Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-01-05
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.

CHARTER IA -uri.,r III honor of the twenty
tfjA hrthdHy II MONTGOMERY Brewster, grand
son ar.d heir Of Edwin Brewster. mi.iluualrc i
interrupted by the Acknowledgement Of Oh Ar.
E.rN-tcE'S death. lI--BrcN -tcr lnAcIis ms
grnndfat hers $lnm.uon H. ! invited 10 dinner
by Colonel Drew llI-Mouty oilers To aid Mr..
tIr ~ aud Peggy. hs foster mother and foster sle-
ter He receives letter from Grant u Ripley
lawyers. telling him that the fortune of his Uncle.
James -edgwck Of Montana. has been left 1"
him. Mr.. -Wearen.en Jones l. executor OF the
StdgWIck " ill., lN-Brcw-tCr Is informed that
the 7edc"ick fortune /. left I" him on condition
that on his twcnty.sixih birthday, sept: - OF the
following year. he M absolutely pennies III"
conditions forbid him to give MAY or to loan
ANY money. hnt to get "his moneys worth.
The Scdgwck fortune amounts To more than
$t.Whnot. N-Brcwsicr l. forbidden To lake any
one in,n his confidence. He believes himself i'll
love with Barbara Drew, daughter OF Colonel
brew Mr.. Jones, in Montana states the CON
ditIon- under which Monty is TO dispose OF the
Brewster money. Brewster employs his friends
10 help him get rid of the million. Nl-Brewsicr
makes friends with Mrs. DeMlle, society
leader. He gives maGniiieent dinner. after
which the glass ceiling screen falls on the table
running it, Nll-Hrcwster whips newspaper
man Who sneer- at him and Miss Drew. Will
Brewster asks Jones whether he may marry and
"stick to his knitting" Monty conhdes IN
Peggy concerning his love for Barbara. X
Brewster bets oI Il prizc-ichi. hoping 10 lose.
H.. tells Miss Drew he loves her. hut gets no
decided reply. His rriZc-isht wa@crs prove
AInucr-. N-Brcw-c or decides to invest in lnm-
htr ana lutl, u tlliH1 NJ IuTtnhSc -'h'i-
il up, and ne makes Sjs,n00. \I-An auto acct
dent costs Brewster $4,000. He has quarrel
with barbara. Hiyhw aymen take Brcwste =
money and yaluablcs. XIl-Monty refuses 10
identity one of the robbers and reforms him.
Brewster and Mrs. DeMille plan ball Miss
Drew returns his Christmas gift. Nlll-Brcwsier
loses 500 90 in bank failure. He saves Colonel
Drew from financial disaster, the condition of his
aid being that Barbara be not told. llN AT
Mis- Drews cotlliOn Brewster makes love to her.
He is repulsed and breaks finally with her. Nv
Brewster il taken i'll with appendicitis, and the
ball is called off. Brewster is operated on and
is nursed by Peggy. lie i to go to Florida to
temperate. XNI-Brewsters friends go with
him to Florida Peggy tries to reconcile Monty
and barbara XVII--Back to New York Brew
ster'e ball costs him much money. His friend
"NOpper" Harrison, confesses to having lost
sdo.OU of Brewster's money. He is forgiven
and sent West XNIlI-Brew ster still has over
SJOO.0U0 to spend. He takes twenty five guests
to Europe on a steam yacht. XIX and XX-
Brewster saves drowning sailors life. flow
er fete on the Riviera costs Monty several thous
ands. lie wins $40 900 at Monte Carlo. MI and
XXII-Much money is spent in Italy, Peggy
chides Brewster for spending so much KILL
At Alexandria a sheik falls in love with Peggy
XXlE-Peggy pretends to accept the savage's
proposal. Brewster repulses the shek, who
returns to the yacht and carries off Peggy
Brewster's men pursue, and threat by them to
shoot il followed by the savage's counter threat
to kill Peggy.