Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-12-10
CHAPTER VII.

( she was not q woman S NO4Hdu, anu
neither liked nor was liked by her own
/ sex.
"I desire a few moments conversa-
ton with you. if 1 have your permis-
sion" said Edith Longworth, as she
closed the door behind her.
Certainly" answered Jennie Brews-
ter. "WiI you sit down2"
"Thanls YOU" replied the other, as
she took a seat on the sofa. i do not
know just how to begin what I wish to
say. Perhaps it viii be better 10 com
mence by telling you that know why
YOU are on board this steamer.
Eyes; and why am 1 on board the
steamer, may asl?''
''You are here, l understand, to get
certain information from Mr.. Went
worth. You have obtained it, and it is
in reference to this that have come to
see you"
Indeed! And are you so friendly
with Mr. Wentworth that you"
81 scarcely know Mr.. Wentworth at
all"
''Then why do you come on mission
from him?"
1T is not on q mission from him. tits
not mission from anyone. L was
speaking to Mr.. Kenyon, or rather, Mr..
Kenyon was speaking to me about a
subject which troubled him greatly. 1t
is a subject in which my father is in
terested. My father is a member of
the London syndicate, and he naturally
would not desire to have your in
tended cable message sent to New
York"
"Really; are you quite sure that you
are not speaking less for your father
than for your friend Kenyon?"
Anger burned in Miss Longworth's
face, and flashed from her eyes as she
answered:
you must not speak to me in that
way"
EXCUSE me, ] shall speak to you in
just the way I please. / did not ask
for this conference; you did, and as
you have taken it upon yourself to
come into this room unlimited, you viii
have to put up with what you hear.
Those who interfere with other peo-
ple's business, as 4 general thing, do
not have a nice time"
''I quite appreciated all the possible
disagreeableness of coming here when
came"
81 am glad of that, because if you
hear anything you do not like, you win
not be disappointed, and viii have only
yourself to thank for it
81 would like to talk about this mat
ter in spirit of friendliness, if can. 1
think no good can be attained by
speaking in any other way
every well, then. What excuse have
you to give me for coming to my state
room to talk about business which does
not concern you?"
Miss Brewster, it does concern me
|. it concerns my father, and that con-
Germs me. am, in measure, my
fathers private secretary. and am inti-
mateIy acquainted with all the busi-
ness he has in hand This particular
business is his affair, and therefore
mine. That is the reason l am here"
Are you sure?'
Gam / sure Of what?"
care you sure that what you say is
truce
81 am not in the habit Of speaking
anything but the truth"
perhaps you fatter yourself in that
case, but it does not deceive me. You
merely come here because Mr.. Kenyon
is ina muddle about what l ann going
to do. Isn't that the reason?'
Miss Longworth saw that her task
was going to be even harder than she
had expected
Suppose we let all question of mo-
tive rest? l have come here-I have
asked your permission to speak on this
subject, and you have given me the
permission. Having done SO, it seems
to me you should hear me out. You
say that should notb offended"
81 didn't say so. | do not care a rap
whether you are offended or not"
''You at least said I might hear some
thing that would not be pleasant. What
] wanted to say is this: ! have taken
the risk of that, and, as you remark,
| whether | am offended or not does not
matter Now we win come to the
point"
"Just before you come to the point,
please let me know if Mr.. Kenyon told
you he had spoken to me on this sub
| ject already?'
''Yes, he told me So"
1Did he tell you that his friend Went
worth had also had a conversation with
me about it?'
Eyes, he told me that also"
"Very well, then, if those two men
can do nothing to change my purpose,
how do you expect to do it?'
THAT is what am about to tell you.
This is commercial world, and l am
a commercial mans daughter. Irecog-
nize the fact that you are going to ca
BILE this information for the money it
brings. Is not that the case?
at is partly the case"
For what other consideration do you
work, then?"
''For The consideration Of being
known as one of the best newspaper
women in the city Of New York. That
is the other consideration"
II understood you were already
known as the most noted newspaper
| woman in New York"
This remark was much more diplo-
matte than Miss Longworth herself sus
pected
Jennie Brewster looked rather
pleased then she said:
"Oh, ! don't know about that, but
intend IL shall be so before year il
past"
every well, you have plenty Of tim'
to accomplish your object without us
ing the information you have obtained
on board this ship. Now, as was say
ing, the New York Argus pays you ;
certain amount for doing this work
If you VIII promise not to send the re
port over to chat paper, win give yol
a check for double the sum the Argu
win pay YOU, besides rcfundiug an you
expense twice over"
ain other words, you ask me TO b
bribed and refuse to perform my dut
TO the paper
1T isn't bribery. / merely pay yor
or win pay you, double what you vii
receive from that paper. ! presum
your connection with the paper is pure
ly commercial You work for it be
cause you receive certain amount G
money; If the editor found some on
who would do the same work cheaper
he would at once employ that person
and your services would be no longe
REQUIRED Is that not truc2"