The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-01-26
do anything for you -jes put me neg,

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club, but as lie was passing the Wa
dorf he remembered that he had se1
era things to say to Mrs. Dan. TIL
order was changed, and a few me
ments later he was received in Mrs
Dams very special den. She wor
something soft and graceful in layen
der, something that was light ant
WaVy Il evanescent and made vol
watch its changing shadows. Mont,
looked down at her with the feeling
mat she made a very effective picture
You are looking pretty fit this
morning, my lady" he said by wav OF
preamble. How well everything plays
up to you"
And you are unusually courtly
Monty she smiled. HAS the world
treated you so generously of late?"
1T is treating me generously enough
just now to make up for ANYTHING
he looked at her. do YOU know
Mrs. Dan, that it is borne in ,pon mo
now and then that there are things that
are quite worth while?"
ON, II you come to that" she an
sWered lightly, %"everything is worth
Whlle. For YOU. Monty. life is certain
" not slow. You can dominate: Won
can make things go your w;y. Aren't
they going your way now, Montyy,
Ihen more seriously: whats wrong?
Is the pace too fast?'
Ills mood increased upon him with
her sympathy. "Oh, no." he said. ..it
isn't that. You are good, and I'm =
selfish beast. Things are peryerse and
people are desperately obstinate some
INES And here I'm taking it out on
you. You are not perverse. You are
not obstinate. You are a ripper. Mrs
Dan, Il YOU are going to help me out
IN more ways than one."
We'll, to pay for all these gallan-
tries, Monty, | ought to do much, I'm
your friend through thick and thin
0 have only to command me-"
1T was precisely to get your helm
mat came i'll. I'm tired of those con
Il dinners. You know Yourself
mat they are all alike-the same peo-
pie, the same flowers, the same things
TO eat and the same inane twaddle in
the shape of talk. Who cares about
them anyway"
"Well, I like thatn,' she interr1nted
After all the thought l put into those
dinners! After all the variety | so care.
fully secured! My dear boy, YOU are,
frightfully ungrateful."
ooh, you know what ] mean and
Won know n1litn OK, ,,olJ -. "
is perfectly true. The dinners were a
Deastly bore, which proves that they
were a loud success. Your work was
not done in vain. But now I want
something else. We must push along
this ball we've been talking of. And
the yachting cruise-that can't wait
very much longer"
"Ihe ball first she decreed. s'II]
see to the cards at once, and In n day
or two I'll have a list ready for YOUR
gracious approval. And what have Won
done!'
"Pettingill has some great ideas for
doing over Sherry's. Harrison is in
communication with the manager of
Hungarian orchestra you spoke
OF, and he finds the men quite ready
Tor a little iaunt across the water. We
nave that military band-I'ye forgotten
The number of it's r~egiment-for the
promenade music, and the new Paris
sensation, the cOntralto, is coming oyer
with her primo tenore for some special
numbers"
You were certainly cut out for an
executive, Monty" said Mrs. Dan.
But with the music and the decora-
ions arranged you've only begun. The
savors are the real things, and if you
say the word We'll surprise them a lit
lie. Don't worry about it, Monty. It's
| go already. Well pull it off togeth-
"You are a thoroughbred. Mrs. Dam"
lie exclaimed. you do help a fellow
It a pinch"
"That's all right, Monty" she an
wered. "Give nc until after Christ
mas and I'll have the finest favors
YER seen. Other people may have
heir paper hats and pink ribbons, but
'ou can show them how the thing
ught to be done"
Her reference to Christmas haunted
as he drove down Fifth ave-
with the dread of a new disaster.
before had he looked upon pres-
nts as a calamity. but this year it {,
-as different. Immediately he began
} plan a bombardment of his friends !
18th costly trinkets, when he grew sud
doubtful of the opinion of his {
ncle's executor upon this move. But !
response to a telegram ~Swearengen !,
ones, with pleasing Feasibility, in /,
,rmed him that ANY Il with a drop :
: human Kindness in his body would :
)nsider it his duty to give Christmas :
to those who deserved them" :
way was now clear. If his
lends meant to handicap him With
fits he knew a way to get even. For !.
70 weeks his mornings were spent at
and the afternoons brought |
y to the heart Of every dealer in an q
in Fourth and Fifth venues :
e gave much thought to the matter l
the effort to secure many small ar :
cles which deliberately concealed their :
Tue. And lie had taste. The result OF l
s enGeayor was that many friends .