The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-09-24
CHAPTER XvIII.-CoNTINUED.

al am as good as my word" r...
81 don't know about that, Gordon"
"But do, and won't hear any as-
sertion 10 the contrary. offered you
the shares for certain price, and you
rejected them"
al did not do that"
"You did do that-exactly. Then
there came up in my mind q feeling
that l might probably wish to change
my purpose" EWJ ~ a'.E
"And am TO suffer for thatr'
''Not In the least. / then told you
that you should still have the shares for
the price named. But / did not offer
them 70 any one else. 80 Icame home
and you chose TO come with me. But
before started, and again after. / told
you that the offer did not hold good,
and that I should not make up my mind
as to selling till after Igot to England. :"
I'VE understood that you meant to be
married" 'jtT t4.s ~
II never said so. I never said . word
about marriage. I am now going back,
and moan 70 manage the mine myself. :"
Without asking mep" .C =
"Yes; I shall ask you. But I have
two-thirds. l viii give you for your
share ten per cent. more than the
price you offered me for each Of my
shares. II you do not like that, you
need not accept the offer; but l don't
mean TO have any words about it."
Mr.. Fitzwalker Jockeys face be-
came longer and longer, and he did In
truth feel himself to be much
aggrieved within his very soul. There
were still two lines Of conduct open TO
him. He might move the stern man
by recapitulation Of the sorrow Of
his circumstances, or he might burst
out into passionate wrath, and lay all
his ruin to his partners doing. He
might still hope that in this latter way
he could rouse all Kimberley against
Gordon, and thus creep back into some
vestige of property under the shadow
of Gordon's iniquities. He would try
both. He would first endeavor to move
the stern man to pity. II don't think
you can imagine the condition in which
you are about TO place me.
al can't admit that am placing you
anywhere"
"Tll Just explain. OF course know
that | can tell you everything In strict
est confidence"
81 don't know Il at all"
"Oh, yes; l can. remember the
story Of my poor wifep"
"Yes; remember"
"She's in London now"
"What! She got back from the Port
tuguese settlementP'
Eyes. She did not stay there long.
Idon't suppose that the Portuguese are
very nice people"
perhaps not. .,f.... $50
"At any rate they don't have much
money among them" ~ Yll ~
mot after the lavish expenditure OF
the diamond-felds," suggested Gordon.
"Just so. Poor Matilda had been
accustomed 10 all that money could buy
for her. / never used to be close listed
with her, though sometimes would be
tight F4t ''.t
"As far as l could understand, you
never used TO agree at ALL"
81 don't think we did hit II of. Per.
haps 1t was my fault"
fYou used to be little free in your
way Of living"
II was, I Tconfess that was so.
was young then, but l am older now.
Ihayen't touched B. and s. before
eleven o'clock since / have been In Lon.
don above two or three times. I dc
mean to do the best l can for my young
family" Il was the fact that Mr..
Tookey had three little children beard.
ing out In Kimberley.
HAnd what is the lady doing in Lon
donP"
ITO tell the truth, she's at my lodg-
ings."
"Oh-hi"
II do admit It. She is."
'She Is Indifferent to the gentleman
in the Cape Town psnal settlemantF'
"Altogether, don't think she eyel
really cared for him. To tell the trukh,
aha only vsnasd spmsonsfo tAknyhnI
sasay. .frsm rlne."