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Show r PAGll SIX THE PROVO POST THE STOEY Of . BREWSTERS MILLIONS Influence could 1" possibly have with Hes a man of iron my husband? ,.w ill. Why, I have to fo everything he tells me myself. I wouldn't dare to meddle with his affairs. "Well, Just coax him, Fannie, the nicer sw'eetj- woman ly wcman fewi, urged the senator,' know lug full well that, the Merrltts had one menage for private use and quite another ylpr publication. ant to go to Europe and my busbaifeays ha cant afford It. Her voice dipped to a sugary whine. We can't millionaires like Mr. Slade can weTJust think. It would cost $10,000, to say nothing of . clothes. "Dont worry about that trip to Euro Fannie, the senator advised, meaningly. "I think," and he paueed significantly, I think youll earn It With that he started toward the smoking-room- . "Wesley, he called, and as Merritt appeared In the doorway, remarked. I peiteve yonr wife has something to say to you. "Oh, yes, Wesley I have something most important to say. , "Well, if its about that strip to Europe," growled Merritt, asserting himself as he would never dare to do when he was alone with her. Mow, Wesley, come with me to the balcony, Fannie coaxed In what she considered her prettiest manner. " "Youll excuse ns, senator? As Fannledragged ber husband out U the room Hayes, returning from ji-ax- -a .The story of Brewsters Slih with Edward Abeles in his original rolerwhichris Aow alio-tio- n picture, is as follows : In 1894, Robert Brewster, the son of old Peter J. Brewster, makes a runaway marriage with Louise Sedgwick and is -- turned out of his fathers home, and disinherited. Old Peter J.s objection tF Louise being that she is oor. Peter J. publicly cuts his at a public func-30llaugh This so infuriates James Sedgwick, Louises brother, that le tries lp kill old Peter J., bat is saved byIymise, who persuades lim to go awayHe does so and out West meets onei'wea rengen Jones, and together thejnfike a preat' mining strike, and beuSw tremendously rich., In the mcar- Ime, a son has been bom to Robert and Louise, who are litin? in overty. This son is ' Monte BrewIrewster, the hero of sters Millions Robert is killed n a shipping accident, and the shock of his death kills Louise, so lions, -- alfe GERTRUDE STEVINSON -- ILLUSTRATIONS IRON PHOTOGRAPHS Or THE STAGE PRODUCTION COPYWCir, V3, (PtBLJCArJOf wcurz AfJ?r$) ey iw0 eriAjco (Continued from last issue.) i ll watTT she returned with, acid riuLuTo ttittitt Vas a butuaea fctohfie. sweetness. "Then if you are not ready iHer decision bad been made more 111 run along. than ten years before. It was a de"Slades had an ovation tonight, cision that, once made,, must be Merritt informed her, nbdding toward abided by, and the woman had been the smoking-room- . The big Hying up to it ever since. Her gown men are all here. Some of em was the last word of sartorial elegance in there yet. Hes big, Fannie. HeS and ftyle. Daringly decollette it clung big.' We cant deny that. The brute to her long, svelte figure with loving attacks bisipoint with all the foroe of emphasis, and trailed round her ex- a sledge hammer. quisitely dressed feet. Her hair did "Yes, thats what . you lack-pu-nch credit to the hairdressers long and pa- ! his wife turned on him pet- efforts, and long, bizarre diamond Jantly. anta flashed and sparkled from Youre snowed under, she comIfcer ears. If ever a woman had become "If youd taken my plained, a slave to her own personal pleasure advice bitterly. you wouldnt have come to this and dress, that woman was Fannie Slade feed tonight Whats your' paMerritt Too and selfish per for, she demanded, "if you cant ever to crave motherhood, she lavished attack your rival candidate in its cola kind of affection. on a watery-eyeumns 7 Anyone would think you wantlittle poodle which repaid her with ed to make him governor instead of lap-dogratitude. youmll Tonight she was restless and ill at "I cant attack him Mer.ease. Like Katherine, her mind was ritt retorted. "Hed publicly, facup put glue jtull of one thought Blade, Slade, Slade tories facing our property and, with L but thoughts that took a dfferent di- a lake breeze blowing our way rection. She waa sick of his name, phew! My position is very .difficult. sick of hearing of his money, sick of Ofcourser elections a long way ahead. ithe talk of his pou er and of hearing I but m the only stick in his puddle. J Of man as him named "the the hour. . she Yes, youre a big stick! He was winning the very honors she j taunted don.t do some-,hayou wby coveted for her husbahd, and tak- - f thing? ing them right out from beneath hiB "What can I do?" he groaned. Ive nose. seem There and didnt very eyes told tonight by no less than four been to be a doubt of Slade becoming gov- men that they wont support me again. ernor, the very position for which her And Stricklands speech introducing been for bad the paet Slade was a husband striving masterpiece! six terms. Slade with his millions Yes Stricklands masterpieces sire 'needed the governorship no more than concocted his daughter, we all a pampered child needs a new toy, know that. by as I write stuff. Just while to her husband success or fail- she finished with hateful your emphasis op ure this time meant either the retriev- the possessive. ing of bis fortunes or hip utter ruin. "My dear, I wish you'd be more The abstraction of the two women careful! warned Merritt, making was broken by the sudden entrance sure that the door leading Into (he fof Hayes, .. , was closed. smoking-reeWhew! be whistled. "Theyre hav"Your Message to the Farmer that Good In of there. it ing a time made you famous! What did I ever ning, Mrs. Merritt, your husband la get for writing it? and with self satis-fle- d certainly making it warm for Mr. deliberateness she arranged her- In a self chair .. i "Indeed. laughed Mrs. Merritt, grat- - r nef,rthe fireplace. . ifled for the moment. i , I never denied that you had a Dear, dear, she exclaimed as she manis brain, placatlngly, drawllngly, watched Hayes gazing wistfully It mocklrui darllrut Katherine and looking very handsome ' - Yes Iffn the family mosquito that and manly In his evening .' buzzes behind your ears. God help clothes. "Its quite like old times to ug if u wasnt for me. Did you ask see you together. Unhappy herself, the senator for the $10,000 I want?" dt gave her a certain pleasure to make he-- demanded, other people unhappy. The jealousy He cant, Merritt was huddled in ,she had long felt for the younger and the nearest chair. The 6ubject had imore beautiful woman found expres-- 1 been causing him appetiteless days Sion now in her purring tones, as, with j an(t sleepless nights. When a woman amiable cruelty, she reminded them of Fannie Merritts persistency and She took tenacity wants something a man can't of their earlier intimacy. delight In making Bob wrthe and ' get then that man is very likely to be Katherine whiten as she recalled their nagged into dteppraiJoq, passionate young love when only the .senatore stern interference had kept sv ered,'''alarm breaking the careful them from writilan. modulation of her voice. "Thats the Let me'see, she recollected, when first time he ever refused us. were I was yonr -- confidante, you ""He's broke dead broke. .1 dont know how he can keep this up. The senators nearly out. Thats why hes sticking to Slade. - "Well, I care how you get it I want i-t- Its vital. I've- got to have-- , ten thousand to go to Europe. Every-jhody- e b,going and her, voice trailed off into a pettish whine. Yes, I know all about that crowd, snarled. "Sunny places for l Merr'tt p shady people. 1 I clothes. need Ive told Weslejl !. ever) body Im go tug, and the peev-- j ih woman glared at her husband. , out-of-to- K self-center- d g , .. low-seate- d well-mad- e 1 J 'YoulookO,' 't - Mrs.-d'Dan-- Mrs.-Web- j senator ask Slade Oh, my God, j ? , Fancier the hectored "Can I suggest that? mortgaged my propciiy up to the hilt now for T clothes but sooner than T dont care I need clothes," his wife Interrupted, rising and walking restlessly about the room. Tve got to go to Europe. The Ue 11 take your excuses. Then, whh a sudden change of she cooed. -- .'Wediei ! . , . -Did You Ask the Senator for thrf j Merritt stood with his elbow on the mantel, looking moodily into the fire. Want? $1$D00 "Vt8ley the cooed again "Why tw enty-onKatherine, and you, Rob, dont you if you esmt getln vhy were t wen ty f o can.feeLrRohaL4&,4sea-hsoiaSlfide1- T f "hande gripping mine yet: O, Fannie buying eerjbodj." -- please -- eee the --senator-1 Wt:!!," vsevc Tlr doesnt approve of It. And the tears husband s tone muicah'd just how you shed on my shoulder, Katherine little consideration such a plan would hy, it feels vet to think of It. have from him. 01 Fannie!" Katherines voice was "No, but you've been deCetfed six not as firm as usual. she objrccd. determined to , J I always said," the woman per argue- thie new that had sisted, "Rob, shell come home to you i u--t occurred to her. "Wes if the In the end sinator has pone hack on you look , I think Ill po back and listen to jut Sell out. I must have clohes. the discussion, and Bob flung She stopped as the senator h.tnself out o! the room. jAt the door entered from the smoking room he atmo.t collided with Merritt. Kath; Thiy're asking for you', V. Csley, cnoe had hurried o t to see a reporter r.cd Merritt, glad of the Interruption, ,vho v, anted the wherefores and thi hurried out. Ah good evening, Fannin" gtriek-lan- d wfcys of the dinner party to Slada. took her hand "in h.s smooth, "I cant possibly get aw tty, dear.J Ive affable way. Im Porry.Fanine.. that Merritt explained tohiswife. buttonholed by some men from Wesley doesnt take more to Slede. up theptate. Shall you wait or go Its a great mistake. - Why dont you t 11 him so? heme first? dlsher manner to be "Oh, my gracious! refused Mrs. Merpitt ejvujtint to aull lho occasion, "V.'hei misled in that Ecrrmutorr Jaahion. man ItoancJ. A rhM c nilldetc!--jv- p ' -- -- urI hey-say-- her-ior-- me I Ien hes ter-in-la- ' hat ( w LiMj 7 La tl U Absclulciy Pure Ahsdzfcly bza do cubsiituto i, Vs Many mixtures are offered as substitutes for Royal. No other baking powder is the same in composition or effectiveness, or so wholesome and economical nor will make such fine food. , 'V fjyal Baking Powder Is made from pure,. uV'ipe Cream of Tartar. No alum, ' or add phosphates. dslefra rTorphaTT Monte He carries a note from his dying mother ta old Peter J. Brewster, Ms grandfather. - The old man Monte agrees to provide for rat not to take him in. Alonte :ss placed in charge of Mrs. Grey, a southern of limited means, who has a little Monte daughter, Peggy. and MonPeggy become kid lovers. te is finally sent to college and on hi return is put to work in a bank at twentv dollars a week, TICKETS ON SALE DAILY FOR YOUR VACATION and told by hi'; grandfather to LONG BEACH, CATALINA, live on it He does so. and joins JUNE 1st TO SEPT. 30th. VENICE, OCEAN PARK, a dub called Little Rons of the 31st. OCT. RETURN SAN DIEGO. an organization composed Rich, of young New Yorkers, who are SURF BATHING, BOATING, FISHING, poor, but with wonderfnl prosTENNIS, GOLFING. pects. At one of the dinners of this For literature and information call on ' club Monte is informed of his G. W. CRAIG or C. E. EGGERTSEN grandfathers death, and that he or address J. B. MANDERFLELD, A. G. inherited a milh'on. About this P. Salt Lake City. A., time, James Sedgwick is stricken. Tn all the years that have elapsed, his hatred of old Peter J. has only increased, and when he learns of New before the year' FOR BALE Limited amount of PeferVdeathandMontes in- is York the dayand is .cut by good Carbon paper; lc per sheet heritance of the million, up. penniless, realizing that his own end is at hand, he most of his friends. dftT, asks while it lasts, in 25 cent lots. Best grade. Call this office. sends for .Tones, his to marry him as a pauper and Peggy partner makes a will whereby- - Monte she accepts. He is about to will inherit sclysb million dollars her when he gets a teleCHARLES H. WRIGHT in exactly one year, provided he marry gram, saying Jones has disappear? is penniless at that time, that is, ed with the seven millions. Now Architect, Contractor' and "I Couldnt Oh, Rob! I Couldnt he must spend old Peter milJ.g he is really a pauper, and so the Builder. and Katherine, re- lion in one year from date. The the smoking-rootakes Bui Jones wedding place. Specialattention given to pre- turning from her talk with the re- conditions being that he can not arrives in the middle of it, with alone. Sketches found and esti- themselves Cath- give it liminary porter, away or throw it away. the seven Sedgwick millions, and erine was nervous and ill at ease. He must have a mates. million . dollars tells Monte he has won. Immediately she began to busy her- worth of 505 at the end Center. of receipts E" tlu is in Brewsters Millions self folding copies of her fathers and he can year, tell mailno one. . them into If and Phone is five speech the product inserting parts and 'Montedoes'not fulfilT the ing envelopes. the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play of the will, he will not - .Slades doing it, Bob remarked, Company, which concern is. re"They are nearly all wiped out In only have lost the first million, but for The Squaw Man, sponsible there. Those who havent been be- will mot inherit tbe-otseven. and comes to the Princess Monday uiledhav After hearing of his mothers jPtovo Commercial May 25th, with afcwvs at 4 p. m. . tmT That soimvs like the head- - i eath. , Monte ac- ,a lines In a Socialist paper & Savings Bank "Whats happened to you? he broke cepts the proposition. He figures off abruptly. "I can't find & trace of it out arithmetically, he must LPROYO aTYr LICE? you left. Ever Bince you came hack spend nearly' $4000 a day for one The lice question is quickly CAPITAL $100,000, Ive been hunting for one sign of the year (figure it out for settled if you dust you ion Is with! yourself) girl 1 knew. Your notes the very let- The : he does is to huy SURPLUS $50,000 ters you wrote me from Europe sound- a Cerkeys lice Powder tremendous block of stock, a ed as if come one else .had written Its sa.r VvSure DIRECTORS: them."' Who is it whos occupying failing industrial. This causes a L"iv.5 oZr poui y profits because it and sends panic, Katherine? the mind. your price way up. Reed SihqoL PrealdenL, Kills the Lice at uMonte5J7nakes $00.00(T'otT thi i dont yomnean-tb- e C. E. Loose, girl evaded, Iarm Chid; deal, amPeurses fate. Then he Doesnt L. Holbrook, R. R. Irvine, Sr W. Price 25 cent, cunts and SI fO You used to care a lot for me, backs a sure loser-- a prize fight. For the nrrej thfff Me m the cmU by L. Blersach, Geo. Taylor, Sr. yfS? day and pre on chickens at nnht, spray , reflectively, his mind recalling the A chance ' the your poultry favorite blowputs Roger Farrer. , warm, eager welcome of her arms the ohL and Monte wins again. "Conkeys Lice Liquid F,: Jos. T,. Tie his love declared for had Farrer, Cashier. her, day CHns thm r thm' Hy Thpn he starts on a wild life of ccn pint 3 six years before, Jos a Buttle. Assistant Cashier, . . Uii golL. uJ cc its gallon "I only thought I did, she declared, extravagance. His friends tHnk For the - head looce - General Banking Business CCNR2YS !t!AD LIC : hut h4r eyes dropped - before his steady I1 a rPara JD r e ' 01NTMUPIT' "gaze." daughter of the bank, president, JHettncZard dcKHnt hjrm chivks. 10 U. 8. Depository for Postal Savings "You did care, positively. "You wluT has been And 25 eenrs. Moncv hat 0 tltesc playing for his prcparattoH do not satisfy did care. I could tell. When you went cuts him when she sees' TW G. LCtk($ Co, CWveUnd, OU away the first time you did. Why, money, the rapid way he is going through . WILFORD PERRY, Agent. it was eniya question of my h'ck his fortune. He hceoutes the You to Carpenter Seed Co. wait for turning. weregoing lue 1 alwajs knew that. Then I laughing stoclmLNew York, only met SlaJd. Even the senatoragot a remains true. When Peggy lie good wbrd for me now. But you has exhausted all the possil Iities h's voice broke afid he leaned forward and laid his hand over hers as it of spending money in New York he decides to try Europe, lie rested idly on (he table. he exclaimed, as he rents, for a fabulous sum. the Heavens! snatched his , hand away, What.I finest paoht on the Atlantic, and ought to bare done was to have rid- with a choice starts ont. den up here, taken you over my shoul- Off the coast offorty Arabia, they are off on with a der and galloped you visited bv en Arab Sheik. who broncho. falls' "ifi "tore witfr. Peggy. " His The prompt laundry, generally Rob,"' she breathed', reafly laughed-at- r the pleased at bis domineerlnglohe. foes the most business. Most per-on-s "That's the sort of a man to get and he decides to capwant their bundles right ( on with a woman like you, he ture Peggy and have her for 1, A brute! A man could do Harem. he minute promised. Demand anything with you if he once Then folows the adventure of the grruiaa equires that such ftn ' establish.-nen- t you. Theres nothing in tbe8 the and makes kidnaoping the be corapletelw equipped for long understandings, he broke off, kUUW Y d.'gustedly. Ive lost you and I dont rescue of Peggy by the aid of the juick work. Oursyjs the best know hovr or wliy. I do know yon yachts searchlight and ihe shootMachino Sey,Ing quipped laundry iq Provo. It liked mo better than anyone else, and ing of the Arab. Monte. goes I adore you yet, he finished, impulthe is to do your work quickly and do macliiue vill buy to Monte Carlo, and to hi sdis-gusive. y clasping her hand with both t well When it leaves this laun-trdie name NZW wl1i wins ehormnsly. Ilis friends cf his. Katherine patted his strong article in it is done a every HOME on the atm decide he is crazy and to save the flatter" wifh her ftpe hand. You irdered. can rely upon that. in balance next Issue) of .his fortune, make him end in the legs. (Continued 'Ye do every washable garroeql a prisoner, and. turn the boat This machm is id do it right, Wagons come oc. j hack for New Yoj k. On Lie way EXCURSION TO SALT for an call promptly, too. JLAKE CITY, JUNE 11, 12, 13, 14, a storm comes up. and the boat is x .me. -- VIA SALT LAKE ROUTE disabled. Monte stands 'the No other like it Oomesfic Steam Laundry Account Y. M. ai(l Y. L. M. L crmvd off, and hoists distress sig-Nq other as good A. convenliorl; god returning unds, which means the salvage of 463 So. Academy Avenue. ' til June 17, Ask for tickets via the yacht, of $300, 00U. This TIis flow Homs Sewing Laciilns Company, 1 saves his game. lie arrives in ml8-j- l Suit Lake Route. Provo ORANGE, MASS. UuL. , gentle-woma- n, And Return , - 415-M- eon-ditio- her bci;:w ... . first-thing- fcnow-wh- Vice-Preside- SO , ho- & rt dea- Uj wiU ' - k, A Done Promptly AILiX-heiu- g con-qee'e- t d st y, um: u . |