The Irish standard., 1896-09-12

OF the mine, / think things went OF
rather smoothly
$50 do l. 1t doesn't strike You that
they went of little too smoothly,
does it?'
'What do you mean"
II don't know exactly what mean.
merely wanted to. get your opinion
about it. You see. have attended a
great many gatherings Of this sort, and
itstruck me there was certain cut~and-
driedness about the meeting. / can't
say whether it impressed me favorably
or unfavorably, but noticed it, =
$ II still don't understand what you
mean
''Well, as general thing, in such
meetings, when man gets up and pro-
poses certain acton there is some
opposition, or somebody has a sugges-.
tion to make, or something better to-
propose, or thinks he has, and so there
is good deal of talk. Now when King
got up and proposed calmly that Mel
vile should 60 to America, it appeared
to me rather on extraordinary thing
to do, unless he had consulted Melville
beforehand"
Perhaps he had done so.''
: Eyes, perhaps. What do you think
Of it all?"
Kenyon unused for a moment before
he replied: "As said before, I thought
things went off very smoothly. Whom
do you suspect-young Longworth?"
II do not know whom suspect. I
am merely getting, anxious about the
shortness Of the time. L think myself
you ought to go to America. There is
nothing to be done here. You should
go, see Won Brent, and get renewal:
of the option. Don tyou see that when
they get over there, allowing. them a few
days in New York, and r. day or two to
get out to the mine, we shall havelittle
more than a week after the cable dis
patch comes in which to do anything,
should they happen to report unfa-
vorably." .s7.
~ Eyes, I see that. Still, it istonly a
question Of facts on which they have to
report, and you know as well as do
that no truthful men can report un-
. have understated the case in every in
stance. s.@,
II know that. l ana perfectly well
aware Of that. Every thing is all right If
~-if-Longworth is dealing honestly
with us. If he is. not, everything is all
wrong, and, should feel q great deal
easier if we had in our possession an
other three months option OF the mine.
Ne are now at the fag- end Of this ep-.
ation. audit. seems to me, as a protection
to ourselves, we ought either.to write
to Won Brent-by the way, have you
:: ever written to hin1?'' se,. g.
81 wrote one letter telling him how
we were getting on, but have received
no answer. Perhaps he is not:in OF
tawa AT present. i,s,ss..t :.
well, think you ought to go to the
mines with Longworth and Melville: 1t.
is the conjunction of those two men that
makes me suspicious i can't tell what
] suspect. I can give nothing definite.
but I have a vague uneasiness when !
think. that the maj, who tried to mis-
lead :us regarding the value Of the min
eral is going with the man who has Ted
us INTO all this expense; hewho refused
TO 70 into the matter in the first place,
pretended he had forgotten all about it
in the second place, and then suddenly
developed an interest .......
John knitted his brows and said moth
ing. 49,:
II don't want to worry you about it,
but IL do want your candid opinion.
What had we better .do?" -:
ut seems to me- said John, aftersa
pause, "that we can do nothing. 1t is
a very perplexing situation. / think.
however, we should turn it over in our
minds for few days, and then / con
get to America in plenty of time. if nec-
essary." .-- -,
very we'll; suppose we give them
ten days to get to the mine and reply.
If no reply comes by the eleventh day,
then you will still have eighteen or
nineteen days before the option ex-
pires. Put it at twelve days. pro-
pose, If you hear nothing by then, you
go over" :5.:%-
Tight" said John; 1--WE may take
th1t as Settle0. .5,,z,-.
by the way, you got an Invitation,
did you note"
'sYes." -
''Are you going?" ~.
III do not know: should like to
go, and yet, you know, T am entirely
unused to Fashionable. assem- lagee. I
should not know what: to say or do
while was there"
- "As understand, IT is not to be a
fashionable party, but merely little
friendly gathering which Miss Long
worth gives because her cousin
is about to sail for Canada.
/. don't want to .natter you,
John, but / imagine Miss Long
worth would be rather disappointed il
you did not put in appearance. Be.
sides. as we are partners with Long
worth in this, and as he is going away
On account Of the mine, think it would
be q little ungracious OF us not to go. :"
Every well; will go. Shall call
for you. or will you come for me?''
Il will call for you. and we will &c
there together ID cab. Be ready abou.
eight O'clock"
The mansion Of the Longworths was
brilliantly lighted that night, and Johl.
felt rather faint heurted as hes stood
on the steps before going in. The
4 chances are he would not have had the
courage to announce himself If his
4 friend Wentworth had not been, with
4.