Arizona republican., 1898-08-20

les; putting It crudeiy, that IS eX- actly what do mean"
 Kenyon rose in his wrath and flung open the door
 T must ask you 10 leave this place, and leave it at once. If you ever put in an appearance here again while l am in the office, I will call policeman and have you arrested.'
 "Mydear sir" cxpostuated the other. suavely, ''it is merely a matter cf bus;- ness. If you find it impossible to q al with us there is no harm done. If our paper has no influence, we cannot pos sibly injure you. That, of course, is entirely for you to judge. If ary time between now and Sunday night you conclude to act otherwise, a wire 0 our office will hold things over until we have had an opportunity of coming to an ar engagement with you. If not, this arti- cle will be published on Monday morn ing. 1 wish you very good'afternoon, sir
 John said nothing, but watched his visitor out on the pavement, and then returned to the making of his report.
 On Monday morning as he came in by train, his eye caught a flaming poster on one of the bill boards ct the station. It was headed Fina ncial Field, and the next line, in heavy black letters, was The Mica Mining Swindle." Kenyon called a newshoy to him and bought q copy of the paper. There, in lead~d type, was the article before him. IL seemed, somehow, much more impoT- tant on the printed page than it had looked on the proof.
 As he read it he noticed an air of truthful sincerity about the article that had escaped him during the brief glance he had given it on Friday. Il went on to say that the Austrian Min ing company had sunk a good deal of money in the mine, and that it had never paid a penny of dividends-that they merely kept on the mine at c cen stant loss to themselves in the hope of being able to swindle some confidirg investors-but that even their Ges:gT were as nothing compared to t!le bare faced attempt at swindliEg contem- plated by John Kenyon. Ee caught his breath as he saw his own name in print Ii was shock for which he was not prepared, as he had ngt noticed It l in the proof Then he read on. It seemed that this man, Kenyon, had se- cured ti9e mine a | something like 2 10,- 1 900, ard was trying to shove it off on the unfortunate British E5iIlic at the l enormous increase of { 230.000; but this nefarious attempt would d0u5tiess Ec l frustrated so long as there were rapcrs of the integrity of the Financial Tiel. l that took the risk and expense of nal, i ing such an exposure as was here set forth.
 The article possessed a singular fas- cination for Kenyon. He read and re- read it in a dazed way as if the state ment referred to some other peraGn and he could not help feeling sorry fc- that person.
 He still had the paper in his hand a. l he walked up the street, and he felt numbed and Gazed as if some one had 1 struck him blow. He was nearly run over in crGssing one of the thorough fares, and heard an outburst of pro- fanity directed at him from cal driver and man on a bus; but hc needed them not, walking through the crowd like one under spell.
 He passed the door of his own gor- geous office and walked considerable distance up the street before he real
 ized what he had done. Then he turned back again, and, just at the doorstep paused with a pang at his heart:
 q wonder if Edith Longworth will read that article" he said to himself.