Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-07-31

SOnLe O.. L. 0ti%r .'uafofjuaatp" uf
erationS. At least S4U.CO1 would ca}.
20 him ultimately through the sale @
furniture and other belongings. an
tiien there would be something Hkp
S-o,tto interest to consider.
But luck had aided him in gettin. ria
OF his money. The bank failure haG
cost him S113,4Cs.22,5,. and hopper Har-
rison bad helped him to the extent of
$6o,Ooo. The reckless but determined
effort to give Il ball had cost $50. .0,l
What he bad lost during his illness bad
been pretty we'll offset by the unluck V
concert tour. The Florida trip, incllld-
ing medical attention. the cottage and
living expenses. had entailed the ex-
penditure Of $1S.5O0 aud his princely
dinners and theater parties had footed
up S31 .UoO Taking all the facts into
consideration. he felt that he had done
rather we'll as far as he had gone. but
the hardest part of the undertaking
was vet to come He was still in Dos
session of an enormous sum which
must disappear before Sept 30 About
$4,000 had already been expended in
the yachting project
He determined to begin at once a syS-
tematic campaign of extinction 1t had
been his intention before sailing to dis
pose Of many household articles either
by sale or gift. AS he did not expect to
return to New York before the latte,
part Of August this would minimize the
| struggles of the last month. But the
prospective ''profit" to he acquired
from keeping his apartment open WAS
not to be overlooked He could easily
and running expenses. Once on the 9th
er side Of the Atlantic be hoped that
new opportunities for extravaganza
| would present themselves, and he fan.
cicd Le could leave the final settlement
OF his affairs for the last mouth As
the DAY for sailing approached the
world ;i@;: Iii seemed bright to this mosi
merctnary oi spenGithrifts
a farewell consultation with his al
t0rneyS proved elIcoulaYing for t(
tEtin his chances TO Win the eNtraor
binary contest seemed of the best. He
was in high spirits as be left then
exhilarated by the sensation that The
World lay before him In the elevH
tor he encountered Colonel lrenti>s
Drew. On both sides the meeting Va.
not without its difficulties. The coone
, had been daZed by the ineXplicabe
situation between Monty and his
daughter. whose involutions he found
hard to understand Her summary OF
the effort she bad made to effect Il
reconciliation after hearing the story
of thc bank was rather vague. She
had done her utmost. she said. to be
nice to him and make him feel that
took it in lhe most diSagreeable fash
ion. Colonel Drew knew that things
were somehow wrong. but he was too
strongly :n American father to i'll
itrfcrr IN a matter of the affections.
Il distressed him. for he had liking
;or Manty. and i.arharas society
ela!HCzlt>;." as he called them. had 10
weight with him When he found him
elf confronted with Brewster in the
Elevator the old warmth revived and
..c 0.d h0re th1, the quarrel might
AVE an ensl. His greeting was CHEEKY.
"You have not forgotten. Brewster.
"a said as they shook hands, thai
III have Il dollar or two with U.S.
40" said Monty: mot exactly. And
.':ll he calling llton you for some o!
wy 500, I'm off on Thursday foi
sr,: ~e III ;he Mrui: i:erranean."
Il vr hcar' something of it, They
.;j.l reached the main floor. and Colonel
rev hau drawn his companion out
# the crowd into the rotunda. "Ihe
,.o"ey is 1T your disposal at any mo
ucnt. Bot aren't you setting pretty
;yely pace. my boy? You know I've
4lwavs liked you, and | knew your
.randfnthcr rather we'll. He was Il
coed old cltHp. Monty, and he would
hale TO see yon make ducks ana
..rakes of his fortune.
There was sone:hag in the colonefs
marncr that softened Brewster. much
as he hated to take renFooI lfoth bai-
bara's father. Once again he was
tcu1,tcd to tell the truth. but he pulled
himself np in time. ITS Il funny Old
world. colonel" he said, land some
times ones nearest friend is stranger.
I know seem Il fool; but, after all.
why isn't ii good philosophy to make
the 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 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
Mt least | shall have something to look
ho.E upon even if the worst comes.