The Princeton union., 1900-01-11

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= seems to me the young men havs
nm aggerated idea Of. the value 81
this mineral ii they think 1t will pay
dividends on 100000, :, IS.
This mineral is not all there is in
The mine. In fact, it is already paying
q dividend on 100000 or thereabouts
because Of the mica in it. It is being
mined for mica alone. To tell tie
truth, did not know much about the
other mineral" B.
And do you think the mine is worth
S 20O,OOO?n
Frankly, 1 do not
it?"a -
am not connected with it-at least,
not definitely connected with it. /
have the matter under consideration.
u course, if there is anything approach
ing q swindle in it, ! shall have nothing
to do with it. It will depend largely
upon the figures that the young men
show me whether have anything to
oyyith it or not" ~. y
u see; understand your position -
Then, lowering his voice, Melville leaned
over toward young Longworth and
said: You are a man of business.
Now l want to ask you what would
be the chance of our getting the mine
at something like the original option
price, which is, of course, very much
less than 100000? We do not want
to have too many in it. In fact, if you
could get it for us at q reasonable rate,
and did not care to be troubled with
the property yourself, we would take
the whole ourselves" - ,> j.. ~
Young Longworth pondered a mo-
ment, and then said to Melville: s;4r,r;
do you mean to freeze out the other
two fellows, as they say in America? p
Il do not know. about freezing out,
but, Of course, with the other two there
is SO much less profit to be divided. We
should like to deal with just as few rs
possible.":s Esu%ss t..r,}:sI::ay. ;g.,tsc...}s
Exactly. 4 see what you mean. Well,
I think It can be done. Are you in ary
very great hurry for the mine?' 5:@.
NO0 pdI IuCulaT1y. why. '...,1
well, if things are'worked rightly, ]
don't know but that we could get it
for the original option. That would
mean, of course, to wait until this first
| option had run out"
wouldn't there be q little danger in
that? They may form their company
IN the meantime, and then we should
lose every thing. Our interest in the
matter is as much to prevent anyone
getting hold of the mine as to get it
| ourselves
Il see. Twill think it over. I believe
it can be done without much risk; but,
OF course, we shall have to be reason
ably quiet about the NATTER
ooh, certainly, certainly"
very good. I will see you again
after have thought over the affair,
and we can come to some arrange
ment.'
Il may say that our manager has
written a note to Wentworth saying
that this mineral is of no particular.
use to u.s.
EXACTLY" said young Longworth, 4,
with look of intelligence.
$50, of course, in speaking with
Wentworth about the matter, it is Just
as we'll not to mention us in any way"
Il shall not do So" H. .... .a.. .
Very well. I will leave the matter
inSyour hands for the present."A
;|"Ies; do SO. will think IL over this
afternoon, and probably see Wentworth
and Kenyon tomorrow. There is no
immediate hurry, for happen to know
they have not done anything yet.''
With that Mr.. Melville took his leave.
and young Longwprth paced up and
down the room, evolving plan that
would at once bring him money and
give him the satisfaction of making it
lively for John Kenyon.
That night at home young Long
worth waited for his cousin to say
something about Kenyon, but he soon
saw that she did not intend to speak
of him at all. So he said to her:
Edith, do you remember Kenyon
and Wentworth, who were on board our
steamer?'
do, ,Iremember them? Certainly"
We'll, do you know they had min
ing property for sale?"
Eyes"
Il have been thinking about it. To
tell the truth, Kenyon called at my Of
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