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The Washington herald., 1910-12-04
By cAck Zonzoz.

and Notwithstanding he could respect. Ii was
Ike church. The atmosphere one OF holy
calm. Here man felt the prompting Of nober things
Much Of this and more was In Dayghts heart as
he looked about him. But IT was not concept OF
his mind. He merely felt it without thinking about
Il at all
On the steep incline above the spring grew tiny
maidenhar ferns. while higher up larger ferns
and brakes. Great mosscovered trunks Of fallen
trees lay here and there, slowly sinking back and
merging into the level Of the forest mould. Beyond
in slightly clearer space, wild grape and honey
suckle swung In green riot from gnarled old oak
gray Douglas squirrel crept out on branch and
watched him. From somewhere came the distant
knocking of a woodpecker This sound did not dis
turb the hush and awe Of the place Quiet woods
noises belonged there and made the solitude complete
The tiny bubbllng ripple Of the spring and the gray
flash of the tree squirrel were as yard sites with
which to the silence and motioness repose.
Might be n million miles from anywhere" Day
light whispered 10 himself
But ever his gaze returned TO the wonderful lily
beside the bubbling spring
He tethered the horse and wandered on foot among
the knobs. Their tops were crowned with century
old spruce trees and their sides clothed with oaks
and madronos and native holly. But TO the perfect
redwoods belonged the small but deep canon that
threaded It's way among the knobs Here he found
passage out for his horse and he returned 20 the
lily beside the spring. On feot, tripping, stumbling.
leading the animal. he forced his way up the hill
side And the ferns earpeted the way Of his feet
the forest climbed with him and arched over
N'NNf
upon his
On the crest he came through amazing thcket
of velvet trunked young madronOs, and emerged on
open hillside that led down into tiny valley The
sunshine at first dazzling in its brightness and
he paused aud rested, for he painting from the
exertion. Not OF old had he known shOrtness OF
breath such this and muscles that easily tired
at 4 stif climb. A tiny stream down the tiny
valley through tiny meadow that carpeted knee
high with grass and blue and white nenophila The
hillside covered with MaripOsa lilies and wild
hyacinth down through which his horse dropped
slowly, with circumspect feet and reluctant gait
Crossing the stream, Daylight followed a faint
cattle trail q low rocky bill and through a wine
wooded forest Of manzanta, and emerged upon an
other tiny valley down which filtered another spring
fed. meadow bordered streamlet. 4 jackrabbt
bounded from bush under his horses nose. leaped
the stream and vanished up the opposite hillside OF
scrub oak Daylight watched it admiringy as he
rode on 10 the head Of the meadow Here he startled
up many pronged buck that seemed 10 soar across
the meadow, and 10 over the stake and rider
fence, and, stll soaring disappeared in a friendly
copSe beyond.
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maintained by the city bosses. He found that he
really liked such men better. They were more print
tive and simple and they did not put airs They
were honest buccaneers frankly IN the game for what
they could get out Of it; the surface and
savage but at least not CLOSED with oily OF
graceful hypocrisy. The Alta-Pacifc had suggested
that his resignation be kept a private matter, and
then had prvily informed the newspapers. The lat
ter had made great capital cut of the forced resigna
ton. but Daylight had grnned and silently gone his
way, though registering a black mark against more
than one club member who destined 10 feel in
the days to come the crushing weight of the Klon-
diker's financial paw.
The storm centre Of combined newspaper attack
lasting for months Daylights character had been torn
to shreds There was no fact in his history that had
not been distorted into a crminallty or vice. This
public making OF him over into an ubiquitous monster
had pretty well crushed any lingering hope he had of
getting acquainted with Dede Mason. He felt that
there was no chance for her TO hook kindly on
of his calibre and. beyond increasing her salary
10 SO month"; he proceeded gradually forget about
hex The increase made known to her through
Morrison and later she thanked Daylight and that
was the end OF it,
One week end, feeling heavy and depressed and
tired Of the city and its ways he obeyed the impulse
of whim that was later to play an important part in
his life The desire to get out of the city for Whit
of country air and for "A change of scene was the
cause. Yet to himself he made the of going
10 Glen Ellen for the purpose of inspecting the brick
yard with which HOldsWOrthy had godDricked him
he spent the night in the little country hotel and
Sunday morning, astride a saddle horse rented
from the Glen Ellen butcher, rode out Of the village
The brickyard was close at hand on the fiat beside
the SOnoma Greek. The kilns were visible among the
trees when he glanced to the left and caught sight
Of cluster Of wooded knobs half mile away perched
the rolling slopes OF SOnOma Mountain. The noun
tain. itself wooded lowered behind The trees on the
knobs seemed to beckon to him. The dry early sum-
air shot through with sunshine wine to him.
Unconsciousy he drank it in in deep breaths The
prospect of the brckyard uninviting. He
Jaded with all things business and the wooded knobs
were calling to him. \ horse was between his legs
good horse, he decided that sent him back to
the cayuses he had ridden during his Eastern Oregon
bOyhOOd He had been somewhat of rider in those
early days, and the champ of bit and of saddle
leather sounded good to him now
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CHAPTER XXI.


~ -AYLIGHT'S coming TO civilization had not
= improved him. True he wore better clothes,
! had learned slightly better manners -. and
spoke better English. AS gambler and
man tramper he had developed remarkable
efficiency Also, he had become used 10 higher
standard Of living, and he had whetted his wits to
razor sharpness in the fierce complicated struggle OF
lighting males But he had hardened. and ut the ex-
pense Of HIS odtme whole soued genality OF the es-
sential refnements of civilization he knew nothing. He
did not know they existed. He had become cynical,
bitter and brutal Power had ifs effect on him that
Il has all Suspicious Of the big exploiters,
despisng the fools Of the exploited herd. he had
faith only in HIMSELF This led to an undue and
erroneous exaltation Of his ego; while kindly con-
gIderaton OF others--nay, even simple respect-was
destroyed until naught was left for him but TO
worship at the shrine Of self
Physically he not the man of iron muscles
who had come down out of the Arctic He did not
exercise sufficiently, ate more than was good for
him and drank altogether too much. His muscles
getting habby and his tailor called attention 10
his increasing walstband. In fact. Daylight was
developing definite paunch This physical deterora-
ton was manifest likewise IN his face. The lean
Indian visage suffering city change. The slight
holows in the cheeks under the high cheek bones
had filed out The beginning Of puff sacks under
the eyes family visible. The girth of the neck
had increased and the first crease and fold of
double chin becoming plainly discernble The
old effect Of ascetcism bred OF terrific hardship and
toll had vanished the features had become broader
and heavier betrayng all the stigmata of the life
he lived, advertising the mans self-indulgence,
harshness and brutality.
Even his human affiliations were descending.
Playing n lone hand, contemptuous OF most of the
men with whom he played, lacking in sympathy or
understanding OF them and certainly independent Of
them, he found little in common with those to be en-
cOuntered say al the Ata-Paedc. In point Of fact
when the battle with the steamship companies
at its height and his raid inficting incacuable
damage on all business interests he had been asked
10 resign from the Alta Pacific. The idea had been
rather to his liking, and he had found new quarters
IN clubs like the Riverside organized and practically
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down and are gouglng him This is the time they got
gouged and that's all there is TO IT, Talk about
mollyeoddes Son those same fellows would steal
crusts from starving men and pull gold filings from
the mouths of cOrpses Yep. and sQuawk like Sam
Scratch II some blamed corpse hit back. They're all
tarred with the brush little and big. Look at
your Sugar Trust-wth all its millions short weigh
ing the government its phoney scales. Morality
and civic duty! Son. forget it
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Copyrght By New YOrk Herald o. An nights eserved
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.

IN URNING DAYLIGHT"-EIam Hernlsh-ls N
uoduced to the reader as he enters Circle
LCity dance hall. saloon and gambling house
like tho whirlwind that no Is
Essentially a mans man, Burning Daylight resents.
or rather fears the wiles OF the women who frequent
the dance hall But he Is afraid to be even civil TO
woman because he breads the idea OF being mastered
by anybody OF anything, and to surrender to woman
means In his mind. that he Is conquered.
Drink leads Boosting and in the turmoil that FOL
lows Burning Daylight shows his amazing muscular
strength. lie wins all the tests and downs ali the
giants that come before him.
Then comes poker game-the greatest ever played
the Klondike. Burning Daylights luck deserts him
at the end and ne rises from the table pennAess-
worse than broke
The lndomitable courage OF this master among men
shows itself He declares himself IN readiness TO &C
complsh an impossible task-to run the mall TO Dyea
and back with dog team and an Indian.
After overcoming what 70 the ordinary man would
prove insurnountable difficulties he reaches his goal,
and returns TO Circle City a winner.
without this anaazins man makes wld night
OF H. He outdances men, and women too WINS AZ
roulette and then still scorning slumber or any re-
cuperaton daylight with three partners and
dog team for the newest gold strike IA the upper
country along the Stewart
Then comes the battle gold Strike after strike
Is explored Daylight himself the dominant ngure
along the Yukon and In the golden Dawson. Dis
couraged frequently, he refuses TO allow Mes loaoed
dice to beat him. and In the end comes victory-and
millions He is at length great mine owner and an
almighty big pile Is his.
endeavor His departure Is an event Of great impor-
lance and vessel swings clear this all conquer
ing weeps-a little.
In San Francisco Daylight sweeps all before MN.
Money comes so easily that he feels the call OF wan
street
He goes 10 New York and is done to the tune OF
go 600 600 This however RECEIVERS by means or MS
automatic pistol and display OF his old time courage
Wall street he finds is not for him. So ne returns 10
he Gate
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TO BE CONTINUED NEXT SUNDAY.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-11

q There win be special
~ communication of Granite
IN lodge, No 50, F. and A. NJ.
&GD Friday evening at 7 o'clock
ES<IN sharp. Work, Mr. NJ. degree.
Past masters will be in
charge. Refreshments viii be served at
the close. Per order W. NJ.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-11
WILLIAMSBURG.

Alvin Hall, who returned last week
from Heaton hospital, having undergone
the amputation Of one leg above the
knee, together with the treatment for
complication Of injuries, is doing well
and is in good spirits.
Ira f. Wright, who is leaving the
Townsend farm and coming to the VIII
lage to live, will occupy the house in
which w. B. Jones has been living.
MIR. Jones Is to have the james Beckett
house, and will move into it as soon as
some minor repairs are completed
The ladies of the Uniyersalst society
viii bold their annual chicken pie sup.
per and sale Saturday evening, Nov r.
These having articles for the booths will
please leave them with Miss NJ. j. Drury
to-day
In spite of the somewhat unpropitious
weather last evening, fairly good au-
dience was in attendance at the opening
entertainment in the course given by the
Village Improvement society, The
Spanish Girls" were well received and
the music and other exercises we'll rem
dered. The new piano was used for the
first time, and seems to give satisfac-
ti0n.
As it is expected that Rev Mr. Bowler
will finish mis- work as an evangelist in
this place on the coming Sunday, there
will be a union service at the Methodist
church in the morning, corresponding TO
that held at the Congregational church
lest Sunday. There will also be
union service at the same place in the
evening at 7 o'clock.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-11

LOsT-strayed or stolen from pasture one
light colored yeaTing Jersey bull Anyone
BE- rewarded BY W. T. Mortimer, Beekley Hili.
Barre, VI .odt5s
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-11

Are you interested in Lace Curtainsf
If SO, our Lace Curtain department on
the second floor has some good values
that win surely interest you.
At 39c are a few good values in a
Nottingham Curtain; is a good size and
is our regular soc value.
At soc is a special value in fine
Muslin Curtain; is a good size, with a
deep ruffe.
At SIC is a fine Muslin Curtain; has
deep hemstitched rufiie
At 500 is a fine Muslin Curtain
with deep hemstitched ruffe and five
rows of fine tueks down the side and
bottom.
At 75c are some good values in a
medium-sized Nottingham Curtain.
At csc is a good line of large.sized
Nottingham Curtains in a number Of
very popular designs.
At S135 are some values that are
extra good. They are full length and a
good width, and you viii find some very
good designs in this line Of Nottingham
Curtains.
We have just received la
best values we have ever show
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-11

We have just received large line Of Ladies Hand Bags You will
vaIue have
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-11
Major L. NJ. simonson Coming.

Captain Thorne and his co-workers
have arranged to have Major L. NJ.
Simonson, the divisional officer. visit
Barre, and the public will be glad to
know tnat on Saturday evening, Sun.
day forenoon and afternoon. the major
will be in charge. He is an officer of
much experience, having been in the Sal
walton Army some p years and having
had commands over almost the whole
country. The public is assured a very
enjoyable time. There will be an open.
air meeting at Depot square Saturday
evening. after which the meeting viii al.
iourn 10 the Army hall, where the man
from Hartford viii give a very interest
ing talk You cannot well afford 10
miss being there and are therefore cor
daily invited TO attend Come expect
ing to have good time and you viii
NOT be disappointed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-11
a. p ABBOTT & co. A. P ABBOTT & co. A.
Not Too Good To Be True

How about a garment that will keep its
first fine shape for two fNll seasons-not too
to be true, for that's wat comes of an inter
lining that is stronger and more pliable than
the ordinary kind. Here is where we come
in on the fit of our garments It's not
enough that they have a good quality cloth,
but they must be made right and have the
right Innings and interlinings.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-11
The Daylight Store
TALK OF THE TOWN.

Turf hose for boys and girls, l5c pair,
at Perry's on Saturday
Edgar Turner went to Bethel to-day
for visit with friends.
Abbott is putting out good black silk
taffeta silk waist at $3.50.
Fred f. Worthley of Washington was
a business visitor in the city to-day
Every garment on second floor reduced
in our alteration sale Saturday, at
Vaughan's,
Mr., and Mrs. Hugh McCurrie left this
noon for Springfield, Mass, being called
there by the death of her father
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-11
Lace Curtains

AT 1925 are a number Of good val.
ues in a White Nottingham Curtain
These come in good new designs and in
good size,
At S1.75 and $500 are some fine
Nottingham Curtains in a large and
medium size.
At 1926 are some values in Whits
Nottingham Curtain that will appeal TO
you as much better than the average
At $3.50 are some Nottingham Cur
tains in an extra large size; would be
all right to be used with one at a
window.
At $500 and $3.50 are a num-
Der of good values in very fine lace
net
At s4.75, 1928 and s4.75 are
some extra good values in white Irish
point Curtains; are a fine lace net, with
"a neat pattern design.
At 1918, 1915 and $3.50 are
some good values in an Imported French
Curtain in ecru; is a good size and has
a fine net with heavy braided edge.
At $3.50 and $500 are some new
White Cluny Lace Curtains in a very
good value, We also have many other
values too good to mention.
- - l -, IJ1
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-11
Ladies' Long Coats

The demand for the long, partial-ftted
Coat is stronger every day; in these we
have very strong line Of the popular
colors.
AT $1,000 is line OF mixtures Of
extra good value; are made with the
close collar, colors gray and brown mix
tue.
At $1,000 is a line OF plain colors
and mixtures, in number Of the most
popular models.
At $500 we can give you variety
of these popular models, both in the
plain cloths and mixtures.
In the better grades we have some
very attractive models in odd Coatsj
only one or two of kind.
Black Coats were never better than
this season. These we are showing in
all the popular cloths and models.
At $1,000 is fine assortment of
new models; these are made of fine
quality melton and are fine fitting
model.
At $1,000 and $500 are a num-
Der Of very good models, made up in the
best styles.
In the better grades are some extreme
ly attractive models. These we have
IN only one or two of kind, and the
cloths and styles are the best.
You will find some of the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-11
Mems OverCOatS

Some prefer the regulation Black Oxford Over
coat Away in style and very durable We have complete
line of these Goats from $3.50 $4,000 We also have
few Goats "a A. this years goods but quality
of the first class that shall close liberal discount
We supply your Overcoa this season,
what they may be. We ask you inspection.
We sell ADLERRGHESTER CLOTHES
The Frank MCWhOrfer Company
We Clean. Press and Repair Clothing
FUR COATS TO RENT.
Telephone Elsa
Boys oufers
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-05
CARDINAL VANNUTELLI
WILL ATTEND SERVICE

, filled with men returning from race
meeting, and among the passengers
were two particularly drunken men
one OF whom after while suddenly
declared that he had been robbed willis
in the compartment OF Is note. LAS
ut happened" related the archbishop,
II had 70 note withe me, and no other
| money, and felt bit uncomfortable.
asleep, and in n short time I was ac-
costed by the man who claimed to
have been robbed with I say. mister!
or course / did not answer. and then
the man gave me good shakingLpu.
happened then / do not know. had not
the other drunken man exclaimed,
Let him alone, Bill; he, is drunker'n
you are" And yet the archbishop
was a strong temperance man.
Lord Eustace Cecil. who has just cele-
brated HIS goldsn wedding. is the only
surviving full brother of the late Mar
outs OF Salisbury, his wife being
sister OF the Earl OF Eldon. lie is
soldier by profession. served In South
Africa, In the Crimean War and In the
indian Mutiny retiring as colonel OF
the Coldstream Guards. to devote him
self to parliamentary work repre-
senting South Essex IN the House OF
years surveyor general of the ordnance,
and also vfce-president of the Great
Eastern Railroad, while his son Evelyn
is also railroad Dlagnate. and VIII
be remembered In this country as one
of the principal delegates of Great Brit
ain TO the International Railroad Con-
gress, at Washington, in 1905. Evelyn
Cecil. by the by, was the last Eng
iisbman to confer with Presidents
Kruger. and Steyn, before the out
break OF the Transvaal war. is men-
Der of Parliament for ono OF the d.
visions OF Birmingham, and was for
some time the private secretary OF
his uncle. Lord Salisbury, during the
iatter's premiership.
Lord Eustace was bnt two years
old when his grandmother. the wife
of the first Marquis of Salisbury, met
field, the ancestral home of the Cecil
family since the days of Queen Eliz-
abeth. She had arrived there to visit
her son. the second marquis, and her
grandchildren, including Lord Eustacc
Cecil, Lady Blanche afterwards mother
of ex- Premier BalfourI and Lord Robert
Cecil. who subsequently became third
Marquis of Salisbury and Conservative
premier. The old lady had retired to
her sitting room TO write some letters.
1t is though that her high head-drcss
Knocked over n lighted wax taper,
which ignited some papers on the table
at which she was writing. The apart
iment was soon in blazer When the
alarm was raised. the marquis rushed
to the scene. and was horrifed to
find that his mother had locked the
heavy mahogany door of the room on
the inside, and that 1t could not be
forced Before the IRE was subdued
the entire wing of the house was
gutted and the body Of the mar
chloness burned to cinder.
(Copyright, 1910, by the Brentwood
Company
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-05

ment of Bishop Thomas Gnilor, OF the
Episcopal Church Of Tennessee He
said "the temperance agitation has
resulted in unwisc Legislation. lie be-
lieves In local option. Many people
thought Statewide prohibition would
be The ideal remedy for the drink evil.
instead OF calling to their aid sonic ex-
perts on legislation. and having laws
passed which could be enforced. they
forced through the Legislature meas
1T is impracticable. The reformers
should leave lawmaking to experts"
Hear the added testimony OF the
Memphis Commercial-Appeal:
TT were better for Memphis, for the
morals Of Memphis and for the morals
of this State, from what has happened
from July /, 1909, up until this day, II
the prohibition law had never hecn put
In the statute books There are more
places where liquor IS sold in Memphis
now than there We're when there was
license system. When there was a
license system in Memphis, the four-
mile law in the country was enforced.
the road houses were fought and.
closed because the public sentiment of
this county and the city was against
road-houses and was against the sale
of liquor in violation OF the law In
rural districts During the era of pro-
hibition the sale of liquor has reached
from the city limits proper into the.
suburbs"
THE State is the unit of enactment,
the county the unit of enforcement
that is as fine statement of the oper-
alton of Statewide prohibition as we
have ever seen. Where the preponder-
ence of public opinion is against pro-
hlhition, there will be no prohibition.
What is true of Memphis is more or
less true of other States in which State-
Wide prohibition has been ordered by
impractical Legislatures
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-05

s y "a 4 .
you people get your country adver-
tised SO that others may know what
you have?"
This is cited simply as an outside
estimate OF tho potentialIty OF the
apple lands of Virginia.
rms year tile apple crop in the Ola
Dominion bids fair to be the finest
and largest in years The condition
OF tho crop is steadily inproving--or,
august ! IT was as per cent, on Sep
TENDER !, 7e per cent, as against IA
per cent. for this date last year. In
1908 tho total OF barrels Of apples
shipped from Virginia was sss,4o5; in
1909, It was s7o,o44, and Secretary
walter Whateley, OF the virginia
state horticultural Society, estimates
that this year the number will rise to
b69,iG6 barrels
Enough has been said to show
that tie apple industry has a
large future before 1t. and there is
good reason to believe that in rea-
soma bic time Virginia will be the ban
ner apple State OF the Union.