The morning times., 1895-12-22

| fecfly right he said, 1.-The mine is yours "
1 Thenhe rose and stretched his hand across
thetable to Kenyon, who grasped it cordially.
I Young Mr.. LongwOrth also rose, and said
| laDguidly. "As this seems to be a meeting
| OF long lost brothers, i shall not intrude.
4 Good dag, Mfr. Won Brent"
And with that the young man ad Justed his
| eyeglasses and took his departure.
CHAPTER XIV.
When Edith LongwOrth entered the office
or GEORGE Wentworth, that young gentleman
somewhat surprised her He sprang from
his chair the moment she entered the room.
| rushed out OF the door, and shrieked at the
| top ofhis voice to boy, who answered him
whereupon Wentworth returned to the room,
apparently IN his right mind. 81 beg your
pardon, Miss Longworth," he said laugh
| ing; 1.-THE fact was, had Just sent my boy
| with telegram to you, and now, you see,
L have saved sixpence."
Then you have heard from Canada?"
said the young lady.
Yes, n short message, but to the point, !"
| He handed her the cablegram, and she read:
Niue purchased; shall take charge tenn
porarily."
Then the money got there in time" she
said, handing him back the etelegrapllicmes-
sage.
''Oh, yes,'' said George, with the easy
tconffdence of man who doesn't at all
[ know what he is talking Bbout. I'VE had
plenty Of time. l knew it would get there
al right"
Tam glad of that; Iwas afraid, perhaps,
we might have sent 1t too late. One can
never tell what delays or formalities there
may ebe."
Evidently there was no trouble And
now, Miss Longworth, what are your COM
maDds? Am ] to be your agent here in
Great Britaiu?'
Have you written to Mr.. Kenyon"
Yes, j wrote him just after / sent the
cable message"
"Of course you didn't-''
mo, didn't say a word that would lead
him 70 suspect who was the mistress Of the
mine. In my zeal even went so far as to
give you name. You are hereafter to be
known in the correspondence as Mr.. Smith,
the owner Of the mine"
Miss Longworth laughed.
- And-oh, by the way" cried Went
worth, here Is barrel belonging to you"
"A barrel.' she said. and, looking in the
direction to which he pointed. she saw
In corner of the room barrel with its
head taken off. ;" If II belongs TO me-" con-
tlnued the young woman. who has taken
the liberty OF opening it?''
oh. did that as your agent, The
barrel contains the mineral from the mine
which We hope will prove so valuable. 1t
ago, and arrived here the other day. II
seems that the idiot who sent it, addressed
II In some way by New York. and it was
held by some jack In office belonging TO the
United States customs. We have had more
diplomatic correspondence and trouble
about that barrel than you can imagine,
and now IL comes day behind the fair.
when II Is really no use.''
Miss Longworth rose and went 10 the
barrel She picked out some of the beauti-
Tnl White specimens that Were in IT.
is this the mineral?" she asked
Wentworth laughed. Think OF o per-
son buying mine at an exorbitant price
and not knowing what it producesl Yes,
that Is the mineral"
This is not mica, of course?',
No, 1t is not mica. That is the stuff
used for the making OF china"
1t looks as If 1t would take a good
pohh. VIII It, do you know"
Il do. not fnow. could easily find out
for you"
II wish yon would and get piece of it
polished, which / will use as a paper
weight"
what are your orders for the rest Of the
barrel?"
What were you thinking of doing with
it," said the young woman.
Well, j was thinking the best plan would
be TO send some OF 1, TO each of the pottery
works in this country. and get their
orders for of the stuff, if they want to
use it,
II think II is very good idea.
understand from the cabIegram that Mr..
Kenyon says he will take charge of The
mine temporarily
Yes; imagine he left Ottawa at once
as soon as he had concluded his bargain.
or course VIC shall not know for certain
until he writes"
saVnrv Nr.u
the best thing you could do over here would
be TO get what orders can be obtained in
England for the mineral. Then suppose
you could write TO Mr.. Kenyon. and ask
him To get proper person to operate the
mime
Yes. / will do that
when he comes over here You and he
can nave consultation as to the best thing
To be done after that. / expect nothing
very definite can be done until he comes.
You may make whatever excuse Won can
Tor the absence OF the mythical Mr.. Smith.
ana say that you act for him. Then Won
may tell Mr.. Kenyon, in whatever manner
you choose, that Mr.. Smith intends both
you and Mr.. Kenyon to share con Jointly
WIN hiin- L think you viii have no trouble
IN making Johu-that is-in making Mr..
Kenyon believe there Is such a person as
Mr. Smith, If you put it strongly enough
10 him. Make him understand that Mr.
smith would never have heard OF the mine
unless Mr.. Kenyon and you had discovered
u, and that he is very glad indeed to have
such good opportunity of investing his
money, so that. naturally, lie wishes those
who have been instrumental in helping him
10 this Investment to share its profit.
l think you could make all this clear enough
so tnat your friend VIII suspect nothing
Don't you think so?''
"Well, with any other man than. John
Kenyon l should have my doubts, because
as fabricator don't think have a very
high reputation but with John l have no
fears whatever. He will believe eyerv-
thing l say. 1t is almost a pity to cheat
so trustful man, but it's so very much
for- his own good that l shall have no
hesitation in doing it,
They you viii write to him about GETTING
a hit and proper person to ma ma ge tn G mine?',
Yes. 1 don't think there will be any
necessity for doing so, but l will make
sure. / imagine John will not leave there
until he sees everything to his satisfaction.
he VIII he very anxious indeed for the mine
TO prove as great a success as he believes
1t Will be, even though at present he does
not know that he is to have any pecnniarv
interest in its prosperity"
VERY well, then, will bid Won pood.hv
l may not be here again, but whenever you
hear from Mr.. Kenyon shall be very glad |
If you will let me know" |
Certainly, / will let you know every |
thing that happens. / will send you all the |
documents in the case, as you once re- |
marked. You always like to see the |
original papers, don tyou?''
Yes, 1 suppose I do"
Miss Longworth fingered n moment Mt |
the door, then, looking straight at Went |