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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-03-08

He was a little man. in patched
overalls; bareheaded. with cotton
shirt open at the throat and down the
chest. The sun was ruddy-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 letter.
IF you're going to town. I'd be
obliged If you mail this" he said,
81 sure will" Daylight put it into
about. 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.
We'll, 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 a 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 a hundred yards
and pretty spring, and a few fruit
trees and berry bushes. Come in and
take 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. If clearing 1t might be called.
where wild nature and mans earth
scratching were inextricably blended.
1t was a tiny nook in the hills. pro-
tected by the steep walls of canyon
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-03-08

mouth. Here were several large oaks.
evidencing a richer soil. The erosion
of ages from the hillside mad slowly
formed this deposit of fat earth. I'm
der the oaks. almost buried In them.
stood 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 It, The tiny irrigation
channels were 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 It. 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 Their
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-03-08
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COLD COMFORT FOR MOTHER
Comment of Boston Belle on Young
Mans Conduct Was Icy In the
Extreme.

General F. D. Grant, at Wash
toms birthday dinner in New York
some years ago. told story about a
young Boston Tory.
This Tory" he said. fought during
the Revolution neither on one side nor
on the other. He took pleasure trip
on the continent, and he didn't come
back home again until the war was
over.
HE was treated very coldly by soci-
ETY. on his return. and this grieved his
good old mother to the heart.
1.-THE dear old lady tried to explain
the matter one afternoon to Boston
belle.
Naturally, as the head of the fam
N.Y. she said, my son could not take
part in the war. To him fell the duty,
perhaps the more arduous duty, OF
protecting his mother and sisters and
looking after the interests of the es-
tate
"'Oh, madam said the belle. with
an icy smile, you need not explain.
assure you. I'd have done exactly as
your son did-I'm such coward!'"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-03-08
What Do You Think of 1t. Eh?"

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 il any
more than was the living In clubs
and hotels good for my stomach and
tie rest of me. So | 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 l built the cabin and sent
for my books. l 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 looked
nearer sixty. and that was fifteen
years ago"
They talked along, and Daylight
looked at the world from new angles.
Here was man. neither bitter nor
cynical. who laughed at the city-dwcll.
ers and called them lunatics: man
who did not care for money, and in
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-03-08

intending to live ON 1t. His game was
in San Francisco. But he liked the
ranch. and as soon as he got back to
tons with Hillard.
The time passed, and he played on
at the game. San Franchises atti-
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 I 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 pleasant memory of what had
never happened. 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 it 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 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 associa-
tons. 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 as
good fun and comically in the news
papers.
CTo BE coNTINUED)
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-03-08

Elan Harnish. known all through Alas
ka as Burning Daylight" celebrates his
soth birthday with a crowd of miners at
the Circle City Tivoli. The dance leads
TO heavy. gambling. in which over 500 600
is staked. Harnish loses his money and
his mine but wins the mail contract. He
starts on his mail trip with dogs and
sledge, telling his friends that he Will be
in the big Yukon gold strike at the start
Burning Daylight makes a sensationaliy
rapid run across country with the mail.
appears at the Tivoli and is now ready
to Join his friends in 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
will be worth its weight in gold. but
when he arrives with his flour he fnds
the big fiat desolate. A comrade discov-
ers gold and Daylight reaps rich har-
vest. He goes to Dawson. becomes the
most prominent figure in the Klondike
and defeats a combination of capitalists
in n vast mining deal He returns to
civilization, and. amid the bewildering
complications 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 revolver. he
threatens to kill them II his money IL not
returned. They are cowed, return their
stealings and Harnish goes back to San
Francisco where he meets his fate In
Dede Mason. a pretty stenographer. He
makes large Investments and gets Into the
political ring. For rest he goes to the
country
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-03-08
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
a canyon that SO blocked his way that
he was glad to follow friendly cow
path. This led him to a small frame
cabin. The doors and windows were
open, and n cat was nursing 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 rudy 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.
i uOnt know ABOUT tnat- am
loafed none. walked across the
plains with an OK team and fit Injuns
in 81. and was family man with
seven youngsters. reckon was as
old then as you are now. or pretty
nigh on TO it"
Don't you find 1t lonely here?"
The old man shifted the pail Of milk
and reflected
That all depends" he said oracui-
arly. 81 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 I go to Frisco.
But ! don't go no more. thank you
most to death. This is good enough
for me. I've been right here in this
valley since '54-one of the first set
tiers after the Spaniards."
The old man chuckled. and Day
light 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 eighty-four. The
thought of following his example en-
tered Daylights mind. but the big
game of San Francisco vetoed the
idea.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-03-08
Destruction of Rats.

An East Africa publication contains
a description of a method of destroy
ing rats. followed in Java. in which
carbon bisulphate in employed In
carrying out the method a small guam.
tity. usually about half teaspoonfui
of the carbon bisulphide is poured in.
to the rat hole and after waiting a
few moments to let the liquid evap-
crate, the mixture of air and vapor is
lighted, a small explosion resulting and
filling the hole with poisonous gas,
killing the rats instantly. Such pro
cess practiced openly might be objec-
tionable under some circumstances be-
cause of danger from fire resulting
from the explosion and field for in.
vention appears to offer itself to pro
vide some form of flre-proof gun or
explosion chamber suitably formed to
be inserted in the mouth OF the rat
hole and adapted to enclose the ex
piosion and discharge the resulting
noxious gas into the hole.-Scientifc
American.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-03-08
HI.7ltl2P ar "ZzE CALZ or mr. MN"
H>z/ZE /2/YG" %z,AR7ZW ZDEN"EZC.

fed them, and brought them up. Come
on and peep at the spring"
Its sure hummer" was Daylight's
verdict, after due inspection and sam
pling. as they turned back for the
house.
The interior was a surprise. The
cooking being done in the small, lean
to kitchen. the whole cabin formed a
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 filed book
shelves. 1t 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.
Daylight found himself charmed and
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 a COM
Portable smoke. that Daylight put his
question.
LOoh heIe, rSI 6uSOh. Lively biuCe
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 trip to Europe and another to
Hawaii. They tried electricity and
forced feeding and fasting. 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. ! was managing editor OF
the Times-Tribune in San Francisco.
| and I wasn't strong enough for the
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-03-08
Natural Avoidance.

Mayor Gaynor of New York was de-
Tending his anti-suffrage views:
woman has her place and man has
his" he said. land when I think of
the confusion that would come from
intermingling their places. am re-
minded of an anecdote about Lady
Holland. Lady Holland once said to
Lord John Russell: why hasn't Lord
Holland got a post in the cabinet?'
Well, If you must know Lord John
answered, 1T is because nobody would
work in a cabinet with a man whose
wife opens all his letters"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-03-08
CHAPTER XII.

Instead OF returning to the city on
Monday. Daylight rented the butchers
horse for another day and crossed the
bed of the valley to Its eastern hills.
AS on the previous day. just for the
joy OF IT, he followed cattle-trails at
haphazard and worked his way up to-
ward the SUBMITS. Coming out upon
wagon road that led upward. he fol-
lowed II for several miles. emerging
In a small. mountain encircled valley.
where half a dozen poor ranchers
farmed the winegrapes 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 dry canyon. The dry
canyon gave place to one with a slen-
der ribbon OF running water. The
trail ran into a wood-road. and the
wood-road emerged across a small fat
upon a slightly travelled country road.
There were no farms in this immedi-
ate section, and no houses. The soil
was meager. the bedrock either close
TO the surface or constituting the sur
face Itself. Manzanita and scrub-oak,
however. hourished and walled the
road on either side with jungle
growth. And out runway through
this growth man suddenly scuttled
IN a way that reminded Daylight OF a
rabbit
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-03-08
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whom the lust for power had long
since died.
1t was not until ten O'Clock that
Daylight parted from Ferguson. As
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
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-03-08

Here are some verses entitled
The Road to Already"
''Pshaw! Almost any poet can tell
the way to Already. but none of them
ever gets there
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-03-08

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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-03-08

He who reigns within himself and
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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-03-08

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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-03-08

When a man does things he hasn't
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-20

innocence until he is proven guilty.
SAD hrum.
In Closing krum said:
And, gentleTscnt or the jury, when
pFo1ane hanos feacn IN ana undertake
10 lear uoWn fiom the walls or Inc
Jurisprudence OF the United ,olates, the
esc@theon OF the republic, wnen---iI
1t can be the case--.he people OF the
timed states can be led by a..y con-
SHERATON of personal ambition on
the Tart of some. or maze oience on
Inc lart of others to tear down the
Structure which the people have or
Gained tor the protection of the citi-
zen, then, gentlemen, the Judgment OF
the civilized globe will be mat the
American people, like the base Judean
have TIN own a psarf away richer than
ali price"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-20
CALLS N MAN,GAL
A HUMAN HYENA
COUNSEL FOR DEFENSE USES IN
FORMER AS TARGET FOR
HOT SHOT.
ABs0LVES UNION MEN
SAYS AUDITING COMMITTEE DID
NOT KNOWN WHAT USE
M'sAMARA MADE OF
MONEY SENT HIM.

INDIANAPOLIS. IND. Dec. Ia
Likened unto hyena on it's launches,
contemplating the toothsome posi-
bilities of well filled graveyard, or.
tie Z. McManigal, the informer. was
the target shot at by Chester III. Krum
during the three-hour opening argu-
ment for the defense at the dynamite
conspiracy case today.
1T is natural that a feeling of In
dignation- and OF horror has arisen In
your minds because of the conditions
which base been brought out in this
case. gentlemen of the jury" said thu
speaker. But you must not be strrC d
by emotion. but must take the facts
in the case under consideration"
In absolving the auditing commit
tee of the International Association of
Bridge and Structural Iron Work
ers, through which the Items of "a
canization purposes" and which
the government says was for "dy-
namiting purposes" and which II has
used as one weapon In the case, krun.
said:
Merely Audited Books,
'All that the members OF that com
mittee tried to do was to compare
receipts to expenditures It was
merely for them to find out whether
the expenditures We're accounted for
by appropriate receipts"
In offering defense for the action
of the defense in raising the 5000. 900
defense fund for the McNamaras,
krum sad the defendants had been
informed by headquarters that J. j.
Mcnamara had been Kidnapped and
1t was only natural that every Union
man got up ION his ear and assisted
in raising that fund.
This very court will tell you n
ran Ia entitled to a prnsur,o ,tton af
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-20

missioner Franklin. of the Southside.
arose to the occasion.
Gentlemen" he said, while I have
been informed by a member Of the
finance committee that 1t was gem
orally understood that we were to get
new truck. and that the No. was
to be taken to the Southside, / stan
ready. In the interests of har m ony
and justice, to ask for reconsidera-
ton of the vote which we passed at
the last meeting, and am ready to
uary meeting, when We may get to-
gether with the couneilmen. and do
just what may prove the proper
thing"
Whereupon, President Taylor put
the question. the vote was reconsid-
cred. and upon motion of Mr.. Cheat
wood. the whole matter went over
to the next regular meeting.
Changes Made.
Previous to this. matters of in
teEest and Importance TO the depart
ment were discussed. The friction I'm
the Southside company, No. 10. was
ameliorated to some extent by the
acceptance of resignat .ons, and one
man was discharged
@. H Dowdy, Grade A. Company
No. i3. was discharged for being alb
sent without leave.
w. T. Dance, Grade B, was promot-
ed to Grade A.
The resignation of c. E. Wright,
Grade B. was accepted.
The resignation of C. +. Haynes
and J. A. Umlauf. call men, was ac-
cepted.
Benjamin Kaufman was elected
call man to succeed Mr.. Umlauf
The department determined to pur-
chase 1000 feet of hose Of different
sizes from the Boston Woven Hose
and Rubber company, represented by
Mr.. Hugh Foster.
Five patented ''cranks" for the fire
department autos were ordered on
trial, and Chief Joynes suggested that
some steps be taken to stop the
youngsters from building bonfires all
over the city This latter was left
to the chief and the president for a
conference with Mayor Ainslie.