The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-06-18

listen 10 charges aga !rSt an absent
man. l paid no attention to them"
That certainly was reasona ble.' re-
piled Edith. What did he say to it?'
oh. he abused ne. ard abused Will
liam. and went on at a dreadful rate.
until was obliged to order him out of
the office.
But what q he say about meeting
William at your Office and making the
charges against him them"
What did he say? Idon't remember.
Oh, yes. he said it would be too late
then; that they had only few days to
do what business they have to do, aud
that is why he made the demand Tor
6 10000. 1t was TO repair the harm.
whatever the harm was. William had
done. / look on it simply as some black
mailing scheme of his. and am aston
ished that man belonging to as good
house as he does should try that game
with me. l shall speak to the elder
partner about it Tomorrow, and if he
does not make the young man apologize
in the most abject manner, he will be
the loser by it, can tell him that"
Il would think no more bout it. IA
y
trouble you in the least
"Oh, it doesn't trouble me; but young
men nowadays seem to think they can
say anything 10 their elders.
Il mean she continued, that l
would not go to his partner for day or
two. Wait and see what happens. l
have no doubt when he thinks over tue
matter. he will be thoroughly ashamed
of himself"
We'll, hope sou
Then give him the chance of being
ashamed of himself. and take no fur
Their steps in the matter"
Edith. very shortly afterward, went
to her own room. and there, clasping
her hands behind her. she walked up
and down, thinking. with very
troubled heart, on what she had heard.
Her view of the matter was very differ
ent from that of her father. She felt
certain something wrong had been done
by her cousin. For long time she had
distrusted his supposed friendship for
the two young men. and now she pic
tured to herself John Kenyon in the
wilds of Canada. helpless and despond-
ent because of the great wrong that had
| been done him. 1t was far into the night
! when she retired, and it was early next
morning when she arose. Her father
was bright and cheerful at breakfast,
and had evidently forgotten all about
the unpleasant incident of the day be-
fore. y good nights sleep had erased
! it from his memory. Edith was glad of
this. she did not mention the subject.
I, 81, 1..,
woman prepared to follow him. She
did not take her carriage. but hailed
hanson and gave the driver the number
of Wentworths offices. That young
man was evidently somewhat surprised
to see her. He had been trying to write
! to Kenyon some account of his inter-
view with old Mr.. Longworth, and,
somehow. after he had finished, he
| thought John Kenyon would not at all
approve of his zeal, so had just torn the
| letter up.
Take this chair" he said, wheeling
an armchair into position. 1T is the
only comfortable one we have in the
| ROOM.
| Comfort does not matter, said Miss
Longworth; Il came to see you about
|
| done?'
How do you know he has done any
thing?"
That does not matter. l know.
Tell ME as quickly as you can what he
| has done"
tits not a very pleasant story to tell"
he said. ito a young lady about one of
| her relatives"
Never mind that. Tell me-
VERY well. he has done this: He has
pretended he was our friend and pre-
tended he was going to aid us in forming
this company. He has delayed us by
every means in his power until the op-
ton has nearly expired. Then he has
gone to Canada and secured for himself
and a man named Melville the option of
the mine when J ohm Kenyon's time is up.
That is to say, at twelve o'clock to-mor-
row. when kenyon's option expires,
your cousin will pay the money and will
| own the mine; after which. of course,
Kenyon and myself will be out of it. 1
don't mind the loss at all. l would
gladly give Kenyon my share; but for
John it is a terrible blow. He had
counted on the money to pay debts OF
honor which he owes to his father for his
education. He calls them debts of
honor; they are debts of honor in the
ordinary sense of the word. There
fore, it seems to me terrible thing that
that" here he paused and did not go
on. He saw there were tears in the eyes
of the girl to whom he was talking.
1T is brutal he said, Ito tell you
ali this. You are not to blame for it,
and neither is your father. although
spoke to him in a heated manner yes
terday.'
When did you say the option ex.
pires?'
| AT twelve o'clock tomorrow
How much money is required to buy
the mine?"
Twenty thousand pounds
Can money be sent to Canada by
cable?'
Yes, 1 think so.''
Aren't you quite sure:"
No, 1 am not. 1t can be sent by
telegraph in this country and in Amer
| ica.'
How long will it take you to find
cut?''
"OnIy few moments
Very we'll; where is, Mr.. KENYON
now?"
Kenyon is in Ottawa. I had a cable.