The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-09-08

ster said to himself II wonder IL he
ever sees the New York papers"
Late each night the last of the grand
old Brewster family went to his bed
room, where, after dismisslng his man,
he settled down at his desk, with a
pencil and pad Of paper. Lighting
the candles, which were more easily
managed, he found, than lamps and
much more costly, he thoughtfully and
religiousiy calculated his expenses for
the day. hopper Harrison and Elon
Gardner had the receipts for all mon
eys spent. and Joe Bragdon was keep
Ing an official report. but the "chief,"
MS they called him, could not 20 to
sleep until he was satisfied In his own
mind that he was keeping up the aver
age. For the first two weeks It had
been easy-in fact, he seemed to have
quite a comfortable lead In the race.
He had spent almost 100000 In the
fortnight, but he realized that the
greater part Of it had gone into the
yearly and not the daily expense nc.
count. He kept profit and loss"
entry In his little private ledger, but it
was not like any other account of the
kind In the world. What tSe ordinary
merchant would have charged to "loss"
he jotted down ON the profit" side, and
he was continually looking for oppor-
tunities to swell the total.
Rawles. who had been his grand
fathers butler since The day after he
landed In New York. came over to the
grandsoifs establishment, greatly to
the wrath and confusion of the latter,s
Aunt Emmellne. The chef came from
Iarls, and bis name was Dctuit. Ellis.
the footman. also found much better
berth with Monty than he had had In
the house Oh the avenue. Aunt En-
incline never forgave her nephew for
these base and disturbing acts of
treachery, as she called them.
Ono OF Monty's most extraordinary
financial feats grew out Of the pur-
chase Of Il $4,000 automobile. He
blandly admitted to hopper Harrison
and the two secretaries that lie In tend.
cd TO use 1t to practice with only, and
that as soon M lie learned how to run
IN auto" az 1t should be run he cx-
l'ccted to buy good, sensible, durable
machine for $7,UOO.
Ills stan officers frequently put their
heads together 10 devise vssy.- aud
means Of curb.ng Monty's reckless ex-
travIgance. They were worried.
lies like a sailor In port" protest
ell Harrison. "ioncy Is no object IL he
wants Il thing. and-hang 1.-The seems
to want everything lie Sees"
ut won't last long" Gardner said
reassuringly. Like his namesakc,
t, Ii
now, aud he wants to enjoy It,"
"IIe wants to get rid Of 1t, it seems
to me-"
Whenever they rcprOached Brewster
about the matter he disarmed them
by saying: "Now that I've got money
mean to give my friends good time.
Just what you'd do If you were In my
place What's money for. anyway"
But this $1,000 n plate dinner
"l'm going TO give dozen Of them.
md even then / can't pay my just
debts. For years Two been entertained
at peoples houses and have been
taken cruising OH their yachts. They
have always been bully to ME. and
what have ever done for them? Moth
Ing. Now that ! can afford 1t. am
going to return some of these favors
md square myself. Doesn't 1t sound
reasonable?"
And SO preparations for Monty's din
ner went on. In addition to what he
called his efficient corps Of gentle
manly aids" lie had secured the serv-
ices Of Mrs. Dan DeAlille as Social
mentor and utility chaperOn." Mrs.
DeAille was known In the papers as
the header Of the fast young married.
set. She was one Of the cleverest
and d'best looking young women in town.
and her husband was one of those who
did not have to be invited too" Mr..
DeSiilie lived at the club and visited
his home. Some one said that he was
so slow and his wife SO fast that when
she invited him to dinner he was usu-
ally two or three days late. Alto
gether Mrs. DeNfille was q decided
acquisition to Brewsters campaign
committee. 1t required just her touch
to make his parties fun instead Of
funny.
1t was on Oct. 1S that the dinner was
. given. With The skill Of a general Mrs.
Dan had seated the guests In such a
way that from the beginning things
went or with zest. Colonel Drew took
I'm Mrs. Valentine, and his content was
assured. Mr.. Van Wrinkle and the
beautiful Miss Valentine were side by
side, Gnd no one could say he looked
unhappy. Mr.. Cromwell went in with
Mrs. Savage, and the same delicate
tact-in some cases 1t was almost In
delicate-was displayed in the disposi-
tion Of other guests.
Somehow they had come with the ex-
pcctation Of being bored. Curiosity
prompted them to accept, but 1t did not
prevent the subsequent inevitable lassi-
tude. Socially Monty Brewster had yet