Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-01-14

first person you think Will be interested
in the mine, what will you do when
dozen or more people refuse to have any
thing to do with it?"
I'm sure L don't know. l am afraid
| am not the right person to float a
mine on the London market. | am
really student, you see, and flatter my
self am man of science. know
what | am about when / am in mine,
miles away from civilization; but when
| get among men 1 feel somehow at
loss. | do not understand them. When
a man tells me one thing to-day, and to-
morrow calmly forgets all about it,
confess -well-confuses me-.
"Then the man you have seen to-day
has forgotten what he tcld you yester-
day. Is that the case?"
'Yes; that is partly the case"
"But, Mr.. Kenyon, the success of your
project is not going to depend upon
what one man says, or two, or three, is
it?"
mo; don't suppose itis."
"Then, if | were you, would notfeel
discouraged because one man has for
gotten. | wish / were acquainted with
YOUR one man, and l would make him
ashamed of himself, l think"
Kenyon flushed as she said this, but
made no reply.
The coachman looked round as he
came to Holborn, and Miss Longworth
nodded to him, so he went on, without
stopping, up into Oxford street
''Now, 1 take a great interest in your
mine, Mr.. kenyon, and hope to see you
succeed with it. ! wish l could help
YOU, or, rather, wish you would be
frank with me, and let me know how l
can help you. | know a good deal
about city men and their ways, and
think l may be able to give you some
good advice, at least, if you will have
the condescension to consult me-"
Again Kenyon flushed. You arc
making game of me now, Miss Long
worth OF course, as you said on ship
board, it is but a very small matter"
II never said any such thing. When
did 1 say that?'
"You said that 10000 was small
matter"
Did I? Well, l am like your man who
has forgotten; l have forgotten that.
| remember saying something about it's
being too small an amount for my faith
er to deal with. Was not that what 1
said?"
.'Yes, l think that was it. 1t conveyed
the idea to my mind that you thought
c 10000 a very trifiing sum indeed.
Edith Longworth laughed. What
terrible memory yom have! do not
wonder at your city man forgetting.
Are you sure what you told him did not
happen longer ago than yesterday?
Eyes, it happened some time before"
"Ah, | thought so. | am afraid it is
your own terrible memory, and not his
forgetfulness, that is to blame"
"Oh, l am not blaming him at all. A
man has every right to change his mind
if he wants to-"
Il thought only woman had that
privilege"
''No; for my part, l freely accord it
to everybody; only sometimes tits lit
tie depressing"
II can imagine that. In fact, th;Eh
no one could be more undesirable ac'
quaintance than n man who forgets to-
day what he promised yesterday, espe-
cially if anything particular depended
upon it. Now, why cannot you com" to
our house some evening and have a
talk about the mine with my cousin or
my father? Ny father could give you
much valuable advice in reference to il,
and / am anxious that my cousin should
help to carry this project on to success.
1t is better to talk with them there
than at their Office, because they are
both so busy during the day that am
afraid they might not be able to give
the time necessary to its discussion"
John Kenyon shook his head. Il am