The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-08-08
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Of the Mine.
or Woman lntervenes.
by Robert Barr Author of the Face and the flask
Of the Mine.
or a Woman Intervenes.

ME all the particulars about the mines,
hasn't he?"
'He has,
"And he has gone off to his state room
to think over the matter, and has left
the affair in your hands, and you mag
inc you can come here to me. and, per-
haps, talk rue out of sending that dis
patch to the Argus. Isn't that your
motive?''
"That is about what hope to be able
to do" said Kenyon, hopping his brow.
We'll, thought might just as well
Put you out of your misery at once.
You take things very seriously, Mi.
Kenyon, can see that. Now, don't
your" >.5...
l. 'I'n afraid / do"
!. l., .sNVhy, of course you do. The publica.
tion>of this, as told Mr.. Wentworth,
= will really not matter at all. 1t will
T not be any reflection on either OF you,
because your friends will be sure that
IL you had known to whom you were
talking, you would never have said,
anything about the Mines
h; Kenyon smiled grimly at this piece Of
comfort. Z.
.Now, I have been thinking about
something since Mr.. Wentworth went
+ away. am really very sorry for him.
l am more sorry than I can tell" =
"Then," said John. won't you"
mo, I won't, so we needn't recur to
!. that phase of the subject. That is
what am here for, and, no matter what
you say, the dispatch is going to be
! sent. Now, it is better to understand
THAT at first, and then it will create
no trouble afterwards. Don't you think
that is the best?" ~:
''Probably," answered the wretched
man.
'Well, then, let us start there. will
say in the cablegran that the informas
ton comes from neither Mr.. Kenyon
nor Mr.. Wentworth"
"Yes. but that wouldn't be true"
why, of course it wouldn't be true,
but that doesn't matter, does it?'' 81
''Well, on our. side of the water.n
said, Kenyon, "we think that the truth
does matter"
Miss Brewster laughed heartily.
"Dear me-" she said, "what little tact
you have. How does it concern you
|, whether it is true or not? Ii there Isl any
falsehood it is not you who tells it, SO
you are free from all blame. Indeed
you arc free from all blame, anyhow,
in this affair; it is all your friend Went.
worth's fault; but still, if it hadn't
been Wentworth, it would have been
you"
kenyon looked up at her incredulous-
".
'Oh yes, it would" she said, nod
ding confidently at him. "You must
not fatter yourself because Mr.. Went
worth told me everything about it,
that you wouldn't have done just the
same, if / had to find it out from you.
| All men are pretty much alike where
women are concerned B
"Can I say nothing to you, Miss
Brewster, which will keep you from
sending the message to America"
mo, you cannot. thought we had
settled that at the beginning. see
there is no use talking to you, will
return to my book, which is very inter-
esting. Good morning, Mr.. Kenyon"
Kenyon felt the hopelessness Of his
project quite as much as Wentworth
had done, and, thrusting his hands
deep into his pockets, he wandered dis
consolately UP and down the deck.
AS he went to the other side of the
deck he met Miss Longworth walking
alone. She smiled a cordial welcome
l = Sc
step to suit her.
= "May | walk with you few min
utes?' he said.
Certainly was the reply. ''What
is the matter? You are looking very
unhappy"
"My comrade and myself are in great
trouble, and thought l would like to
talk with you about it. -
81 am sure if there is anything I
can do to help you shall be most glad
to do it,
Perhaps you may suggest some
thing. You see two men dealing with
one woman are perfectly helpless" ,
,s,.'Ah, who is the one woman--not l,
is it?"
''No, not you. Miss Longworth.
wish 1t were, then we would have no
trouble" st. :.
!. t:.Oh, thank you.'' e. -
Il. ':.You see it is like this: When we
we're in Quebec think / told you,
about that-the New York Argus sent
a3man to find out what we had report
,sd,, orwere going to report, to the Lon
don syndicate" @a 7
Eyes. you told me that
Rivers was his name. Well, this
same paper, finding that Rivers had
failed, after having stolen. the .docu-;
(,anents, has: tried a much more subtlei
scheme, which promises to be much
more successful. They have put on
board this ship a young woman. who
has gained a reputation for learning
secrets not intended for the public.
This young woman is Miss Brewster.
who sits next to Wentworth at the
I table: Fate seems to have played right
into her hand and placed her beside;
T him. They became acquainted. md,
unfortunately, my friend has told her
a great deal about the mines. which
she seemed to- have an interest in. Org:
1.srat her, she pretended to have nm in-
ttcrest in. him. and so he spoke. being,
fof course. Off his guard. There is no
more careful fellow In the world than
George Wentworth. but q nan does not
expect that private conversation with
|; lady will ever appear in . newspaper
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