The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-10-16

| you say, tine ulSpdOcu Is gong 10 NC
sent. Now. it is better to understand
that at first. and then it will create
no trouble afterwards. Don't you think
that is the best?"
Probably" answered the wretched
man.
"Well, then, let us start there. will
say in the cablegram that the informa
ton comes from neither Mr.. Kenyon
nor Mr.. Wentworth"
Eyes, but that wouldn't be true"
"Why. of course it wouldn't be true,
but that doesn't matter, does it?"
"Well, on our side of the water"
said Kenyon, 1--WE think that the truth
does matter"
Miss Brewster laughed heartily.
''Dear me-" she said, what little tact
you have. How does it concern you
whether it is true or not? If there is any
falsehood it is not you who tells it, so
you are free from all blame. Indeed
you arc free from all blame, anyhow,
in this affair; it is all your friend Went
worth's fault; but still, if it hadn't
been Wentworth, it would have been
you"
Kenyon looked up at her incredulous-
ly.
"Oh yes, it would" she said, nod
ding confidently at him. You must
not fatter yourself because Mr.. Went
worth told me everything about it,
that you wouldn't have done just the
same, if had to find it out from you.
All men are pretty much alike where
women are concerned"
Gan 1 say nothing to you, Miss
Brewster, which will keep you from
sending the message to American"
"No, you cannot. l thought we had
settled that at the beginning. 1 see
there is no use talking to you. 1 will
return to my book. which is very inter-
estinS. Good morning, Mr.. Kenyon"
Kenyon felt the hopelessness of his
project quite as much as Wentworth
had done, and, thrusting his hands
deep into his pockets, he wandered dis
consolatcly up and down the deck.
AS he went to the other side of the
deck he met Miss Lorgworth walking
alone. She smiled q cordial welcome
10 him. so he turned and changed his
step TO suit her.
May walk with you a few min
utos?- be said.
Certainly" WAS the reply. What
is the matter? lou are looking very
unhappy"
My comradc and myself are in great
trouble, and I thought would like to
talk with you about it,"
81 am sure if there is anything 1
can do to help you l shall be most glad
to do it.
Perhaps you may suggest some
thing. You see two men dealing with
one woman are perfectly helpless"
"Ah. who is the one woman--not l,
is it?"
mo, Tot you, Miss Longworth.
wish it were. then we would have no
trouble"
"Oh. thank you"
You see it is like this: When we
were in Quebec think 1 told you
about that-the New York Argus sent
a
ed, or were going 10 report, to the Lon
don syndicate"
Yes, you told me that
Rivers was his name. Well, this
same paper, finding that Rivers had
failed. after having stolen the docu-
ments, has tried a much more subtle
scheme, which promises to be much
more successful. They have put on
board this ship young woman, who
has gained a reputation for learning
secrets not intended for the public.
This young woman is Miss Brewster,
who sits next to Wentworth at the
table. Fate seems to have played right
into her hand and placed her beside
him. They became acquainted, and,
unfortunately, my friend has told her
n great deal about the mines, which
she seemed to have an interest in. Or,
rather, she pretended to have an in
terest in him, and so he spoke, being,
of course, of his guard. There is no
more careful fellow in the world than
George Wentworth, but man does not
expect that a private conversation with
a lady will ever appear in a newspaper"
Naturally not"
VERY we'll. that is the state CT things.
In some manner Wentworth came to
know that this young woman was the
special correspondent of the New
York Argus. He spoke to her about
it. and she is perfectly frank in saying
she is here solely for the purpose OF
finding out what the reports will be.
and that the moment she gets to
Queenstown she viii cable what she has
discovered to New York
Dear re. Tat is very perplexiGg
What have you done?"
eve have done nothing. so far: OF.
rather, l should say, we have done
everything we could think of. and
have accomplished nothing. Went
worth has appealed to her, and made
a clumsy attempt at an appeal also,
but it was of no use. 1 feel my own
helplessness in this matter, and Went
worth is completely broken down over
it."
They walked up and down the deck
in silence for two or three turns.