The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-09


e grandson OF old Edwin Peter
ster was the talk OF the town. and
bne OF the sixty invited guests
have been persuaded to miss II.
rts as to its magnlfcence were
d long before the night set for
inner One OF them had II that It
o cost $1,000 a plate. From that
the legendary price receded to
rk as low as $500. Montgomery
have been only too glad to pay
or more, but some mysterious
conveyed to his mind a perfect
'ait of Swearengen Jones In the
4 putting down large black mark
st him, and he forbore.
wish l knew whether | had to
by the New York or the Mon
standard of extravagance," Brew
said to himself. Il wonder IL he
sees the New York papers"
e each night the last OF the grand
brewster family went to his bed
where, after dismisslng his man,
ettied down at his desk, with a
and a pad of paper Lighting
andles. which We're more easily
ged, he found, than lamps and
more costly, he thoughtfully and
ously calculated his expenses for
Siay. hopper Harrison and Elon
ner had the receipts for all mon
uspent. and Joe Bragdon was keep
n official report, but the "chlef,"
hey called him, could not go to
until be was satisfied in his own
that he was keeping up the aSer-
4 For the first two weeks II had
easy-in fact, he seemed 20 have
a comfortable lead in the race.
Bad spent almost 100000 In the
Hignt, but he realized that the
ter part Of it had gone into the
. y and not the daily expense ac-
t. He kept profit and loss"
in his little private ledger, but it
not like any other account Of the
in the world What the ordinary
lhant would have charged to '1oss"
tied down on the profit" side. and
as continually looking for oppor.
les to swell the total
Ywies. who had been his grand
Rr's butler since the day after he
led Ia New York, came over to the
dsan's establishment. greatly to
"a and confusion of the latter's
a Emmeline. The chef came from
b. and his name was Detuit. Ellis,
&ootman. also found a much better
with Monty than he had had in
Ihouse on the avenue. Aunt EN-
ae never forgave her nephew for
base and disturbing acts OF
ehery, as she called them.
e Of Monty's most extraordinary
spcial feats grew out Of the pur
Ne of a $4,000 automobile. He
IDLY admitted to Hopper Harrison
/ the. two secretaries that he intend
! b use II to practice with only, and
as soon Gs he learned how to run
'auto" as it should be run he ex.
ed to buy a good, sensible. durable
'hine for $1,000.
5 star officers frequently put their
S together TO devise ways and
ps Of curbing Monty's reckless ex-
lgance. They were worried.
e's like sailor in port protest
harrison. "Money is no object j.. he
IS a thing. and-hang it-he seems
Pant everything he sees"
won't last long" Cardper said
suringly. Like his namesake,
te-Christo, the world is his just
/ and he wants to enjoy it."
Le wants to get rid of it, it seems
be-
|henever they reproached Brewster
/ 1t the matter he dlsarmed them
|aying NOW that I've got money
,an TO give my friends a good time
what you'd do IL you were in my
|e. What's money for, anyway
but this $4,000 plate dinner
I'm going TO give a dozen Of them.
even then l can't pay my just
4 S. For years I've been entertained
peoples houses and have been
|n cruising on their yachts. They
4 always been bully to me, and
n have I ever done for them? Moth
Now thst | can afford it, ! am
|g TO return some Of these favors
square myself Doesn't it sound
lonableT
I'd 50 preparations for Monty's din
went on. In addition TO what he
kd his efficient corps Of gentle
! ly aids" he had secured the serv-
OF Mrs. Dan DeMille as social
tor and utility chaperon." Mrs.
llille was known in the papers as
leader OF the fast young married
She was one Of the cleverest
best looking young women in town.
her husband was one OF those who
mot have to be invited too" Mr.
|Iille lived at the club and visited
home. Some one said that he was
low and his wife so fast that when
invited him to dinner he was usu-
two or three days late Alto
er Mrs. DeMille was a decided
isltion to Brewster's campaign
nlttee. II required just her touch
|nake his parties fun instead Of
~.
was on Oct. 1s that the dinner was
|n. With the skill Of a general Mrs.
had seated the guests Id such a
that from the beginning things
4 of with zest Colonel Drew took
|Irs Valentine, ard his content was
red Mr. Van Winkle and the
ltiful Miss Valentine were side by
and no one could say he looked
lppy. Mr.. Cromwell went in with
/. Savage, and the same delicate
lin some cases it was almost in
.ate-was displayed in the disposi-
of other quests