Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-13

been glad to begin IL agaln tne next day.
 Immediately after the landing Brew ster and Gardner were busy with the details of settlement After clearing up ell of the obligations arising from the cruise they felt the appropriate ness of a season of reflection. It was difficult moment-a moment when un- delivered reproofs were 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 them contained sensational stories of the prodigaps trip, with pictures, incidents and pre-. dictions. Monty was pained, humili. ated and resentful, 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 the papers aside hopelessly. In few weeks they would tell another story and quite as emphatically.
 The worst of 1t. 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 acQuaintances to distress his pride, with the gibes of the comic pa- pers to torture him remorselessly. Brewster was fast becoming the most miserable man in New York. Friends of former days gave him 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 its equality. He had not expected such home con- ing.
 Compared with his former self Mon ty was now almost a physical wreck, haggard, thin and defiant, shadow of the once debonair young New York CT, an object Of pity and scorn. Asham- ed and 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 ner after dinner, party after party, all on a most lavish scale, many of his guests laughing at him openly while they enjoyed his hospitality. The real friends remonstrated. 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 1t disappeared until the apartments were empty and be had squandered almost all of the $40 350 arising from the sales. The servants were paid of. the apartments relinquished. and he was beginning 10 know what 1t meant to be ''on his uppers." At the banks he ascertained that the interest on his moneys amounted to S1e,l40.s6. A week be- fore the 23d of September the whele million was gone, including the amounts won in Lumber and Fuel and other luckless enterprises. He still had about s17.oo0 Of his interest money in the banks. but he had bil- lion bangs in his heart-the interest on his improvidence.
 He 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 he in honor could not have sold. His only encouragement came from Grant & Ripley. the law yers. They inspired confidence in his tagging brain by urging him on to the end. promising brightness thereafter. Swearengen Jones was as mute as the mountains in which he lived. There was no word from him. There was no assurance that he would approve of what had been done to obiiterate Ed win Peter Brevster's legacy.
 Dan DeMilie and his wife tmplored Monty to come with them to the noun tains before his substance was gone completely. The former offered him money. employment rest and security if he would abandon the course be was pursuing Up in Fortieth street Peggy Gray was z-ieving her heart out, and be knew it Two or three of those whom be had considered friends re fused 70 recognize him in the street in this last trying week. and t oid rot even interest him 10 learn that Miss Barbara Drew was 10 become duch- ess before the winter was gone. Yet be found some satisfaction h the re- port that one Hampton of Chicago had long since been dropped out of the race.
 One day he implored the faithful Rragdca to steal the Boston terriers. He could not and would not sell them. and he dared not give them away. Bra z5ou de5ectedIv appropriated the dogs. and Brewster announced that some day he would offer q reward for their return and no questions asked" "
 He took a suit of rooms n q small hotel and was feverishly planning the overthrow of the last toTturing thou sands. B-zzi1n lived with him. and tha Little Sons Of the Rich stood by ally ready to help him when he ut- tered the H-st cry Of want But even