Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-11-22
BURNING
aSNDAY'LlGHT
ByJACKLONDON
Aafhoy of "2He CAL of the Wild"
"WhIs Fang" Martin
EdeH." etc.
Illustrations bs Dearborn Msiviu
CHAPTER Xxx.

1uISS Gays later, DdyHSua iou0 ~
Berkeley In his red car. It was for the
last time, for on the morrow the big
machine passed into another's pos
session. It had been strenuous three
days, for his smash had been the big
gest the panic had precipitated in Cal
ifornia. The papers had been filled
with it, and a great cry. OF indignation
had gone up from the very men who
later found that Daylight had fully
protected their interests. 1t was these
facts, coming slowly to light, that
gave rise to the widely repeated
charge that Daylight had gone in
sane. 1t was the unanimous conviction
among business men. that no sane
man could possibly behave in such
fashion. On the other hand. neither
his prolonged steady drinking nor his
affair with Dede became public, so
: the only conclusion attainable was
that the wild financier from Alaska
had gone lunatic. And Daylight had
grinned and confirmed the suspicion
| by refusing to see the reporter. He
halted the automobile before Dede's
door, and met her with his same rush
ing tactics, enclosing her in his arms
before a word could be uttered.
"Tye done it," he announced.
you've seen the newspapers, OF
course. I'm plumb cleaned out. and
I've Just called around to find out
what day You feel like starting for
Glen Ellen It'll have to be soon, for
it's real expensive living in Oakland
these days. My board at the hotel is
only paid to the end Of the week, and
can't afford to stay on after that.
And beginning with tomorrow I've got
to use the street cars, and they sure
eat up the nickels."
He paused, and waited and looked
at her. Indecision and trouble showed
on her face. Then the smile he knew
SO well began to grow on her lips and
in her eyes, until she threw back her
head and laughed in the old fortnight
boyish way.
When are those men coming to
pack for ME-" she asked.
And again she laughed and simu-
lated vain attempt to escape his
bear-like arms.
Dear Elam," she whispered: dear
Elam." And of herself, for the first
time. she kissed him.
"Now. I've got an idea" Daylight
said. Were running away from cit
les, and you have no kith nor kin, so
it don't seem exactly right that we
should start off by getting married IN
a city. So here's the idea: I'll run
up to the ranch and gel things IN
shane around the house and give the
caretaker his walking.papers. You
follow me in a couple of days, coming
on the morning train. I'll have the
preacher fixed and waiting. And heres
another idea. You bring your riding
togs in suit case. And as soon as
the ceremony's over, you can go to
the hotel and change. Then out you
come. and you find me waiting with a
couple Of horses, and We'll ride over
the landscape so as you can see the,
prettiest parts of the ranch the first
thing. And she's sure pretty, that
ranch. And now that it's settled, III
be waiting for you at the morning
train day after tomorrow.
Dede bIushed as she spoke.
You are such hurricane"
Well, ma'am," he drawled, 81 sure
hate to burn daylight. And you and
have burned heap of daylight. We've
been scandalously extravagant. we
might have been married years ago.
Two days later, Daylight stood wait
ing outside the little Glen Ellen hotel.
The ceremony was over, and he had
left Dede to 60 inside and change
into her riding-habit while he brought
the horses. He held them now. Bob
and Nab. and in the shadow OF the
watering-trough Wolf lay and looked
on. Already two days of ardent Cali
fornia sun and touched with new fires
the ancient bronze in Daylights face.
But warmer still was the glow that
came into his cheeks and burned IN
his eyes as he saw Bede coming out
the door, riding-whlp in hand. clad IN
the familiar corduroy skirt and leg
giugs Of the old Piedmont days. There
was warmth and glow in her own face
as she answered his gaze and glanced
on past him to the horses. Then she
saw Nab. But her gaze leaped back
to the man.
"Oh, Elam!" she breathed.
Many persons. themselves city-breo'
and city reared, have fed to the
soil and succeeded in winning great
happiness. In such cases they
have succeeded only BY going
through process of savage disil.
lnsionment. But with Dede and Day
light it was different They had both
been born on the soil, and they kne"
its naked simplicities and rawer ways.
They were like two persons. after far
wandering. who had merely come
home again. There was less Of the
unexpected in their dealings with ma
tHre. while theirs was all the delight
of "Reminiscences. What might appear