The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-02-26

ing senmenk sDsa his friends vulgar
Ky. '-0eod LocA Nepper," hs added,
"ysu wosM speculate about the price
Of gloves for POUR wedding
Harrison resented the taunt. TT
weuA - nueh lees vulgar to do that.
koaty, saving yosr presence, than to
fierce yeur millions down every ones
throat"
'WsN, they swallow them, I've no
ticsd," rstertsd Brewster, ''as though
they were chocolates"
Psttingill Interrupted grandiloquent-
~, my friends and gentlemen"
(which 10 which, asked Van Win
kle casually.
But the artist was in the saddle
Permit me to present you to the boy
Croesus-the only one extant His mar
bles are plunks, and HIS kites are made
Of fifty dollar notes. He feeds upon
coupons a Ia Nswburk and his cham
payne y hquM golden eagles. Look at
him, esntlsmen, while you can and
watch him while he spends $4,000 for
howers!
with vicnnsse crchsstrs>for TWEEN
ty-nine thorsand.' added Bragdon.
"And yet they maintain that silence Is
golden"
And three singers to divide twelve
thousand among themselves! That's alb
solutely criminal- cried Van Wrinkle
"Over in Germany they'd sing a month
for half that amount"
six hundred guests to feedItotal
cost Of not les than $4,000" groaned
hopper dolefully.
And there aren't 600 in town." Ia
mentsd Subway Smith. "All that glory
wasted On 700 rank outsiders"
You non are borrowing lot Of trou-
bls." yawned brewster, with a gallant
effort to seem bored. CAN ask Of you
Is to come to the party and put up a
good imitation Of having the time Of
your life. Between you and me, I'd
rather be caught drinking ice cream So
da than giving this thing. But
That's what we want to know-but
what?' and Subway leaned forward
eagerly.
But" continued Monty, II am in for
it now, and it Is going to be ball that
" a ball"
Nevertheless the optimistic Brewster
could not find the courage to tell Peg
ay of these picturesque extravagances
To satisfy her curiosity he blandly in
formed her that he was getting of
much more cheaply than he had expect
ed. He laughingly denounced as untrue
the stories that had come to her from
outside sources. and before bis con-
vinciny assertions that reports were ri
diculously exaggerated the troubled ex-
preston in the girls eyes disappeared.
Il must seem Il fool" groensd Mon
ty AZ he left the house after one OF
these explanatory trials, "but what
will she think OF me toward the end of
the year when l am really in harness -
He found It hard to control the desire
to be straight with Peggy and tell her
the story Of his mad race in pursuit Of
poverty.
Preparations for the ball went on
steadily, aud III a dull winter it had
Its color value for society. 1t was to
be q Spanish costume ball, and at
many tea tables the talk Of it was q
godsend. Sarcastic as it frequently
was on the question of Monty's extrav-
agance, there was q splendor about the
Aladdin-like entertainment which had
n charm. Beneath the outward disap-
prevail tlere was secret admiration
o. the superb nerve Of the man. And
there w..s little reluctance to help him
In the wild career he had chosen. 1t
CT the precipice and let him take the
plunge alone. Only the echo of the
criticism reached Brewster. for he had
silenced Harrison with work and Pet
tingill with opportunities. It troubled
him little. as he was engaged in jotting
down items that swelled the profit side
of his ledger account enormously The
ball was bound to give him a good lead
in the race once more despite the
heavy handicap the Stock Exchange
had imposed The Little Sons took
off their coats and helped Pettingill in
the work Of preparation He found
them quite supernuous, for their ideas
never agreed. and each man had a way
Of preferring his own suggestion. To
Brewster's chagrin they were united
In the effort to curb his extravaganza.
Ito BE COntinued.)