Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-10-31
SYNOPSIS.

Cf1AF1Elt l.-hldUl I1dTIl5Ig hHOWH
all through Alaska as Burning Day
light" celebrates his Goth birthday with
q friendly crowd of miners at the Circle
City Tivoli. He is a general fayorite,
hero and pioneer in the new gold fields.
The dance leads to heavy gambling in
which over 100000 is staked. Harnish
loses his money and his mine but wins
the mail contract Of the district
CHAPTER II.-Burning Daylight starts
on his trip to deliver the mail with dogs
and sledge. He tells his friends that the
big Yukon gold strike will soon be on
and he intends to be In 1t at the start
With indian attendants and dogs he
dips over the bank and down the frozen
Yukon and in the gray light is gone.
CHAPTER III.-Harnish makes a SEN
gationally rapid run across country with
the mall appears at the Tiyoli and there
is another characteristic celebration. He
has made a record against cold and ex-
haustion and Is now ready TO join his
friends In dash to the new gold fields.
CHAPTER IV.-Harnish decides where
the gold will be found in the up-rlver dis
trict and buys two tons of flour. which
he declares will be worth its weight in
gold before the season is over.
CHAPTER v.-when Daylight arrives
with his heavy outfit Of flour no finds
n
covers gold and Harnish reaps a rich
harvest. He goes TO Dawson, begins in
westing In corner lots and stalking other
sinners and becomes the most prominent
figure In the Klondlke.
CHAPTER VI.-Harnish makes fortune
after fortune. One lucky investment en-
ables him to defeat a great combination
OF capitalists In a vast mining deal. He
determines to return to civilization and.
QiVaQ n farQxyal1 celebration IN btg friandc
that In remembered as kind of blaze OF
glory.
CHAPTER VII.-The papers are full
OF THE King OF the Klondike," and Day.
light Is. feted by the money magnates Of
the country. They take him into big
copper deal and the Alaskan pioneer
finds himself amid the bewildering COM
plications OF high finance.
CHAPTER v1IL-Daylight is buncoed
by the moneyed men and finds that he
has been led to invest his eleven millions
In a manipulated scheme. He goes T.
meet his disloyal business partners al
their offices in New York City.
CHAPTER IX.-Confrontlng his part
ners with a. revolver In characteristic
frontier style, he threatens to kill then
IL his money Is not returned They are
cowed into submission return their steal
ings and Harnish goes back TO San Fran.
cisco with his unimpaired fortune.
CHAPTER x.-Daylight meets his fate
IN Dede Mason, a pretty stenographer
with q crippled brother, whom she cares
for. Harnish Is much attracted towards
her and interested In her family affairs
CHAPTER Xf.-He becomes an element
IN large Investments on the Pacific coast
and gets Tito the political ring. For g
rest he goes to inspect one of his proper
ties IN the country and momentarily Is at
fracted back to the old life on the lone
some trail.
CHAPTER xII.-Daylight gets deeper
and deeper Into high finance in San Fran
sssStry thus getting close to nature bu'
= his mind Is still In the speculation. trend
Very often. however. the longing for tht
simple life well nigh overcomes him.
CHAPTER xIII-Dede Mason buys a
horse and Daylight meets her In her
saddle trips, He begins to indulge In
horseback riding and manages to get In
10 her company quite often.
CHAPTER xIv.-one day Daylight
asiks Dede TO go with him on one mos
ride. his purpose being'to ask her to mar
~ him. and they canter away, she tryinE
10 analyze her feelings.
CHAPTER XV.-Dede tells daylight
InuI size flhfS MIN Dul mat iltNUAltSN
could not lie with a money, manipulation
She suggests the vast good no could dc
with his wealth II so inclined.
CHAPTER XvIl-For the sake Of his
love. Daylight undertakes the scheme OF
building up n great industrial community
among the hills He wins her regard by
Interesting himself in her crippled broth
er.
CHAPTER XvII.-Dede finally tells
Daylight she does not dare marry man
who Is so engrossed with the business
game. He Is inslstent and yet hopes to
win iser.
She rested now, frankly and fairly
in the shelter of HIS arms, and both
were oblivious to the gale that rushed
past them In quicker and stronger
,iJlssts. The big downpour of rain had
mot get come, but the mist.like squalls
were more frequent. Daylight was
openly perplexed, and he was still per
picked when he began to speak
you've left me no argument.
know I'm not the same man that came
from Alaska. couldn't hit the trail
with the dogs as did in them days
I'm soft in my muscles, and my minds
gone hard. ! used to respect men,
despise them now. You see, spent all
my life In the open, and ! reckon I'm
an open-aiF man. Why. I've got the
prettiest little ranch you ever laid
eyes on up In Glen Ellen. That's
where got stuck for the brick.yard
You recollect handling the correspon'
dence. emily laid eyes on the ranch
that one time, and ! 80 fell in love
with II that bought II there and
then. Just rode around the hills
and was happy as kid out of school,
I'd be better man living In the coun
try. The city doesn't make me better
You're plumb right there. | know It
But suppose your prayer should be
answered and I'D go clean broke ant
have to work for days wages? Sup
pose had nothing left but that little
ranch, and was satisfied to grow few
chickens and scratch living some
Ihew--would you marry me then
DedeT
"Wby. we'd be together all th'
timei" she cried.
Then was the moment, among, thu
trees, ere they began the descent o
the hill, that Daylight might hav
drawn her closely TO him and kisse'
her once. But he was too perplexe,
with the new thoughts she had pu
into his head 10 take advantage of tn
situation. He merely caught her b
the arm and helped her over tn
Tougher footing. At the edge of tn
grove he suggested that II might b
better for them TO part there, but sh
insisted that he accompany her as ia
as the house.
do you know" he said, taking
by and large, it's the happlest day G
my life. Dede, Dede we've Just got [
get married. It's the only way, an
trust to luck for It's coming out a
right"
But the tears we're threatening
- a II.