Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-11-26

which will be Immediately cabled to
London, may be imagined. THAT is
the preliminary, you see; and, as / said,
ii wouldn't be necessary to cable il il
women were at the head of affairs over
there, which they are not.) Mr.. John
Kenyon, the mining expert, has visited
all the mineral ranges along the Ottawa
river, and his report is that the mines
are very much what is claimed for them;
but he thinks they are not worked prop
/ erly, although, with judicious manage
mentand more careful mining, the prop
critics can be made 20 pay good divi-
: dends. Mr.. George Wentworth, who is
one of the leading accountants of Lon
DON"
! Il wouldn't say that, either" groaned
| George. Just strike out the words,
'one of the leading accountants of Lon
dom"
"Yes?" said Miss Brewster; land
what shall put in place of them?"
Put in place Of them, the stupidest
ass in London"
Miss Brewster laughed at that. mo:
l shall put in what first wrote: Mr..
George Wentworth, one of the leading
accountants of London, has gone
through the books of the different
mines. He has made some startling
discoveries. The accounts have been
kept in such way as TO completely de-
lude investors, and this fact will have a
powerful effect on the minds of the Lon
- he Il
ferent mines show a profit of about
100000, whereas, the actual facts OF
the case are that there has been an an
rual loss of something like 500, ,0oO-'"
whats that-what's that?" cried
Wentworth. sharply.
Dollars, you know. You said c co.
600. We put it in dollars, don't you
see?"
oh" said Wentworth, relapsing
again.
"-Si00, ,000'-where was 1? Oh, yes.
1t is claimed that an American expert
went over the books before Mr.. Went
worth, and that he asserted they were
all right. An explanation from this
gentleman will now be in oruer'
There" cried the young lady, "that
is the substance of the thing. OF
course, | may amplify little more be-
fore we get to Queenstown, so as to
make them pay more money. People
don't value a thing that doesn't cost
them dearly. How do you like it? Is
it correct?"
Perfectly correct" answered the
miserable young man.
'Oh, l am SO glad you like it. l do
love to have things right"
II didn't say liked it,"
"No, of course, you couldn't be ex-
pected to say that, but am glad you
think it is accurate. 1 will add note
to the effect that you think it is a good
resume of your report"
For heavens sake, don't drag me
into the matter!" cried Wentworth.
'Well, l won't, If you don't want me
to-"
There was silence for few moments,
during which the young woman seemed
to be adding commas and full-stops to
the manuscript on her knee. Went
worth cleared his throat two or three
times, but his lips were so dry that he
could hardly speak At last he said
Miss Brewster how can induce you
not to send that from Queenstown to
your paper?"
The young woman looked up at him
with a pleasant, bright, smile.
Induce me! Why, you couldn't do
tit couldn't be done. This will be
one of the greatest triumphs have ever
achieved. Think of Rivers failing in it
and egt 4cGHRglissRbJinagg issRbJinagiittl it, OF rnat, re-
piled the young man, despondently.
Now, perhaps you don't know that the
full report was mailed from Ottawa to
our house in London, and the moment
we get to Queenstown / will telegraph
my partners to put the report in the
hands of the directors?"
"Oh, know all about that" replied
Miss Brewster; Rivers told me. He
read the letter that was inclosed with
the documents he took from your
friend. Now, have you made any cal
culations about this voyage?"
calculations? I don't know what
you mean"
"Well, I mean just this: We win prob
ably reach Queenstown on Saturday
afternoon. This report, making allow
ance for the difference in the time, will
appear in the Argus on Sunday morn
ing. Your telegram will reach your
house or your firm on Saturday night,
when nothing can be done with it. Sun
day nothing can be done. Monday
morning, before your report will reach
the directors, the substance of what has
appeared in the Argus will be in the
financial papers, cabled over to London
on Sunday night. The first thing your
directors will see of it will be in the
London financial papers on Monday
morning. That's what mean, Mr.. Went
worth, by calculating the voyage"
Wentworth said no more. He stag
gered to his feet and made his way as
best he could to the stateroom, cropping
like q blind man. There he sat down
with his head in his hands, and there
his friend Kenyon found him.