The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-08-08
Come and have . drink; then you'il5
feel better" 49, {, s53

his llNltutlOn wentworth d30 n0Nl
even take the trouble to decline, but
thrust his hands III his pockets once
more, and turned his, Back on the popu-
| lar New York politician. 25s asSs
Wentworth summed a up. the whole
matter to John Kenyon when, he said Il:
ttS.tIhere is no use in our talking or
l. thinking any more abo1t.it. We can
simply 10 nothing Shall take the
! whole blame on My shoulders. lam re-
solved that You shall moi suffer from my
| indiscrction. Now, don't talk to me any
more about 1t. WANT to forget tho
.wretched business, if possible" SO,
thus it came about quite naturally that
John Kenyon, who was a good deal
i troubled about fine natter, took as his
confdante Edith Longworth, who also
betrayed the greatest interestiin the
problem. Miss, Longworth was Left all
the more alone becalse her cousin had
taken l,arn,an entity to. the smoking
room. Some one had introduced him
to the fascinating game Ut poker, and il !
the practice of this peculiar amusement
Mr.. William Longworth was now spend
ing good deal Of his surplus cash as
+! well as his time.
Jennie. Brewster was seldom seen on
deck. She applied herself assiduous'y
to tile Writing o6f that brillian series of
articles: which have since appeared in I
the Sunday edition of the New Yorl1s
Argus under the general title OF Life
| at Sea" and which were recently issued
in book form.
AS everybody is already aware, her
sketches of the genial New York poll
tician and.aiso of the tacitur,' English
man are considered the finest things in
the little volume. They haye been
largely copied MS typical examples Of
American hurior. When Jennie Brew
ster did appear on deck, she walked
alone up and down the promenade witha
|" sort ST ha1f-deliant look in her eye as
she passed Kenyon or Miss Long
worth. and she generally passed them
together.
On this particularly eventf,,l satnr-
day morning Kenyon and Miss Long
[sworth had the deck to themselves. The
conversation naturally, turned To- the
subject which had occupied the minds
of both for the few .lastdays.
DO you know said Miss Longworth.
I''t1 have been thinking all along that she
would come to me at the last for the
|. money"
ri am not at all sure about thnt," an
swered Kenyon. e..
~ thought she would probably keepus
on the tenter-hooks just as Ions as pos
sible, and then at the last moment come
and say she would accept the offer"
eff she Does" said Kenyon, II would
not trust her. l would give her to un-
derstand that O. check would be handed
to- her when we were certain the article
had not been used
."Do you think that would be the safe
way to act if she came and said she
would take the money for not send
ing the cabegram? Don't you think it
would be better to pay her and trust
to her honor?" l.. .-.. -.
Kenyon laughed somewhat sarcastic
ally. 81 do not think would trust much
to her honor
Nov, do you know, I have different
| opinion of her. I feel sure that if she
said she would do q thing, she would
do it,, 49,. ..... -. ....,
II have no such faith,' answered
Kenyon. II think, on the contrary,
that she IS quite capable of such On ac-
| ton as asking you for the money and
still sending her telegram i.
SWELL, / doubt if she would do so.
l think the girl really believes she is
acting rightly, and imagines she has
done very creditable action in very
clever way. II she were not what she I
! calls honest she would NOT have shown
| MS much temper as she did-nct hut that i
| / gave. a deplorable exhibition of tem-s
pei. myself for. which there was really
no excuse -. >..y:,.. :; : -5s5,c,t
II am sure. said Kenyon, warmly,
you did nothing, of the kind. AT all {
| events, am certain every thing you \
did was perfectly right; and know
you were completely justified IN any
| thing you said. ~ X. gs,.,.s. 81
81 wish I could, think So" ..'...
...I want to ask you one question, M
said Kenyon. But what that, question
was wiu! never be. known. It waa meier (
| asked; and when Edith Longworth ms
0uITGO dDOuL IL, SCulG ttAAuC 1atEI OAU &
question had entirely gone from KEN
yon's mind. The steamship. which was I
l.plowing along through the waters sud-
denly gave shiver, as If it were shaken !:
by an earthquake;;t there. were tireeT
tremendous bumps, such asa sled might
make by going suddenly over: logsscon.-, "a
cealed IN the snow. Both Kenyon and /
Miss Longworth sprang to their feet. h
There was a low. roar. OF steaIn, and
they saw a cloud rise up Samidships,
apparently pouring out Of every aper- {
ture. through which .itsconld esca PEI
Then there was silence. The engines j
had stopped, and the vessel fheeled dis-S5
tinctly over to the port side. w hen.
I3dith ION gworth began 70 realize the 1
situation, shesfound herself very close
to Kenyon. clasping his arm wi Y
|Ehntis 80 = ..5. e
'.What--,yhat II Il. she cried, M
alarm. sS' sis
,.Something is wrong" said Kcuyo n.ssss
Nothing serious. 4 hope Will you wait
here a moment while goand see ?''asss
..iertainly. = she answered, reIe asins h
HIS arm arm. 1t Is stupid Of me, b,it feel
very much frightened + AZ
Perhaps you would rather not ~, M
LIFT alone ?''1 @ 81. 3 81 Ss3;
no. it is III over 8 st 6at when
Hlst of those rif,1is came
seemed 70 ne s,ye ,l,ad "a to.;k ''s