The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-04-10
CHAPTER xIx.-CoNrrNuEp.
[copyreh. 1905. BY Robert Banl

CHAPTER XIX.-CoNTINUED.
A glimmer of a smile lowered about
the red lips of n girl, smile hardly
perceptible, but giving an effect to her
clear complexion, as IL sunbeam had
crept into the room and it's reflection
had lit up her face.
II have come TO apologize, Mr.. Went
worth" she said at last. 81 find IL n
very difficult thing to do, and, as don't
know just how 20 begin, I'll plunge
right into it,"
"You don't need TO apologize 10 me
for anything, Miss Brewster" replied
Wentworth rather stiffiy.
"Oh, yes, do Don't make IL harder
than it is by being too frigidly polite
Fbout II, but say you accept the
apology. and that you're sorry--no-I
don't mean that should say that
you're sure I'm sorry, and that you
know won't do II again."
Wentworth laughed. and Miss
Brewster joined him.
There" she said, that's ever SO
much better. suppose you've been
thinking hard things OF me ever since
we last met"
"Tve tried to-" replied Wentworth.
"Now that's what call honest; be-
sides like the implied compliment. j
think it's very neat, indeed. I'm really
very, very sorry that THAT things
happened as they did. l wouldn't have
blamed you IL you had used exceeding
ly strong language about it at the
time"
ssI rnust conf ess that did"
"Ah," said Jennie. with n sigh. "you
men have so many comforts denied to
us women. But 1 came here for an
other purpose; il had merely wanted
TO apologize | think would have writ
ten. l want some information which
you can give me. IL you like"
The young woman rested her elbows
on the table. with her chin In her
hands, gazing across at him earnestly
and innocently. Poor George felt that
IL would be impossible 20 refuse any
thing OF those large beseechiug eyes.
II want you TO tell me about your
mine"
All the geniality that had gradually
come into wentworth's face and man.
ner vanished instantly.
$50 this is the old business over
again." he said.
"How can you say thati" cried
Jennie, reproachfully. 81 am asking
for my own satisfaction entirely, and
not for my paper. Besides, i tell you
frankly what l want TO know. and
don't try TO get it by indirect means
by false pretenses-as you once said.'
"How can you expect me to give you
information that does not belong to
me alone? have no right to speak OF
q business which concerns others with
out their permission"
"Ah, then there are at least two others
concerned in the mine," said Jennie,
gleefully. Kenyon is one, know.
who is the other?'
"Miss Brewster, will tell you moth
ing"
'Dut you have told me something al
ready. Please go on and talk, Mr..
Wentworth--about anything you like
and shall soon find out all want TO
know about the mine"
She paused, but Wentworth re-
manned silent, which, indeed, the be-
wildered young man realized was the
only safe thing TO do.
''rhey speak OF the talkativeness of
women" Miss Brewster went on, as IL
soliloquizing, "but IL is nothing to that
of the men. Once set n man talking
and you learn everything he knows
besides ever so much more that he
doesn't"
Miss Brewster had abandoned her
very laxative attitude, with it's sug-
qestion OF confidential relations, and
had removed her elbows from the ta-
bile. sitting now back In her chair gaz-
ing drcamily at the dingy window
which LET the light in from the dingy
court. She seemed 20 have forgotten
that Wentworth was there. and said
more to herself than to him:
II wonder II Kenyon would tell me
about the miner
"You might AJAX him."
mo, IL wouldn't do any good" she
continued. gently shaking her head.
"He's one of your silent men, aud there
are so few OF them In this worldl Per-
haps / had better go TO William Long
worth himself; he Is not suspicious OF
NE"
And as she said this she threw a
quick glance at Wentworth. and the
unfortunate young mans face at once
told her that she had hit the mark
She bent her brow over the table and
laughed with such evident enjoyment