Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-02-16

interrupted by the nnnouut.uicni al old Mr. |
Brcw,,rr's death. II Brewster inheri's ms |
.rnndfathcr'- $loiU,Hsi. H., j. invited 10 dinner
hy Colonel Drew Ill-MonIy offers 10 aid Mrs. |
Gray and Peggy. his foster mother and foster SIS
ter lie receives letter from Grant Ripley. |
LAWYERS, telling him that The fortune Of hir uncle,
.Iniic- >,.,ewiok of Montana. has been LETT 10 |
him. Nj. SNcarcn.cn J"ncs Is executor of the |
S,.,igwirk viii. " Brewster il n''rm'-! that !
the oc,.wlCk fortune II left I" him on condition
that on his twcuty-.ixth birthday. sept; . OF TIE
following year he be absolutely pennies Inc
conditions forbid him to give away or 10 I9an
any money. bat 10 get "his moneys worth. |
The Srdgwick fortune amounts to more than |
$t.01oou,. N-Brcwslcr j. forbidden To take any |
one INTO his confidence. lie believes himself IN
love with barbara brew, daughter OF Colonel |
brew. Mr.. Jones, in Montana states the con- |
fltiuns under which Monty is TO dispose OF The
hn'",trr money. brewster employ, ms lrienu-
/" help him get rid of the million. \l-BTewrier
make friends with Mrs. ncMiile, a society |
lender lie gives maSniiirrui dinner. after
which the glass ceiling screen falls on the table
running il. NII-lircwstcr whips newspaper |
man no at him and Miss Drew. VIII |
brewster asks Jones whether he may marry and /
"stck to his knitting Monty confdes in |
Peggy concerning his love for Barbara iA-l
Brcw-t bets Oh rrizefight hoping To lore. !
He tells Miss Drew he loves her. but get- no
decided reply. His prizc-iSht waSers prove |
Ainner>. X-Brcws.er decides TO invest in lum- |
her and fuel falling stock; his purchase sends |
il up, and he makes $4,000. XI-An auto acc- |
dent costs Brewster $4,000. He has a quarrel
with Barbara. Highwaymen take Brewsters
identity one of the robbers and reforms him. !
Brewster and Mrs. DeMIle plan ball. Miss
Drew returns his Christmas gift. Alll-Brewster
loses 500, 900 in bank failure He saves Colonel
Drew from financial disaster the condition of his
aid being that Barbara be not told: 1lN AT
Miss Drew's cOtillOn Brewster makes love To her |
He liz rcpulsed and breaks finally with her. XVI
Brewster is taken i'll with appendicitis. and The
ball il called Off Brewster Is operated on and !
is nnrsed by Peggy: lie is to 90 to Florida TO
recupcrate. XVI-Brewster's friends go with |
him to Florida. Peggy tries to reconcile Monty |
and barbara. XVII-Back to New York. Brew
ster's ball costs him much money His friend,
"NOpper' Harrison, cOnfesses to having lost
and sent West XVIII-Brewster still has over
$5OO0oa to spend. He takes twenty five guests
to Europe on steam yacht; KIN and w
Brewster saves drowning sailors life. A flow |
tete on the Riviera costs Monty several thous.
ands. lie wins $4,000 at Monte Carlo. Xxi and
XXII-Much money is spent in Italy. Peggy
chides Brewster for spending so much. KILL |
At Alexandria sheik falls in love with Peggy. |
XAvPesgy pSetends to accept pit the so ssvagss
returns to the yacht and carries of Peggy |
Brewster's men pursue, and :hreat by them to
shoot is followed By the savags,s counter threat
rescued by the sailor whom Brewster saved. |
Brewster decides to sail the yacht for the North
he viii go alone. XVII and XXvIiI-MOniy
IL locked in his cabin, and the yacht 10 headed
for Eoston. During a storm he is released by
Southampton. XXIX-Brewster and his party
return to New York. Brewster IL in love with
Peggy: Only few thousands are left Of the
most the whole million Is gone. XXX-Brew-
ster, after telling Peggy his fortune is gone,
proposes to her and 10 accepted The marriage
Brewster borrows to pay the minister's fee lie
renders to Grant 4 Ripley an itenized account
of the spent million: A mysterious stranger is
from Jones for several days. XXXII-At a
farewell bachelor dinner Brewster receives a
note from the lawyers telling him Jones has
Jones and the Sedgwick fortune have disap-
peared Brewster goes back to the dinner.
CHAPTER XXXIv.
eY'LL tell you about it later, dear"
was all that Peggy, pleading.
could draw from him.
Il At midnight Mrs. Dan had re-
monstrated with her. you must go
home. Peggy. DEAR" she said. ut is
disgraceful for you to stay up so late
went to bed at 8 O'Clock the night be-
fore was married."
And fell asleep at in the morning."
smiled Peggy.
You are quite mistaken. my dear
did not fall asleep at all. But won't
allow you to stop minute longer. 1t
puts rings under the eyes, ana some
times they're red the morning after"
''Oh. you dear sweet philosopher"
cried Peggy, how wise you are! Do
you think need beauty sleepr'
Il don't want you to be a sleepy
beauty, that's ALL" retorted Mrs. Dan.
Upon Monty's return from his trying
hour with the lawyers he had been be-
Sieged with questions, but be was clev-
erly evasive. Peggy alone was insist
ent. She had curbed her curiosity until
they were on the way home. and then
she implored him to tell her what had
happened. The misery he had endured
was as nothing to this reckoning with
the woman who had the right to expect
fair treatment. His duty was clear,
but the strain had been heavy, and 1t
was not easy to meet 1t.
Peggy. something terrible has hap
pened." he faltered, uncertain Of his
course.
"Tell me everything. Monty. You can
trust me to be brave"
when asked you to marry me-" he
continued gravely, ut was with the
thought that I could give you every
thing tomorrow. looked for a for
tune. never meant that you should
marry pauper."
II don't understand. You tried to
test my love for your"
-'No. child, not that. But I was
pledged not to speak Of the money I
expected. and I wanted you so much
before it came"
"And it has failed your" she answer
ed. Il can't see that 1t changes things.
/ expected to marry q pauper, as you
call 1t. Do you think this could make
a difterencer'
But you don't understand. Peggy.
haven't penny in the world"
"You hadn't penny when I accept
cd you." she replied. II am not afraid.
/ believe In you, and II you love me
shall not give you up"
DEAREST" And the carriage was at
the door before another word was ut
tered. But Monty called to the coach
. man to drive just once around the
block.
Good night, my darling" he said
wien tuey reacueu uOme. OIecp Ill
8 o'clock II you like. There Is nothing
now in the way Of having the wedding
at 8 instead of at 7. In fact, 1 have
q reason for wanting my whole fortune
to come to me then. You will be all
that I have in the world, child, but
am the happiest man alive"
In his room the strain was relaxed,
and Brewster faced the bitter reality.
Without undressing he threw himself
upon the lounge and wondered what
the world held for him. It held Peg
81 at least. he thought, and she was
enough. But had he been fair to herr
Was he right in exacting a sacrificed
His tired brain whirled in the effort
to decide. Only one thing was clear
that he could not give her up. The fu-
ture grew black at the very thought of
It. With her he could make things
60, but alone it was another matter.
He would take the plunge, and he
would justify 1t. His mind went trav
cling back over the graceless year.