Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-29
SYNOPSIS.
Brewster's Millions.

the twenty fifth birthday of Mont
gomery Brewster, grandson and heir
OF Edwin Brewster, millionaire, is in
terrupted BIZ the announcement of old
Mr.. Brewster's death. II-Brewster in
herits his grandfather's $1,000,000. He
is invited to dinner by Colonel Drew
III-Monty offers to aid Mrs. Gray and
Peggy, his foster mother and foster
sister. He receives a letter from Grant
& Ripley, lawyers, telling him that the
fortune of his uncle, James Sedgwick
OF Montana, has been left to him. Mr.
Swearengen Jones is executor of the
Sedgwick will. IV-Brewster is in
formed that the Sedg.wick fortune is
left to him on condition that on his
twenty sixth birthday, Sept. % of the
following year, he be absolutely penni-
less. The conditions forbid him to give
away or to loan any money, but to get
This moneys worth" The Sedgwick
fortune amounts to more than $6,000.-
600. V-Brewster is forbidden to take
any one into his confidence. He be-
lieves himself in love with Barbara
Drew, daughter of Colonel Drew. Mr..
Jones, in Montana, states the condi-
of the Brewster money. Brewster en-
ploys his friends to help him to get
rid Of the million. VI-Brewster makes
friends with Mrs. DeMille, a society
leader. He gives a magnificent din
ner, after which the glass ceiling
screen falls on the table. running it.
vII-Brewster whips a newspaper
man who sneers at him and Miss Drew.
yIII-BrewSter asks Jones whether he
may marry and turn the money over
to his wife and Is told to stick to his
knitting" Monty confdes in Peggy,
concerning his love for Barbara TX
Brewster bets on a prize fight, hop
ing to lose. He tells Miss Drew he
lcves her, but gets no decided reply.
His prize fight wagers prove winners.
X-Brewster decides to invest in Lum-
Der and Fuel, a falling stock: his pur
chase sends it up, and he makes $685.,
900. M-An auto accident costs Brew
ster $4,000. He has quarrel with
Barbara. Highwaymen take Brew
sters money and valuables. Kill
Money refuses to identify one of the
robbers and reforms him. Brewster
and Mrs. DeMille plan ball. Miss
XIII-Brewster loses 100000 in a bank
failure. He saves Colonel Drew from
financial disaster, the condition of his
aid being that Barbara be not told
XIV-At Miss Drew's cotillon Brew
ster makes love to her. He is repulsed
and breaks finally with her. Ky
Brewster Is taken i'll with appendicitis,
ard the ball is called off. Brewster is
operated on and is nursed by Peggy.
He is to go to Florida to resuperate.
xvI-Brewster' friends go with him
to Florida. Peggy tries to. reconcile
Monty and Barbara. xvII-Back to
New York. Brewster's ball cost him
much money. His friend, Hopper
Harrison, confesses to having lost $780,
GC0of Brewster's money. He is for
given and sent west.
And Peggy, fiery and determined and
defiantly unhappy, threw down her
cards and escaped SO that she might
not prove herself fearfully feminine.
She left Brewster still heavily envel-
oped in melancholy, but she left him
puzzled. He began to wonder If Bar
bara Drew did have something in the
back Of her mind. Then he found his
thoughts wandering off toward Peggy
and her defiance. He 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 fif-
teen and hated girl he admired. Sud-
denly he laughed aloud at the thought
of the fierce little picture she had made,
and the gloom which had been so sed-
ulously cultivated was dissipated in a
moment The laugh surprised the man
who brought in some letters One of
them was from hopper Harrison and
gave him all the private news. The ball
was to be given at midLent, which ar
rived toward the end Of March, and ne
gotiations were well under way for the
chartering of the Filter, the steam
yacht belonging to Reginald Brown,
late Of Brown & Brown.
The letter made Brewster chafe I'M
der the bonds of inaction. His affairs
were getting into a discouraglng state.
The illness was certain to entail loss
Of more than $4,000 to his business.
His only consolation came through Har-
rison's synopsis of the reports from
Gardner, who was managing the brief
American tour of the Viennese orches-
ira. Quarrels and discussions were
becoming everyday embarrassments,
and the venture was an utter failure
from financial point Of view. Bro
ken contracts and lawsuits were turn
Ing IlC tOul 1ulO Ouc COulluuOuS' IOuQu
Of losses, and poor Gardner was on
the point of despair. From the begin
ming, apparently, the concerts had been
marked for disaster. Public indiffer-
ence had aroused the scorn of the iras-
chile members Of the orchestra, and
there was imminent danger of a col
lapse in the organization Gardner liv-
ed in constant fear that his troop Of
quarrelsome Hungarians would finish
their tour suddenly in pitched battle
with daggers and stems. 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
de Leon, ana there was mucn specuIa.
ton upon the chances for a reconcilia.
ton. Monty, however, maintained a
strict silence on the subject and refus.
ed to satisfy the curiosity Of his friends
Mrs. Drew had brought down small
crowd jnclu6ipo two prattv x ar, r., ol,,,