The morning times., 1895-10-13

Miss brew ster laughed her merry, ,silvery,
little laugh. "Who told you? All! / see
how it is. 1t was that creature Fleming.
III get even W ith him for this eonne day. 1
know what office he is after, and next time
he wants good notice from the Argus he'll
get it; see II he don't Iknow some things
about him that lie would just as soon not
see In print. Why, w-hapa fool The man isl
] suppose he told y9d dat Of revenge, be-
cause woulon't speak 10 HIM tne other
evening. Never mind Il can afford TO
wait"
"Then-then, Mis- Brew ster, it is true. -
Certainly it is true: is there aDything
W rong about it? ! hGre you cont think
j, is oIsreputable TO belong 10 a good new s.
paper?'
''roa good newspaper. no; to u bad news
paper yes"
''Oh, l don't think the Argus is a bad
newspaper. 1t pays me We'll"
Then it Is 10 the Argus that you be-
lons?"
Certainly"
May / ask, Miss Brewster, If there is
anything l have spoken TO you about that
you intend to Use in your paper:''
Again Miss Brewster laughed. II will
be perfectly frank with you. / never tell
lie-it doesn't pay. Yes. The reason L
am here is because you are here. am here
TO find out what your report on those
mines VIII be; also what the report of
your friend win be. 1 have found out"
And do you intend to Use the informa-
tion you have thus obtained-ir may say
it-under false Dretences?''
MY dear sir, you are forgetting your
self. You must remember that you arc
talking TO a lady,
"A lady!' cried wentworth in his an
gush.
.sXps sir n Iahr. "a ul mi hp rpful
how you talk to this lady. There was no
false pretence about it, If you remember
What you told me was in conversation. L
didn't ask you for ii. / didn't even make
the first advances toward your acquaint-
aDce.'
But you must admit, Miss Brewster,
that 1t Is very unfair TO get man TO en-
gage in what he thinks is private coDver-
sation, and then to publish what he has
said"
My dear sir, If that were the case, how
would we get anything for publication that
people didn't want to be known? Why,
remember once, when the Secretary OF
State"
Yes" interrupted Wentworth, wearily,
Fleming told ME that story"
''Oh, did lie? Well, I'm sure I'm much
obliged to him. Then need not repeatit"
DO you mean to say that you intend to
htHu W tiie n iSus loT puDiitdtioH WHdt iHoNC
told you in confidence?''
Certainly. AS said before, that is what
/ am here for. Besides there is no in con.
fidence' about it,"
And yet you pretend to be a truthful,
honest, honorable woman"
II don't pretend it, / am
How much truth, then, is there in your
story that you are millionaire's daughter
about To visit your father in Paris, and ac-
company him from there to the Riviera"
Miss Brewster laughed brightly. "oh, 1
don't call fibs that person has to tell i'll the
way of business untrptlis.''
Then probably you would not call what
Mr.. j. X. Rivers, Of your estimable paper,
did in Ottawa dishonorab ble?"
well. hardly. / think Rivers was not JUS
titled in what he did because he was unsuc-
cessful. that is all. I'nbet dollar II had
got hold of those papers they would have
gone through to New " 6rk; but then j h.
Rivers is only stupid man. and most men
arestlpid, with ashyglancea Wentworth.
lam willing oadmit that, Miss Ere wster,
If you mean me. There never was more
stupid man than haYe been"
MY dear Mr.. WentwHfth, IL viii do you
ever SO much good IL yuu come to realiza-
ton of that fact. The.truth is, you take
yourself much too seriously. Now, IL won't
hurt you n bit TO hare1what l am going
to send published in ttJe Argus, and it will
help ME Il great deal just you wait here
for a few moments.' With that she flung
her book upon his lap, sprang up, and van
ished down the companion way In
very short time she reappeared with some
sheets OF paper in her hand.
Now, YOU see how fair and honest am
going TO be. am going t. read you what
have written. II there is anything in it
that is not true / viii very gladly cut IL
out; and IL there is anything more to be
added, l will very gladly add it. Is not
that fair?''
Wentworth was so confounded with the
woman's impudence that he could make
no reply.
She began to read: by an unexampled
stroke OF enterprise, the New York Argus
Is enabled to lay before its readers this
morning a full and exclusive account of
the report made by the two English spe-
cialsts, Mr.. George Wentworth and Mr..
John Kenyon, who were sent over by
the London syndicate to examine into the
accounts and inquire into the true value
of the mines on the Ottawa river" She
looked up from the paper ans said, with an
air of friendly confidence:
II shouldn't send that IL thought the
people at the New York end would know
enough to write it themselves; but as the
paper Is edited by dun men, and not by a
sharp woman, / have to make them pay
twenty-five cents n word for putting their
own enterprise. Well, to go uD:''
when 1t is remembered thu: the action
OF the London syndicate viii depend
entirely on the report of these two gentle
men"
II wouldn't put it that way" inter-
rupted Wentworth in his despair. ''1would
use the word largely for entirely
a
cordially She placed the manuscript on
her kree, and with her pencil marked out
the word entirely" substituting the
..largely" The reading went on: when
it is remembered that the action of the Lon
don syndicate W i'll depend largely upon the
report of these two gentleman, the enter
prise of the Argus in getting this exclusive
Information, which VIII be Immediately
cabled to London may be imagined" That
is the preliminary, you see, and. as said.
it wouldn't be necessary to cable it if
women were at the head of affairs over
there, which they are not Mr.. John Ken
yon, the mining expert has visited all the
mineral ranges along the Ottawa River, and
his report is that-the mines are very much
what is claimed for them; but he thinks they
are not worked properly, although, with
judiclous management and more careful
mining, the properties can be made to pay
good DIVIDENDS. MT. george wentworth,
one OF the leading accountants Of Lon
DON"
"I wouldn't say that either" groaned
George. Just strike out the words 'one
of the leading accountants of London "
"Yes?" said Miss Brewster land what
shall 1 put in the place of them?''
"Put in place OF thent,s the stupidest ass
in London u % .
Miss Brewster laughed at this. "No; /
shall put in what first wrote Mr.. George
Wentworth. one of the leading accountants