And its
circulation went up and up, its many web presses being taxed to their
utmost in supplying the demand. Thus are the truly good rewarded.
A great newspaper is as lavishly generous as a despotic monarch, to those
who serve it well, and the cheque which Jennie cashed when Lady Willow
accompanied her to the City lined her purse with banknotes to a fulness
that receptacle had never known before.
After a few weeks with Lady Willow, Jennie seemed to tire of the
frivolities of society, and even of the sedate company of the good lady
with whom she lived. She announced that she was going to Paris for a week
or two, but, owing to uncertainty of address, her letters were not to be
forwarded. She merely took a hand-bag, leaving the rest of her luggage
with Lady Willow, who was thus sustained by the hope that her paying
guest would soon return.
Jennie took a hansom to Charing Cross, but instead of departing on the
Paris express, she hailed a four-wheeler, and, giving a West End address
to the driver, entered the closed vehicle.
CHAPTER XXIV.
On the big plate-glass windows of the new rooms there soon appeared, in
gilt letters with black edges, the words, 'Canadian Mica Mining Company,
Limited: London Offices.' But the workmen who were finishing the
interior were not so quick as the painters and gilders. The new offices
took a long time to prepare, and both Kenyon and Wentworth chafed at the
delay, because Longworth said nothing could be done until the rooms
were occupied.
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