Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-10-24

going to do and he lost no time about
it. The best skilled brains on the
market were hired by him for the diff
ferent branches of the work. Initial
mistakes he had no patience with, and
he was determined to start right, as
when he engaged Wilkinson, almost
doubling his big salary, and brought
him out from Chicago to take charge
of the street railway organization.
Night and day the road gangs toiled
on the streets. And night and day
pile-driyers hammered the big piles
down into the mud of San Francisco
Bay. The pier was to be three miles
long, and the Berkeley hills were de-
nuded of whole groves of mature
eucalyptus for the piling
At the same time that his electric
| roads were building out through the
hills, the hay-flelds were being sur
veyed and broken up into city squares,
with here and there, according to best
modern methods, winding boulevards
and strips of park. Broad streets,
well graded were made, with sewers
and water-pipes ready laid, and ma
cadamized from his own quarries. Ce-
ment sidewalks were also laid, so that
all the purchaser had to do was to
select his lot and architect and start
building. The quick service of Day
lights new electric roads into Oak.
land made this big district immediate.
ly accessible, and long before the fer
ry system was in operation hundreds
of residences were going up. The
profit on this land was enormous. In
a day, his onslaught of wealth had
turned open farming country into one
of the best residential districts of the
city.
But this money that flowed in upon
him was Immediately poured back
into his other investments. The need
for electric cars was so great that he
installed his own shops for building
them But no matter what pressure
was on Daylight, his Sundays he re-
served for his riding in the hills. II
was not the rainy winter weather
however, that brought these rides
with Dede to an end. One Saturday
afternoon in the Office she told him
not to expect to meet her next day
and, when he pressed for an explana
ton
| 1--WE sold Nab"
Daylight was speechless for the mo
ment. Her act meant one of so many
serious things that he couldn't classi
fy It, Il smacled almost of treachery
She mighthave met with financial dis
aster. 1t might be her way of letting
him know she had geen enough o.
him. Or
Whats the matter?" he managed
to ask.
81 couldn't afford to, keep her will
hay forty-nye dollars a ton," Dad'
answered. MY brothers expenses
have been higher, as well, and 1 wal
driven TO the conclusion that since
could not afford both, I'd better lie
the mare go and keep the brother"
who bought her?" he asked
Dedes eyes flashed in The way loni
since familiar to him when she wa
angry.
Don't you dare buy her back fc
me, she cried. "And don't deny tina
that was what you had in mind"
81 wish you would reconsider, Mis-
Mason" he said softly. mot alon
for the mares sake, but for my sake
Money don't cut any ice in this. Flo
me to buy that mare wouldn't meal
as much asst does to most men t
send a bouquet of flowers or a box o
candy to young lady. There's nj
body feel chummy with except you
and you know how little we've chum
medAonce a week, If IL didn't rair
on Sunday I've grown kind of to dc
pend on you. If you'd just let me bu
her back"
NO. no; | tell you no." Dede aros
impatlently, but her eyes were mois
with the momery Of her pet, pleas