nponlni; out of tho hall to tho right, and, nnco IiihIiIo, Ik? titood iiwkwurdty roototl to tho door, K'izIiik about htm tintl at hur and till tho ttmo trytiiK not to Ktizo. In his perturbation ho failed to hoar tintl huo her Invitation to a HO'fh "Won't yon sit down?" kIio repented. "Look here," he Raid, In a volco that fdiook with pnHHlon.'thoro'H one thing I won't do, and that'H propose to you In tho office. That'a why I'm hero. Dedo Mason, I want you, I Junt want you." So prcclpllnte was ho, that hc had barely time to cry out her Involun tary alarm and to Btep hack, at the enine tlnto cntrhlnt; one of hln hnnds rw ho attempted to gather her Into IiIh armu. "Oh, F know I'm n suro enough fool," ho said. "I I gueaH I'll Bit down. Don't ho ncntrt, MIhh Manon. I'm not leal dangcrotiH." "I'm uol nfrnld," sho iitinwered, with n Rmlle. slipping down herself Into a chair. "It's funny," Daylight sighed, almost with regret; "hero I am, strong enough to bend you around and Mo knots in you. Hero I nm. used to hav ing my will with man, beast or any thing. And hero I nm sitting In thla chair, iib weak and helpless as a little lamb. You suro take the starch out of mc." "I I wish you hadn't asked," sho snld softly. "Mehbo It's best you should know a few things before you give mo an an swer," ho went on. Ignoring the fact that tho answer tintl already been given. "I never went after n woman beforo In my life, nil reports to the His Arms Went About Her and Held Her Closely. contrary notwithstanding. Tho stuff you read about mo in the papers and books, about mo being a lady-killer, is nil wrong. There's not an lota of truth In Jt. I guess I've dono more than my share of card playing and wulsky-drlnkliig, but women I've let alone. Tliero was a woman that killed herself, but I didn't know i ho wanted mo that bad or olso I'd have married her not for lovo, but to keep per from killing borsolf. Sho was tho befit of tho boiling, but I nover gave hor any encouragement. I'm telling you all (his because you'vo read about It, and I want you to got it straight from me." "I can't mnrry you," sho said. "1 Uke you a groat doul, but " ismwl wn'&mmM& IMC J I if M i IIo waited a moment for her to com plete the sentence, failing which, he went on himself. "I haven't nn exaggerated opinion of myself, so I know I nln't bragging whon I say I'll make a pretty good husband. You could follow your own sweot will, and nothing would bo too good for you. I'd give you everything your heart desired " "Kxcept yourself," sho Interrupted suddenly, almost sharply. "Don't you tee?" she hurried on. "I could have far easier married tho Khun I tarnish fresh from Klondike when I llrst laid eyes on him long ago, than marry you sitting before mo now." He shook his head slowly. "That's one too many for me. The more you know and like a man the less you wnnt to marry him. Famili arity breeds contempt I guess that's what you mean." "No, no," she cried, but beforo sho could continue, u knock came on the door. Ills eyes, quick with observation like an Indian's, dnrted about the room while sho wjih out. Tho Impres sion of warmth and comfort and beau ty predominated, though ho was un able to analyze It; while tho simplici ty delighted him expensive simplici ty, he decided, anil most o( it left overs from the time her father went broke anil died. She re-entered the room, and as sho crossed it to her chair, ho admired tho way she walked, while the hronzo slippers were maddening. "I'd like to auk you several ques tions," he began Immediately. "Are you thinking of marrying somebody else?" "There Isn't anybody else. I don't know anybody I liko well enough to marry. For that matter, I don't think I am a marrying woman. Olllce work HccuiH to hk)II mo for that." "It strikes mo that you're tho most mnrrylngest woman that ever inndo a man sit up and take notice. And now another question. You sec, I've Just got to locate the Iny of the land. Is there anybody you like as much as you like mo?" Hut Dede had herself well In hand. "'Hint's unfair," she said. "And If you stop and consider, you will find that you are doing the very thing you disclaimed namely, nagging. I refuse to answer any more of your questions. Ict us talk about other things. How Is Hob?" Half an hour Inter, whirling along through the rain on Telegraph Ave nue toward Oakland, Daylight smoked one of his brown-paper cigarettes and tevlewed what had taken place, it was not at all bad, wan his summing up, though tliero was much about It that was buHllng. There was that liking him the more sho knew him ami nt tho snmo time wanting to marry him less. That was a puzzler. Onco again, on a rainy Sunday, weeks afterward, Daylight proposed to Dede. Ab on tho first time, ho re drained himself until his hunger for her overwhelmed hint and swept hltn away in his red automobile to Horke ley. Ho left thn mnchlno soveral blocks away and proceeded to tho hoiiso on foot. Hut Dedo was out, tho landlady's daughter told him, and added, on second I bought, that she was wallting in tho hills. Further- , more, the young lady directed him I whore Dede's walk was most likely to extend. Daylight obeyed tho girl's In structions, and soon tho street ho fol lowed passed the last house and Itself ceased whero began tho first steep slopes of the open hills. The air was dnmp with tho on-coming of rain, for tho storm hnd not yet burst, though the rising wind proclaimed Its im minence. As far as ho could sco, there was no sign of Dede on the smooth, grassy hills. To tho right, dipping down Into n hollow and rising again, was a largo, full-grown eucalyp tus grovo. Hero all was noise and movement, tho lofty, slendortrunked trees swaying back and forth In the wind and clashing their branches to gether. In tho BqunllB, abovo all the minor noises of creaking and groan ing, aroso a deep thrumming noto as of a mighty harp. Knowing Dede ns he did, Daylight was confident that ho would find her somowhero In this grovo whero tho storm effects were so pronounced. And find her ho did. across tho hollow and on tho exposed crest of tho opposing slope where tho galu smote Its fiercest blows. "It's the same old thing," ho said. "I want you and I'vo emtio for you. You've Just got to hnvo mo, Doile, lor tho moio I think about It tho moro certain I am that you'vo got a sneak ing liking for mo that's something more than Just ordinary liking. And vou don't dast say that it Isn't; now dast you?" "I'lenso, pleasu," sho begged. "Wo can never marry, so don't let us dis cuss it." Daylight decided that action vn3 more elllcient than speech. So Ho stepped between her and tho wind and drew her so that sho stood closo in tfca sholtor of him. An unusually stiff squall blew about thou aud ft4YIGffF ACK LONDON ?sW0P 0 VfrST T7Z 0A rWLlr, wft ffwo; (ConvrlKht. 1010, lijr Iho Now York Herald Company.) ......4..t. tain l. tliA f nnrillfin r,....-..... VflrilillH . l tltQ ..A............. xUllll't4llt v '- -it, I-. r mSBBk ?Vfftef .. i sA V iI J nil 1 lu -y 1' iV5 1 V J--" . . t . I ll I i 1 11 U. T rr A ll lilt j0FmHWA V v "Dede Mason, I Want thrummed overhead In tho tree-tons, and both paused to listen. A shower of Hying leaves enveloped them, and hnrd on tho heel of tho wind came driving drops of rain. Ho looked down on her and on her hair, wind-blown about her faco; and because of her closeness to him and of a fresher and moro poignant realization of what she meant to him, ho trembled so that she was aware of it In the band that held hers. She suddenly lenued against hltn, bowing her head until it rested lightly upon his breast. And so they stood while another squall, with Hying leaves nnd scattered drops of rain, rattled past. With equal suddenness she lifted her head nnd looked nt him. "Do you know," sho said, "I prayed last night about you. I prayed that you would fall, that you would lose everything everything." Daylight stared his amazement at this cryptic utterance. "That suro boats mo. I nlways said I got out of my depth with women, and you'vo got mo out of my depth now. Well, you'vo Just got to ex plain, that's all." His arms went around her nnd held her closely, nnd this tlino sho did not resist Her head was bowed, nnd ho could not sec her face, yet ho had u premonition that sho was crying. He had learned the virtue of silence, and he waited her will In the matter. Things had come to such a pass that she was bound to tell hltn something now. Of that ho was confident. "I would dearly liko to marry you," she faltered, "but I am afraid. I am proud and humble at tho samo tlmo that a man like you should care for mc. Hut you bavo too much money. There's whero my abominable com mon sense steps In. Kven If wo did marry, you could never bo my man my lover and my husband. You would bo your money's man. I know I nm a foolish woman, but I want my man for myself. And your money destroys you; It makes you less and less nice. I am not ashamed to say that I lovo you, becauso I shall nover marry you. And I loved you much when I did not know you at all, whon you llrst came down from Alas ka and I first went into tho ofneo. You wero my hero. You wore tho Hurnlng Daylight of tho gold-diggings, tho dar ing trnvclor and miner. And you looked It. I don't soo how any worn nn could hnvo looked nt you without loving you then. Hut you don't look it now. You, a man of tho open, have been cooping yourself up In tho cities with all that that means. Yoti aro becoming something different, some thing not so healthy, not so clean, not so nice. Your money nnd your way of llfo are doing It. You know It. You haven't tho samo body tunv that you had then. You aro putting on flesh, and It Is not healthy flesh, You aro kind nnd genial with me, I know, but you tiro not kind aud genial to nil tho world an you wero then. You have becomo harsh and cruel. I do lovo you, but I cannot marry you and de stroy love. You aro growing Into n thing that I must In tho end despise. You can't help It. Moro than you can possibly lovo uiq, do you love this rtwnn zDcwzrc. You, I .Just Want You." business game. This business and it's nil perfectly useless, so far ns you aro concerned claims all of you. t sometimes think it would be easier to sharo you equitably with another woman than to share you with this business. 1 might have half of you. at any rate. Hut this business would claim, not half of you, but nine-tenths of you. or ninety-nlno hundredths. You hold bnck nothing; you put all you'vo' got Into whatever you are doing " "Limit Is tho sky," he grunted grim nmrmntlon. "But If you would only play tho lover-husband that way. And now I won't say another word," she added. "I've delivered a whole sermon." Sho rested now, frankly and fairly, In the shelter of his arms, and both were oblivious to tho gale that rushed past them In quicker nnd stronger blasts. Tho big downpour of rain bad not yet come, but the mlst-llke squalls were moro frequent. Daylight was openly perplexed, and he was still pep plexed when ho began to speak. "You'vo left mo no argument. I know I'm not the same man that came from Alaska. I couldn't hit tho trnll with tho dogs ns I did In them dnys. I'm soft in my muscles, nnd my mind's gone hard. I used to respect men. I despise them now. You see, I stent all my life In tho open, and I reckon I'm an open-air man. Why, I'vo got the prettiest llttlo ranch you over laid eyes on up In Glen Kllen. That's where I got stuck for tho brick-yard. You recollect handling tho correspon dence. I only laid eyes on the ranch that ono time, nnd I so fell In love with it that I -bought it there and then. I Just rode nround tho hills, and was happy as a kid out of school. I'd bo a better man living In tho coun try. The city doesn't make me better. You're plumb right there. I know It Hut suppose your prayer should be answered nnd I'd go clean broke and have to work for day's wages? Sup poso I hnd nothing left but thttt little ranch, and was satisfied to grow a fow chickens and scratch a living Eomo how would you marry mo then, Dede?" "Why, wo'd bo together all the time!" she cried. Then was the moment, among the trees, cro they began tho descent ol tho hill, that Daylight might have drawn her closely to him and kissed her once. Hut ho wns too perplexed with tho new thoughts she had put Into his bond to tako ndvantngo of tho situation. IIo merely caught her by tho arm and helped her over tho rougher footing. At tho edgo of tho grovo ho suggested that It might bo hotter for them to part thore, but she; Insisted that ho accompany her us far as tho houae. "Do you know," ho said, "taking It by and largo, it's the happlcbt day ot my life. Dedo, Dodo, we've Just got to got married; It's tho only way, and trust to luck for it's coming out all right." Hut tho tears wero threatening to rlso In her eyes again, ns sho shook her head and turned und went up the steps. (TO BE CONTINUED.) BETTER THAN MANY FROWNS Right Kind of Smile Stands Alway3 for the Dcst Things There Are In This Life. At tho door of a hospital is the sign: "If you enn't smile, don't go In." Tliero are smiles and smiles, but of course this means tho smile which stands for the best things In life, not tho kind that IrritntoB. but the kind which cheers and Inspires nnd stimu lates and nourishes. Whoever con ceived of that sign was not far from being n good physician, though ho may havo been serving ns janitor. Hotter than medicine is the smile of friend ship to those who nre set npait by their infirmities. And the snillo of cheer nnd hopefulness Is not only the passport to the hospital, but to all tho world, if we but knew it. 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