The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-01-03
CHAPTER VIII.

y - ceiling deep in thought.
a There was a worried pucker on his
\ forehead. half hidden by the rumpled
! hair, and his eyes were wide and sleep
\ less. He had dined at the Drews' the
= evening before and had had an awak-
<lening As he thought of the matter he
could recall no special occurrence that
ne could really use as evidence Colo
: mel and Mrs. Drew had been as kind as
!. ever, and Barbara could not have been
\. more charming. But something had
gone wrong. and he had endured a
= wretched evening.
! "rhat little English Johnnie was to
= Dlame," he argued. "Of course Barbara
. had a right to put any one she liked
y next to her, but why she should have
8 chosen that silly ass is more than I
know BY Jove. II had been on the
other side I'll warrant his grace would
have been lost in the dust"
His brain was whirlng. and for the
\ first time he was beginning to feel the
q unpleasant pangs of jealousy. The
\ Duke of Beauchamp he especially dis
liked, although the poor man had hard
ly spoken during the dinner. But
Monty could not be reconciled. He
; knew, of course, that Barbara had suit
ors by the dozen. but it had never &C.
Cured to him that they We're even Sc
, riously considered. Notwithstanding
the fact that his encounter with The
Censor had brought her into unde-
sirab!e notice, she forgave him every
thing after moments consideration.
The first few wrenches of resentment
We're overbalanced by her American
appreciation of chivalry. however in
spired. The Censor had gone for
years unpublished. his coarse wit be-
ing aimed at every one who had come
into social prominence So pungent
and vindictive was his pen that other
men feared him. and there were many
who lived in glass houses in terror Of
q fusillade Brewster's prompt and
sufficient action had checked the per-
nicious attacks. and he became hero
among men and women. After that
night there was no point to The Cen
sor's pen. Monty's first qualms Of
apprehension We're swept away when
Colonel Drew himself hailed him the
| morning after the encounter and in
no unmeasured terms congratulated
him upon his achievement assuring
him that Barbara and Mrs. Drew APP
roved, although they might lecture
him as a matter of FORM
But on this morning as he lay in his
n bed Monty was thinking deeply and
Apainfully. He was confronted by
Utmost embarrassing condition, and he
X was discussing it soberly with him
self "I've never told her." he said to
4 himself, but if she doesn't know my
II feeling she is not as clever as | think.
y Besides, haven't time to make love to
! her now. If it were any other girl
= !, suppose I'd have to. but Babs-why,
\ she must understand. And yet-hang
| that duke
IL In order to WOO her properly he
kowould be compelled to neglect finan-
y cial duties that needed every particle
II of brain energy at his command. He
Mound himself opposed at the outset by
Ma startling embarrassment. made alb
4 solutely clear by the computations of
the night before. The last four days
= Of indifference to finance on one side
and pampering the heart on the other
had proved very costly. To use shis
r own expression, he had been set
back" almost $4,000. An average like
that would he ruinous
!. "Why, think of it." he continued.
For each day sacrificed to Barbara
must deduct something like $1,000.
. A long campaign would put me ire.
trievably in the hole; Id get SO Tar
behind that holocaust couldn't put
me even She can't EXPECT that of me,
- yet girls are such idiots about devotion.
and Of course she doesn't know what
a heavy task am facing. And there
= are the others-what will they do while
| am out Of the running? l cannot go
TO her and say please, may have
y a years vacation? I'll come back next
\ September on the other hand, ]
shall surcis neglect my business II
J" she expects me to compete. What
u pleasure shall | get out of the seven
i millions If | lose her: / cant afford to
take chances. That duke won't have
II seven millions next September, it's
& true, but he II have prodigious argu-
inent against me about the DIST or odd"
Then brilliant thought occurred
: to him which caused him to ring for
messenger boy with such show Of Inn
patience that Rawles stood aghast-
y The telegram which Monty wrote was
as follows:
: Swearengen Jones. Butte. Mont:
May l marry and turn all property over
+. to wife, provided she will have me?
MONTGOMERY BREWSTER.
"Why isn't that reasonable?" he
= asked himself after the boy had gone
making property over to ones wife
: Is neither a loan nor is it charity. Old
Jones might call it needless extrava-
gancs. since he's bachelor, but It's
generally done because it's good bust
ness" Monty was hopeful.
Following his habit in trouble. he
sought Margaret Gray, to whom he
could always appeal for advice and
consolation. She was to come to his