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z The Evening — World’s Daily Mag ~~ By. Geo. B. McCutcheon. ye (Copyright, 1903, 144, by Herbert B. Stone & Co.) i Synopsis of Preceding Chapters, : i ny mery Brewsier, = young New York Lank clerk, iuherite 1,000,009 trom sdtathors "This aconecion vo. weal makes ian rescwe’ {0 propyse to, Mise. Harbal he haa long adsired: navel Cee like crotber tite “enjoyment. of hie Teaving. hi. $1,000,000, ty eine. spend ee f hy rent nba rationally. hie’ tank of squandering @ milion do a nineie year. Petre, de Alley "A young society wantron. bs instutes @seriee o€ Brilifanc, expensive dlsners, and in other ways mends large CHAPTER VII. : ‘A-Lesson in Tact. Mi‘ BREWSTHR'S butler was surprised and annoyed. jm For the first time tn his official career he had unbent #o far as to maxiifest @ personal interest in the welfare of his master, He was on the verge of assuming @ respon- sibility which makeg any servant Intolerable. But after his tnterview he resolved that he would never again overstep his postion, I1e made sure that tt should be the last offense. The day following the dinner Rawles appeared before young Mr.-Brewwtsr and indicated by his manner that the.call was an important one. _Brewmter wna seated at his writing table deep. ini thought. The exclamation that [followed Rawiss's cough Of announcement was: eo sharp and eo unmistakably j Meroe thar all other evidence paled into insignificance. The butler’s Interruption {came at a moment jwhen Monty's mental arithmetic was pulling tteelf out of = twery bad rut, and the cough drove it back Into chaos. “What id tT) he demanded, trritably, Rawlea had upset his caloulations to | fhe extent of seven or eight hundred dollars. ‘I came to reportsh'an h'unfortunate condition h'among the servants, sir,” said Rawles, stiffening as his responsibility became more and more weighty. He had relaxed temporarily upon entering the room. | oMWhat's the trouble?’ h'ended, str.” - “Then why bother me about ttt “I thought it would be well fer you to know, air. The pervanta was going to 7 @ak forigher wipes to-day, mtr. “You way they wera going to ask? Aren't they? And pote eyes lighted [fp at the thought of new posdbitities. (that they ought to be satlatied. They'd be a long time finding « butter place and ea good wages. ‘they ‘aven't been with you a week, and bere they are strikin' | €or more pay. Really, afr, these American servants"”— a pexvioded Monty, The butler’s chin went up and his “I beg pardon, atr, Ins edepedll wath /a/recosocrall boa\ tnfurpa’ art amemien izes will Kindly not interfere in such matters again. It fs not only Che privilege, but the duty of every American to strike for higher pay whenever de feels like it, and I want it distinctly understood that 1 am heartily in favor of ehetr attitude You will-kindly go back-and ‘tell them-that after q-Peasonable fength of service thelr wiges—I mean wages—shall be increased. And don't ‘meddle again, Rawles.” . Late that afternoon Brewster dropped in at Mrs, De Mille’s ¢o talk over plans for the next dinner. He realized that in no other way could he squander hia "noney with « better chance of getting tts worth than by throwing himself bodily Into society. It went easily, and there could be only one aeret ariaing from it in Bhe end—his own sense of disgust. “Bo giad to see you, Monty,’ greeted Mra Dan, glowingly, coming in with a ‘Tush. “Come upstatre end I'll give you some tea and a cigarette, I'm not at feome to anybody.” “That's very goed of you, Mrs. Dan,” mid he, as they mounted the stalmc =I don't know what I'é do without your help.” He was thinking how pretty he was "You'd be richer, at any rate,” turning to emile upon him from the upper land. ~ Gne “I was in toare half the night, ‘Monty, over that giams screen,” ahe anid. after findteg a comfortable place among the cushions of a divan. Brewster recente: ant senate te] treat ot et and’ handed) here ctesrettey isa the vesponded carstemly: at emerening eo cnouine Of course, {t"wae very annoying thet tt should happen while the guests were otill there.” Then he added, gravely, ‘In strict eanfidence, I had planned to have it fall just as we were pushing back our chairs, but the confounded thing disappointed me. That's the trouble with these auto- matic climaxes; they usually bang fire. It was to have been a sort of Fall of Babylon effect, you know." Raagheands Tumble Melodrama of Alaska. — , E, traci ie ‘was spotiing for a fight in ‘The Spetlers at the New York Theatre last night There was a catch-es-catch-can struggle between the untutored hero and the cultivated villain, @ love-hout between the light- wwelght heroine and the middle-weight champion “of the centre of the stage, and -aet-to between the- assistant villain and the shifty heroine, in which she “put i tim out’ and then smashed her way to lberty through the window of a road- ms house tn a simple, easy mariner that entitled her to the gate receipts and “those papers."* ; , The programme sald “The Spollers™ was “dramatized from the famous novel ———by-Rex Beach and James MacArthur,” One of these days we may get something from an Infamous novel. But for the present we must be content-with the —“famoun" brand. This time Mr. Dantet-Frohman gave H the aanction of his name, while Mesara, Beach and MacArthur gave st fits, Agcording to the tlkative programme, Mr.-Beach took his Itfe in his hands when he plumped "The /Apdtlers” en.the stage. It seems there were -wheked tn-Ataska who wthTy Witney Waid who werr pposed to having thelr business advertised, They did It atrictly ac- cording to law, It appears, nnd were therefore @ bit sensitive. Mr. Beach dofed —=denth-and thea-Broadway——To prove that he bears « charmed life he ome" be: fore the curtain and made a “speech” that was reminiscent of Georga Ade and that was better suppiled with humor than hig play. . ‘The play went in for excttement, and Inciientally went Western melodranm ——eeveral Deller, After a picture of The land ot purple distances,'-during-which- the stuge-managersecmed in a great hurry to get a little ght on the suJect, the play set sail for the goldfields on the good ship Santa Maria. The last pas- sengers to get nboard wore Roy Glenister, a young mine owner; Joe Dextry, his white-haired partner, and Helen Chester, whom they had brought with them efter a hard fight with sailors on shore Gelen bad broken quarantine —and+- Drougit-the-posaibility-of-mmail-pox with her, put Toy Cunssted Ths EKO cape ta Ot sMe BAK(a Maria by amauring him that she couldn't possibly break out Before his ship reached port. Helen was quite well, thank you} “but Roy at once developed alarming eymptoma of tho primitive man. Because he had saved Helen from the pursuing sallors he claimed her as his own, and tmmediately turned down Cherry Malotte, a dance hill “fatry’ who was devoted to him in her simple Nome ieee In_dts- Helen fie said to Dexiry: "To the victor belongs —— “Yea,” interrupted Old Joe, the Joker, “to the Victor belongs’ his magter's yoico—and they've got It copyrighted.” Strange as it may seem, the ship didn't eink, but kept right on to the end of the act, when Roy caught Helen in his arms and announced, "Girl, 'm going to Tove your %3 "You savage!” cried. Helen, almost pushing htm over the footlights, Any one but Roy céuld see that Halen was a very nice igirl. She wam't going to Nome to add to the gayety of the dance halls. She waa geing to place , Alaaka.on a legal basis, sho believed, and she nas canrying “those papers” to her uncle, Judge Stillman. It developed that the judge dldn/t,stand for the true letter of the law. Iatead " ! he stood for Alexander McN: who was planning to rob Roy’ and-Dextry | of the Midas mine. Roy and MoNumara took off thelr ooate to ficht the mattcr y toa finish In tho villain's office, but Helen came in and caused the Eaten to end in a draw. Roy had MeNamara and the Judge comered in = Gasoe ball when (Helen again @ppeared and asked him to let them escape if he Joved her. In the owner of the Place, who had Just robbed\Roy of bis “roll” in @ crooked game of faro, Helen recogiized her long-lost brother, and thelr loving embraco wound up the Christ. mas Tivo feottvition, ie ‘Tien, with @ promise te give her back “those papers," the assistant villain | lured‘Helen to # rondhouse and locked all the doors, He was more primitive than Roy had deen on shipboard. Helen, like the nice girl ahe was, repulied him and >>) yen snatched up “thoac papers.” He taughed derisively untll she gave him an || Uppercut that laid him-out on a sofa. Then she knocked over a table and a lamp, smashed a window and szampered out Into the cold, starlit night, In the last aot Roy won out at the last moment by tho arrival of an honest tattorney with documenta from the Court of Appeals that put the Judge out of business and McNamara under martial law. When Cherry, the dance hall girl, had repented in the snow, Helen told Roy she masn'a going wway from there unless the! wanted her ¢o, fend this time he took her in bis arms without « break-|: away, Tiiwas aqod:roush-and:turable! melodrama ana\ the’ snatance eecmed ita: like the excitement. ‘The play was disjointed, but it managed to pull Iteelt together in falrly good shape, Mr, Ralph Stuart played Roy with true melodramatic fervor; Mr. George Omourne mado Dextry an’ (nterestme character; Gtr, George “KK. Henery Ww: amusing cs a long, lanky anincr, and Me, Campbell Gallan played the villain with ; Savellént disérotion, “Mirx Evelyn Vaughan bora yp bravely and rather sweetly |, a9 (Helen, and Misa Harriet Worthington na Chery was in on the curtain calls | a | Shall He “Shake’’ Her? Dear Betty; “Bplendid| But, Mke Babylon, tt fell at the wrong time.” For @ lively quarter of an hour they discussed pegple about town, Mberally Rpproving thy wandered and denouncing the slanderers, A still buster quarter of an hour ensued when together they made up the list of dinner guests. He moved alittle writing table up to the divan, and she looked on eagerly while he wrote down the names sho euggested after. many puckerings of her fair, aristocratic brow, and then drew ines throgh them when she changed her mind. Mrs, Dan De Mille handled Ger people without gloves in making up Monty’s lists. ‘The din- nera were not hers, and she could afford to do aa ale pleased with his; fe was did not oare who the guests were, or how they came; he merely Wished to make sure of thelr presence. Ils only bhinder was the rather diMdent recommendation that It he observed thit Mra. Dan's head eank a little clover to the paper he attached no importance to the movement; he could not see that her eyea grew narrow, and he pald no attention to the little catch In her broad and tall and she was not slow to seo that ha was indifferent. Barbar Drew be asked again. breath, “Wouldn't ‘that be a little—just @ Uttls pronounced?’ sha asked, lightly ehough. “You mean—that people might talk7" | “She might feel conspicuously present.” “Do you think e0? We are auch good friends, you know.” “Of course, if you'd like to have her ef the Trumpet which lay on the table, "alowly and doubtfully, “why, put her name down. But you evidently haven't seen that.’ Mrs. Dan pointed to = copy azine, Tuesday, March 2, 19077 : : Do You Ghink You Could Sanely Spend One One Million. Dollars Inside of a TINY. =BREWSTER’S A (A New York { Monte Cristo. M I | When he bad handed her the paper she sald, ‘The Censor te growing face tlous at your expenne," “Iam getting on in society with a vengeance if that nas starts in to write about me, Listen to this"—ehe had pointed out to him the obnoxious paragraph— ‘If Brewster Dew a diamond flush, do you suppose he'd catch tho queen? And if he caught her; how long do you think she'd remain Drew? Or, if she Drew Brewstor, would she be willing to learn such a game as Monte?’ ‘The next morning a writer who signed himself ‘The Censor” got « thrashing and ono Montgomery Brewster had his name in the papers surrounded by ful- some words of praise. CHAPTER VIII. The Forelock of Time. Nu morning not long after the Incidents jut related Brewster Iny in bed, O staring at the cefling, deep in thought. There was a worrled pucker on his foreliead,-halt-hidden—by-the rumpled-hatr, and his eyes Were wide aid sleepless. . Ha had dined at tho Drewe' the evening before, and had had an awak- ening. An he thought of tho matter he could recall no spectal occurrence that lic could really use a evidence. Colonel and Mrs. Drew had been as kind as ever, and Barbara could not have beep more charming, But something had gone wrong and he had endured a wretched evening. a: “That little English Johnnie was to blame,” he argued. “Of course, Barbara had a right to put any one #he Iked next to her, but why she should have chosen The New Chauffeur. ren MR. STEELE, COUNT, WiLL You HURRY ‘To Ped A MAN’S “INTENTIONS.” OT a few of the letters from young _w “recetya~contain this sentence: “My that I ask the young man his intentions. Directly asking a mati to mai ustening-to-him-and~humtiicemy pri mind and put yourself in the position of a salable object at but may pass on without agqguiring, building. AM cmployed tn! an office where'|ber to go to the theatre, there is a young Indy for whom I care a great deal. She nas often’ she had gone out with another fellow. § SADVICE® LOVERS? THinet-me, und she told ma thar sho! My dear girls, nevor, no matter how much you are urgea, commit this outrageous breach of decency and pre- hed the demand (KAOW hie “Intentions,” By aking the question. you-ad- mit-that you are merely waiting: for htm to- make-up hie on @ counter which a possible purchaser has stopped to look Never encourege a man unduly because you think him too shy to apeak his mind__No_man_{s_And_by_making_matrimental advances_to—him-you-mernly-| of -eactr other and-weut oeetrst Toms lower yourself in his eyes. Bo sweet and gracious to the man you love, but remember that boldnessiin a women defeats {ts purpose and wait.to learn a man’s intentions ttl he declares them voluntarily. : told mo that she loves me, ‘but I think she filrts with other yourg men in the wife died.” He now has one child, and|saln her affection? T made an appointment with | jstely ho haa been ¢rying to renew but when I) triendshin with me, I would ike your | called at her house her mother told me | advice, asi I think he treated me too : By RK. W. Taylor When she came Into the office in the morning 1 aaked her wliy she did not Zouncer, He claima that he loves me, but Ido not feal I could depend ‘on: ts Whe treated you very bane But a man of rental re apt to be less fickle than a boy. If you love him suf- ficlently overlook your own feelings, not his, To-Regain Her Love, [teenr-Batty? AM a young man In my nineteenth Dear Retr: | year and have been keeping cam- AM a young lady twenty-six. When) | pany with a young lady “of the same I waa about fourteen I met a young |uxe for some time past. About a month man of my age. We were very fond "lturgst all about the date. Do you think ahe loves mie or do yoo then} st had better shake her? BM. Bhe certainly docs etter love cat You better transter—yowr-—aftections yehars. they sill be mpre-apprecisted. An Inconstant Suitor. which I am now @ ber, Up tb that time she professed she loved me dearly, and I held her deep in my affection, but she iyw"weems to grow colder toward me-every_tmeI call to see: her.-T am} heartbroken over this, How can! 1 re- COLLIER, I don't see what you can do except © her altogether alone. If that pro- does not revive her Interest ¢ 1a hopeless, for you may loves another. years, He then grew cold and stopped coming, saying he ‘exe too young to marry, and that fee were talking about us going together eo long. I felt very badly -about-It,—A-year—leter—hp got married and two years later his badly and broke my heart when; 1 wae A Few More Lemons at a Len Apiece. &2 &2 RAEN aie el ce eae eae By F. G Long | deduct something Mike $2,600. A long campaign would put me irretrievably Inthe "do while Tam out of the running? shall I get out of the seven millions If I lose her? I can't afford to take chances. on baets Conalder |. ago I joined a military organtzation |. which —was—forming-th— the church of | that eilly ang le more than T know. By Jove: 11 had een on-thhe other aide Ti Warrant Hin-Grace would-have been lost in-the‘dust."* His brain was whirling, and for the first time he waa beginning to feel the: unpleasant pangs of jealousy, The Duke of Beauchamp he especially Lioforry: though the poor man hadvhardly spoken during the dinnet, But Monty could be resonailed. He knew, of course, that Barbara had eultors by the dosen, but ft had never occurred to him that they were even seriously considered. Notwithmtanding the fact that hin encounter with “The Censor ‘had brought her Into undesirable notice, she forgave him eyerything after a moment's con- wideration, The first few wranchea of resentment were iced by her, American appreciadon of ohivairy; however inspired. “The Censor* had gone for. years unpuntiihed; his coarse wit being aimed at every one who had come into soclal prominence. 80 pungent and vindictive was his pen that other men fered him, and there were many who lived in glass houseq In terror of a’ fustilade Brewster's, prompt and gufficient action’ had checked the peralclous attacks, uid he became a hero among men and women. .\fter that night (here. was no’ poine 1" Spe ensor's pen, Loe Monty’a first qualmn of apprehenalon were awept away when Col. Drew hima self hailed him the morning after the encounter and In no unmeasured terms con- sratulated him upon his achievement, assuring him that Barbara and Mrs. Drew Spproved, although they might lecture Him as a matter of form. 5 But on this morning, as he lay in his bed, Monty was thinking deeply and painfully. He:was confronted by a most embarrassing condition, and he was dis- cussing It soberly with himself. “I've never told her," he sald to himself, “but 1¢ sho doesn't know my feeling she is not aa clever as I think. Besides, I haven't Ume to make Jove to her now. If it were any other girl I suppose I'd haye but Babs, why, she must understand. And yet—damn that Duke!” In order to woo her properly he wollld be compelled to neglect financial duties , that needed every particle of brain-energy at his command. He found himself oppored at the outset by a dtartling embarrassment, rhade absolutely clear Ny the colnputations of the night before. Thé last four days of indifferenck to on one side and pampering the heart on the other had proved very costly. To use hia own expression, he had been “set back” almost $300. An average like that would be-rutnous, “Why, think, of It, ! he continued. “For each day sacrificed to Barbera ‘I must hole; I'd get #0 far behind that a holocaust couldn't put me even. She can’t ex- pect that of me, yet girls are such {dlots about devotion, know what a heavy task I'm facing. And there are the others—what will they I cannot go to her and say, ‘Pléase, may I ave & year's vacation? I'll come back next September.’ On the other hand, I hall surely neglect-my business If whe expects me to cortpete. What pleasure That Duke won't have seven miliiona next Soptember, {t's true; but he'll have @ prodigious argument againtt mo, about the twenty-first or second. Then « brilliant thought occurred to him which caused him to ring for @ telegram which Monty wrote was as follows: Swearengen Jones, Butte, Mont: fe. Rrovng. she wl ba Q May T marry and turn all property over to wits. ng the will have ro9: NRGOMERY BREW! “Why isn't that reasonable?’ he asked arertie after the boy had gone. eines ing Property over to one's “wife Is hellher @ Joan nor Is it charity, Old Jones might call It needloss extravagance, since he's a bachelor, but It's generatty dene be- use It's good business." Monty was hopeful. Following his habit in trouble, ho sought Margaret Gray, to whom he could always appeal for advice and consolation, She was to come to his next dinner sarty, and'It was easy to load up to the eubject In hand py mentionmg the other xuests, “And Barbara Drew," he concluded, after naming all the others!‘ They: were ulone in the brary, and she was drinking in the detalis of the dinner ea he re- ated them. “Wasn't she at your first dinner?’ she asked, quickly. Hs successfully affected mild embarrassment. ‘Bhe must be very attractive.” ‘nere was'no venom in Peggy's heart. “Bhete-attractive. Intact, she's one of the best, Peggy,” hv aatd, piving the way. “It's too bad ahe neems to care for that littl Duke.” “Well, don't take It to heart. You @on't have to marry him, qmuRned, “But I do take tt to heart, Pessy hit, and I want your help. A sister this sort. Sho looked Into ‘his eyes dull} for an Instant, not reaMwing the full importance of his confession. You. Monty?" she anld, incredulously “I've got it bad, Pewgy,” he replied, atari: understand the gold, gray tone that auddenly enveloped the room. The. strange sonno of loneliness that came over her wis inexplicable Tha something. that—— rose in her throat would not be dislodged, nor could she throw off the weight that seemed pressing down upon har, He saw the odd look in her eyes and the drawn, uncertain emile on her lips, but he attributed them to wonder and incredulity. __ Somehow, after all these years, he was transformed-betore ter-very-eyse;-she: van looking upon-a_new-personality, He was no Jonger Montgomery, the brother, but she could not explain how and when the change crept over her. What ata it all mean? Q “Lam very glad If it will make you happy, Monty," she eald atowly, ‘the eray, In her, lipa giving way to red once more. "Does ahe know?" ~atuLhaven't told-herta 20.many-wordd,Peggy;-dut--but;- Emr get to thieves he announci ‘Thtyaventi “L¢ " Monty said, as he rose to go. "I'm glad you're pleased, Peggy: I need good wishes. And Peggy.” he continued, with a touch-ef boyish wist. fulness, "85 you think there'n a chance for a fellow? I've had the ery deuce-of. a time over that Englishman." It was not quite easy for her to may, “Monty, you are the best in the-world. Go in and win.” From the window she watched him swing off down the street, wondering If he would turn to-wavre hia-hand to her, hts custom for years: But the bro: Was straight and uncompromising.Hls long strides oarried_him-swiftiy- out-of — sight, but 1t was many minutes before she turned her eyes, whichwere smarting, a Ilitle from the point where he was lost in the crowd. The room looked ashen to her_an she brought her mind back to {t, and somehow things had grown tifficult. When Montgomery reached home'he found this telegram from-Mr. Jones: Montgoniery Vrewaster, Now York City: Btick to your knitting, you fool. (Fo Be Continued.) 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