The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-10-03

/. greeting. You said last night, in front.
of the Russell house, that it would
please you very much to give me
warm greeting: perhaps you would like
to do SO tonight"
"Have you come up here to pro-
woke @ quarrel with me?" asked Ken!
yon. ........ e...>r:,--....
ooh, bless you, no. Quarrel! Moth
ing of the sort. What would I want
ito quarrel about?" -.
Perhaps you will be good enough to
tell me why you came here, Their" :
"Very reasonable request. very rea>
xonable indeed, and perfectly natural,
> but still quite unnecessary. 1t is not
likely that man would climb up hero
into your room, and then not be pre-
pared to tell you why he came, in the
first place, to congratulate you on the
beautiful and dramatic way in which
YOU secured the mine at the last mo-
ment, or apparently at the last mo-
n,ent. suppose you had the money
all along?" ..
Ell mo, had not"
"Then you came in to Won Brent just
as soon as you received IL!
"Well, now, don't see that it Is the
business of anyone else but myself.
Still, If you want to know, I have no OBJ
lection to saying that I came to Mr..
Won Brent's room at the moment re-
Iceived the money"
"Really! Then it was sent over by
cable. presume?' -.
"Your presumption is entirely cor
rect" T. ~
"My dear Kenyon" said the young
man, seating himself without being
/ asked, and gazing at John in a benevoi-
ent kind of way, "you really show some
little temper over this affair of ours.
Now here is the whole thing in nut
shell" &5
my dear sir. don't wish to hear the
whole thing in a nutshell. know all
about It.. All wish to know" !:
IL "Ah, precisely, of course you do
certainly, but nevertheless let me have
my say. Here is the whole thing.
tried to-well, to cheat you. .Ithoughs
l'could make u little money by doing so,
and my scheme failed. Now, If any.
4 body should be in bad temper, It is !,
not you. Don't you see that? You are
not acting your part well at all. I'm
astonished at you'll"
''Mr. 2Longworth, I wish to have noth-.
ling whatever to say to you. If you
have anything to ask, 1 wish you would
TASK it as quickly as possible, and then
leave me alone" ~, Ill =.
"The chief fault find with you, Kchi7s
yon,' said I5ongworth, throwing one leg.
lover the other, and clasping his hands
around his knee, the chief fault 7 have
ito find, is your painful lack'of a sense oi
humor. Now, you remember last night
L offered you. the managership Of the
mine. Thought certainly that by this
time to-day should be the owner Of it.
q or. at least. one of the owners. Now,
lyou don't, appear to apPreciate the
y Ifunniness Of the situation Here you
i are. the owner Of the mine, and lam out
!. lin the cold-'left.'. as they say here in
America. am the man4who is
left"
'.I If that is all you have to talk about,
said Kenyon gravely. Il must ask you
to allow me g go on with my packing.
8lI am going TO the mine Tomorrow %+j
s. Certainly my. dear fellow, go ht
lonce. and never mind me. Can / heof;
5Iany assistance to you? 1T requires a.
special genius, you know. to pack a
,portmantea, properly. But what 5I
\ wanted to say was this wi y didn't you
turn around. when ron had NJ got the I
! mine, and offer me the man gership,ofs
S;it3 Than ON could have had your
B reyenge. The more think of TINT
n episode an Won Rren is Office. the q on. .
think you terly lied. tf realixe the.
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