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CONTENTS I. A Birtnday Dinner i II. Shades of Aladdin . 8 III. Mrs. and Miss . Gray ... 14 IV. A Second Will 24 V. The Message from Jones 35 VI. Monty Cristo 49 VII. A Lesson in Tact 62 VIII. The Forelock of Time.... 68 IX. Love and a Prize-fight . . . .76 X. The Napoleon of Finance ... 84 XI. Coals of Fire 94 XII. Christmas Despair 106 XIII. A Friend in Need 114 XIV. Mrs. DeMille Entertains ... 123 XV. The Cut Direct 133 XVI. In the Sunny South .... 146 XVII. The New Tenderfoot . . . .157 XVIII. The Prodigal at Sea . . . .166 XIX. One Hero and Another . . . .174 XX. Le Roi S Amuse 181 XXI. Fairyland 193 XXII. Prince and Peasants .... 202 XXIII. An Offer of Marriage . . . .212 XXIV. The Sheik s . Strategy . . .221 XXV. The Rescue of Peggy . . . .234 XXVI. The Mutiny 243 XXVII. A Fair Traitor 252- XXVIII. A Catastrophe 263 XXIX. The Prodigal s Return . . . .272 XXX. The Promise of Thrift.... 282 XXXI. How the Million Disappeared . . .290 XXXII. The Night Before 298 XXXIII. The Flight of Jones 306 XXXIV. The Last Word - A BIRTHDAYDINNER - The Little Sons of the Rich were gath ered about the long table in Pettingill s studio, There were nine of them present, besides Brewster. They were all young, more or less enterprising, hopeful, and reasonably sure of better things to come. Most of them bore names that meant something in the story of New York. Indeed one of them had the street remarked, quotA man is known by that s named after him, quot and as he was a new member, they called him quotSubway.quot The most popular man in the company was Brewster. He was tall and young quotMontyquot straight and smooth-shaven. People called him quotclean-looking.quot Older women were interested in himbecause his father and mother had made a romantic runaway match, which was the talk of the town in the seven ties, and had never been forgiven. Worldly women were interested in him because he was the only grandson of Edwin Peter Brewster, who was many times a millionaire, and Monty was fairly certain to be his heir barring an absent-minded gift to charity. Younger women were interested for a much more obvi ous and simple reason they liked him. Men also took to Monty because he was a good sportsman, a man among men, because he had a decent respect for himself and no great aversion to work. His father and mother had both died while he was still a child, and, as if to make up for his long relentlessness, the grandfather hacj taken the boy to his own house and had cared for him with what he called affection. After college and some months on the continent however, Monty had preferred to be inde pendent. Old Mr. Brewster had found him place in the bank, but beyond this and occa sional dinners, Monty asked for and received no favors. It was a question of work, and hard work, and small pay. He lived on his salary because he had to, but he did not resent his grandfather s attitude. He was better satis fied to spend his quotweakly salary, quot as he called it, in his own way than to earn more by dining seven nights a week with an old man who had forgotten he was ever young. It was less wearing, he said. Among the quotLittle Sons of the Rich, quotbirth days were always occasions for feasting. The table was covered with dishes sent up from the French restaurant in the basement. The chairs were pushed back, cigarettes were lighted, men had their knees crossed. Then Pettingil got up.quotGentlemen, quot he began, quotwe are here to celebrate the twenty-fifth birthday of Mr. Montgomery Brewster. I ask you all to join me in drinking to his long life and happi ness.quot quotNo heel tapsquot some one shouted. quotBrew ster Brewsterquot all called at once...
| ISBN-13 | 9781406729559 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1406729558 |
| Weight | 0.97 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 5.51 x 0.75 x 8.50 In |
| List Price | $30.45 |
| Format | - |
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| Language | English |
| Pages | 344 pages |
| Publisher | Das Pr |
| Published On | 2007-10-01 |
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