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twenty thousand dollars and what was left In the
ground was twenty thousand more. But as he him
self proclaimed, that no more than getting his
ante back He had anted his life for dozen years
and forty thousand a small pot FOR such stake
the price Of a drink and dance at the Tivoi Of
winters hutter at Circle City and grub stake for
the year to come.
The men of the Yukon reversed the old maxim till
It read Hard come easy go. At the end OF the reel
Elan Harnish called the house up to drink again.
Drinks were a dollar apiece gold rated at sixteen
dollars an ounce there were thirty in the house that
accented his Invitation and between every dance the
bouse was Elam's guest This was his night and no
body was 70 be allowed TO pay for anything Not
that Elan Harnish was drinking man Whiskey
meant little to him. BE was too vital and robust too
uutroubled In mind and body 10 incline to the slavery
~ alcohol He spent months az a time on trail and
river when he drank nothing stronger than coffee
while be had gone a year at a time without even
coffee. But be was gregarious and since the sole
social expression OF the Yukon the saloon he
EXPRESSED himself that way. When lad IN the min
ing camps OF the West men had always done that
To him It was the proper way for a man TO express
himself socially. He knew no other wa.
He was a striking agure Of man, despite his garb
being similar to that of all the IN the TivolL
Soft tanned mOccaSins or mOosehlde DeRded IN IN
dian design covered his feet His trousers were
ordinary overaIs his coat was made from blanket.
Long gaunteted leather mttens lined with wool
hung by his side being connected, Yukon fashion.
~ a leather thong passed around the neck and
across tho shoulders. On his head was a
fur cap. the earfaps raised and the tying cords
danglink His face, lean and slightly long, with the
suggestion OF holows under the cheekbones, seemed
almost Indian The burnt skin and the keen dark
ewes contributed 70 this effect though the bronze OF
the s.dn and the eyes themselves were essentially
those OF a white man. He looked older than thirty,
and yet smooth-shaven and without wrinkles he
was almost boysh This feeling the onlOoker had OF
age was based tangible evidence Il came
from the abstracter facts OF the man. from what be
had endured and survived, which far beyond
that Of ordinary He had lived naked and tense
" and something OF all this smouldered in his eyes,
vibrated in his voice and seemed forever a-whisper
on his lips
The lips themselves were thin and prone 20 close
tightly over the even white teeth But their harsh
ness retrieved by the upward curl at the corners
OF his mouth This curl gave TO him sweetness, the
minute Fuckers at the corner Of the eyes gave him
laughter. These necessary graces saved him from a
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Circle After that Kearns had fallen back on his
posts at Forty Mile and Sixty Mile and changed the
direction Of bis by sending out 10 the States
Tor a small sawmll and river steamer. The former
even then being sledded ChiicoOt Pass by
Indians and dogs and would come down the Yukon In
the early summer after the ice run Later In the
summer when Behring Sea and the mouth Of the
Yukon cleared ice the steamer put together at St
Michaers to be expected up the river loaded to
the guards with supplies.
Jack Kearns suggested poker French Louis. Dan
Macdonald and Hal Campbell, who had made strike
on MoOsehide. all three Of whom were not dancing
because there not enough girls to 90 around In
clined to the suggestion They were looking for a
fifth man when Burning Daylight emerged from the
rear ROOM the Virgin bis arm the train Of dancers
in his wake. In response TO the hail Of the poker
players he came over to their table In the corner.
Want you to sit IN" said Campbell "Hows your
luckT
II sure got II tonight" Burning Daylight answered
with enthusiasm and at the time felt the Yir-
gin press his arm warningly. She wanted him FOR
the dancing Il sure got my luck with me. but I'd
sooner dance 1 amt hankern' 10 take the money
away from you-all"
Nobody urged. They took his refusal as fnal and
the Virgin was pressing his arm to turn him away in
pursuit OF the supper seekers when he experienced
change OF heart II was not that he did Tot want to
dance, that he wanted 10 hurt her, but that In
sistent pressure his put his free nature
in revolt The thought In his mind that he did
not want any running him. Himself a favor
tie with women nevertheless they did not bulk bic
with him. They were toys playthings, part Of the
relaxation from the bigger game OF life he met
women along with the whiskey and gambling and
from observation he had found that far easier
break away from the drink and the cards than from
woman once the man properly entangled
He was a slave 10 himself which was natural in
with healthy ego but he rebelIed in ways either
murderous panicky at being slave 10 anybody
else Loves sweet servitude was thing Of which
he had comprehension Men he bad seen in love
impressed him lunatics and lunacy a thing
he had never considered worth anayZing. But com
radeship with men was different from love witt
women. There was servitude In eomradeship
It was business proposition. square deal between
men who did not pursue each other, but who shared
the risks OF trail and river and mountain In the pur
suit Of life and treasure. Men and women pursued
each other and must needs bend the other to his
VIII OF hers. Comradeship was different There wa
no slavery about IT, and. though he. a strong man be
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nature that essentially savage and that otherwise
would have been cruel and bitter The lean,
fuIlnostried and delicate and Of size to fit the face;
while the high forehead II to atone for It's narrow
ness, was spendidly domed and symmetrical In line
with the Indian effect was his hair, very straight and
very black with gloss to It that only health could
give.
Burning Dayiights burning eandlelight," laughed
Dan Macdonald. as an outburst Of EXPLANATIONS and
merriment came from the dancers.
San he iss der boy to do It, eh, LOuisT said Olaf
Henderson.
Yes, by Carl you bet on dat" said French Louis.
'Dat boy is all gold
"And when God Almighty washes Daylights soul
out at the last big sluicn' day." Macdonald inter
rupted why, God Almighty'n have to shovel gravel
along with him into the sluice boxes"
dot ISIS goot" Olaf Henderson muttered regarding
the gambler with profound admiration.
EYER good" affirmed French Louis Il tink we
take a drink on dat time, eh:"
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CHAPTER II.

Z 7 was two in the morning when the dancers bent
| on getting something to eat adjourned the dancing
for half IN hour. And 1t was at this moment that
Jack Eearns suggested poker. Jack Kearns was
big, blur featured man. VINO, along with Bellies
had made the disastrous attempt TO found a post on
the bead reaches Of the Koypsuk far inside the Arctic
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SHsAs-ps.s. T.as =. Ssnssuos dssaD Esis
snd Csmpaagl
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ssstbasr's soasJ
wet. ne Stosa L@aass.- Iss.s eaha-sn
dDpia. Asasi sad Conpasgl
Tue Giri wa Lived n - wo~is- Nariosis
Beats CSoh- "a. q. Mcclure sad Con paayl
-Ths stsanss Caas % Elsaaor cuyisr Einss-
land Crosby tDsad. Nsad All Compaayl
The Ttonrsrsrnan.- %. A Cody. mos,dss md
SaouGh,ou George q. DOran CompanyI
Ny Hfo'h-fs kesp~f- thArtss renhsY Jaea
son Tb- BoBbs Msfrtn conpahy. hdianApoaaJ
-FiT.i Love Marie Van Worst crhs bosos'
Mefrtl IVmpanyI
me Great Uod Cod william Ls odsuI
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Including Ftnaigin- stresiAnd W Oiiilan'
Vorbss Ana Con paay. ChicagoJ
The Spitit " Romaaee.- cara Pound. u. n
Dens aud soas. r. .. Dat,on and Company
The BeAuU Of ENeD Day J. " Miller
ThOmas \. Croweli anc Company
Justice Joan oaIswOTthy ,Charies sche-
neT's SoasI
-Mary nArdalene.- Maurice MAstsTinek.
tDofd. Mead and Company
-EduNId Garrett Harry Porter. uine0ln
Publishing Company. Bostonl
songs and Sonnets webster FORD. The
Rocks Press. chicago
-ChTs,n,a- IA spain sarah Gertrude Pom
esoy. dana Es1-s and Company. Bostonb
Helen Win the High Hand. Arnold Bennett
George a. DorAn Con pAnyl
-POstiscae AusIese- Hugo Andrie-sen. IN.
Andrtess-n. Beaver. Pennl
The uettng Of Wisdom Henry Handel
Richardson CDunaeh and Company
-Is1dsTs Of Socialism" q n. 5 Taylor. tDuf'
Geld and Company
"A PlesAIess Diet J. l.. Buttasr. n. u. Pred-
ertck A. stokes Company
The German spy system In France Paul
LAnoir. (Mllls and Booa. London
SOngs Of the Army Of The Night Francis
Adams CNiEhen KennerieyJ
The Gospel at worE IN Modern Life.- Roo
eSt whitaker. Cras onnath and Rowland Press-
PhilAdelphiAJ
-Maybloom and Myrtle samuel Mlnton
Peck Dana Estes aud Company
The mn o. Dreams Helen iAnyon. John
Lane Company
Making Faces HerscseI Williams, "a. C.
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NEW YORK
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BROWNING WENT HUNGRY.
4 Good Dinner BEFORE Him. hat tie Pre-
ferred Talking to Eating.

what "a Frenchman loves in CONVEX
satiou.' writes c. T. Halle in Notes Of q
Painters Life. lis To give and take the
rapid exchange Of sally and repartee:
an Engllshman likes long break, TO
hold the balls, Il possible. the whole
evening himself
i have heard many % the best speakers.
ike Gladstone. Browning. Brookfeld.
Matthew Arnold. leighton. and many
Others. and u was always the same thing,
the one who got the ear OF the table held
on tight and gave no one else a chance.
We'll do ] remember "A dinner at the
house 81 MIR Benzon. when ! happened
to he sitting between browning and
Brookfield Mllais and Leighton were
also there. BenZon WAS noted for his good
dinners, and most % the guests incau-
tiously began 90 eat
Not so Browning; he talked and went
on talking all through dinner until nearly
the end. when the pangs OF hunger could
no longer be resisted. and he pat some
thing into his mouth Broobfield saw his
chance and began TO talk. but Browning
leaned across me. seized Brookfield by
the arm. stopped him. and continued
what he had to say 20 the end of the
dinner
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IRVING AND PAYNE.
attempt oT tho Author 80 Home. sweet
Home TO Get Into the MaGaun

"
Home TO s.et Into the Magazines.
Breathing joonse threat IL letter from
| Washington Irving 90 John Howard
PAYNE, author 81 Home. Sweet Home. >
v r,tten some tune prior to 1921. when
! Irving and Payne were both in London
and one Of Payne's plays Was shortly to
have it, first production. The letter 10
! printed IN Correspondence 81 Irving and
Payne" in the October SertHsT''. IL
- a. follows:
DEAN PANNF, End you have many
applications for orders and should feel
delicate about applying for but
lnov they coat Won nothing. and that you
are anxious to have your friends present
I mean TO get Newton and Leslie TO accom-
pany me AMI maze a party to pershAhe 'he
fulksnot 10 hiss II you can furnish ns With
orders 50. IL not will 20 at our own
expense and consider ourselves at liberty
20 hiss a. much a. Ne please.
We vii call az YOUR lOd Rings on our vay
~ tie theatre " you have spare orders
leave them for I wish TO hold out no
m"uare- but have IN my possession .
csr,al that has been Of potent service In
lrIriu" 10 damn half a score Of new traEe-
lilo. Yours truly. W. lRviNo.
In regard 20 .ssaying literary work
PAYNE writes from Paris to Irving AZ
London March ~. 1927
First With regard 80 the magazines !
send a ranu-'ript Witch Glanced To have
Nv me T. De- a free translation. bur make
no ceremony about II II van think u wont
Jp 10 ~ will vou can take anything you
IAN get for w. no matter how little
viii 80 rif. m article on the theatres and
'rv nuI end b. 10 you IN few DAYS. as
benny tails ~ going over IN week ar 20
Z 'hius regular number to be Called The
STORY I.ll"t or some name 81 that sort :.
nrigh' b." kept - IN a magazine. making
an in'f"iuctI"n. and giving . monthly
PORTION - the ey'sn' of What I now send.
lEe llifl" tales ! haN. mentioned would he
very "a-ilv done Aou will be able from
~" manuscript 20 tell mo how much Of
slDh writing y ould make a sheet and that
,ul b. a guide ~ TO measure think she
l''Ie scraps ~ Iru d'-sprit and Anecdote.
81 which every magazine and paper here
rI- go least hAr column. n jndiciously
-,'l""'..l ant thrown into one focus would
fuake Auo,h"r ey"-llent permanent and
-rtr'u-.I" contribution. TO be- headed
lla-l-- or ~parklp-. or anything you
Nss this viii try a. soon as !
can R"t ht'ir beforehand In money
matters
And Irving makes no ceremony an
requested
I want 90 s".. Won swimming without
Curks h" writ's ia throwing by
TRANSACTIONS and TeConstrlctions and
writing something from your own brain.
\ rel - essays, tales. &c. taken from
your own dramatic experience and in.
N"ntiun ~ illd h" NOR. likely to succeed
'han anyi hing Won could translate
And the magazines Uare evidently a.
hard 90 pleas" in those days A. these
Tn" manuScriDt you sent me- ron.
iinuns Irving. 7 could not get anything
for ~ tho London naRazins-s TO which 7
applied They thought the stories had
not sufficient interest and point and would
prefer something not 90 merely trAns-
lAtiOn.'
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pl,red the wiId moth rina oahaa, halped
Buffalo Jun-s drive his hrrd a. buna1o
and catalo and laaao-d mountain hons
sith hin. found nsw clin Dwellings and
ciih paintings and topbs. Then ] wrote
NV lsuok
TIs. Ahveuturer author 10 ~ pru1snt
h.dinz In the r~1-aaea % ~ I'D NsS Jsrpsy.
. wing m ssltiaSfsr~d cabin. What
mai~siAl ~ romance he nnds there he
does not dtsciuss
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The Intimate life Of Alexander Hamilton :
Allan heiAns Hamilton. Charles ScribneTs
Sontl
STEAMSHIPS and Their Stories z. Rebls
Chatterton. tCAsseii aud Com pAny. New York
-GAmbetH. Life and IletNrs.- q q. Gheusi
tApplstOns
The Romance Of Monaco and its Rulers .
Rthei Coibuu Maybe John lane Company
Romantic california Ernest PeiIotto
&C kaFrs Scribner's SoasI
a Voice Prom the Congo" Herbert ward
Charles Scribner's SonsJ
and CON pAnyI
The Spread Eagle GouvsTneur Norris
Charles Scrbners Soasl
Princess Sayrane- Rdith Ogden Harrison.
"a. 4. McCIurg and Company chicago
-Clayhanger.- Arnold Bennett ". p Dutton
aud Compa
-r;ngHsh Literature During me Lifetime OF
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Psis-s In witch thsy opsrAtsd % the
sysasms thsy dsscvtbs.
a biological classic. Prof Hugo -
yriss's trsafisg on 'IntrarslhilAr PangS-
Dssis.' u publiahsd. togethsr With HE
pager On 'Fsrtlllzation and Hybriciiza-
ton. by tbs Open Co'lrt PNIhIi-hing Com
pny. Chicago. Both are translated BY
Prof e. stuart Gagsr % the University
Of Wisconsin. 1bsy ArS ths moss i'm
portant Contribution TO science % the
greatest living botanist and Il 10 surpris-
Ing thar they should not have been trans-
lated into Engush befOre.
Bridge PLAYERS will welcome an anthoFi-
tAiiv- TREATISE on the game by q distin-
g,iished expert. The title. The PTinci-
pleu. Rules and Laws % Auction Bridge
by }. D. Elwell Charles Scribnsr's Sons).
Describes the book completely. IL IL
characterized by the mcidity that marks
The authors other bridge manuals
In The Healthful Art % Dancing
doubleday. Page and Company DR.
Luther II. Quick sings the praises OF that
form Of physical exercise. II has found
place In the public schools. where there IL
perhaps q little too much Of t. The
picture Of the elderly business men Of
Providence gracefully dancing the High
land ding ~ inspiring. The book layS
stress. a. h the fashion nowadays. on
the value OF national dances. II u inter
ssting In it, easerpess TO demonstrate the
utilitariAn view Of what was once an
accomplishment and pleasure We
hope that the enforcement OF dancing will
nOt make IL unpopular.
To the Modern Religious Problems
series. published by the Houghton Miffiin
Company. Dr. Lewis Bayies Patton Of
Hartford Theological Seminary con
tributes. q sketch Of The Early Rail ion
of Israel IL h written In the spirit Of
modern investigation and OF the new
criticlsm and is very different from the
older treatises
Oscar wilde's The BALLAD % Reading
Oaol.' printed with red decorative borders,
has been added to Dufield and Company
-Rubric' series
There In q Francisco Ferrer Association
in New York which honors the Barcelona
socialist. IL issues q pamphlet entitled
Francisco Ferrer: His Life. Work and
MartyTdom.- which includes likewise
Appreciations OF the man and the work
he undertook TO do by admirers ranging
from HAscksl aud Anatole France to
Emma Goldman and Hutchins Hapgood.
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The first sign Of the coming Of Christ
mas and the holiday season Il the APP
Pearance Of the cOlored picture albums.
Two Of these come to Us from Charles
Scribner's SONS. Pictures In Color
by Harrison Fisher. u high folio. con
tains sixteen Representations 81 the Amer-
can girl engaged in the various pursuits
in which she delights and portrait Of
the artist. Girls by Henry HUT. a
quarto. includes many excellent pen and
ink sketches with the chromolike colored
pictures % young women
The Detroit times., 1910-10-04
BY HARRY NELLY.

It's going to cost money to belong
to d. A. Fletchers personally
ed third major league. The players
themselves. to enjoy that $4,000
bonus, must post bonds Of $4,000 each,
all Of which goes to show that the
proposed league Is composed chiefly OF
conversation, which II very cheap.
The contracts with Fletcher have
just been issued. The Times has been
informed as to the provisions OF the
documents. There are some things
that will not appeal to the athlete and
which. unless eliminated, will kill the
proposed league long before 1t ad-
vances very far even In the paper
stage.
To begin with. the player In consid-
GRAFTON OF 81 gives Fletcher an option
on his services for Ave years from
Feb. 10, 1911, up to and including Nov.
Is, 1915. Fletcher to make the con-
tract binding. agrees to deliver to the
player on or before Feb. 10. 1911, a
contract duly executed by an incorpor-
ated company (Which company. by the
way, does not exist at the present
time) and having capital stock OF
100000.
In return for this the payer agrees
to give his services as o ball player
from April 10 to Oct. 10 Of each year.
Fines and suspensions. deductions
of pay, and allowances fer accidents
and injuries are set forth In sections
3 and 4 Of the Fletcher contracts ex-
actly as in the present National and
American league agreements. A joker
Is inserted in section 4. however.
which states that II accident or injury
shall incapacitate the player for M
teen days. his employer may there
upon abruptly terminate the whole
contract. Uniforms, board. and travel
ing expenses are to be paid by the
party OF the first part.
Section Z provides for the summon
ing of the players for spring train
The Detroit times., 1910-10-04
KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT.
Widow Of n. J. Reading Meets Dealt
When Machine 10 Oltched.

When Machine 10 OItched.
Mrs. Carrie Reading. Of No. 250 Lin
coln-ave.. was instantly killed Satur-
day night In the overturning of an
automobile In which she was riding
with A. ]. Downey. eight miles west
Of Pontiac. Mr.. Downey escaped with
slight injuries about the limbs.
Mrs. Reading was the widow Of Har-
vey J. Reading. proprietor Of the Read
ing Truck Co.. who was fatally crushed
In an elevator In his warehouse. June
g. She was 33 years old and leaves
five children. James, Ivan, Almond,
Harvey and Evelyn. The funeral will
be held from the residence Wednesday
afternoon, with interment In Wood
mere.
Mrs. Reading left home at 8 o'clock
Saturday afternoon for a spin In the
country with Mr.. Downey, who lives
next door They were on their way
home, about q mile out from the vii
lage Of Commerce, when the accident
occurred. Coroner Brace. Of Pontiac.
believes II was due to the condition
of the road. which Is narrow with q
ditch on each side. Mr. Downey was
going at o speed Of 20 miles an hour
when he encountered q stretch OF sand.
The machine, q runabout. veered to
the right and two wheels went into
the ditch, causing the machine to cap
size. Mr.. Downey crawled out as
quickly as possible and summoned as
sistance. Mrs. Reading was found
dead.
The Detroit times., 1910-10-04
NEW PASTOR PLEASES.
Rev. J. PercivaI Huget Makes Fine
Impression on Congregation.


In his initial sermons. Sunday, In
the First Congregational church. the
new pastor, the Reg. J. Percival
Huget, made known his desire and
intention to work for "a church Of and
for the people" in his new pastorate.
"A true church must be brotherly,"
said he. Love Of God and love OF
our fellowman are not separate duties
and neither can exist IN its fullness
without the other There are three
tests of brotherhood recognition.
deed and love. Brotherhood is prac-
ticable here and now. When the
spirit of Jesus really gets hold of a
man little superficial distinction sink
out of sight and manhood triumphs.
After all, the needs Of life and its
interests are pretty much alike every
where, and what men really want is q
fair chance and recognition of all real
worth. A true church Is brotherly by
obligation. by the command OF the
Master and the deep law OF our spirit
ual lives"
Mr.. Huget more than confirmed re-
ports Of his strength In the pulpit. He
has q pleasing resonant voice and
speaks with force and earnestness.
His personality and pulpit delivery
made the most favorable impression
upon the congregation. The men Of
the church will have supper with their
new pastor, Tuesday evening. In the
church parlors It il expected that Mr..
Huget's predecessor, Rev. Gaius Glen
Atkins, will also be present. The sup
per Is at 6.
The Detroit times., 1910-10-04
FLETCHER WANTS
BONDS OF PLAYERS

Ing season of 40 days, and reads al
most exactly like the similar section
Of the present agreements.
Section provides for the termlna-
ton Of the contract by the employer
giving the player ten days written
notice. Then, after two or three or
binary clauses, comes the big money
feature.
time Of delivery OF said contract II Is
provided that said Fletcher shall pay
to said player the stun Of $4,000, as
part OF the consideration for his ser
vices as q ballplayer. Party Of the
first part"-here is a fatal error. un-
less rectifed, as II should read party
Of the second part-"further agrees
not to enter on any contract or prom
ise for his services as a ballplayer
before February 10, 1911, and agrees
to accept and sign the above proposed
contract upon the performance OF the
conditions required OF said Daniel A.
Fletcher.
And he further agrees that, IL he
fails to sign the above set forth con-
tract the time It and said $4,000 are
rendered to him, or shall fail or re-
fuse to play ball according to the
terms Of said agreement when request
ed to do so, 1t shall be regarded and
held that the said Fletcher Ia dam
aged in the sum of $1,000, which the
said player agrees to pay"
There's a fine chance OF any ball
player passing up job paying from
$500 to $4,000 per season for the'
prosDect of work in An uncertain
league and bond Of $4,000.
Until this last joker had been sprung
we were sort of the opinion that
Fletcher meant business. He does
not, or else he has q mighty poor con-
ception of the business instincts OF
the men who make baseball. We know
of no player who will gamble on the
success of the third league PROPOSE
ton to the extent OF posting 5000
large round iron men.