The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-11-10

tney SAT. Every one of them contained
sensational stories of the prodlga,'s
trip, with pictures incidents and pre-
dictions. Monty was panied, humili-
ated and resentful, but he was honest
enough to admit the justification of
much that was said Of him. He read
Dts of 1t here and there and then threw
she papers aside hqpelessly. In a few
weeks they would tell another story
and quite as emphatically.
The worst Of it, Monty, is that you
are the next thing to being a poor
man." groaned Gardner. "I've done
my best to economize for you here at
home. as you'll see by these figures
but nothing could possibly balance the
extravagances of this VOYAGE, They
are simply appalling"
With the condemnation of his friends
ringing in his troubled brain, with the
sneers OF acquaintancos to distress his
pride, With the gibes of the comic pa
pers to torture him rcmorselessly.
Brewster was fast becoming the most
miserable man In New York. Friends
OF former days gave him the cut d.
rect, clubmen ignored him or scorned
him openly, women chilled him with
the iciness Of unspoken reproof, and
al the world was hung with shad-
ows. The doggedness of despair kept
him up, but the strain that pulled
down OH him was so relentless that
the struggle was losing Its equality.
He had not expected such home COM
ing
Compared with his former self Mon
ty was now almost q physical wreck,
haggard, thin and defiant, a shadow
OF the once debonair young New York
or, IN object Of pity and scorn. Asham-
<,ed and deSpairng. he had almost lack
~ Ne courage to face Mrs. Gray. The
eo,so,o tSp he once gained through her
w, s} ,,om. ,oS,S} himself, and his suffer
ne "o" ',eh'eo SXNvas, was very real.
LII absolute rccklessnesS.s e uih, n
ncr after dinner, party 4,n r"'as' 20 a., a.,
Oil q most lavish scale. vi n,'
guests laughing mt him %,y Wv Wilt
they enjoyed his hospitali ,Nai1 e isn, ',;.,
friends demonstrated, % =" u
everything within their POW tw;1,,e.
his aMfAl rush TO poverty. buf sSS',or.
success. lie was not to lie stopped. -
AT last the furniture began to go, then
the plate. then all the priceless brio
a-3rac. Piece by piece it disappeared
Until the apartments were empty and
he had sQuandcretl almost all Of the
Sf0.350 arising from the sales. The
servants were paid of, the apartments
relmqulshcd, and he was beginning to
know what it meant to be "on his
uppers." At the banks lie ascertained
that the interest on his moneys
D,, t11 %<>. 90
fore the 23d OF September the whole
million was gone, including the
amountsssyon in Lumber and Fuel and
other luclllcss enterprises. He still
had about $1,000 of his interest
money in the banks. but he had bill
lion pangs In his heart-the interest on
his improvidence
lie found some delight in the discov-
cry that the servants had robbed him
of not less than $500 worth of his
belongings. Including the Christmas
presents that lie in honor could not
have sold. His only encouragement
came from Grant & Ripley. the law
ycrs. They inspired confidence in his
tagging brain by urging him OH to the
end. promising brightness thereafter.
mountains in which lie lived. There
was 10 word from him. There was no
assurance that he would approve of
what had been done to obliterate EG
win Peter Brewster's legacy.
Dan DeAlillc and his wife implored
Monty to come with them to the noun
tains before his substance was gone
completely. The former offered him
money. employment, rest and security
IL lie would abandon the course he was
pursuing. Up in Fortieth street Peggy
Gray was grieving her heart out, and
he knew it. Two or three Of those
whom lie had considered friends re-
fused to recognize him in the street In
this last trying week, and 1t did not
even interest him to learn that Miss
Barbara Drew was to become duch-
ess before the winter was gone. Yet
he found some satisfaction in the re-
port that one Hampton of Chicago had
long since been dropped out Of the race.
One day he implored the faithful
Bragdon to steal the Boston terriers.
He could not and would not sell them,
and he dared not give them away.
Bragdon dejectedly appropriated the
dogs, and Brewster announced that
some day he would offer reward for
their return and mo questions asked"
He took n suit of rooms I'm small
hotel and was feverishly planning the
overthrow OF the last tOrturing thou
sands. Bragdon lived with him, and
the Little Sons of the Rich stood 10y
ally ready to help him when he ut
tered the first cry of want But even
this establishment had to be abandon
cd at last. The old rooms In Fortieth
street were still open to him, and,
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