Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-03-21
FSURNING
sSGDAYLIGHT
.ByJACKLONDON +.
Anfhor Of "ZHe Gail of the W'ad,"
'tH'hte Fang" Martin
Eden" etc.
Illustrations by Dearborn Melvill
Illustrations by Dearborn Melvill

Copyright. 1910. by the New York Herald Coz
Copyright. 1910. by the Macmillan Company
and most fantastic aspects, found
that here, on the slopes of Sonoma
Mountain, it was still the same old
game. Man had still work to perform,
forces to combat, obstacles to over
come. When he experimental in a
small way at raising few pigeons
for market, he found no less zest in
calculating in squads than formerly
when he had calculated In millions.
Achievement was no less achieve
ment, while the process of it seemed
more rational and received the sane.
ton OF his reason.
The domestic cat that had gone
wild and that preyed on his pigeons.
he found, by the comparative stand
ard, to be of no less paramount men,
ace than Charles Klinkner in the
field of finance, trying to raid him for
several millions. The hawks and
weasels and 'coons were so many
Dowsetts, Lotions. and Guggenham-
mers that struck at him secretly. The
sea of wild vegetation that tossed its
surf against the boundaries of all his
clearings and that sometimes crept in
and flooded In single week was no
mean enemy to contend with and sub
due. His fat-soiled vegetable-garden
in the nook of hills that failed OF its
best was a problem of engrossing i'm
portance and when he had solved 1t by
putting in draintile, the joy of the
achievement was ever with him He
never worked In 1t and found the soil
unpacked and tractable without ex-
periencing the thrill of accomplish
ment.
There was the matter of the plumb
ing. He was enabled to purchase the
materials through lucky sale OF a
number of his hair brides. The work
he did himself, though more than once
he was forced 20 call In Dede to hold
tight with pipe-wrench. And in the
end, when the bath-tub and the sta
tionary tubs were installed and In
working order, he could scarcely tear
himself away from the contemplation
of what his hands had wrought. The
first evening. missing him. Dede
sought and found him, lamp in hand,
staring with silent glee at the tubs.
He rubbed his hand over their smooth
wooden lips and laughed aloud, and
was as shame-faced as any boy when
she caught him thus secretly exulting
in his own prowess.
1t was this adventure in woodwork
ing and plumbing that brought about
the building of the little workshop,
where he slowly gathered a collection
of loved tools. And he, who In the
old days, out of his millions, could
purchase Immediately whatever he
might desire. learned the new Joy Of
the possession that follows upon rigid
economy and desire long delayed. He
waited three months before daring the
extravaganza of a Yankee screw-driv-
er, and his glee in the marvellous Lit.
conceived fortnight great idea. For
six months she saved her egg-money.
which was hers by right of allotment.
and on his birthday presented him
with turning-la lathe of wonderful sim.
plicity and multifarious efficiencies.
And their mutual delight in the lathe,
which was his, was only equalled by
their delight in Mab's first foal, which
was Dede's special private property.
Daylight had made no assertion Of
total abstinence, though he had not
taken a drink for months after the