Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-07-13

4 4 tering how to get enough
money to pay bis bills. and it had not
occurred 10 him that it might be as
difficult to Spend as to acquire wealth.
The thought staggered him for a mo-
ment. Then he cried triumphantly II
can decline to accept grandfather's mil
lion.
You cannot decline to accept what is
already yours. l understand that the
money has been paid to you by Mr..
Buskirk. You have d million dollars,
Mr.. Bewster, and it cannot be denied"
you are right" agreed Montgomery
dejectedly. Really, Mr.. Grant, this
proposition is too much for me. If You
aren't required to give an immediate
answer l want to think it over. 1t
sounds like dream.''
ut is no dream, Mr.. Brewster smil-
ed the lawyer You are face To face
with an amazing reality. Come in To-
morrow morning and see me again.
Think it over; study it out. Remem
ber the conditions of the will and the
conditions that confront you. In the
meantime shall write to Mr.. Jones.
the executor, and learn from him just
what he expects you to do in order to
carry out his own conception of the
terms of your uncle's will"
Don't write, Mr. Grant; telegraph.
And ask him to wire his reply. A year
Is not very long in an affair of this
kind" A moment later he added:
Hang these family feuds! Why
couldn't Uncle james have relented
bit? He brings endless trouble on my
innocent head just because of row
before was born"
HE was strange man. AS rule,
one does not carry grudges quite SO
far But that is neither here nor there.
His will is law in this case"
Suppose l succeed in spending all
but a thousand dollars before the 23d
of next September! Id lose the seven
millions and be the next thing to
pauper. That wouldn't be quite like
getting my moneys worth
1T is a problem, my boy. Think it
over very seriously before You come
to a decision one way or the other. In
the meantime we can establish beyond
doubt the accuracy of this inven-
tory
by all means so ahead, and please
urge Mr.. Jones not to be too hard on
me. ] believe III risk it if the restric-
tions are not too severe. But if Jones
has puritanical instincts l might as
well give up hope and be satisfied with
what / have"
MIR. Jones is very far from what
you'd call purltanical, but he is in
tensely practical and clear headed. He
will undoubtedly require you to keep
an expense account and to show some
sort Of receipt for every dollar you
disburse."
Good Lord! Itemize?'
I'm general way. l presume"
'.I'H have to employ an army OF
spendthrifts to devise ways and means
for profligacy."
"You forget the item which restrains
you from taking anybody into your
confidence concerning this matter.
Think it over 1t may not be so difl'-
cult after nights sleep"
'If it isn't too difficult to get the
nights Sleep"
All the rest of the day Brewster
wandered about as one in Il dream
He was rreu,, led and puzzled, aho
more than one OF his old associates. re-
ceiying a distant nod in PASSING re-
sentfully concluded that bis Wcal'E
was beginning TO change him. HIS
brain was so full of statistics. figures
and computations that it wbirled diz
lilly, and once he narrowly escaped be
ing run Gown ly Il street car. He dinet
alone at small French restaurant II
one OF the side streets. The waite
maryeled at the amount of black cofc'
the young man consumed and locke
hurt when he did not touch the quai
and lettuce
TAat night the little table in his roon
ct Mrs. Gray's was Uttered with scrap