The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-03-23

20 - oun eo"e 10 MIN from the sale
u nis furniture. On the whole he was
satisfied. no wax
me landing in New York and the
separation which followed were not on
tlreiy merry. Every discomfor+ 49,
orgot.en' and the travellers only knew
nat tne most wonderful cruise s,noo
unat Oh the ark had come to an ond
lhere was not one who would not TO-
Deen glad to begin it again tho non.
day. e"'n Tue next
Immediately after the land,n, pno-
stef and Gardner were busy With +ho
u'ai,s OF settlement. After clearino
up all Of the obligations arising frans
une cruise they felt the appropriate
ness OF a season of reflection. II wos .
almcult moment-a moment when nm.
delivered reproofs were in the air Pnt
1ardner seemed much the moro mo,on
choly of the two.
iiies OF newspapers Law scattoroa
ABOUT the floor of the room in ,rhioh
eley SAT Every one of them contained
SENSATIONAL stories Of the prodieaps
Up, WIN pictures, incidents and nra.
oictlons. Monty was panied, hnmin.
ated II resentful, but he was honos+
enough to admit the Justification 30
Ill that was said of him 10 49,
Dits of it here and there and then threw
ue papers aside hopelessly. In a fow
weeks they would tell another stow
anu quite as emphatically.
Inc worst Of it, Monty. is that vo,,
are the next thing to being q noor
man. groaned Gardner. I've done
my pest to economic for you here at
ionhe as you'll see by these figures
out nothing could possibly balance tho
eAtravagances of this voyage. They
are simply appalling"
With the condemnation Of his rr;oraa
ringing in his troubled brain, with the
sneers OF acquaintance to distress his
prloe, With the gibes Of the comic na-
pers to torture him remorselosslv
Brewster was fast becoming the most
miserable man in New York. Friends
OF former days gave him the cut d.
cluDmen ignored him or scorned
llm openly, women chilled him with
tne lclness of unspoken reproof, and
all the world was hung with sbad-
ows. The doggedness of desnair ken+
hlm up, but the strain that pulled
uoWn on him was so relentless that
the struggle was losing its equality.
mad not expected such a home com.
ing.
Compared with his former self Mon
t was now almost a physical wreck.
haggard, thin and defiant, a shadow
the once debonair young New York
er, an object of pity and scorn. Asham.
II despairing, he had almost lack.
the courage to face Mrs. Gray, The
consolation he once gained through her
now denied himself, and his suffer-
Ing, peculiar as it was, was very real.
In absolute ~recklessness he gave din.
ner after dinner, party after party, all
a most lavish scale, many Of his
o,,e~+- ln,,rh;~~ ~ ,,;,,
they enjoyed his hospitality. The real
friends demonstrated, pleaded, did
everything within their power to check
awful rush to poverty, but without
success. He was not to be stopped.
At last the furniture began to go, then
the plate, then all the priceless brio
a-brac. Piece by piece it disappeared
until the apartments were empty and
he had squandered almost all Of the
$4O,35O arising from the sales. The
servants were paid off, the apartments
,,,;.1oI orI hn woe hapinninO tn
know what it meant to be ION his
uppers." At the banks he ascertained
that the interest on his moneys
amounted to $19,14O.S6. A week be-
fore the ODD Of September the whole
million was gone, including the
amounts won in Lumber and Fuel and
other luckless enterprises. He still
had about $4,000 Of his interest
money in the banks, but he had a bill
lion pangs in his heart-the interest on
his improvidence.
He found some delight in the discov-
cry that the servants had robbed him
of not less than $500 worth Of his
belongings, including the Christmas
presents that he in honor could not
have sold. His only encouragement
came from Grant & Ripley, the law
yers. They inspired confidence IN MS
tagging brain by urging him on to the
end, promising brightness thereafter.
Swearengen Jones was as mute as the
mountains in which he lived. There
was no word from him. There was no
assurance that he would approve OF
what had been done to obliterate Ed
win Peter Brewster's legacy.
Dan DeMille and his wife implored
Monty to come with them to the noun
tains before his substance was gone
completely. The former offered nm
money, employment, rest and security
if he would abandon the course he was
pursuing. Up in Fortieth street Peggy
Cray was grieving her heart out, ana
he knew it. Two or three OF tnose
whom lie had considered friends re-
fused to recognize him In the street ~
this last trying week, and it dld not
even interest him to learn that MISS
Barbara Drew was to become a ducn-
ess before the winter was gone. YET
he found some satisfaction IN tne re,
port that one Hampton OF Chlcaso hau