The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-02-13

dWnk would avoid the dlsagreeablc
necessity OF ever getting sober. they
would be all right. Don't you SEQ what
/ mean?"
sand how about their brains in the
mean timer"
'Oh, their brains are all right. Good
liquor sharpens n mans brains wonder
fully. Now you try it some time. Let
me have them mix cocktail for you. /
tell you, John, a cocktail Is one of the
finest drinks that ever was made. and
this man at the bar, when l came on
board, he thought he could make a cock
tail, but he didn't know even the rudi-
ments. 1 have Taught him how to do
II. and tell you that secret will be
worth fortune TO him, because IL there
Is anything Americans like IL is 10 have
their cocktails mixed correctly. There's
no one man in all England can do it.
and very few men on the Atlantic serv-
ice. But I'm gradually educating them.
Been across six times. They pretend TO
give you American drinks over in Eng
land, but you must lnow how disap-
pointing they are"
I'm sure / don't see how 1 should
know, for never taste any of them"
"Ah, trre; had forgotten that. Well,
took this barkeeper here in hand, and
he knows now how TO make reasonably
good cocktail; and, as l say, that secret
will be worth money to him from Amer
lean passengers"
John kenyon was revolving in his
mind the problem of how to get rid OF
this loquacious and generous individual,
when he saw. sailing down upon them,
the irate figure of Miss Jennie Brewster,
and he wondered what was the cause of
the look of bitter Indignation flashing
from her eyes. He thought that she in
tended TO address the American poll
tician, but he was mistaken. She came
directly at him, and, with her fist
clenched, said in loud voice:
"Well, John Kenyon, what do you
think Of your work?"
what work? 2" asked the bewildered
man.
You know very we'll what work
mean. A fine specimen of a man you
are! Without the courage yourself TO
prevent my sending that telegram, you
induced your dupe 10 come down TO my
Stateroom and brazenly keep me from
sending It."
The look OF utter nstonishment that
came upon the face Of honestJohn Ken
yon would have convinced any woman
in her senses that he knew nothing ut
all of what she was speaking. A dim
idea Of this, indeed, flashed across the
young woman's heated brain. But be-
fore she could speak Fleming said;
tut, tut, my dear girl, you are talk
ing too loud altogether. Do you want
20 attract the attention of everybody
on the deck? You mustn't make a
scandal in this way on board ship"
Scandal" she cried. 1--WE will soon
see whether there will be scandal or
not. Attract the attention OF those on
deckl That is exactly what am going
TO do, until show up the villainy of this
man you are talking to. He was the
concoctor of it, and he knows it, She
never had brains enough to think Of il.
He was too much of coward 10 carry IL
out himself, and so he set her TO do his
dastardly piece OF work"
"Wen, well," said Fleming, "even II
he has done all that, whatever il Is, it
will do no good TO attract the attention
TO IL here on deck. See how everybody
Is listening TO what you are saying. My
dear girl, you arc too angry to talk just
now; the best thing you can do is to go
10 your stateroom."
You shut your silly mouth, will
you? she cried, turning furiously upon
him. "Ill thank you TO mind your own
business, and let me- attend 10 mine.
should have thought that you would
have found out before this that am ca
pable OF attending to my own affairs"
Certainly, certainly, my dear girl"
answered the politician, soothingly.
I'm sorry can't tell you all to come
and have drink with me and talk the
matter over quietly. That's the correct
way to do things. Not 20 stand here
screeching on the deck with everybody
listening. Now. IL you will quietly dis
cuss themattcr with John here, I'm sure
everything will be all right"
"You don't know what you are talk
ing about" replied the young lady. do
you know that had an important dis
patch to send 20 the Argus, and that
this mans friend, doubtless at his in
stigation, came into my room and prac-
tically held me prisoner there until the
boat had left, so that | could not send
the dispatch? Think OF the cheek and
villainy OF that, and speak to me OF talk
ing wildly!"
look of relief and astonishment
came into Kenyon's face that quite con-
WINGED the newspaper woman, more
than all his protestations would have
done, that he knew nothing of the es-
capade whatever.
And who kept you from coming
out?" asked Fleming.
1T is none OF your business" she re-
piled, tartly.
IF you will believe me" said Kenyon,
at last, III knew nothing whatever Of all