The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1900-01-18

with you over the meeting but what
did You think Of it?'
We'll, considering the articles which
appeared in the morning, and consid-
eling also the exhibition made Of my
self in attempting to explain the merits
of the mine, I think things went off
rather smoothly"
$50 do l. It doesn't strike you that
they went off little too smoothly,
does it?"
What do you mean?"
II don't know exactly what mean.
I merely wanted to get your opinion
about it. You see, I have attended q
great many gatherings of this sort, and
it struck me there was u certain cut-and-
driedness about the meeting. I can't
say whether it impressed me favorably
or unfavorably, but. Il noticed it"
II still don't understand what you
mean" :.. ia. E.@..-
swell, as a general thing, in such
meetings, when man gets up and pro-
poses certain action there is some
opposition, or somebody has a sugges-
ton to make, or something better to
propose. Or thinks he has, and so there
is good deal of talk. Now when King
got up and proposed calmly that Mel
vile should go to America, it appeared
to me rather an" extraordinary thing
to do, unless he had consulted Melville
beforehand
perhaps he had done So"
eyes, perhaps. What do you think
of it all?"
Kenyon unused for moment before
he replied: Gas said before, thought
things went off very smoothly. Whom
DO you suspect-young Longworth 2"
II do not know whom suspect.
am merely getting anxious about the
shortness of the time. T think myself
you ought to go to America. There is
nothing to be done here. You should
go, see Won Brent, and get a renewal
OF the option. Don't you see that when
they get over there, allowing them a few
days in New York, and a day or two to
get out to the mine, we shall have little
more than week after the cable dis
patch comes in which to do anything,
should they happen to report unfa-
vorably.''
Eyes, see that. Still, it is onlv a
question OF facts on which they have to
report, and you know as we'll as do
that no truthful men can report I'M
tavorably on what we have stated. We
have understatod the case in every in
stance"
Il know that. I am perfectly well
aware of that. Everything is all right if
--lf-Longworth is dealing honestly
with US. If he is not, everything is all
wrong, and l should feel a great deal
easier if we had in our possession an
other three months option of the mine.
We are now at the fag end of this 3D.
ton, and it seems to me, as protection
to ourselves, we ought either to write
to Won Brent-by the way, have you
ever written to him?"
Il wrote one letter telling him how
we were getting on, but have received
10 answer Perhaps he is not in o.
tawa at present."
well, 1 think you ought to go to the
mines with Longworth and Melville. 1t
is the conf junction of those two men that
makes me suspicious. can't tell what
l suspect. i can give nothing definite
Tut have vague uneasiness when l
think that the man who tried to mis-
lead us regarding the value of the min
eral is going with the man who has led
us into all this expense; he who refused
10 go into the matter in the first place.
pretended he had forgotten all about i,
IN the second place, and then suddenly
developed an Interest," - .
John knitted his brows and said moth
ing.
Il don't want to worry you about it,
but l do want your candid opinion
What had we better do?"
1T seems to me-" said John, after a
pause, shat we can do nothing. 1t is
very perpleNing situation. I think,
however, we should turn it over in our
minds for few days, and then I can
set to America in plenty of time, if nee
essary."
"Very well; suppose we give them
ten days to get to the mine and reply.
# no reply comes by the eleventh day,
then you will still have eighteen or
nineteen days before the option ex-
pires. Put it at twelve days. 1 pro-
pose, if you hear nothing by then, you
60 over"
Right" said John; 1--WE NAV take
that as settled.'
by the way, you got an invitation.
did you not?"
Eyes, -
Are you going?" ~ -
II do not know. I should like tn
60, and yet, you know, l am entirely
Unused to fashionable assemblages. (
should not know what to say or do
While l was there"
"As l understand, it is not to he =
fashionable party, but merely little
friendly gathering which Miss Long.
worth gives because her cousin
is about to sail for Canada.
1 don't want to fatter Won.
John, but I imagine Miss Long
worth would be rather disappointed If
you did not put in appearance. Be
sides, as we are partners with LONG
worth in this and nc IN :,