Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-14
CHAPTER vi.

III no tldIe OF RlOTy Olu BuTnlnB
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.
interviewed by the cu%b.reporters on
the hot"lruu. 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 its rules. and prepared
himself to take a hand.
firing OF being merely an onlooker,
he ran up to Nevada. where the new
goa mining boom was fairly started
Just 10 try a flutter," as he phrased
# TO himself The fiutter on the To
nnpah Stock Exchange lasted Just ten
days, during which time his smash.
Ing, Wild bun game played ducks and
brakes with the more st~ereotyped
gamblers, and at the end OF which
time. having gambled Floridel into
his fist, he let so for a net profit OF
ha!f n million. Whereupon, smacking
his lips, he departed for San Fran.
cisco and the st. Francis Hotel. II
tasted good, and his hunger for the
game became more acute.
And once more the apers sensa
'ionalized him. BURNING DAYLIGHT
wa a big-letter headline again. 10.
reviewers iloCked about him. Old
fills Of magazines and newspapers
were searched through, and the 70.
r'aniic and historic Elan iiarnish.
Advcnturer of the Frost. King OF the
klondike, and Father OF the Sour.
douEhs, strobe upon the breakfast IA.
be ct a million homes along with the
toast and breakfast foods. Even be-.
fore his elected time, he was forcibly
launched into the game. Fnanciers
ana promoters, and all the tiotsam and
1ctsam of the sea OF speculation
surged upon the shores OF his eleven
millions. In selt-defence he was com.
PEELED to open Offices. lie dabbled In
niue things at ilrst-"stalling for
time as he explained It to Holds.
worthy, n friend he had made at the
A~i'a-Pacilc Club. Daylight himself
was a member OF the club. and Holds.
worthy had proposed him. And 1t was
we'll that Daylight played closely at
ilrSt, Tor he was ~astounded by the
muititudes OF sharks-"ground sharks"
he called ttem-that tiocked about
him Ia cav thrnnph th,yr
readily enough, and even marveled
that such numbers of them could find
sufficient prey to keep them going.
SO II was that he resolved to leave
the little men, the Holdsworthvs.
alone; and. while he met them in good
fellowship. he chummed with none
and formed no deep friendships. He
did not dislike the little men, the men
OF the Alta-Pacific. for instance. He
merely did not elect to choose them
for partners In the big game in which
he intended to play, What this h,p
game was. even he did not know. He
was waiting to find 1t. And in the
meantime he played small hands, in.
vesting in several arid.lands reclama.
ton projects and keeping his ewes
open for the big chance when I,
should come along.
And then he met John Dowsett. the
great John Dowsett. 1t was the n, a,
big magnate Daylight had met face r.
face, and he was pleased and charmed
There was such a kindly humanpes,
about the man.. such a genial demo
c~raticness, that Daylight found II bard
to realize that this was the John Dow
sett. president OF a string of banks
Insurance manipulation. reputed ally q,
the l%ieutenants OF Standard OIL, ant
known ally OF the Guggenhammers
Nor did his looks belle his reputation
and his manner. Physically. he guar
snteed all that Daylight knew Of rim