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The Washington herald., 1910-12-11

in places the cahons and small feeders were too pre-
cipitOus for his horse and turned him back But
there irritation about it. de enjoyed il ALL for
he was back at his old game of bucking nature. Late
in the afternoon he broke through. and folOTe ed =.
well defined trail down dry canon. Here he got
fresh thrill He had 10y, he baying OF the hound
some minutes before, and suddenly. across the bare
face OF the hill above him. he a large buck in
flight And not far behind came the deer hound,
magnificent animal. naylif tense in his saddle
and watched until they dis peared, his bl just
tribe shorter il he in the chase; hls
trils dstended and in his Tones the old hunting acne
and memories OF the Gays before ne calhe 10 live III
cities.
Ihe dry canon gave place TO one with a slender
ribbon OF running water. The trail ran into WOou
road and the wood road emerged across small
nat upon slightly travelled county road. TherV
were no farms in this immediate section and no
houses. The soil meagre, the bedrock either
close TO the surface constituting the surface ITSELF
Manzanita and scrub oak, however hourished and
walled the road on either side with jungle growth
And out a runway through this growth q man
suddenly scuttled IN a way that reminded Daynght
OF a rabbit
He was a little man, in patched overalls. bare
headed with cotton shirt open at the throat and
down the chest The sun was rudy brown IN MS
face and by 1t his sandy hair was bleached on the
ends to peroxide blonde He signed to Daylight 10
halt, and held up letter.
If you're going TO town I'd be obliged II you mail
this" he said.
u sure will" Daylight put it into his coat pocket
DO you live hereabouts, strangerT
But the little man did not answer. He was gazing
at Daylight in a surprised and steadfast fashion.
Il know you" the little man announced. You're
Elan Misunderstanding Daylight, the papers call
you. Am / rigbtY
Daylight nodded.
But what under the you doing here in
the chaparralf
Daylight grinned as lie ed:-"Drumming up
trade for free rural delivery route"
We'll, I'm glad wrote that letter this afternoon"
the little man went on, "or else I'd have missed
Ing you. I've seen your photo In the papers many
time, and I've good memory for faces. ] recog-
nzed you at once. My names Ferguson"
do you live hereaboutsT Daylight repeated bis
query
"Oh, yes. I've got little shack back here in the
bush a hundred yards, aud pretty spring, and
few fruit trees and berry bushes Come in and take
a look. And that spring is dandy. You never
tasted water like It. Come In and try It."
Walking and leading his horse Daylight followed
the quick stepping eager little man through the
green tunnel and emerged abruptly upon the clear
ing if clearing it might be called where wild nature
and mans earth scratching we're nextricably
blended 1t was tiny nook in the hills, protected
by the steep walls of canon mouth. Here were
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x troduced TO the reader as he enters Circle
- City dance hail. saloon and gambling mouse
like the whrlwind that he is.
Essentially a mans man. Burning Daylight resents,
or rather fears the wes of the women VINO frequent
the dance hall. But he Is afraid to be even civil 10
woman because he breads the idea of being mastered
by anybody anything and TO surrender to woman
means in his mind. that he is conquered
Drink boasting and in the turmoil tnat Ioi-
lows Burning Daylight shows his amazing muscular
strength He wins all the tests and downs all the
giants that come before him.
Then comes a poker game-the greatest ever played
Klondike. Burning paylights luck deserts MN
at the end and he rises IRON the taple Peh"i0As
worse than broke.
The indomitable courage OF this master among men
shows itself He declares himself in readiness to ac-
compllsh an impossible task-to run the mail 10 Dyea
and back with dog team and an Indian
After overcoming what to the ordinary man woulo
prove insurmountable difficulties he reaches MS goal
and returns 10 Circle City winner
Without rest this amazing man makes WIG n'Sht
Of r. He outdances men. and women. too WINS az
roulette and then. stll scorning sumber or any re.
cuperation starts daylight with three partners anu
a dog team for the newest gold Strike IN the upper
country along the Stewart
Then comes the battle for gold Strike after strike
Is explored Daylight himself the dominant inquire
along the Yukon and in the golden Dawson. us
couraged frequently he refuses allow LIES loaded
dice to beat him, and IN the end comes vietory-and
millions He is at length a great mine owner ana an
almighty big pile Is his
endeayor His departure is event OF great impor-
lance and as the vessel swings clear this all conquer
ing weeps-a little -,
Money comes so easily that he feels the call OF wan
street
He goes to New York and is done to the tune OF
$40 100000 This however. he RECEIVERS by means OF MS
automatic pistol and display Of his old time courage
wall street he finds not for him. So he returns 20
the Golden Gate where ne becomes financial ROBIN
Hood. His fortune increases magiealy and he HVes
An Of sudden Dede Mason enters his ken.
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CHAPTER xxi

INSTEAD of returning to the city on Monday Day.
light rented the butchers horse for another day
and crossed the bed of the valley to its eastern
hills to look at the mine. 1t dryer and rocker
here than where he had been the day before and
the ascending slopes supported mainly cha parral-
scrubby and dense and impossible penetrate on
horseback But in the canyons water plentiful
and also a luXurant forest growth. The mine
abandoned affair, but he enjoyed the half hours
scramble around de had had experience in quartz
mining before he went TO Alaska and he enjoyed the
recrudeScence of his old wisdom In such matters
The story was simple TO him:-GOod prospects that
warranted the starting of the tunnel into the side HILL
the three months work and the getting short of
money; the lay-on while the men went away and got
jobs then the return and a stretch of work. with
the pay" ever Turing and ever reeeding into the
mountain until after years of hope the had given
up and vanished. Most likely they were dead by now,
Daylight thought. as be turned in the saddle and
looked back across the canyon at the ancient dump
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copyright 1910 By Herald All rights rerved1
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.

f<rN URNING DAYLIGHT"-Elam Harnish-is in
* troduced to the reader he enters Circle
- City dance hall. saloon and gambling house
he VhrlWind he
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-09-02
JUDGES VIEW. WORK OF
THE JUNIOR LEAGUERS
NOTABLE IMPROVEMENT IN THE
LAWNS OVER LAST YEAR.
Earnest Children Are Lending Their
Aid to Beautifying Mankato; Plant
Measurements in September; Prizes
Amounting to Sixty-Five Dollars
Will Be Awarded to Winners;
Neatest Yards and Alleys.

Eighteen Judges. three to each ward,
made the rounds of the city yesterday
inspecting the gardens and lawns cared
for by the children of the Junior Civic
league In some of the wards great
improvement over last years conditions
was noted. The work done by score
OF more of earnest children is reported
as being remarkably fine, notwithstand-
ing the dry weather.
The castor plants for which spe-
cia prize of five dollar gold piece is
offered. are still growing and measure
ments will not be taken till about the
middle of September after which a
meeting of the juniors will be held at
the library and 500 in prizes will be
awarded, including first prize of vs.
and a second of So in each ward fol
the ncatest wards from street to al
ley and the same amounts Tor the
best flower gardens.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-09-02
IT'S LAST DAY FOR FILING
c. 0. Daley Wants to Be County At
tOrney: Other Candidates,

Today was the last day for candi.
dates to file. C. Q. Daley filed for coun-
ty attorney OH the democratic ticket.
He is no stranger to that Office, hav
ing held it for three years in Mobiles
county, and he has been city at
torney of Mankato for eight years.
John Eckhart yesterday filed for
clerk of the district court on the re-
publican ticket He is well known
young attorney with many friends.
Other filings yesterday and today
were those of a. E. Bixby of Gar
den City for commissioner from the
fourth district, w. +. Brooks for coun-
ty surveyor, Andrew G. johnson for
treasurer, Ole Andengaard for commits
sioner from the second or city dis
trict. William Hall of Sterling for
representative, Eli Klugherz for sher-
iff, and ID. Z. Crane of South Bend
for treasurer. All of these are repub-
licans except Messrs. johnson and
klugherz.
1t is understood that DR.. A. L. Kemp
will file as democratic candidate for
cOrone:.
George Norman of Lake Crystal was
expected to file for representative.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-09-02
OPENING FAIR IN CIRCUIT
Fine Races Are Promised for Nic0llet
County Show at st. Peter.

Races of the Southern Minnesota
Short Ship circuit open this year with
the Nicollet county fair at st. Peter.
to be held on Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday. September ID, IA and
Is. Z. E. Miller, the circuit secretary,
has received upwards of fifty entries,
and it is certainty that big fields
will be entered in all the events.
The speed program at st. Peter in
cludes the 1920 pace and the 2:40 trot
Oh Wednesday, and the 2:35 pace and
2:25 trot the following day. Purses
OF $3.50 have been hung up for each
race, and the starters will include
some of the fastest horses ever brought
to this part of the state. At all of
the towns i'll the circuit young horses
are IN training, and the purses offered
have attracted number of horsemen
who have never campaigned in South
ern Minnesota heretofore.
Thorough preparations have been
made by the officers of the Nicollet
County Agricultural society to make
the 1910 fair average up to those of
former years, and this means some
thing when it is known that for a
quarter of a century st. Peter has
given one Of the best county fairs in
the state Not only will the speed
program be better than usual, but
the free attractions are the best ever
engaged. The headliners are the Kane
Kichi troupe of japanese, who put on
four separate and distinct acts, and
the Murdos with their trained dogs, il
two different acts.
Nor has the agricultural end of the
fair been neglected Exhibits of small
grains and garden produce will exec
those of former years. and while the
fruit will not be up to the average
the showing of live stock will be bet
ter. Interest in the contest for the
silver loving cup. offered by the Min
nesOta State Dairymen's association t,
the farmer exhibiting the best herd o.
dairy cattle. and there will be at leas
IA dozen herds to compete for the prize
A butter-scoring contest is anothe
feature. and OH both days of the fai
there will he practical demonstration
of stock Judging.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-09-02
BUILDING A CARRIAGE COURT
New Feature to Be Added to the Cough
lan-Hickey Block.

Messrs. Hickey and Coughlan have
awarded the contract to the Mankato
Manufacturing company to build a car
riage court. or permanent awning III
front of their business block. occu-
pied by the T. W. kruse company IL
will be constructed at once. and VIII
be made of prism glass and iron, and
will be so strong that tiremen can
stand upon it and work. The cost will
be between $1,000 and $1,000, and 1t
will be modelled after the carriage
courts that are i'll front OF many OF
the best stores i'll the large cities. 1t
takes the place of an awning, yet does
not cut off the light, and will be a
permanent protection against the SNOW.
Mankato is gradually adding metropoli-
tan features.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-09-02
BYRON POSTOFFICE ROBBED
Small Amount of Cash and Number of
Stamps Were Taken.

The postoffice in the village of
Bryon was entered by unknown par
ties and robbed, on Friday, August l9.
The sum of $40 in change and some
stamps were secured by the thieves.
and as vet no clue has been found to
their identity. The miscreants gained
entrance to the office through win
dow, and upon leaving replaced one of
the glasses.
The fact OF the burglary was not
known for few days. until money
order was presented to the postoffice
at St. Paul for 500. but as the Off
cals of the st. Paul office had re-
ceived no advices from the Byron Of
flee. request was sent for informa-
ton to Postmaster s. Z. TOmpkins
1t was then discovered that a number
of po>toffice orders had been torn from
! the middle of the book where thev
would not be noticed for some time.
and i'll this way the discovery of the
theft was made known.
| Detectives have been put on the
case. and as a number of similar
thefts have been committed near the
twin cities, it is probable that the
perpetrators of the deed will be soon
brought to Justice.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-09-02
END OF WORLD IS NEAR
. SAY THE HOLY ROLLERS
ONLY A FEW HOURS MORE AND
IT'LL BE ALL OFF.
Midnight Is the Time Set for the
Grand Splash; This Old Ball About
to Be Consumed BY a Mass of
Flames; You Had Better Get Good
or You May Have a Journey to
Purgatory.

Boston. August 3l.-Only few
hours more and this old world will go
to the deminiton bowwows. This
statement is made on the authority OF
Elder A. j. Rawson, an apostle of the
HOLY Roller sect who declares that the
world will come to an end at midnight
tonight Rawson alleges that at mid
night this globe will round out its
6,000th veal. and claims that he can
prove from the Bible that the world is
due to suffer a great change on its
six thousandth birthday. The great
tragedy will begin with a fire, against
which the puny efforts OF mundane
fire departments will be as nothing All
of the pepoles of the earth will be con-
sumed in the big blaze, except those
who have been born again, namely,
the Holy Rollers.
What the Rollers Will Do.
/ The Rollers will enjoy the spectacle
of seeing their neighoors, Protestants
of other sects, Catholics. Jews, agnos-
! tics and all other adherents of false re-
| lioions or of none burned to ashes, but
angels will come down from heaven
and carry away the Rollers, safely
nestled i'm the folds of the angelic
wings. Finally, when the. world has
been entirely ''cleansed' by fire, IA new
spirit will descend upon the eartn. .
{, garden of Eden. worldwide i'll extent
will spring up in Il day, and the Hol,
Rollers will descend again and claim
the whole world as their own. But
the Rollers. instead of stomach. liver
blood. eizzard and similar Intervals, vii
be filled to the nozzle with immorta
glory. and will live forever in thi:
/ worldly Already.
Joy of Feasting and Prayer.
All of the Rollers in massachusetts
are spending the day in fasting an(
PRAYER. as a preparation for the new
world that is to come. Neracious re
ports from several places state tina
some of the Rollers already have
goodly growth of fuzz upon their shoul
ders. Some people say that the Hol,
Rollers are high rollers Anyway
they make ii lot OF noise
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-09-02
WATER ROUTE is THE THEME
Would Have a Canal From Maine to
Florida; the Meeting.

Providence r. L.. August 3l.-An is
land water route from Maine to Flor
ida is the ambitious project fostered
by the Atlantic Deeper waterways
association, which convened here today
in third annual session. Although
President Taft has cancelled his en-
gagement to address the convention,
scores of other noted men are on the
program for addresses. Congressman j.
Hampton Moore of Philadelphia is
president of the association. Com
mander Robert i. Peary, the North
an address tomorrow
Much money has been spent i'll fur
tnerance of the waterways scheme
since the last meeting of the associa-
ton, including large part of the
100000 appropriated for a survey by
army engineers of routes for canals to
connect the streams and bays along
the Atlantic coast from Portland to
Jacksonville. Local waterways boards
of cities along the route have also ac-
complished much of value during the
twelve month, and the reports to be
presented at the convention will be OF
great interest.
President Moore declares that the
big project has now reached the cru
cial point. The report of the army en-
9ineers who surveyed the route will bt
presented to congress this fall
! Whether the Atlantic seaboard shall
remain bottled up asserts Represent
ative Moore. depends now upon the Ell
/ thusiasm and influence to be brought
/ to bear within the next year.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-09-02
CLOSE TO HOME life,
TALKS BY THE DOCTOR
Dean Westbr00k to Address C0nserva-
tiOn Meet.
Discuss Ways and Means of Prevent
ing Disease; Fully Half of Illness
Is Preventable; Length of Life Is
Increasing Under Sanitary Condi-
lions; Science Of Staying the Work
of the Microbe.

St. Paul, Mimi. August 3l.-One OF
the addresses to be delivered at the
second National Conservation congress
in st. Paul, September >, q, I, and
8 which will come closer to the home
life of every American, is that OF Dr.
+. f. Wesbrook. dean OF the Medical
School of the University OF Minnesota.
Life and Health as Il National Asset"
is the subject to be discussed by DR..
Wesbrook. No other phase of conser
walton furnishes broader field for dis
cussion according to the officers of the
congress and much that will benefit
mankind is expected to come from
paper to be read by Dr.. Wesbrook, an
authority Oh national vitality.
Report on National Vitality.
To give an idea of the scope of the
question to be discussed by Dr.. Wes-
brook it is pointed that the report on
National Vitality. Its Wastes and
Conservation. made to the national
conservation commission by Irving
Fisher, professor of political economy
Yale university showed:
Every day and every hour in the
year about 100000 persons lie danger
ously i'll in the United States. Fully
half of this illness is preventable.
Three fourths of tuberculosis, from
which 10000 Americans die annually
could be avoided.
| III each life lost is appraised at only
| $l,7OO and each years average earn
ings for adults at only 500. the econ
omie gain from preventing preventable
disease. measured in dollars exceeds one
and Il half billions.
Science of Preventing Diseases.
Professor Fishers report said: "Eigh
teen experts in various diseases. ii,
well as citaI statisticians. have con
tributed data on the ratio of prevent
ability of ninety different causes OF
death into which mortality may bt
classified. From these data it is founC
that fifteen years at least could be aid
ded to the average human lifetime by
applying the science of preventing dis
ease. More than half of this addition
al life would come from the proven
ton OF which could be accomplished b,
purer ait. water and milk. I'm Law
renee Mass. after the installation of ;
pure water supply, the death rat
from typhoid was reduced by 80 pc
cent. For every death thus saved from
typhoid. two or three deaths are savet
from other disease"
Professor Fisher reported that tn,
length of life is increasing whereve
sanitary science and preventive medi
cine are applied. Statistics show tina
the average duration of life in India i
less than twenty five years; in Swe
den. more than fifty years and in Mass
achusetts fory-tive years and that il
Europe it has doubled in three an,
one half centuries. In Massachusetts
life is lengthening at the rate of four
teen years per century. OF about on
half the rate of Germany.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-09-02
GEN. BARRY IS THE NEW
HEAD At WEST POINT
HOW HE ROSE FROM POOR BOY
IN THE IRISH QUARTER.
Commander in-Chief of the Cuban Pa
cifcati0n; He Succeeds Colonel
Scott Whom the Cadets Are Net
Sorry to Lose; Man Who Put a
Stop to Hazing in the United
States Military Academy.

Washington. August 3l.-Major Gen
eral Thomas ii. Barry, who rose from
Il poor boy in the irlsi. quarter OF
New York city to the highest rank in
the United States Army, has been APP
pointed to the task of teaching the
West Point young idea now to shoot
and inoculating them with other mis-
cellaneous knowledge useful to an Off
Ger and gentleman. He succeeds Col
onel Hugh l.. Scott, of the Fourteenth
Cavalry, whose tour OF duty as super
intendent of the West Point Military
academy expires today. This is the
first time that an officer of the grade
of major general has been appointed
to the West Point superintendency, in
dicating the increasing Importance at
taching to the office.
Was Sent to Cuba.
General Barry was commander in
chief of the army of Cuban pacitica
ton that was sent TO Cuba following
the government troubles there few
years ago. He is the third youngest
OF the ma or generals now on the act
i've list, those junior to him being Leo
nard Wood, chief of staff of the United
States army, and General J. Franklin
Bell, former chief of staff, General
Barry's rise TO fame is an example of
what may be accomplished by poor
lad. without money or influence, in the
United States army.
Not Sorry to Lose Him.
Cadets at West Point are not sorry
TO lose Colonel Scott, who, although he
was himself once suspended for hazing
when q youngster at West Point, has
shown himself without mercy to con-
victed hazers. There is little likeli-
hood, however. that General Barry will
be any kinder TO the hazcrs. since il
has been determined that hazing at
West Point, and Annapolis must be
wiped out. The act OF congress pro
iibiting hazing provides expulsion for
intent to injure. punish OF humiliate
any new cadet or fourth classman
New rules of the academy provide for
such other penalties. except expulsion
or suspension. as the superintendent
NAV prescribe 1t is understood here
that Colonel Scott will be glad t.
leave West Point and get back to til,
comparative peace and calm of the
Philippines.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-09-02
HARVEST FESTIVAL FOR
THE M0NTH0F OCTOBER
MEETING TO PERFECT PLANS
WILL BE HELD FRIDAY.
IollificatiOn Over the Abundant Har-
vest That has Blessed This Sec
ton; Dance, Addresses, Band Play
ing and Features That Will Amuse
and Instruct to Make UP the Pro-
gram; Commercial Club in Charge.

The Commercial club proposes to
hold IA harvest festival in October, in
vitiny the farmers and the residents
of the adjacent villages to Mankato
to hold a jollification over the alum
dant harvest which has blessed this
section. 1t is proposed to hold big
harvest dance, and to have speakers,
and other features. The plans have
not vet been formulated but the pro-
ceeds will be devoted to the good roads
movement.
Meeting to Discuss Plans.
4 meeting OF all of the club mem
bers and all other business men and
residents interested has been called by
President Patterson, to be held at the
city hall Friday evening at eight
O'Clock. when the matter will be talked
over and plans made for the celebra-
ton 1t is hoped that there will be a
large meeting in order that the views
of all may be secured and the best
plans adopted. Thus far the plans are
only very general
Proper to Celebrate
This part of the state has had the
finest crops ever raised here. and it is
meet and proper that the people gather
to celebrate the bounty which Provi-
dence has heaped upon the farmers anG
to give voice to thanks.
The good roads movement is also
one that needs encouraging. and should
ter with as much energy as III the
past two winters.