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.-wrt ,-p . , s,. o "fpjajjaaUAj 'rmiiwiirV'iftiiiiyiiiiifftiiiiaiii i.i 'MiaaaflaW?yt,ia,' i i vii ttnl)ti0Z&!gl I I?. R' Tlie Beaver Horald. AV. I. IIUUMMOND, I'ublisher. BRAVER, : : OKLAHOMA. CURRENT COMMENT. Enoi.And Is now boasting of tlic greatest Industrial nnd commercial prosperity she lias experienced In mnny years. TitK announcement that the effort to secure the adoption ly the postal con press of a universal postal stamp lias ailed has caused widespread regret. So useful have the bIeyclo policemen proved themselves In New York and to Mich an extent has the wheeling habit Increased that tho squad, which has grown to -to members from a very small beginning, Is to bo still further in creased. Tun railway companies of Orcat llrlt nln carried 030,000,000 passengers In 1895, of whom .ISO were killed. During the samo year, In the city of London nlono, ftSrt persons were reported killed by falling from buildings or out of windows. ' Miw. Ki.UAiiKTir Caiiv Stantox ex pects to bring out tho second and con cluding part of "The Woman's Bible" in .Tune. Sirs. Stanton, who Is 81, con tinues the task ulonc, her former as sistants having lost sympathy with the commentary by women on the parts of the Hlblo referring to woman. Acconmso to thdrcportof tho Amer ican lllblo society recently made, never before, with n single exception, liavo mi many volumes of the ltiblc been sent from tho ltlblo house nt New York In one year to foreign countries. They numbered 101,354 and seven eighths of them went to Mexico, Cen tral America and South America. 1'ltoF. llAI.U)CK, of Columbia college, has in hand tho project of boring into the earth as far as a drill can 1)3 driven. Already n depth of one; mile has been reached. As the. depth in creases the well grows hotter. It is anticipated that natural steam will bo encountered or the walls becomo so hot that water can be forced down cold nnd be pumped up In tho form of steam, thus furnishing tho power of the future. Cqi- D. S. IlAiinniAK, who has been recognized at Kansas City for bcvcrul months us a western representative for the Cuban junta in this country, is authority for tho statement that 1,450 men have been recruited for tho Cuban army in Kansas City nnd vicinity and arrangements have, been made to send them all to Cuba in tho full, when tho yellow fever season In Cuba will have passed. Col. Murrignu also says that an American volunteer legion of !li,000 men is now being recruited at various points in this country for service with tho Cuban patriots. Duiuxn tho month of April 747,000, 000 pounds of sugar wcro Imported in to this country, valued at overSU.OOO, 000. As the trust will have about two months mora yot, there will bo a year's stock of raw sugar on hand vvhfin the new tariff bill, Jukes effect. Tho treas ury statistics also show that Ihore will be about a year's supply of raw wool. As other goods arc being imported In proportion it can easily bo seen that the revenues will bo insullleleut for tho next fiscal year. That Is why the senate committee proposes internal revenue taxes to lust a little over two years. A w.Ut of extermination against sympathetic strikes in tho building trades has been declared by u combi nation of Chicago contractors, em ployers und other business men, and a serious conflict with organized labor is feared beforo the crusade is ended. Tho employers Buy they will make uvery effort to attain the desired end through eo-operatioir nnd arbitration with tho building trades council and ntllliatcd unions, but that, if peaceful means J ail, general lockouts nnd wage reductions will bo resorted to in order to force tho labor organization to terms. The "third rail" will revolutionise railroading in more ways than tho nlero metamorphosis of locomotion would at first indicate, says an enthu hlu.stlc ml in I re r of tho plan. It will enable every engineer to have in IiIh cab a block system signal, by means of which accidents, such as front and renr-end collisions, will hardly be po blblc. He will be no more the unfor tunate victim of careless switchmen, flagmen, dark nights, storms of snow uiul enveloping fogs. Ills ear In the blackest night will tell the position of trains in front of him, behind him and right and left of him. Mm R. Wavxk I'AiiKKii, of Newark, N. .1., who has been connected with commissions seeking uniformity in dl-. vorce laws, in addressing the Liberal club of Uullulo recently on tho ques tion of divorce said that although the jurisdiction claimed in many states to grunt divorces to non-rcsiiicnts is n travesty on justice, yet the United States has tho largest proportion of married peoplo of any , country In tho world, 30 in every 100, Tho whole number of divorced persons in tho United Stutes in lbuo was I'.i0, USfl, out of a total population of tW.tW.V iJ50 one-tifth of ono per cent. Lii:ut. JajiksA. Moss, of thol'vvcnty Fifth infantry, Is under instructions from Gen. Miles to organise n corps of 110 colored soldiers to ride by bicycle from Fort Missoula, Mont., toSU Louis, This expedition is the result of the be lief which prevails among military men that the bicycle can le made an cfiiclent addition to tho equipment of the army in the Held; that it is practi cal for long journeys and that its utili ty will be fully demonstrated by the trip which Lieut. Moss und his 20 sol diers will begin June 1. Lieut. Moss Is to make a full report of the under taking to tho war department. A cmi'j'LKs' convention will bo a feature of this year's exposition bca son at St Louis und it is esti mated that over 50,000 men nnd women, who are minus limbs, or otherwise maimed, will ,be in attendance. Tho gathering has for its object tho amelioration of the condition of the people represented und the enlighten ment of Burgcousnnd limb-makers with reference to tho removal of tho real und tho substitution of urtlllcial limbs. Mr. William R. Trovver, secretary for tho convention, hasopened communica tion with labor organizations and hos pitals over the, country on tho subject. r.?k -SMLJ7 Hy B-"H, jiJQl OKLAHOMA NEWS. Kvcntfl of Intercut flntlirrcd I-'rom 0cr tho Territory. ItEV HOMING'S TltOl'IlMCS. Outhrle, O. T., May IB. All Oklahoma news Is now being carefully sifted for fnkei. So much rubbish has been sent nut 4liat peoplo are lncedulous of eve rything. It was believed that the report ed trouble at Jennings was a fake. It was not. A committee In masks awaited on Hev. Pearl Itomlne, once pastor of the Baptist church of that place, Inst Friday anight and (routed him to n coat of tar and feathers. Itomlne, It seemi, took a ulster of his church In to Mlvo with his family and very soon Mrs. Ito mlne left home maklnp many ugly charges against her husband nnd the woman. Hew Itomlne became sick nnd charged his wife with poisoning him. A committee of the church ninde Inves tigations and recommended Itev. Ho mine's tllamlssal from pulpit and church and -the next step was to give the dis honored preacher a dose of tar and fea thers, y The report of the committee, dated May 1, reads: AVe, the committee ap pointed by the First Regular Mission ary Baptist church of Jennings at thel: regular business meeting. April 3rd, '07, to lnveestlgnte the 'trouble between Uro. l'earl Itomlne and Sister Itomlne anil to Investigate tho character of Brother Itomlne and wife, beg leave to submit the following report: We have Investi gated every rumor relating to the above trobuc to the beat of our ability and have nrlved at the following conclusion: 1st, Wo believe Mr. Pearl Komlne to be unworthy the respect due a citizen, much loss a minister of the gospel; 2nd, We believe his recent Illness was caused by himself with the Intention to wrong his wife; 3rd, Regarding marriage vows. Are believe that Sister Itomlne regards them as acred, while he has no regard for them: 4th, Wa believe that his dis position (o connect the names of res pectful people outside of the church with this disgraceful affair Is for 'the purpose) of sealing tho lips of those parties from exposing his hellish de?Igns or to lay the foundation for damnge suits; Sth, He has obtained letters of lecommenda Hon from ministers of Baptist churches sines 'this trouble arose without giving the true facts In tho case, ,but charscs other demnomlnations with trying to hurt the Baptist cause here, which Is false and without any shallow of truth. Sth, AVe, as your commute, recommend that he be Immediately discharged from the pastorate of this church; 7th, AVe fur ther recommend that a copy of this re port be sent to (he next association. It. 11. IIKWITT, AV, M. I.EP5. Committee. AUG IN IIAItD LUCK. Perry, O..T., May 15. dvernor Leedy honored requisition from Gov. Ren frew for the delivery of W. M. AVlshard nnd Kdward Dash, who were Indicted In Pawnee county for stealing horses but sxklpped ojit before the territorial otll eel's could get a cinch on them, and wore shortly after arrested by the federal au thorities for committing burgkiry In the Cherokeo Nation, tried on the charge ' Fort Smith and sentenced to the Kansas penitentiary for one year. Their terms were up Wednesday, at which time She: Iff Lake of Pawnee was on hand with requisitions, nres'.ed them nnd arrived here with them yesterday -where they were placed In Jail. They were taken to Pawned today wher thy will bo tried and perhaps returned to the Lansing peni tentiary. YOUNG SLVUPIN T)ROWNGD. Guthrie, O. T.. May 15. The Hennes sey Clipper says: Last Friday after noon while Fate Moris and Alllet Mau pln were "having a boat ride on G. H. Holenbeck's uond two and one-half miles east of towi tne latter met death from drowning. They were rowing In and old modules pan for n boat when the laupln boy asked to be taken to the shore, saying he wanted to. take olt his clothes und go Into the water. After taking him to the shore Morris went hack towards Jhe center of the pond, VoutiK. Maupln undressed and waded out Into the water and when seen by Moris was up to his waist In the water. Mor ris was giving his attention to the boat and on looking around again his com rade was not In sight, but In a moment came up from under the water, having ctepped Into an offset. As Maupln could not swim, Morris sprang out of the pan and swam to him, but was caught round the neck by the drowning boy and had a hard struggle to get loose and' keep from drowning. Morris swam to the shore and was so exhausted he dare not enter the water again, but went to Hoi lenbcck's house Immediately and called for help. A party of men soon assem bled and the dam ?as cut, allowing some of the water to escape. None of the party would venture Into the deep water as they were not swimmers. A. S. Meeks came and went In and found tho body. It had been In about eight feet of water. It was thirty or forty min utes before the body was taken out. THINKS HE'S JKSU8. Guthrie, O. T., 'May 15. Following is from the Kl Reno Star: Abraham Lin coln Rblfe, a 16-year-old mulatto boy, living in tho southeast part of the coun ty, was brought before Judge Brown this morning to be tried for Insanity, II was adjudges insane nnd placed In tho county Jail. Ills malady la religious ma nia. II attended a colored revival meet ing nt Oklahoma City a short time ng and since then Imagines he Is Jesus Christ, and claims he can perform all kind of miracles. While Sheriff Cannon was taking him to the Jill, he broke loose and ran down the stret, but the eharlfT. who is considerable of a sprinter In spite cf his nee. caught him beforo na nud gone two blocks. After he had been placet! behind the bars he said that he would be satlslled to remain there t while, if it suited him, but when he de sired, would use hU power and com mand the walls to fall down. He will be hustled oft to Norman right away. STKALING A AVHQLE STORE. The Tecumseh Republican has the fol lowing unusual story: It will be remem ht-sd by our readers, that about "the first of this year we published an ac count of the failure of the dry goods and clothing establishment of A. C. Pick, ens. In this city. At the time of the fail ure, several vh-Scsale dry roods and clothing establishment came In with un paid oins against .Mr. Pickens, and as a receiver was appointed, the stock of goods in the building was Invoiced nnd sold to Mr. ltnym, of our popular Racket store. The amount of the In voice, however, old not satisfy the debts by several hundred dollars, and Judgments were obtained against . Mr. Pickens nt the last term pf the district court far the balances due the different firms. Previous to the failure, It was known that Pickens cnrled n several trnus.uul dollar stock of goods, but at the Invoice they were "shy" and not ac counted for. Litely Sheriff Dickinson has had thft privilege of playing the Plnkerton net In aetective work, nnd Joe ana his asistants have unraveled the mystery surrounding the disappearance of that Immense stock of goods In grand shape. They have found, goods stored away all over the c unty, nnd have made several "runs" on hot trails Into Cleveland county aft er loads of the bankrupt stock, which were being taken out of the county on the double-quick route, They have cap tured several wogan loads of goods nnd nt no one place did they get more than one load, they being concealed generally In small lots at farm houses, l'p to date they have found goods con cealed at the following places: At Garrett Stark's, two and one-half mlls southeast of the city, Sheriff Dlrkerson found concealed In the loft of his rouse, eleven boxes and one cotton tack of goods. At eorgo Owens', about eight miles southeast of.Tecumseh, he found two large trunks and two boxes tilled with goods. In the rear end of the Mills defunct bank In Shawnee, he found live trunks nnd seven boxes of shoes conceal ed. At the residence of one Harris, In Shawnee, son-in-law of Mr. Schwartz burg, nnd brother-in-law of A. C. Pick ens, of this city, he found a box of gents clothing which was ns large as an organ box. At D. Kennedy's, About four miles noutheast of this city, he found about a gunny-sack full of gloves and other nr tlolcs. Lately John Starrlc, son of n. Stark, traded boots nnd several articles to a Mr. Gentry, who Is a neighbor of ths Stark family, for n spring wagon nnd It Is supposi'd thnt John stole the goods he traded, tram his father's house. The trada John made soon came to Sheriff Dtckorson's knowledge, njul from this clue he proceeded to discover the hidden goods. We are Informed that previous to Mr. Pickens' aslgnment, he trnded Mr. Sch wavtzburg, his father-in-law, about $3,000, worth of the goods, having re deemed that amount of notes held by the old gentleman ngnlnst him. GREER COUNTY'S RECEPTION. uthrle, O. -T., May 15. Greer county, so far ns the characteristic of her peo ple Is concerned Is no more a part of Oklahoma than Alabama, reer county was once part of Texas. It was given n land office nnd not them land ofllce offi cials. The account of tho reception of one of 'heso officials Is consequently In teresting. This Is from the Greer Coun ty Sun: Major McKnlght, register of the Man gum land ofllce, nnd daughter, Miss Hat tie, arrlveo in our city on last Thursday night. Or. Friday a large number of our citizens called on the Major to welcome him to cur midst. He Is n very pleasant gentleman and created a favorable Im pression on his callers. The officers have taken up temporary quarters In thfl Uttlj oirtce adjoining R. C. Hannah & CVa store, nnd are busy arranging foe cpnlng day. A Sun representative called on Mnjor McKnlght last evening! and secured much veluable Information for Its readers, although he was not wll Inlg to talk cfllclally. He said that they were not yet able to designate a day for tha opening of the land oillec, but It would not be before the 10th or 15th of Junf, as they would have to hear from AVashlfRton regarding n building and thon glv! "lirty days notice before open ing. The M&jor said ho was confident that congiesg would grant the extension ns'ed for In the petition now being cir culated, nnd that he should write to AVnshlngton uiglng such an extension, ns It would b! n physlcnl Impossibility for tha ottlce to it-celve nil the preference tilings" In lhe,t;me remnlnng, The Major serni!) anklous to give all the Information piMslble. nnd we were highly pleased ul'h our 'ntervlew with him. WANT A NEW HRIDGE. Guthrie, O. T., May 15, According to the Stillwater Gazette a number of rep resentative business men of Perkins np pearod before the board of county com mlalonera last Thursday for the purpose Df jetting the county to take some action io.vard rebuilding the bridge across the Cimarron river af Perkins. The board found that there ws no funds on hand it their disposal and use In this direc tion so thot It would bt Impossible for them to do anything In that direction at tho pit-sent time, or until funds for that purpose can be raised. The board will make a road nnd bridge levy next rear to provld for such contingencies is have arisen this Whig. POINTS ABOUT FLAGS. Pile Tm o-Mnrreil l'lnituli the (Sim em r' IhIiiiiiI Tuir. Tho president of tho United States has his ery gorgeous ling; the sec retary of tho navy and the assistant secretary hao their Hags; admirals hut a theirs, and so do commodores; but it isn't know n cry widely, perhaps, that generals of the army also hnvo lings, w hich arc hoisted sometimes, says tho Now York Sup. The other day tho Gocrnor's Island tug left tho land ing ut tho Battery with a little bluo Hag on her center UngstalT; on tho bluo Held of tho Hog vero two white btars. The jnnjor general command ingjlie department of tho cnit was on the tug, and tho little bluo Hog sig naled tho fact to nil who saw it and Knew what it meant. To those who didn't know what it meant, it seemed as If tho Hag was Minply the remains of u full-sized American flag, tho rest of which had been blown away duiing its faithful sortiee. The Hag gave warning to tho Governor's Islanders that the general was coming, and m let them prejxaro to receive Jaliu as. regula tions proscribe, Tlio blue Hag with white btars hoist ed at the bow of ouo of our jnen-of-wnr when in port is tho jack, and is run up on tho jack, staff. It Is a blgn that the vcstel is in shipshape. When the ship' wash goes up to dry, this jack cqmex down, becauso not even the best of ships is in order with tho wash flap ping in the breeze. If tlio wash is up, r.nd tho vessel suddenly lias to flru n bulutc, down comes tho wash; because, a vessel -with its wash up isn't in a. fit condition to do tlio polite. As soon as tho wash is hauled down, up goes tho ack, and the ealuto is fired. Then down comes tho jack, and up goes the tusk nuraln. ESS ofthe Mine. Intervene!. tAWmu. yRtnrrttUi (Cop)rlcht, ilj, by Robert Drr. CIlAFITlt XXL Continued. "Good day, Mr. Wentwortti," said the financier, cordially, "Good day," replied George, curtly. "I lime come lo rnd a cable dlspntch to you, or to let you rend It." He threw the dispatch down before the old gcutlemnn, who ndjustwl his spectacles and rend it. Then lie looked up in quiringly nt Wentworlh. "You don't understand It, do you?" snld the In! tor. , "I confess 1 do not. ThcLongworth In this telegrnin does not refer to tne, does it?" "No, it does not refer lo you, but it lefers to ono of your house. Your nephew. .William Longworth, Is n scoundrel!" "Ah," said the. old mnn, placing the dispatch on the desk ngnin and re moving his glasses. "Have you come to tell me that?" I "Yes, 1 hnvc. Did you know it be fore?" "No, 1 did not," answered the old gentleman, his color rising, "nnd I do not know dt now. I know you sny po, nnd I think very likely you will be glad to take back what joti have said. I will at least give you the opportunity." "So far from taking it back, Mr. Longworth, 1 shall prove it. Your nephew formed a partnership with my friend Kenyon nnd myself to float on tho London mnrkct a certain Cnnndlnu mine." "My dear sir," broke In the old gen tleman, "I have no desire to hear of my nephew's private speculatloirs. I hnvc nothing to do witli them. I have nothing to do with your mlncj The mutter is of no interest whatever tome, and I must decline to hear anything about It. You aret also, if you will ex cuse my snying so, not in a fit state of temper to talk to nny gentleman. If you like to como bnck here when you are cnlmer, I shall bo very plensed to listen to whnt you have to say." "I shnll never bo calmer on this sub ject. I have told you that your nephew is a scoundrel. You are pleased to deny the accusation." "I do not deny It; I merely said I did not know It vvns the case, and I do not believe it, thnt is nil." ""ery well; the moment I begin to show you proofs that things are us I say" "My dear sir," cried the elder man, with borne, heat, "you nre not showing proof. Ybu nre merely making nsser tions, und nssertlons about a man who Is absent who is not here to defend himself. If you hnvc anything to bay against. William Longworth, come nnd suy it when he Is here, nnd he shall an swer for himself. It is cownrdly of you, nnd ungenerous to me, to make o number of noeiLsntions which I am in no wise able to refute." "Will you listen to what 1 have lo say?" No; I will not." - "Then, by God, you shall!" nnd with thnt Wcntworth strode to the door nnd turned tlio key, while the old men rose from his seat und faced him. "Do you mean to threaten me, sir, In my own ofllce?" "I mean to say, Mr. Longworth, that I have iniulri a statement which I nin going to prove to you. I mean that you Bhall listen tome, and listen to me now." "And, I say, if you have anything to charge against my nephevv, come und bay It when ho is lierc.'' "When he is here, Mr. Longworth, it will be too lute to wiy it; a present you can repair the injury ho has done. When he returns to,Knhuul you cannot do so, irti matter how much you might wish to muke the attempt." The old man stood Irresolute for a mo ment; then he sat down in his chair ngnin. "Very well," ho snid, with a sigh, "I am not so combative as 1 once was. Go on with your story." "My story is very short," said Went worth. "It simply amounts to this: You know your nephew formed a part nership with us in relation to the Cana dian mine?" "I know nothing about it, I toll you," answered Mr. Longworth. "Very well, you know it now." "i know you suy so." "Do you doubt my word?" "I will tell yon more about that when 1 hear what you have to say. Goon." "Well, your nephevv, pretending to aid us In forming this company, did everything to refnrd our progress. Ho engaged olllces that took a. long time to lit up, nnd which wo had, at last, to take a hand in ourselves. Then he left for n week, leaving no oddress, und re fusing to answer the letters I sent to his otllco for him. On ono pretext or uu other the forming of the company vvns delayed, until, nt length, when the op tion by w hich Mr. Kenyon held tho mine hnd only n month to run, your nephew went to America in company with Mr. Melville, ostensibly to sec. nnd report upon the'" property. After waiting a certain length of time and hearing noth ing from him (lie had promised to cable us), Kenyon went to America toget a re newal of tho option. This cablegram explains his success. He finds, ongoing there, that your nephew has secured the option of the initio in hlsovvn name, and, us Kenyon says, we nre cheated. Now, have you any doubt whether your nephew Is a scoundrel or not?" Mr. Longworth mused for a few mo-nu'nt,-s on what the voung man had told him. "If vvhntyou say is exnctly true, there is ho doubt thnt William lias been guilty of a pleco of very sharp practice." "Sharp practice!" cried the other. "You might ns well coll robbery sharp practice!" "My dear sir. I have listened to you; now 1 ask; you to listen to me. If, as I say, vv hut you have stated Is true, my nephew has done something which I think an honorable man would not do; but as to that I ennnot judge until I hear his sido of tho story It may put n different complexion on the matter, und I have no doubt it will; but, even grauting your version Is true in every particular, what havo I to do with it? 1 nm not responsible for my,nephcw'!i notions. He has entered into a business contcct!on, it seems, with two young men and has outwitted them. That is. probably what tho world would say about It. Perhaps, as you bay, he has THEM 71 e i m been guilty of something worse, nnd lias cheated his purtners. Hut even ad mitting everything to he true, 1 do not see how lam responsible Innny way." "Legally, you are not; morally, I think, yon nre." "Why 7" "If he were your son " "Hut he is not my son; he Is my nephew." "If jour son hnd committed n theft, would you not do everything in your power to counteract tlui evil he had done?" "I plight and I might not. Some fa thers pay their son's debts, others do not. 1 cannot say whnt nction I should take In n purely supposititious case." "Very well, all 1 have to soy is, our option runs out in two or three days. Twenty thousand pounds will secure the mine for us. J want that 20,000 before the option ceases." "And do you expect me to pay you JC 20,000 for this?" "Yes, I do." Old Mr. Longworth leaned bnck In his olllce clinir nnd looked nt J ho young mnn in nm:i7cnicnt. "To think that you, a mnn of the city, would come to me, nnothcr man of the city, with such nn absurd idea in your hend, is simply grotebque." "Then the name of thcLongvvqrthsis nothing to you the good name, 1 mcun?" "The good name of the Longvvorths, my denr sir, is everything to mo but 1 think It will be nble to tnke cure of It self without any assistance from jou." There vvns silence for n few moments. Then Wcntworth snld'ln n voice of sup picssed anguish: "I thought, Mr. Longworth, ono of your family was n scoundrel. 1 now wish to say 1 believe the epithet covers uncle ns well ns nephew. You hnve a chance to repair the mischief one of your family hns done. You hnvc nnswured me with con tempt. You have not shown me the slightest Indication of wishing t6 make amends." Ho unlocked the door. "Come, now," said old Mr. Longworth, rising, "that will do, thnt will do, Mr. Wcntworth." Then he pressed an elec trie bell, nnd when the clerk nppenred, he said: "Show this young geutleman the door, please, and If he ever- calls again, do not admit him.'' And so George Wcntworth, clenching his hands with rage, wns shown to the door. He had the rest 'of the day to ponder on the fact that an angry man seldom accomplishes his purpose. CHAPTER XXII. The stormy interview with AVent worth disturbed the usual serenity of Mr. Longworth's temper. He went, home earlier than was customary with him that night, and the more he thought over the attack, the more un justifiable it seemedr He wondered what his nephevv had been at, and tried to remember what Wentworth hnd charged against him. He could "not rec ollect, the angrier portions of the in terview having, ns it were, blotted the charges from his mind. There re mained, however, a bitter resentment against Wcntworth. Mr. Longworth searched his conscience to see If he could be in the least to blame, but he found nothing in the recollection of 'Did be ay," ibe apoka at lengUi. "In what war -William had doue wronel"' his dealings with the young men to justify him in, feeling nt nil responsi ble for the disaster that had overtaken them. He read his favorite evening paper with less than his usual in terest, for every now and then tho episode in his ofllco would crop up in ills mind. Finally ho said sharply; "Edith?" "'es, father," answered Ills daugh ter. "You remember a person mimed Wcntworth whom you had here the evening William went away?" "Yos, father." "Very well. Never invite him to this house again." "What has he been doing?" asked the young' woman, in a rather tremulous voice. "I desire you never to ask anyone connected with him, that man Kenyon, for instance," continued her futlier,"' ig noring her question. "I thought," she answered, "that Mr. Kenyon was not in this country at present." "He is not, but he will he back again, I suppose. At any rate I wish to have nothing more to lo with those people. You understand that?," "Yes, father." Mr. Longworth went on with his reading. Kdith saw that her fnther wns greatly disturbed, and she much desired to know what the .reiibon vvns, but knew enough of human nature to believe that, in o, very short time, lie would relieve her anxiety. He again appeared to be trying to fix his atten tion on the paper. Then ho thpivv it dovv n nnd turned tovvnrd her. "That mnn Wcntworth," he sold, bit terly, "behaved to-dny in a most un justifiable manner to mo in my office.' It seems that William and he nnd Ken yon embarked in some mine project, 1 knew nothing of their doings, und wim not ov en consulted with regard to them. Now it nppears Wllllnm has gone to America and done something Wcnt wdrth considers wrong. Wentworth enmo to mo rind demanded JC 20,000 tho most preposterous thing ever henrd of said I owed it to clear the good name of Longworth, ns if the good name wore dependeut on him, or any ono like him. J turned him out of the, ofllce." Kdith did not nnsvvcr for n few mo ments, while her father gave expres sion to his indignation by -various ejac ulations that need not be hero recorded. "Did he suy," slie. spoko at length, "in what way William had done wrong?" , "I do not remember novvr just. whnt ho said. X know I told hlui to corr.e again when my nephew was present, DA and then rankc his charges ngnlnsthlm, if ho wanted to do so. Not thnt I ad mitted I hnd anything to do with the matter at all, but 1 simply refused to listen to charges ngaiust un absent man. I paid no nttention to them." "That certainly vvns rcnsonoble," re plied Edith. "What did he sny to it?" "Oil, he obusod me, and nblised Wll llnm, nnd went on nt n dreadful rate, until I was obliged to order him out of the ofllce." "Hut what lid he say about meeting Wllllnm nt your office nnd making the charges ngnlnst him then?" "Whnt did ho sny? 1 don't remember. Oh, yes, ho snld it would be too late then; that they had only n few dnys td do whnt business they hnve to do, and thnt Is why he mndc the demand for 20,0001 It wns to rcpnlr the harm, whatever the harm was, William had done. 1 look on it simply ns some blnck mulling scheme of his, and I nm aston ished that a man belonging to ns good n house as he does should try thatgnmo with me. I slinll bpenk to the elder partner abojil It to-morrow, nnd If he does not mnkc the young mnn npologie In the most nbject manner, he will be tlio loser by it, 1 enn tell him thnt." "I would think no more about it, fn ther, if 1 were you. Do not let it trouble you In the least." "Oh, it doesn't trouble mc; but young men nowadays seem to think they can sny anything to their elders." "I mean," she continued,""thnt 1 would not go to his partner for a day or two. Walt and sec what happens. I hnve no doubt when ho thinks over the matter, he will be thoroughly ashamed of himself." "Well, 1 hope sol" "Then give him the chnnce of being nshnmed of himself, nnd tnke no fur ther steps in the nintter." Kdith, very shortly afterward, went to her own room, and there, clasping her hands behind her, she walked up and down, thinking, with a very troubled henrt, on whnt she had heard. Her view of the matter was very differ ent from that of her. father. She felt certain something wrong hnd been done by her cousin. Kor a long time she hnd distrusted his supposed friendship for the two young men, nnd now she pic tured to herself John Kenyon In tho wilds of Cunnda, helpless and despond ent because of the great wrong that had been done him. It was far into the night when she retired, and It was early next morning when she arose. Her father was bright and cheerful nt brenkfust, nnd had evidently forgotten nil about the unplcnsnnt incident of the day be fore. A good flight's sleep hnd crnbed It from his memory. Edith was glnd of this, she did not mention the subject. After he hnd gone to the city the young woman prepared to follow him. She did not tnke her carriage, but hailed n hansom and gave tho driver he number of Wentworth's ofllces. Thnt young man was evidently pomewhat surprised to hce her. He hud been trying to write to Kenyon some account of his inter vluw with old Mr, Longworth, und, somehow, after he had finished, he thought John Kenyon would not at all approve of his zeal, so had just torn tho letter up. "Take this chair," he said, wheeling an armchair Into position. "It is tlio only comfortable one wo have in the room." "Comfort does not matter," said Miss Longworth; "I come to see you about the mica miue. What has my cousin done.?" "How do you know he has done any thing?" "That does not matter. I know. Tell me ns quickly us you can w hat ho has done." "Itisnot uvery pleasant story to tell," ho said, '"to a young lady about one of her relatives." "Never mind that. Tell me." "Very well, he hns dono tills: He has pretended he wns our friend nnd pra- tendedhe vv as going to aid us in forming this company. He has delayed us by every menus in his power until the op tion has nearly expired. Then ho has gone to Canada nnd secured for himself and a mnn named Melville the. option of the mlncvv hen John Kenyon'stimeis up. Thnt is to sny, nt twelve o'clock to-morrow, when Kenyon's option expires, your cousin will pay the money und will own the mine; after which, of course, Kenyon nnd myself will be out of it. 1 don't mind the loss at all. I would gladly give Kenyon my share; but for John it Is n terrible blow. He had counted on the money to pay debts of honorvvhichheowesto hlsfnthcyforhls education. 'He calls them debts of honor; they nre debts of honor in the ordinary sense of the word. There fore, it scepis to me a terrible thing that that- "'.'re lie paubed und did not go on. He saw there w ere tears In the eyes of the girl to whom he was talking. "It is brutal," he said, "to tell you all this. You ore not to blame for 'it, and neither Is your father, although 1 spoke to hlrn in n heated manner yes tcrdny." . "When did you sny the option ex pires?" "At twelve o'clock to-morrow." "How much money is required to buy the mine?" "Twenty thousnnd pounds." "Can money be sent to Canada by cable?" "Yes, I think so.". , "Aren't you quite sure?" "No, I am not. It can be bent by telegraph in this country and in Amer ten." "How long will it take you to find out?" "Only a few moments." "ery well; where is Mr. Kenyon now?" , "Kenyon is in Ottawa. Lhad a cable gram from him yesterday." "Then will you write a cablegram thnt can be sent away at once asking him to wait at the telegraph ofllce un til he gets n further message from you?" "Yes. I enn do that; but what good will it do?" "Never mind what good "t will dp; perhaps it will do no good. 1 am going Ut try to make it of some good. Mean while, remember, if 1 succeed, John Kenyon must never know tho particu lars, of this transaction." "He never will- if you say so." "I say so. Now it is six hours earlier here tlmn'it is in Canada, is it not?" "About that length of time, J think." "Very well, loso no time in getting tho cable message sent to him, nnd tell him to answer, so that we shall bo sura ho is at tho other end of tho wire, Then find out about tho cabling of tho money. I shall bo back here, I think, about the samo.time you are." TO DC CONTINUED. rtovr'a Tli la t We offer One Hnndred Dollars Reward for any raac of Catarrh that can not be cured bv Hall's Catarrh Cure. K ,1. Cheney A. Co.. Piops., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known K. ,1. Cheney for tho Inst 15 years, nnd believe him perfectly honorable in all business tiansactions and financially able to carry nut nny obligations made by their firm. Wot &, Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To ledo. 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