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(Thursday, Ja&aary 4, lJt r narmiig B By JACK AUTHOR "The Call of the Wild9 "White Fang9 "Martin Eden9 Etc, ILLUSTRATIONS BY (Copyrta bU 1910. br tbe New (Copribr. 1119. by tb 8YN0P8I3. AFTER I. El am lUmlih, known through Alaska a "IlurnJnc iay- rht." ecUbrates hi SOth birthday with firisndlr crowd of miner at the Circle 3fty Tlvoll. IUIii general favorite, a ;ro and a pioneer In the new cold field. danca leads to naary ramounc in :h ever 1100.000 la ataked. Harnlsh to hit money and hi mine but win 12 mail contract of the district. CHAPTER IT. Burning Daylight tart a hi trip to dUTr uia mail wnn a and sladrs. lie tell hi friend that tfe big Yukon fold atrtka will soon be on and he Intend to b In It at the start, with Indian attendant and dors he f jps orer th bank and down the frozen Yukon and In th gray llfht la cone. CHAPTER ITX Harnlsh makes a sen- itlonally rapid ran across country witn malL appears at the titou ana inera another characteristic celebration. He made a record against cold and ex- tustlon and la now ready to Join his inds In a dash to the new cold Held. CHAPTER IV. Harnlsh decides whera the cold will be found In the up-river dis trict and buys two tons of flour, which be declares will be worth Its wslfht In Cold before the season fa over. CHAPTER V. When Daylight arrive with his heavy outfit of flour he finds the big; flat desolate. A comrade dis covers fold and Harnlsh reaps a rich harvest He roes to Dawson, begins ln Yestlnj In corner lots and staking; other talners and becomes the moat prominent figure In the Klondike. CHAPTER VI. Harnlsh makes fortune smer fortune. One lucky Investment en ables him to defeat a great combination f capitalists In a vast mining deaL He determines to return to civilization ajid Btras a farewell celebration to his friends that la remembered aa a kind of blaze of Story. CHAPTER VTT. The papers are full 1ft "The King of the Klondike." and Day wht is feted by the money magnates of country. They take him Into a big toper deal and the Alaskan pioneer has himself amid the bewildering com licatlons of high flnsnoe, CHAPTER Vni. Daylight Is buncoed T the moneyed men and finds that he rbeen led to Invest his eleven millions a manipulated scheme. He goes to rveei nls disloyal business partners at khcLr offices In New York City. CHAPTER IX. Confronting his part Bars with a revolver In characteristic frontier style, he threatens to kill them U his money is not returned. They are powed into submission, return their steal ings and Harnlsh goes back to San Fran gdaco with hi unimpaired fortune. CHAPTER X. Daylight meets his fata la Dade Mason, a pretty stenographer with a crippled brother, whom she cares for. Harnlsh Is much attracted toward her ad Interested In her family affairs. CHAPTER XL PTe "beoornes an element In large Investments on the Paclfio coast sund gets into the political ring. For a rest he goes to Inspect one of his proper ties In the country and momentarily Is at tracted back to the old life on the lone some tralL CHAPTER XII.-Daylight rets deeper tnd deeper Into high finance In San Fran cisco. He makes frequent runs Into the country thus retting close to nature, but pis mind is still In the speculation trend. nTery often, however, the longing for the (Simple life well nigh overcomes him. CHAPTER XTTT. Dede Mason buys a Ihcrs and Daylight meets her In her (addle trips. He begins to Indulge In horseback riding and manages to get In to her company aulte often. CHAPTER XIV. One day Daylight asks Dede to go with him on one mora ride, his purpose beln to ask her to mar ry him. and they canter away, shs trying; to analyze her feeltnra. rFLAPTER XVIf-For the sake of his lore. Daylight undertakes the scheme o? building- up a great Industrial communltv among the hills. He wins hr regard by Interesting himself in crippled broth er. CHAPTER XVII. For six -weeks hand-running Day tight had seen nothing of Dede ex cept In the office, and there he reso lutely refrained from making ap proaches. But by the seventh Sunday his hunger for her overmastered him. It was a stormy day. A heavy south east gale was blowing, and squall aft- jer squall of rain and wind swept over Hae city. He could not take his mind off of her, and a persistent picture came to him of her sitting by a win- Wow and sewing feminine fripperies of some sort "When the time came for hl pre-luneheon cocktail to be served Dede's telephone number, and called til SWltCZl ; At first It was the landlady's daugh- Si m m m ier wno was raisea, out in a minute he heard the voice he had been hun- gry 10 near. 1 Just wanted to tell you that Tm coming out to see you," he said. I didn't want to break in on you with out warning, that was all." j Has something happened?" came her voice. , T11 tell you when I get there," he evaded. She came herself to the door to receive him and shake, hands with him. He hung his mackintosh and ;hat on the rack in the comfortable ihall and turned to her for direction. They are busy in there," she said, indicating the parlor, from which came the boisterous voices of young people, and through the open door of which he could see several college youths. "So you will have to come Into my rooms." She led the way .through the door opening out of the hall to the right, and, once inside, he stood awkwardly ' rooted to the floor, gazing about him and at her and all the time trying not to gaze. In his perturbation he failed to hear and see her invitation to a seat , .. "Won't yotj ait downT" ah related -'.lli-'J.- en & Mlpd flarfne L?pLlna I SDddenl3r- al-m03t "Don,t oa had learned the virtue of silence, and Ee ones.' As he had pyramided In 1 .rj'ed at 1SX' Zr2.Z ? .-.ted her ...1 .n the matter.' Dawson C!ty. he now pMed In w i mici i 1 1 h i ihi i ill m-M i c ill n m i 11 Dayli LONDON OF: DEARBORN MELVILL 1 York Herald Com pan r) McMillan Company) koes nerV he eT tf"a Vote pock with passion, "there's one this I won't do. and that's propose to yon la the offlce. That's why Tm here. Dede Maioc, I want you, I Just want you." So precipitate was he, that she had barely time to cry out her Involun tary alarm and to step back, at the same time catching one of his hands as he attempted to gather her into his arms. "Oh, I know I'm a sure enough fool," he said. "I I guess HI sit down. Don't be scairt. Miss Mason. I'm not real dangerous." "I'm not afraid," she answered, with a smile, slipping down herself into a chair. "It's funny," Daylight sighed, almost with regret; "here I am, strong enough to bend you around and tie knots in you. Here I am, used to hav ing my will with man, beast or any thing. And here I am sitting in this chair, as weak and helpless as a little lamb. Tou sure take the starch oat of me." "I I wish you hadn't asked," she said softly. "Mebbe it's best yon should know a few things before you give me an an- swer," he went on, ignoring the fact that the answer had aJreadv been that tne answer had already heen given. "I never went after a woman before in mv life all reoorta to the Derore in my me, an reports to tne contrary notwithstanding. The stuff you read about me in the nane-a and you reaa aooui me in uie pap.B aau you reaa auout me in. uie papers aau book,, about me being a lady-MIler. is all wrong. There'8 not an lota of wrong truth in it gueu I'ts dons more . of card-nlayine and U. tarU-ylJl 1UK HUU man wj Boare 01 Cttru-piajriug mm wniBKy-urmains, uui women i ye Ll.l J 1 1 A. Tt let aione. unere was a woman mat miiea . - - herself, but I didn't know she wanted me that bad or else I d have married her not for love, but to keep her irum .aiing uersen. one was me best of the boiling, but I never gave her any encouraKement Tm telling you all thl. because you've read about ; t i -.Ai-vi II- HI1U 1 WHUL rUU U) sCtfL lL BLlZLlSCilL I from me." w - i "I can't marry you," she said. T like you a great deal, but " He waited a moment for her to com plete the sentence, failing which, he went on himself. "I haven't an exaggerated opinion of myself, bo I know I ain't bragging when I say I'll make a pretty good Dede Mason, I Want You, I Jus Want You.H husband. You could follow your own sweet will, and nothing would be too good for you. I'd give you everything your heart desired " far easier married the "Elam Harnlsh fresh from Klondike when I first laid i awaq nn ViTra lrTiy o crr iVioTi morfir Vfn gluing before me now." He shook his head slowly. "That's one too many for me. The . more you know and like a man the lesa vou want to marrr him. Famlll- less you want to marry him. Famili arity breeds contempt I guess that's what you mean." "No, no," she cried, but before she could continue, a knock came on the door. His eyes, quick with observation like an Indian's, darted about the room while she was out The impres sion of warmth and comfort fjad beau ty predominated, though he was un able to analyze It; while the' slmplid-i ty delighted him expensive simplici ty, he decided, and most of it left overs from the time her father went broke , and died. She re-entered the room, and as she crossed it to her chair, he admired the way she walked, while the bronze j slippers were maddening. 'I'd like to ask you several ques tions, he began immediately. "Are you linking of marrying somebody tu . ' " 'L . 'vST!rS TJL 1 llZJFV&t t ??k rna w 1,J TJn, f : seams to snail s tcwp tjva." - - j t'-tomsu ta tsai jwtrm ta sacs ! faurrfsgtft vesaa that ever xaad rasa sit cp and take) notice, ass cow another custlm. Ton see, Tve lost got to locate Ike lay of the Ucd. Is there anybody you like as much as yon Ilk nsr Bat Dede had herself well ta hand. -That's ccfalr. she said. "And II yon stop and consider, yon win find that yon are doing the very thirg yon diaclalmed naotly, nagglrg. I rtfns to answer any more cf your questions. Let us talk about other things. How ts Bohr Half an hour later, whirling aloe through the rain on Telegraph Ave- cue toward Oakland. Daylight smoked one of his brown-paper cigarettes and reviewed what had taken place. It was not at afl bad. was bis summing up, though there was much about it that was ta Cling. There was that liking bim tbe more she knew him and at the same time wanting to marry him less. That was a puzzler. Once again, on a rainy Sunday, weeks afterward. Daylight proposed to Dede. As on the first time, he re strained himself until his hinger for her overwhelmed him and swept him away In his red automobile to Berke ley. He left the machine several blocks away and proceeded to the house on foot. But Dede was out, tbe landlady's daughter told him, and added, on second thought, that she was walking in the hills. Further more, the young lady directed him where Dede's walk was most likely tc extend. Daylight obeyed the girl's In structlons, and soon the street be fol lowed passed the last house and itseli ceased where began the first steep slopes of the open hills. The air was damp with the on-coming of rain, foi the storm had not yet burst, tbnueh . the rising wind proclaimed Its Im minence. As far as be could see, there was no sign of Dede on the smooth, grassy hills. To the right, dipping down into a hollow and rising again, was a large, full-grown eucalyp- tus trrove. Here all was noise and moTement the lofty slender-trunked f10Temenl' tine i0"7' i , 7? tree8 8waylng back and forth in the nd riflIlhinir thpir hranohps to- ?v cl"ning tf.elr rancnf 8 getner jn the squalls, above all the lnor nols.fl of -nd mali. . noises or creaking and groan tn gm(A a Atn thrnnrmlrtEr notA aa -. orrkfi- n Atn thmmmln? nnto aa. Tht, l wTCu ? ltZL "Si! would find her wmewhere in tbta ? .? 8'mewnere m inn rrrnira nkura iria a r.-r m nffanra morn mrs crrnvA whr th str.rm offrta wpto Rn v . . Z , ;7 urnnouncAd. And find her b did. anrftBa thfl hollow AnA on thft cxrHsed ,Maf thA ai-nT ro h Mi if- . ,.Jt,a tKa oorna v40. -m T want von and Tv com for vou. v . 4 v A.. .v..,. "t" I !T,tl hl11- that "W' misht h"e certain 1 am tnat youve got a sneaa- ArRXUr. h0r PinRfiiv tn nim vi d M ilti m xs.a.t J . inir iiirinir mv ma rnnr h Hnrnoinu h more than just ordinary liking. And you don't dast say that It isn't; now dast you?" "Please, please," she begged. "We never go do,t let ug cugs lfc naviW dAd that artlnn was more efflcleIlt than Bpeech, So ne wWCj3n y,ay. onA ha stepped between her and the wind ; and drew her so that she stood close in the shelter of him. A u-uauai duu equau uicn auuuv iucui auu i A1 J V J t V- X i 1 and both paused to listen. A shower, . . , , . . ; of flying leaves enveloped them, and hard on the heel of the wind came driving drops of rain. He looked down on her and on her hair, wind-blown about her face; and because of her ) I uiuseueus iu uiui nuu ui a iie&uei auu more poignant realization of what she meant to him, he trembled so that she was aware of it in the hand that held 1 i 1.1 J 1 hers. She suddenly leaned against! him, bowing her head until It rested lightly upon his breast. And so they vThen the ferry system began to stood while another squall, with flying ' run, and the time between Oakland leaves and scattered drops of rain, and San Francisco was demonstrated rattled past With equal suddenness ' to be cut In half, the tide of Daylight's she lifted her head and looked at him. . terrific expenditure started to turn. "Do you know," she said, "I prayed Not that it really did turn, for he last night about you. I prayed that j promptly went into further Invest you would fall, that you would lose ments. Thousands of lots in his resi everything everything." j dence tracts were sold, and thousands Daylight stared his amazement at of homes was being built. Factory sites this cryptic utterance. also were selling, and business proper- "Thkt sure beats me. I always said ties In the heart of Oakland. All this I got out of my depth with women, j tended to a steady appreciation in the and you've got me out of my depth now. wen, you ve just got 10 exj plain, that's all." His arms went around her and held her closely, and this time she did not resist Her head was bowed, and he could not see her face, yet he had a Things naa come to sucn a pass inai she was bound to tell him something: knowledge that It was a stable enter now. Of that he was confident j prise rather than a risky placer-min- "I would dearly like to marry you, . Ing boom, she faltered, "but I am afraid. I am Work on Daylight's dock system proud and humble at the same time; ,. ,ii r ' " "" me. But you nave too much money. There's where my abominable com-' be accomplished va quickly as a ferry mon sense steps in. Even if we did system. Not c r.-nt with manu marry, you could never be my man I facturlng electrici or nl& street rail- my luver ana mj ausuauu. x uu 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, because I shall i 3 i a ji TT i 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 first went into the office. Yon were my hero. You were the Burning Daylight of the gold-diggings, the dar ing traveler and miner. 'And you looked It I don't see how any wom an could have looked at you without loving you then. But you don't look it now. You, a man of the open, have en cooping yourself up in the cities with all that that 'means. You are hecoming something different some- thing not so healthy, not so clean, not f yT ?aT f Hfe are doing It You know it You . , 1 havent th. same body w hai you : tmt cjuag m teas. it is sot haalthy To klsd gesfit with tre. I kao. tSd genial to ail ta M yC3 wer tfct, You b hemim 4rd crstl t Jo bet I caaaoi carry yen ac4 4e ttrc7 j3T Ton axe grolg lato ltu 1 Blt la tb esd dpe. Toa e?p j. Mom than yon a rCMi5ly lore n. do yon kr this icess gaa. TUt bnslsess aod ut perfectly unlets, to far as yon ccncne4 claims all of yon. 1 sometime think It wonld be eaiier to tLare you eqclubly with another V012xa than to share yon with this tujlcgs, X B!ght havs half cf yon. at m B3t Dnsines would ejda- hjllf yoQ dotenths cf yo njsttyH1iae hundredths. Ton vn,.- v,rv BOth!n- too tmt all vonve got into whatever yon are doing " "limit Is the tky." he granted grin affirmation. "But If yon wonld only play the lover-husband that way. And bow ! wont say another word, she added. Tve delivered a whole sermon." She rested now, frankly and fairly, In the shelter of his arms, and both were oblivious 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. 1 know I'm not tbe same man that came from Alaska. I couldn't hit tbe trail with the dogs as I did in them days. Vm soft In my muscles, and my mind's gone hard. I used to respect men. I despise them now. You see ? t rnt all ray life in the open, ar 5r I'm an open-air man. Why, I've got the prettiest little ranch you ever laid eyes on up in Glen Ellen. That's where I got stuck for the brick yard. Ynn Tmllf hnnrtHnir tht r nrrow rsrsrs- dence , on, ,aW Qn tfae rarcfc oce u and l SQ feU ,n ,oye .A n... Tun . 7 1 D0UgRl 11 inere ana then. I, just rode around the hills, d ... t f h . nappy as a Kid out 01 bchooi. I'd.be a better man living In the coun- fy ... , aen,, Trt ,,nT. try The clty doesn 1 make me tetter- You,re lumb f fa fa j fc . , . .... But BUPPSe y0Ur prayer ShoU'd be n " n broke and bave t0 work ,or days wa8es? SuP" , had notnlng left but that mtl8 r" . 7 . ranch, ana was satisned 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 era they began the descent of .w. w her once. But he was too perplexed with the new thoughts she had put into his head to take advantage of the situation. He merely caught her by the arm and helped her over the rougher footing. At the edge of the grove he suggested that it might be better for them to part there, but she inclctori frSnf ho onmnamr Vi or no far oa a . ... . ' , , , ,14 , HJ JUU D.UUW, lie BillU, IctHlUg lb . I uj auu laigQ, it, o iuc uupicai uaj ui v A 1 t V, V t rnv llfA Dede, Dede, we've just got to " . . . . . ... , oI, trust to luck for It s coming out all yjeh " thrcaten! t0 rlge her ag g ghook her &nd turn and went . 7 cf one wv,. chapter xvnr. 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 banks. The mag nificent profits he made on the land he sold were turned Into more land, into more development; and instead . Oakland:' but he did It with tha went on apace: yet It was one of I . ,ww:r"vm ; money! dreadfully and that could not ways in the oId-faLiure4 way. In pow-er-houses, Dayllgt? '.rB.nlzed the Sier ra and Salvador F vr Company. This immediately assumed large propor tions. Crossing 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 plied with power, also with light; and it became a street-and-house-lighting project 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 begun. And so it went There were a thousand maws into which he pour ed unceasing streams of 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 presents .j His a nt About Her and Held Her 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 h had heard about wss soon to sweep over the United States. How terrific this particular storm was to be he did not anticipate. Nevertheless, he took sjvsry precaution in his power and had no anxiety about his weather Ing It out. And in the end, when early summer was on, everything began to mend. Came a day when Daylight did tbe un precedented. He left the offlce an hour earlier than usual, and for the rr . t,at for jjje Crst tixQt sinco the panic there was net an item of work waiting to be done. He dropped Into Hegan's private office, before leaving, for a chat, and as he stood up to go, he said: "Hegan, we're all hunkadory. We're pulling out of the financial pawnshop in fine shape, and we'll get out with out leaving one unredeemed pledge behind. Tbe worst is over, and the end is in sight Just tight rein for a couple more weeks, just a bit of a pinch or a flurry or so now and then, and we can let go and spit on our hands." For once he varied his programme. Instead of going directly to his hotel, he started on a round of the bars and cafes, drinking a cocktail here and a cocktail there, and two or three when he encountered men he knew. It was after an hour or so of this tbat he dropped into the bar of the Parthenon for one last drink before going to din ner. By this time all his being was pleasantly warmed by the alcohol, and he was in the most genial and best of spirits. At the corner of the bar sev eval young men were up to the old trick of resting their elbows and at tempting to force each other's hands down. One broad-shouldered young giant never removed his elbow, but put down every hand that came against him. Daylight was Interested. "It's Slosson," the barkeeper told him, In answer to his query. "He's the heavy-hammer thrower at the U. "We're Pulling Out of the; Financial Pawnshop in Fine Shape." C. Broke all records this year, and the world's record on top of it He's a husky all right all right" Daylight nodded and went over to him, placing his own arm in opposi tion. "rd like to go you a flutter, son, on that proposition," he said. The young man laughed and locked hands with him; and to Daylight's as tonishment It was his own hand that was forced down on the bar. "Hold on," he muttered. "Just one more flutter. I reckon I wasn't just ready that time." Again the hands locked. It happen ed quickly. The offensive' attack of Daylight's muscles slipped instantly Into defence, and, resisting vainly, his hand was forced over and down. Day light was dazed. It had been no trick. The skill was equal, or. If anything, the superior skill had been his. Strength, sheer strength, had done It He called for the drinks, and, still dazed and pondering, held up his own arm and looked at it as at some new strange thing. He did not know this arm. It certainly was not the arm he had carried around with him all the years. The old arm? Why, It would have been play to tarn down that young husky's. But this arm he con tinued to look at it with such dubious perplexity as to bring a roar of laugh ter from the young men. fhis laughter aroused him. . He joined in it at first and then his faco slowly grew grave. He leaned to ward thjb hammer-thrower. skrV ct said, Isi t wsa. secret Get cat ox here t4 eriskscg oefcre yen beg! a. The yo-jcg fellow cashed hat Daylight held steadily ctv. Toa Ultra to yocr li3. 44 him say a few. Fta a youzc self, only I alat t-ei ts tr. several years sgo for ne to Ur hand down wonld have 1:1 mltting assault and hatlfry c- & dergarten." Slosson looked his tacredality. the others grinned and c't around Daylight sjacouragtstly -Son. 1 alat gtvea to rr!;:. This is the Crst Use I ever ec4 the penitent form, and you pv. a there yourself hard. Ia ss a ft ta my time, and I aiat fU4i-;, w as you can ootice It Bat lt tz yon right cow that Tm worth tu tt alone knows how many miliioct. t that rd sure give It all. right tr c the bar, to turn down your Which means rd give the wfcoi ing match just to be back whr l u before I ja!i sleeping tinder tb iti and come Into the ben-cocr cf c.: to drink cocktails and lift up cy r and ride. Son. that's wbat's th cutte with me, and that's the war I about iL The game ain't worth :U candle. You Juit take care of ycx. self, and roll my advlca over one is 4 while. Good night" He turned and lurched out o! tu place, the moral effect of bis u:t ance largely spoiled by the fact tUt he was so patently full while t tt tared it SUU la a date. Daylight made to tu hotel, accomplished his dinner, ui prepared for bed. "The damn4 young wb!ppnti per!" he muttered. "Put my hitl down easy as you pleae. My baa: He held up the offending meat and regarded it w!?h MurH vecier The hand that bad never btau lttf The hand that had made the Ore City giants wince! And a k!d 1k: college, ulih a bugh on b!s face, hxi put it down twice! Dede wa riictu He was not tbe same man. Tbe situs, lion would bear more srious loekltt Into than be had ever given it. Hut this was not the time. In the morn ing, after a good sleep, ho would gh it consideration. CHAPTER XIX, Daylight awoke with the famHUi parched mouth and lips and threat took a long drink of water frora th pitcher beside his bed, and gathered up the train of thought where he h.i4 left It the night before. He reviewed the easement of tbe financial strain. Things were mending at last While the going was still rough, tbe greatest dangers were already past His mind moved on to the Incident at the corner of the bar of the lar thenon, when the young athletetM turned his hand down. Ho was no longer stunned by the event hut be was shocked and grieved, as only a strong man can be, at this passing of his strength. He had always looked upon this strength of his as perman ent and here, for years, it had bcn steadily oozing from him. As be bad diagnosed It he had come In from un- oer iue eiarr a roost in tne coops 01 cities. He had almost forgotten bow to walk. He had lifted up hU fet and been ridden around In automo biles, cabs and carriages, and electric cars. He had not exercised, and be had dry-rotted his muscles with alco hol. And was It worth it? What did all his money mean after all? Dede wss right It could buy him no more than one bed at a time, and at tbe same time it had made him the sbject est of slaves. It tied him fast. Which was better? he asked himself. All this was Dede's own thought It wss whst she had meant when she prayed he would go broke. He held up his offending right arm. It wasn't tbe same old arm. Of course she could not love that arm and that body as she had loved the strong, clean arm snd body of years before. He didn't like that arm and body himself. A young wbippersnspper bad been able to take liberties with It It had gone back on him. He sat up suddenly. No, he had gone back on it! Ke had gone back on himself. He bad gone back on Dede. She was right, a thou sand times right and she had sense enough to knov It sense enough to refuse to marry a money-slave with a whisky-rotted carcass. He got out of bed and looked at himself In the long mirror on the wardrobe door. He wasn't pretty. The old-time lean cheeks were gone. These were heavy, seeming to hang down by their own weight He looked for the lines of cruelty Dede had spoken of, and he found them, and he found tbe harshness In the eyes as well, the eyes that were muddy now after all tbe cocktails of the night before, and of the months snd years before. He looked at the clearly defined pouches that showed under his eyes, and they shocked him. He rolled up the sleeve of his pajamas. No wonder the hammer-thrower had put his hand down. Those weren't muscles. A rising tide cf fat had submerged them. He stripped off the pa Jama coat Again he was shocked, this time by the bulk of his body. It wasn't pretty. The lean stomach had become . a paunch. The rigid muscles of chest and shoul ders and abdomen had broken down into rolls of flesh. And this wss age. Then there drifted across the field of vision of his mind's eye the old man he had encountered at Glen Ellen, coming up the hillside through the fires of sunset' white-headed an4 white-bearded, eighty-four. In his hand the pall of foaming milk and In his face all the warm glow and content of the passing summer day, That had been age. "Yes slree, eighty-four, and spryer than most" he could bear the old man say. .. ; . - (TO BI3 CONTINUED.) 4
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