The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-02-11


by all means go ahead, and please
urge Mr.. Jones not to be too hard on
me. / believe I'll risk it IL the restric-
tons are not too severe. But II Jones
has puritanicai instincts l might as
well give up hope and be satisfied with
what have"
'Mr. Jones Ia very far from what
you'd call puritanical, but he l. In
tensely practical and clear beaded. He
will undoubtedly require you to keep
an expense account ara to show some
sort Of receipt for every dollar you
disburse"
Good Lord! Item19e?'
'In general way. presume"
It'll have to employ an army OF
spe0dthrifts to devise WAYS and means
tor prodigacy."
You forget tie item which Restraints
you from taking anybody into yeur
cen6deoce co0esr2ing tbs matter.
Think it over 1t may net b - AaGi-
cult AFTER a nights sle4p."
III 1t isn't too atAeuh - ct the
nights stsep."
All the rest Of ~ day Brewster
wandered about ~ one IN q dream.
He vas pCaoceuDisd and prnslsd. and
more thAn one Of his old associates, re-
ceav;Rg 4 dfstaas I'D Ia passing. re
sentfuily conolvds1 hat ~ weas4h
was beginning - change him. His
brain was 80 full Il statistics, hSaxes
and computations that Il wAAyisd dizr
zily, and once he narrowly escaped BE-
Ing run down By street car. He dtnod
alone at small Treeeh restaurant In
one Of the side streets. he waiter
marveled at the amount o( hack coffee
the young man consumed and I0eks'l
hurt when he did not tSuch tie quail
and lettuce.
That night the little table IN his roem
Mt Mrs Gray's was Uttered With scraps
Of pad paper, each covered with an
incomprehensible maze Of figures. Aft
er dinner he had gone to his own
rooms. forgetting that he lived On Fifth
avenue. Until long after midnight he
srnoked and calculated and drcared.
For the first time the innsnsity of
that million thrust itself upon him. If
on that very day. Oct. 1. he were
to begin the task of spending 1t he
would have but 1851 days in which to
accomplish the end Taking the round
sum Of $1.0OO,0OO as a basis, it was
an easy matter to calculate his aver
age daily disbursement. The situation
did not look so utterly Impossible until
he held up the little sheet Of paper and
ruefully contemplated the result Of
that simple problem in mathematics.
1t meant an average daily expendi-
ture of $2.SO1.12 for nearly a year, and
even then there would be 16 cents left
over, for in providing the result Of his
rough sum in division he could ac-
count for but 1899 $685.. Then 1t &C.
CURED to him that his money would
be drawing interest at the bank.
But for each days $2,So1.12 1 am
getting seven times Is much" he so
liloquined as he finally Set into bed.
That means Sla,6o7 - day. a clear
profit Of S16,8o8T7 That's pgstty good
yes, too good. / wonder II the bank
couldn't oblige me by not charging in
tere0tF'
The figures kept adding and subtract
ing themselves as he doaed of, and
once during the night he dreamed that
Swearengen Jones had sentenced him
to eat million dollars worth of game
arid salad at the French restaurant.
He awoke with the consciousness that
he had cried aloud, Il can do it, but
year is not very long in an affair Of
this kind
1t was o'clock when Brewster final
~ rose. and after his tub he felt ready
to cope with any problem. even a sub
stantial breakfast. A message had
come to him from Mr.. Grant OF Grant
& Ripley. announcing the receipt Of i'm
portant dispatches from Montana and
asking him to luncheon at l. He had