On what amount?
That Kenyon was not prepared to answer.
How long had it been in operation?
For several years.
Had it ever been placed on the London market before?
Not so far as Kenyon was aware.
Who was at present interested in the mine?
That Mr. Kenyon did not care to answer, and he further stated, so far as
giving out advertisements was concerned, he was not yet prepared to do
any advertising. The visitor, who had taken down these notes, said his
object was not to get an advertisement, but to obtain information about
the mine. People could advertise in his paper or not, as they chose. The
journal was such a well-known medium for reaching investors that everyone
who knew his business advertised in it as a matter of course, and so they
kept no canvassers, and made no applications for advertisements.
'The chances are,' said the newspaper man, as he took his leave, 'that
our editor will write an editorial on this mine, and, in order that there
may be no inaccuracy, I shall bring it to you to read, and shall be very
much obliged if you will correct any mistakes.'
'I shall be glad to do so,' returned Kenyon, as the representative of the
_Financial Field_ took his leave.
The newspaper men were rather hard to please, and to get rid of; but John
had a visitor on the afternoon of the second day who almost caused his
wits to desert him. He looked up from his desk as the door opened, and
was astonished to see the smiling face of Edith Longworth, while behind
her came the old lady who had been an occupant of the carriage when John
had taken his drive to the west.
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