The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-09-15

new promises that were being made
for him.
Brewster bobbed uncertainty between
two emotions, elation and distress. He
had achieved two kinds of success, the
desired and the undeSred. 1t was but
natural that he should feel proud of
the distinction the venture had brought
to him OH one hand, but there was reo-
son for despair over the acquisition of
$4,000. 1t made it necessary for him
to undertake IN almost superhuman
feat-increaSe the number of his Janu
AIRY bills. The plans for the ensuing
spring and summer were dimly getting
into shape, and they CNverch many
startling projects. Since contiding
some OF them to Hopper Harrison that
gentleman had Worn IL never decreasing
look of worry and anxiety in his eyes.
EIwieS added to his Ce@rair 4 Gay o.:
two after the Stock Exchange misior-
tune. lie brought up the Information
that six splendid little puppies had
come to bless his Boston terrier family,
and Joe Bragdon, who was present, en-
Enthusiastically predicted that he could
get 500 apiece for them. Brewster
loved dogs, yet for one single horrible
moment he longcd to massacre the
helpless little creatures. But the old
affection came back to him, and he
hurried out with Bragdon to inspect
the brood
And I've either got to sell them o.
kill them" he Groancd. Later on he i'll
structed Brag'lon TO sell the pups for
$50 apiece and went away. ashamed to
look their proud mother in the face.
Fortune smiled on him before the
day was over, however He took Sub
way Smith for ride In the green
jugScrnaut," bad weather and bad
roads Notwithstanding Monty lost con-
troll of the machine and headed for Il
subway excavation. He and Smith
saved themselves by leaping TO the
pavement, sustaining slight bruises.
but the great machine crashed through
the barricade ana dropped to the bot
tom of the trench far below To
Smiths grief and BrewSter'S delight
the automobile was hopeleSSly ruined
a clear loss Of many thousands. Mon
tvs joy was short lived, for it was
soon learned that three lucklcSS work.
men down in the depths had been bad
ly injured by the green meteor from
above. The mere fact that brewster
could and did pay literally for the re-
lief of the poor fellows afforded him
little consolation. His careleSsncSs
and possibly his Indifference had
brought suffering to these men ana
their families which was not pleasant
to look back upon. Lawsuits were
avoided by compromise. Each OF the
injured men received $1,000.
At this time every one wes interested
in the charity bazaar at the Astoria
Society was on exhibition, and the pub
lie paid for the privilege of gazing at
the men and women whose names
filed the society columns. Brewster
freQuented the booth presided over by
Miss Drew, and there seemed to be
no end to Ills philanthropy. The bazaar
lasted two days and nights and after
that period his account book showed
an even profit" of nearly s.. 600
Montys serenity, however, was con-
siderably ruflied by the appearance of
new and aggressive claimant for the
smiles of the fair Barbara. He was
Californian of immense wealth and un-
bounded confidence in himself and
letters to people in New York had given
him certain cntrce. The triumplns in
love and finance that had come with
his twoscore years and ten had de-
molished every vcstigc of tImidity that
may have been born with him. lie
was successful enough in the world of
finance to have become four or five
times millionaire, and lie had Jared
so well in love that twice he had been
n widowcr. Rodney Grimes was start
ing out to win Barbara with the same
dash and iinpulsivencss that Oyercamo
Mary Farrell, the cook in the mining
camp, and Jane Boothroyd, the school
teacher, who came to California ready
to marry the first man who asked her.
He was pcnniless prospector when he
married Mary, and when he led Jane
to the altar she rejoiccd in having
captured husband worth ut least
$4,000.
lie We'd with Brewster in patronizing
Barbara's booth, and he rushed into
the conflict with an impetuosity that
seemed destined to carry everything
before it. Monty was brushed aside.
Barbara was pre-empted as If she were
mining claim, and ten days after his
arrival in New York Grimes was the
most talked of man in town. Brewster
was not the sort to he dispatched with
out Il struggle, however. Recognizing
Grimes as an obstacle, but not as a ri
val, he once more donned his armor and
beset Barbara with all the zest Of n
champion who seeks to protect and not
to conquer He regarded the Califor-
nian as IN impostOr, and summary ac-
tion was necessary. II know all about
him, Babs," he said one day after he
felt sure of his position. "Why, his