Arizona republican., 1898-08-10

i 'Oh, their brains are all right. Good l liquor sharpens mans brains wonder fully. Now you try it some t;me. Let ne have them mix cocktail for you. l tell you, John, cocktail is one of the finest drinks that ever was made, and 1 this man at the bar, when 1 came on board, he thought he could make cock tail, but he didn't know even the rudi- ments. l have taught him how to do | it, and I tell you that secret will be worth fortune to him, because if there is anything Americans like it is to have | their cocktails mixed correctly. There s no one man in all England can do it, I and very few men on the Atlantic serv- ice. But I'm gradually educating them. Been across six times. They pretend to 1 give you American drinks over in Eng land, but you must know how Gisap- pointing they are" ' 1 ''I'n sure I don't see how I should lenow. for never taste any of them -
 "Ah, true; had fossottsii that Well, I took this Eirl1ceper here in hard. and he knows now hox to make reasonably 1 good cocktail; and, as 1 say, that secret ""'ill be worth money to him from Amer ican passengers" "~~-~.-' --.-s-~-.r
 John Kenyon was revolving. in his mind the problem of how to get rid of this loquacious and generous individual. when he saw, sailing down upon them, the irate figure of Miss Jennie Brewster, and he wondered what was the cause of the look of bitter ind gnation flashing from her eyes. He thought that she iii- tended to address the American poli- tician, but he was mistaken. She came directly at him, and, with her fist clenched, said in loud voice:
 Well, John Kenyon, what do you think. of your work ?''
 What work?" asked the bewildered man.
 "You know very well what work mean. A fine specimen of a man you are. Without the courage yourself to prevent my sending that telegram, you
 nduced your dupe to come down to my itatcroom and brazenly keep me from sending it.'
 The look of utter astonishment that came upon the face of honest John Ken yon would have convinced any woman :n her senses that he knew nothing at all of what she was speaking. A dim idea of this, indeed, flashed across the young woman's heated brain. But be- fore she could speak Fleming said:
 ''Tut, tut, my dear girl, you are talk ing too loud altogether. Do you want to attract the attention of everybody op the deck? You mustn't make a scandal in this way on board ship
 Scandal" she cried. "We will soon see whether there will be scandal or not. Attract the attention of those on deck! That is exactly what I am going to do, until show up the villainy of this man you are talking to. He was the concoctor of it, and he knows it. She never had brains enough to think of it. He was too much of a coward to carry it out himself, and so he set her to do his dastardly piece of york;
 Well, weil,'' said Fleming, '.even if he has done all that, whatever it is. it will do no good to attract the attention to it here on deck. See how everybody is listening to what you are saying. My dear girl. you are too angry to talk just now; the best thing you can do is to go to your stateroom."
 ''You shut your silly mouth, will you?" she cried, turning furiously upon him. 'Pll thank you to mind your own business, and let me attend to mine. l should have thought that you would have found out before this that I am ca pablo of attending to my own affairs"
 ''Certainly. certainly, my dear girl" answered the politician. soothingly. I'm sorry 1 can't tell you all to come and have drink with me and tall. the matter over quietly. That's the correct way to do things. Not to stand here screeching on the deck with everybody listening. Now, if you will quietly dis cuss the matter with John here, I'm sure everything will be all right
 You don't know what you are talk ing about replied the young lady. Do you know that I had an important dis patch to send to the Argus, and that this mans friend, doubtless at his in stigation, came into my room and prac- tically held me prisoner there until the OONp the dispatch? Think of the cheek and villainy of that, and speak to me of talk ing wildly"
 A look of relief and astonishment came into Kenyon's face that quite con- vinced the newspaper woman, more than all his protestations would have done, that he knew nothing of the es- capade whatever.
 And who kept you from coming out ??' asked Fleming.
 ''1t is none of your business" she re- piled, tartly. fA
 "If youwili believe me, 7 said Kenyon. at last, s.I knew nothing whatever of all this, so you see there is no use speaking to me about it. I won't pretend l am sorry, because I am not.''