The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-03-30

l" nilil as he walked away on5 y,
looNea very much a man Ia sain ~
"ou'u come tomorrow If ho a. '",u ~
raoa you downtown tonight. DOM wv,
~ 5.nAe ann from the descrintion ~
is wv ut all. Can't imagine Who ;,
N,onty'' she said after q momon,,
painful reflection, "Ho nlonlenr
uave been a. couldn'1
sent n.y." "llat YOU mean, an Office,
,l. up to attach my BELONGINGS 81
i'n'ls OF the sort. No. de,ros+. =
eve you my word of honor : ao'
ume a dollar in the world" Then n ho
R]raan MS peculiar indebtedness ~
tvn ana Gardner. Except ono ~
Yer! small personal ob1ico+ian. :,
'oued hastily. Don't voprr 49,.
ana e"' we are out for a good timo
u Tina we must make the most 90 ~
W. 40, we drive through the bark +han
we an at Merry's." '' uen
s,o nu. we must dress for hat door.
SUE cried. And the chaporon ~
90 re turned very red when She sno,,o
r. Using I'm ashamed to confess
lessy' but l have no other c,othos
49,. '"ese I'm wearing now Dor,t
looN so hurt, dear. I'm roinr ~ :
W. oruer FOR new evening clothes +o.
,ho p" IL have the time. And about
tne cnaperon. People won't ho to1,,;na
az tomorrow, and by that time,-
NO. Monty, Merry's is ont 30 49,
decisively. sue sald
he o cried lf E That spoils everything"
ne &C. rt'ed in deep disappointment.
~ isn't fair to me, MONTY
ooov would know rs AND 10y
.1u u would wag. They would soE.
= are Monty Brewster and Mar.
1nn, "r"y. Spending his last few dol.
think that:" nave uem
nc saw the justice in her protest
quiet little dinner in some o,t 80
u,e way place would be ~iovous" y
ADDED pcrsuasivelv. 'ne
You're right, Peggy, you,re o,r,ona
as'.' you see, I'm so used to snend.
my money by the handful that 7 don,+
hu now to do it any other wav T
oelieVe I'll let you carry the noc,ot-
oooA Altcr tomorrow. Let mo +hin,-
! KNOW a nice little restaurant down.
town Well go there and then to tho
tle;'ter. Dan DeMille and his wife arc
~ De III my box. and we're all soino
up 10 I~ettinSill's studio afterward
l u give the Little Sons a farewell
supper. If my calculations don't %
wrong mat will be the end of the iaunt
ana Wen go home happy"
At II o'clock P%ettinyilrs studio mo,
Gu us doors to the Little Sons and
tllelr guests, and the last "Dutch
iunch was soon under way. Brewster
had paid for it early in the EVENING
II when he sat down at the he,d of
uc 'aole lilefe was not a penny in his
a Year ago at the same place
ana at the same hour he and the Tit
Tie Sons were having Il birthday feast
A million dollars came to him on that
i'Snt' tonight he was poorer by far
th'n on the other occasion, but he ey-
pected a little gift on the new ami
versary.
Around the board besides the nine
Ll'tle Sons sat six guests, among them
lhe DeMilles, Peggy Gray and Mary
valentine. hopper Harrison was the
only absent Little Son, and his health
was proposed by Brewster almost be-
rore the echoes of the toast to the bride
and groom died away.
Interruption came earlier on this oc-
casion than it did that night a wear
ago. Ellis did not deliver his messages
TO brewster until 3 O'Clock in the morn
ing, but the a. d. 7. boy who rang the
Dell at Pettingilis a year later handed
MIN 4 telegram before II o'clock.
congratulations are coming in. old
man. said DeMille as Monty looked
fearfully at the little envelope the boy
had given him.
MANY happy returns Of the day"
suggested Bragdon. by Jove, it's SEN
slble OF YOU to get married on your
birthday, Monty. 1t saves time and ex-
pense to Your friends"
Read 1t aloud said Subway Smith.
Two to n its from hopper Harri-
SON." cried l'ettingill.
BreWStcr's fingers trembled, he knew
not why, as he opened the envelope.
There was the most deSolate feeling in
his heart, the most CHASTITY p~remonitlon
that i'll news had como in this last
hour. He drew forth the telegram and
slowly, painfully. unfolded it. No one
could have tod by his expression that
he felt almost that he was reading his
death warrant. 1t was from Grant 4
Ripley and evidently had been follow
ing him about town for two or three
hours, The lawyers had filed it at $50
O'Clock.
He read it at Il glance, his eyes burn
ing, his heart freezing:
Come 10 office Immediately. VIII wait
all night FOR you If necessary. Jones mas
disappeared, and there is absolutely no
trace Of him. GRANT & RIPLEY.
Brewster sat as one paralyzed, aDso
lutely no sign OF emotion in his face.
The others began to clamor for the
contents of the telegram, but his
tongue was stiff and m%otionless' ms
ears deaf. Every drop Of blood III his
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