Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-02-11

MY dear sir" broke in the old gen.
tleman, II have no desire to hear of
my nephew's private speculations.
have nothing to do with them. have
nothing to do with your mine. The
matter i, of no interest whatever to me,
and 1 must decline to hear anything
about it. You are, also, if you will ex-
cuse my saying so, not in n fit state Of
temper to talk to any gentleman. If
you like to come back here when you
are calmer, l shall be very pleased to
listen to what you have to say"
Il shall never be calmer on this sub
iect. l have told you that your nephew
is a scoundrel. You are pleased to deny
the accusation"
Il do not deny it; merely said I did
not know it was the case, and do not
believe it, that is ALL"
every we'll; the moment begin to
show you proofs that things are as
say"
my dear sir" cried the elder man,
with some heat, you are not showing
proof. You are merely making asser-
tions, and assertions about a man who
is absent-who is not here to defend
himself. If you have anything 10 say
against William Longworth, come and
say it when he is here, and he shall ar
swer for himself. 1t is cowardly IT
you, and ungenerous to me, to make
number of accusations which l am in no
wise able to rcfute."
"Will You listen to what l have 10
say?"
"No; will not"
Then, by God, you shall!" and
with that Wentworth strode to the door
and turned the key, while the old man
rose from his seat and faced hun.
"Do you mean to threaten me, sir, in
my own office?"
81 mean to say, Mr.. Longworth, that
I have made a statement which L am
going to prove to you. mean that you
shall listen to me, and listen to me now"
"And, say, if you have anything to
charge against my nephew, come and
say it when he is here"
"When he is here, Mr.. Longworth, it
will be too late to say it; at present you
can repair the injury he has done. When
he returns to England you cannot do so,
no matter how much you might wish to
make the attempt"
The old man stood irresolute for u mo-
ment; then he sat down in his chair
again.
''Very WELL" he said, with sigh, Il
am not so combative as 1 once was. Go
on with your story"
my story is very short" said Went
worth. "It simply amounts to this:
You know your nephew formed a part
nershfp with us in relation to the Cana
dian mine?"
Il know nothing about it, 1 tell you,"
answered Mr.. Longworth.
VERY well, you know it now"
81 know you say So
"Do you doubt my word?"
'I will tell you more about that when
] hear what you have to say. Go on"
"Well, your nephew, pretending 10
aid US in forming this company, did
everything to retard our progress. He
engaged Offices that took n long time
to fit up, and which we had, at last, to
take q hand in ourselves. Then he left
Tor a week, leaving no audress, anu re-
fusing to answer the letters sent to his
office for him. On one preteXt or au-
other the forming of the company was
delayed, until, at length, when the OPP
tion by which Mr.. Kenyon held the mine
had only a month to run, your nephew
went to America in company with Mr..
Melville, ostensibly TO see and report
upon the property. After waiting
certain length of time and hearing moth
ing from him Che had promised to cable
us), kenyon went to America to get re-
newal of the option. This cablegram
explains his success. He finds, on going
there, that your nephew has secured
the option of the mine in his own name,
and, as Kenyon says, we are cheated.
Now, have you any doubt whether your