The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-01-20

that took the papers, so my only hope
lay in getting the thing telegraphed
through, and if that had been accom-
plished everything would have been all
right. would have gone to jail with
pleasure if 1 had got the particulars
through to New York"
"Well, what are we to do now p asked
the editor.
"Pm sure don't know. The two men
will be in New York very shortly. They
sail, understand, on the Coloric, which
leaves in week. If you think you have
q reporter who can get the particulars
out of these men, l should be very
pleased to see you set him on. tell you
1t isn't so easy to discover what an Eng
lishman doesn't want you to know"
"Well," said the editor, perhaps
that's true. ] will think about it. Of
course, you did your best, and appre-
ciate your efforts; but am sorry you
failed"
"You are not half so sorry as am"
said Rivers, as he picked up his big Can
adian fur coat and took his leave.
The editor did think about it. He
thought for full two minutes. Then he
dashed off note on a sheet of paper,
pulled down the little knob that rang
the district messenger alarm, and when
the uniformed boy appeared gave him
the note, saying:
Deliver this as quickly as you can"
The boy disappeared, and the result
of his trip was soon apparent in the ar
rival of very natty young woman in
the editorial rooms. She was dressed
in neatly-ftting tailor-made costume,
and was very pretty girl, who LOT ked
about 10, but was, in reality, considera-
bly, older. She had large, appealing
blue eyes, with O tender, trustful ex-
preston in them, which made the ordi-
nary man say: what a sweet, inno-
cent look that girl has," yet what the
young woman didn't know about New
York was not worth knowing. She
boasted that she could get state secrets
from dignified members Of the cabinet,
and an ordinary senator or congress
man she looked upon as her lawful
: prey. What had been told to her in the
, strictest confidence had often become
| the sensation Of the next day in the pa
per she represented. She wrote over a
nom de guerre, and had tried her hand
at nearly everything. She had answered
advertisements, exposed rogues and
swindlers and had gone to hotel as
chambermaid in order to write her ex.
periences. She had been arrested and
locked up 80 that she might write a
three-colmn account for the Sunday
, edition of the Argus, of "How Women
Are Treated at Police Headquarters y
The editor looked upon her as one OF
the most valuablemembers of his staff,
and she was paid accordingly.
She came into the room with the self.
possessed air of the owner of the build.
ing, took a seat, after nodding to the
editor. and said: "Well?"
Look here, Jennie" began that aus
tere individual, do you wish to make q
trip to Europe?"
= ''That depends" said Miss Jennie;
"this is not just the time of year that
people go to Europe for pleasure, you
? know"
swell, this is not exactly pleasure
trip. The truth of the matter is, Rivers
has been on job and has bungled il
fearfully, besides nearly getting him.
self arrested"
The young woman's eyes twinl1led
She liked anything with spice of dan
ger in 1t, and did not object to hear that
she was expected to succeed where a
mere masculine reporter had failed.
, The editor continued:
1.-Two young men are going across to
England on the Coloric. 1t sails in a
week. want you to take ticket for
Liverpool by that boat, and obtain from
either Of those two men the particulars
: 1.-The full particulars-of reports they
have made on some mining properties
in Canada. Then you must land at
Queenstown and cable complete ac.
count to the Argus"
mining isn't much in my line" said
Miss Jennie, with frown on her pretty
brow. "What sort of mines were they
: dealing with-gold, silver, copper, or
} what?"
f; ''They are certain mines on the OF
, tawa river"
the other to examine the books Of the
: various corporations. Whether the
, mines are bought or not will depend q
good deal on the reports that these two
. men have in their possession. The re-
! ports, when published, will make big
: difference, one way or the other, on the
: stock exchange. Iwant to have the gist
of these reports before the London SYN
dictate sees them. 1t will be a big thing
for the Argus if it is the first in the
, field, and am willing to spend o pile
. of hard cash to succeed. So don't econ
omize on your cable expenses"
Every well; have you book on
| Canadian nines?"
J 81 don't know that we have, but there
is a book here the Mining Resources
Of Canada;' will that be of any use 2'
81 shall need something of that sort.
1 want to be little familiar with the
subject, you know"
"Quite so" said the editor, II will see
what can be got in that line. You can
read it before you start and on the way
ovel."
"All right, said Miss Jennie; "and am
to take the pick of the two young
men?"