The Washington herald., 1911-01-08

f<H I-ENING DAYLIGHT'-Elam Harnish-is in
X troduced the reader ne enters Circle
l. City dance hall, saloon and gambling house like
the whrlwind that he is.
Essentially a mans man. Burning Daylight resents.
rather fears. the wes Of the women who frequent
the dance hall But he is afraid be civil to
because he breads the idea Of being mastered
by anybody anything, and to surrender to a woman
means IN his mind, that he is conquered.
Drink leads TO Roasting and in the turmoil that tol-
lows Burning Daylight shows his amazing muscular
strength He wins all the tests and downs al the
giants that come before him.
Then comes a poker game-the greatest ever played
IN the Klondike. Burning Daylght's luck deserts him
at the end and he rises from the table penniless-
worse than broke.
The indomitabIe Of this master among men
shows itself He declares himself in readiness to &C
complish Impossible task-to the mail to Dyea
and back with dog team and an Indian.
After overcoming what o the ordinary would
prove able difficulties he reaches his goal.
and returns Circle City winner.
Without this amazing makes a wild night
OF II. He outdances men. and women too: wins at
cuperation, daylight. with three partners and
dog team for the newest gold strike in the upper
country along the Stewart
Then battle gold. Strike after strike
explored Daylight himself the dominant figure
along the Yukon and in the golden Dawson. Discour
aged frequently. Re refuses allow fes loaded dice
beat him and in the end vctory-and millions.
He is at length great mine owner and an almighty
big Pile Is his
Daylight leaves the Yukon behind for fields Of
endeavor His departure IS an event of great impor-
tance and as the vessel swings clear this all conGuerng
weeps-a little.
In San Francisco Daylight sweeps all before him.
He goes New York done" TO the tune OF
soooOno This however. he by means of his
automatic pistol and display Of his old time courage
Wall finds is for him. So he returns TO-
the Golden Gaze. where he becomes financial Robin
Hood. HIS fortune increases magicaly and he lives
hard, cruel life
All Of sudden Dede Mason enters his ken
Daylight proceeds impetuously 10 show Miss Mason
that he is interested she IN the least
overawed because this mighty figure Of man is at
tracted her In fact she shows her resentment and
Daylight then begins reflect that physically he not
the who down from the Klondike. Drink
late hours and Ia ck OF exercise have made him fabby
and this is the kind of who ready take in
in Dede Mason
Then Daylight feels call the open. He rides
and his cleared He locates beauty spots
IN the country and Of them. With Dede NasC
in his mind he says:-"When l get old and quit the
game I'll settle down in place like this and the city
go hell
But all the time has his heart winning
Tede Mason. She rnystifes This monarch of NJ
She refuses surrender her heart the buccaneer
who is tracIp!i1g under foot all who thwart ii"
Daring speculatonS have almost doubled his
fortune. still this simple but hearted girl
will have OF him. She tells him frankly she
wishes he would leave her alone but Burning Day
light is in love al Iast-and determined 20 win. So
day. reach kind Of conclusion. She
much anything else o the beads OF sweat on
his forehead his trembling hands and his evi-
dent general distress" The man never tre-bled
before a of is child in the
presence OF the girl. who is determined way
as he is in his"