The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-03-24

meetings he had had with Kenyon, he
admitted to himself that he disIiked the
fellow extremely. The evident friend
ship which his cousin felt for Kenyon
added bitterness to this dislike that
was rapidly turning it into hate. How
ever, he calmed down sufficiently ON go
ing home in the carriage to know that
it was better to say nothing about her
meeting with Kenyon unless she in
troduced the subject. After all, the
carriage was hers, not his, and he recog-
nized that fact. He wondered how much
Kenyon had told her of the interview at
his uncle's Office. He fattered himself,
however, that he knew enough Of wom-
EN- to be sure that she would very speed
lily refer to the subject, and then he
hoped to find out just how much had
been said. To his surprise, his cousin
suid nothing at all about the matter,
neither that evening nor the next morn
ing, and consequently he went to his
cffice in rather bewildered state of
mind.
On arriving at his room in the city he
found Melville waiting for him.
Melville shook hands with young
Iongworth and, taking a mineral spec
linen from his pocket, placed it on the
young mans desk, saying:
II suppose you know where that
comes fromW
Longworth looked at it. in bewil-
dered sort of way, turning it round and
round in his hand.
81 haven't the slightest idea, really"
mo? I was told you were interested
in the mine from which this was taken.
Mr.. Wentworth called on me yesterday
and gave your name as one of those who
were concerned with the nine"
"Ah, yes, see; yes, yes, Ihave-some
interest in the mine"
"Well, it Is about that came to talk
with you. Where is the mine situated ~
at is near the Ottawa river believe,
some distance above Montreal. l am
not certain about It's exact position, but
1t is somewhere in that neighborhood.' y
II thought by the way Wentworth
talked 1t was In the United States. He
mentioned another person as being his
partner in the affair. forgot his
name"
John Kenyon, probably"
Kenyon! Yes, think that was the
name. Yes, / am sure it was. Now
may ask what's your connection with
that mine? Are you partner o.
Wentworth's and Kenyon's? Are you
the chief owner Of the mine, or Is the
: mine owned by them?"
I'm the first place, Mr.. Melville,
should like to know why you ask m,
these questions"
: Melville laughed. "Well, I will tel
you. We should like to know whar
: chance there is of our getting a con
trolling interest in the mine. That /.
very frankly put, isn't it?"
"Yes, it is. But whom do you NEAR
by 'we?' Who else besides yourself2'
"By we 1 mean the china company
to which I belong. This mineral il
useful in making china. That suppos'
you know"
"Yes, was aware of that" answere,
Longworth, although he heard it nov
for the first time.
"Very well, then; I should like t,
know who is the owner of the mine"
"The owner of the mine at presen
is some foreigner, whose name and ad
dress 1 do not know. The two youns
men you speak of have an option OF
that mine for certain length of time
how long don't know. They hav'
been urging me to go in with them II
form company for the floating o
that mine, for C 1000, on the Londoi
nlarket.n
He mentioned G2OO,OOO," said Mel
vile. "It struck me as rather larg
amount"
do you think so? Well. the. objec
tion 1 had to it was that it was tcs
small"
. ut seems to me the young men hav
an exaggerated idea Of the value O
: this mineral il they think it will pa,
1 dividends on 100000"
This mineral is not all there is il
The mine. In fact, it is already payini
dividend on 100000 or thereabout
because of the mica in it. 1t Is bein,
mined for mica alone. To tell tn
) truth, I did not know much about tn
other mineral"
"And do you think the mine is wort
6 200, ,Oo0?"
Frankly, do not"
"Then why are you connected wit
it?"
II am not connected with it-at leas;
not definitely connected with 1t.
have the matter under consideration
Of course, If there is anything approach
. ing swindle in it, shall have nothin
to do with it. 1t will depend larger
upon the figures that the young me
show me whether 1 have anything
do with it or not"
;. II see; I understand your position.
!, Then, lowering his voice, Melville leane
over toward young Longworth an
said: "You are a man Of business
Now 1 want to ask you what woul
, be the chance Of our getting the min
!, at something like the original optic
= price, which is, of course, very muc
less than 100000? We do not wan
to have too many in ii. In fact, II yo
could get it for us at reasonable rat
:. and did not care to be troubled wit
the property yourself, we would TAX
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