Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-15

not be here recorded.
Did he say" she spoke at length, "i'
what way William had done wrong?"
Il do not remember now just what h
said. I know l told him to come again whel
my nephew was present, and then make hi
charges against him, if he wanted to do so
Not that | admitted l had anything to d.
with the matter at all, but l simply refused
to listen to charges against an absent man
l paid no attention to them
THAT certainly was reasonable" replied
Edith. What did he say to it?"
oh, he abused me, and abused William
and went on at a dreadful rate, until l wa:
obliged to order him out Of the Office"
But what did he say about meeting VIII
liam at your office and making the charges
against him then?"
'Wha did he say? | don't remember. oh
yes, he said it would be too late then; that
they had only a few days to do what business
they have TO do, and that is why he mada the
demand for go, 900. 1t was to repair the
harm, whatever the harm was, William had
done. / look on 1t simply as some blackmail-
ing scheme Of his, and / am astonished that a
man belonging TO as good a house as he does
should try that game with me. ! shall speak
to the elder partner about 1t tomorrow, and II
he does not make the young man apologize in
the most AFFECT manner, he will be the loser
by it, ! can tell him that
81 would think no more about II, father, il
I were you. DO not let it trouble you in the
least
"oh, it doesn't trouble me; but young men
nowadays seem to think they can say any
thing to their elders"
II mean" she continued, that / would not
go to his partner for a day or two. Wait
and see what happens. ] have no doubt when
he thinks over the matter he Will be thor
Oughly ashamed of himself"
well, | hope sou
Then give him the chance Of bsing
ashamed of himself and take no further
steps In the mater"
Edith, very shortly afterward, went to her
own room, and there, clasping her hands
behind her, she walked up and dow think
ing, with a very troubled heart, on what she
had heard. Her view Of the matter was very
different from that of her father. She felt
certain something wrong had been done by
her cousin. For a long time she had dis
trusted his supposed friendship for the two
young men, and now she pictured to herself
John Kenyon in the wilds of Canada, hslp-
less and respondent because of the great
wrong that had been done him. 1t was far
into the night when she retired, and it was
early next morning when she arose. Her
father was bright and cheerful at breakfast.
and had evidently forgotten all about the I'M
pleasant incident Of the day before. A good
nights sleep had erased 1t from his memory.
Edith was glad of this; she did not mention
the subject. After he had gone to the city
the young woman prepared to follow him.
She did not take her carriage, but hailed a
hanson and gave the driver the number of
Wentworth's Offices. That young man was
evidently somewhat surprised to see her. He
had been trying to write 10 Kenyon some
account Of his interview with old Mr.. Long
worth, and, somehow, after he had finished.
he thought John Kenyon would not at all
approve of his zeal, SO had just torn the
letter up.
Take this chair" he said, wheeling an
armchair into position. 1T is the only COM
Portable one We have In the ROOM
Comfort does not NATTER said Miss
~Longworth, Il came to see you about the
mica mine. What has my cousin done"
How do you know he has done anything ?"
That does not matter, l know. Tell me
as quickly as you can what he has done"
1T Is not a very pleasant story to tell"
he said, TO a young lady about one of her
relatives"
Never mind that. Tell me-"
Very well, he has done this. He has
he was our friend and pretended
he was going to aid us in forming this com
pany. He has delayed us by every means in
his power until the option has nearly ex-
pired. Then he has gone to Canada and
secured for himself and a man named
Melville, the option of the mine when John
time is up. That is to say. at ~
clock tomorrow, when Kenyon's option ex-
pres your cousin will pay the money and