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Plies of newspapers luy scattered !
about tlie floor of the room lu which !
they sat. Every one of them contained |
sensational stories of the prodigal's .
trip, with pictures, incidents and predictions.
Monty was pained, humill-'
ated and resentful, hut he wus honest J
enough to admit the justification of i
much that was snld of liim. lie read i
bits of It here ami there and then threw |
vnc papers asuie nqpeiessly. In n few
weeks they would tell another Btory
and quite as emphatically.
"The worst of It, Monty, Is that you
are the next thing to being u poor
man," groaned Gardner. "I've done
my best to economize for you here at ,
home, as you'll see by these figures, '
but nothing could possibly balaucc the
extravagances of this voyage. They
are simply appalling."
With the condemnation of his friends
ringing in his troubled brain, with the
sneers of acquaintance) to distress his
pride, with the gibes rrf the comic papers
to torture him remorselessly,
Brewster was fast becoming'the most
miserable mnu In New York. Friends
of former days gave him the cut direct,
clubmen Ignored him or scorned
hlin openly, women chilled him with
the lclne8R of unspoken reproof, and
all the world was hung with shadows.
The doggedness of despair kept
lilm up, but the strain that pulled
down on him was so relentless that
the struggle was losing Its - equality.
He had not expected such a home coming.
Compared with his former self Monty
was now almost a physical wreck.
haggard, thin and defiant, n shadow
of the once debonair young New Yorker,
an object of pity and scorn. Asbatnand
despairing, he had almost lack^vcourage
to face Mrs. (Jray. The
?( he once gained through her
consolatia^. ,lllnsp|
ho now ''f'SfCln-a,. Very real.
ing, peculiar as It w, , J ,.
v-i i ? . . , ^J?e give d 111ln
absolute recklessness? ).
nor after dinner, party aw? 1 1>,U V ,a.
a . ? i . JT^any of .lsis
on a moat lavish scale?!,\ T i n
. ait mp<Vdy while
guests laughing at lilm*\'
thtiy enjoyed his hospitallRL. . .
friends remonstrated, (SL ' . ck
everything within their pow?^,,, .
Ills ai\?yl rush to poverty, UffPyT^ . , _
success. lie was not to he stopped/ -?
At last the furniture l>ogau to go, then
the plate, then all the priceless brlcn-brae.
Piece by piece It disappeared
until the apartments wore empty and
he had squandered almost all of the
$ 10,350 arising from llie sales. The
servants were paid off, the apartments
relinquished, and he was beginning to
know what It meant to be "on his
, uppers." At the !>unks he ascertained
that the Interest on his moneys
amounted to $!0fl40.8(>. A week l>efore
the 23d of September the whole
million was gone, including the
nniouuts**vn in Lumber and Fuel and
other luckless enterprises. lie still
had about $17,000 of his interest
money in the banks, hut he had a billion
pangs In ids heart?the interest on
ids Improvidence.
lie found some delight in the discovery
that the servants had robbed him
rxf .iy,t In-Ju Minn ?'? "OA I,t^i
belonging.^ including Iho Christinas
presents that ho in honor could not
have Hold. His only encouragement
eatno from Grant* & Ripley, the lawyers.
They Inspired confidence In his
lagging brain by urging him 011 to the
end. promising brightness thereafter.
Sweareugen Jones was as mute as the
mountains in which he lived. There
was 110 word from him. There was no
Assurance that he would approve of
what had been done to obliterate Ed
win Toter Brewster's legacy.
Dan DeMillo and his wife implored
Monty to come with them to the mountains
before his substance was gone
completely. The former offered him
money, employment, rest and security
if lie would abandon tbc course lie was
pursuing. L'p in Fortieth street Peggy
Gray was grieving her heart out, and
he knew it. Two or three of those ,
whom lie lind considered friends refused
to recognize him in the street in I
this last trying week, and it did not
even Interest lihn to learn that Miss
Barbara Drew was to become a duchess
before the winter was gone. Yet
he found sonic satisfaction in the report
that one Hampton of Chicago had
long since been dropped out of tbo race.
One day he implored the faithful
Brngdon to steal the Boston terriers,
fie could not and would not sell them,
and he dared not give them away.
4-*wl 4I.a
DI.ikuihi nt-jiTiHii) uiu
dogs, nnd Brewster nnnounced that
some day lie would* offer a reward for
their return aiul "no questions asked."
He took a suit of rooms In a small
hotel nnd was feverishly planning the
overthrow of the Inst torturing thousands.
Brngdon lived with him, nnd
the I.lttle Sons of the Itlch stood loyally
ready to help him when he ottered
the first cry of want. But even
this establishment had to be abandoned
at last. The old rooms In Fortieth
street were still open to him, and,
though he quailed at the thought of
making them a refuge, he faced the
ordeal In the spirit of a martyr.
CHAPTER XXX.
M ONTY, you are breaking my
[v'l heart," was the first and onI
I l.v appeal Mrs. Gray ever
A K. made to him. It was two
days before the 23d, and it did not coine
*
I
ster's
ions I
IGE BARR M'CUTCHEON
RICHARD GREAVES)
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until after the secondhand store men
bad driven away from lier door with
the bulk of his clothing In their wagon.
She and Peggy bad seen little of
Brewster, and his nervous restlessness
niaruied them. Ills return was the
talk of the town. Men tried to shun
him, but he persistently wasted some
portion of Ids fortune on his unwilling
subjects. When ho gave $.">.000 In cash
to a home for newsboys even bis
friends jumped to the conclusion that
he was mad. It was his only gift to
charity, and he excused bis motive In
giving at this time by recalling Sedgwick's
Injunction to "give sparingly to
charity." Everything was gone from
his thoughts but the overpowering
eagerness to get rid of a few troublesome
thousands. lie felt like an out
cant, a pariali, a hated object that Infected
every one with whom he came
in contact. Sleep was almost impossible;
eating was a farce f.Ie gave
elaborate slippers which he did uot
touch. Already his best friends were
discussing the advisability of putting
him in a sanitarium, where his mind
might be preserved. His case was
looked upon as-peculiar in the history
of mankind. No writer could find a
parallel; no one could imagine a comparison.
Mrs. Gray met^hlin in the hallway
of her home as he was nervously pocketing
the $t?0 he had received In payment
for his clothes. Her face was
like that of a ghost, lie tried to answer
her reproof, hut the words would
not come, and he tied to his room, locking
the door after liHh. ITe was at
work there on the transaction that was
fifrs. Gray met him in the hallway.
to record the total disappearance of
JCdwin Brewster's million?his final report
to Sweureugeu Jones, executor of
James Sedgwick's will. On the floor
were bundles of packages carefully
wrapped and tied, and on the table
was the long sheet of white paper on
which the report was being drawn.
The packages contained receipts?thousands
upon thousands of them?for the
dollars he had spent In less than a
year. They were there for the inspection
of Swearengcn Jones, faithfully
and honornhlv kent. ns If the old west.
erner would go over In detail tlie countless
documents.
lie had the accounts balanced up to
the hour. On the long sheet lay the
record of his rnthlossness, the epitaph
of ft million. In his pocket was exactly
$70.08. This was to last him for
less than forty-eight hours, and then
It would go to join the rest. It was
his plan to visit Grunt & Itlpley on the
afternoon of the 22d and to rend the
report to them in anticipation of the
meeting with Jones on the day following.
Just before noon, after his encounter
with Mrs. Gray, he came downstairs
and boldly, for the first time in days,
sought out Peggy. There was the old
smile In his eyes and the old heartiness
In his voice when he came upon her
In the library. She was not reuding.
Books, pleasures nnd all the Joys of
life had fled from her mind, and she
thought only of the disaster that was
coming to the boy she had always
loved. His heart smote him as he
looked Into the deep, somber, frightened
eyes, running over with love and
fear for him.
"Peggy, do you think I'm worth any
thing more from your mother? I)o you
think Bhe will ask me to live here any
longer?" he naked steadily, tnklng her
hnnd In his. Hern was cold, his as hot
ns Are. "You know what you said
away off yonder somewhere, that she'd
let me live hero If I deserved It. I
nm a pauper. Foggy, and I'm afraid
I'll?I may have to get down to drudgery
again. Will she turn me out? You
know I must have somewhere to live.
Shall It be the poorliouse? Do you remember
saying one day that I'd end
In the poorhouse?"
She wns looking Into his eyes, dreading
what might be seen In them.
But there was no gleam of Insanity
there; there was no fever. Instead there
was the quiet smile of the man who Is
satisfied with himself and the world.
His voiee bore traces of emotion, but
It wns the voice of one who has perfect
control of his wits.
"Is it all?gone, Monty?" she aRked,
almost hi a whisper.
"Here is the residue of my estate/'
tie said, opening his purse with steady 1
fingers. "I'm back to where I left off a
year ngo. The million Is gone, aud my 1
wings are clipped." Her face was 1
white; her heart was In the clutch of
Ice. How could he be so calm about It '
when for him she was suffering such
agony? Twice she started to speak. 1
but her voice failed her. She turned
slowly and walked to the window,
keeping her back to the man who
smiled so sadly and yet so heartlessly.
"I didn't want the million, Peggy,"
he went on. "You think as the rest 1
do. I know, that I was a fool to act as
I dkl. It would be rank Idiocy on my |
part to blame you any more than the
others for thinking as you do. Ap- !
pen ranees are against me; the proof is i
overwhelming. A year ago I was called
a man; today they are stripping me 1
of every claim to that distinction. The '
world says I am a fool, a dolt, almost a
criminal, but no one believes I am a
mail. Peggy, will you feel better toward
me If I tell you that I am going
to begin life all over again? It will
be a new Monty Brewster that storts
out again in a few days, or, if you will.
It shall be the old one?the Monty you
once knew." - . ;
"The old Monty?" she murmured
softly, dreamily. "It would he good i
to see him?so much better than to see
llie Monty of the last year." ! i
"And iu spite of all I have done,
Peggy, you will stand by me? You i
won't desert me like the rest? You'll
oe tne sumo Veggy of the other <lnys?" j ]
ho cried, Ids calmness breaking down. I |
"IIow can you ask? Why should I
you doubt me?" i
Tor a moment they stood silent, each 1 ,
looking into the heart of the other, each 1
seeing the beginning of a new day. I
"Child"?his voice trembled danger- |
eusly?"I?I wonder if you care enough
for me to?to"? But he could only
look the question. (
"To start all over again with you?" ,
she whispered.
"Yes?to trust yourself to the prodi- |
gal who has returned. Without you, j
child, all the rest would be as the
husks. Peggy, I want you?you! You |
do love me. I can see it in your eyes: 1
can feel it in your presence." ,
"How long you have been In realizing
it!" she said pensively as she ,
stretched out her arms to him. For
many minutes he held her close, finding
a beautiful peace In the world
again.
"How long have you really cared?"
lie asked in a whisper.
I "Always, Monty; all my life."
"And I, too, child; all my life. I know
it now; I've known It for months. Oh,
want a tool 1 was to nave wasted all
this love of yours ami all this love of
mine! But I'll not be a profligate In
love, Peggy. I'll not squander an atom
of it, dear, not as long ns I live."
"And tve will build n greater love,
t,ie U?"' life togetherla'e
never tTiH 1)0 P09F Wililo
have love as a treasure." ^
"You won't ntind being 'poor with
me?" he naked.
"I can't be poor with you," ahe said
simply.
"And I might have let nil this escape
me!" be cried fervently. "Listen, Peggy;
we will start together, you as my
wife and ray fortune. You shall be all
that is left to me of the past. Will you
marry me the day after tomorrow?
Don't say 'No,' dearest. 1 want to begin
on that day. At 7 in the morniug. dear?
Don't you see bow good the start will '
be?"
And lie pleaded so ardently and so '
earnestlv that he won his nolnt even '
though it grew out of a whim that she
could not then understand. She was 1
not to learn until afterward his object 1
In having the marriage take place on [
the morning of Sept. 23, two hours before
the time set for the tunflng over
of the Sedgwick millions. If all went |
well they would be Brewster's millions
before 12 o'clock, and Peggy's life of
poverty would cover no more than
three hours of time. She believed him
worth a lifetime of poverty. So they
would start the new life with but one
possession?love.
Peggy rebelled against his desire to
spend the $70 that still remained, but
he was firm in his determination. They
would dine and drive together and see
all of the old life that was left?on $70.
Then on the next day they would start
all over again. There was one rude mo'ment
of dismay when it occurred to
him that Peggy might be considered
an "asset" if she became his wife before
0 o'clock. But he realized at once
that It was only demanded of him that
he be penniless and that he possess no
object that had been acquired through
the medium of Kdwin Peter Brewster's
money. Surely this wife who was not
to come to him until his last dollar was
gone could not be tfio product of an old
man's legacy. But so careful was he in
regard to the transaction that he decided
to borrow money of Joe Bragdon to
buy the license and to pay the minister's
fee. Not only would ho bo penniless
on the day of settlement, but he
would be In debt. So changed was tbo
color of the world to lilin now that oven
the failure to win Sedgwick's millions
could not crush out the new life and
the new Joy that had come to him with
the winning of Peggy Gray.
CHAPTER XXXI.
SOON after noon on the 22d of
September Monty folded his report
to Swcarengen Jones, stuck
it Into his pocket and sallied
forth. A parcel delivery wagon had
carried off a mysterious bundle a few
minutes before. Mrs. Gray could not
conceal her wonder, but Brewster's answers
to her questions threw little light
on the mystery.' He could not tell her
the big bundle contained the receipts
that were to prove his sincerity when
the time came to settle with Mr. Jones.
Brewster had used his own form of receipt
for every purchase. The little
stub receipt books had been made to
order for him atid not only he, but every
person iu his employ, carried ope
%
everywhere. No matter how trivial th
purchase, the person who received
dollar of Brewster's money signed n r<
eelpt for the amount. Newsboys an
bootblacks were the only beings wh
escaped the formulity; tips to waiter)
porters, cabbies, etc., were rccorde
nnd afterward-put Into a class b
themselves, ftecelpts for the few do
lars remaining In his possession wer
io be turned over on the morning of th
2.1d and the general report was not t
be completed until 9 o'clock, on tha
ilay.
He kissed Peggy good by, told her t
l?e ready for a drive at 4 o'clock, an
then went off to tlnd Joe Brngdon an
Elon Gardner. They met him by nj
pointmcut, and to tiiem he confided hi
design to be married on the followln
day.
"You can't afford it, Monty," oxploc
ed Joe fearlessly. "Peggy is too goo
a girl. It isn't fair to her."
"We have agreed to begin life totnoi
row. Walt and see the result. I thin
It will surprise you. Incidentally it i
up to me to engage a minister's sen
ices. It's going to be quiet, you knov
Joe. you can be my best man if yo
like,, and, Gardle, I'll expect you t
sign your name as one of the wli
aesscs. Tomorrow evening we'll bar
supper at Mrs. Gray's, and 'anion
liiose present' will not comprise a, ver
large list, 1 assure you. But we'll tnl
about that later on. Just now I wan
to ask you fellows to lend me enoug
money to pay the preacher. I'll rotur
It tomorrow afternoon."
"Well, I'm blessed!" exclaimed Gait
uer, utterly dumfounded by the nerv
of the roan. Gardner promised to bnv
the minister at the Gray house the nex
morning. Monty's other request?mad
in deep seriousness?was that i???in?
was not to l>c told of the little truusai
lion. Ho then hurried off to the ottle
of (Irnnt & Ilipley. The bundles of rc
relpts liud preceded him.
"Has Jones arrived In town?" wa
Ids first anxious question after th
greetings.
"lie Is not registered at any of th
liotels," responded Mr. Grant, am
Brewster did not sec the troubled loo1
that passed over his face.
"lle'll show up tonight, I presume.
?nid he complacently. The lawyer
"Lend inc enough money to pay th
preacher."
[lid not tell him that all the telegram
they had sent to Swcarcngcn Jones h
the i>nst two weeks had been return?
to the New York olHce as unclaimed I
Butte. The telegraph company reporl
ed that Mr. Jones was not to be foun
and that he had not been seen in Butt
since the 3d of September. The lan
yers were hourly expecting word froi
Montana men to whom they bad tel<
graphed for information and advie*
They were extremely nervous, bu
Montgomery Brewster was too cage
and excited to notice the fact.
"A tall, hoarded stranger was her
this morning asking for you, Mr. Brew
ster," said ltlpley, bis head bent ovc
some papers on his desk.
"Ah, Jones, I'm sure! I've alwaj
imagined him with a long beard," sai
Monjy, relief in his voice.
"It was not Jones. We know Join
quite well. This man was a Strang*
and refused to give his name. Ho sal
be would call at Mrs. Cray's this afte
noon."
"Did he look like a constable or a bi
collector?" asked Monty, with a laugli
"He looked very much like a tramp,
"Well, we'll forget him for the tlni
being," said Monty, drawing the repoi
from his pocket. "Would you in in
looking over this report, gentlemen
I'd like to know if It Is in proper fori
to present to Mr. Jones."
Grant's hand trembled as he toe
the carefully folded sheet from Brev
ster. A quick glance of despair passe
between the two lawyers.
"Of course, you'll understand tin
this report is merely a synopsis of tl
expenditures. They are classified, hot
over, and the receipts over there ui
arranged in such a way that Mr. Join
can easily verify all the figures set oi
in the report. For instance, where
says 'cigars' I have put down the tot
amount that went up In smoke. Tl
receipts are to serve as an itemizt
statement, you know." Mr. Iiiph
xook iue paper rrom his partner's Jian
and, pulling himself together, read tl
report aloud. It was as follows:
New York, Sept. 23. 19?.
To Swearengen Jones. Esq., Executor U
der the Will of tho l<ate James T. Sed
wick of Montana f
In pursuance of the terms of tho afor
said will nnd In accord with tho instru
tloivs set forth by yourself as executor
present my report of receipts nnd 01
bursements for tho year In my life endli
at midnight on Sept. 22. Tho accuracy
the figures set forth In this general stat
ment may be established by referring
the receipts which form a part of th
report. There is not one penny of Kdw
Peter Brewster's money In my posse
slon, and I have no asset to mark I
burial place. These figures are submltt
for your most careful consideration:
OrlglnaV-jrapital ..*1,000,000
j-wolxtr Rod Fuel misfortune.... &8.6W
el
: HAIR
" S DEf
? s
' 2 Crown, Bridge work
J 2 OfSce over Mutual D
[
0
SS DR. J. M. WALLACE.
S 1 WALLACE
1 m IDEINT
s Crown and Bridge Work
g (us A Specialty. Phon
<1 ? ??
Prize fight misjungou i.?*>?
r- Monte Carlo education 40.000
k Race track errors "0?
Sale of six terrier pups lofl
Sale of furniture and personal
effects 40,r,0C
T, Interest on funds onco in hand.. 19.110
^ Total amount to be disposed of.51.100,040
mSHURSF.MENTS.
Rent for apartments t-n f*v
o Furnishing apartments SR.372
j? Three a?ftomobile* 21.000
Renting six automobiles 25.000
^ Amount 1 st to DeMllle 1.000
a Salaries 25.G5C
,t Amount paid to men Injured In
I, nuto accident 12.210
Amount lost In bank failure.... 113.4i>3
11 Amount lost on races 4.000
One glass screen 3 000
[_ Christmas presents 7.211
Postage 1.105
? Cable and telegraph 3.253
Stationery 2.100
t Two Boston terriers COO
e Amount lost to holdup men 450
Amount lost on concert tour 56,382
V Amount lost through O. Harrl!
son's speculation (on my ne0
count! 60.000
One ball (In two sections) GO.OOO
Extra favors G.000
One yacht cruise 212.303
s One carnival G.S24
Cigars 1,720
Drinks, chiefly for others 9.010
Clothing 3.100
e Rent of one villa 20.000
One courier 6oo
Dinner parties 117,900
v Suppers and luncheons 38,000.
Theater parties and suppers .... 6,277,
" Hotel expenses 61.218.
s Railway and steamship fares... 31,274,
For Newsboys' home 5.000,
Two opera performances 20.000
Repairs to Flitter 6,342
In tow from somewhere to
Southampton 50.000
Special train to Florida 1,000
Cottage In Florida R.Ban
Medical attendance 3,100,
Living expenses In Florida 8,900
Misappropriation of personal
property by servants 3,580
I Taxes on personal property 112
I Sundries 9.105
Household expenses 21,805
Total disbursements ...,y $1,100,010
Balance on hand /. $0,000,000
Respectfully submitted,
MONTGOMERY BREWSTER
"It's rather broad, you see, gent!
| iuoii, but there are receipts for eve
dollar, barring senne trUHug
lals. lie may think I dlsslpatod*Ytt-.5
tune, but I defy him or any one el:
to prove that 1 have not bad luy mo
ej''s worth. To tell you the truth,
has seciued like a hundred million,
any one should tell you that it Is :
easy matter to waste a million dolla
refer him to me. Last fall I weight
180, pounds; yesterday I barely niovi
the beam at lib. Last fall there wj
not a wrinkle in my face, nor did
have a white hair. You see the rosu
s of overwork, gentlemen. It will tal
,l an age to get back to where 1 wt
physically, but I think 1 can do it wi
11 the vacation that begins tomorrow. I
j cldentally I'm going to be married t
! morrow morning, Just when I am poc
e ! er than I ever expect to be again.
r" ' still have a few dollars to spend, and
11 must be about it. Tomorrow I will a
' count for what I spend this eveuin
* It is now covered by tbe 'suudric
Item, but I'll have the receipts to slio
r j all right. See you tomorrow morning
lie was gone, eager to be with Pe
'O I r,r, -- !
I , ......... iu >u.irun.i I v*|iurt ?i
i the lawyers. (Irant and Kip ley shoi
>r their heads and sat silent ft>r a loi
time after his departure.
s "We ought to hear something deflni
before night," said Grant, but the
was anxiety in his voiee.
>s ?.j Wonder," mused Hipley, as if
>r himself, "how ho will take it if tl
worst should happen."
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CIIAPTKU XXXII.
"TfT'S up to .Tones now," kept ru
;, I ning through Brewster's bra
a as he drove off to keep Ins a
' X pointinent with Peggy lira
j "The million Is gone?all gone. I'm i
^ poor as Job's turkey. It's up to Join
but I don't see how he can deeic
against me. He insisted on making
^ pauper of me, and he ean't have tl
heart to throw me down now. Bi
what if he should take it into his hoi
to be ugly! I wonder if I could bret
^ the will?I wonder if 1 could beat hi
out in court."
Peggy was waiting for him. II
checks were flusheil as with a few
t*?
She had caught from him the mad e
jj. citement of tlie occasion,
j. "Come, Peggy!" lie exclaimed eago
j ly. "This is our last holiday. Let's I
merry. Wo can forget it tomorrow
you like when we begin all over agal
4 but maybe it will be worth reinembe
^ ing." lie assisted her to the seat ai
io then leaped up beside her. "We're off
lie cried, his voice quivering.
"It is a I (solute madness, dear," si
said, but her eyes were sparkling wl
g. the Joy of recklessness. Away we
the trap and the two light hearts. Mi
Gray turned from u window in t]
I house with tears in her eyes. To li
s- troubled mind they were driving t
J* into utter darkness.
"Tlie queerest looking man came
to t!n? house to sea you this afteraoo
l,H Monty." said l og.gy. "He wore
beard, ami lie m ule me tliink of liei
t? Ingtoa s eov. iioys."
ed "What was hi; name?"
"lie t >iii the ana! 1 It c.ij not math
^ I saw h.iu as lie \yalked away, and
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& HAIR, [ \ a
4TISTS. 2 "Mfeg
and Regulating a Specialty. 3
ry Goods Co., Union, S. C. J
ICMtlHHtmU ! ?!
DR. H. L. FELLERS. |K
&. FELLERS, I
TISTS. |ffl
Offices: Rooms 1 and 2 vi\
ie 117. Nicholson Building. ?tj
J'gj1 looked very uiueli :i mail, lie said he
ioo would come tomorrow if he did not
>.W find you downtown tonight, Don't you
)00 recognize hiui from the description?"
i oo , "Not at all. Can't imagine who he
? is."
100 "Monty," she said after a moment's
? painful reflection. "lie?lie couldn't
>09 . ,
i oo have been a ?
i.oo "1 kuow what you mean, an officer
00 sent up to attach my belongings or
I'JJj something of the sort. No, dearest; I
give you my word of honor I ?lo not
>00 owe a dollar in the world." Then he
recalled his peculiar indebtedness to
too ... , ' , ,,
1 oo Bragdon and Gardner. ' Except one or
oo two very small personal obligations,"
00 i?. at'.dod hastily. "Don't worry about
j'JjjJ it, dear; we are out for a good time,
i.oo and we must make the most of It.
>01 First we drive through tlie park, then
we dine at Merry's."
Hilt XV.. .n.lvl -1" *
iui ui;u, near, '
>.on she cried. "And the chaperon?"
00 lie turned very red when she spoke
60 ?f dressing. "I'm ashamed to confess
.00 it, Peggy, V?ut I have no other clothes
00 than these I'm wearing now. Don't
00 1 so i'l,r^ dear. I'm going to leave
no an order for new evening clothes to.00
morrow if 1 have the time. And about
00 the chaperon. People won't he talking
w before tomorrow, and by that time"?
59 "No, Monty, Merry's is out of the
,8t question. We can't go there," she said
00 decisively.
"Oil, Peggy! yhat spoils everything,"
he cried iur deep d',"appointment,
oo "It 4s?'t fair to me, Monty. E'veryI
body would know us, and every
00
00 tongue woultl wag. They would say:
00 'There are Mpnty Brewster and Mar:
garet Gray. Spending his last few dol55
lars 011 her.' You wouldn't have them
00 think that?"
.00 lie saw the Justice in her protest.
~ "A quiet little dinner in sonic out of
'oo the way place would be joyous," she
added persuasively.
"You're right, Peggy, you're always
le- right. You see. I'm so used to spendry
lng money .by the handful that I don't
11- know how to do It any other way. I
? believes I'll lot you carry the pockethook
a^ter tomorrow. Lctj'e think.
11- t know a nice little restaurant do^vn- ? 2
K town. We'll go there and then to the
If theater. l>au DeMille and liis wife are
,u to bo in my box, and we're all going
rs lip to 1'ettingiir.s studio afterward.
>l' I'm to give the Little Sons n farewell
supper. If my calculations don't go
lH wrong that will be the end of the jaunt
I and we'll go home happy."
^ At 11 o'clock 1'ettingiU's studio open40
ed its doors to the Little Sons and
,s their guests, and the last "Hutch
lunch" was soon under way. Brewster
u* had paid for it early in the evening,
and when ho sat down at the head of
'r* the table there was not a penny in his
I i pockets. A year ago at the same place
* ' and at the same hour he and the Litc"
j tie Sons were having a birthday feast.
? ! A million dollars came to him on that
>s uighL Tonight lie was poorer by far
w than on the other occasion, but he exported
a little gift on the new anniK"
versa ry.
t'1 Around the board besides the nine
Little Sons sat six guests, among them
the DeMilles, I'eggy tJray and Mary
Valentine. Nupper Harrison was the
only absent Little Son, and his health
re was proposed by Brewster almost before
the echoes of the toast to the brido
1? and groom died away.
Interruption came earlier on tills oe
vii.-iiou mini il uiu iuai uignt a year
ago. Ellis did not deliver his messages
to Brewster until 11 o'clock in the mornn
ing. but the A. 1>. T. boy who rang the
in bell at IVitingill's a year later handed
p- him a telegram before 12 o'clock,
jr. "Congratulations are coining in, old
us man," said DcMille as Monty looked
is, fearfully at the little envelope the boy
le . had given him.
a j "Many happy returns of the day,"
ie suggested Bragdon. "By Jove, it's sennt
sil>le of you to get. married on your
id birthday, Monty. It saves time and exik
pense to your friends."
m
[to be continued.] )
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Mulli|)l<' ScrpwK,
Multiple screws wore used as early
as the American civil war on certain
vessels known as "tin finds" on the
Mississippi, their adoption heing necesaitatcd
by the shallow draft. The great
advantage they possess in securing a
vessel against, total disablement and
for maneuvering soon made them the
rule in the navy. They were much
longer in coining into use in the merchant
service. But since the era of the
vory large transatlantic steamers, beginning
with tin? Paris and New York
nt and the Teutonic and Majestic, all very
*s' large vessels have been built with twin
tie
screws.
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The Word Clffar.
The word cigar occurs in a fJerman
dictionary for the first time In
1813 and in the Dletlonnalre of the
n French Academic in 1S.'ir?. Kt.nt used
Jl" the word "ziggaro" in 1708. In Spain
at. the present day the word "elgarro"
means a cigarette, for wlilch the Spanl'
lards liave tlie* word "pltlllos." Their
name for a cigar is "uu puro."
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