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re wster s I Millions ^SSSs^ B* GEORGE BARR MCCUTCHEON <fc Con;pany (RICHARD GREAVES) -ii CHAPTER XVII. BREWSTER was comparatif weD and strong when he I tamed to New York in Mg] His illness had interfered' tensively with his plan of campai and it was imperative that he red We his efforts, notwithstanding, manifest dismay bf his friends. ] first act was to call upon Grant & I - ley, from whom he hoped to lei ?what Swearengen Jones thought of methods." The lawyers had heard * complaint from Montana and advt him to continue as he had began, soring him as far as they could ti Jones would not prove unreasonable An exchange of telegrams just bef his operation . had renewed Mont dread of bis eccentric mentor: New York, Jan. 6, ^0 Swearengen Jones, Butte, Mont.: ) How about having my life In sun Would it violate conditions? MONTGOMERY BREWSTEI To Montgomery Brewster, New York: Seems to me your life would become asset in that case. Can you dispose oi before Sept 23? , - JONES *?o Swearengen Jones, Butte, Mont.: , On the contrary, I think life will be debt by that tizne. MONTGOMERY BREWSTEB To Montgomery Brewster, New York: If you feel that way about it, I adv you to^b?tee out a. $500_pol?cy. JONES To Swearengen Jones, Bnttfc Mont.: Do you think that amouqjr would co\ funeral expenses? MONTGOMERY BREWSTER To Montgomery Brewster, New York: You won't be caring about expenses if matea to that % JONES. ' The invitations* for the second bi had been out for some time, and ti preparations were nearly comple .when Brewster arrived upon the see] of festivity. It did not surprise hi that several old time friends shou hunt him up and protest vigorous against the course he was pursuin nor did it surprise him "when he four .that his presence was not as essentL to the success of some other affair as had once been. He was not greeted f cordially as before, and he grimly wo: dered how many of his friends won! stand true to the end. The uncertah tyjnade him turn more and more ofte to the unquestioned loyalty of Pegg Gjsiy, and her little library saw hi] more frequently than for months. Much as he had dreaded the pretei tious and resplendent ball, it was ?si ful to him in one way at least Th "profit" side of his ledger account wa enlarged, and in that there was rooi for secret, satisfaction. The Viennes - ' ' orchestra straggled into New Yori headed by Elon Gardner, a physics : wreck, in time to make a harmoniou farewell appearance behind Brewster' palms, which caused his guests to won der why the American public coul< not appreciate the real thing. A care fol summing up of the expenses an< receipts proved that the tour had bee: a bonanza for Brewster. The net los: fer was a trine more than $56,000. Whei > -this story became known about towi . ?;v everybody laughed pityingly, and poo: Gardner was almost in tears when h< i tried to explain the disaster to the mai who lost the money. But Monty's sense of humor, singularly epough, die not desert him on this trying occa Sion. Aesthetically the ball proved to bi the falk of more than one season. Pet tingill had justified his desire for au V' thority and made a name which would last. He had taken matters into his own hands while Brewster was in Florida and 'changed the period from the Spain of Velasquez to France and Louis Quinze. After the cards were out he remembered, to his consterna? tion. t::a: the favors purchased for the Spanish ball would be entirely inap prorria^ for the French one. He wir? ed Brewster at once of this misfortune and was astonished at the nonchalance of his reply. "But, then. Monty always was a good sort." he thought, with a glow of affection. The new plan was more costly than the old, for it was no simple matter to build a Versailles suit at Sherry's. Pettingiii was no imitator, but he created an effect which was superbly in keeping with the period he had chosen. Against it the rich costumes, with their accompaniment of wigs and powdered hair, shone out resplendent. With great difficulty the artist had se? cured for Monty a costume iu white satin and gold brocade which might once have adorned the person of Louis himself, lt made him feel like a popin? jay, and it was with infinite relief that he took ft off an hour or so after dawn. Ile knew that things had gone well, that even Mrs. Dan was satis? fied, but the whole affair made him heartsick. Behind the compliments lavished upon him he de?c-eted a note of Irony v, jicu reverie^ ^?~T?"?gnt?r that went on behind his back. He had not realized how much it would hurt. "For 2 cents," he thought, "I'd give up the game and be satisfied with what's left" But he re?ected that such a course would offer no chance to redeem himself. Once again he took up the challenge and determined to win out." 'Then," he thought exultant? ly, "111 make them feel this a bit." Ho longed for the time when he could take his few friends with him and sail away to the Mediterranean to escape th ' '. :?gues . Z Nerr York. ?mpa?< . O ' . arg rd Harrison to complete th-.- arrangements so thai soifs "face was not untroubled ~wheh he made his report AU the prelimi? nary details had been perfected. He had taken the Flitter for four months, and it was being overhauled and put into condition for the voyage. It had been Brown's special pride, but at his death it went to heirs who were ready and eager to rent it to the highest bidder. It would not have been easy to find a handsomer yacht in New York waters. A picked crew of fifty men were under command of Captain Abner Perry. The steward was a famous manager and could be relied upon to stock the larder in princely fashion. The boat would be in readiness to sail by the 10th of April. "I think you are'going in too heavily, Monty," protested Harrison, twisting his fingers nervously. "I can't for my life figure how you can get out for less than a fortune if we do everything you have in mind. Wouldn't it be better to pull up a bit? This looks like sheer madness. You won't have a dollar, Monty-honestly you won't." "It's not in me to save money, Nop per, but if you can pull out a few dol? lars for yourself I shall not object" I "You told me that once before, Mon j ty," said Harrison as he walked to the j window. When he resolutely turned back again to Brewster his face was white, but there was a look of deter? mination around the mouth. "Monty, I've got to give up this job," he said huskily. Brewster looked up quickly. "What do you mean, Nopperr* "I'v? got to leave, that's all," said Harrison, standing stiff and straight and looking over Brewster's head. "Good Lord* Nopper, I can't have that You must not desert the ship. Whafs tiie matter, old chap? You're as white as a ghost What is lt?" Mon? ty was standing now, and his hands were ctr Harrison's shoulders, hut be? fore the intensity of his look his friend's eyes fell helplessly. *The truth is, Monty, I've taken some of your money, and Tye lost it That's the reason I-I can't stay on. I have betrayed your confidence." 'Tell me about it," and Monty was perhaps more uncomfortable than his friend. "I don't understand." "You believed too much in me, Mon? ty. You see, I thought I was doing you a favor. You were spending so much and getting nothing in return, and' I thought I saw a chance to help you out It went wrong, that's all, and before I could let go of the stock $60,000 of your It made him feel like a popinjay. money had gone. I can't. replace it yet. But God knows I didn't mean to steal." "It's all right Nopper. I see that you thought you. were helping me. The money's gone, and that ends it. Don't take it so hard, old boy." *I knew you'd act this way, but it doesn't help matters. Some day I may be able to pay back the money I took, and I'm going to work until I do." Brewster protested that he had no use tor The money and begged him to retain the position of trust he had held. But Harrison had too much self re? spect to care to be confronted daily with the man he had wronged. Gradu? ally Monty realized that Nopper was pursuing the most manly course open to him and gave up the effort to dis? suade him. He insisted upon leaving New York, as there was no opportu? nity to redeem himself in the metropo? lis. "I've made up my mind. Monty, to go out west-up in the mountains, perhaps. There's no telling, I. may stumble on a gold mine up there-and-well, that seems to be the only chance I have to restore what I have taken from you." "By Jove, Nopper, I have it!" cried Monty. "If you must go, I'll stake you in the hunt for gold." In the end Nopper consented to foi low Brewster's advice, and it was agreed that they should share equally all that resulted from his prospecting j tour. Brewster "grub staked" him for a year, and before the end of the week ! a new tenderfoot was on his way to j tiie Rocky mountains. CHAPTER XVIII. GARRISON'S departure left Brew * - :.. e-H^>?+c: it forced jj nu? to Si tti( cl; * G ZO thc a- - <*. acrmeui of his own af was not the "kind of work he caree encourage. The private accounts had kept revealed some appalling fi when he went over them carefully morning at 4 o'clock after an all ni session with the ledger. With infii pains he had managed to rise to so] thing over $450,000 in six months. ] to his original million it had been r essary to add $5S,550 which he 1 realized from Lumber and Fuel i some of his other "unfortunate" erations. At least $40,000 would co to him ultimately through the sale furniture and other belongings, i then there would be something 1 $20,000 interest to consider. But luck had aided him in getting of his money. The bank failure 1 cost him $113,468.25, and Nopper H rison had helped him to the extent $60,000. The reckless but detennii effort to give a ball had cost $30,0 What he had lost during his illness I been pretty well offset by the unluc concert tour. The Florida trip, inch lng medical attention, the cottage a living expenses, had entailed the ? penditure of $18,500, and his princ< dinners and theater parties had fool up $31,000. Taking all the facts ii consideration, he felt that he had dc rather well as far as he had gone, t the hardest part of the undertaki was yet to come. He was still in pi session' of an enormous sum whi must disappear before Sept. 23. Abc $40,000 had already been expended the yachting project. He determined to begin at once a s: tematic campaign of extinction. It h been his intention before sailing to d pose of many household articles eith by sale or gift. As he did not expect return to New York before the latt part of August this would minimize t struggles of the last month. But t prospective "profit" to be acquir from keeping his apartment open w not to be overlooked. He could easi count upon a generous sum for salari and running expenses. Once on the ot er side of the Atlantic he hoped th new opportunities for extravagan would present themselves, and he fa cie? ne coula leave tue final settleme: of his affairs for the last month. ? the day for sailing approached tl world again seemed bright to this mo mercenary of spendthrifts. A farewell consultation with his a torneys/ proved encouraging, for them his chances to win the extrao dinary contest seemed of the best E was in high spirits as he left thei exhilarated by the sensation that tl world lay before him. In the elev; tor he encountered Colonel Prenti Drew. On both sides the meeting W? not without its difficulties. The colon? had been dazed by the inexplicafr situation between Monty and h daughter, whose involutions he foun hard to understand. Her summary c the effort she had made to effect reconciliation after hearing the stor of the bank was rather vague. Sn had done her utmost^ she said, to b nice to him and make him feel tba she appreciated his generosity, but h took it in the most disagreeable fast ion. Colonel Drew knew that thing were somehow wrong, but he was to strongly an American father to ir terfere in a matter of the affection? It distressed him, for he had a likin; for Monty, and Barbara's "societ; judgments," as he called them, had n weight with him. When he found him self confronted with Brewster in th elevator the old warmth revived an< the old hope that the quarrel m i gb. have an end. His greeting was cheery ^ou "have not forgotten, "BrewsterT he said as they shook hands, "tba you have a dollar or two with us?" "No," said Monty; "not exactly. Anc I shall be calling upon you for some o: it very soon. I'm off on Thursday fo] a cruise in the Mediterranean." "I've heard something of it." The\ had reached the main floor, and Colone Drew had drawn his companion om of the crowd into the rotunda. "Th* money is at your disposal at any mo ment But aren't you setting a pretty lively pace, my boy? You know I've always liked you, and I knew your grandfather rather well. He was a good old chap, Monty, and be would hate to see you make ducks and drakes of his fortune." There was something in the colonel's manner that softened Brewster, much as he hated to take a reproof from Bar? bara's father. Once again he was tempted to tell the truth, but he pulled himself up in time. "It's a funny old world, colonel," he said, "and some? times one's nearest friend is a stranger. I know I seem a fool; but, after all, why isn't it good philosophy to make tiie most of a holiday and then settle back to work?" "That is all very well, Monty"-and Colonel Drew was ^entirely serious "but the work is a hundred times hard? er after you have played to the limit. You'll find that you .are way beyond it. It's no joke getting back into the har? ness." "Perhaps you are right, colonel, but at least I shall have something to look back upon even if the worst comes." And Monty instinctively straightened his shoulders. They turned to leave the building, and the colonel had a moment of weak? ness. "Do you know. Monty." he said, "my daughter is awfully cut up about this business. She is plucky and tries not to show it, but, after ali, a girl doesn't get over that sort of thing all in a mo? ment. I am not saying"-it seemed nec? essary to recede a step-"that it would be an easy matter to patch up. But I like you, Monty, and if any man could ? do it you can." "Colonel, I wish I might." And Brew? ster found that he did not hesitate. I "For your sake I very much wish the ; situation were as simple as it seems. j But there are some things a man can't forget, and-well, 3arbara h.-is shown in a dozen ways that she has no faith in me." "Well, I've got faith in you, and a lot of it. Take care of yourself, and when , rOO?J v '."'* steamed off down the "bay, and the flight of the prodigal grandson was on. No swifter, cleaner, handsomer boat ever sailed out of the harbor of New York, and it was a merry crowd that she carried out to sea. Brewster's guests numbered twenty-five, and they brought with them a liberal supply of maids, valets and luggage. It was not until many weeks later that he read the vivid descriptions of the weighing of the anchor which were printed in the New York papers, but by that time he was impervious to their ridicule. On deck, watching the rugged sil? houette of the city disappear into the mists, were Dan DeMille and Mrs. Dan, Peggy Gray, Rip Van Winkle, Reginald Vanderpool, Joe Bragdon, Dr. Lotless and his sister Isabel, Mr. and Mrs. Valentine-the official chap? eron-and their daughter Mary, Sub? way Smith, Paul Pettingiii and some others hardly less distinguished. As j Monty looked over the eager crowd he recognized with a peculiar glow that here were represented his best and tru? est friendships. The loyalty of these companions had been tested, and he knew that they would stand by him through everything. There was no little surprise when it was learned that Dan DeMille was really to sail. Many of the idle voy? agers ventured the opinion that he would try to desert the boat in mid ocean if he saw a chance to get back to his club on a westbound steamer. But DeMille, big, indolent and indiffer? ent, smiled carelessly and hoped he wouldn't bother anybody if he "stuck to the ship" until the end. For a time the sea and the sky and the talk of the crowd were enough for the joy of living. But after a few peaceful days there was a lull, and it was then that Monty gained the nick? name of Aladdin, which clung to him. From somewhere, from the hold or the rigging or from under the sea, he brought forth four darkies from the south who strummed banjos ana sang ragtime melodies. More than once dur? ing the voyage they were useful. j _..L*Peggx," ..said_Brewster one _day wnen the sky "was l^r?culariy~cleur md things were quiet on deck, "on the whole I prefer this to crossing the ? North river on a ferry. I rather like it, don't you?" "It seems like a dream," she cried, her eyes bright, her hair blowing in the wind. "And, Peggy, do you know what I tucked away in a chest down in my Four darkies who strummed banjos and sang-ragtime melodies. cabin? A lot of books that you like some from the old garret. I've saved Vhem to read on rainy days." Peggy did not speak, but the blood began to creep into her face, and she looked wistfully across the wuter. Then she smiled. "I didn't know you could save any? thing," she said weakly. . "Come now, Pegg;/: that is too much." "I didn't mean to hurt you. But you must not forget, Monty, that there are other years to follow this one. Do you know what I mean?" 'Teggy, dear, please don't lecture me," he begged so piteously that she could not be serious. "The class is dismissed for today. Monty," she said airily. "But the pro? fessor knows his duty and won't let you off so easily next time." CHAPTER XIX. JR T Gibraltar Monty r-ras handed / V an ominous looking cable I \ gram, which he opened trem .A blingly: To Montgomery Brewster, Private Yacht Flitter, Gibraltar: There is an agitation to declare for free silver. You may have twice as much to spend. Hooray! JONES. To which Monty responded: Defeat the measure at any cost. The more the merrier and charge it to me. BREWSTER. P. S.-Please send many cables and mark them collect. The Riviera season was fast closing, and the possibilities suggested by Monte Carlo were too alluring to the host to admit of a long siop at Gi? braltar. But the DeMilles had letters to one of the officers of the garrison, and Brewster could not overlook the opportunity to give an elaborate din? ner. The success of the affair may best be judged by the fact that the Flitter's larder required an entirely new stock the next day. The officers and ladies of the garrison were asked, ? and Monty would have entertained the entire regiment with beer and sand? wiches if his friends had not inter? fered. "It might cement the Anglo-Amer? ican alliance," argued Gardner, "but j your pocketbook needs cementing a bil more." Vet the pocketbook was very wide , open, and Gardner's only consolation j lav in a tall English girl whom he took 1 out to dinner. For the others there were many compensations, as the af? fair was brilliant and the new element in making the "trip across the bay of Lyons. She was heading for Nice when an incident occurred that created the first real excitement experienced on the voyage. A group of passengers in the main saloon was discussing more or less stealthily Monty's "misdemean? ors" when Reggy Vanderpool saunter? ed lazily in, his face displaying the only sign of interest it had shown in days. "Funny predicament I was just in," I he drawled. "I want to ask what a fellow should have done under the cir? cumstances." "I'd have refused the girl," observed Rip Van Winkle laconically. ""Girlliad n?rhmg^o^?~wim it, old chap," went on Reggy, dropping into a chair. "Fellow fell overboard a lit? tle while ago," he went on calmly. There was a chorus of cries, and j Brewster was forgotten for a time, j "One of the sailors, you know. He was j doing something in the rigging near where I was standing. Puff, off he went into the sea, and there he was j puttering around in the water." j "Oh, the poor fellow!" cried Miss Valentine. j "I'd never set eyes on him before [ perfect stranger. I wouldn't have hes? itated a minute, but the deck was crowded with a lot of his friends. One chap was his bunkie. So, really now, k wasn't my place to jump in after him. He could swim a bit, and I yell? ed to him to hold up and I'd tell the captain. Confounded captain wasn't to be found, though. Somebody said he was asleep. In the end I told the mate. By this time we were a mile away from the place where he went overboard, and I told the mate I didn't think we could find him if we went back. But he lowered some boats, and they put back fast. Afterward ? got to thinking about the matter. Of course if I had known him-if he had been one of you-it would have been different" "And you were the best swimmer in college, you miserable rat!" exploded Dr. Lotless. There was a wild rush for the upper deck, and Vanderpool was not the hero bf the hour. The Flitter had turned and was steaming back over her course. Two small boats were racing to the place where Reggy's un? known had gone over. "Where is Brewster?" shouted Joe Bragdon. "I can't find him, sir," answered the first mate. "He ought to know of this," cried Mr. Valentine. "There! They are picking some? body up over yonder,-" exclaimed the mate. "See! That first boat has laid to and they are dragging. Yes, sir, he's saved!" A cheer went up on board and the men in the small boats waved their caps in response. Everybody rushed to the rail as the Flitter drew up to the boats, and there was intense ex? citement on board. A gasp of amaze? ment went up from every one. Monty Brewster, drenched, but smiling, sat in one of the boats, and leaning limply against him, his head on his chest, was the sailor who had fallen overboard. Brewster had seen the man in the w^cer and, instead of wondering what his antecedents were, leaped to his assistance. When the boat reached him his unconscious bur? den was a dead weight and his own strength was almost gone. Another minute or two and both would have gone to the _bottpm. . * ?"As they ?a?Ie?"3lonty over the side he shivered for an instant grasped the first little hand that sought his so frantically and then turned to look upon the half dead sailor. "Find out that boy's name, Mr. Abertz, and see that he has the best of care. Just before he fainted out there he murmured something about his motlier. He wasn't thinking of himself even then, you see. And, Bragdon"-this in a lower voice-"will you see that his wages are proper-/ increased? Hello, Peggy! Loo! out you'll get wet to the skin if you do that" If Brewster had had any "misgivings about his ability to dispose of the bal? ance, of his fortune they were dispelled very soon after his party landed in the Riviera. On the pretext that the yacht required a thorough "house cleaning" Brewster transferred his guests to the hotel of a fascinating j village which was near the sea and yet quite out of the world. The place was nearly empty at the time, and the proprietor wept tears of joy when Monty engaged for his party the en? tire first floor of the house, with bal? conies overlooking the blue Mediter? ranean and a separate dining room and salon. Extra servants were sum? moned, and the Brewster livery was soon a familiar sight about the village. The protests of reggy and the others were only silenced when Monty threat? ened to rent a. villa and go to house? keeping. The town quickly took on the ap? pearance of entertaining a royal vis? itor, and a number of shops were kept open longer than usual in the hope that their owners might catch some of the American's money. One morning Phi? lippe, the hotel proprietor, was trying to impress Brewster with a gesticula tory description of the glories of the bataille de fleurs. It seemed quite impossible to express the extent of his regret that the party had not arrived in time io see it. "This is quite another place at that time," he said ecstatically. "It is mag nificent! It is superb! If monsieur had only seen it!" "Why not have another all to our? selves:" asked Monty. But the sugges? tion was not taken seriously. [TO BE CONTINUED.] Mean Thin sr. "No," said Miss Passay, "I don't like the photos Kamrer made for me. They make me look like a woman of forty." j "Well," replied Miss Pepprey, "you Advertising a Bank. It is customary to find the adver? tisements of those dignified financial institutions, the banks confined .ton cn inch or so of space in the finan? cial columns of the daily papers. Five .times a year, however, the national banks increased their space to a quarter of a page to print the sworn statement of their condition furnished the comptroller of the currency, but no one considers these advertisements. Therefore, when a bank comes out with a full page advertisement, using the blackest of black-face type, and many half-tone illustrations, it attracts ateention and creates talk; especially when the space is used to announce the free distribution of its money. That' is what the Peoples' Savings Bank of Washington, D. C., did and now the more conservative savings in? stitutions are wondering whether or not it pays to depart from the beaten path of their forefathers. The origi? nators of the new method say "Yes," and they claim to have secured more new accounts in a few weeks than could have been obtained by years of ol', style advertising. The following is a copy of part of the advertisement that startled the banking circle of Washington and set fathers and mothers to thinking about the future of their little ones: $500 FOR THE BABIES. We are starting 1,000 depos. s for 1,000 children under 12 years"c .' ; Z ? We would be glad to start one tu: YOUR BABY. Cut out the coupon below and send or bring it to the bank and we will start the account with a deposit of 50 cents as a present from us, you add $4.50, making $5.00 to the little one's credit, which immediately begins earning 3 per cent, interest. You can then add to the deposit from time to time as your circumstances will per? mit. We should be glad to furnish the foundation for YOUR BABIES' FUTURE HAPPI? NESS AND PROSPERITY. DO NOT HESITATE, let us start the deposit now. Should it not suit you to add $4.50 to the account now, you can start the account with $1.00, and as soon as it amounts to $4.50 we will then add the 50 cents. 1 $1.00 per week deposited in this bank will amount, with interest in ten (10) years to $721.91; in 15 years to $1,118.16; in 20 years to $1,577.96. Other amounts in like proportion. THE CHILD who has money de? posited in a saving bank can afford to hold its head a little higher than the one who has none, because it has something to fall back on if reverses come; something to complete its edu? cation; something' to go into business wi:h. A Savings Bank account is gained at slight cost and it never comes amiss." In the advertaising campaign, the People's Bank did not confine itself entirely to newspapers, but adopted a method not altogether new but proba? bly never before used in this connec? tion. Having access to the records of the health department it was easy to secure the addresses of all families in which births occurred. To these were sent typewritten letters which began wi:h pleasing congratulations and ended with.the bank's announcement. The entire compaign, it is claimed, was wonderfully successful, and it is very probable that this method can be adopted v.-ith equal success by other Mnks making a specialty of savings accounts.-B. R. Teston in Brains. 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