The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-25

measure, Mr.. Mccarthy adds q charming
girl who dons doublet and hose and joins
the party. The story is well enough put
together In it's way and has no lack Of In
edent.1 Those who do not mind It's obvious
artifcialty may find it interesting.
Rrewster's Golden Task.
Great doings In the story called Brew
ster's Millions by Richard Greaves Her
bart 8, Stone 4 Co. Chicago). Here IL .
hero WHO was called upon 10 spend 81 900 900
h . single year. It promised to be hard
work He bet on a sure loser in q prize
Aght and the sure loser won. He tried
tie stock market. promising field, It would
Be- thought, for one in his case. and made
$4,000 over night. Even when he was
robbed by hghwaymen they overlooked
AArge sum OF money In his overcoat pocket;
he was Obliged to draw their attention to It.
At Monte Carlo he broke the bank. Wish-
ing to lose money, he seemed to be pursued
By the same irony Of fate that has been
observed to follow those who wish to make
money.
Tho more creditable to him, doubtless,
that he manag ed to get rid Of the entire
million within the time specified. Particu-
larry happy was the idea OF yacht cruise
in the Mediterranean. Here he got rid
of tbousands with no great trouble. and
n makes ma sbudder 70 remember that he
almost lost Peggy. She was seized by an
Arab eheik with whom she had been airt-
ins. When Brewster and his bold sailors
want tn ber resc,,e the sbeik .clasped her
m one Of HIS long arms. and the other was
MA .bioh ahove ber CLEANING knife
vas beld In the upraised hand. Fire on
ma II yo,, darer came in French from the
A. = 80, ~>.,,,s 80, h.rp
Fortunately. there were good mon behind
the rims IN Rrewster's boat. The maenif,.
c.nt nerves Of Conrov. the sbsrpahooter.
never o,,ivered as N, took aim And And
sThs sharn crack of a e,m sounded IN the
s,arn Of Breus,er.s boat. and an ,nerring
bullet sn.ad straight for the bip Arab,s forr.
haad II crashed between his ewes and
death mus have becn instantaneo,,s Tbe
knife Ncv from his bnnd. his bodv straipbt-
ened and then cola psed. topplinr over.
not anon his oarsmen. hut across the gun
whale ot the craft Refore a hand could
be lifted IN pneven, the dead Arab and
the gir, were n,unged into the sea y,
on course thew cot Peggy ont safelv
and the expensos Of tho cruise went ON ns
tbouyh nothing had bannened On Sen,
- the dav set R-ews,ar Submitted N ,bose
concerned a schedule, fortified with receipts.
showing that he had snent every nennv
Of The ,ni,lion and was a nauner Tharo-
unon oocordn. IN acrsemant IN. r,ucb
morn irnortant ann, Of sevan r,;II;on vas
handed over N him and the incident was
clo.ed
An o,;r,,sd and ,,nrsra, s,orv nth m
mora, ,h., vo can ,binL 81 a, ,bis n,on,an,
An Honest Becky sharp.
a. ,,,,sua,,v oood s,orx xiu r.. ,or,a
IN sTha Eterna1 Worsn. nv Doro,hsa
csr.rd fRrentano.s, Here ia a voune
conan clara WOOD ,eft 10 maize her own
~sy in the vor,d A nassaoe that she
reads In VANITY Fair. sets her thinkng.
And oh that a mercy n "a sav, TbacS.
@sv in that sr..t historv shat tha..
voro.n do not eYerci.. their novsr. osteneri
We csn't ,esi.s ,h.nn n ,hev do lat thsrn
shov ave, .o Sttle inclin,,;o ana men
N down IN their Lnee. At ono.. old ar u.Iv.
II IA ALI the same. And this I set down
A a positiye truth: A woman With fair
onportunitiea and without a positiv, hump
NAV MARY whom sho likes Onlv let M
~ thankful that the darlin,s Ar. Hks the
baa.t. Of the 6old. and don't know th.ir
avn powar Thev would oyervhelu, m
entir.iv n thev ala.
Hsr. vas C.r.s CHA sh. b.r.elf Va.
MT h..utiful hut aha was nice Ioolino
Vh.s 1. NOR, 10 the purpose wa. th.t .be
had ouali6oations and povers. inst IA
n.chv Sharp had. which we're far mora
rrnvooativ. than anv mar. h.autv Could
h 10 tr,e- .he aaksd ber..ls. VIA,
couldn't abe ret on consisting After the
manner Of Becky9 Only she must keep
psaos with her conscience at the same
tms. And why not? 1t was true that
clsvsrnsss and treaohery often went to-
gsAhsr. But need they! Was it neoes-
sary to Be false because you had brains.
or TO b cunning because you were sharp
wittsdi Could you not be obHging without
beng deceitfila Might not q person move
dsxtsrously through life. making herseh
. useful and agreeable a. circumstances
land her own conscience) permitted with
out becoming ixnoblel Might not q woman
uss the sdvantases given her by her woman
hood LEGALLY instead Of Illegally In one
word, was such q thing as an honssf Becky
absolutely unthinkable3'