VOL. XXXIY
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fj Five Day Special Sale of DRY |
S GOODS Commencing on 5
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Uk for Themselves. Qk
Heavy Bleached Crash, worth 6c at 3c
K Pure Linen Crash, worth 8c at 5c
7c Unbleached .Muslin ..*. at 4,'ic
A Best Lancaster Gingham at 5c
JQ 25c Red Table Linen at 16c
V) 35c Table Linen at 24c
JQ $1 25 Table Linen at S4C
jJk All Best Calicoes at 5c Ub
Dress Goods Bargains. &
fi 00 Silk Finish Henrietta at 56c JK
20 75c Scotch Tweeds , at 49c jpk
50c Moliairs and Plaids at 29c fl)
Sk 25c Novelty Dress Goods at 15c
(R All Fancy Silks, former prices, $1 to $1 50 go at 68c Mr
U Thousands of Other Bargains in Dress Goods.
S Cut Prices on Corsets. 5
S Dr. Warner's |i 00 Coralline Corsets at 75c
(K " $1 25 Health Corsets at 98c (fr
U " $1 35 Nursing Corsets at $1 15
K " $1 75 Abdominal Corsets at f 1 25
U All Leading Makes of Corsets and Waists in Stock.
S JWAbove is but a sample of the sweeping reductions
made all through the stock.
g fg-Big Bargains in Bed Spreads, Blankets, Underwear,
K Hosiery, Napkins, etc.
W gain Sale without a parallel in the Dry Goods W
m trade of Butler. &
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Uk and ends Saturday Night, January 16. S
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THE HIf^ESS
of thef^;W'iine.
•rAWeman Intervenes.
[Copyright. 1895. Dv Robert Karr I
CIIAPTEK XII.
Although Miss Jennie I'.rev.ster ar
rived in London angry with the world
in general, and with several of its in
habitants in particular, she soon begun
to revel in the delights of the great cit\
It was so old that it was new to her, an '
she visited Westminster Ablxy and
other of its ancient landmarks hi rapid
succession. The cheapness of the lia
sonis delighted her, and she spent most
of her time dashing around in a cab.
She put up at one of the big hotels, an 1
ordered ninny new dresses at a place
in liegcut street. She bought most of
the newspapers morning ami evening,
and declared she could not find an in
teresting article in the whole assort
ment. From her point of view they
were stuphl and unenterprising, and
she resolved to run down the editor of
one of the big dailies w hen sin got time,
interview him, and discover how he
reconciled it with his conscience to gei
out so dull a sheet every day.
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that London, though a slow town, was
full of good material, and that nobody
had touched it in the writh.-g line s'i:"
Dickens' time; therefore she j.rop sed
to write a series of articles on the me
tropolis that would wake them up n
Lit. The editor cabled her to go ahead,
and she went. Her adventures wiJ 1
form the subject of some future chap
tcrs.
Kenyon and Wentworth, having set
tled to the satisfaction of all concerned
the business that lufft taken f- m to
Oinada, now turned their attei :n to
the mine 011 which they had a three
months' option of purchase. Kenyon er
timated that, the property worked as a
mica mine alone would pay a handsome
dividend 011 £.10,000. while if a poo.l
market was to be had for the spar in
which tha mica was found, the in!nt
would be cheap at £200.000. liesaidto
Wentworth, however, that as the;.
were to pay only £20,000 for the prop
ertj', it seemed hardly fair to ■?
price to ten times that amount.
"Not a bit of it, John," said Went
worth, who was a practical man. "If
the mine will pay a good dividend on
that amount, then that is the right
price for it. Now, we haven't any time
to lose, so we must get to work. The
first thing to do is to take these speci
mens of spar to some man who knows
all about china manufacture, and find
what demand there is for it in thlis
country, and at what price. That 1 will
attend to. The next thing is to ge*
some good man who understands all
about the formation of companies to
join us. You spoke about the mine to
young Longworth on board ship, ana
his name would be a great help to us 1u
the city. You go and see him, and in
terest him in the project if you can.
When these two tasks are accomplished,
we shall have made an excellent begin
ning."
Wentworth was an energetic man,
who did not allow the grass to grow un
der his feet, ne speedily discovered that
a Mr. Melville was manager and par*
owner of one of the largest china es
tablishments in the country, with
offices in London, and this man he
o + ajc- to radio, iv liO Z i tixy nntfc
him some of the specimens of spa*.
"I want to know," he said to Melville,
"if you use this material in the nialdn«
of china. Is there mueli of u market
for it, and at what price?"
Melville turned the specimen over and
over in his hand, examining it critically.
His great knowledge of his own busi
ness enabled him to instantly recognize
the value of the material, but his face
showed 110 eagerness or enthusiasm.
When he spoke it w as not to answer the
questions, but to ask some 011 his own
account.
"Where does this come from?"
"From a mine in America."
"Is there much of it there?"
"I control a mountain of it."
"Really. You are canvassing for or
ders, perhaps."
"No. I intend to form a company for
the working' of that mine."
"What price are you asking' for the
property? Is the mine in operation, or
is it merely projected?"
"It is in operation; that is, it is being
operated as a mica mine, but my part
ner, Kenjon, who is a mining engineer,
says this is more valuable than the
mica. We are asking a 200,000 for the
mine."
"That is a very large sum," ssiid Mel
ville, placing the specimen on the desk
before him. "I doubt if you will get
it."
"Well, we expect to get it. Kenyon is
at this moment with Mr. I-ongworth,
who spoke of joining us. Longworth's
objection was that the sum asked was
too siuall."
"Old John Longworth is a good man
to be associated with in a scheme of this
kind."
"I am speaking of his nephew, Wil
liam Longworth."
"Ah! that is not quite the same thing.
I know both uncle and nephew. Did
you wish me to take stock in the com
pany?"
"I should be delighted to have you do
so, but what I called for was to find out
what you thought of this specimen, and
to get an idea of the demand there was
for it."
"Well, candidly, I don't think much of
it. You see this kind of spar is one of
the most common thiugs in nature."
"But not in that state of purity, sure
ly?"
"l'erhaps not, but still pure enough
for our purposes. If you will leave this
specimen with me 1 will consult the
manager of our works. lam merely
giving you my own impression; he will
be able to offer you a more definite
opinion. If you will leave your address
with me I will ask him to write to you.
That will be more satisfactory."
This was somewhat disappointing,
but Wentwortli had to make the best of
it, and the letter from the manager,
when it ultimately came, was even more
discomforting. The manager of the
works asserted that the specimen sub
mitted to him was of no commercial
value, so far as he was able to judge.
Meanwhile Kenyon had fared no bet
ter with young I.ong-wort.h. Long
worth had some, dilliculty in recollect
ing that he had ever met Kenyon on
shipboard or anywhere else, and he had
no remembrance of the mine at all.
He questioned John until he learned all
the engineer knew about the matter,
and then told his visitor abruptly that
the scheme did not commend itself to
him.
John Kenyon walked along Cheap
side feeling very much downhearted
over his rcbulT with Longworth. The
pretended forget fulness of the young
man, of course, he took at its jiroper
value, lie, nevertheless, felt very sorry
the interview hail been so futile, and in
stead of going back to Wentwortli and
telling him his experience he thought
| it best to walk olf a little of his disap
pointment first. lie was somewhat
startled when a man accosted l.irn and,
glancing 1 up. he saw standing there a
tall footman, arrayed in a gray coat
that came donE to his lieels.
"I beg your pardon, sir," said the foot
man, "bat Mhs Longworth would lil;e
to si eak to you."
"Miss longworth!" said Kenyon, in
surprise. "Where is she?"
"She is here in her carriage, sir."
The carriage had drawn up beside the
pavement, and John Kenyon looked
round in confusion to see that Miss
Longwortli was regarding him and the
footman with an aroused air. An eld
erly woman sat in the carriage opposite
her, while a grave and dignified coach
man, attired somewhat similarly to the
footman, kept his place like a seated
statue in front. John Kenyon took off his
hat as he approached the young wom
an, whom he had not seen since the last
day on tlie steamer.
"now are you, Mr. Kenyon?" said
Edith I.ongworth, brightly, holdingo .
her lis. ■.d to thi young man by lier ur
riage. "Will you not step in? 1 vant
to talk to you. and I am afraid the polic<=
will not allow us to block such a crowd
ed thoroughfare as Cheapside."
As she said this the nimble footman
threw open the door of the carriage,
while John, not knowing what to say,
stepped inside and took his seat.
"Hilborn," said the young woman to
the coachman; then, turning to Ken
yon, she continued: "Will you not tell
me where you arc going, so that I may
know where to -sctVou down?'*
"To tell you the truth," said John, "I
do not think I was going anywhere. I
am afraid I have not jet got over the
delight of being back in London again,
so 1 sometimes walk along the streets
in rather a purposeless manner."
"Well, you did not look very delighted
when I first caught sight of you. I
though you were most dejected, and that
gave me courage enough to ask you to
com© and talk to me. I said to myself,
there is something wrong with the
mica mine, and, with a woman's curiosi
ty, I w anted to know all about it. Now
tell me."
"There is really very little to toll.
We have hardly begun yet. Wentworth
is to-day looking over the figures 1
gave him, and I have been making a be
ginning by seeing some people who, I
thought, might be interested in the
mine."
"And were they?"
"No; they were not."
"Then that was the reason you were
looking so distressed."
"I suppose it was."
"Well, now, Mr Kenyon. if you get
discouraged after an interview with the
•* How are you, Mr. KeuyenP" said Edith
first person you think will be interested
in the mine, what will you do when a
dozen or more people refuse to have any
thing to do with it?"
"I'm sure X don't know. lam afraid
I am not the right person to float a
mine on the London market. I am
really a student, you see, and flatter my
self 1 am a man of science. X know
what I am about when I am in a mine,
miles away from civilization; but w hen
I get among men I feel somehow at a
loss. Ido not understand them. When
a man tells me one thing to-day, and to
morrow calmly forgets all about it, I
confess it—well —confuses me.'
"Then the man you have seen to-day
has forgotten what he tcld you yester
day. Is that the ease?"
"Yes; that is partly the case."
"But, Mr. Kenyon, the success of your
project is not going to depend upon
what one man says, or two, or three, is
it?"
"No; I don't suppose itis."
"Then, if I were you, I would not feel
discouraged because one man has for
gotten. 1 wish I were acquainted with
your one man, and 1 would make him
ashamed of himself, 1 think."
KenVon flushed as she said this, but
made no reply.
The coachman looked round as he
came to Ilolborn, and Miss Longworth
nodded to him, so he went on, without
stopping, up into Oxford street.
"Now, I take a great interest in your
mine, Mr. Kenyon, and hope to see you
succeed with it. 1 wish I could help
you, or, rather, I wish you would be
frank with me, and let me know how I
can help you. I know a good deal
about city men and their ways, and I
think I may be able to give you some
good advice, at least, if you will have
the condescension to consult me."
Again Kenyon flushed. "\ou arc
making game of me now, Miss Long
worth. Of course, as you said on ship
board, it is but a very smail matter."
"I never said any such thing. When
did 1 say that?'
"You said that £50,000 was a small
matter."
"Did I? Well, I am like your man who
has forgotten; I have forgotten that.
I remember saying something about it s
being too small an amount for my lath
er to deal with. Was not that what I
said?"
"Yes, I think that was it. It conveyed
the idea to my mind that you thought
£50,000 a very trifling sum indeed."
Kdith Longworth laughed. "What
a terrible memory yov. have! Ido not
wonder at your city man forgetting.
Are you sure what you told him did not
happen longer ago than yesterday?"
"Yes, it happened some time before."
"Ah, I thought so. I am afraid it is
your own terrible memory, and not his
forgetfulness, that is to blame."
"Oh, 1 am not blaming him at all. \
man has every right to change his mind,
if he wants to."
"I thought only a woman had that
privilege."
"Xo; for my part, I freely accord it
to everybody; only sometimes it is a lit -
tie depressing."
"I can imagine that. In fact, I think
no one could be a more undesirable ac
quaintance than a man who forgets to
day what he promised yesterday, espe
cially if anything particular depended
upon it. Now, why cannot you comf to
our house some evening and have a
talk about the mine with my cousin or
my father? My father could give you
much valuable advice in reference to il,
and 1 am anxious that my cousin should
help to carry this project on to iuccess.
It is better to talk with them there
than at their ollice, because they are
both so busy during the day that I am
afraid they might not be able to give
the time necessary to its discussion.
John Kenyon shook his head. "I am
arrant. utrNim, timi uuiiiu no no
I do not think your cousin cares to have
anything to do with the mine."
"How can yon say that? Hid he not
discuss the matter with you ou board
ship?"
"Yes; we had some conversation
about it there, but I imagine that—-1
really do not think he would care to go
any farther with it.'
"Ah, I see," said Kdith Longwortli.
"My cousin is the man who 'forgot to
day what he said yesterday.* "
"What am I to say. Miss Longwortli?
1 do not want to say 'Yes,' and I cannot
truthfully say 'No.* "
"You need say nothing. I know ex
actly how it has been. So he does not
want to have anything to do with it?
What reason did he give?"
"You will not say anything to him
about the matter? 1 should be very
sorry if he thought that I had talked to
anyone else in reference to it."
"Oh, certainly not; I will say nothing
to him at all."
"Well, he gave no particular reason;
he simply seemed to have changvd his
mind. Hut I must, say this, he did not
appear to be very enthusiastic about it
when 1 talked with him on board ship."
"Well, you see, Mr. Kenyon, it rests
with me now to maintain the honor of
the Longworth family. Do you want
to make all the profit there is to be made
in the mica mine—that is yourself and
your friend, Mr. Wentworth?"
"How do you mean 'All the profit ?"
"Well, 1 mean —would you share the
profit with anybody?"
"Certainly, if that person could help
us to form the company."
"Very well; it was on that basis you
were going to take in my cousin as a
partner, was it not?"
"Yes,"
"Then 1 should like to share in the
profits of the mine if he does not take
an interest in it. If you will let me pay
the preliminary expenses of forming
this company, and if you will then give
me a share of what you make, I shall be
glad to furnish the money you need at
the outset."
John Kenyon looked at Miss Long
worth with a smile. *'You are very in
genious, Miss Long-worth, but 1 ean see,
in spite of your way of putting it, that
what you propose is merely a form of
charity. Suppose we did not succeed in
forming our company, how could we re
pay you the money?"
"You would not need to repay the
money. I would take that risk. It is,
in a way, a sort of speculation. If you
form the company, then I shall expect
a very large reward for furnishing the
funds. It is purely selfishness on my
part. I believe I have a head for busi
ness. Women in thus country do not get
such chances of developing their busi
ness talents as they seem to have in
America. In that country there are
women who have made fortunes for
themselves. I believe in your mine, and
I believe you will succeed in forming
your company. If you, or if Mr. Went
worth, were capitalists, of course, there
would be 110 need of my assistance. If
I were alone I could not form a com
pany. You and Mr. Went worth can do
what I cannot do. You can appear before
the public and attend to all prelimi
naries. On the other band I believe I
can do what neither of you can do; that
is, I can supply a certain amount of
money each week to pay the expenses
of forming the company; because a
company is not formed in London for
nothing, I assure you. Perhaps you
think you have simply to go and see a
sufficient number of people and get
your company formed. 1 fancy you
will find it not _so easv as all
that. TTeslfies' This I>tlstTl? T ss TOTtT
est I have in it, I have a very friend
ly interest in Mr. Wentworth." As she
said this, she bent over toward John
Kenyon and sj>oke in a lower tone of
voice. "Please do not tell him so, be
cause I think that lie is a young man
who has possibilities of being coneeit
td."
"I shall say nothing about it," said
Kenyon, dolefully.
"I'lea.se do not. By the way, I wish
you would give me Mr. Wentworth's
address, so that 1 may communicate
with him if a good idea strikes me, or
if I find out anything of value in form
ing our company."
Kenyon took out a card, w rote the ad
dress of Wentworth upon it, auif hand
ed it to her.
"Thank you," she said. "You see I
deeply sympathized with Mr. Went
worth for what he had to pass through
on the steamer."
"lie was very grateful for all you did
for him on that occasion," replied Ken
yon.
"I am glad of that. People, as a gen
eral thing, are not grateful for what
their friends do for them. I am glad,
therefore, that Mr. Wentworth is an
exception. Well, suppose you talk
with him about what I ha\e said before
you make up your own mind. I shall
be quite content with whatever share
of the profits you allow me."
"Ah, that is not business. Miss Long
worth."
"No, it is not; but 1 am dealing with
you—that is, with Mr. Wentworth—in
this matter, and I am sure both of you
will do what is right. Perhaps it would
be better not to tell him who is to fur
nish the money. Just say you have met
a friend to-daj who offers, for a rea
sonable share of the profits, to supply
all the money necessary for the prelim
inary expenses. You will consult with
him about it, will you not?"
"Yes, if it is your wish."
"Certainly it is my wish; and I also
wish you to do it so nicely that you
will conceal my name from it more suc
cessfully than you concealed my
cousin's name from me this afternoon."
"I am afraid I am very awkward,"
said John, blushing.
"No, you are very honest, that is all.
You have not become accustomed to
the art of teliing whut is not true.
Now, this is where we live. Will you
come in?"
"Thank you, 110; I'm afraid not," said
John. '"I must really be going now
"Let the coachman take you to your
station."
"So, no, it is not worth the trouble;
it is only a step from here."
"It is 110 trouble. Which is your
station, South Kensington?"
"Yes."
"Very well. Drive to South Kensing
ton station, Parker," she said to the
coachman; and then, running up the
steps, she waved her hand in good-by
us the carriage turned.
And so John Kenyon, without the
price of the carriage and horses to his
name, dro\e in this gorgeous equipage
to the underground station and took
the train for the city.
As he stepped from the carriage -it
South Kensington, young Longworth
came out of the station on his way
home, and was simply dumfounded to
see Kenyon in the Longworth's car
riage.
John passed him without noticing
who it was, ami just as the coachman
was going to start again, Longworth
said to him:
"Parker, have you been picking up
fares in the street?"
"Oh, no, sir," replied the respectable
Parker, "the young gentleman as just
left us came up from the city with Miss
Longworth."
"Did he, indeed ? Where did you pick
him up, Parker?"
"We picked him tip in Chenpside,
sir."
"Ah, very pood. I will just step in
side," and with that, muttering some
imprecations on the cheek of Kenyon,
he Btepped into the carriage and drove
home.
CHAPTER Xin.
The «.•: —e that uo matter under
what circumsu.. - -rr Longworth
and Kenyon had L.s. . . '"rnier
would have disliked the latin. Al
though strong friendships are formed
between people who are very much un
like, still it must not be forgotten that
equally strong hatreds have arisen be
tween people merely because they are
of opposite natun*. Xo two young men
could have been more unlike each other,
and as Longworth recalled the different
meetings he. had had with Kenyon, he
admitted to himself that he disliked the
fellow extremely. The evident friend
ship which his cousin felt for Kenyon
added a bitterness to this dislike that
was rapidly turning it into hate. How
ever, he calmed down sufficiently on go
ing home in the carriage to know that
it was better to say nothing about her
meeting with Kenyon unless she in
troduced the subject. After all, the
carriage was hers, not his, and he recog
nized that faet. lie wondered how much
Kenvon had told her of the interview at
his uncle's office. He flattered himself,
however, that he knew enough of v.om
en to be sure that she would very speed
ily refer to the subject, and then he
hoped to find out just how much had
been said. To his surprise, his cousin
said nothing at all about the matter,
neither that evening nor the next morn
ing, and consequently he went to his
office in rather a bewildered state of
mind.
On arriving at his room in the city In
found Melville waiting for him.
Melville shook bands with young
I.ongworth and, taking a mineral spec
imen from his pocket, placed it on the
joung man's desk, saying:
"J suppose you know where that
comes from?"
Longworth looked at it in a bewil
dered sort iif way, turning it round and
round in his hand.
"I haven't the slightest idea, really."
"No? I was told you were interested
in the mine from which this was taken.
Mr. Wentworth called 011 me yesterday
and gave your name as one of those who
were concerned with the mine."
"Ah, yes. I see; yes, yes, I have—some
interest in the mine."
"Well, it is about that I came to talk
with you. Where is the mine situated
"It is near the Ottawa river, I believe,
some distance above Montreal. lam
not certain about its exact position, but
it is somewhere in that neighborhood."
"I thought by the way Wentworth
talked it was in the United States. He
mentioned another person as being his
partner in the affair. I forgot his
name."
"John Kenyon, probably." _
"Kenyon! Yes, I think that was the
name. Yes, lam s'ure it was. Now
may I ask what is your connection wit h
that mine? Are you a partner of
Went worth's and Kenyon's? Are you
the chief owner of the mine, or is the
mine owned by them?"
"In the first place, Mr. Melville, I
should like to know why you ask me
these questions."
Melville laughed. "Well, I will tell
you. We should like to know what
Chance there is of our getting a eon
trolling interest in t'*e mine. That is
very frankly put, isn't it?"
by 'we?' Who else besides yourself?
"By 'we' I mean the china company
to which I lx*lor.g. This mineial m
useful in making china. That I.suppose
you know."
"Yes, I was aware of that," answered
Longworth, although he heard it now
for the first time.
"Very well, then: 1 should like to
know who is the owner of the mine."
"The owner of the mine at present
is some foreigner, whose name and ad
dress I do not know. The two young
men you speak of have an option on
that mine for a certain length of time:
how long I don't know. They have
been urging me to go in with them to
form a company for the floating of
that mine, for £200.000. on the London
market."
"He mentioned £200,000," said Mel
ville. "It struck me as rather a large
amount.."
"Do yon think so? Well, the objec
tion I had to it was that it was t'-o
small."
-*lt seems to me the young men have
an exaggerated idea of the value of
this mineral if they think it will pay
dividends on £200,000."
"This mineral is not all there is in
the mine. In fact, it is already paying
a dividend on £ 50,000 or thereabouts
because of the mica in it. It is beinp
mined for mica alone. To tell the
truth, I did not know much about the
other mineral."
"And do you think the mine is worth
£200,000?"
"Frankly, I do not.'"
"Then why are you connected with
it?"
"I am not connected with it—at leasr,
not definitely connected with it. I
have the matter under consideration.
Of course, if there is anything approach
ing a swindle in it, 1 shall have nothing
to do with it. It will depend largely
upon the figures that the young men
show me whether I have anything to
do with it or not."
"I see; I understand your position."
Then, lowering his voice, Melville leaned
over toward young Longworth and
said: "You are a man of business.
Now I want to ask you what would
be the chance of our getting the mine
at something like, the origina. option
price, which is, of course, very much
less than £200,000? We do not want
to have too many in it. In fact, if you
could get it for us at a reasonable rate,
and did not care to be troubled with
the property yourself, we would take
the whole ourselves."
Young Longworth pondered a mo
ment, and then said to Melville:
"Do you mean to freeze out the other
two fellows, as they say in America?"
"I 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 as
possible."
"Exactly. I see what you mean. Well,
I think it can be done. Are you in ar.y
very great hurry for the mine?"
"Not particularly. Why?"
"Well, if things are worked rightly, I
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 a little danger in
that? They may form their company
?n the meantime, and then we should
lose everything. Our interest in the
matter is as much to prevent anyone
getting hold of the mine as to get it
ourselves."
"I see. I will think it over. I believe
it can be done without much risk; but,
of course, we shall have to be reason
ably quiet abont the matter."
"Oh, certainly, certainly."
"Very pood. I will see you again
after 1 have thought over the affair,
and we can come to some arrange
went."
"I may say that our manager liar,
written a note to Wentworth saving
that this mineral is of no particular
use to us."
"Exaatly." said young Longworth.
with a look of intHligei.ee.
"So, of course, in speaking with
Wentworth about tlie matter, it is just
as well not to mention us in any way."
"I shall not «lo so."
"Very well. 1 will leave the matter
in your hands for the present."
"Yes; do so. I will think it over this
:.ftemoon, and probably see Wentworth
and Kenyon to-morrow. There is no
immediate hurry, for I happen to know
they have not done any thing yet."
With that Mr. Melville took liis leave,
and young Longworth paced up am!
down the room, evolving a 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 sny
something about. Kenyon. but h? 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 I jemember them? Certainly."
"Well, do you know they had a min
ir.g property for sale?"
"Yes."
"I have Ix-en thinking about it. To
U'll the truth. Kenyon called at my of
•• Edith, do you remember Keayou and Went
worth who were aboard the •teamerP"
fice a day or two ago, and at that time,
not having given the subject much
thought, I could not give him any en
couragement; but I have been ponder
ing over it since, and have almost con
cluded to help them. What do yon
think about it?"
"Oh, I think it would be an excellent
plan. I am sure the property is a good
one, or John Kenyon would have
nothing: to do with it. 1 shall write a
note to them, if you think it best, in
viting them up here to talk to you
r.bout it."
"Oh. that will not be necessary atal'.
1 do not want people to come here to
talk business. My office is the proper
place."
"Still, we met them in a friendly way
on board the steamer, nnd 1 think it
would be nice if they would come her"
home evening and talk over the matter
with you."
"I don't believe in introducing busi
ness into a person's home. Thiß would
be purely a business conversation, and
it may as well take place at my office..
" T , He—has one, as I
suppose he has.
"Oh, certainly; his address is—"
"Oh, you know it, do you?"
Edith blushed as she realized what
f;he had said; then she remarked: "It
there any harm in my knowing the
business address of Mr. Wentworth?"
"Oh, not at all—not at all. I merely
wondered how you happened to know
his address when I didn't."
"Well, it doesn't matter how I know
it. I am glad you are going to join
him, and I am sure you will be success
ful. Will you see them to-morrow ?"
"I think so. I shall call on Went
worth and have a talk with him about
It. Of course we may not be able to
come to a workable arrangement. If
not, it really does not so very much
matter. But if I can make satisfactory
terms with them, I will help them to
form their company."
When Edith went to her room sh»
wrote a note. It was addressed to
tieorge Wentworth in the city, but
above that address was the name of
John Kenyon. She said:
"DEAR MR. KENTON: I felt certain at
the time you spoke, although I said nothing
of It, that my cousin was not so much at
fault in forgetting: his conversation as you
thoupht. We had a talk to-night about
the mine, and when he calls upon you to»
morrow, as he Intends to do, I want you
to know that I said nothing whatever to
him about what .vou said to me. He men
tioned the subject first. I wanted you to
know -his, because you might feel embar
rassed when you met him, by thinking I
had sent him to you. That is not at alt
the case. He goes to you of his own ac
cord, and I am sure you will find his assist
ance in forming a company very valuable.
I am glad to think you will be partners.
Yours very truly, EDITH LONOWORTH."
Sne gave this letter to her maid to
post, and young Longworth met the
maid in the hall with the letter in her
hand. He somehow suspected, after the
foregoing conversation, to whom the
letter was addressed.
"Where are you going with that?"
"To the post, sir."
"I am going out.; to save you the
trouble, I will take it."
After passing the corner, he looked at
the address on the envelope; then he
swore to himself a little. If he had
been a villain in a play he would have
opened the letter; but he did not. He
merely dropped it into the first pillar
box he came to, and in due time It
reached John Kenyon.
[TO BE COXTIXCBD.]
He lYai Not Handsome.
Crimsonbeak —What's the matter
with your friend Muggs?
Yeast—Oh, his face troubles blm.
"Well, I should think it would."—
Yonkers Statesman.
Enough Torture.
She—lt's a pity you haven't a mind of
your own.
Cholly—Jove, I ought to have. You
give me a good piece of yours often
enough.—Harlem Life.
An English Joke.
Mrs. Vulger—James, the doctor
says 'ow as I wants brightening hup.
Mr. Vulger (who has married be
neath him, sarcastically)— Yes, you cer
tainly do want polishing.—Fun.
"The Noiij Plebeian."
She —Mrs. Parvenooh talks in such a
loud tone.
lie —Yes, her voice is better raised
than she is.—X. Y. World.
A Strange Dork.
Peastraw —Barnes is a man whoisset
in his opinions.
Oatcake—Yes, and he hatches out
some mighty funny ideas.—X. Y. Truth.
Regardless of Expense.
Brown—What a beautiful complexion
your wife has.
Jones—Yes, she buys the best there
is.—Town Topics.
No. 2
SUN AS A HAIR DYE.
Hal lon Have I.ight l-ock» and LnxnrlajM
One*.
The latest use to which the suii liaj*
been put is to make It dye human hair,
and on the head of the pretty bathing
girl at that, says the New York Journal.
This fashion begun last summer. A
fashionable physician recommended
bright sunshine and sea ozone as tho
best means of making the hair light
colored, healthy nnd strong. The
young person for whom this prescrip
tion w as given f ound it very efficacious.
The end of the resort season has by
no means caused a subsidence of the
fad. Never before were there-hi New
York so many young women whose
golden hair hangs down their backs
once every day—that is, every sun
finny day. A queer fact, too, is that
the idea, simple as it is, seems to have
tilt result of producing the desired ef
fect. It is certainly a much more
harmless way of bleaching the hair
than that which requires the use of
chemicals.
"It t-eems to be a very intelligent
idea," said a physician, when ques
tioned regarding it. "All sai'.. . will
Id! you how rapidly tho haii
when on board ship in the trc. 1
have had some opportun.ty to < -crvs
the color, or rather the a-, crag color,
of sailors' hair. I have found that
their dark-haired shipmates by two or
their fair-haired shipmates by two or
three to one. I suppose the sun has
something of a bleaching power, as
well as forcing the grow th of the hair,
by causing on increased circulation of
its 'sap.' In this respect It stands to
reason that each individual hair must
be somewhat like a plant in Its nature."
QUEER MUNICH HOTEL.
Ban by Duke Theodore of Bavaria on *
Plan Peculiarly Bis Own.
A thousand years ago Benedictine
monks discovered a small sulphur
spring oci a mountain near Munich.
They built a hospital there that was
used by their order until 90 years ago,
when it was bought by King Maxi
milian, of Bavaria, who filled it with
poor sick folk, says the london Mall.
When the king died his grandson,
Duke Theodore, found that be had not
money enough to keep np his charity.
After long and anxious consultation
with his brothers the honest, kindly
prince erected new buildings and
opened the house every year for three
months as a hotel. It was patronized
by many of the royal and noble families
of Europe, though It is free to every
comer who will conduct himself re
spectably and pay for his accommoda
tions.
Duke Theodore provides the food
from his own farm, which he oversees,
while his brother, Prince Ludwig, act*
as host of the hotel. All gtoests are re
quested to leave on the last day of Au
gust. The house is then filled with
pcores of poor teachers, artists and au
thors, invalid soldiers and poorly paid
clergymen, whom the royal brothers
have formally invited to honor them
with a visit. The money made durinjf
the summer is devoted to their enter
tainment. The duke and prince remain
in the house, lavishing kindness and
courtesy upon their guests.
WAYS OF THE ANT.
Members of His Tribe Made to Do Doty
aa Honey Pots.
It lias long been recognized that the
ant is a very intelligent insect and
leuds a very complicated social life.
There are classes among them—pluto
crets; laborers and criminals,
tomology notes the curious habit of
one species of ant of "turning soma
of their fellows into animated honey
pots."
Instead of placing honey in a comb,
as the bees do, the ants select a cer
tain number of workers and disgorge
the honey obtained from the Eucalypti
(on which it is deposited by coccldae
nnd other insects) into tlie throats of
their victims. The process, being con
tinually repeated, causes the stomachs
of these workers to be distended to an
enormous size.
This extraordinary habit waa first
discovered in the case of certain ants
in Mexico, and subsequently shown to
prevail in Colorado. It has been found
to exist in Australia also, and Mr. Erog
gart describes and figures three ants
of the genus camponotus that pursue
this remarkable practice. The ants con
taining honey are favorite food with
the natives.
Novel File Driving.
In a paper recently read before the
American Society of Civil Engineers,
Prof. W. 11. Burr described some experi
mental pile driving through new stone
filled crib work. Nineteen piles were
driven. The crib was 35 feet deep, and
the piles, from 52 feet to 00 feet long,
were shod with chilled cast-iron points,
held on by straps spiked to the pile.
The hamiqer used in driving weighs
3,500 pounds, and the greatest number
of blows was 350. There was no diffi
culty whatever in driving the piles, and
there ware no failures. In the discus
sion following the reading of tlie paper
several other gentlemen gave particu
lars of pile driving tbroug-li loose rock.
The shoe used in tlie work of the New
Y'ork department is conical, the angle
of the cone being about 60 degrees.
The base of the cone is fiat, and It is se
cured to the cone by a pin caust as u port
of the shoe and let into the end of the
pile. This type of shoe i» said to haTe
proved very satisfactory in practice.
An After-Dlnnsr Discovery.
It was just after dinner, and they
found the' little girl crying plteously
to herself. It. had been a good dinner,
and she had etiten heartily, and they
copld see no reason for her distrew.
"What is the matter, dear?" her moth
er allied sympathetically. The tears
were running, nnd she could hard
ly speak. She managed to sob out
finally: "Oh, my dinner aches so har-1
thnt f wish that I did not l»«va it."
The PngllUt's Weapon.
Tho Jawbone of a humble ass
Strong Samson used to kill
The Philistines. Our champion class
Fights with that weapon still.
—Chicago Times-Herald.
A Terrible Accident.
"Did you ever have any serious acci
dents while traveling?"
"Did I? It was while I was traveling
through Italy that I met my wife."—
Titrßits.
A Disciple of Rousseau.
White —Why do you send your son to
college?
Black —Because I believe that the leas
we know the happier we are.—Up-to-
Date.
Diagnosis.
"Uncle Simon, what's chagrin?"
"It's what a fat man feels, sonny,
when he runs and jumps on a tram that
doesn't start for half an hour." —Louis-
ville Courier-Journal.
The Size of It.
"The principal ingredient In all these
patent medicines is the same."
"It must be a powerful drug. What
Is it?"
"Printer** ink."—Brooklyn Life,