'I
would use the word "largely" for "entirely."'
'Oh, _thank_ you,' said Miss Brewster cordially. She placed the
manuscript on her knee, and, with her pencil, marked out the word
'entirely,' substituting 'largely.' The reading went on: '"When it is
remembered that the action of the London Syndicate will depend _largely_
on the report of these two gentlemen, the enterprise of the _Argus_ in
getting this exclusive information, which will be immediately cabled to
London, may be imagined." That is the preliminary, you see; and, as I
said, it wouldn't be necessary to cable it if women were at the head of
affairs over there, which they are not. "Mr. John Kenyon, the mining
expert, has visited all the mineral ranges along the Ottawa River, and
his report is that the mines are very much what is claimed for them; but
he thinks they are not worked properly, although, with judicious
management and more careful mining, the properties can be made to pay
good dividends. Mr. George Wentworth, who is one of the leading
accountants of London--"'
'I wouldn't say that, either,' groaned George. 'Just strike out the words
"one of the leading accountants of London."'
'Yes?' said Miss Brewster; 'and what shall I put in the place of them?'
'Put in place of them "the stupidest ass in London"!'
Miss Brewster laughed at that.
'No; I shall put in what I first wrote: "Mr. George Wentworth, one of
the leading accountants of London, has gone through the books of the
different mines.
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