Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-07-10

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People c9tid not now IniD
4 4 him out With tie remark tia
some day he would ceme Into ii MI
lion or two. He had ,.real:zcd." q
Oliver Harrison would have Iolt II
Two days after his gfaEGfathcr's fu
neral final Will anA testament wa
read, and, as was expected, lie ole
banker atoned fer the hart!sl!iI, l.0l.
ert Brewster and h5s Wife la! endure
by beQueathing >1.00a.tt0 10 thpst -.
Montgomery. It was Is without u re
str-clon, without an aenouition, with
on; nn incumbraGcR Tit.e ~.a& not 4
suggestion as to how il should @ Ian
died by the heir. The business, tl-si..,t.]la
The Old man had aiaCs1 HIN was syl!a0
Slnous with conditions not eXpr.s *.
III the Will The dead maa Relieved
that he had drilled iAto the youth am
unmistakable conception Of What was
expected Of him ia life. If he failed in
these expectations the misfortune
would be his alone to bear A road
had been carved out for him. and be-
hind him stretched ii long line Of guide
posts whose iacOnic Instructions n}i1rlt
be ignored. hut never forgotten. Edwin
Peter Brewster evidently made his
VIII with the sehsib ble conviction that
it was necessary for him to die before
anybody else could possess his money
and that once dead it would be folly
for him to worry over the way ip
which Genefciaries might choose to
manage their own affairs
The house III Fifth avenue went to a
sister. together with a million OF two,
S&nd the residue of the estate found
kindly disposed relatives who were
willing to keep it from going to the
Home For Friendless Fortunes Old
Mr.. Brewster left his affairs in or.ler.
The Viii nominated Jerome Buskirk as
executor, and he was instructed in con
cluSlon. to turn over to Mon, y5.Hery
Brewster the day after the viii WAS
pfobated securities to the amount of
$1,O0Oou0, provided for in clause 4
OF the instrument. And SO it WAS that
ON the 10th Of September young Mr..
Brewster had an unconditional fortune
thrust upon him, weighted only with
II.
Since his grandfathers death he had
Deen staying at the gloomy Old Brew
ster house IL Fifth avenue paying but
TWO OF three hurried visits to the rooms
at Mrs. Gray's where he had made his
home. The gloom Of death still darken-
ed the Fifth avenue place. and there
was a Stiffness gentle stealthness,
about the house that made him long
for more cheerful companionship. He
wondered dimly if Il fortune always
carried the suggestion of tuberoses
The richness and strangeness of it all
hung about him unpleasanty He hau
mad no eXtravagant affection for the
t1flm old dictator who was dead. vet
MS grandfather was man and had /
commanded his respect 1t see,nt:.
brutal to leave him out Of the reckontne
to dance on tie grave of the mentor
who had treated him so we'll The at
tiuue CT tie .i.ei..ts WHO capped l.Hl
Oh the hack, Of ,ho Nesve,'4,so,.; VI,
co.4giis;s tt,z..,.tel, E.:!., af (&4 e.st., I'll
czl.ee,e,; him to re.1!cH 80 II h.1s.
1t seemed a t@::,s...' ea:Ge,y. ...3Gtel.
1oo. ~ ..eao".t5 2al }3y s'4sss> 4,--s.t
fer III own fo9a~h t.ls.:.ss'.tt....s ss....z..
L'en t,i@ fa,tt,,iIo II eff we...'.....,, Zen
M! = i@o@ eats with { half ,.p.i.<7.'
nv..... - :.
Yet tie ..g ion was a5c wit, It
Ha e. ~ ee.,cr.' <s2~s
whoa t.:'if coal Ia II !.e X Ia
anSH,s 80 - ~ :rta,.f tl.at
h was a2t 80. =; p ~; f3...t
OF sleea seei..vI tj.t= ',e:ts>: e. .;aI...a
Ct Wf,.4 - l3:-.l-....-s : ...4., ....-.. 50!
h.n IT eH'.. ,.5ilee th;. newspapers
kad l:.it' .s.e, lis pros. e.;ty 10 :..e
word he N'sts.."i.:Ge1 W.t.1 letters. 10
que@ts fcr r9b'tc II Hr.Yate charity
were ai5.;n(.a..t. lat L.3at Of hie -
roaron& ents @.eg's generous ana tAoasat
Only Of His GWn good.
hof tire t@E l.2 was III q hope.ess
state Of ew...,.e.Me,t. lie vas V: II
ell by reporters - >, 3@raphass ana ~
geno"i strangers, wba HeDpvolent}y {
Offered to invest HIS money in enter ,
rr.ses With certified fs?tg"es. N'hea he
was not e..G 1vG il lee:.4iag !. 18A.'
m.He III Ce.@ra9o wGI Ia $I.009 Gee,
marked do,".l = et5o he Was avoiding
a gui!eless iHrentcr who offered to SIX,
rlicc tie secrets Of marvellous ay-
vice for $500 or de,lying the report that
he l@e. been ten;,erea the presidency ,
of the first National bank.
OF Harrison Stirred HIN cut early
one morning I'D, While Tie Sleepy nil-
li0naire was rubbing his eyes an! Still
doGg:ng the Iombshell that a .ream {
a1arcll'si had hurled fron the pEaa-
Ne of Il beGpost. urged h.n n excited,
confidential tones to take time b.! the
foreiock ami prepare for possible
breach of promise suits. brewster sat
ON the edge of the bed ana listened to !
stories of how conscienceless |,
females had fleeced innocent and even
godly men of wealth. From the bath