The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-12-26
Copyright. 1895. by
Robert Barr.

WELL" said the editor, perhaps
that's true. / will think about IL. OF
course. you did your best, and appre-
ciate your efforts; but / am sorry you
failed"
..You are not half so sorry as am"
said Rivers, as he picked up his big Cam
adian fur coat and took his leave.
The editor did think about it. He
thought for full two minutes. Then he
dashed of n note on a sheet of paper,
pulled down the little knob that rang
the district messenger alarm. and when
the uniformed boy appeared gave him
the note, saying;
'Deliver this as quickly as you can"
The boy disappeared, and the result
of his trip was soon apparent in the ar
rival of a very natty young woman in
the editorial rooms. She was dressed
in neatly-ftting tailor-made costume,
and was very pretty girl, who locked
about 10. but was, in reality, considera-
bly, older. She had large, appealing
blue eyes, with a tender, trustful ex-
preston In them, which made the ordi-
nary man say: "What a sweet, inno-
cent look that girl has," yet what the
young woman didn't know about New
York was not worth knowing She
boosted chat she could get state secrets
from digniicd members OF the cabinet,
and an ordinary senator or congress
man she looked upon as her lawful
prey. What had been told TO her in the
strictest confidence had often become
the sensation of the next day i'm the pa
per she represented. She wrote over
nom de guerre. and had tried her hand
at nearly everything. She had answered
advertisements, exposed rogues ana
swindlers and haS gone to n hotel as
chambermaid in order to write her ex-
pericnces. She had been arrested and
locked up so that she might write
three-coluxnn account for the Sunday'
edition OF the Argus, of How Women
Are Treated at Police Headquarters.
The editor looked upon her as one of
the most valuable members OF his staff
and she was paid accordingly.
She came into the room with the self
possessed air of the owner Of the build
ing, took seat, after nodding 10 the
editor, and said: "Well?"
"LoolS here, Jennie" began that aus
tere individual, do you wish TO make a
trip TO Europe?"
"That depends" said Miss Jennie;
"this is not just the time of year that
people go TO Europe for pleasure. you
know"
"Well, this is not exactly pleasure
trip. The truth of the matter is, Rivers
has been on a job and has bunglcd 1t
iearfully, besides nearly getting him
self arrested"
The young woman's eyes twinlsled.
She liked anything with spice of dam
ger in IL, and did not object to hear that
she was expected TO succeed where a
mere masculine reporter had failed.
The editor continued:
"Two young men urc going across TO
England on the Coloric. IL sails in a
week. want you 10 take ticket for
Liverpool by that boat, and obtain from
either of those two men the particulars
1.-The full particulars-of reports they
have made ON some mining properties
in Canada. Then you must land at
Queenstown and cable n complete nc
count TO the Argus"
mining isn't much in my line," said
Miss Jennie, with n frown on her pretty
brow. "What sort Of mines were they
dealing WITHHOLD, silver, copper, or
what?"
"They are certain mines on the OF
tawa river"
That's rather Indefinite"
II know IL is. can't give you much
information about the matter. l don't
know myself. TO tell the truth, but /
know IL Is vitality important that we
should get n synopsis OF what the re-
ports OF these young men are TO be. A
company. called the London syndicate,
has been formed in England. This
syndicate is 10 acquire large number
OF mines i'm Canada, IL the accounts
given by the present owners are any
thing like correct. Two men, Kenyon
and Wentworth--thc first a mining en-
gincer and the second an expert ac-
communicative been sent from London
20 Canada. one 20 examine the mines,
the other TO examine the books OF the
various corporations. Whether the
mines are bought or not will depend
good deal on the reports that these two
men have In their possession. The re-
ports. when published, will make big
differencesonc way or the other, on the
stock exchange. want to have the gist
Of these reports before the London syn
dictate secs them. IL will be big thing
for the Argus II IL Is the first in the
field, and I am willing 20 spend q pile
OF hard cash to succeed. So don't econ
omize on your cable expenses"
every well; have you n book on
Canadian mines?"
81 don't know that VIC have. but there
is a book here the Mining Resources
OF Canada will that be of any use ?"
II shall need something Of that sort.
want TO be little familiar with the
subject, you know"
"Qulte So" said the editor, III will see
A. a.