Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-07-27
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As q matter Of fact TIE pscx was he

A. q matter cf fact tie pscx was be
ginning to tell cL Brewster Work and
worry were plainly having an efiec, on
bis health. His color was bad his
eyes were losing their luster and there
was listlessneSs in bis actions 1h34t
even determined effort could not con
ceal from bis friends Little fits of
fever annoyed him occasionally, AaG
he admitted that he did not teei t{rjt,
tight.
Something is wrong somewhere" ht
said ruefully. and my Whole system
seems ready TO stop work through SYN
path!."
suddenly there WAS a mighty check
to the preparations. I've days be: or,
the date set for the ba]l every.ulI,
came to a stahds'ili and the managers
sank back III perplcXity and constern;t
ton. Monty Brew wsteY was critically
ill.,
Appendicitis, the Goctors called it,
ahG an operation was imperative.
Thank heaven it's fash onaEle, "
laughed MONTY, who showed nc fear Of
the prospect How ridiculous il il
had been the mumps or if the newspa.
pers had sait., ON account of tbt
whooping cough MIR. Brewster did not
attend his bail"
on don't mean to SAY the bal is
off, of course And TalrlsOn was Ye:ti
y alarmed
Not Il bit of it, hopper" said MONTH
Its what I've been wanting All aiou2
You chaps 90 the handsbakng and
stay at home
Iher" was an immediate counci 6.
war when this piece Of neE,s was AZ
nounced, and the Little Sous were
unanimous in favor Of recalling The il
yitationS and declaring the party OF
At first Monty was obdtl1ate. but wbei
some one suggested that he could give
the ball later on. after he was well, he
relented. The opportunity to doall,
the cost by giving two parties was no
to be ignored.
Call it off. then, but say that it j~
only postponed.'
A great rushing to and fro resulted
in the canoeing Of contracts, the re
calling of invitations, The settlement Of
accounts, With the most loyal effort t.
save as much as possible FROM the
wreckage. Harrison and bis associ
ates, almost frantic with fear for Brew
ster's life, managed to perform Won
ders in the few hours Of grace Gard
with irr,4 no We
Niennese orchestra would prove dead
loss He suggested the possibility Of
d concert tour through the country
covering several weeks, and Monty, too
i'll to care one way or the other, au-
thorized him to carry out the plan if il
seemed feasible.
To Monty. fearless and less disturb
ed thaH anA utber member Of his cir
Gle. Appendicitis seemed as inevitable
As vaccination.
The appendix is becoming an i'm
rortant feat,re in the book of life" he
once told Peggy Gray.
He refu*es; 9 81 to a hospital. but
PItheticaiIy begged to be taken to bis
ed roonls at Mrs Gray's.
With All TIE unhappy loneliness of a
Sis X hoy he cr;.Ned the care and com
p;;niouShip of those who seemed a part
of his own. DIR. Lotless had them
transform a small betlchamber into n
model operating room, and Monty took
no small satisfaction in the thought
that if he was to be denied the priv
lege of spending money for several
weeks he would at least make his IL
ness as expensive as possible. A con
sultation Of eminent surgeons was call
ed; but. true to his colors, Brewster
installed Or. Lotless, a Little Son. as
his house surgeon. Monty grimly bore
the pain and suffering and submitted
to the operation which alone could
save his life Then came the struggle
then the promise Of victory and then
the quiet days of convalescence. In
the little room where he had dreamed
his boylsh dreams and suffered his boy
sh sorrows he struggled against death
and gradually emerged from the mists
of lassittnle He found 1t harder than
he had thought to come back to life
The trained nurses found that some
more powerful stmulant than the med
icine was needed to awaken his ambi
ton. and they discovered it ut last in
l'eggy.
Child" he said to her the first time
she was permitted to see him. and his
eyes had lights in them, "do you know,
This isn't such d bad world after all
Sometimes rs I've lain here it has
looket! twisted and queer. but there are
things that straighten it out. Today l
feel as though | had place in it as
though could light things and win
out. What DO you think, Peggy? DO
YOU suppose there is something that
could do: You know what ! mean
something that some one else would
not do a thousand times better
But Peg. to whom this chastened
mood in Monty was infinitely pathetic,
would rot let him talk. She soothed
him and cheered him and touched his