The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-13

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machine passed into anothefs pops
Iissssion. Il had been 4 strenuous three
days. Tor his smash had been Tie VIC.
ge5t the panic had precipltatedin Cal
Norma. The papers had been flled
nth 1t, and n great cry of indignation'
had gone up from the VERY men who.
later found that Dayiight had faliyy
protected their interests Il Nh these
facts, coming slowly 70 light that
gave rise to the widely repeated
charge that Daylight had gone n
sane. II was the unanimous conviction
among business men that no sane
man could possibly behave u sqcA
fashion. on the other hand, neither
his prolonged steady drinlsipg NOR hiA
AFFAIR with Dede became public. 50
| the only conclusion attainable WIS
that the. Wild fnancier from Alaska
had gone lnpatic. And Daylight had
grinnSd and confirmed the s6spicion
by refasIng to, see the reporter. he
halted the automobile before Dede's
door, md met her with his same rush
ing tactics. enclosing her In bis arms
before: q word could be uttered,
"Tye done IT, he announced
you've seen the newspapers, Of
course. I'm plumb cleaned out, and
rye Just called around to find out.
what day you feel like starting for
Glen Ellen. It'll have to be soon, fol.
Hts real expensive living In Oakland
these days. My board at the hotel e
only paid to the end Of the week, and IEi.
| / can't atiord 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 herI IndecisIon and trouble showed
on her face, Thentthe smile be knew
90 we'll began to grow on her4llps and
| in her eyes, until she threw back her
head and laughed In the old fortnight
boyish, way.
when are those men coming 70
pack for me?" she asked. : ~
And again she laughed and siml-
lated vain attempt to escape his
bear.like arms.
"Dear Elam." she whispered; dear
Elan" And Of herself, for the first
time, she kissed him.
aNow, I'VE got an idea" Daylight
said. We're 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
q city. So here's the idea: ~ run
upy TO the ranch and get things In
shape around the house and give the
cafetaker his walking-papsfs You
|efnliowsiAssin d epgpie days sumingl
on the morning train. I'll have the
preacher fixed and waiting And here's
anotheridea. You bring your riding
toys in a suit case. And as soon as
the, ceremonS's over, you can 60 to
the hotel and change. Then out you
come, and you find me waiting with 9
couple Of horses, and we'll ride oyer y. =
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. I'll
be waiting for you at the morning
train day after tomorrow
i aDede blushed as she spoke.
s'You are such hurricane.
t'Well, ma am" he 1rawled, Il sure
EhateSto burn dayltghtg And YOU and I
have burned. a heap Of daylight We've
been scandalously extrayagant We
might have been married years ago"
TWO days later, Daylight stood walt
ing outside the little Glen Ellen hotel
The ceremony was over, and be had
left Dede 10 go inside and change
into her riding.habit while. heebrought
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 Dede coming out
the door. riding.whip in hand, clad sit.
the familiar corduroy skirt apR leg
gfngs Of thefold Piedmont days There
was warmthSand glow In her own face.
as she answered his gaze and glanced
on past him to theshorses. Then she,
saw Nab, But her ~ 'leaped back
TO- the man, ~
4oh, Elami" she breathsd.
Many persons, thense lyes ctty,brelsi
land city reared, have, fed TO, the.
soil and succeeded in winning great
happiness. In such cases they
have succeeded only by going.
through "a process. Of savage diatl;
| iusionment. But with Dede and Day
light It was different They had both
been born on the soil, and they knew
its naked simplicities and rawer ways,
They were like two persons after far.
wandering, who had merely come
| home again. There was slessicf the
unexpected in their dealings With ma
| ture. while theirs was all the delight
of "Reminiscences. What as appear.
sprdid and saualid to the astlgioualy.
reared, was to them eminently whole.
some and natural. The commerce Of
nature was to them no unknown and