Arizona republican., 1898-08-02


 Not IF tic least" interrupted Ken yon. with a smile.
 Il want you to do some energetic iiiin3<ing about our mine, you knoT:, so that you will be ready to open tas c;li.sst<sn when we reach London. Eh1ililins which is worth anything is
 hiiv soiItIde, Kenyon, so will 2S lou for an hour or two.
 kA1 nyon smiled, hut made no repIysfz ssntwor,h departed.
 The clSlerly gcntle.aan whose chair vas ncxtVto Ecnyon''. looked round at the young man whcp his friend men toned tl." Eeine and hs name.
 Are you NIr. kenyo1, the mining eN- pert?" he asked, when Wentworth walked away.1
 q am 1nin,i engineer, answered Kcnyan, w:th < me surprise.
 Did you go Nut to Calada to report on 1nimcs t,lere for the London syndi- cate?''
 Why do you aAs sL :'' saio Kenyon, all his native cautioA being aIoGsed in moment, on hearir ,g the astonishing question.
 The elderly gentleman laughed. "Be- cause l am, in d measure, responsible for you,'' he said. t'I am Nr. Long worth-John LongwoSrth, of the city and member of th@ London syrdi- ate. Two names we're opposed 3cotton's and yours. I voted fer you; not that I knew anything about you, but some of the others seen,d very anxious that Section should go, so I thought it best to vote for, you. There fore. you sec, as I said before, I am partly responsible for your being hcre.''
 "I hope you will not be dissatisfied with the result. Mir. Longworth."
 "I hope not myself. can see that you are a cautious man, and those who recommended you vouched foS your capabilities, so with caution aniI ca pacity a man should succeed. intended 10 visit the properties, but I was de- laincd so long in the west that l did not have time to go north. How did you find the mines?'
 Since you complimented me on my caution. MT. Longworth, I should be sorry to forfeit your good opinion by answering your questions.
 Quite right; quite right" said the elderly gentleman, laughing again. That's one for you, and a very good onc, too. 1 must tell that to my daugh ter; and here she comes. Edith, my lear. this is NIT. Kenyon, who went out to examine our mines. Curious,
 T t.,lI- ing about them this very morning? Mr. Kenyon, I call my daughter my confidential man of business; she has been all over the world with me. I never make any investments without consulting her, so I warn you that she will ask you more insidious questions about the mines than I shall" John Kenyon had risen to his feet to greet the girl and to offer her his chair.
 No, thank you,'' she said. q want to walk. I merely came to see if my father was all right. was very much disappointed that we did not go to Canada this time, as I wished to see something of the snow-shoeing and
 
 ! was no tobogganing where you were ?"
 ''Oh, yes," said Kenyon; ''even out among the mines they had a tobog- gan slide, on which one trip satisfied me; and on several journeys I had to wear snow-shoes myself "How interesting" said the girl And the next thing John knew he was walking the deck with her, relating his experiences. This walk was the first of many, and from that time forward Kenyon did not miss his friend Went worth.
 Edith Longworth can hardly be called typical representative of the Eng i fish girl. She had an English girls education, but she had not the train ing of the average English girl. She had lost her mother early in life, which makes a great difference in a girls training, however wealthy her father may be; and Edith's father was wealthy, there was no doubt of that. Ask any city man about the standirr c John Longworth, and you will lea-r that the mouse" is well thought of People said he was lucky, but Jo,ll ! Longworth asserted that there r-;..; F such thing as luck in business which statement he was very likely not correct. He had large investments in almost every quarter of the globe ! When he went into thing he went into it thoroughly. People talk of the individuality of putting all ones eggs 1 into one basket, but John Longworth was a believer in doing that very thing and in watching the basket. Not that he had all his eggs in one basket, or in even one kind of a basket, but when John Longworth was satisfied with the particular variety of basket presented to him he put a large number of eggs in it. When anything was offered for