Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-07-27

| hei name was cOnSricuouSlv ahSe4'
1rolu MS Gcscriit ions. NJ he UnfolGe.
bis plans even he Little Sons. VII,
were imaginative by instinct and reek
less on principle. could not be Qui1 {
! acqniescent
| Hopper Harrison solemnly espresso
the opinion that the ball would cost
Brewster at least $125,OOO. The Little
Sons looked at one another in CON
sterna1ion, while Brewsters indiffer-
ence expressed itself in an unfatter-
ing comment upon his friends vulgar
ity, Good Lord, hopper he added.
! you would speculate about the price
OF gloves for your weddingn'
Harrison resented the taunt at
| would 5e much less vulgar to do that.
Monty, saving Your presence than to
| force yonr millions down every ones
| throat
! We'll, they swallow them. I've no.
ticed.' retorted Brewster, las though
they We're chocolates"
| Pettingil interrupted grandiloquent-
ly, MY friends and gentlemen
(Which is ?' asked Van Win
kle casually
But the artist was in the saddle
Permit me to present you to the boy
Croesus-the only one extant His mar
bleS are plunkS. and his kites are made
Of fifty dollar notes. He feeds upon
coupons la Newbnrg. and bis cham
ragne is liquid golden eagles Look at
him. gentlemen While you can and
watch him while he spends $4,000 for
flowers"
with Niennese orchestra for TWEEN
ty-nine thousand" added Braedon
And vet they maintain that silence is
golden
and three singers 10 divide twelve
thousand among themselves. That's all
solutely criminal" cried Van Wrinkle
Over in Germany they'd sing month
for half that amount
"SiN hundred guests to feed-tutal
cost Of not less than $4,000" sroared
hopper dolefully
And there aren't 600 in town. Ia
mented Subway Smith. "All that glory
| wasted on 200 rank outsiders
You men are borrowing q lot of trou
bic" yawned Brewster. with q gallant
leffort to seem bored. ".al ! ask of You
is to come to the party and put up Il
good imitation OF having the time of
Your life. Hetween you and NE. I'd
rather lie caught drinking ice cream so
ia tEan giving this thing But
"ih"t'S what we want to know-but
what: and Silbway leaned forward
|-agerlN.
Put. continued Monty, Il am in for
I noW ana il is going to be ball that
$ /: bali"
&cNerthelesS the optimistic Brewster
'"lit' Eot find The courage to tell Peg
=, IF these p .cturesGue eXtravagances
satisfy her curiosity he bandly IN
":m";i 1."r that he was getting OF
n&cn n;o.e cheaply than he had expect
i. He i; .g.'ngIy denounced as untrue
he stories shat had come to her fronl
'HfSi'ie sauces. and before his con
ming assertions that reports We're III
etio''s.y exaggerated the troubled cN
.Session IL The g.r''s eyes disappeared.
Il l. ), Sect :! r,o!" gHnAneG Mon
" as he lett the housc after one of
these "1,,,n;,tory trials. but what
i'll she think of NE toward the end of
jhc y.,zt1, N.loY ! Il f:;;ly in Eal1c<s
'le faf;Ha :, 't,fr, Antro the deS,rt
20 he ,&h1 N-..,l 'eG=:; and tell het.
he s:o,N of his mad r%ce in pursuit Of
poverty.
Preparations for the bail went on
Steadily anA III Il Gfll winter it had
its coior NJine iur society 1t was 10
be Il Spa!l,s!i costume ball, and at
many tea tables tI.e talk Of it WAS Il
gOdsend Sarcastic as it Frequently
was on the question az Montys r*'-ay-
agaucp, 3,4crt WAS Il Splcndor about the
! Alaadin-l!ie "n1ettdit,'0ent Whj"5 had
a charm Bpueull jhp outward dis&p
prOVai there WaS Il secret admiration
of the Suucrh nerve of the man. And
there WAS little re.uctHnce to heip him
in the Wild career he had chosen. It
was so easy to r0 With h,in to the edge
of the precipire AMI let him take the
plunge alone Only the echo OF the
criticism reached Brewster. for he had
silenced H.~:so.} With work and Pet
tingill with opportunities. 1T troubled
him little. as he was engaged i'll lottinS
down items that swelled the profit SIDE
of his ledger account enormously. The
ball was bound to give him good lead
in the race once more despite ihe
heavy handicap the Stock Exchange
had imposed. The Little Sons TOOK
! off their coats and helped Pettinglll IN
the work of preparation. He found
them quite superfuous. for their IDEAS
never agreed. and each man had way
of preferring his own suggestion TO
Brewster's chagrin. they We're uniteo
in the effort to curb his extravaganza.
Hell be giving automobiles ana
ropes of pearls for favors If we doh I
stc,; hi,n." said SuhwHy Smith a1ter
Monty h4.? or,te"e1 vintage chab-
pacpe hc scrved during the eh'ife
evening. Give them two glasses hfs''