The evening world. Newspaper, March 9, 1907, Page 10

ATHE: EVENING WORLD; SATURDAY; MARCH 9; 19072 Jona Joyous as a May morale ate eed abet 118) as: tho ee ft were a, © He found the letters and resumed his eat in the window, glancing half-[* +] sce,'" sald Montgomery, somewhat puzzled. “But why do you say eat heartedly over the contents of the envelopes. ‘The lust was from Grant &]1 2) pou fortunate and unfortunate?” Rij) nd even fi abstraction It brought ¢ surprised “By doctor “kent word by me, sir, that he was at the point of (ean My’ last) courage ‘wavered. © ui He read te ‘e NER Opec ooenee a sah a 5 “Tho situation Is s0 remarkable that you'tl-consider that a mild ee @ 5 Now that Brewster had come into his splendid fortune he could coneelve Soptent s of putting it-when you've heard everything. I_think you were told, in our; = . no greater delight than to share {t with them, To Walk into the little Montgomery Brewster, Eaq, New York: note of yesterday, that you aro tie sole heir, Well, ft may surprise you! ‘Phis time'l bring a message from Rawles, the butler, asking you to|drawing-room and serenely lay large sums before them as thelr own agomed | (yar Be We Si ih tecln A f Fea ee eee Gamatca,| £9 learn that Jamca Sedgwick died possessed of an estate valued at eee ito Mr Brewster's ‘house at once=It you can, sir—I mean: if you will, | seh A naturat proceeding that ho refused to vee an obstacle, “Hut he knew -qiea Weoetthe fnate wt Se Hospital fr tani, after a: ‘tn “{geven million do! eZ {t was there, the. proffer of such a gift to Mrs, Gray would moan a wound mtv thte Now nystit ponecnt a r Montgomer. a or ent ko one petrified, staring blankly at the oa’ -oyer the heads of the subdued “Sons” he added, impressively: | |tawyer, who could say startling things in a level volecy i} *Mr. Brewster Ja dead, sir,” : % z 3 ix £ - Tae “He owned gold mines ranches in the Northwest, and there Je no z : Koes ey z m : : p q ye: 5 "| |iinestion as to their value Mr J in hia letter to us, brleny- outtines: CHAPTER IL. age ee, ‘ MISH 1 iste au x r the history of 3 5 he time he landed in Montana, Ho A : e A ¢ a f 4 % a Be . x reached there i B } he was worth thirty or forty! i thotigand dollars at t he was the-owner of w!° Shades of Aladdin: — Sager a iz Pe ie OS ema aera NEIMIRMREE | | nice tics, ane scarcoly tad another ve years gn ae | } } SE RUA te a Beara ce NOG RSD INL OPS Eee ONTGOMERY BREWSTER no longer had “prospects.”* People could 2 ws x P MPS” bac PvE RET; 2 5 Wis 3 Bay owner Of three rich: gold mines. E for rte daly; every not now point him out with the remark that some day he would| : - : A . : vipat 4 thing he touch ned to gold, % oful and thrifty, 2 come into a million or two. He had “realized,” as Oliver Harrison and+: ney vate ell the ski + financlor, At — would have put it. Two days after his grandfather's funeral a final will the time: of h th, H not i ar in the world. ; nd testament was read, and, as expected, the old banker atoned for the ills property 1s absbintel Renaberel afe and gour a government ~ Robert Brewster and his’ rife had-endured by" bequeathing one bond 1t's rath Bisn'L it?’ the lawyer concn a note a-totiars to Uiel® son Motgomery, It was: bis without a restriction, d spar roe a z eT aaa admonition, without an Incumbrance. There was not a sugges-} | : = z — By BAS ¥ 3 ee ; And he ything tome?” : i if tion as to how It should be handled by the heir. The business training the z : ( ‘ fess 2 s ¢ e “Whoa. proved. ql rian-had given him was synonymous with conditions not éxpresséd in z genb 3 5 nace f : z é 3 SrA LH " the will -‘The-dead-man belleved that -he had dritied into-the youth an un- - . ee ss 4 ee cian z 2m ES 4 : ead fl | “] a will, Mr, Ripley-and { are the only perronpita “mistakable conception of what was expecte! of him in life; 1¢ he failed in Anta ait : Spe ; aes ee ar : 7 abewgnce |New York wh nt } i You, 1 am sure, after haw “these ‘expectations the misforttine would be his alone to bear; 2 road had) J = i “fee ; 3 ane’ \ t 3 careful consideration," arved out for him and beluInd him stretched a long line of-gulde- scouhole in Ti , ad sustett posts whose laconic Justructions_might be. ignored but never forgotten. though: struc na rudd sn “The house in Fifth avenue went to a alster, together with a ‘million or , and the residue of the estate found kindly disposed retattves, who were Hing to keep it from going to the Home for Friendless Fortunes. Qld’ _The will nominated J Jerome Buses fortnne; oud. When he lived who never forgave the y touched roughly a is prides f q that prom { } ce of the mo. a1 to recognize her, saped the hardest} eHeved about! Loser 4 the will, Mr, Grant" gtion of tuberores. The richness and strangeness of {t all hung about Gi him unpleasantly. He «ad had no extravagant affection for the grim o.d B aanpREESES Mr. Gr tbe is 1 yolee. Once he looked: ‘dictator who was dead, yet his grandfather was a man—and_had—com- to find iat ner ind altal! c rown indifferent. He} rid ¢ | uanded his respect. It seemed brutal to leave him’ out of the reckoning—|{o tho pride Inherited from haughty generations of men sutliclent unto caster representasty : copy of tt In brief, : fdnmes 4 : dance: ‘on the grave of the menior-who had treated-him well, The attl- | tjemselvos. “There was a-smalt-but-troubiecome morisaxe on the f : itt and perso! ist he dled yt e only. Montgomery ped him on the back, of the newspapers which |matier of two or three thousand dollars, and Browster tried to evolve 4 nf k ; , at Brewster nol ART Lay a mae ; n See) plan by whkkh he could assume the burden without giving doop and las = = TS i itton< vt TENET ry of these candle” : E come a tragic comedy, haunted, too, by memorles and by a sharp|omense, A’ Nundred wild designs had come to him, wut diy were quickly Por moment Rate i i yy penniless upon! + ors his own foolish thoughtlessness. Even the fortune itself |rejegated to the growing heap of subterfuges and pretexts condemned by 1 nile ape ——_}tits-tendernessfor_tho-pride_of these two women who meant so_mitch to s Your Uncle J reme condition... Itt peor y—pos——— z Leaving the bank, he hastened, by electric tar, to F Ellis called him at seven, he would answer him and thank fortune | proadws ead then walked eagerly off into the st 511 | He athe was- -not required at tho bank that morning. The luxury of|had not yet come to the potnt where he felt ike. scornin, , even hour of sleap seemed the greatest perquisite of wealth. His morn- | though a roll of banknotes was tucked snugly away inn por to swell with sudden affluence. Old Hendrick, faith ful ‘se two generations, was sweeping the autumn leayes from (he sid: Montgomery came up to the house. oti ae {ello, Hendrick,” was the young man’s cheery greeting, “Nice lot of leaves you haye there, H Ufa hin ain his wats t dn pen H without a single volce, “that we ar fo" th terifoo! welty, f fr vt J} call Lis own oF could, % norning of Sept.+ over and CHAPTER IVv- rransfer to Montsom Se EE lands, bons and Intere ; A Second Will. Nene “So7"-ebbed from Hendrick, who did even so much as look up from hie ers, photogra-| work, Hondrick was 8 human clam, bé OU are both fortunate end unfortun: Mr, Brew: : erative z to-invest “his “Mrs. Grayint” Grant, ufter the young man bad dropped acchale in ti 7] Sishamen = ‘ ae eerste mabe anh . in enterprises with certified futures. “\When he was—net-engared- 1 signified yes. SES re ri: ks of Grant & Ripley the next yy. Montzomery wore a slightly {7 4 Es in declining a gold mine in Colorado, worth five milion dollars, marked | yy. nod pquaclous, as ever, Hendrick bored expression;-and-lt-was evident that he tok little interest In the will ‘down to four hundred and fifty, he was avoiding a gulleless inventor who Drowater let himself in witn his own latcadcy, threw his h 1 of James T. Sedgwick, From far badk in the recosses of memory he ne ck I ) is denta that the banker + 0 eaerificey the Becretsof a maryellous-device for three hunderd | Md unccreniontousty bolted into the library. —AarEares 0 peentled-Hits-tons-fost-brother-of-le-mothar,—As-a-vers. Mchild he. i hee eangmlpe CONaES is mit aH as aor SOE ra, or denying the report that he-had-been-tendered the presidency of | Wiitow, a book tn ber lan.—The rst evilenee of se ET seen—hisineleJames_upon_the fev—oecasiona which beousht him to the Nake iaarew inns ; Hise: Pe rihial Cactunalelekt ’ ine gladito: welcome the prodigal to his home agen. cS home of Mr, and Mrs. ‘Robert Brewster. But the young man had dined et smallest port! E i nes Sedgwick, on his ‘Oliver Harrison stirred him out early one morning and, while the “IT remind myself more of the fatted calf.” 7 the Drews the night before and Darhata had hud more charm for iti thas Aa DE . . dleintoltherconatnrce epy millionaire was rubbing his eyes and still dodging the bombshell, Her first self-consclousness had gone. ne jaughed. “One must be | Wsual. It was of her that he was thinking when he walked Into the office] Coe Brena Hnesth rea wy ixtu ann{- “L thought of that, but I didn't dare say {t," sh : fans Sg} nea % m pL wb fs ee e 3 aa dream anarchist had hurled from the pinnacle of a bedpost, urged respectftil to eh rela relatives,” of Swearengen Jones's lawyers. ve payee Ee Bt ca they ; ag erence: In excited, ential tones-to-teke-time-by the forelock and prepare | ung -your_rich relatives. Peggy: If 1 th t that this nfoney would “The truth ts, Mr, Grant, I'd completely forgotten the existence of an NeTatTS @ through his own for, possible breach of promise sults. Brewster sat on the edge of the bed | make a y difference | would give it up Unis minute’ Tee oan Uncle,” he responded. ieee ig postesdol the alte to nd Istened to diabolical stories of how consclenceless females had fleeced Onaense, Monty .t se ead BO at aera “It 1s not surprising,” said 4 t. genlaliy. “Bvery one who knew] name: ada record fre anyoubs worse than niild forms of dissipatio’ t_even—sociy—men-of- wealth, —From—the—bathroom,—between- some tte Sate Sea vari say ae c para SOR Ca He teennCt ay NESE ycoaatee belloret piss eesdead: we We Soent ae i aan nates nk ne 7 <r turday—nisht salar, WORT oun 2 eee i 2 = night be ree aC Tie Hake: he retained Harrison by the year, monih, day and hour, to stand | He returns the following Thursday = dazzling millionalr Pace mirditoy Ho Jett tho city mM a F ustralia,T thinks eae Rete = = chat Homnelthersloanenor ‘een him and blackmall. “rm glad I've begun to dazzle, anyway. I thought It might be hard’ 10! ye was off to seek Ils fortune, and he needed it pretty badly when he | eee nes, E ass sstored to him later; tat he “The directora of the bank met and adopted resolutions lamenting the Le ener seo that you Are manch changed.” There was-1 suggestion | Started out. This letter from Mr. Jones comes like a message from the] tive on the principle which ineplres a man to of their late president. pen the leadership on to the first vice-|of a quaver Ju her voice, and the shadows did not prevent hin from seclng : the quick mist that fitted across her deep eyes. vehond “After all, it's easy work being a millionaire," he explained, al you'ya always: hed million- -dollar inelinations.” ‘And fifty-cent possibilities,” she adde One. of the -firectors was Col. Prentiss Drew, “the rallroad magnate” "Renily, though, (il ne as Tueh joy “out of-my-abundant riches ie ont of financial embarressmente” hewspapers.—He had shown a-fondnesa for young Mr. Brewster, and pues aaetd 2 ae Morty -not-ever{o—* Ned been a frequent Visitor at his house. Colonel Drew called him | yo; peoat is t rom and how long thoes Monty -catlod him “a bully old chap,” though not in|. y red about my overcoats; But the-existence-of-Misw Barbara Drew may have had - something to co wth the feellug between the two men. eae shat gloomy’ place on the av aiirestors“ room “the-uhierieen-of- the -mectine-Colnfel n ke the thin r Bs —yOU be o- ieee proves. Up to Monty, who had notified the officers of the bank that he st} i reap sooner do this than -that—don’t 2 ae ie er iey etrati (he Gomi , Last night I fell to d think: 2 h _sald the Colonel, shaking the young man's hand t pret and come up-and aticlk tn aa warmly, “now you have a chance to show what you can do. You have a até Yt that I wanted to ery ag hi rane (h_judgment, you oukht to he able to triple ie 17 1 can | played Yes, and how Jong has it been pr a in-any way, come and see_me," — = x ithe e-in-the. garrot-window,-whl ps ; blue eyes as big_as doll: = ‘owl! be bo {0 death by the raft ae people who have ways to {i was ages ago—twelve or thirteen yea: at prea your money," continued the Colonel. “Don't Hsten to any of them. 2 soft Nght In her eyes, by ake: your time... You'll have a new chance to make money every day of i stip there this afternoon to seo what the place ts Ike,” he SFGit IIC0;\solgo slowly. I'd have uech cle Soniye years ago if I'd had | tt to wknd, -Pegey-you-must- como. too. Maybe-t-can dind..cne..ct ee-enough-to-run-nway-from- promoters, They'll all try to gel a Whacle wants smoneys;.. Keep. your. eye-open, Monty... 'Thesrich~young man: 4@ Always a tempting morsel.’ After a moment's reflection, he added, “Won't You come out and.dine with us to-morrow night?” 1" to bo at tha=—no, I won't, etther. Do you know, Twas think hank at 12.30 to let Mr. Perkins go out fc something | erative injunction | Yet the situation was not without its compensations. For several days |i ’ = ‘ pley's at onee, of course.” Eaalontt i j vied Seotember day tamed, L “You'll stay for lunch- After a Mrs. and Miss Gas ae Tied | atCile Pitesti tan ae #0 in order th} RS, GRAY lived ti Fortleth street. For years Mor nalnisif: 1 She did not resy yanture, | had regarded her quict, old-fastiloned home as his own,’ The how sili ul : had once been her gr aoninamltniee ; that part of to y was born: in its qhaine aly, hen her hand fell ¢ 1s; and. she stood } Parlor she was married; and all he , her bri ea in| 8 im, an odd look fn} \ Srdcwhica were connected wlihiit ; t nahe sald very gently, but without Rualiscsateehes|snatea aau'iuavinnte , aie You are good and very thoughtful, “ld Edwin Peter Brewster looked qbout for a plare to house hls orphan seas wl sy o bog pel ‘grandson Mrs, Gray beeged him to Tet he for ‘the {Qow, He "i lmiow 9 8) Mont ) acheart. “You | © was three years older than her Margaret, nud the children grew up as brow |} Setar iee rey , Sai cerand sister. alr. Drew generous the boys While ; t MEENA aT ho was away a spending money fy anner that enn ne old | & AO" x oven fre my you it ‘gentleman to marvel at his own Mberal } ae svanlinntd fore He “De fc 1k “he Implored, Pag aiekenteapareme Tr if you offered to give her monay tn that wi Pee enc karts apareaien It {5 foolish, perbaps, but you know we’ can’t 'tc snery Brewstor laing from Edwin P i F v3 4 ‘ se \ - = = = It had been something of a s * Mrs ee te ‘ ong -that you—eh. this knocks all the Joy out of {t!” he 5 > . ink vi : 7 Pe TOuhe tacaeris ia imuriteihialroeecw aah aa eee uot ent 1 Berane ha ot eras “| Monty Brewster Invests $100,000 in Wall Strect, Hoping to Lose It, but Wins tioney had come to her at her husband's death, and an unfortunate s; ‘ tel ‘| ye suntontt anderstand! hei bugansdaehine $60,000 on the Deal. Istion’ of his had swept away all that had fallen to her from her fath 1 | mi reals {n ler res ”T gead,. Were it not shat we haye known Mr, Jones for a long time, hank i Hi AL or sma. As these o » preserlbed for bud fate Judge Merriweather. For years she kept the old home unencumiye : ; mmanded, and in her bluo eyes was the hot flash he had | watrs of considerable mportance for lim, I should feol Inclined to doubly ets HR ee ee onantisr che irs Betenlele aid a -teachiig French and English until Margaret was well into her tecns. , neross the floor, back and forth again, ‘and then} {he whole story, It xeems that your uncle turned up In Montana about fit |. How do you like its asked Mr, Grant, as he passed the will to Brews) GU] wie Sent to one of the'good old boarding-schools on the fludson and | 5 Defare hor: 1 s—a rather pitiful dmile, but still a smile, [teen years aga and there formed a stench friendship with old Swearennen | ster, ‘ Jeamic out well prepared to help her mother in the battle to keep the wolf; There et0nr I Ay eR looked at him Jones, one of the richest men in the FariWest. Sedgwick’s will was signed ia Hee Ware book the paper and ssiancedy over {t with the alr of one wha” ann eee Ne " Tees : y 1 cI "he sal tile a e3 | HeShy, 7 aye F @own and appearances up, Margaret was rich in frlendships; and pr se ee ate } he sald In fuille pro- |e (no day of his death, Sept. 24, and {t was quito natural that Mi, Jones) MAT WT ety a Joke, Mr, Grant,” he aald, suit groping wlth aliticulty, gona Blood between ner and the advantages they offered, Good- looking, uu haye not seen the letters that came ar you this morning, They’ ro] should be named as his executor, That is how wo became abcd in p the | through the fog. yet aud ee sho, knew no natural privations. With a heart as Ugh} Lon the table over there” she xonlled, Anata Bish af, Air, Brawater.’* PE sau i “blO, Aur. arowat spel dt 1s absolutely genuine, Hore ts a télogram trons