Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-07

lures, whose iow.grade dirt vas valu
a le only because OF its vastness rhe
ownership OF q block OF seven claims
IN the heart OF II gave Daylight his
grip and they could not come to terms
q 1uggenhammer experts conclud
ca nat II was too big for him to
nanoie, q when they gave him an
to that effect he accepted
ana bought them out The plan was
MS own. but he sent down to the
states Tor competent engineers to car.
ry II out. In the R~inkabtlly water.
sned. eighty miles away. he built his
reservoir. and for eighty miles the
huge wooden conduit carried the wa.
ter across country to Ophir. EST.
mated at three millions. the reservoir
ana conduit cost nearer four. Nor
did he stop with this. Electric power
plants were installed. and his work.
ings were lighted as we'll as run by
electricity. Other sourdoughs, who
had struck It rich in exces OF all
their dreams. shook their heads gloom.
lily, warned him that he would go
broke. and declined to invest In so ex.
travagant a venture. But Daylight
smiled, and sold out the remainder OF
mis- to Tn.site holdings. He sold at the
right time. at the height OF toe placer
boom. When he prophesied 10 his old
cronies. In the Moosehorn Saloon. that
within i've years town lots In Dawson
could not be given away. while the
cabins would be chopped up for fire.
wood, he was laughed at roundly. and
assured that the m%other~lcda would
be found ere that time. But he went
ahead. when his need for lumber was
finished, selling out his sawmills as
well. Likewise. he began to get rid
OF his scattered holdings on the vari.
Gus creeks, and without thanks to any
one he finished his conduit, built his
dredges, imported his machinery, and
made b gold OF Ophir Immediately
accessible. And he. who five years
before had crossed over the divide
from Indian River and threaded the
silent wilderness, his dogs packing In.
dian fashion. himself living Indian
fashion on straight moose meat, now
heard the hoarse whistles calling his
hundreds OF laborers to work. and
watched them toll under the white
glare Of the arc.lamps.
But having done the thing. he was
ready to depart. And when he let the
word go out. the Guggenhammers
We'd with the English concerns and
with a new French company IN bid.
ding for Ophir and all its plant The
Guggenhammers bid highest. AND the
price they paid Melted Daylight a clean
million, 1t was current m that he
was worth anywhere from twenty to
thirty millions But he alone knew
Just how he stood. and that. with his
last claim sold and the table swept
clean OF his winnings. he had ridden
his bunch to the tune OF Just a tritie
eleven millions
HIS departure was q thing that
passed into the history of the Yukon
along with his other deeds. All the
Yukon was his guest. Dawson the
seat Of the festivity On that one
last night no mans dust save his own
was good Drinks were not to be pur.
chased Every saloon ran open. WITH
extra relays OF exhausted %bartenders.
and the drinks were given away A
man who refused this hospitality, and
persisted In paying, found q dozen
tights on his hands. The veriest
chechaquos rose up to defend the
name Of Daylight from such insult.
And through 1t all, on ~moccasined feet.
moved Daylight. hell-roaring Burning
Daylight, overspilling with good ma.
ture and camaraderie. bowling his he
wolf howl and claiming the night as
his. bending mems arms down on the
bars. performing teats OF strength. his
bronzed face flushed with drink. his
black eyes flashing. clad in overalls
and blanket coat, his ear-fiaps dang,
ling and his gauntleted mittens swing,
ing from the cord across the should
ers. But this time 1t was neither an
ante nor a stake that he threw away.
but O mere marker In the game that
he who held so many markers would
not miss.
lTO RE CONTINUED.)