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Brew: | i Mill II ft Cmipmj (R II V Brewster glowered at her, thinking c that he had misunderstood. "What do j yon mean?'!, he said. "He has told me all about that n wretched bank business. But poor y "If it had not been for him toe might . have been ruined." * father thought you quite disinterested. x Ilf \id not see the little game behind ^ , your melodrama. He would have torn j JK up your chock on the Instant if he had * suspected you were trying to buy his t f daughter." _ "Does your father believe that?" asked Brewster. "No, but I see It all now. His per- . slstencc and yours?you were not slow . to grasp the opportunity he offered." "8top, Miss Drew." Monty com- 1 mnnded. His voice had changed, and ? she liad never before seen that look In his eyes. "You need have no fear that " 1 will trouble you ngnln." n CHAPTER XV. J A TYPOGRAPHICAL error In one of the pniiers caused no end of p amusement to every one except T k Monty and Miss Drew. The 0 * headlines had announced, "Magnificent p Ball to Be dlcau Mlaa I)row by M*r ? Finance," and the Little Sons of the a Rich wondered why Monty did not see t the humor of It.- t "lie has too bad an attack to see any- d thing but the lady." said Harrison one 0 evening when the Sons were gathered fc for an old time supper party. ii "It's alway* the way," commented j] the philosophical Brngdon. "When you ft lose your- heart your sense of humor 0 goes too. Eugaged couples couldn't do t such ridiculous stunts If they had the t leust iiartlcle of It left." r "Well, If Monty Brewster Is still In c love with Miss Drew he takes n mighty I poor way of showing It." Subway | Smith's remark fell like a bombshell. The thought had come to every one. r but no one had beeu given the courage e to utter It. For them Brewster's si- j lence on the subject since the PeMille j dinner seemed to have something om- ? (noils 1 wliim I It < "It's jtrolmbly only a lovers' qnar- fa rel," suld Itragdon. But further com- n ineut was cut short hy the entrance of Monty himself, and they took tlieir I places at tuhle. t Before the evening came to an end they were lu possession of many aston- g isblng details in connection with the v coming hull. Monty did not say that It fa was to be given for Miss Drew, and c her name was conspicuously absent v from his descriptions. As he unfolded e his plans even the Little Sons, who c were imaginative hy instinct and reck- f less on principle, could not he quite fa acquiescent. r Nopper Harrison solemnly expressed,the opinion that the hall would cost ' 8 Brewster at least $125,000. The Little I 8 Sons looked at one another In con- i j steruation, while Brewster's Indifference expressed Itself lu an untlatter- t Ing comment upon his friend's vulgar- t Ity. "Good Lord, Nopper," he ndded, c "you would speculate about the price ? of gloves for your wedding!" t . Harrison resented the taunt. "It j I would be much less vulgar to do that, Monty, saving your presence, than to t force your millions down every one's throat." j "Well, they swallow them, I've no- j i IPfwl ** vnt<\i*t<w1 Itr/tn-u^nr "ao fhAticrh i tliey were chocolates." Pottlnglll Interrupted grandiloquently. "My friends and gentlemen!" "Which Is which?" nuked Van Winkle casually. But the artist was in the saddle. "Permit nie to present you to the boy Croesus?the only one extant. His marhies arc plunks, and his kites arc made ' of fifty dollar notes. He feeds upon coupons a la Newburg, and his champagne Is liquid golden eagles. Jx>ok at him, gentlemen, while you can and watch him while he spends $13,000 for flowers!" "With a Viennese orchestra for twenty-ulne thousand!" added Bragdon. "And yet they maintain that silence Is ( golden." "And three singers to dlrlde twelve thousand among themselves! That's absolutely criminal!" cried Van Winkle. "Over in Germany they'd sing a month for half that amount." "Six hundred guests to. feed?tptfl II ster's ' ions i SE BARR MTUTCHEON ICHAR.D GREAVES) ? & ost of not less than f40,000," groaned topper dolefully. "And there aren't 000 In town," laaented Snbwny Bmltli. "All tlint glory pasted on 200 rank outsiders." "You men are borrowing a lot of trou>le," yawned Brewster, with n gallaut ffort to seem bored. "All I ask of you i to come to the party and put up a t?od Imitation of having the time of our life. Between you and tue, I'd ather be ctaught drinking Ice caeam so a than giving this thing. But"? "That's what we want to know?but rhat?" and Subway leaned forward agerly. "But," continued Monty, "I am in for t now, and It Is gotug to lie a ball that ? a ball." Nevertheless the optimistic Brewster ould not And the courage to tell Pegy of these picturesque extravagances, 'o satisfy her curiosity he blandly in oruieu ucr that lie was getting off auch more cheaply thnn he had expectd. He laughingly denounced as untrue lie stories that had come to her from utslde sources, and before his conluclng assertions thnt reports were rlIculously exaggerated the troubled exresslon In the girl's eyes disappeared. "I must seem u fool," groaned Mony as he left the house after one of heee explanatory trials, "but what rill she tbtuk of me toward the end of he year when I am really in harness?" {e found It hard to control the desire o be straight with Peggy and tell her be story of his mad raco in pursuit of overty. Preparations for the ball went on teadlly, and In a dull winter It had la color value for society. It was to >e a Spanish costume ball, and at nany tea tables the talk of It was a Vdsend. Sarcastic aa It frequently raa on the question of Monty's extravgance, was a splendor about the iladdln-like entertainment which bad charm. Beneath the outward dlsaprovnl there was a secret admiration f the superb nerve of the man. And here was little reluctance to help him a the wild career he had choseu. It ras so easy to go with him to the edge f the precipice and le* him take the lunge alone. Only the echo of the m rearctaet* BrmrSTeT, TOf he had Uenced Harrison with work and PetIngtll with opportunities. It troubled ilm little, as he was engaged In jotting own Hems that swelled the profit side f his ledgtfy account enormously. The tall was bound to give him a good lead a tho race once more despite ^lio >eavy handicap the Stock Exchange tad imposed. The Little Sons took iff their coats and helped Fettlnirlll in he work of preparation. He found hem quite superfluous, for their kleas iever agreed, and each ma.? had a way f preferring his own suggestion. To Irewster's chagrin, they were united n the effort to eurb his extravagance. "He'll be giving Automobiles and opes of pearls for favors If we don't itop him," said Subway Smith after donty had ordered a vintage chnm>agne to be served during the entire evening. "Glvo them two glasses first, f you like, and then they won't mind f they have cider the rest of the dght." "Monty Is plain dotty," chimed In Iragdon, "and the pace is beginning to ell on him." As a matter of fact the pace was bellnuing to tell on Brewster. Work and vorry were plainly having uu effect on 1I3 health. His color was bad, his yes were losing their luster, uud there vus n llstlessness in his actions tliut iven determined effort could not con eal from bis friends. Little fits of ever annoved him ooMmlonnllv mwl ie admitted that he did not feel quite Igtit. "Something is wrong somewhere," he iaid ruefully, "and my whole system cems ready to atop work through sym>athy." Suddenly there was a mighty cheek o the preparations. Two da^s before he date set for the bull everything :?me to a standstill and the munagers lank back hi perplexity and consternnlon. Monty Brewster was critically II. Appendicitis, the doctors cabled it, iml an operation was imperative. "Thank heaven It's fashionable," aughed Monty, who showed no fear of the prospect. "How ridiculous If It iad been the mumps or If the newspapers had said, 'On account of the ivhooplng cough Mr. Brewster did not ittend his ball!'" "You don't mean to say?the ball is iff, of course." And Harrison was realy alarmed. "Not a bit of It, Nopper," said Monty. Tfs what I've been wanting all nionsr. rou chaps do the handshaking and 1 itay at home." There was an immediate council of ivar when this, piece of news was announced, and the Little Sons were innnimous in favor of recalling the inrltatlons and declaring the party off. it first Monty was obdurate, but when tome one suggested that he could give the ball later on, after he was well, he relented. The opportunity to double the cost by giving two parties was not to be Ignored. "Call it off, then, but say that It is >nly postponed." A great rushing to and fro resulted In the capceling^of (jentraqta, the re/ calling of invitations, the setUfement o accounts, with the moat loyal iCMt t? save as much as possible from tlx wreckage. Harrison and his assocf a tea, almost frantic with fear for Brow ster's life, managed to perform won ders in the few hours of grace. Qard ner, with rare foresight, saw that th< Viennese orchestra wouhl prove a <lea< loss, lie suggested the possibility o a concert tour through the country covering several weeks, and Monty, to< ill to care one way or the other, au thorlzed hltn to carry out the plan If I seemed feasible. To Monty, fearless and less disturb ed than any other member of his clr cle, appendicitis seemed as inevltabl< as vaccination. ''The appendix is becoiping an Im portnnt feature in the book of life," b< once told Peggy Gray. He refused to go to a hospital, bu pathetically begged to be taken to hit old rooms at Mrs. Gray's. With nil the unhappy loneliness of > sick boy he craved the care and com punioushlp of those who seemed a par of liis own. Dr. Lotlers had then transform a small bedchamber into i model operating room, and Monty tool no small satisfaction in the though that if he was to be denied the prlv ilege of spending money for severa weens ne would nt least make his ill ness ns oxpenslve as possible. A con sultntion of eminent surgeons was call e<l; but, true to his colors, Brewstei installed l>r. Lotless, a Little Sou, ai Ills house surgeon. Monty grimly bon the pain and suffering and subnrltte< to the operation which alone couk save his life. Then came the struggle then the promise of victory and thei tho quiet days of convalescence. Ii the little room where he had dreame< his boyish dreams and suffered his boy lsh sorrows he struggled ngalnst deatl and gradually emerged from the misti of lassitude. He found It harder thai he had thought to come back to life The burden of It all seemed heavy The trained nurses found that wim more powerful stimulant than the med iclne was needed to awaken his ambi tion, nnd they discovered It at last li Peggy. "Child," he snkl to her the first tlim she was permitted to see him, and hii eyes had lights In them, "do you know this isn't such a bad world after nil Sometimes as I've lain here It hai looked twisted and queer, but there an things that straighten It out. Today : feel ns though 1 had a place in 1t?ai though I could fight things and wit out. What do you think, Feggy? D< yon suppose there Is something that ] could do? You know what I meansomething that some one else wouk not do a thousand times better." Hut Peggy, to whom this chastened mood In Monty was infinitely pathetic would not let him talk. She soothe* him nnd cheered him and touched hii lwlw wlos sa . ^ left him to think nnd brood and dream It was many days before his turbu lent mind drifted to the subject o money, but suddenly he found hlmseli hoping that the surgeons would be gen erous with their charges. lie almos suffered a relapse when Lotless, vis ibly distressed, informed him that th< total amount would reach $3,000. "And what Is the additional cbarg* for the operation?" asked Monty, un willing to accept such unwnrrante* favors. "It's Included In the $3,000," sale Lotless. "They knew you were nr rnena, ana n was prorossionai an quette to help keep down expenses." For days Brewster remained at Mrs Gray's, happy in its restfulnesa, scren< under the charm of Peggy's presenc< awl satisfied to be hopelessly behind li his daily expense account. The inter est ^hown by the Inquiries at the hous< and the anxiety of his friends wen aoo'bing to the profligate. It gavt him back a little of his lost self re jspect. The doctors Anally decided tha he would best recuperate in Florldi and advised a month at least in.-tin "warmth. He leaped ut the proposl Hon, but took the law into his owi bands by ordering General Manage: Harrison to rent a place and Insisting that he needed the companionship 01 Foggy and Mrs. Gray. "How soon can I get back to work doctor?" demanded Monty the day be fore the special traiu was to carry kin south, lie was beginning to see tlx dark side of his enforced idleness. Ill: blood again was tingling with the de sire to be back in the harness of i spendthrift. "To work?" laughed the physician "And what is your occupation, pray?' "Making other people rich," respond ed Brewster soberly. "Well, aren't you satisfied with wha you have done for me? If you are a: charitable as thut you must be stll pretty sick. Be careful and you ma: be on your feet again in five or si: weeks." Harrison came in as Lotless left Peggy smiled st him from the window She had been reading aloud from i novel so garrulous that It fairly crle< aloud for Interruptions. "Now, Nopper, what became of thi ball I was going to give?" deruande< Monty, a troubled look In his eyes. "Why, we called It off," sold Nop per In surprise. "Don't you remember, Monty?" ask ed Peggy, looking up quickly and won dering if bis mind had gone tralllni off. "I know we didn't give It, of course but what aate aiu you mt upon. "We dldu't postpone it at all," auk Nopper. "How could we? We didn' know whether?I mean, It wouldn' have been quite right to do that sort o thing." "I understand. Well, what has b? come of the orchestra and the flower and all thatr "The orchestra Is gallivanting areum the country, quarreling with itself ant everybody else and driving poor Gard aer to the Insane asylum. The flower have, lost ^hejlr blooni# lou? a^t)."^ y "yrm, wrn gei togetncr, moppet*. - and try to bar* the ball at mid-Lent. ' I think rn bo woU by that tltao." Peggy looked app?llngly at Harrl" sou for guidance, but to him silence seemed the better part of valor, and he went off wondering If the Illness hnd j completely carried away Monty's reuf t>on. \ CHAPTER XVI. IT was the cottage of n New York millionaire which had fallen to Brewster. The owner had, for the time, preferred Italy to St. Augustine and left his estate, which was h well located and lnvlshly equipped, In the hands of his frumi* lease covered three months, at a fabu" loua rate per month. With Joe Brag? don lustslled as manager In chief, his t establishment was transferred bodily from New York, and the rooms were soon as comfortable ns their grandeur would permit. Brewster was uot allowed to take advantage of his horses . and the new automobile which preceded him from New York, but to bis guests they offered unlimited opportunities. * Nopper Harrison had remained in the nortb^to renew arrangements for tho j now hated ball and to look after tho advance details of ths yacht cruise. Dr. Lotless and his sister, with Subway Smith aud the Grays, made up Brewster's party. Lotless dampened Monty's spirits by relentlessly putting s him on rigid diet, with most dtscourag| tng restrictions upon his conduct. The j period of convalescence was to bo an exceedingly trying one for the invalid. ' At first he was kept Indoors, and the hours were wlilled away by playing cards, but Monty considered bridge the pons aslnorum and preferred to play piquet with I'eggy. It was one of these games that the girl Interrupted with a question that had troubled her for many days. "Monty," she said, and she found it much more difficult ' than when she liad rehearsed the scene in the silence of her walks, "I've heard n rumor that Miss Drew and her mother have taken rooms at the hotel. Wouldn't It be pleasanter to have tbem here?" B ? , . - - - # a uenvy gioom settled upon Brewster's face, and tho girl's heart dropped ' like lead. She had puzzled t *er the j estrangement and wondered If \>y any 8 effort of her onu things could be set { right. At times she had had fishing hopes that It did not mean as, auch to ' Monty as she had thought, but down } underneath, the fear that he was un( happy seemed tho only certain thing hx life. Si:* felt that alio must make j sure. And together with the vory human desire to know the worst was the puritanical Impulse to bring It about. "You forget that this la the last place | they would care to Invade." And In f Brewster's faee Peggy seemed, to read k that for her martyrdom was tho only wear. ?tj^ mfo po. "Monty, I forget nothing that I real1 y know. But this Is a case In which . you are quite wrong. Where Is your sporting blood? You have never fought ' a losing fight before, and you can't do It now. You have lost your nerve, Monty. Don't you see that this Is the 8 time for an aggressive campaign?" Somehow she was not saying things at 8 all as she had planned to say them, j and his gloom weighed heavily upon her. "You don't mind, do you, Monty," alio flHiltvl mnro gnftlr "?hla ?Ar? thing from me? I know I ought not to 7 Interfere, but I've known you bo long, and I hate to see things twisted by a very Itttlo mistake." Rut Monty did mind enormously. He 8 had no desire to talk about tho thing 8 anyway, and Peggy's anxiety to marry 1 him off seemed a bit unnecessary. Manifestly her own interest In him was of 8 the coldest. From out of the gloom he ' looked at her somewhat sullenly. For 5 the moment she was thinking only of ' his pain, and her face said nothlug. "Peggy," he exclaimed finally, re1 tenting the necessity of answering her, "you dou't In the least know what you are talking ubout. It is not a tit of an1 ger on Barbara Drew's part. It Is u serious conviction." * "A conviction which can be changed," the girl broke in. "Not at all." Brewster took It up. ' "She has no faith in me. She thinks I'm an ass." 1 "Perhaps she's rigid," she exclaimed, 8 a littie hot. "Perhaps you liavo never 1 discovered that girls say many things " to hide their emotions. Perhaps you don't reallxe what feverish, exclamatory, fooliHh things girls are. They don't know bow to be honest with the men they love, and they wouldn't If they did. You arc little short of an idiot, Monty Brewster, If you believed the things she said rather than the things she looked." And Peggy, fiery and determined and defiantly unhappy, threw down her curds and escaped so that she might not prove herself fearfully (rmlnlne. She left Brewster still heavily enveloped lu melancholy, but she left him puzsled. He began to wonder If Barbara Drew did have somethlug In the back of her mind. Then he found his thoughts wandering off toward Peggy aud her defiance. Ho had only twice before seen her In that mood, and he liked It. He remembered how she had lost her temper once when she was fifteen and hated a girl he admired.' Suddenly he laughed aloud at the thought of the fierce little picture she had made, and the gloom which had been so sedulously cultivated was dlsalpated in a moment. Tho laugh surprised the man who brought in some letters. One of ; them was front Nopper Harrison and gave him all the private news. The ball was to be given at mid-Dent, which arrived toward the end of March, and negotiations were well under way for the chartering of the Flitter, the steam yacht belonging to Reginald Brown, late of Brown & Brown. ' The letter made Brewster chafe under the bonds of Inaction. His affairs were getting Into a discouraging state. uiuttfs jftuvwrWa tq eidiiJi % hm | HAIR DE-NT 2 Crown, Bridg jwork anc 5 Office over Mutual Dry DR. J. M. WALLACE. | WALLACE 6 J$ DENT ,CW Crown and Bridge Work A Specialty. Phone 1 j \ \ \ i >, | i | e w* of mofe thnn $.">0,000 to liis business. His only consolation came through Harrison's syno|?ls of the reports from Gardner, who was managing the brief American tour of the Viennese orchestra. Quarrels and dissensions were becoming everyday einbnrrassineuts, and the venture was an titter failure from a financial point of view. Broken contracts and lawsuits were turning the tour iuto one continuous round of losses, and poor Gardner was on the point of despair. From the beginning, apparently, the concerts had been marked for disaster. Public indifference had aroused the scorn of the irascible members of the orchestra, and there was Imminent danger of a collapse In the organization. Gardner lived in constant fear that ills troop of IllinProUnniA 1.1 ?-?-? 1 . . ^ ?U1IK?I mun 1VUI1IU IIII1 Mil their tour suddenly In a pitched battle with daggers and steins. Brewster smiled at the thought of the practical Gardner trying to smooth down the electric emotions of these musicians. A few days later Mrs. Prentiss Drew and Miss Drew registered at the Ponce Pegay threw down her cards and escaped. do I^eon, and there was much speculation upon the chances for a reconciliation. Monty, however, maintained a strict silence on the subject and refused to satisfy the curiosity of his friends. Mrs. Drew had brought down a small crowd, including two pretty Kentucky girls and a young Chicago millionaire. She lived well and sensibly and with none of the extravagance that characterized the cottage. Yet it was inevitable that Brewster's guests should see hers and Join some of their riding parties. Monty pleaded that he was not well enough to be in these excursions, but neither he nor Barbara cared to overemphasize the estrangement. Peggy Cray was in despair over Monty's attitude. 8he had become convinced that behind his pride he was cherishing a secret longing for Barbara. Yet she could not see how the walls were to be broken down if he maintained this icy reserve. She was sure that the masterful tone was the one to win with a girl like that, but evidently Monty would not accept advice. That he was mistaken about Barbara's feeling she did not doubt for a moment, and she saw things going hopelessly wrong for want of a word. There were times when she let herself dream of possibilities, but they always ended by seeming too impossible. She cared too much to make the attainment of her vision seem simple. She cared too much to be sure of anythiug. At moments she fancied ^hat she might any a word to Miss Drew which would straighten thinga out, but there wna something about her which held her off. Even now that they were thrown together more or less she could not get beyond a certalu barrier. It was not until a sunny day when she had accepted Barbara's invitutiou to drive that thinga seepied to go more easily. For the llrst time she felt the charm of the girl, and for the llrst time Barbara seemed unreservedly friendly. It was a quiet drive they were takiug through the woods and out along the bench, and somehow In the open air things simplified themselves. Finally In the softness and the idle warmth even an allusion \o Monty, whose name j usually meant nn embarrassing change of subject, began to seem possible. It j was Inevitable that Peggy should bring It In. for with tier n nnootlnn r\f was never allowed to dominate when things of moment were at stake. She cowered beforo the plunge, but she took it unafraid. "The doctor says Monty may go out driving tomorrow," she began. "Isn't that fine?" Barbara's only response was to touch her pony a little too sharply with the whip. Peggy went on as If unconscious of the challenge. "He has been bored to denth, i>oor fellow. In the house all this time, and"? "Miss Gray, please do not mention Mr. Brewster's name to me again," inI terrupted Barbara, with a contraction ; of the eyebrows, Hut.Ifeggy was seized i. HAIR, | nsTs. ! 1 Regulating a Specialty. Goods Co., Union, S. C. S -v\rt. DR. H. L. FELLERS. CT! i FELLERS, 1 ISTS. % Offices: Rooms 1 and 2 Vi 17. Nicholson Building. Kr ; oyy vyy* with n spirit of defiance unit plunged recklessly on. "What Is the use. Miss Drew, of taking nil attitude like that? I know the Rttuatlon pretty well, and I can't believe that either Monty or you have lo?t In a week a feeling that was so deep seated. I know Monty much too well to think that he would change so easily." I'eggy still IIveil largely In her Ideals. "A^al you are too fine a thing not to have suffered under this misunderstanding. It seems as If a very small word would set you both straight." Barbara drew herself up and kept her eyes on the road, which lay white and gleaming In the sun. "I have not the least desire to be set straight." And she was never more serious. "But it was only a few weeks ago that you were engaged." "I am sorry," answered Barbara. mat 11 snouiu nave been talked about ro niuoli. Mr. Brewster <ll?l ask me to marry lilni, but I never accepted. In fact, It was only bis persistence that made me consider the matter at all. I did think about it. I confess that I rather liked him. But it was not long before I found him out." "What do you mean?" And there was a flash in Porch's eyes. "What has he done?" "To my certain knowledge he has spent more than 5400,000 since last September. That Is something, Is It uot?" Miss Drew said in her slow, cool voice, and even Peggy's loyalty admitted some Justification in the criticism. "Generosity has ceased to be a virtue. then?" she asked coldly. "Generosity!" exclaimed Barbara sharply. "It's sheer idiocy. Haven't you heard the things people are saying? They are calling him a fool, and in the clubs they nre betting that ho will be a pauper within a year." "Yet they charitably help him to spend his money, and I have noticed that even worldly mammas find him eligible." The comment was not wlth"That was months ago, my dear," protested Barbara calmly. "When he spoke to me he told me it would be impossible for him to marry within a year. And don't you see that a year may make liim an abject beggar?" "Naturally anything is preferable to a beggar," came In Peggy's clear, soft voice. . Barbara hesitated only a moment. "Well, you must admit, Miss Gray, that It shows a shameful lack of character. How could any girl be happy with a man like that? And, after all, one must look out for one's own fate." "Undoubtedly," replied Peggy, but many thoughts were dashing through her brain. "Shall we turn back to the cottage?" she said after an awkward silence. "You certainly don't approve of Mr. Brewster's conduct?" Barbara did not like to l>e placed in the wrong aud felt that she must endeavor to Justify herself. "lie is the most reckless of spendthrifts, we know, and he probably indulges in even less respectable excitement." Peggy was not tall, but she carried iter head at this moment as though she were In the habit of looking down on the world. "Aren't you going a little too far, Miss Drew?" she asked placidly. k is nui uui| .m'iv i oric mat laughs over bis Quixotic transactions," Barbara persisted. "Mr. Hampton, our guest from Chicago, says the stories are worse out there than they are In the east." "It Is a pity that Monty's illness should have made him so weak," said I'oggy quietly as they turned in through the (front iron gates, and Barbara was not slow to see the point ! [TO BE CONTINUED.] i Sober Moment. There's a time to laugh, hi le, hi lo. Till your face Is blue and black. It's not when your wealthy uncle, though, Sittoth him down on a tack. Helpless. "Things might have been different if Kve had been a modern woman." "Yes?" "She would have taken her hairpin and worked her wav back Into th? garden." Literary Life. "He is dabbling in light literature." "What is he doing?" "Malting out g.is bills." "Well, there Is some plot to that too." Prognostication. One sljm of rain that never falls Is this: Go off to town And leave your umbrella home; The floods will then come down. Disproved. "I>o you think time is monev?" satd Biff son. "Can't be!" replied Bangs. "They say there Is no end to time?and I'm broke!"- I>etroit Free 1'rests. .. .. .