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

have succeeded. 1ou have therefore.
in your possession Something to sell.
The New York paper viii pay You a
certain sum in cash for it. ! offer you,
for the same article. double the price
the New York Argus win pay you. Is
that not fair of-er?'
Jennie Brewster had arisen. She
clasrad and unclasped her hands ner-
vously. For a small space OF time moth
ing was said. and Edith Lougworth
imagined she had gained her point. The
woman standing looked down at the
woman sitting.
DO you know all the particulars
about the attempt 10 get this iuforma-
tion?" asked Miss Brewster.
81 know some of them. What par
ticulars do you mcan2'
do you know that a man from the
Argus tried to get this infolmationfrom
Mr.. Kenyon and Mr.. Wentworth in
Cauada?"
Eyes; I know about that"
'Do you know that he stole the re-
ports. and that they were taken from
him before he could use them|
"Yes''
"Da YOU know he offered Mr.. Kcny on
and Mr. Wentworth double the price
the London syndicate would have paid
them, on condition they gave him
synopsis Of the reports?"
eyes, I know that also"
every wen, then Now you ask me
TO do very much more than Rivers
asked them; because you ask me to
keep my paper completely in the dark
about the information have got. Isn't
that SOP"
Eyes, you can keep them in the dark
until after the report has been given to
the directors; then, of course, you can
do what you please with the informa-
ton"
"Ah, by that time it VIII be OF no value.
BY that time it win be published in the
London financial papers. At that time
everybody can get it. Isn't that the
case?"
81 suppose So"
"Now, I want to ask you one other
question, Miss-Miss-Id don't think YOU
told me your name"
my name is Edith Longworth."
every well, Miss Longworth. want
to ask you one more question. What
do you think Of the conduct Of Mr..
Kenyon and Mr.. Wentworth in refusing
TO take double what they had been
promised for making the report?"
"What do think OF them?" repeated
the girl.
Eyes, what do you think Of them?
You hesitate. You realize that you are
in a corner. You think Mr.. Wentworth
and Mr. Kenyon did very nobly in re-
fusing Riters' offer?"
Certainly 1 do.7
so do l. thinis they acted rightly,
and did as any honorable men should
do. Now, when you think that, Miss
LOngworth, how dare you come aEd
offer me double, or three times, or four
times, the amountmy paper gives to me
for getting this information? Do you
think that 1 am any less honorable than
Kenyon and Wentworth? Your offer
is an insult to me-nobody but d woman,
and a woman Of your class, would have
made it. You come here to bribe me.
You come here to do exactly the same
thing that J. X. Rivers tried to do for
the Argus in Canada You think money
will purchase anything, that is the
thought of YOUR cl1s=. Now, ! want
YOU 70 understand that am a woman
of the people. l was born and brought
up in poverty IN New York You were
born and brought up, amid luxury, in
London. have suffered privations and
bardships that you know nothing of,
and, even if you read about them, you
wouldn't understand You, with the
impudence of your class, think you can
come TO me and bribe me 20 betray my
employer. / am here to do a certain
thing, and I am going to do that certain
thing in spite of all the money that all
the Long7yorths ever possessed, or ever
will possess. Do l make myself suffi-
ciently plain?"
Certainly, Miss Brewster. L don't
think anyone could misunderstood
you" ~
"Well, am glad Of that, because one
can never tell how thicBheaded some
people may be-"
do you think there is amy parallel
between your case and Mr.. Went
worth's?"
"Of course L do. We are each sent to
do certain piece Of work. We have
both been offered a bribe to cheat our
employers of the fruits OF our labor;
only in my case it is very much worse
than in Wcntworth's, because his en-
ployers would not have suffered, while
mine viii"
'This is all very plausible, Miss Brew
ster, but now allow me to tell you that
what you have done is most dishon-
orable thing, and that you are a disgrace
to our common womanhood. You have
managed, during a very short acquaint-
ance, to win the confidence of a man
there is a class OF woman who know how
to do that-I thank Heaven l am not Of
that class; L prefer to belong to tht
class you have just now been rcviling.
Some men have an inherent respect for
ali women; Mr.. Wentworth is appar-
emily one of those, and, while he was
on his guard with a man, he was not on
bis guard with a woman. You took adj
vantage of that, and you managed TO Sc
! cure certain information which you
knew he would never have given YOU if
| he had thought it was to be published.
| You stole chat information Just as dis
! reputably as that man stole tine docu-
mcnts from Mr. Eenyon's pocket. You
| talk OF your honor and your truth when
you did such contemplate thing!
You prate Of unbribeableness, when the
only method possible is adopted of max
| ing YOU do what is right and just and
! honest! Your conduct makes me
ashamed OF being Il woman. \ thor
oughly bad woman 7 can understand,
but not q woman like YOU, who trade on
, the fact that you are woman, and that
you are pretty, and that you have a
! pleasing manner. You use those quail
! tiles as a thief or q counteTfeiter would
use the peculiar talents God had given
him. How dare YOU pretend for mo-
meut that your case is similar to Mr.
Ncntworth's? 1Ir. Wentworth is an
I honorable man, engaged in an honor
able business; as for You and your BUSH
ness, / have no words to express my con-
tempt for both. Picking pockets is
reputable compared with such work"
Edith Lougworth was now standing
up, her face flushed and her hands
clenched. She spoke with n ychemence
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