The Delta independent., 1896-09-09

This is all very plausible. Miss Brew
ster. but now allow me to tell you that
what you have done is q most dishon-
orable thing. and that you are Disgrace
to our common womanhood. You have
managed, during a very short acquaint-
nnce, to win the confidence of q man
there is n class OF woman who know how
TO do that thank Heaven am not Of
that class; / prefer to belong to the
class you have just now been reviling.
Some men have an inherent respect Tor
all women; Mr.. Wentworth is appar-
entity one of those, and, while he was
on his guard with q man, he was not on
his guard with q woman. You took ad-
vintage of that, and you managed to Sc
cure certain information which you
knew he would never have given you il
he had thought il was to be published.
You stole that information just as dis
reputably as that man stole tine docu-
ments from Mr.. kenyon's pocket. You
talk Of your honor and your truth when
you did such q contemplate thing!
You pirate of unbribeableness, when the
only method possible il adopted Of max
ing you do what il right and just and
honest! Your conduct makes me
oughly bad woman can understand.
but not woman like you. who trade on
the fact that You are woman, and that
you are pretty, and that you have .
pleasing manner. You use those quail
tiles as thief or counterfeiter would
use the peculiar talents God had given
him. How dare you pretend for o mo-
ment that your case Is similar to Mr.
Eentworth's? Mr.. Wentworth il an
honorable man, engaged in IN honor
able business; rs for you and your busi-
ness, have no words to EXPIRE IS my con-
tempt for both. Picking pockets is
reputable compared with such work."
Edith Longworth was now standing
mp, her face flushed and her hands
cienched. She spoke with a vehemence
which she very much regretted when
she thought Of the circumstance after
wards; but the chagrin and disappoint-
ment at failure. where she had o mo-
ment before been sure of success, over
came her. Her opponent stood before
her, angry and pale. At first Edith
IOngworth thought she was going to
strike her, but II any such idea passed
through the brain Of the newspaper
woman she thought better Of 1t. For
few moments neither spoke. then Jen-
ME Brewster said, in voice OF unnat-
ural caimness:
"You are quite welcome to your opin-
ION of me, Miss Longworth. and pre-
suiue l am entitled TO my opinion Of
kenyon and Wentworth. They are two
fools, and you are third in thinking
you can control the actions of q woman
where two young men have failed. Do
you think for . moment would grant
to you, q woman Of class hate, what
/ would not grant to a young man like
Wentworth? They say there Is no fool
like an old fool. but II should be said
that there il no fool like young wom-
an who has had everything her own
way in this world. You are"
II will not stay and listen to your
abace. I wish 70 have nothing more to
do with you"
-Oh, yes, you will stay!" cried the
other, placing her back against the
door. "You came hero at your own
pleasure; you will leave at mine. Twill
tell you more truth in five minutes than
you ever heard in your life before. /
will tell you, in the first place, that my
business is quite as honorable as Ken
yon's or Wentworth's. What docs Ken
yon do but try to get information about
mines which other people are vitality
interested in keeping from him? What
does Wentworth do but ferret about
among accountants like . detective. try
ing to find out what other people ere en-
deavoriug to cooceal? What h the
whole mining business but one vast
swindle, whose worst enemy Is the
press? No wonder snyone connected
with mining fears publicity. Hyour IA
sher has made = million out Of mines he
has made IL simply by swindling un-
fortunate victims. do my business my
vay and your two friends do theirs in
their way. OF the two. consider my
vocation much the more honorable.
Now that you have heard what have tn
say, you may 60. and let me tell you
that never wish to see you or speak
with you again."
Thank you for your permission "a
70. I am sure that cordially echo
your wish that we may never meet
again. I may say, however. that ] am
sorry I spoke 70 you In the way did
1t in, Of course. impossible for you to
look upon the matter from my point OF
viev, Just as IL is impossible for me Ia
look upon IL from yours. Nevertheless
wish you would forget what said
and think ovee the matter little more,
end II you see your way To accepting
my offer it will always be open TO you.
If you will forego the sending of that
csblegram I will willingly pay you
three times what the New York ArRu,
will rive you for IL. do not offer that
as . bribe; merely offer IL 20 that you
will not suffer from doing what be-
Beve 70 be just action. IL seems "a
De . great pity that two young men
should have 70 endure . serious checi;
Z" their business sdvapcement because
one Of them was foolish enough to con-
Gde In woman In wkon hc believed"