The Irish standard., 1896-09-19


when she retired, and it was early next
morning when she arose. Her father
!. was bright and cheerful at breakfast,
and had evidently forgotten all about
the unpleasant incident of the day be-
fore. A good nights sleep had erased
it from his memory. Edith was glad OF
this, she did not mention the subject.
After he had gone to the city the young
woman prepared to follow him. She
did not take her carriage, but hailed
hanson and gave the driver the number
of Wentworth's Offices. That young
man was evidently somewhat surprised
to see her. He had been trying to write
to Kenyon some account Of his inter-
view with old Mr.. Longworth, and,
somehow, after he had finished, he
thought John Kenyon would not at all
approve of his zeal, SO had just torn the
letter up. .
'Take this CHAIR he said, wheeling
an armchair into position. is: the
only comfortable one we have in the
rOom."
Comfort does not matter" said Miss
.I.ongworth; II came to see you about
the mica mine. What has my cousin
.done?"
s:How do you know he has done any
thing?'' 4
j '"rhat does not matter. I know.
Tell me as quickly as you can what he
has DONE"
"Itis not very pleasant story to tell
he said, "to q young lady about one OF
her relatives"
ENever mind that. Tell me-"
every we'll, he has done this: He has
pretended he was our friend and pre-
tended he was going to aid us in forming
this company. He has delayed us by
every means in, his power until the OPP
ton has nearly expired. Then he has
gone to Canada and secured for himself
aud man named Melville the option OF
the mine when John Kenyon's timeis up.
That is to say, at twelve o'clock to-mor-
row, when Kenyon's option expires,
your cousin will pay the money and will
own the mine; after which, of course,
Kenyon and myself will be out of it.
don't mind the loss at all. would
gladly give Kenyon my share; but for
John it is a terrible blow. He had
counted on the money to pay debts OF
honor which he owes to his father for his
education. He calls them debts OF
honor; they are debts of honor in the
ordinary sense of the word. There
fore. it seems to me a terrible thing that
that" here he paused and did not go
on. He saw there were tears in the eyes
OF the girl to whom he was talking.
cit is brutal" he said, ''to tell You
MI this. You are not to blame for it.
and neither is your father, although 1
spoke to him in a heated manner yes
terday."
:. 'sWhen did you say the option ex-
pires?"
"At twelve o'clock tomorrow"
'How much money is required to buy
the mine??'
; 'sTwenty thousand pounds"
"Can money be sent to Canada BY
cable?''
Eyes, think So"
aren't you quite sure::"
. "No, I am not. It can be sent by
telegraph in this country and in Amer
lea"
"How long will it take you to find
out?" ..-- + :
"Only few moments" :
every we'll; where is Mr.. Kenyon
now?''
'Kenyon is in Ottawa. ! had cable
gram from him yesterday"
"Then will you write cablegrana
that can be sent away at once asking
him to wait at the telegraph Office u11-
til he gets a further message from
you?" .
eyes, I can do that; but what good
will it doc"
Never mind what good it will do:
perhaps it will do no good. am going
to try to make it of some good. Mean
while, remember, if ] succeed, John
Kenyon must never know the particu-
lars of this transaction"
.sHe never will; if you say So"
"I say SO. Now it is six hours earlier
here than it is in Canada, is it not?"
':About that length of time, / think"
every we'll, lose no time in getting
the cable message sent to him, and tell
him to answer, so that we shall be sure
he is at the other end of the wire.
Then find out about the cabling of the
money. I shall be back here, think.
about the same time you are" NJ
With that she left the office, and, get
ting into her cab, was driven to her
fathers place of business
'Well. my girl said the old man.
showing his spectacles up on his brow
and gazing at her, "what is it now, some
new Extravaganza"
Eyes, father, some new extrava-
gance." His daughter was evidently
excited. and her breath came quickly.
She closed the door and took chair
opposite her father. ii
Father" she said, II have been your
business man, as you call me now. for
a long time" ~g !!
Eyes, you have. Are you going to
strike for an increase in salary??"
=. Father" she said, earnestly, not
needing the POPULARITY of his tone, ''this
is very serious. want you to give me
some money for 1nyself-to speculate
with"
II will do that very gladly. How
much do you want?" The cid man
turned his chair round and pulled out
his check book.
II want 30,0o0," she answered.
Mr.. Longworth wheeled quickly
round on her and looked at her in as