The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-09-26
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I here wishes to speak TO yon. : 5s5s
Tell him 70 come up was the a1,-
ayser. and. two minutes later, Won Trent
entered. u &
''Any news2' he asked. 4 s.. .55i
IS John, who was In state Of mind
which made bin suspicious of every
thing and every body, answered: s 70.
nothing fresh. Z II s..s5g .=5E 81 81.
..Ah.:l am sorry for that. 1 had some
hopes that perhaps you Nigh be 4 BILE
TO raise the money before s12 O'clock to-
morrow. Of course. yon know the OPP
7 tion ends at noon tomorrow %
Yes. know that.
did you know that Longworth was
IN town. ,4s Il
no" said Kenyon, IT have been out
of town myself. 81
Yes. he came last night. He has the
money in the bank. as told you. Now
i will not accept it until the very latest
moment. Of course, legally, cannot
accept it before that time, and justias
legally cannot refuse his money when
he tenders it. / am very sorry all tins
has happened. more sorry than l can
tell you. | hope you will not think that
Lam to blame in tue matter"
No, you are not in the slightest to
blame. There is nobody to blame ex-
cept myself feel that have been
cuipably negligent and altogether TOO
trustful."
Il wish to goodness knew where
you could get the money. but, OF course.
if knew that l would have had it my
self long ago."
II am very much Obliged to you"
said Kenyon, ''but the only thing you
can do for me is to see that your. clock
is no, ahead of time tomorrow. may
perhaps be up at the Office before IL
ocIock-that is where | shall find you,
l suppose?''
'Yes. shall be there all the forenoon.
/ shall notieave until l2."
VERY good; am much obliged to
you, MIR. Won Brent, for your sympa-
thy. / assure you | haven't many
friends. and. lt-weil, I'm Obliged to
you. that's all. All Englishman. you
know, is not very profuse in the mat
ter of thanks. but mean it,
I'm sure you do" said Won Brent
land I'm only sorry that my assistance
cannot be something substantial, Well,
good-by hoping TO see you tomorrow.
After he had departed, Kenyon i'm
patience increased as the hours went
on. He left the hotel and went direct
to the telegraph office, but nothing had
come for him. &
I'm afraid said the operator, that
there won't be anything more tonight.
If it. should come late, shall l send it
to your hotel?"
Certainly, no matter at what hour it
comes: | wish you would let me have
it as soon as possible. It is very i'm
portant."
Leaving the Office, he went up the
street. and, passing the principal hotel
in the place. saw young Longworth. as
dapper and correct in costume as ever,
his single eyeglass the admiration Of
all Ottawa. for there was not another
like it in the city, standing under the
porticc of the hotel.
How do you do, Kenyon" said that
young man.
MY dear sir" said Kenyon, ''tbe last
time YOU spoke to me you said you de-
sired to have nothing more to say to
me. l cordially reciprocated that
sentiment, and want to have nothing
to say to YOU" -
my dear fellow" cried young Mr..
1.ongworth jaunti!y. there is no harrn
done Of course, in New York was
q little out of sorts. Every body is in
New >tork-beastly hole. ldon't think
j, is worse than Ottawa, but the air is
,,urer here. by the way, perhaps you
and can make little arrangement. L
anu going to buy that mine Tomorrow.
as doubtless you know. Now should
like to see it in the hands of a good and
competent man. If a couple OF huns
bred pounds year would be any temp
taton to you. think we can afford to
let You develop the mine
THANK YOU" said Kenyon.
II knew you would he grateful; just
think over the matter, will you. and
don't come to any rash decision. We
can probably give little more than
that, but until we see how the mine is
turning out, it is not likely we shall
spend a great deal Of money on it,
"Ok COURSE" said John. "the proper
answer to your remark would be to
knock you down, but. besides being q
laW-abidlng citizen, have no desire to
get into Jail tonight for doing it, be-
cause there is one chance in thou-
sand. MIR. l1ongworth, that may have
some business to do with that mine
myself before IL o'clock tomorrow"
''Ah, it is my turn to DE grateful now"
said Mr.. Longworth. I'm a rough-and-
tumble fight am afraid you would
master me easier than you would do in
a contest of,diplomacy."
do you call it diplomacy? You re-
fer, suppose, to your action in 1ela-
ton to the mine. call it robbery"
.'Oh. do you? Well. that is the kind
OF conversation which leads to breaches
OF the peace. and as |, also, am a law
abiding citizen, will not continue the
discussion any further. bid you q.
very good evening, Mr.. Kenyon Say
ing which the young man turned into
the hotel. John .waiked to his own
much more modest inn and retired for
the night. He did not sleep well. All
night long phantom telegraph messe11-
gers were rapping at the door. and he
started up every now and then to re-
ceive cablegrams which faded away as
be awoke Shortly after breakfast he
avrenf 10 the telepra nh office but found