The Washington herald., 1910-09-11

their strength first. They straddled on two chairs
the -four sacks beneath them the floor and held
together by rope lashings. Many Of the
able In this TO lift four i've hundred pounds
while some succeeded with as high six hundred.
Then the two giants took hand, tying at seven hun
dred French Louis then added another sack and
swung $50 clear. Olaf duplicated the performance,
whereupon both failed to clear eight hundred Again
and again they stCOye, their foreheads beaded with
sweat. their FRAMES cracking With the effort Both
We're able 10 SNIFF the eight and to bump it. but
clear the floor with it they could not
BY Car! Daylight, dis you mex beeg
meestake, French LOuiS said. Strengthening up and
stepping down from the chairs. only one dam iron
man can do that. One hundred pOun more-my
fren. not ten poun' more"
The sacks unashed. bat when two SACKS
were added Kearns interfered.
only one sack more
Two" some one cried. Two was the bet"
- They didn't lift that last sack" KearRs protested
They only lifted seven hundred and fifty
But Daylight grandly brushed aside the confusion.
w hats the good OF you-al botherin around that
way? WHAT'S sack? If 1 can't lift three
more sure can't lift two Put EN- in"
He stood upon the chairs squatted and bent his
shoulders down ill. his hands closed the rope He
shifted his feet slightly tnutened his muscles with
tentative pull then relaxed again. quesng for a per
tect adjustment Of all lie levers Of bis body.
French Louis. looking on scepucaly, cried out
Pool lax hell, Daylight Pool lax hellr'
Daylights muscles taUtened a second lime and this
time in earnest Slowly and steadily all the energy
OF his splendid body applied, and Quite imper-
cepubIy, without jerk or strain the bulky nine hun
dred pounds rose from the floor and swung back and
forth pendulumlike, between his legs.
Olaf Henderson sighed a vast audible sigh The
Virgin who had tensed unconsciously till her muscles
hurt her. relaxed. While French Louis ziurmrred
reverently:-
"Nsieu Daylight salut! Ay am one beeg baby.
You are beeg man"
Daylight dropped his burden, leaped to the floor and
headed for the bar
Weigh in' be cried tossing his sack to the weigh
who transferred 10 It four hundred dollars from the
sacks Of the two losers.
Surge up, everybody Daylight went on. Name
your snake juice! The winner pSyst"
This Is my nghtF he was shouting ten minutes
later I'm the lone he-wolf. and I've seen thirty
winters This Is ny birthday my day in the
year and can put any hts back Come on,
you-an! I'm going to put yOu-aI IN the snow. Come
on, you chechaquOs and sour-dOughs, and get your
BAPTISM
The rout streauled out Of doors all save the bar
keepers and the singing Bacchuses. Some neeting
thought OF saving his own dignity entered MacDOn
aids head, for he approached Daylight with out
what? You hrstY' Daylight Aughed, ciasptng
the others hand as II IN greeting
"No, no." the other huEriedly dsclaimed. Just
congratulations your birthday. OF course you can
put in the snow. What chance have I against
a that lifts nine hundred pOundsT"
Macdonald weighed hundred and eighty
pounds and Daylight had him grtpped solely by bis
hand; yet, by a sheer, abrupt jerk be took the so
lOOnkeeper OF bis feet and flung him face downward
IN the snow. In quick succession, selling the
useless They few heller skelter out Of his
grips, landing IN al Of attitudes, grotesquely
and harmlessly, In the soft snow Il soon became
difficult in the dim starlight distinguish between
those thrown and those waiting their turn and he
began feeling their backs and shoulders determining
their status by whether not he found them pow
dered with snow.
Baptized YETI became his stereotyped question
as he reached out his terrible hands
Several score lay down IN the in & long row,
while many others knelt in mock humility. scoop1ng
snow upon their heads and claiming the rite accom-
plished. But group OF Eve stood upright-back-
wOodsmen and frontiersmen they, eager TO contest
any mans birthday.
Graduates of the hardest Of man handling schools
veterans OF multfudes Of rough and tumble battles
men OF blood and sweat and endurance, they never
theless lacked thing that Daylight possessed in
high degTee-n2nlely, almost perfect brain and
muscular coordination. II was simple, IN its way
and virtue Of his. He had been born with this
endowment His nerves carried messages more
quickly than theirs his mental processes eliminating
in acts OF VIII quicker than theirs; his muscles
themselves, by some immedacy Of chemistry Obeyed
the messages Of bis viii quicker than theirs.
made His muscles high power explosives.
The levers OF hs body snapped into play like the Jaws
Of steel traps. And In addition to all this his
that superstrength that is the dover OF but one
human in Millions strength depending not size
but degree, supreme organic excellence residing
In the stuff OF the muscles themselves. Thus, SO
swiftly could he apply stress that before an oppO-
nent could become and resist the aim Of the
stress had been accomplished In turn so swiftly did
saved himself by resistance by delivering a light
ming counter stress.
1t amt no use yOU-all standing there" Daylight
addressed the waiting group. "You-al might as well
get right down and take your bapuzing Youau
might down me any other day in the year but on my
birthday want you-au to know I'm the best man
Is that Pat Hanrahans mug looking hungry and
wiIling7 Come on, Pat"
Pat Hanrahan. acknowledgements and
roUgh-h ouse-expert, stepped forth The two men
came against each other In grips and almost before
he had exerted himself the Irishman found himself
IN the mercess wise OF haf-Neson that buried him
lead and shoulders In the snow. Joe Hines ex-
lumberjack, came down with an impact equal to a
fall from two story bunding-his overthrow ao-
comptshed by crOss-buttOck delivered he claimed
before he ready.
Ihere was nothing exhausting IN all this 70 Day
light. BE did not heave and strain through long
minutes. No time practically, was occupied HIS
body exploded abruptly and terrincally in one in
stant and on the next instant was relaxed Thus
Doc Watson the gray bearded iron-bodied man with
out past a fighting terror himself was overrhrown
IN the traction OF second preceding his own on
slaught AS he was In the act Of gathering himself
Tor spring Daylight upon him. and with such
IearruI suidenness as TO crush him backward and
down Olaf Henderson, receiving his cue from this
attempted to take Daylight unaware rushing mon
MIN nom one side as he stopped with extended hand
10 lelp Doc Watson up. Daylight dropped on his
nanos and knees receiving IN HIS side OlaFs knaas