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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-10-17
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-10-17

e. H., Dyer, the newly elected cashier
OF the new North Capitol Savings Bank,
has opened temporary office at the
District National Bank. The new bank 3
building Is expected to be ready for &C.
cupancy by November !.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-10-17

Robert N. Harper. president of the
District National Bank, Is attending a
good roads meeting in Leesburg today.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-01

strain. OF course my body went back
on me, and my mind. too. for that mat
atr. 1t had to be bolstered up with
whisky. which wasn't good for It any
more than was the living In clubs
and hotels good for my stomach and
tie rest of me. So l quit. quit every
thing, absolutely. and came to live in
the Valley of the Moon-that's the
Indian name. you know. for Sonoma
Valley. lived In the lean-to the first
year; then ! built the cabin and sent
for my books. I never knew what hap
piness was before. nor health. Look
at me now and dare to tell me that |
look forty-seven."
Il wouldn't give a day over forty"
Daylight confessed.
Yet the day | came here I looked
nearer sixty. and that was fifteen
years ago."
They talked along. and Daylight
loo..ed at the world from new angles.
Here was a man. neither bitter nor
cynical. who laughed at the city-dwell.
ers and called them lunatics: q maa
who did not care for money. and in
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-01

He was a little man, In patched
overalls; bareheaded. with a cotton
shirt open at the throat and down the
chest. The sun was rudy brown in
his face. and by It his sandy hair was
bleached on the ends to peroxide
blonde. He signed to Daylight to
halt. and held up a letter.
III you're going to town. I'd be
obliged If you mail this" he said.
Il sure will" Daylight put 1t into
his coat pocket do you live here
abouts. stranger"
But the little man did not answer
He was gazing at Daylight In a sur
prised and steadfast fashion.
Il know you" the little man an
nounced. You're Elan Harnish-
Burning Daylight. the papers call you.
Am | right?"
Daylight nodded
well. I'm glad wrote that letter
this afternoon" the little man went
on. "or else I'd have missed seeing
you. I've seen your photo In the pa
pers many time. and I've a good
memory for faces. l recognized you
at once. My names Ferguson"
DO you live hereabouts?" Daylight
repeated his query.
"Oh. yes. I've got little shack
back here In the bush hundred yards
and a pretty spring. and few fruit
trees and berry bushes. Come In and
take a look. And that spring is a
dandy. You never tasted water like
1t. Come In and try IT,"
Walking and leading his horse, Day
light followed the quick-stepping.
eager little man through the green
tunnel and emerged abruptly upon the
clearing, II clearing 1t might be called,
where wild nature and mans earth
scratching were inextricably blended.
II was tiny nook In the hills. pro-
tected by the steep walls of a canyon
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-01
CHAPTER xi.-Continued.

Daylight could not persuade him
self to keep to the travelled roads
that day. and another cut across coun-
try to Glen Ellen brought him upon
q canyon that so blocked his way that
be was glad to follow a friendly cow
path This led him to small frame
cabin The doors and windows were
open. and a cat was nursing a litter
of kittens in the doorway. but no one
seemed at home He descended the
trail that evidently crossed the can
yon. Part way down. he met an old
man coming up through the sunset.
In his hand he carried pail of foamy
milk. He wore no hat, and In his
face, framed with snow-white hair and
beard. was the ruddy glow and con-
tent Of the passing summer day.
Daylight thought that he had never
seen so contented looking being.
How old are you. daddy" he quer.
led.
"Eighty-four." was the reply. Yes,
Stree. eighty-four. and spryer than
most"
You must a taken good care OF
yourself" Daylight suggested.
Il don't know about that. amt
loafed none walked across the
plains with an OK team and fit lnjuns
in 81. and I was a family man. with
seven youngsters. reckon | was as
old then as you are now. or pretty
nigh on TO It."
Don't you find It lonely here?"
The old man shifted the pail OF milk
and reflected
That all depends" he said oracul-
arly. Il amt never been lonely ex-
cept when the old wife died. Some
fellers are lonely In a crowd. and I'm
one of them. That's the only time
I'm lonely. Is when ] go to Frisco.
But I don't go no more. thank you
most to death. This is good enough
valley since '54-one of the first set.
tiers after the Spaniards."
The old man chuckled. and Day
Hight rode on, singularly at peace with
himself and all the world. II seemed
that the old contentment OF trail and
camp he had known on the Yukon
had come back to him. He could not
shake from his eyes the picture OF
the old pioneer coming up the trail
through the sunset light. He was Ger.
tainly going some for eightyfour. The
thought Of following his example en-
tered paylight's mind. but the big
game of San Francisco vetoed the
idea
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-01
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HWHNR o. ZHf CAZZ az mr. ma
H>1//E <H/NE' IzHP7ZW ED<X~E/C.

fed them. and brought them up. Come
on and peep at the spring"
IT'S sure hummer" was Daylight's
verdict. after due inspection and sam
pling, as they turned back for the
house.
The interior was q surprise. The
cooking being done in the small. lean.
to kitchen. the whole cabin formed .
large living-room. A great table In
the middle was comfortably Uttered
with books and magazines. All the
available wall space. from wall to cell.
Ing, was occupied by filled book
shelves. II seemed to Daylight that
he had never seen so many books as
sembled In one place. Skins Of wild
cat coon and deer lay about on the
pine-board floor.
made curious by the little man. Why
was he hiding away here in the chap
arral. he and his books? So 1t was.
when between them they had washed
and wiped the dishes and put them
away. and had settled down to q com.
Portable smoke. that Daylight put his
question.
Look here. Ferguson. Every since
we got together, I've been casting
about to find out what's wrong with
you. to locate a screw loose some
where. but I'll be DANCED II I've sue
ceeded. What are you doing here.
anyway"
Ferguson frankly showed his pleas.
ure at the questions.
First of ALL" he began. the doctors
wound up by losing all hope for me.
Gave me a few months at best. and
that. after a course in sanitariums
and a trip to Europe and another to
Hawaii. They tried electricity and
forced feeding and fasting. I was a
graduate Of about everything In the
curriculum. They kept me poor with
their bills. while went from bad to
worse. The trouble with me was two
fold: first was born weakling: and
next. was living unnaturally-too
much work, and responsibility and
strain. I was managing editor of
the Times-Tribune in San Francisco.
and | wasn't strong enough for the
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-01

mouth. Here were several large oaks.
evidencing a richer soil. The erosion
OF ages from the hillside lad slowly
formed this deposit of fat earth. Un-
der the oaks. almost buried In them.
stood a rough. implanted cabin. the
wide veranda of which. with chairs
and hammocks. advertised an out-of-
doors bedchamber. Daylights keen
eyes took in everything. The clearing
was irregular. following the patches
Of the best soil. and every fruit tree
and berry bush. and even each vege-
table plant. had the water personally
conducted to 1t. The tiny irrigation
channels We're everywhere. and along
some Of them the water was running.
Ferguson looked eagerly into his
visitors face for signs of appreciation.
What do you think of il. eh?"
"Hand-reared and manicured. every
blessed tree" Daylight laughed. but
the JOY and satisfaction that shone In
his eyes contented the little man
Why. dye know. know every one
OF those trees as II they were sons OF
mine. ! planted them. nursed them.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-01
Destruction u Rats.

An East Africa publication contains
a description Of q method Of destroy.
ing rats. followed In Java. In which
carbon bisulphate In employed. In
carrying out the method q small guam.
tity. usually about half q teaspoonful
Of the carbon bisulpbide Is poured In
to the rat hole and after waiting Q
few moments to let the liquid evap-
crate. the mixture Of air and vapor 10
lighted. a small explosion resulting and
filling the hole with poisonous gas,
killing the rats. instantly. Such q pro
cess practiced openly might be objec.
tionabie under some circumstances 70
cause Of danger from IRE resulting
from the explosion and . 6eld for In
yention appears to offer itself to pro
vide some form Of nre-prcof gun or
explosion chamber. suitably formed 70
oe inserted in the mouth Of the rat
hole and adapted to enclose the az
piosion and discharge the resuitins
,oxious, gas into the hoia-ScisnliAe
american.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-01
SYNOPSIS.

Elan harnish. known all through Atas-
ka as Burning Daylight" celebrates his
Soth birthday with crowd of miners at
the Circle City Tivoli. The dance leads
TO heavy gambling. in which over $4,000
Is staked. Harnish loses his money and
his mine but wins the mail contract. He
starts on his mail trip with dogs and
eledge. telling his friends that he will be
In the big Yukon gold strike at the start.
Burning Daylight makes a sensationally
rapid run across country with the mail
appears at the Tivoli and Is now ready
TO Join his friends In a dash to the new
gold fields. Deciding that gold will be
found in the up-river district Harnish
buys two tons Of -four. which he declares
win be worth its weight in gold. but
when he arrives with his flour he finds
the big fiat desolate. A comrade discov-
ers gold and Daylight reaps a rich har-
vest. He goes to Dawson. becomes the
most prominent figure in the Klondike
and defeats a combination of capitalists
in vast mining deal. He returns to
civilization. and amid the bewildering
complete tons of high finance. Daylight
finds that he has been led to invest his
eleven millions in a manipulated scheme.
He goes to New York, and confronting
his disloyal partners with a revolver. he
threa ems to kill them II his money Is not
refined. They are cowed. return their
stealings and Harnish goes back to San
Francisco where he meets his fate In
Iiede Mason. a pretty stenographer. He
makes large Investments and gets into the
political ring. For rest he goes to the
country
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-01

here was Nan VINO Laughed AZ
City DwelIers and Called Them
lunatics.
intending to live on It. His game was
In San Francisco. But he liked the
ranch, and as soon as he got back to
the Office he would open up negotia-
lions with Hillard
The time passed. and he played on
at the game. San Franchises att
tude toward Daylight had undergone
a change. While he. with his slashing
buccaneer methods. was a distinct
menace to the more orthodox finan-
cial gamblers. he was nevertheless so
grave menace that they were glad
enough to let him alone. He had al
ready taught them the excellence Of
letting a sleeping dog lie.
Dede Mason was still in the office.
He had made no more overtures. dis
cussed no more books. He had no
active interest In her. and she was to
him a pleasant memory of what had
never happened. a joy. which, by his
essential nature, he was barred from
ever knowing. Yet. while his interest
had gone to sleep and his energy was
consumed In the endless battles he
waged, he knew every trick of the
light on her hair. every quick definite
mannerism of movement. every line Of
her figure as expounded by her tailor
made gowns. Several times, six
months or SO apart. he had increased
her salary. until now she was receiv-
ing ninety dollars a month. Beyond
this he dared not go. though he got
around 1t by making the work easier.
This he had accomplished after her
return from a vacation. by retaining
her substitute as an assistant Also.
he had changed his office suite. SO that
now the two girls had a room by them
selves. The more he saw OF her. and
the more he thought he knew Of her,
the more unapproachable did she
seem to him. But since he had no In
tention Of approaching her. this was
anything but an unsatisfactory fact.
He was glad he had her In his Office.
and hoped she'd stay. and that was
about ali.
Daylight did not improve with the
passing years. The life was not good
for him. He was growing stout and
soft. and there was unwonted fiabbi.
ness In his muscles. The more he
drank cocktails. the more he was com.
PEELED to drink In order to get the de-
sired result. the inhibitions that eased
him down from the concert pitch Of
his operations. And with this went
wine. too. at meals. and the long
drinks after dinner Of Scotch and soda
at the Riverside. Then. too. his body
suffered from lack Of exercise: and.
from lack Of decent human associar
lions. his moral fibers were weaken
ing. Never a man to hide anything.
some of his escapades became public.
such as speeding. and of joy-rides In
his big red motor car down to San
Jose with companions distinctly sporty
incidents that were narrated al
good fun and comically In the news
papers.
CTo BE CoNTlNuEDJ
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-01
CHAPTER XII.

instead Of returning to the city on
Monday. Daylight rented the butchers
horse for another day and crossed the
led of the valley to its eastern hills.
As on the previous day. Just for the
Joy of 1t, he followed cattle-trails at
haphazard and worked his way up to-
ward the submits. Coming out upon
Q wagon road that led upward. he fol-
lowed II for several miles. emerging
in q small. mountain-encircled valley.
where half a dozen poor ranchers
farmed the wine-grapes on the steep
slopes Beyond. the road pitched up
ward Dense chaparral covered the
exposed hillsides. but In the creases
Of the canyons huge spruce trees
grew. and wild oats and flowers.
Late In the afternoon he broke
through. and followed a well-defined
trail down a dry canyon. The dry
canyon gave place to one with a slen-
der ribbon of running water. The
trail ran into wood-road. and the
wood-road emerged across a small fat
upon q slightly travelled country road.
There we're no farms In this immedi.
ate section. and no houses. The soil
was meager. the bedrock either close
70 the surface or constituting the sur
face itself Manxanita and scrub-oak.
however. nourished and walled the
road on either side with a jungle
growth. And out . runway through
this growth . man suddenly scuttled
h . vay that reminded Daylight Of \
nbbit
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-01

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The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-01

whom the lust for power had long
since died.
It was not until ten O'Clock thae
Daylight parted from Ferguson. A
he rode along through the starlight the
idea came to him Of buying the ranch
on the other side of the valley There
was no thought In his mind Of ever
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-01
His FloWerlike Way.

Mrs. Givem-How do you shovel of
the snow!
Weary Willie-I stick me head
above II like the crocus, mum.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-01

Some married men look upon home
as place to rest-and some others
get anything but a rest while there
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-01
DR.. J. n. RiNoLAUe (speeiaIist),
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Fargo, N. o.

II is better to appreciate wisdom
than to be appreciated by fools.
The day book., 1912-03-16
SHARP MEDICINE

A certain manufacturer who
had some suspicious, whether
with .or. without foundation, can
not be decided, took to his dying
bed and said-to his wife:
If | die, Margaret, you must
marry our foreman. He is a good
man, and the business cannot be
carried on without a man"
True, my dear, said the affec-
tionate wife, and I've been think
ing about that already"
That manufacturer was in his
mill in thirty-fve minutes and
two seconds after.
X ** **,* **** **
: Should one DRINK and
: EAT at the same time? Read (
: DR.. Wiley's article in The Day :
: Book Monday. =
The day book., 1912-03-16

grinning kidsr"
Il don't mean that. But how
do know what you are going to
say?9
Shelby turned upon the still
grinning imp. Young man, you'd
better get out of heref'
The imp set a well-shaped jaw.
"I wontr
"If you don't-if you don't.
if you don'tP' clustered Shelby.
cav, go long and kiss her if
you want to" scoffed the imp. Il
wont tell"
George Fulton!'' cried Ethel,
blushing.
"And propose to her, too,'' con-
tinued the imp: I'm a sport
wont give you away"
George FultonH cried the
embarrassed rEtheL'.S You know
that isn't what he meant
Then Shelby brought his fist
down upon the center table, rat,
tling the big red lamp. That's
exactly. what I did mean, he de-
clared, "if | have to blab, it out
before the whole world. Il
Ethel Fulton blushed. fervently. 9
ooh, Tom, why didn't you say
so?" She held out her hands.
The imp, grinning broadly,
timed them by the little gilt Atlas
clock After five minutes, Shell
by turned upon the lad.
Here" he said, rendering a
crisp bill, here's S.. You're a.
T 1s1.o 4
The day book., 1912-03-16
DAY BOOK FEATURES.
FOR NEXT WEEK
Monday.

Monday.
x Another short story by Don =
aid MacGregor, dealing with :
the strange experiences of :
= thief. It's title: "The High :
Romance of Jimmy,-T Wop, :
: Thief of the Meaner Sort" :
= The first of a new series of :
: articles by DR.. Wiley on Pure :
: Food. =
: During the Week. :
= Atleast fifteen complete sto- =
ries of,love and adventure. =
Numerous exclusive feature :
stories with Illustrations. :
A new comic feature" Sky =
= gael" a visitor, to the world :
= from Mars. ~ - =
+ *t* ~ ** *** *** X =