Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-15

CHAPTER XXI.
When George Wentworth received this
message he read It several times over before
its full meaning aawned upon him. Then he
paced up aud down his room and gave way to
his feelings. His best friends, who had been
= privileged to hear Georges vocabulary when
he was rather angry, admitted that the young
man had a fuency Of expression which was
very much more terse than proper. When
the real Significance of the dispatch became
apparent to him., George outdid himself IN
this particular line. Then he realized that,
however consolatory such language Is to a
very angry man, II does little good IN any
practical way. lie paced silently UP aud
down the room, wondering what he could do,
and the more hu wondered the less light he
saw through the fog. lie put on his nat and
went into the other room.
Henry he slid to his partner, do you
know anybody who would lend me 100000?
Henry Laughed. The idea of anybody lend
ing that sum of money except on the very
best security, was in itself extremely comic.
DO you want 1t today?' he said.
yves, ! want it today
"Nell. don't know any better plan than
10 go out into the street and ask every man
If he has that sum about him. You are
certain to meet men who have very
much more than f20,O00, and perhaps one
Of them, struck by your very sane appear
arce at the moment, might hand over the
sum to you. | think, howev.r, George, that
you would be more successful IT you met
the capitalist in a secluded lane some dark
night and had a good reliable club in your
hand"
"You are right said George. "Of course,
there is just as much possibility Of my reach
ing the moon as 6 ting that sum OF money
on short notice"
yes, or on long notice, either, | imagine.
/ know plenty Of men who have the money,
but ! wouldn't undertake to ask them for 1t,
and | don't believe you would. Still, there
is nothing like trying. He who tries may
succeed. but no one can succ2sd who doesn't
try. Why not &c 10 old L9ngworth? He
could let you have the money in a moment If
he wanted TO do so. He knows you. What's
your security, what are you going to do
with it-that etsrnal mine of ycurs?'
YES. that eternal mine / want it to
be mine. That's why / need the 200, 900"
well, George, l don't see much hope for
you. You never spoke to old Longworth
about 1t, did you? He wasn't one of the men
you intended to get into this company
mo. he was not, l wish he had been. He
would have treated us better than his rascally
nephew has done"
"Ah, that immaculate young man has been
playing you tricks, has hep
He has played me one trick, which is
enough"
We'll, why don't you go and see the old
man and lay the case before him? He treats
lnal nephew as II ne were MS son. now, 4
man will do a great deal for his son, and
perhaps old Longworth might do something
for his nephew
Eyes, but I should have to explain to him
that his nephew is a scoundrel."
Very well. that is just the kind of eX-
PLANTATION to bring the f20, 600. If his nephew
really is a scoundrel, and you can prove it,
you could not want a better level than that
on the old mans money bags"
by Jove,' said Wentworth, 81 believe /
shall try n I Wapt IN lat him know ANYHOW
what sort Of man his nephew is. I'll go and
see him"
II would" said the other, turning to his
work. And so George Wentworth, putting
the cablegram in his pocket, went to see old
Mr.. Longworth in a frame of mind in which
no man should see his fellow manp He did not
wait to be announced, but walked, to the as
tonishment of the clerk, straight through into
Mr.. Long worth's room. He found the old
man seated at his desk.
Good day, Mr.. Wentworth" said the fnan-
cier cordially.
Coed day" replied George CURLY. 81
have come to read a cable dispatch to you, or
to let you read it," He threw the dispatch
down before the old gentleman, who adjusted
his spectacles and read it. Then he looked up
inquiringly at Wentworth.
"You dent understand 1t, do YOU 2" said
the latter.
IL confess l do not. The Longworth in this
telegram does not refer to me-, does it?'
"No, it does not refer to you, but it refers
to one of your house. Your nephew, William
Longworth, is a scoundrel!"
"Ah," said the old man, placing the dis
patch on the desk again and removing his
glasses, Have you come to tell me that?'
Eyes, ] have, Did you know it b~efore?'
mo, I did not answered the old gentle
man, his color rising, land | do not know
it now. / know you say so, and | think very
likely you will be glad to take back what
You have said. l will at least give you the
opportunity"
80 far from taking it back, Mr.. Long
worth, | shall prove 1t. Your nephew formed
a partnership with my friend Kenyon and
myself to float on the London market a GER
tain Canadian mine"
MY dear sir broke in the old gentleman,
81 have no desire to hear of my nephaw's
private speculations. l have nothing to do