Arizona republican., 1898-08-28

OI-Stilu l OWen IL uO clesiT tHe SO'u name of Longworth, as if the good name were dependent on him, or any one like him. 1 turned him out of the office.''
 i Edith did not answer for a few mo- ments, while her father gave expres- sion to his indignation by various ej jac- ulations hat need not be here recorded.
 Did he say,'' she spoke at length, ''in what way William had done wrong?"
 T do not remember now just what he said. I know I told him to come again when my nephew was present, and then make his charges against him, if he wanted to do so. Not that l ad mitted I had anything to do with the matter at all, but l simply refused to listen to charges against an absent man. I paid no attention to them.' 1 That certainly was reasonable re- piled Edith. What did he say to it?'' 1 "Oh. he abused me, and abused Will liam, and went on al dreadful rate, until I was obliged to order him out of i the office.'
 ''But what did he say about meeting William at your office and making the charges against him then?'
 What did he say? don remember. l Oh, yes, he said it would be too late then; that they had only few days to 1 do what business they have to do, and l that is why he made the demand for GaO,0O0. It was to repair the harm, whatever the harm was, William had done. I look on it simply as some black mailing scheme of his, and am aston ished that a man belonging to as good a house as he does should try that game with me. 1 shall speak to the elder partner about it to-morrow, and if he does not make the young man apologize in the most abject manner, he will be the loser by it, can tell him that.' ] T would think no more about it, fa- ther, if I were you. Do not let it | trouble you in the least"
 "Oh, it doesn't trouble me; but young say anything to their elders.' II mean," she continued, "that I would not go to his partner for day or i two. Wait and see what happens. I have no doubt when he thinks over tue matter, he will be thoroughly ashamed of himself''
 Well, I hope sol"
 1 ''Then give him the chance of being ashamed of himself, and take no fur ther steps in the natter 1 Edith, very shortly afterward, went to her own room, and there, clasping her hands behind her, she walked up and down, thinking, with very troubled heart, on what she had heard. Her view of the matter was very differ ent from that of her father. She felt certain something wrong had been done by her cousin. For long time she had distrusted his supposed friendship for the two young men, and now she pie tured to herself John Kenyon in the wilds of Canada, helpless and despond- ent because of the great wrong that had been done him. It was far into the night when she retired. and it was early next morning when she arose. Her father was bright and cheerful at breakfast, and had evidently forgotten all about the unpleasant incident of the day be- fore. A good nights sleep had erased it from his memory. Edith was; glad of this, she did not mention the subject. After he had gone to the city the young woman prepared to follow him. She did not take her carriage, but hailed a hanson and gave the driver the number of Wentworth's offices. That young man was evidently somewhat surprised to see her. He had been trying to write to Kenyon some account of his inter- view with old MT. Longworth, and, somehow, after he had finished, he thought John Kenyon would not at all approve of his zeal, so had just torn the letter up.
 Take this chair" he said, wheeling an armchair into position. 'It is the only comfortable one we have ill the room.''
 Comfort does not matter" said Miss Longworth; "I came to see you about the mica mine. What has my cousin done?''
 ''How do you know he has done any thing?'
 That does not matter. l know. Tell me as quickly as you can what he has done.''
 "Itisnot a very pleasant story to tell, y he said, ito young lady about one of her relatives"
 Never mind that. Tell me-
 "Very well, he has done this: He has pretended he was our friend and pre- tended hewas going to aid us in forming this company. He has delayed us by every means in his power until the op- ton has nearly expired. Then he has gone to Canada and secured for himself and man named Melville the option of the mine when John Kenyon's timeis up. That is to say, at twelve o'clock to-mor- row, when Kenyon's option expires, your cousin will pay the money and will own the mine; after which, of course, Kenyon and myself will be out of it. don't mind the loss at all. I would gladly give Kenyon my share; but for John it is terrible blow. He had counted on the money to pay debts of honor which he owes to his father for his education. He calls them debts of