The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-04-19
THE PRINCETON UNION: THURSDAY, April, -. 1905.

eyes when she was given this new
proof of his loyalty and devotion. His
rooms were kept for him just as If he
had expected to occupy them every day
and every night, notwithstanding the
injurious apartments he was to main
tain elsewhere The Oliver Optic
books still lay in the attic, all tattered
and torn, but to Margaret the embod;-
ment Of prospective riches, promises Of
sweet hours to come. She knew Mon
ty we'll enough to feel that he would
not forget the dark little attic Of old
for all the splendors that might come
with the new dispensation.
There was no little surprise when he
sent out invitations for a large dinner.
His grandfather had been dead less
than month, and society was some
what scandaliZed by the plain symp-
toms Of disrespect he was showing. No
one had expected him to observe pro-
longed season of mourning, but that
he should disregard the formalties
completely was rather shocking, Some
Of the older people. who had not long
to live and who had heirs apparent,
openly denounced his heartlessness. 1t
was not very gratifying to think of
what might be in store for them if all
memories were as short as BreWsters
Old Mrs. Ketchell changed her WILL
and two nephews were cut off entire
grandson Of Joseph Clarity also was
to sustain severe change of fortune
in the near future if the cards spoke
correctly. Judge Van Wort, who was
not expected to live through the night,
got better Immediately after hearing
some one in the sickroom whisper that
Montgomery Brewster was to give
big dinner. Naturally the heirs-to-be
condemned young Brewster in no un-
certain terms.
Nevertheless the dinner to be given
by the grandson Of old Edwin Peter
Brewster was the talk of the town, and
not one Of the sixty invited guests
could have been persuaded to miss it.
Reports as to it's magnifcence were
abroad long before the night set for
the dinner. One Of them had it that it
was to cost $4,000 a plate. From that
figure the legendary price receded to
mark as low as $500. Montgomery
would have been only too glad to pay
$4,000 or more, but some mysterious
force conveyed to his mind a perfect
portrait of Swearengen Jones in the
act Of putting down large black mark
against him, and he forbore.
~, T
abide by the New York or the Mon
tana standard of extravaganza" Brew
ster said to himself. II wonder if he
ever sees the New York papers,
Late each night the last of the grand
old Brewster family went to his bed
room, where, after dismissing his man,
he settled down at his desk, with a
pencil and pad Of paper. Lighting
the candles, which were more easily
managed, he found, than lamps and
much more costly, he thoughtfully and
religiously calculated his expenses for
the day. Hopper Harrison and Elon
Gardner had the receipts for all mon
Ing an official report, but the "chief,''
as they called him, could not go to
sleep until he was satisfied in his own
mind that he was keeping up the aver
age. For the first two weeks it had
been easy-in fact, he seemed to have
quite a comfortable lead in the race.
He had spent. almost 100000 in the
fortnight, but he realized that the
greater part of it had gone into the
yearly and not the daily expense &C.
count. He kept a profit and loss"
entry in his little private ledger, but it
was not like any other account Of the
kind in the world. What the ordinary
merchant would have charged to "loss''
he jotted down on the profit side, and
he was continually looking for oppor-
tunities to swell the total
Rawles, who had been his grand
fathers butler since the day after he
landed in New York, came over to the
grandson's establishment, greatly to
the wrath and confusion Of the latters
Aunt Emmeline. The chef came from
Paris, and his name was Detuit Ellis,
the footman, also found much better
berth with Monty than he had had in
the house on the avenue. Aunt EN-
incline never forgave her nephew for
these base and disturbing acts of
treachery, as she called them.
One Of Monty's most extraordinary
financial feats grew out of the pur-
chase of a $4,000 automobile. He
blandly admitted to hopper Harrison
and the two secretaries that he intend
ed to use it to practice with only, and
that as soon as he learned how to run
an ''auto' as it should be run he ex-
pected to buy good, sensible, durable
machine for 81 900.
His staff officers frequently put their
heads together to devise ways and
means of curling Monty's reckless ex-
travagance. They were worried.
Hes like sailor in port protest
ed Harrison. Money is no object if he
wants thing, and-hang 1.-THE seems
to want everything he Sees"
1T won't last long," Gardner said
reassuringly Like his namesake,
Monte Christie, the world is his just