The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-01-23
CHAPTER vI.-coNrrNuED.
Copyright. rsos By Robert Bar.l

CHAPTER VI.-CoNTINUED.
They made their way to the deck,
and linking arms walked up and down.
For long time Wentworth said moth
ing, and Kenyon had the tact TO hold his
peace. Suddenly Wentworth noticed
that they were pacing back and forth
in front OF Miss Brewster, so he con-
tinued his walk around to the other side
of the ship. After few turns up and
down, he said: "You remember Rivers,
OF course?"
Certainly"
"He was employed on that vile sheet,
the New York Argus"
FL suppose IL is vile sheet. don't
remember ever seeing it. Yes, know
he was connected with that paper.
What then? What has Miss Brewster
to do with Rivers?"
"She is one of the Argus staff, too"
George Wentworth, you don't mean
so tell me that!"
Il do
"And is she here TO find out about
the mine?"
Exactly. She was put on the job
after Rivers had failed"
"Georgel" said Kenyon, suddenly
dropping his companions arm, and fac
sng him. "What have you told her?"
There is the misery of it. 1 have
told her everything"
'sMy dear fellow, how could you be-"
"Oh, l KNOW know. know every
ching you would say. Everything you
can say / have said to myself, and ten
times more and ten times worse. There
Is nothing you can say of me more bit
Ger than what think about myself"
did you tell her anything about my
report2"
81 told her everything, everything
DO you understand? She is going TO
telegraph from Queenstown the full eS-
sence of our reports--af both our re-
ports"
"Hcavcnsi This IS fearful Is there
no way you would try 10 prevent her
sending it?"
"If you think you can prevent her
wish you would try It,"
"How did you find it out7 Did she
tell you?"
"Oh. it doesn't matter how l found
IL out ] did find 10 out A man told
ne who she was; then | asked her, aud
she was perfectly frank about it. She
rend me the report even"
Read IL 10 your"
"Yes, read IL TO me, and punctuatcd
IL in my prcsence-put in some words
that suggested as being better than
those she had used Oh. it was the
coolest piece of work you ever saw"
'But there must be some way OF pre-
venting her getting that account 20
New York in time. You see. all we
have 10 do is Go wire your people 20
hand IN our report TO the directors,
and then her report Is forestalled. She
has 10 telegraph from a British Office,
and IL seems TO me that we could stop
her In some way"
AS for instance. how?'
"Oh. / don't know just how at the
moment, but we ought 10 be able TO
do il. III il was man we could have
him arrested as n dynamitcr or some
thing but woman, OF course, is more
difficult 10 deal with. George, would
appeal 10 her better nature if were
yop."
Wentworth laughed sneeringly.
Better nature? ?" he said. "Shc hasn't
any; and that Is not the worst uf H.
She has calculated. as she calls n.
all the possibilities i'm the affair; she
calculates that we will reach Queens
town about Saturday night II we do.
she will get her report through In time
20 be published on Sunday in the New
York Argus. IL that ia the case, then
see where our telegram will be. We
telegraph our people 60 send in the re-
port. IL reaches the Office Saturday
night. and Is not read. The Office closes
Mt two o'clocxs but even IL they got n,
and understood the urgency of the mat
ter. they could not place the papers
before the directors until Mondnv
morning. and by Monday morning IL
will be in the London financial sheets"
George, that woman is fiend."
''No. she isn't. John. She "a merely
a clever American journalist. who
thinks she has done a very clever good
piece OF work indeed, and Who, through
the stupidity of ono man. has succeed
ed, that's all"
Have you mnde any appeal to her
at all?"
"Oh. haven't ~ OF course have.
What good did II do2 She merely
lnughcd at me- Don't you understand
That n what she II here for. Her
yhols voyage h Tor thet one purpose,