Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-07-28

hours were W!iled away by n)ayinV
cards, but Monty considered hridYl,
Inc pons aslnoriin and preferred 10
play pifuet with Peggy. Ii WAS one
or these gaines that the girl jnter,,nt-
ed With question that had troubled
her for many days. Monty" she said
and she found It much more ditticujt
than when she had rchearsed the seena
IN the silence of her walks. I've ho.Id
rufnor that Miss Drew and her meth
ef have taken rooms at the hotel
Wouldn't it be pIeasanter to have them
herei"
A heavy gloom settled upon Brew
sters face, and the girls heart dropped
like lead. She had puzzled over the
estrangement and wondered if bv any
effort of her own things could be set
right At times she bad had flashing
hopes that it did not mean is much 10
Monty as she had thought. but down
underneath. the fear that be was un=
happy seemed the only certain thing
in life. She felt that She must make
sure. And together with the very hu-
man desire to know the worst was the
puritanical impulse to bring it about.
You forget that this is the last place
they would care to invade" And in
Brewster's face Peggy seemed to read
that for her martyrdom was the only
wear. Bravelv she put 1t on.
Monty, forget nothing that | real
vT-1 t.1,
you are quite wrong Where is your
sporting blood? You have never fought
losing fight before, and YOU cant do
it now. You have lost your nerve,
Monty. Don't you see that this IS the
time for an aggressive campaign?'
Somehow she was not saying things at
all as she had planned to say them,
and bis gloom weighed heavily upon
her You don't mind, do you. Monty"
she. added more softly. this sort of
thing from me! know ought not to
interfere. but I've known you 50 long
very little mistake
But Monty did mind enormously. He
had no desire to talk about the thing
anyway, and PeRgy's anxiety to marry
him off seemed bit unnecessary. Man
lfeNy her own interest in him WAS of
the coldest. From out of the gloom be
looked at her somewhat sullenly. For
the moment she Was thinking only Of
his pain. and her face said nothing
PEGGY" he exclaimed finally, re-
You don't in the least know what YOU
are talking ,ihai.t. Ii is not fit of an
ger Oh Barbara i'fcw's part 1t is Il Sc
rious convict tieN,
,..A conviction which can be changed"
the 1irl broke IN.
Not 1t all. Brewster took it up.
she has 10 faith IN ne. She thinks
I'n an ass.
"Ierllaps SHE'S right. she exclaimed.
little bot. "ferh"ps you have never
discovered ts.:.t girls say many things
10 hite their emotions. Perhaps you
,io!l't rcal,.c What feNerish. eXclamato-
", fpslissi. i: .a.s girls are. They don't
!.nyw low 10 l;e honest with the men
hey love. aud they wouldn't if they
lid. on &..t li;tle short of an idiot,
.Man;s brewster. if you believed the
:hiGys She sid rather than the things
he looked.
All, he&gy fiery and determined and
tietiuntiy unhappy. threw down her
var;,S and escaped so that she might
not prove herself fearfdIly feminine.
I.,f4 %
oj,od in l:.,..a;,..il, y. bat she left him
;.i.:.aieG. I'e - gan to woHdcr if Bar
Ddi;. Drew I'D h.iye something III the
back ef Etr mind. Then be found his
thGugi.tS W.ilsterI5g of toward Peggy
and her se:i#Nco. j.e had only twice
before sex. Ief III thAt no 3i and he
liked it. lie remembered how she hau
lost her temper once when she was fir-
teen and hate, a .s..l he admired. Sud
denly lie lIy@iio,l &!0tid at the tl2Nght
of the fierce ll,tie picture size had made,
an,l the gloom which had been 50 Sed-
ulousIy cultivated was 'ilss'patpd III a
mGfHent. Tie Ht} Gn surprised The nan
who brought III s5,lse letters, one OF
them WAS frojn hopper Harrison ana
gave him ali titc private news. The Dali
was 10 be given at m!d-ient, which ar
rived tgwar, The end OF March, and ne
gotiatioGs We're Weli under Way for the
chartering OF the Filter, the steam
yacht belonging to Reginald Brown,
late Of Brown x Brown.
The letter made Brewster chate uli-
der the bonds of inaction. His affairs
were getting into discouraging 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 Drlel
American tour of the Niennese orches-
ira. Quarres and dissensions were
becoming everyday embarrassments,
and the venture was an utter fallure
from a financial point of view. Bro
ken contracts and lawsuits were turn
ing the tour into one continuous round
of losses, and poor Gardner was on
the point Of despair. From the begin
,,;n.r thn cnpt.p5.;S had been