Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-15
$4,000 or more, but some mysterior

force conveyed to his mind perfect
portrait Of Swearengen Jones in the
act of putting down large black marx
against him, and he forbore.
II wish l knew whether l had to
abide by the New York or the Mon
tana standard Of extravaganza" Brew
ster said to himself II wonder II 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 Il
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
eys spent, and Joe Bragdon was keep
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 1t 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 ac-
count. He kept profit and loss"
entry in his little private ledger, but it
was not like any other account of tile
kind In the world What tie ordinary
merchant would have charged to loss"
he totted tdown 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 latter's
Aunt Emn1eline. The chef came from
Paris, and his name was Detuit. Ellis,
the footman, also found q much better
berth with Monty than he had had in
the house on the avenue. Aunt Elm
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
All auto" as it should be run he ex-
pected to buy good, sensible, durable
machine for $1,000.
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"
st won't last long" Gardner said
reassuringly. Like his namesake,
Monte Christie, the world is his just
now, and he wants to enjoy it."
"He wants to get rid of it, it seems
to me-
Whenever they reproached Brewster
about the matter he disarmed them
by saying: "Now that I've got money
mean to give my friends good time.
Just what you'd do If you were in my
place. What's money for, anyway"
But this $1,000 plate dinner"
"I'm going to give dozen OF them,
and even then can't pay my just
debts. For years I've been entertained
at peoples houses and have been
taken cruising on their yachts. They
have always been bully to me, and
what have ever done for them? Moth
ing. Now that can afford it, l am
going to return some Of these favors
and square, myself. Doesn't 1t sound
And so preparations for Monty's din
ner went on. In addition to what he
called his efficient corps of gentle
manly aids'' he had secured the serv-
ices Of Mrs. Dan DeMille as Social
mentor ard utility chaperon." Mrs
DeAfille was known in the papers as
the leader of the fast young married
set. She was one Of the cleverest
and best looking young women in town,
and her husband was one of those who
did not have to be "invited too" MIR.
DeNfille lived at the club and visited
his home. Some one said that he was
so slow and his wife SO fast that when
she invited him to dinner he was usu-
ally two or three days late. Alto
gether Mrs. DeMille was a decided
acquisition to Brewster's campaign
committee. it required just her touch
to make hts parties fun instead Of
funny.
1t was on Oct. 10 that the dinner was
given. With the skill Of a general Mrs.
Dan had seated the guests in such a
way that from the beginning things
went of with zest. Colonel Drew took
in Mrs. Valentine, and his content was
assured. Mr.. Van Wrinkle and the
beautiful Miss Valentine were side by
side, and no one could say he looked
unhappy. Mr.. Cromwell went in with
Mrs. Savage, and the same delicate
tact-in some cases It was almost in
deiicate-was displayed in the DISPOSE
ton of other guests.
Somehow they had come with the ex-
pectation Of being bored. Curiosity
prompted them to accept, but it did not
prevent the subsequent inevita BILE lassi-
tude. Socially Monty Brewster had yet
to make himself felt He and bis din
ners were something to talk about. but
they were accepted hesitatingly, halt
fp1Jv Penn)p wandered hcW he had