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A Woman Intervenes. :
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, Author of ' -Tho incontici the , inc , " "ltt the l\IltlMt of Alnrln9 , , " Etc. / '
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Next ' morning Wentworlh workPtl his ) war ,
with much b1l3nelnj and holding on 01 stan-
chloM , along the deck , for the hIp rolled
fearfully , although there seemell to be little
wind and the sun was shining brightly but
the person he sought was nowhre'Islble. .
lIe thought he would go Into the smoking
room , but changed his mind at the door , and
turned down the companIonway to the main
sal/iOn. / The tables had been cleared 01 the
breakfast belongings , but on one 01 the Linail
tables a white cloth had been laid : , anti at
this spot 01 purIty In the general eltect of
red plush sat MIss Brewster , who was com
pl3cently ordering what she wanted from a
L steward , who \111 ; \ not seem it all pleased In
l'Orvlng one who hall disregarded the break-
last hour to the disarrangement : of all saloon
rules. The chief steward stood by a door
and looked ! disapprovingly at the late guest.
It was almost time to lay the tables for
lunch , anti the young woman was as calmly
ordering her breakfast as If l'bo had been
the first 11erson at the table.
She looked up brIghtly at Wentworth , and
smiled as he approached hcr.
t "I suppose , " abs began , "I'm drealllully
late , and the steward looks as If he would !
like to scolll mc how awfully the ship ' Is
r lllng , h there ' a storm ? "
"No She seems to be doing this sort of
thing for amusement. Wants to make Il
Interesting for the unfortunate ; ) ssengrs ! :
' \vho are not good sailors , I lIppose. She Is
hOIf1g Il , too. There'll scarcely anyone on
deck "
"Dear me. 1 thought we were having a
dreadful Rtorm. Is It raining ? "
"No. It's II beautiful I1l1nshlny lay : with-
out much wind , either , In spite at all this
ro\\ "
ro"I sllppose you have hall your breakfast
long age ! ' ; ? '
"So long since that I all1 beginning to look
forward with pleasant antclpatlol1 to IlInch "
. "Oh , dear L hall no idea I was so late liS
that PErhaps you had better seolll me
Somebody ought to do It , and the steward
seems a little nlmld " ,
"You overestimate my courage. I am a
lllt1e afraid , too. "
"Then you do think \ , I deserve It ? "
"I didn't say that , nor do I think It , I
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confess , however , that up to thIs 1II0mcnt I
tell just a trlfl lonely. "
"Jluot a trifle I Well , that Is fiallHY. 1I0\\
nicely YOU ngllsh I do turn a compliment
Just a trifle ! "
"I belln'c , as a race , we 110 not venture
much Illto compliment gIving at all , We
Il\VO that for the polite lorelgner. lie woulll
say what I tred : to ear a great deal better
than I dill , oC course ; but ho would not mean
hair so much "
"Oh , that's very nice , \tr. : Wentworth , No
foreigner could have put It nearly so , well ,
Now what about goIng on deck ? "
"Anywhere If you let 11I0 accompany you " '
"I shall bo most delighted to have you 1
won't say merely a trifle delighted "
"Ahl lIaven't you forgotten that remark
yet ? " ,
"There's nothing to forgive , and It Is quite
too lIc.llclou ! to target. I shall never forget
It , "
"I believe that you ar9 very cruel at heart ,
. 1I11ss Brewster "
- , The young woman gave him a curious aide
/ look , but did not answer. She gathered the
wraps she had taken from her Co1bln , and ,
handing thorn to him before ho hal thought
of offering to take thelll , they went on deck
. 110 fOund ! their chairs side by side , and ad.
mired the Intelllgcnce at the deck steward ,
who seemeJ to understand what chairs to
Illnco together. Miss : JennlCl sank gracefully
Into her own , and allowed hlll1 to adjust thc
wrap around her
1'lwre , " she said , . .thnt'R very nicely done :
as well us the ded steward hlmselr could
do It , and 1 am sure II Is Impossible to pay
you a 1II0ra graceful compliment than that ,
So few men know how to arrange one com' :
forts > iJly In a steamer chair. "
" \ au speak ! as though ! ' ; you hall vast oxpe-
rlnnnl' In Rleamnr IICe nnll , yel yon 1011I mn
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.It Ic. I But It Iloesn't take a woman more
than a day to see that the average man at.
tends , to such IIllle nlcetls'ery ! clumsily , ,
Now , just tIIclt In the corner out of sight ,
There ! Thank you ever so much. And I
would you bo kind enough to-'es , Ihat's bet-
tor. And thIs other wrap so. Ohl that Is I
pertect. What a patient man you are , : IIr ,
'Ventworth. "
"Yes , MIss Drewster , you are a foreigner ! ' ; , ,
I ian : Sl'\ ) that now Your proposed comnpll
moot was itollow . YOII cnhl 1 Illd It par.
fectly , and then Immedlatel dIrected me (
hiow to do It , "
"Nothing of the 1(10(1 ( You did Il well , and I
1 ( limb you ought not to grudge mae time
pleasure of adlllng my own little Improvements -
ments "
'Olt. If you put It that way , 1 wIll \ not ,
NOIV , before I sit down , tell me what book ! 1 I
can get that will interest ) 'OU , The IIbmry
contaIns n very good nssortmeat "
"I Ilon't think I care about reading. Sit L
IOWa anti tallt I suppose 1 alii too Indolent L
today I thought when 1 came on board that
I would do n let ef reading , but 1 bellevo the
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'l'IIEHE III S\T DOWN WITh IllS HEAD
IN illS llANOS.
sea air makes one lazy I must confess I tee I
entirely hllllltl'rent to 1II0nlal Impro\'ementll "
"You evidently do not think my conversa-
tlon worth listening to "
"lIow quick you are to pervert my mean
log. non't you see that I thInk your con
yerautlon belter % worth listening to than the
most Interesting Improving book yon can
choose from the library Really , In tr'llIg I
to avoid gIving / you cause for making such n
remark I have apparently 8tlllllblell Into a
worse error , I was just going ! to say I woulll I
like your eonnrsntlon much better than a
book , when I thouGht you would take that liS
a reflection on your realllng If you take mo
liP so sharply I 11'11sIt \ bet'e and say nothing ,
1 Noll' then "
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"What shall I say ? " .
"Oh If I told you what to Lay , 1 shaull ! bo
doing the talking , Tell me about yourself ,
What do you do In London ? "
"I 1 work harl ! I am an accountant "
"A11I1 what Is an accounlant T What doe
he doT Keep accounts : !
"Somo of thorn 110 ; I do not. I ace. rather ,
that accounts oilier peovu ) keep have been
correctly Ietlt. "
"Aren't t4ey alwa's correctly kellt T 1
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: thought that was what bookkeepers were '
. , 1Ilre(1 for " I'
"If bO'JkB were always correctly kept , there
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would ba little for lis 10 do ; but It happens
unfortUnately for some , but fortunately for
us , that people occasIonally do not keep their
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accounts accurately ! . "
"Anti can you always find that out Ir you
examine the books ? "
"A i "
"Always.
"Can't a man make hIs Accounts so that
no one can tell \ that there Is anything
wrong ? " I
"The belief that such n thing can be lone
has placed ! many a poor wretch In prison
It has been tried often enough. "
"I am sure they' . can 110 It In the shtes. 1
have reall of It being done and continued for
years Men : have malle oft with great l'\lmS
of monl' ) ' by falsifying time books and no
one found It out until the one who did It
tiled or ran away "
"Ne\'ertheless , It an expert accountant hall
been called In , he would have found out
very soon that something was wrong , and
just where the wrong was and how much "
"I dllln't thminlc such cleverness possIble
have you ever I1It'co\'ered anything like
that ? " ,
"I ha\'e "
" % 'hat Is done when Luch a thing Is dls-
co\'ered ? "
"That depends upon circumstances , USII-
ally a polIceman Is called ] In , "
" " 'h ) ' ; It's like being a detective. 1 wish
) ' 011 woulll tell me about some 01 the cases
you have : had Don't. make 1110 ask t' ; ) many
IIu'stlon9 , Talk. " '
"I 1I0n't think my experiences woulll Interest -
terest you In the least There was one case
with which I had something to do In London
two years ago that- "
"Oh , LOIHlon. 1 don't believe the book-
keepers there are hair so sharp as ours. If
you . hllll to lent with American accountants
you could not flnd out eo easily wllat they
had 01' had not done "
"Well , Miss Brewster , what 1 tell you Is ,
of course , In confidence. 1 wouldn't whisper
Il to anybody else but I may say I have just
had an experience that klnll with some of
your very sharpest American boollkeeIJer , I
found that the books had been kept In , the
most ingenious way with the Intent to de-
celve The system had been going on for
years. "
" 101 IntercsUng And did you call In a
policeman ? .
"No This was one of the cases where a
policeman was not neces ary , The books
were kept with the object of showIng that
tD profits of the m-of the bllslness-had
been much greater than they really were.
I mar say that one of your American accountants -
countants hall already looked over the books ,
a'd , whether through Ignorance or carelessness -
ness , or tram a were motIve , he reported
them all rJlhl. They were not all right.
and the fact that they were not wi mean
the boa at a fortune to some people on your
sile 01 the water and tu saving of good
money to others on lY sIde. "
"Then I think your professIon must be a
very , Ilportant ono "
"We think so , : MIss Drowstel' 1 would
lIke to bE paid a percentage on the money
saved because of my report. " -
"And won't yotm ? "
"Unlortunately , no. "
, "I think that Is too bail I suppose the dim-
crepancy must have been small , or the AmerIcan -
Ican accountant would not have overlooked
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"I didn't say that he o\'erlooke It. Still ,
the size of a discrepancy does not make the
thifferemice . A small error Is as easily found
a" " n large one. This one was large. I suppose -
pose ) there Is no Ilarm In my saying that the
books , taking tlem : together , showed a prof
of 10,000 , when they should have shown a
loss of nearly half that amount. 'I hop\ no'
holly overhears mo. " \
"No : we are quie alone , and you may be
sum 1 wi not breathe a word of what you
have been toiling me " I
"non't breathe It to Kenyon , at least. lie '
woulll think ma Insane If he knew what I
have said "
"Is Mr. I\en'on an accountant , too ? "
"Oh , no Ito Is a mineralogist , lie can 10
Into amino and tell with reasonable cer-
taint ) . whether I will pay the workIng or
not. Of course , as ho says himself , any man
can see six feel Into the earth as well as he
can Jut It Is not every man that can gauge
time value of a working mlno as well as John
Kenyon. "
"Then , whie you were delvIng among the
flgures ( , your companIon was delving among
the minerals ? "
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"And did be make any such starting dls- '
ce\'ery as you dill 1"
"No ; rather the other way. Ito finds the
mines arc very goo properties , and he thInks
that I they are managed intelligently they
wIll le good paying In\'estments-that Is , at
a proper price , you know-not at what the
owners ask for them at present. limit you
can have no possIble Interest In these dry
detals , "
"Iulleed , you are mistaken I think what
) 'ou have told me Intensely Interesting "
For once In her life Miss Jennie Brewster
tel the exact truth The unfortunate man
at her mimic waR ilattered.
" 1 ' ol' whit I have told you , " he saId , "we
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were olterNI twIce what the London people
pay us for comIng out lmere In fact , oven
1010 than that. . We were asked to name
our 0\\ n 11rlce , "
"itcahly , nolV. fly the owners 01 the prop-
erty , I suppose , If you wouldn't tell on
tlmemmm ? "
"No. By one of your famous New York
newspall men. lie even went co far as to
steal the laPr8 ) that Ienyon had In Ottawa.
10 was cleverly caught thoUGh , before he
could tucks any usa 01 what le hall stolen ,
In fact , unless his people In New York had
the figures which were originally ; placed b-
fore the London Joard I doubt I my stat8-
tics wuld ha1 been at much use to him ,
O\'el I h , hall been allowed to keep them ,
The full significance of lY report w1 not
show Intl the figures I have given are com-
pared with th'o already In the hands of the
London people , whIch were vouched for as
correct by your clever American : accountant "
"You shouldu't run down an accountant
I Just because he Is an AmerIcan Perhaps
there will come a lIar , Mr . Wentworth , when
you will admit that there are AmerIcans \\ho
are more clever thAn either that accountant
or that newspaper mnami I 110n't thInk your
specimens are typical. "
"I don't 'run down , ' ns you cal It , the men ,
beeause they are Americans. I 'inn down'
the accountant because he was either , Ignorant -
rant or corrupt. I 'run down' the newspaper
man because he was a thlet. "
Miss Irewsler was silent for a few mo-
ments. She wa Impressing on her memory
what he hall said to her and was anxious to
get away , so that site could wrIte out In her
cabin exactly what had been toM her. The
sound of the lunch gong ! ' ; gave her the excuse
she needell , so. bidding her \'Ictln n pleasAnt
ali friendly farewell , she hurried from time
deck to her stateroom
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There was one lan on board the Caloric
to whom Wentworth hal taken an cxtreml
dislike. Ills name WAS Fleming , and he
claimed to be a New York polItician . As
none at his friends or enemies nsserle nny-
thing worse about him , It may be assumed
that I"lelln hall designated his occupation
correctly. Wentworth werq asked what he
most disliked about the man be , "oull ! probably -
ably have sid his offensive lamllarlty ,
hiemning seemed to think himsel a genial ,
good fellow , and he was Immensely popular
wih a certain cass In the smacking room.
lie was lavishly free wlh his invitations to
drink , and Ie always had I case of good
cigars In his pocket which ho bestowed with
great liberalIty. lie hall time habit of slap-
pIng a man boisterously emi the back amid
saying : "Well , old fellow , how orb you ?
how's things ? " lie usually confided to his
lsteners that ho was n s l-made man , had
landell at New York wihout a eelt In his
pocket , and look at him now
'entworth was Ie ) ' toward this man , ' but
frigidity hall no effect whatever on the ex-
IIhernt sllrls of the New York politician .
" 'Vei , alit man " crIed Fleming to 'ent-
worth , as li cale up 10 the later amid linked
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YOU EVIDENTLY DO NOT ThINK MY CONVlmSATIN WLL DE AT ALL
WORThLISTENING _ TO
we are having for winter time. "
"It Is good , " said \Ventworth .
"Good Isn't I Iorious ! ! Who wOlld have
tiiotmght ! ' ; when leaving New York In a snow
storm as we did , that we would run rllht
Into the heart 01 spring ? I hope you are cn.
joying your voyage ? "
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"I Im
"You ought to By the way , why are you co t
awful tand-o1Usht ? Is I natural , or merely
put on ' ! or thIs occasion only ? ' "
"I do not know what you mcan by 'stand-
otah . ' .
"You know very wel what I mean 'Why
do you pretend to be so stilt and formal wIth I
a fellow ? " wih
I "I . stilT and
am never stlt formal with any
one unless I do not desire his acquaintance "
Fleming laughed 1 loudly. "I suppose that's
a personal hint Well , It seems to me , ii
thIs excluslvness Is genuine , ' that \ you would
bo.more afraid ot nelspapet 'nqlo oty than oC
anything olse. "
"WilY do you may that ? "
'Itrcausa I can't , for time life of mne see
why you spend so much time with 'Dolly :
'Dol
Dmple . ' I am sure I don't know why she Is
bore , but I do know this , that you will be
served UII to the extent ot two or three col-
limns In the Sunday Argus as sure as you I
live , "
"I don't understand ) 'ou . "
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" 101 don't ? Why , I's plain enouh. You
sped all your time with her. " ,
"I do not even know of whom you are
sealdng "
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"Oh , como now , that's too ricii I It posl-
bin that you don't know that Miss JennIe
Drewster Is the one who writes those Sunday
articles under the slgnaturo ot 'Doily Dim.
plo' ? "
A strange fer came over 'entworth as
his companion mentioned the Argus , lie re
menihered It J. K . flyers's
lemberd as J. H\'ers's paper , but
when Fleming sid Ws Dreamier was a correspondent -
respondent of the Argus he was aghast.
1-1-1 don't think I quite catch your
me3nlng , " he stammeed ,
"Well , mr meanlng's easy enough to seo.
Hasn't she ever told you ? Then It shows she
wants to 10 you up on toast , You're not an
Jnllsh politician , are you ? You ha\'en't any
political secrets that Dolly wants to get at ,
have yo'.i ? Why , shin Is the greatest girl
there Is tr . the whole United State for lnd-
lug out just what a man doesn't want to have
known. You know the secretary of state"-
and hero Fleming went on to relate I won-
derfuily brilliant feat of "Dolly's , " but the ,
person to whom ho was talking had nolther
eyes nor ears. le herd nothing and he saw
nothing , '
"Dear me , " said Fleming , drawIng hlmsel
up and slapping the other on the back , "yoll
look perlecty dumfounded , I suppose I
oughtn't to have given Doily away Iko this :
but she pretended all along that mime dIdn't
know le , anti I've got oven with her. You
take lY advIce , and anything you don't want I
to see In prInt don't you tell ? lss Brewster '
that's all. Have " ! Drewster'l
al la\'e a cigar ? , ,
"No , thank you ? " replied ibo other , me-
clmanicaliy.
chanicaly. ,
"Better come In amid have a drInk "
"No , thank you , " I , ,
"Wel , so long , , Il see you later , "
"It can't be true. It can't be true , , 'ent-
worth repeated to himself wih deep conster-
nation , but still with some misgiving , warnS
Inc hIm that after all It might be true
With his & hands clasped behind him he
walked up 'and down , tryIng to collect hIm- :
self-trying to remember what he had told
and what he had not As ho walked along , ,
heeding nobody , a sweet \'olco Irom one of
the chairs thrIlled him , and he paused ,
" ' Mr. 'entworth what Is .
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wih you thIs mornIng ? You look as I you
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hall seen a ghost ,
Wentworth glanced at time reung woman I
seated In the haIr , who was gazing up
brightly ; al imimn
" \'ell , " he maid at 13SI. "I am not sure
but I hnvo seen n ghost. May I sit down
blshle you T"
"May you ? Why of course you may . I
sha1 bo Ilelghte,1 to have you I there
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an'thlng wrong ?
"I don't know Yes , I thInk there Is "
"We1. tell It to mime : Ilerhaps I can , help
yoim 1\ woman' wit you know What 19 I :
the trouble ? "
"May I ask you a tow questions , Mis
Irewltlr ? "
"CerlBlnly A thousand of them I you I
like : anti I \ ill answer thel all I I can "
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Irewste ; , I you are connected with any
newspaper ? "
los Brewster laughed her merry , silvery ,
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little laugh "Who told you ? Alit I I Bee
how It It' . I was that creature 'Iemlng.
I'l get even wIth him for this some day. 1
knew what otce he Is after , anll the lext
time ho wants n good notice from time Argus
h1 get It : see II ho don't I know some
tlrgs , about him that he would just as soon
not see In Ilrlnt. Why , what a fool the
lan Isl I suppose hI toll you out of revenge -
venge , because I wouldn't speak to him the
other c\'enlng. Never mlnll , I can afford to
walt. "
"Then-then , : Miss Drewster , It Is true ? "
"CertAinly It Is true : Is there anything
wRong nholt I ? I hOpe you don't think I Is
disreputable to belong \ a good newspaper ? "
"To a good newspaper , no ; to a bad newspaper -
paper , yes . "
"Oh , I don't think the Argus Is a ball news-
paper I pays mum wdl , "
"Then It Is to the Arus that you belong ? "
"Certainly , "
" IAY I ask , Miss 'Brewster , If there Is anything -
thing that I have spoken to you about that
you Intend to use In your paper ? "
Again Miss Browster laughed "I will be
perfectly frank wIth you I never tell n leI
-It doesn't pay ' Yes , The reason I ant
here Is because you are hero. I am Iwr 10
filul out what your report on those mines will
be , also what the repot 01 your friend will
be I have found oat
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you have thu9 obtined-i I lay say It-
under false "
pretcmiis 1" .
" : lly dear sir , ycu , are forgetting ) 'oursel
You must remember that you are talking to
n lady. "
"A lady ' cried Wentworth In hIs anguish.
"Yes , sir , a lady : and ) 'OU mllst be careful
how you talk to thus lady. There was no
false pretense about it. I you remember
What youm told le was In comi'ersatthn : I
Illdn't aslt ) for it. I didn't e\'en make
tie first advances toward your acquaintance. "
"But you must admit , Miss Drowster , that
It Is very unfair to get a man to engage In
what ho thluks , Is t n nrlvnln pnnt'erqntlnn . nnll
Innv.rsntnn.
then to pub sivh \ ; ( imas l - said , " _ _ _ ' _ 0-
"My dear sir , l that were the case , how
woulll we get anything for publication that
people dllln't want to be known ? Why , I
remember once , when Limo secretary of state- "
"Yes , " interrupted 'entworth , wearl )
Fleming told le that story. "
"Oh , did he ? " 'ell , I'm sure Im much
obliged ! ' ; to him , Then I need not repeat I , "
"Do you lean 10 say that you intend to
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send to the ( Argus for 'ublcaton what I have
toll yeti In confidence ? "
"Certainly. As I said before , that Is what
1 am here for Besides , there Is no 'In con-
fideneo' about It . "
"And yet you , pretend to be a truthful ,
honest , honorahle woman ? "
"I don't pretend It , 1 omit , "
"low much . truth , then Is there . In your
story that you are a 1110n lre's daughter
about to visit your father In Paris and accompany -
company him from there to the Ivler ? "
Miss Brewster laughed brigimtly . "Oh , I
Ilon't cal fibs that a person has to tell In
the way of business untruths. "
"Then probably you would not call what
Mr J. K. Rivers 01 your estimable paper dil
In Ottau'a dishonorable ? "
"Wel , hardl ) ' . I think Rivers was not
justfed In what he dId because he was un-
suceesslul , that Is nil. I'll bet a dollar I I
had got hell of those papers they would have
gone throllh to New York : but then 3. IC ,
Rivers Is only a stupid man , anti 10st men
arc stupid , " wIth a sIr glance at Went-
worth.
"I am wlln to admit that , Miss Drcw-
stem If you lean me. There never was n
10re stullid lan than 1 have been , "
" : Iy dear Mr. Wentworth , It wi do ) 'OU
ever so munch good If you come to a realza-
ton of that laet The trlllh Is , you take
yourself much too serIously. Now , It won't
hurt you a bit to have what 1 am going to
send publshell In the Argus , and 1 will help
mo a great deal Just you walt helo for mi
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few mnomnents " With that she thong her
book upon his lall , sprang lip and vanIshed
down the companionway. In a very short
time she reappeared with some sheets 01
paper In her hand
"NOIV , you see how lair and honest I am
going to be 1 al goIng to read you what I
have written . I there Is anything In It that
Is not true 1 wi very glat11y cut It out , nld
II there Is anything more to be added I shall
be very' glad to ad" It. Isn't tut lair ? "
Wentworth wimu sc confounded wIth the wo-
man's Impudence that'be could make no reply
She be':1 : to read : " 1y an unexampled
stroke of enterprise the Now York Argus IE
enabled this 10rlng to lay before Its read-
era a lu1 and exclusf'o account of the report
made by the two English specialists , Mr
George Wentworth and llr. John Kenyon ,
who were sent over by the London syndicate
to examine Into the accounts and Inquire
Into the true value at the mines 01 the Ot-
tawa rlverShe looked lip Irom the paper
and said with an aIr br friendly confidence :
"I shouldn't sendtiuit I 1 thought the peo-
I pie at the New York end would know enough
to write It themselves : hut as limo paper Is
edited by dull mUll and not by a sharp
I have to male them
woman , : pay 25 cents n
word for pulling their own enterprise Wl ,
togoon : -
" \Vimcn I Is remembered that the acton of
the London syndicate will depend entirely on
the report 01 the9 two gentlemen- "
"I wouldn't put It that way , " Interrupted
Wentworth In hIs desp3lr. "I would use th ?
word 'largely' for 'entirely. ' '
"Oh , thank you , " sid Miss : Drewster , cor-
dially. She placed the manuscript on her
knee , and with her pencil marked out the
word "entirely , " substituting the word
"largely. " The reading went on : "When I
Is remembered that the acton of tht London
syndicate wilt depend largely on the report
01 these two gentlemen the enterprise ot thc
Argus In getting this excusIve information
which may be Immediately cable to London
may be Imalned ( That Is the Ilrelminary ,
you see ; and , as I said , It wouldn't be neces-
mary to cable It I women were at the head
of affairs over thee , which they are not )
\Ir. : John Kenyon , the mining expert , has
\ 'ilted all the mineraI ranges along the 01- :
taw river , and his report ts that the mines
are \ory much what Is-claimed for them ; but
he thlnli they are not worked properly
although , with judicious management and
more careful mining , the properties can bo
made to pay good dl\'ldends 1I1r. George
&ntworth , who Is ono of the loading ae-
countants 01 London- "
"I wouldn't aay that , either , " groaned
George . "Just strike out the words groane
the leading accountants of London. ' '
"Yes ? " said Miss Brewster ; oand what !
shall 1 put In place of them ? " ,
"Put In place of them 'the stupidest
au In London. ' "
Miss Drewster laughed at that "No : I
shall put In wha I Irst wroteir. : . George
Wentworth , ono ot the leading accountants
at London , has tone through the books 01
the different mines , Jo has made some
startling dlsco\'erles The accounts ha\'e been
kept In such a way a to completely delude
Investors , and this fact will have a Ilowerful
effect on the minds of the London syndlcatl
The books of the
different mInes show a
profit of about UOOOOO , whereas the actual
facts of the case are that there has been an
al IU I loss of something like $100,000- "
"What's that-what's that ? " cried Went-
worth , sharply.
"Dollars , you know. You saId ! 20OOO. We
lint It dollars , don't you see ? "
"Oh " said Wentworth , relapsing agaIn.
" -Ono hundred thousand dollars - where
was I Oh , ) 'Cs. I Is claimd that
an Amerlcl : expert went over these books
before \Ir : Wentworth and that he assorted
they were alt right An explanation from
this gentleman will now bo In order , "
"There , " cried the young lady , "that Is the
substnnce 01 the thing. 01 course , 1 may
amply a little more before wo get to Queens-
town , so as 10 make ttem pay more money.
People don't value a. thing that doesn't cost
them dearly. How do you like I ? " Is It
correct ? "
"Perfectly correct answered the mIserable
young man.
"Oh , 1 am so glad you like I. 1 do love
to have things right , ' ?
"I didn't say 1 lilte I , "
"No , of course , you couldn't he expected to
Jar that , but I am glad you think It Is accu-
rate. I will add a note 10 the effect that you
think U I a gael ' resume of your report "
"Par lmeaven's sak , don't drag le Into the
matter , " ' crIed \Ventwortii
"Well , I won't It you don't want me to "
There was slenc lo a lew moments durIng -
log which the young woman seemed to be
adding commas and full stops to the MS on
her knee Wentworth cleared his threat two
Or three time. , but hll lips were 10 dry that
he could hardly sp ak. At last he said :
" \IS Brewster"how can I Induce you not
to send that front Queenslown 10 your
paper ? "
The young woman hooked up at hi with a
pleasant , brIght smile
"Induce mel Wh ) ' , you coullln't 10 It-
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Il couldn't be done. This wIll be one of the
greatest triumphs I have ever achieved ,
Think of I\'ers failing In I , and mo ac-
complshing Iti"
"Yes , I haVe thouFht of that . " replied the
young man , desllndently. "Now , perhaps
you don't know that the tul teport was
mailed from Ottawa to our house In London
and time moment wo get to Queenstown I will
telegraph my partners to put tIme report In
the lunds of the dIrectors ? "
"Oh , I know all about that , " replied Miss
Drewster ; "hilvers told ml Ha read the let-
ter that was enclosed with the documents
he took from your Irlend. Now have you
made any calculations about this \'oyag ? "
"Calculations ? I don't know what you
mean "
"Well , 1 mon just this : We wi probably
reach Queenslown on Saturday afternoon ,
This report , making an allowance for the difference -
lerenco In tim time , will appear In the Argus
on Sunday morning. Your telegram will
reach your house or your firm on Saturday
night , when nothing can bl done with It.
Monday morlng , before your report will
reach the directors , the substance of what
has appeared In the Argus 'wl bo In the
financial papers cabled over to London on
Sunltr might ! , Time frt thing your directors
will see ot It \1 be In the London financial
papers on Monday mernlng That's what 1
mean age " , : Mm- 'entworth , br calculating the voy-
Wentwor/ ! no more. He staggered to
his feet and made hIs way as best ho could
to the stateroom , groping 1:0 a blind man.
Thera he rat down with his head In his
hands , and there his friend Kenyon found
hIm ,
( To De ConlnueI , )
GOSSII AIOU'I' NO'lgJ 11 ( II.g.
lark TwaIn Is a close-knit , proluse-halred
man or quiet manner , with shaggy , protrudIng -
lug eyebrows and a drooping , sandy mous-
tache tInged with gray' He speaks l'lowly
, and measuredly , sometimes lingering over a I
word all then accelerating the speEd 01 the
next few so as to make up for the delay.
lie has a habit when talking 01 staring fixedly -
edly at some Imaginary ! ' ; object , as I ho had
got held 01 an Idea and was determined to
keep In sight 01 Il. When at home he lives
1\'es
next door to Harriet Deeeher Stowe , at Hart-
lord , Conn lie II land of walking , smokes
a corncob pipe and wears glasses. He Is
marrlell to an accomplshed wife. Ho Is
jnst GO.
EphirainsV. . Dul , who became famous as
the originator of the Concord grape , has just
died at his home In Coroard , Mal'J lie waD
born March 4 , 1806 The last two years he
had been In the Home for the Aged. He
orIginated the Concord grape about 1849 He
was a member of the senate , membEr 01 the
Social Circle antI a \'Cr' prominent 1ason , !
He was a past master 01 CorInthian Masonic ,
lodge 01 Concord. He was a man 01 very
strong will , great thought , wel read anti
\'ersCt In history. He was a member at the
Doanl ef Agriculture len ycan' and was alone
one time a selectman , Ho desired to live
until he could moo his new rapes ! ' ; on the
market. Some 01 the large Now York vineyards -
yards are cutting from them now One 01
these grapes he called Hoclwood , after JUdge
Hoar ; another the Esther , for hIs mother.
Labouefrere , whlo undergoing ! his I.lle.go
examination at Cmhrldge , noticed a number
of dohs prowling about In the hope of calch-
log some one chl'a\ng , So he hasty scrib'
bled a few words upon a sheet of paper , hid
It away under his blotter and ostentatiously
referred fa I from time to time , with a great
parade of looking furtively around to see
that nobody was looking , The trap was not
long In taking elecl , Argus thunderingly Inquired -
quired what he had got there "Oh , nothing
-at least , only a Piece of paper , " stammered
the IngenIous youth , provokingly But the
examiner was Inexorable. He insisted on
looking under the blotter and was rewarded
by reading In a large round hand thll ) words :
"You many bl clever , but you can't cat coke , "
I happen nearly hal a century ago , says
time Chicago Heeord : to be absolutely correct
during the perlous : times 01 1848. A son of
the launder 01 the house 01 Hothsehlld , either
Baron Anselm or Baron Solomon , was seated
In his private omco In Frankfort when he
heard I terrible commotion outsldo. Opening
t'le door of his room he asked the reason , and
was toll by the clerk , shailng like an alNn
leaf , that four fellows of most unpromising
aspect , smelling 01 stale beer and rank tobacco -
bacco , insisted on seeing him , the prIncipal .
"Show them In , " said the banker ; then ,
turning to the lour Intruders , he asked them
their bumimmesm ,
"Our hominess Is , " replied the sel.ecteI1 :
spokesman of the party , "that you are wallowIng -
lowIng In miions antI that we and the like
01 us ha\'en't got a stver , I II not fair "
"And what remedy do you propose to pul
an end to lat unsatisfactory state of things
Irom your poInt of view ? " was the query .
"The remed Is partition , " was the answer ,
whie all tour nssUnC a threatening attitude
and waved their flly musltets.
"At how much do yeu compute the fortune
of our house ? " Inquired the banlr
"Let us sy 40,000,000 01 Ilorlns , " chimed In
a sccoimd , probably the financier of the qUllr-
tct.
tct."I
"I orty millions of forms ? Very wel , let's
take that figure Wc'l son get ! ' ; at each
one's share , for there happens 10 be just about
40,000,000 of people In the states 01 Uw diet
That maltcs a florin elch Hero's your share
- florins-and now you had better muke
yourselves scarce. "
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A Newport correspondent of the Boston
TranscrIpt says : "Captain Mahan has been
delIvering a series of lectures upon ttrategr
at the Naval War college for the last ten
days , and nethlng he has ever done has sur-
passed them Ln briiancy , . . . lie re-
celvcs great attention from the "middle class"
11eoplcIor , ridiculous 'S It mnay sound , mind
deeply a9 they mlY resent I , there Ie a middle -
die class , compared wih the reigning ! ' ; families
here , But as far as these peollle are con-
corned , Captain ltahan docs not oxlst. I Is
a revelation 01 one or thl queerest phases or
Newport life that this man , so renowned In
Europe as well as In title country , who has
been the guest 01 queens and emperors , should
come hero and receive no attention whatever
from the really Important people , who probably -
ably never heard of him "
,
"hlerreshoft" Is a name with only a 1m-
item amount of Yankee twang to I , says lIar-
lar-
per's Wcellly , but the lerreshols ha\'e been
New Englanl1ers for more than a century ,
anti -o as fully ( ' : ted ] to rank as Yankee
ns I they were Adamses' or l'errys Charles
Frederick Ierreshor eamo from Germany In
1790 antI ! eted al a farm on Prudence
Island [ In NarrJranset bar. Captain "Nal"
ilerreshoff , who was ehrstned "Nathaniel
Greene , " It one of the nine children oC
Charles Frederick's son I Is of him that
Mr Hale ) ' , the Drltsh sail maker , who
called on the Vdlyrlo , raid : "lierresitoif 15
a genius ! and has masteretl I itil . lie is ( not
only a naval architect and designer , but an
engineer as well . " Whether Captain Nat
has "mastered It all , " or whether the per-
tected ability to build yachts Is the resul at
the comllned knowledge ant talent of all the
available lerre.hol brothers , Is a question
of Interest , but not of great Importance fa
long as the yachts are built. Three of the
brothers are blind , and the head 01 the busi
ness concern at Bristol Is tim cheat of thel ,
John Brown lIc.resho101 the blind !
brothers bring their wits to bear on such a
lulness aI boat buiding Is a mystery to all
I ellg people , nOd continues to he almost
as great ! ' ; a 1)'stery aftem' their methods 01
work have been cxpialxmc'd .
Nicola Tesla , the electrician , Is one of the
most modest and retiring young len 01
achievements In this city , says the New
York Sun , all reports that he has Immense
wealth which has reached Senla recently
ha\'o IIndoubtellly amused ! himmi . ! r , Tesla
Is willing 10 talk for publication at rare In-
ter\'al and when he toes he says thmlmugm ! ' ; that
are worth rcdln ! lie docs not court pub-
lciy , however In appearance he h tall amid
slhn , wtth dane complexion and thoulhtlul
eyes , lie dresses Iulety [ , amid 118ualy lit
darlt colors Ho Is Irequenty Counll at thin
l'layers' club In tIme evening . mind he Is a
good lstener , Time reports 01 the Rtartlnl
economics : that he hOPNI to bring about In
lImo production 01 power have leen carried
tJ Serla , anti they have grown In transit
Some of his young felow countrnen have
taken It for granted Ihat he ' was already '
cnjo'lng the untolll ' millions that , according
to these vague rUlers , he hope" to save by
his new inventions , anti they have wrItten
letters to him on tie subject Some 01
these letters have IIrKe11 hll 10 devote Il
part of his Immense lortune to 11a'lnl I
the Ser\lnn natonal debt , and to further a
low phlanlhroplcal scheme that are cut-
lined for ( his conshleraton , Mr. Tnll , how-
ever , Is a very busy young man , anti he
' little attemmtion to t'ttrlm letter
pays very IUle aUenton turh Itlf'
Just at prEset ! he Is equipping a new lah r 1
tory , anel he Is more hrttCre5Ie " In t tha'
In the Sen'lan national debt
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I II" UI tiN Siiit'Im til11 ,
Mr. Froth Miller : \ 01 Irving , Ill " . wrlr Iha'
he had a severe kidney trouble for many
years , with severe pains In hIs buck anti aha
that hIs bladder was allectlll lie tried musty ,
10 called kllne cures , hut without tiny In 'I , I
results . About a year ago he hj11 nil ot
Electric Bitters and found r'lef nonce '
Eectrle flitters Is especially ai.p'ril ' ! to "ur
of all kidney antI liver treubleB and al ' '
gIves almost Instant relel , On tn'l 1 \ I
prove our statemepl Price only 1" . At
lCuhn , Co.'s dru ItofO.
Co.s druB
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THE DOCTOR'S lmU IN.
S. i. I" , TopplU-\m nmlCle,1 ' 'k1i r.zem/
nail advise tchiimmg ( . aenmutt'mim ali over m ) ' loy. le1 .
'hl'co times t day lulo three dl'ops ) ot '
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'rhYJ'oldino , extract or the ThYI'iod 'I
GJahl , on the touguo. Apply Bozcml-
ettm'c lS dim'cctod and twice n week , I i
tCIOOUfll of Nittlst'oilthIc Salts iu halt '
tl1blcI hot wutol' , hietlf-Iioumm' boor (
uI'culrl&t. HOOt lu lii m'ce s'oelcm.
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n. 1" , New Yorlc-Am troublcI withm vahi'uiar
twal trouble , anti ur Iruullll ' wih . valvular
'i'ithe . Cm'llle I , extme I : con8tI'al I I lien ii , In
thiI'l'e'tlrtl ) doses the
Ihroo.II'oll au tougue , tncl
tme ; dll ' . 'J'wlce I week 1 dose at
Xlthllthlc Salts . Avoll exclomclt
t imid over . exerllon.
lul O\'ol'.excrtol.
lr. : \alouo ' , Now York.-I'ol the
ltomach tlullc use 1lthlllllc Sll .
A tenSIJoouful ) . lu hai I IUlllol'ul oC
hot vntet' bolt 11 hmotli' herm'e ! roll.fISt.
twloe a wccl. State SrlllloUl1 mnor
clearly ; give Ille lull imuidress. 1010
O. " ' . 1 , ' . , lirookb'mm-Stnte s3'imsptoma
fully , seul ulme amid 1111'cssi ] ; will a.
\Iso hr mail .
c. PAIlG DROWN , A. M. , 11 D. ,
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THE ANIMAL EXTHACTS
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