Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-23
CHAPTER VII.

CHAP En- VII.
In no blaze of glory did BufRing
Daylight descend upon San Francisco
Not only had he been forgotten, but
the Klondike along with him. The
world was interested in other things,
and the Alaskan adventure, like the
| Spanish War, was an old story. He set
| tied down in ST. Francis Hotel, was
| interviewed by the cub-reporters on
| the hotel-run, and received brief para
graphs of notice for twenty-four
| hours.
Several months passed in San Fran
cisco, during which time he studied
| the game and it's rules, and prepared
| himself to take hand.
firing of being merely an onlooker,
! he ran up to Nevada, where the new
gold-mining boom was fairly started
Just to try a f1utter,' as he phrased
| it to himself The fiutter on the To-
nopah Stock Exchange lasted just ten
days, during which time his smash
ing, wild-bull game played ducks and
brakes with. the more stereotyped
gamblers, and at the end of which
time, having gambled FIoridel into
his fist, he let go for net profit OF
half million. Whereupon, smacking
| his lips, he departed for San Fran
cisco and the ST. Francis Hotel 1t
tasted good, and his hunger for the
game became more acute.
| And once more the papers sensa
tionalized him. BURNING DAYLIGHT
was a big-letter headline again In
| reviewers flocked about him. Old
| files of magazines and newspapers
were searched through, and the ro-
| Mt 81 TIor1 y orr1ie n
Adventurer of the Frost, King of the
Klondike. and Father of the Sour
| doughs, strobe upon the breakfast ia
BILE of million homes along with the
| toast and breakfast foods. Even be-
fore his elected time, he was forcibly
launched into the game. Financiers
and promoters. and all the f1otsam and
| jetsam of the sea of speculation
surged upon the shores of his eleven
millions. In self-defence he was com
| PEELED to open offices. He dabbled IL
little things at first-sstalling for
time" as he explained it to Holds
worthy, a friend he had made at the
| Alta-Pacific Club. Daylight himself
was member of the club, and Holds
worthy had proposed him. And it was
well that Daylight played closely al
first, for he was astounded by the
multitudes of sharks-"ground-sh
he called them-that focked about
him. He saw through their schemes
readily enough, and even marvelec
that such numbers of them could fint
sufficient prey to keep them going
Their rascality and general dubious
ness was SO transparent that he coule
not understand how any one could b,
taken in by them.
|
the little men, the Holdsworthys
alone; and, while he met them in goos
fellowship. he chummed with none
and formed no deep friendships H
did not dislike the little men, the mel
of the Alta-Pacific. for instance H
| merely did not elect to choose then
for partners in the big game In whfc
he intended to play. What this BIZ
, | game was. even he did not know FL
was waiting to find it. And in tn
meantime he played small hands, in
. | vesting In several arid-lands reclams
! ton projects and keeping his eye
; open for the big chance when
: should come along
And then he met John. Dowsett, tn
great John Dowsett- II was the mrs
big magnate Daylight had met face I
, face. and he was pleased and charmes
:, | mere was sucn a kindly humannes
about the man. such genial dem,
craticness. that Daylight found it har
), to realize that this was the John Dow
sett, president of a string OF bank
insurance manipulator. reputed ally
!, the lieutenants of Standard Oil, an
: known ally of the Guggenhammer
: Nor did his looks belle his reputatio
J, and his manner. Physically. he qua
Il anteed all that DAYLIGHT knew of min
Despite his sixty years and sno1
white hair his hand-shake was firm
: hearty. and he showed no signs ]
decrepitude. walking With a qufc
snappy step, making all movement
definitely and decisively.
1t was not long afterward that Ia
light came on to New York a lett.
from John Dowsett had been Il
cause-a staple little typewriter Il
ter OF several lines But Dayiigl