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"No, do,** i'ie cried. Out bet?re sbo
could continue, a knock came oo the
door.
Hie eyes, quick with observation
like an Indian's, darted about the
room while the was cut. The impres?
sion of wsrmth snd comfort and beau?
ty predominated, though he wus un
abls to soalyie it; while the simplici?
ty de'lghted blm?expensive simplici?
ty, he decided, snd mos. of it left?
overs from the time her father went
broke snd died.
She re-entered the room, and as she
crossed It to her chair, hi admired
the way she walked, whhg the bronze
slippers were maddening
*Td like to ask you several ques?
tions." he began Immediately. "Are
you thinking of manning somebody
else?"
"There isn't snybooy else. I don't
know anybody I like veil enough to
marry. For that mattet, I don't think
I am a marrying woman. Office work
seems to s*x)ll me for that."
"It strlkts me that you're the most
marry Ingest woman that ever made a
man alt and take notice. And now
another question. You aee. I've just
go: to locate the lay Ol the fund. Is
there anybody you like ?ts much aa
you like me?"
But Dede had horself well In hand.
"That's unfair." she said. "And If
you stop and conilder, you wTl find
that you are doing the very thin*- you
disclaimed namely, nagging refuse
to snswer any more of your questions.
Let us tslk about other things. How
hi 3obr
Half an hour later, whirling along
through the rain on Telegraph Ave?
nue toward Oakland, Daylight ainoked
one of his brown-paper cigarettes and
reviewed what had taken place It was
not st sll bad. wss his summing up,
though there was much about it that
was baffling There was that liking
him the more she knew him nnl at
the seme time wanting to marry him
less. That wss a pastier.
Once again, on a rainy Sunday,
weeks afterward. . Daylight proposed
to Dede. As on the flrrt time, he re?
mained himself until his b inger for
her overwhelmed him snd swept him
sway In his red sutomoblle to Berke?
ley. He left the machine several
blocks awsy and jrocee 'ed to the
house on foot. But Dede was out, the
landlady's daughter told him, and
added, on second thought, that sbs
wss walking In the hills. Further?
more, the young lady directed him
where Dede's walk <vaa moat likely to
?stend Deyllght ol? ed the girl's in?
structions, and soon the street he fol?
lowed passed the lait house and Itself
ossaad where begin the first steep
elopee of the open hills. The air was
damp with the on-coming of rain, for
the storm had not yet burst, though
the rising wind proclaimed Its Im?
minence As fsr as be xnild see,
caere was no sign of Dode Oat the
eaeooia. grassy hlllt. To the right
->g down Into t holiow and rising
again, was s la > -n eucalyp?
tus grove. Here sll was noise snd
movement, the lofty, slender trunked
roes swaying bsck and forth In ths
?lad snd clashing their branches to?
gether In the squalls, above all ths
ulnor noises of creaking snd groan?
ing, arose a deep thrumming note as
of s mighty harp Knowing Dede ss
he did. Deyllght wss confident that he
would find her somewhere In this
grove where the storm effects were so
pronounced. And -Und her he did.
across the hollow and on the exposed
crest of the opposing, slope where the
rale smote its nerceut blowa.
"It'a the same old thing." he said
"I went you and Tie come for you.
You've hist got to have me, Dede, for
the more I think at*>ut It the more
certain 1 am that you've got a snesk
In** liking for tue hat'a something
mote fh n Just ordinary liking And
you den t dsst any that It lau't; now
dast youf
"Please, please." she begged. "We
can never marry, so don't let us dis?
cuss it"
Daylight de'-lded .hat action was
more efficient than speech. So he
stepped between her snd the wind
and drew her no that she stood close
In the shelter of hin. An unusually
stiff squall blew about them and
thrummed overhead n the tree-tope,
and both inn cd to listen. A shower
of flying leaves enveloped them, and
hard on 'h? h? el of the wind came
driving drops of rsln He looked down
on her and on her hair, wind-blown
about her face; and because of her
closenens to him and of s fresher and
more polen ant realization of what she
meant to him. he trembled so that she
was aware of It In the hand that he'd
hers. She suddenly leaned against
htm. bowing br ??ad until It rested
lightly upon bis breast. And so tlx .
stood while another squab with flying
leaves and scattered drops, of rain,
rattled past With equal suddenness
she lifted her head snd looked at him
? l*> you know," she said. "I prayed
last night about you. I prayed that
you would fall, that you would lose
everything?everything."
Daylight stared his amazement at
this gfffgejg u'f?rance.
"Thst sure beats me. I always said
I got out of my depth with worn*eV
snd you've got me out of my depth
now \\'r" you've just got to ex?
plain th??r? h11"
His srms went around her and htM
her closely, and this time she did not
resist. Her h? id was bowed, and he
could not see her face, yet he had a
premonition that S*sg was crying. He
had learned the virtue of silence, and
he waited her will In the master.
Thine* h d r< me to such a papa that
the was bourn! to t, \\ him something
now. Of that he w; h confident.
"I would desrly like to marry you."
4he falten d ' but I am afraid. I am
proud and handle at the saun- time
thst s man Ilk. wm should < are for
a- hit you hsve too much rnosk |
There's where mv abominable oonv
Mr. J. V WUson. <f Columbia,
mon Benre steps in. Kven ir we old
marry, you could never be my man?
my lover and my husband. You
would be your money's man. I know
I am a foolish woman, but I want
my man for myself. And your
money destroys you; It makes you
less and less nice. I am not ashamed
to say that I love you, becauso I shall
never marry you. And I loved you
much when I did not know you at all,
? when you first came down from Alas?
ka and I Ant went Into the office. You
were my hero. You were the Burning |
Daylight of the gold-diggings, the dar?
ing traveler and miner. And you
looked IL I drj't see how any wom?
an could have iooked at you without
loving you?then. But you don't lock
it now. You, a man of the open, have
been cooping yourrelf up In the cities
with all that that means. You are
becoming something different, some?
thing not so healthy, not so clean, not
so nice. Your money and your way
of life are doing It. You know It You
haven't the same body now that you
had then. You are putting on flesh,
and it is not healthy flesh. You are
kind and genial with me, I know, but
you are not kind and genial to all the
world as you were then. You have
become harsh and cruel. I do love
you, but 1 cannot marry you and de?
stroy love. You are growing into a
thing that I must In the end despise.
You can't help It. More than you
can possibly love me. do you love this
business game. This business?and
it's all perfectly useless, so far as you
are concerned?claims all of you. I
sometimes think It would be easier to
share you equitably with another
woman than to share you with this
business. I might have half of you, at
any rate. But this business would
claim, not half of you, but nine-tenths
of you, or ninety-nine hundredths. You
hold tack nothing; you put all you've
got into whatever you are doing?"
"Limit U the sky," he grunted grim
sfflrmat'on.
"But If you would only play the
lover-husband that way. And now I
won't say another word," she added.
"L'xe delivered a whole, sermon."
She rested now, frankly and fairly,
in the sheUer of bis arms, and both
were oblivions to the gale that rushed
past them in quicker and stronger
blasts. The big downpour of rain had
not yet come, but the mist like squalls
were more frequent. Daylight was
openly perplexed, and he was still per?
plexed when he began to speak.
"You've left me no argument. I
know I'm not the same man that came
from Alaska. I couldn't hit the trail
with the dogs ae I did in them days.
I'm soft in my muscles, and my mind's
gone hard. I used to respect men. I
despise them now. You cee. 1 spent all
my life In the open, and I reckon I'm
?
an open-air man. Why, I've got the
prettiest little ranch you ever laid
eyes on up In Qlen Ellen. That's
where 1 got stuck for the brick yard.
You recollect handling the correspon?
dence. I only laid eyes on the ranch
that oue time, and I so fell In love
with it that I bought it there and
then. I just rode around the hills,
and was happy as a kid out of school.
I'd be a better man living In the coun?
try. The city doesn't make me better.
You're plumb right there. I know It
Put suppose your prayer should be
answered and I'd go clean broke and
have to work for day's wages? Sup?
pose I had nothing left but that little
ranch, and wa? satisfied to grow a few
chickens and scratch a living some?
how?would you marry me then,
Dede?"
"Why, we'd be together all the
time!" she cried.
Then was the moment, among the
trees, ere ?hey began the descent of
the hill, that Daylight might have
dra**> her closely to him and kissed
her oi ce. But he was too perplexed
with the new thoughts she had put
Into Ms head to take advantage of the
situation. He merely caught her by
the arm and helped ber over the
rougher footing. At the edge of the
grove he suggested that it might be
better for them to part there, but the
insisted that he accompany her as far
us the house.
"Do you know," he said, "taking it
by and large, It's the happiest day of
my life. Dede, Dede, we've Just got to
get married. It's the only way. and
trust to luck for it's coming out all
right."
But the tears were threatening to
rlie In her eye.* again, as she shook
her head and turned and went up the
steps.
v\ ben the ferry system began to
run, and the time between Oakland
and San PmneUoO was demonstrated
to be cut in half, the tide of Daylight's
terrific expenditure started to turn.
Not that It really did turn, for he
I rornptly went into further Invest?
ments, Thousands of lots in his resl
denes traetl were SOld, and thousands
of homes was being built. Factory sites
also were selling, and business proper?
ties In the heart of Oakland. All this
landed lo ? s< dy anpfeolntlon m fee
value of Daylight's huge holdings But,
as of old. he had his hunch and was
riding it Already he had begun bor
rowing from the hanks The mag
Qlfleent profits hi made on the land
he sold ere turned Into mote land,
Into more development; and Instead
of paying off old loans, he contracted
new ones As he had pyramided in
Dawsoa <'ity. he now pyramided In
Oakland; bol be did it with the
knowledge thai It was a stable enter
i rise ratsM r ihag i risky plneer*mlr>
ing boom
Work (?n Dnyllfjht'i d*n k system
went on gpaot ; vet it was one of
those enterprises thnt consumed
more . dreadfully gad that could DOt
be aoeompllshed as quickly as a ferr>
? system Not content ulth manu
I r*?r?M-;- m V-r'.??'. for his street rnl!?
was In the city Friday morning.
CHAPTER XVIII.
ways In the ol<uuas4*ioneu way, in pow.
er-houses, Daylight org. nized the Sier?
ra and Salvador Power Company. This
Immediately assumed large propor?
tions. Crotllng the San Joaquin Val?
ley on the way from the mountains,
and plunging through the Contra Cos?
ta hills, there were many towns, and
even a robust city, that could be sup
piled with rower, also with light; and
it became a street-and-house lighting
nroject as well. As soon as the pur?
chase of power sites In the Sierras
was rushed through, the survey par?
ties were out and building operations
tegun. And so it went. There ">-ere
a thousand maws Into which he pour
cd on costing rftreami or money.
In the spring of the year the Great
Panic came on. The first warning
was when the banks began calling in
their unprotected loans. Daylight
promptly paid the first of several of
his personal notes that were present
\_y
Mis Arms Went About Her and Held
Hor Closely.
ed; then he divined that these de?
mands but indicated the way the wind
was going to blow, and that one of
those terrific financial storms he had
heard about was soon to sweep over
the United States. How terrific this
particular storm was to be he did not
anticipate. Nevertheless, he took
every precauftou in his power
and had no anxiety about his weather*
lng tt out
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Two Questions Answered.
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national affairs and, thinking that
these answers may be of interest to
others besides the two gentlemen who
asked the questions, I ask that you
publish them.
Respectfully yours,
S. H. EDMUNDS.
The two answers follow:
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'That no vacancy In the office of
Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court shall be filled by appointment
until the number of Associate Justices
shall l?e reduced to six; and thereaf?
ter the said Supreme Court shall con?
sist of a Chief .Justice of the United
States and six Associate Justices,
any four of whom shall be s quor?
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*'ln lM'.'.t the law changed again
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