The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-16

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his plans even rne Little sons. VINO
were imaginative by instinct and reck.
less on principle. could not be quite
acquiescent
Hopper Harrison sOlemnly expressed
the opinion that the bali would cost
Brewster at least $l25,OO0 The Little
Sons looked at one another in con
stcvaation, while Brewster's indlffer-
ence expressed itself in an unhatter-
ing comment upon hts friends vulgar
ity Good Lord. hopper be added.
you would speculate about the price
Of gloves for your weddingr
Harrison resented the taunt ut
would be much less vulgar TO do that
Monty, saving your presence. than to
force your mildoos down every ones
throat"
"Wen they swallow them, I've no
ticed," retorted Brewster, "as though
they were chocolates
Pettngill interrupted grandiloquent-
~. "My friends and gentlemen
(Which Is whlch?' asked Van Win.
kle casually
But the artist was in the saddle.
Permit me to present you to the boy
Croesus-the only one extant His mar
| bles are plunks. and his kites are made
Of fifty dollar notes He feeds upon
coupons la Newburg, and his cham
pagne is liquid golden eagles Look at
him, gentlemen while you can and
watch him while he spends $4,000 for
lowersp
with a Niennese orchestra tor TWEEN
ty-nlne thousandr added Bragdon.
And yet they maintain that silence is
golden"
And three singers to divide twelve
thousand among themselvesl That's alb
solutely crmnal!" cried Van Winkle.
"Qyer in Germany they'd sing month
for half that amount"
"Six hundred guests to feed total
cost Of not less than $4,000" groaned
hopper dolefully.
And there aren't 600 In town" la
mented Subway Smith "All that glory
wasted on 200 rank outsiders"
You men are borrowing a lot Of trou-
ble." yawned Brewster, with gallant
effort TO seem bored "All I ask Of You
is TO come to the party and put up a
good imitation OF having the time Of
your life. Between you ana me. Ia
rather be caught drinking Ice cream so
da than giving this thing. But
That's what we want to know-but
whati" and Subway leaned forward
eagerly.
But" continued Monty. Il am in for
it now, and 1t is going to be a ball that
is a ball"
! Nevertheless the optimistic Brewster
could not find the courage to tell Peg
gy of these picturesque extrayaganees
To satisfy her curiosity he blandiy ia
formed her that he was getting OF
much more cheaply than he had expect
cd. He laughingly denounced as untrue
the stories that had come to her from
outside SOU ces, and before his con
vincing assertions that reports were ri
diculously e. lggerated the troubled ex
preston in TIE girls eyes disappeared.
II must seem fool" groaned Mon
ty as lie left the house after one o
these explanatory trials. but wha
will she think OF me toward Tie end o.
the year when ! am really In harness 2
He found Il hard TO control the desi;y
to be straight with Peggy and tell he
the story of his mad race in pursuit o
poverty.
Preparations for the bah went oi
steadily, and in a dull winter It ha,
its color value for society. II was 4
be Spanish costume ball. and a
many tea tables the talk Of it was
godsend Sarcastic as Il fro Soutl,
was on the question Of Monty's tx,., ,-
agance, there was a splendor about III
, Aladdn-like entertainment which hai
charm. Beneath the outward dlsar
proyal there was secret admiration
I of the superb nerve of the man AM
, there WAS little reluctance 10 help hin
! in the Wild career he had chosen. /
was so easy to 90 with him TO the edg
Of the precipice and let him take th
plunge alone. Only the echo of III
criticism reached Brewster for he ha
sllenced Harrison with work anu Pet
tingill with opportunities II trouble
him little, as he was engaged in jottin
down items that swelled the profit sid
I Of his ledger account enormously TIL
4 ball was bound TO give him a good lea
. in the race once more despite th
heavy handicap the Stock Exchang
had imposed The Little Sons too
of their coats and helped Pettlngill
the work Of preparation He foun
!, them quite superfluous. for their idea
never agreed, and each man had a wa
! OF preferrlng his own suggestion. I
. Brewster's chagrln. they were unite
! in the effort to curb his extravaganza
Hell be giving automobiles an
ropes Of pearls for favors If we don
9 stop him." said Subway Smith afte
Monty had ordered "A vintage chan
z pagne to be served during the entiI
e evening "Giye them two glasses frs
4 II you Ike, and then they won't min
II they have cider the rest OF IN
night"
"Monty is plain dotty,7 chlmed :
4 Bragdon, "and the pace is beginning
. tell on him"
As matter Of fact the pace was b.
ginning 10 ten on Brewster Work an
I worry were plainly having an effect o
, his health Ills color was bad, b
, eyes were losing their luster and thei
+ was a hstlessness in his actions 10.
I even determined effort could not COZ
\ Ceal from his friends Little fts {
fever auneved him occasionally an