The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1900-01-25
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the two young men, and now she pie
tured to herself John Kenyon III the
wilds Of Canada, helpless and despond-
ent because OF the greatwrong that had
been done him, TWAS 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 Mr.. Longworth, and,
thought John Kenyon would not at all
approve of his zeal, SO had just torn the
letter up. 81 81
"Take this CHAIR" he said, wheeling
an armchair into position. lit is the
only comfortable one we have in the
ROOM" 81. -...r ~ a,4.r$ liz .@t@
Comfort does not matter" said Miss
Longworth; II came to see you, about
the mica mine. What has my cousin
done?'' ,s..s T., ,s.., :. If.
''How do you know he has done any
thing?'' # .s.-s.... ,2.:s,S#
"That does not matter. 1 know.
Tell me as quickly as you can what he
has DONE" 49,. x.s.s4ss 4, :.33.. 5:s<,.
'.Itisnot very pleasant story to tell, -
he said, ''to young lady about one OF
her relatives" E.5t:. ..... =. ! ..fs:-g "a.
''Never mind that. Tell me-" Il.
Every well, he has done this: He has
pretended he was our friend and pre-
tendedhe was going to aid us in forming
this company. He has delayed us by
every means in his power until the OPP
ton has nearly expired. Then he has
gone to Canada and secured for himself
and a 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. I
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
honor; they are debts of honor in the
ordinary sense of the word. There.
fore, it seems to me a terrible thing that
that" here he paused and did not go
on. He saw there were tears in the eyes
of the girl to whom he was talking.
''It is brutal" he said, "to tell you,
all this. You are not to blame for it.
and neither is your father, although 1
spoke to him in a heated manner yes
terday.' -,
"When did you say the option ex-
pires?"
"At twelve o'clock tomorrow"
"How much money is required to buy
the mine?"
''Twenty thousand pounds" -.
''Can money be sent to Canada by
cable?'' -... ,... e.. II
eyes, [ think So. 49,, Il. ~
s''Aren't you quite sure 90 y. RI 3.
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telegraph in this country and in Amer.
ica."
''How long will it take you to find
out?' ~
''Only a few moments"
Very well; where is Mr.. Kenyon
now?"
kenyon is in Ottawa. I had cable.
gram from him yesterday" g.
''Then will you write a cablegram
that can be sent away at once asking
him to wait at the telegraph Office UNI
til he gets a further message from
you"
eyes. I can do that; but what good
will it do:''
''Never mind what good it will do;
perhaps it will do no good. am going
to try to make it of some good. Mean
while, remember, if i succeed, John
Kenyon must never know the particu-
lars of this transaction"
''He never will; if you say So"
II say so. Now it is six hours earlier
here than it is in Canada, is it not?''
about that length Of time, think
Very well, lose no time in getting
the cable message sent to him, and tell
him to answer, SO that we shall be sure
he is at the other end of the wire.
Then find out about the cabling of the
money. shall be back here, I think,
about the same time you are"
With that she left the office, and, get
ting into her cab, was driven to her
fathers place of business.
"Well, my girl said the old man,
showing his spectacles up on his brow
and gazing at her, what is it now, some
new extravaganza" ->~ .s,5~.~
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