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Title: Brewster's Millions
Author: George Barr McCutcheon
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BREWSTER'S MILLIONS
BY GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON
Author of "Graustark," "Beverly of Graustark," "Castle Craneycrow,"
etc.

CONTENTS
I. A Birthday Dinner II. Shades of Aladdin III. Mrs. and Miss Gray IV.
A Second Will V. The Message from Jones VI. Monty Cristo VII. A
Lesson in Tact VIII. The Forelock of Time IX. Love and a Prize-fight
X. The Napoleon of Finance XI. Coals of Fire XII. Christmas Despair
XIII. A Friend in Need XIV. Mrs. DeMille Entertains XV. The Cut
Direct XVI. In the Sunny South XVII. The New Tenderfoot XVIII. The
Prodigal at Sea XIX. One Hero and Another XX. Le Roi S'Amuse XXI.
Fairyland XXII. Prince and Peasants XXIII. An Offer of Marriage
XXIV. The Sheik's Strategy XXV. The Rescue of Peggy XXVI. The
Mutiny XXVII. A Fair Traitor XXVIII. A Catastrophe XXIX. The
Prodigal's Return XXX. The Promise of Thrift XXXI. How the Million
Disappeared XXXII. The Night Before XXXIII. The Flight of Jones
XXXIV. The Last Word

BREWSTER'S MILLIONS
CHAPTER I
A BIRTHDAY DINNER
"The Little Sons of the Rich" were gathered 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 remarked,
"A man is known by the street that's named after him," and as he was a

new member, they called him "Subway."
The most popular man in the company was young "Monty" Brewster.
He was tall and straight and smooth-shaven. People called him "clean-
looking." Older women were interested in him because his father and
mother had made a romantic runaway match, which was the talk of the
town in the seventies, 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 obvious 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