The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-01-19


Melville, ostensibly to see and repor.
upon the property. After waiting a
certain length of time and hearing moth
ing from him Che had promised to cable
us) Kenyon went to America to get re-
pewal 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
nephew is a scoundrel or not?"
Mr.. Longworth unused for a few mo-
ments on what the young man had told
him.
eff what you say is exactly true, there
is no doubt that William has been guilty
of piece of very sharp practice"
SHARP practical" cried the other
"You might as well call robbery sharp
practical"
"My dear sir, I have listened to you; ;
now I ask you to listen to me. If, as
I say, what you have stated is true, my
nephew has done something which [
think an honorable man would not do !:
but as to that 1 cannot judge until
hear his side of the story. 1t may put
a different complexion on the matter,
and 1 have no doubt it will; but, even
granting your version is true in every
particular, what have I to do with it
I am not responsible for my nephew's
actions. He has entered into a business
connection, it seems, with two young
men and has outwitted them. That is
probably what the world would say
about it. Perhaps, as you say, he has
been guilty of something worse, and
has cheated his partners. But even adj
hitting everything to be true, do not
see how am responsible in any way
Legally, you are not; morally, I
think, you are"
"Why?"
eff he were your SON"
''But he is not my son; he is my
nephew
eff your son had committed theft,
would you not do everything in your
power to counterfeit the evil he had
done?'
hOO. OO1uC I0
theirs pay their sons debts, others do
not. I cannot say what action should
take in a purely superstition case"
every well, all have to say is, our
option runs out in two or three days.
Twenty thousand pounds will secure
the mine for US. 1 want that 100000
before the option ceases"
'And do you expect me to pay you
100000 for this?"
Eyes, do"
Old Mr.. Longworth leaned back in his
Office chair and looked at the young
man in amazement.
ITO think that you, a man of the city,
would come to me, another man of the
city, with such an absurd idea in your
head, is simply grotesque."
''Then the name of the Longworths is
nothing to you-the good name,
mean?"
''The good name of the Longworths
my dear sir, is verything to me; but
/ think it will be able to take care of it.
self without any assistance from you
There was silence for few moments
Then Wentworth said in a voice of sup
pressed anguish: 81 thought, Mr.
Longworth, one of your family was a
scoundrel. l now wish to say believe
the epithet covers uncle as well as
nephew. You have chance to repair
the mischief one of your family has
done. You have answered me with con-
tempt. You have not shown me the
slightest Indication of wishing to make
amends"
He unlocked the door.
'Come, now" said old Mr.. Longworth
rising, chat will do, that will do, Mr.
Wentworth" Then he pressed an cleo
trio bell, and when the clerk appeared
he said: ''Show this young gentleman
the door, please, and if he ever calls
again, do not admit him."
And so George Wentworth, clenchine
his hands with rage, was shown to the
door. He had the rest of the day tt
ponder on the fact that an angry mar
seldom accomplishes his purpose