The Huttig news., 1914-02-07

| Broadway" because of his continual clorifcation of New York's great thor oughfare. is anxious to get away from his home town of Jonesviile. Abner Jones. bis uncle, is very angry because Broad way refuses to settle down and take a place in the gum factory in which he sue ceeded to his fathers interest.
 CHAPTER TI-Judge Spotxwoea informs Broadway that s25o,o10 left him by his father is at his disposal Broadway makes record time in heading for his fav orite street in New York.
 CHAPTER III-7,with his New York 1 friend. Robert Wallace. Broadway creates sensation by his extravagance on the White Way. Four years pass and Broad way suddenly discovers that he is not only broke, but heavily in debt. He ap- 1 plies to his uncle for loan and receives package of chewing gum with the ad- vice to chew 1t and forget his troubles. He quietly seeks work without success.
 CHAPTER Iv-Broadway gives what is intended to be farewell supper to his | New York friends, and before if is over becomes engaged to Mrs. Gerard an an cient widow. wealthy and very giddy.
 ''Viola?" hazarded a reckless youth across the table. and Viola fwho was present in the makeup which she had worn from the stage of a near theater, where she had, that evening, acted powerfully the part of wronged and innocent maidenhood) hoped wildly for an instant. Perhaps Broadway. in his cups, had decided on this most unusual way of asking her the fateful ques- tion, She had had high hopes of him. Perhaps"
 No he answered thickly Guess again. Three guesses. It's going to take some brains, tell you that h. tellect's the only thing'1l do it. Who ever guesses right gets cigar"
 There was only one among the ladies present who was not favored by some speculative mind, and that one was the right one.
 Guesser after guesser named some of the young and vivid creatures of that almost wholly young and vivid feminine company, none guessed the only faded flower in the gay group. Broadway, never dreaming of the az ony which filled the faded flowers much powdered bosom because of the omission of her name. feeling few emo 1 tions, really other than the keen sen sation of relief from his financial wor- ries, stood smiling somewhat vaeanfIy but, on the whole. without much pain, upon the puzzled party.
 'Go on. guess with your hrains,o he genially suggested It's mind, not foot,work. that will win the prize
 But none guessed.
 Realizing that in this was something like reflection on her fitness for the covetable position of consort to the youth, Mrs. Gerard attracted every ones attention, presently, by a won- derfully feigned embarrassment as she rose and stood by Broadways side.
 The party gasped, but rose to the oc- casion as soon as it could get it's breath again. It was incredible, and there were those among the guests who were so sure of this that they believed joke was hidden somewhere n the episode, but the majority were 70 well trained to Broadw avs genius or producing mad extrayagance that they simply charged this up as one of them.
 A dancer who had been brought up from the cabaret below after one o'clock and closing time had come, sprang lightly to q table, and, to the destruction of the floral lobster and some notably fine glassware, did gay pas-seul among the wrecks Of sangui- nary shells and emptied bottles The head waiter smiled, knowing that whatever might be broken would be charged up in the bill at double value and paid for without question by the sensational spendthrift. to wbose own wealth was now linked the extraordi- nary fortune of the recent John Gerard Wholesale leather) who had made his millions, married a very vital lady of his own ripe years and then died of sheer antiquity, to leave her, trium- phant In superior vitality, relict and craving for that gaiety which life with him had not provided.
 Broadway" breathed the ancient lady with skillful stimulation of em- barrassment You naughty, naughty boy!"
 Naughty. possibly; but how ex- tremely lucky!" said the wholly un- expected bridegroom-elect without a culver, much to his own surprise and seff-corgratulation.
 As it broke up the party rioted with Joy. very largely alcoholic. Mrs. Ge- rard's car. when it came up from it's hiding place around the corner, was straightway encumbered with the flowers from ladies' corsages. table bouquets and mems boutonnieres. One enthusiast thrust in potted palm. and Mrs. Gerard screamed when she sat on it. Another made thoughtful contribution of two lobster-claws which. to his astonishIhent. he had found in his hands as he arrived upon the sidewalk. lady, being under tho impression that the wedding had been celebrated while she briefly mapped up at the table, insisted upon throwing one white satin slipper at her whom she believed to be the bride refusing