Rocky Ford enterprise., April 12, 1912, Image 2

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BURNING DAYLIGHT
BYNOPSIB.
Flam Hurnlnli. known nil throuKh Alaa
ka as "Burning Daylight," celebrates his
80th birthday with u crowd of miners at
the Circle City Tivoli. The dance leuds
to heavy gambling. In which over SIOO, OOO
le staked. Harnlsh loses his money and
bln rnlne but wins the mail contract. He
starts on Ids mail trip with dogs and
sledge, telling Ids friends thut he will be
In the big Yukon gold strike at the start.
Burning Daylight makes a sensationally
rapid run across country with the mall,
appears at the Tivoli and Is now ready
to Join his friends In a dash to the new
gold fields. Deciding that gold will be
round In the up-river district Harnlsh
buys two tons of flour, which he declares
will be worth Its weight In gold, but
when he arrives with his flour he finds
the big flat desolate. A comrade discov
ers gold und Daylight reaps a rich har
vest. He goes to Dawson, becomes the
most prominent figure In the Klondike
and defeats a combination of capitalists
In a vast mining deal. He returns to
civilization, and. amid the bewildering
complications of high finance. Daylight
finds that he hus been led to invest Ills
eleven millions In a manipulated scheme.
He goes to New York, and confronting
his disloyal partners with a revolver, he
threatens to kill them If his money Is not
returned. They are cowed, return their
stealings and Harnlsh goes back to San
Francisco where he meets his fato In
Dede Mason, a pretty stenographer. He
makes large Investments and gets Into the
political ring. For a rest he goes to the
country. Daylight gets deeper Into high
finance in Ran Francisco, but often the
longing for the simple life nearly over
comes him. Dede Mason buys a horse and
Daylight meets her In her saddle trips.
One day he asks Dede to go with him
on one more ride, his purpose being to
ask her to marry him and they canter
away, she trying to analyze her feelings.
Dede tells Daylight that her happiness
could not lie with a money manipulator.
Daylight undertakes to build up a great
Industrial community.
CHAPTER XVll.—Continued.
She led the way through the door
opening out of the hall to the right,
and, once Inside, he stood awkwardly
rooted to the floor, gazing about him
and at her and all the time trying not
to gaze. In his perturbation he fiflled
1q hear and see her Invitation to a
seat.
"Won’t you sit down?" •she repeated.
here.” he said. In a voice that
shook with passion, “there’s one thing
I won't do. and that's propose to you
In the office. That's why I'm here.
Dede Mason. I want you. I Just want
you.”
So precipitate was he. that she had
barely time to cry out her Involun
tary alarm and to step back, at the
same time catching one of his hands
as he attempted to gather her Into
his arms.
"Oh, I know I’m a sure enough fool.”
he sold. "I—l guess I’ll sit down.
Don't be scairt. Miss Mason I’m not
dangerous.”
1 "I’m not afraid." she answered, with
a smile, slipping down herself Into a
chair. •
"It’s funny.” Daylight sighed, almost
with regret: “here I am. strong
enough to bend you around and tie
knots In you. Here I am. used to hav
ing my will with man. beast or any
thing. And here I am sitting In this
chair, as weak and helpless as a little
lamb. You sure take the starch out
of me."
”I—l wish you hadn't asked." she
said softly
"Mebbe It's best yon should know a
few things before you give me an an
swer." he went on. Ignoring the fact
that the answer had already been
given "I never went after a woman
• f ore In my life, all reports to the
v.
His Arms Went About Her and Held
Her Closely.
contrary notwithstanding. The stuff
you read about me In the papers and
books, about me being a lady-killer. Is
all wrong. There's not an iota of
truth m It. I guess I’ve done more
ihan my share of card-playing and
whisky-drinking, but women I’ve let
-tione. There whs a woman that killed
herself, but I didn’t know she wanted
me that bad or else I’d have married
her —not for love, but to keep her
: rom killing herself. She was the
best of the boiling, but I never gave
her any encouragement. I'm telling
.ou all this because you’ve read about
<t. and I want you to get it straight
: r om me."
“I can’t marry you," she said. "1
ike you a groat deal, but—”
He waited a moment for her to com
plete the sentence, failing which, he
went on himself.
"1 haven’t an exaggerated opinion
of myself, so I know I ain’t bragging
when I say I’ll make a pretty good
husband. You could follow your own
sweet will, and nothing would be too
good for you. I’d’give you everytning
your heart desired— ’’
“Except yourself,” she Interrupted
suddenly, almost sharply. "Don't you
see?" she hurried on. "I could have
far easier married the Elam Harnlsh
fresh from Klondike when I first laid
eyes on him long ago, than marry you
sluing before me now."
He shook his head slowly.
"That’s one too many for me. The
more you know and like a man the
less you want to marry him. Famili
arity breeds contempt —I guess that's
.vhat you mean."
“No. no." she cried, but before she
could continue, a knock came on the
door.
His eyes, quick with observation
like an Indian’s, darted about the
room while she was out. The linpres
slon of w’armth and comfort and beau
ty predominated, though he was un
able to analyze it;- while the simplici
ty delighted him—expensive simplici
ty. be decided, and most of It left
overs from the time her father went
broke and died.
She re-entered the room, and as she
crossed It to her chair, he admired
the way she walked, while the bronze
slippers were maddening.
*i’d like to ask 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 like well enough to
marry. For that matter, I don't think
I am a marrying woman. Office work
seems to spoil me for that.”
"It strikes me that you’re the most
marrylngest woman that ever made a
man sit up and take notice. And now
another question You see. I've Just
got to locate the lay of the land. Is
there anybody you like as much as
you like me?"
But Dede had herself well In hand.
"That’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.
Let us talk about other things How
is Rob?”
Half an hour later, whirling along
through the rain on Telegraph Ave
nue toward Oakland. Daylight smoked
one of his brown-paper cigarettes and
reviewed what had taken place. It was
not at all had. was his summing up.
though there was much about It that
was baffling. There was that liking
him the more she knew him and at
the same time wanting to marry him
less. That was a puzzler.
Once again, on a rainy Sunday,
weeks afterward. Daylight proposed
to Dede. As on the first time, he re
strained himself until his hunger for j
her overwhelmed him and swept him j
away In his red automobile to Berke
ley. He left the machine several
blocks away and proceeded to the
house on foot. But Dede was out. the
landlady’s daughter told him, und
added, on second thought, thnt she
! was walking In the hills. Further
I more, the young lady directed him
where Dede's walk was most Ukely to
extend. Daylight obeyed the girl's In
i structions. and soon the street he fol-
I lowed passed th-» last house and Itsi.f
; ceased where began the first steep
slopes of the o|»en hills. The air was
damp with the on-coming of rain, lor
the storm had not yet burst, though
i the rising wind proclaimed Its Im
minence. As far as he could see.
there was no sign of Dede on the
smooth, grassy hills. To the right,
dipping down Into a hollow and rising
again, was a large, full-grown eucalyp
tus grove Here all was noise and
movement, the lofty, slender-trunked
trees swaying back ami forth In the
wind and clashlifg their branches to
gether. In the squalls, above nil the
minor noises of creaking and groan
ing. arose a deep thrumming note as
of a mighty harp Kn ing Dede as
he did. Daylight was confident that he
would find her somewhere in this
grove where the storm effects were so
pronounced. And find her he did.
across the hollow and on the exposed
crest of the opposing slope where the
gale smote Its fiercest blows.
'it's the same old thing." he said.
"1 want you and I've come for you.
You’ve just got to have me, Dede. for
the more I think about It the more
certain I am that you’ve got a sneak
ing liking for me that’s something
more than Just ordinary liking And
you don’t dast say that It Isn’t; now
dast you?"
"Please, please." she begged. “We
can never marry, so don’t let us dis
cuss It."
Daylight decided that action was
more efficient than speech. So he
stepped between her and the wind
and drew her so that she stood close
In the shelter of him. An unusually
stiff squall blew about them and
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‘Dede Mason, I Want You, I Just Want You.”
thrummed overhead In the tree-tops,
and both paused to listen. A shower
of flying leaves enveloped them, and
hnrd on the heel of the wind came
driving drops of rain. He looked down
on her and on her hair, wind-blown
about her face; and because of her
closeness to him and of a fresher and
more poignant realization of what she
meant to him. he trembled so that she
was aware of it in the hand that held
hers. She suddenly leaned against
him, bowing her bead until It rested j
lightly upon his breast. And so they
stood while another squall, with flying
leaves and scattered drops of rain,
rattled past With equal suddenness
she lifted her head and looked at him. ;
“Do you know." she said. "I prayed '
last night about you. I prayed that j
you would fall, that you would lose ;
everything—everything."
Daylight stared his amazement at 1
this cryptic utterance.
“That sure heats me. I always said j
I got out of my depth with women. '
and you’ve got me out of my depth
| now Well, you've Just got to ex
plain, that’s all."
His arms went around her and held
her closely, and this time she did not
resist. Her head was bowed, and he
could not see her face, yet he had a
premonition that she 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 him something
now. Of that ho was confident.
“I would dearly like to marry you."
she faltered, "hut I am afraid. I am
proud and humble at the same time
that a man like you should care tor
me. nut you have too much money
There's where my abominable com
mon sense steps In Even If we did
marry, you could never be my man—
my lover and my husband You
would be your money’s man. 1 know
I am a foolish woman, but 1 want
my man for myself And your
money destroys you; It makes you
less and less nice lam not ashamed
to say that I love you. because 1 shall
j never marry you And 1 loved you
much when I did not know you at all.
when you first came down from Alas
ka and 1 first went Into the office You
were my hero. You were the Burning
Daylight of the gold-diggings, the dar
ing traveler and miner. And you
looked 1L I don’t see how any wom
an .could have looked at you without
loving you —then. But you don’t look
It now. You, a man of the open, have
been cooping yourself up in the cities
with all that that means. You are
becoming something different, some
thing not so healthy, not so clean, not
so nice. Your money nnd your way
of life are doing It. You know it. You
haven't the same body now that you
had then. You are putting on flesh,
and It Is not healthy flesh. You are
kind and genial with me, I know, but
you are not kind and genial to all the
world as you were then. You have
become harsh and cruel. I do love
you. but 1 cannot marry you and de
stroy love. You are growing Into a
thing that I must In the end despise.
You can’t help It- More than you
can possibly love me, do you love this
business game. This business —and
It's all perfectly useless, so far as you
are concerned—claims all of you. I
sometimes think it would be easier to
share you equitably with another
woman than to share you with this
business. I might have half of you. at
any rate But this business would
claim, not half of you. but nlne-tenihs
of you. or ninety-nine hundredths. You
hold hack nothing; you put all you've
got Into whatever you are doing—”
"Limit Is the sky,” he grunted grim
affirmation.
"But If you would only play the
lover-husband that way. And now I
won’t say another word." she added.
“I've delivered a whole sermon "
She rested now, frankly and fairly.
In the shelter of bis arms, and both
were oblivious to the gale that rushed
past them In quicker nnd stronger
! blasts The big downpour of rain had
I not yet come, but the mlst-like squalls
i were more frequent. Daylight was
' openly perplexed, and he was still per
plexed when he began to speak.
•'You've left me no argument. I
know I’m not the same man that came
from Alaska. I couldn’t hit the trail
with the dogs as 1 did In them days.
I'm soft In my muscles, and my mind's
gone hard. I used to respect men. I
despise them now. You see. 1 spent all
my life In the open, nnd 1 reckon I'm
an open-air man. Why. I've got the
prettiest little ranch you ever laid
eyes on up In Glen Ellen. That's
where 1 got stuck for the brick yard.
You recollect handling the correspon
dence. 1 only laid eyes on the ranch
that one time, and 1 so fell In love
with It that 1 bought It there and
then. 1 Just rode around the hills,
and was happy as a kid out of school.
I'd be a better man living In the coun
try The city doesn't make me better.
You’re plumb right there. I know tt.
But suppose your prayer should be
answered and I’d go clean broke and
have to work for day's wages? Sup
pose 1 had nothing left hut that little
ranch, and was satisfied to grow a few
thickens and scratch a living some
how —would you marry me then.
Dede?”
"Why, wed be together all the
time!" she cried.
Then was the moment, among the
trees, ere they began the descent of
the hill, thnt Daylight might have
drawn her closely to him and kissed
her once. But he was too perplexed
with the new thoughts she had put
Into his head to take advantage of the
situation. He merely caught her by
the arm and helped her over the
rougher footing. At the edge of the
grove he suggested that It might bo
better for them to part there, but she
insisted that he accompany her as far
as the house.
“Do you know,” he said, "taking It
| by and large, it’s the happiest day of
!my life. Dede, Dede. we’ve Just got to
get married. It’s the only way. and
trust to luck for It’s coming out all
right."
But the tears were threatening to
rise In her eyes again, as she shook
her head and turned and went up the
Bteps
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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