Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-03-04
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and writing the words a certain young
LADY, OF course you know whom l
mean-Miss Edith Longworth. You
know also that l am, and have long
been. in love with her. If | had sue
oeeded in making the money thought
T should by selling the mine, 1 might
have had some hopes of making more,
and of ultimately being in position to
ask her to be my wife. But that. anG
very many other hopes, have disar-
peared with my recent London eNpe-
riences.
Il want to get into the woods and re-
cover some of my lost tone and my
lost faith in human nature. If you can
arrange matters with the owner of the
mine so that may stay here for year
or two ~ou will do me great favor"
Geo Wentworth read over the lat
ter part of this letter two or three times.
Then he rose, paced the floor and pom
dered over the matter. at isn't thing
upon which can ask anyone's advice" !"
he muttered to himself. The trouble
with Kenyon is he is entirely too mod
est. \ little useful self-esteem would
be just the thing for him." At last he
stopped suddenly in his walk. by
Jove," he said to himself, slapping his
thigh. Il shall do it, let the conse-
quences be what they may" And lie
sat down TO his desk and wrote aletter.
MY DEAR Miss LoNGwoRrH: You told
me when you We're here last that you
wanted all the documents in the case OF
the mine in every instance. A document
has come this morning that is rather i'm
portant. John Kenyon, as you will learn
by reading the letter. desires the man
agership of the mine. | need not say that
I think he is the best man in the world fol-
the position, and that everything viii be
safe in his hands | therefore inclose you
his letter. l had some thought of cutting
out some part of 1t, but knowing your de-
sire, as you said, to have all the docu-
ments in the case, l take the liberty of
sending this one exactly as 1t reached me,
and If anyone is to blame. l am the person.
I remain your agent.
GEORGE WENTWORTH"
He sent this letter out at once, 50
that he would not have n chance TO
change his mind. ut will reach her
this afternoon, and doubtless she will
call and see me-"
1t is, perhaps, hardly necessary to asy
she did not call, and she did not see
him for many days afterward, but next
morning, when he came to his office, he
found agetter from her. 1t ran:
DEAR Mr.. WENTWORTH: The sending
Of Mr.. Kenyon's letter to me is some
what dangerous precedent, which you
must, on no account, follow by sending
any letters you may receive from any per-
son to Mr. Kenyon However, as you
were probably aware when you sent the
letter, no blame will rest on your shoulders
or on those of anyone else. in this instance.
Still, be very careful in future, because
letter sending, unabridged, is sometimes
a risky thing to do. All the same, you are
to remember that l always want all the
documents in the case, and l want then.
with nothing eliminated. / am very much
obliged to you for forwarding me the let
ter.
.As to the managership of the mine, of
course, thought Mr.. Kenyon would desire
TO come back to London. If he is content
to stay abroad, and really wants to stay
there, wish you would tell him that Mr..
Smith is exceedingly pleased TO know he
Is willing to take charge of the mine. II
would not look businesslike on the part of
Mr. Smith TO say he is to name his own
salary, but unfortunately Mr.. Smith is
very ignorant as to what proper salary
should be, so will you kindly settle that
question? You know the usual salary for
such an occupation. Please write down
that figure and add $500 year to it. Tell
Mr.. Kenyon the amount named is the sal
airy Mr.. Smith assigns to him.
pray be very careful In the wording of
the let i'ars, so that Mr.. Kenyon viii not
have a..y idea who Mr.. Smith is. Yours
truly, EDITH LoNGWoRTH."
When Wentworth received this letter,
being a man, he did not know whether
Miss Long,vorth was pleased ar not
However, he speeulIy wrote TO John,
telling him he was appointed manager
of the mine, and that Mr.. Smith was
very pleased to have him in that capac-
ity. He named the salary, but said If
it was not enough, no doubt Mr.. Smith
was so anxious for his services that the
amount would be increased.
John, when he got the letter, was
more than satisfied.
At the same time Wentworth had
been reading his letters, John had re-
ceived those which had been sent him
when the mine was bought. Hew re-
lieved to find that Melville was not,
after all, the owner. and he went TO
work with a will, intending to put in
two or three years of his life with hard
labor in developing the resources OF the
property. The first fortnight, before
he received any letters, he did nothing
but make himself acquainted with the
way work was being carried on there
He found many things to improve. The
machinery had been allowed to run
down. and the men worked in the list
less way men do when they are under
no particular supervision. The man.
ager of the mine was very anxious
about his position. John told him the
property had changed hands, but until
he had further news from England
he could not tell just what would be
done. When the letters came John
took hold with a vim, and there was soon
a decided improvement in the way af-
fairs were going. He allowed the old
manager to remaiE rs n sort of SUBJ
manager, but that inu.vidual soon found
out the easy times of the Austrian Min
ing company were forever gone.
Kenyon had to take one or two long
trips in Canada and the United States
to arrange for the disposal of the prod
ucts of the mine, but, as n general rule,
his time was spent entirely in the los
village near the river. When year
had passed he was able to write very
jubilant letter TO Wentworth. you
see" he said, "after all the mine was
worth the 100000 we asked for 1t. 1t
pays, even the first year, ten per cent.
on that amount. This will give back
all the mine has cost, and think,
George, the honest thing for us to do
would be to let the whole proceeds so
to Mr.. Smith this year, who advanced
the money at n critical time. This will
recoup him for his own outlay, because
the working capital has not been
touched. The mica has more than
paid the working of the mine, and all
the rest is clear profit. Therefore, If
you are willing, we will let our third
go this year, and then we can take our
large dividend next year with clear
conscience i inclose the balance
sheet"
To this letter there came an answer
in due time from Wentworth, who said
that he had placed Johns proposal be-
fore Mr. Smith, but it seemed the gen
tleman was 50 pleased with the profit
able investment he Ind made that he
would hear of no other division of the
profits but that of share and share alike.
He appeared TO be very much touched
by the offer John had made, and re-
spected him for making it, but the pro-
posed resembling on his part and Went
worth's was u thing not TO be thought
of. This being the case, John sent jet
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