Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-14
action on the n.c'!i Of the storm. Some


now II broHGht u small ray of lg.it 20
lis ci@Uded tn 'c-'staHGing and he
found io.' III kCel ing he falae alive re
IGious1N If somewhat G1uh.fuily. His
eyes fol!oWe;i her constantly. search
ing for the c;co;-" re. ent that The
very blindness Of love lad hidden from
him, forever torme,ting A.,nseif WITH
fears and hun'> AND fears @ga.n. '4"r
Happiness and y;T@e.ly puzzled h44
Re WAS g. cn annoHe@; he was now AL
'hen seriously myst;fi"d.
-Four days OFT f'aln New York. thon
three days. then two Gays. ard then
Brewster began u feel the beginning
OF the final wh;"iwind in igro!igar.
ciou!ing him oiirt s>iVelT. onin0EE.E.
unkindly. Down IN his statoroom ht
drew new estimates. new calculations
and tried to balance the Old ones SO
that they appeared in the light most
favorable to his designs.
Going over the statistics carefully. he
estimated that the cruise. including the
repairs and the return of the Yacht to
New York. would cost him $21O.CO0 in
round figures. One hundred and thirty
three days marked the length Of the
voyage when reckoned by time. and.
as near as he could get at it, the OK
pense had averaged $3.50 day. Ne
cordng to the contract he was to pay
for the yacht, exclusive of the cuisine
and personal service. And he had fond
it simple enough to spend the remain
ing 81 $50. There were days. of course
when fully $1,000 disappeare /. and
there We're others on which he spen!
much less than 81 900. but the average
was secure. Taking everything into
consideration. Brewster found that his
fortune had dwndled to a few p;l:Ty
thousands in addition to the proccc>,s
which would come to him from tie sale
of his furniture On the whole he was
satisfied.
The landing in New York and the
separation which followed We're not en-
tirely merry. Every discomfort was
forgotten, and the travellers only knew
that the most wonderful cruise since
that Of the ark had come to an end.
There was not one who would not have
been glad to begin it again the next
day.
Immediately after the landing Brew
ster and Gardner were busy with the
details of settlement After clearing
up all of the obligations arising from
the cruise they felt the appropriate
ness OF a season Of reflection It was a
difficult moment-a moment when IN
delivered reproofs We're in the air But
Gardner seemed much the more melan-
choly of the two.
Piles of newspapers lay scattered
about the floor of the room in which
they sat. Every one of item contained
Sensstt onal stories of tie prodigaPs
trip. with pictures, incidents and pre-
dietions. Monty was panied. lumili-
a1cd and reScntfu but he was honest
enough TO admit the Justification of
much that was said of him. He read
bits of it here and there and then threw
die papers aside hopeiessiy. Ia few
weeks they would tell another story
and quite as empEaticaily.
The worst CT it Monty. is that YOU
are the next thing to being poor
man, groaned Gardner I've done
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home, as you'll see by these figures,
but nothing could possibly balance the
eNtravagances of this voyage, They
are simply appaling.'
With the condemnation of his friends
ringing in his troubled brain. with the
snecrs of acQuaintanccs to distress bis
pride, with the gibeS Of the comic pa
pcrS to torture him remOrSt less ~
| Brewster was fast becoming the NEST
miserable man in New York Friends
of former days gave hnl the cut di-
rect, clubmen ignored him or Scorned
him openly, women chilled him with
the iciness of unspoken reproof, and
all the world was hung with shad-
ows The doggedness Of despair kept
him up. but the strain that pulled
down on him was SO relentless that
the struggle was losing it's equality.
He had not expected such home com
ing.
Compared with his former self Mon
ty was now almost Il physical wreck,
ha@garu, thin and defiant. shadow
OF ;he once debonair young New York
or, an object of pity and scorn. Asham
ed ANA despairing, he had almost lack
ed the courage to face Mrs. Gray. The
consolation he once gained through her
he now denied himself, and his suffer
ing peculiar as it was, was very real
In absolute reckleSsneSS he gave din
her after dinner. party after party, all
on most lavish scale, many of his
guests laughing at him openly While
they enjoyed his hospitality. The real
friends demonstrated, pleaded. did
everything within their power to check
his awful rush to poverty, but without
Success He was not to be stopped
AT last the furniture began to go, then
the plate, then all the priceless bric-
a-brac Piece by piece it disappeared
until the apartments were empty and
he had sqlandered almost all of the
$40 $50 arising from the sales The
servants We're paid Off the apartments
relinquished. and he was beginning to