The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-05-15

brent, VINO wished 10 zee MN Win rt-
gard to some fcrmality relating to the
transfer. and he was. therefore, very
much astonished. In fact, for moment
speechless. TO see Mr.. William Long
worth enter and calmly gaze round the
rather shabby room with his critical
eyeglass.
"Ah." he said, "these are your dig
gings. are they? This is what they call
dollar hotel, suppose, over here.
Well, some people may like IL, but i
confess don't care much about IL my
self. Their three or four-dollar-a-day
hotels are bad enough for me. BY the
way, you look rather surprised to see
me. Being strangers together in a
strange country, / expected a warmer
greeting. You said last night. in front
of the Russell house, that IL would
please you very much to give me a
warm greeting; perhaps you would like
To do so tonight"
slave you come up here to pro-
woke a quarrel with me?" asked Ken
yon-
"Oh, bless you, no. QUARREL Moth
ing of the sort What would want
10 quarrel about?"
"Perhaps you will be good enough to
tell me why you came here, then?"
"Very reasonable request, very rea-
sonable indeed, and perfectly natural.
but still quite unnecessary. 1t is not
likely that n man would climb up here
into your room, and then not be pre-
pared to tell you why he came, in the
first place, TO congratulate you on the
beautiful and dramatic way in which
YOU secured the mine at the last mo-
ment, or apparently at the last mo-
ment. / suppose you had the money
all along?"
'No, / had not"
"Then you came in to Won Brent just
as soon as you received it?"
"Well, now, / don't see that il is the
business of anyone else but myself.
Still, If you want to know, have no OBJ
lection to saying that 1 came TO Mr..
Won Brent's room at the moment 1 re-
ceived the money"
"Really Then IL was sent over by
cable, presumeT
"Your presumption is entirely cor
rect"
MY dear Kenyon" snid the young
man. seating himself without being
asked, and gazing at John in n benevol-
ent kind of way, ''you really show some
little temper over this affair OF ours.
Now here is the whole thing in nut
shell"
my dear sir, / don't wish 70 hear the
whole thing in a nutshell. 1 know all
about IL. All l wish TO know"
"Ah. precisely, of course you do,
certainly, but nevertheless let me have
my say. Here is the whole thing. /
tried lowell, TO cheat you. / thought
could make little money by doing so,
and my scheme failed. Now IL any
body should be in bad temper, IL is J.,
not you. Don't you see that? You ore
not acting your part well 1T all. I'm
astonished at you'll"
"Mr. Longworth, wish 20 have moth
ing whatever TO say TO you. IL you
have anything to ask, l wish you would
ask it as quickly as possible, and then
leave me alone"
"The chief fault find with you, Ken
yon," said Longworth, throwing one leg
over the other, and clasping his hands
around his knee, "the chief fault have
to find, is your painful lack of sense OF
humor. Now, you remember last night
1 offered you the managership of the
mine. thought certainly that by this
time to-day l should be the owner Of 1t,
- Ia
you don't appear 10 appreciate the
funniness of the situation. Here you
are, the owner of the mine, and / am out
in the cold-'left,' as they say here in
America. / am the man who is
left"
IF that is all you have TO talk about"
said Kenyon gravely, ~ must ask you
to allow me TO go on with my packing
/ am going to the mine tomorrow"
Certainly, my dear fellow, go at
once, and never mind me. Can be OF
any assistance TO you? IL requires a
special genius, you know, to pack
portmanteau properly. But what l
wanted to say was this-why didn't you
turn around. when you had got the
mine, una OHer me Lne nanaBcTSnlD OF
IL? Then you could have had your
revenge. The more / think OF that
episode in Won Brent's Office, the more
l think you utterly failed to realize the
dramatic possibilities of the situation"
Kenyon was silent.
'Now all this time you are wondering
why / came here. Doubtless, you wish
TO know what / want"
81 have not the slightest interest in
the matter" said Kenyon.
"That Is ungracious, but nevertheless
will continue. 1t Is better, see. to be
honest with you, II person wants TO
get anything out of you. Now want 20
get bit of information out OF you. l
want 10 know where you got the money
with which you bought the miner"
IT got IL from the bank"
"Ah, yes, but 1 want TO know who
sent IL over 10 you"
ut was sent to me by George Went
worth"