The morning times., 1895-12-29

He Wrote a Second Letter Contradict
ing the Request of the First.
air, he was going TO be ILL., lie resoiveu to
leave for the mine as soon as possible. Ihere
he would get things in as good order as pos
sible and keep things going until ne helrd
from the owner. When he got to his hotel
ne wrote letter to wentworth, telling the
circumstances under which he had secured
the mine. rather briefly, and dealing with
other more personal matters. Having
posted this he began To pack his portmanteau
preparatory TO leaving early next morning.
while thus occupied the bell boy came into
his room and said: There is u gentleman
wishes to see you
Heirnagin ed q once that il was V on Brent,
who wished to see him with regard TO some
formality relating TO the transfer, and he
was, therefore, very much estonished, IN
fact for the moment speechless, TO see
Mr. William Longworth enter and calmly
gaze round the rather shabby room with his
critical eyeglass.
"Ah., he said, these are your diggings,
are theyf This is what they call doliar
hotel, ] suppose, over here! Wen soiue
peopIe may like 1t, but | confess don't care
much about it myself Their three or
four dollar a day hotels are bad enough for
me Ry the way you look rather surprised
to see me. Being strangers toEetnef III d
strange country, expected warmer greet
ING. You said la st night in front of the Rus
sell House that 1t would please you very
much to give me warm greeting, perhaps
you would like TO do SO tonight
"Have YOU come up here to provoke
quarrel with me7' asked Kenyon.
son. bless you, no. Quarrel! Nothing
of the sort. What should want to quarrei
about"
"Perhaps you will be good enough 10 tel
me why you come here, then?
"Verv reasonable request. very reason
able, indeed, and perfectly natural, but stui
quite unnecessary. 1t is not likely that q
man would climb up here into your rooms
and then not be prepared 10 tel you why ne
came. ] came, in the first place, 10 con-
graduate you on the beautiful and dramatic
way in which you secured the mine at the
last moment or apparently at the last mo
ment. I suppose you had the money all
along?'
"No, had not"
Then you came in to Won Brent JUST as
soon as you received it,
ness of any one else but myself. stiit,- III
Won want to know, 1 have no objection
to saving that i came to Mr.. Y on Brent
room at the moment received the money.
Really Then it was sent over by cable,
/ presume?" ...-
Your DresuTnptlon is entirely correct
''My dear Kenyon" said the young man,
seating himself without being asked, ana
gazing at Johniu n benevolent Kind o. way,
"you really show some little temper over
this affair of ours. Now here is the whole
thing in nutshell
"My dear sir, 1 don't wish to hear the
whole thing in nutshell. l know all apou'
it All wish to know"
"Ah, precisely, of course you do, Ger
tainIv but nevertheless let me have my
say. Here Is the whole thing. l tried to
well, to cheat you. 1 thought1 could MAKE
a little money by doing SO, and my scheme
faIled. Now IL any body should be n bao
temper it is /, not you. Don't you sec
that? You are not acting your part wen al
all. I'm astonished at you"
'sAIr. Longworth, wish to have nothing
whatever to say to you. If you have any
. thing to ask l wish you would ask 1T al
quickly as possible and then leave me
alone"
'The chief fault find with you, Ken
yon," said Longworth, throwing one lie.
over the other and clasping his hand
around his knee, ''the chief fault nave u
find is your painful lack ola sense or huInor
Now, you remember last night l o1fere'
you the maDagership ofthe mine. thoue,i
certainly that by this time today shoul'
be the owner of 1t, or at least one or TIL
owners Now you don't appear TO appre
eiate the funniness of the situation. Her
you are, the owner of the mine, and an
out In the cold-.left,' as they say here Il
America. 1 am the man who Is LETT
eff that is all you have to talk ABOUT,
said Kenyon gravely,"I must ask you TO a
low me TO go on with my packing. 1 an
going to the mine tomorrow"
s'Certainly, my dear fellow, go a
once and never mind me. Can be o
apy assistance to you? 1t requires speci;
genius, you know, to pack portmanfea
properly. But what / wanted TO say wa
this-why didn't you turn around, whe
you had got the mine, and offer me TN
manacership of IT? Then you could haV
had your revenge. The more 1 thnk 9
that episode in Won Brents office IN
more i think you utterly failed to realiz
the dramatic possibilities OF the situatioh-
Kenyon was silent.
Now all this time you are woDderm
why / came here. Doubtless you wish
know what / want"
"I have not the slightest interest
the matter" said Kenyon
THAT is ungracious, but nevertheles
will continue II is better, / see, to
honest with you, If q person wants TO g
ANYTHING out OF you. ] want to know whel
you got the money with which you bougi
the mine?"
~ got it from the bank"
''Ab, yes, but want TO know who sent
over to you"
'It was sent to me by George Wen
WORTH
'Ouite so, but now want to know WI
rave Wentworth the money!"
"You will have chance of finding III
; out when you 60 TO England by askiI
him.
Then you won't tell me?"
'I can't tell you"
"You mean by that, of course, that ye
won't"
~ always mean, Mr.. Longworth, G
Rctly what 1 say. mean that / can't Il
you. 1 DON'T know myself"
"Really?"
"Yes, really. You seem TO have son
difficulty In believing that anybody CT
speak the truth"
"WeIl, it isn't common rice-speakir
The truth. You must forgive little su
prise." He nursed his knee for momen
and looked meditatively up at the eeiiin
.Now would you like TO know VINO III
pished that money!"
~ have no curiosity In the matter, wha
aHave you not7 Well, you are sing