The Delta independent., 1896-10-14
CHAPTER XIII.

The chances are that 10 matter under
what circumstances young IoEGworti,
and Kenyon had first met. the former
would have disliied the latter. Al
though strong friendships are formed
between .,rOple W ho are very much I'M
like, still it must not be forgotten that
equally strong hutrcds have arisen be
tween people merely because they arc
o. opposite natures. otwo young nirr
coul.!-.ia,e been more unlike each Other.
and ~ Iopgwor;h recall ,ti the different
I.iceing., he had had with Kenyon, hs-
admitted to himself that he q liked tiie
GLOW extremely. The evident friend
nip which his cousin felt for Ec;;- zen
added bitterness to this dislike that
Was rapidly turning it into hate. How
,'ycr. he calincd down sufficiently ON GO
ing home in the carriage 10 kTow that
it wns better 10 say nothing about her
meeting with kenyon unless she in
troLuccd the subject. After all. the
carriage was hers. not his. ard he r,.;'os,-
nized that fact. lie wondered how much
Kenyon lad told her of the interview nj
his unclc's Office. lie fiattercd himself,
however, that he knew enough of wc,n-
cn to bc sure that she would very speed
lily refer to the subject, and then h.
hoped TO find out just how much had
been said. To his surprise, his cousin
said nothing 1T all about the matter.
neither that evening nor the mex, morn
ing, and consequently he went To his
cfi!cc in rather u bcwiliercd stutc Of
mind.
On arriving at his room in the city he
found Melville waiting for him.
Melville shook hands with young
I.ongworth and. taking a mineral spec
incn from his pocket, placed il on the
young mans desk, saying:
Il suppose you know where that
comes from!"
Longworth looked at 1t in bewil-
dercd sort OF why, turning it round and
round in his hand.
II haven't the slightest idea. really"
"No? I was told you were interested
in the mine from which this wns taken.
Mr.. Wentworth called on me yesterday
and gave your name rs one of those who
were concerned with the mine"
''Ah. yes. see: yes, yes, bave-some
interest in the mine"
''Wcll, it is about that came to talk
WIN yous w uCiC 10 tHC
at is near the Ottawa river. believe.
some distance above Montreal. ! am
not certain about it's exact position. hut
it is somewhere in TINT ncigEborhood."
II thought by the why Wentworth
talked il was in the United States. lie
mentioned another pcyson us being his
partner in the affair. I forgot his
name"
"John Kenyon, probably"
kenyon! Yes, think that was the
name. Yes, I am sure IL was. Now
may ask what is your connection with
that mine? Are you a partner of
Wcntworth's and Kenyon's? Are you
the chief owner of the mine, or 10 the
mine owned by them?'
I'm the first place, Mr.. Melville, I
should like to know why you ask me
these questions"
Melville laughed. "weIl, I will tell
you. We should like TO know what
chance there Is of our getting q con-
trolling interest in the mine. That Is
very frankly put, isn't III"
Yes, IT, is. But whom do you mean
by 'wer Who else besides yourself?"
by we mean the china company
to which I belong. This mineral is
useful in making china. That suppose
you know"
"Yes. I was aware Of that" answered
Longworth, although he heard IL now
for the first time.
"Very well, then; should like to
know who is the owner of the mine"
THE owner Of the mine at present
is some foreigner, whose name and adj
dress do not know. The two young
men you speak Of hnve an option on
that mine for a certain length Of time:
how long I don't know. They have
been urging me to go in with them to
form a company for the floating of
that mine. for 200 900. on the London
market
"IIe mentioned G 200, ,0oo," said Mel
vile. ut struck me a. rather . large
amount"
do you think so3 Well, the objee-
ton ! hadyto IL was that it was to
small"
1T seems 70 me the young men have
an exaggerated idea of the value of
this mineral IL they think IL viii poy
dividends on 6 100000"
This mineral is not all there IL in
the mine. In fact. IL is already paying
a dividend on & 5000 or thercabOuts
becau~e Of the mica in Il. II Is being
mined for mica alone. To tell thc
truth, / did not know much about tho
other mineral"
"And do you think the mine h worth
c2oo,ooo7"
~Frsnkly, I d s0t"
~rbes Why are you connected with
III"
81 an not connected with it-at leass,
not definitely connected with IT, ]
have the matter under consideration.
Of course. II there is anything approach