Oh, it's you, Orde," said he."Your man told me you were not in," said Orde.
"He was mistaken. Won't you sit down?"Orde entered the room and mechanically obeyed Newmark's suggestion, his manner preoccupied. For some time he stared with wrinkled brow at a point above the illumination of the lamp. Newmark, over the end of his cigar, poised a foot from his lips, watched the riverman with a coolcalculation."Newmark," Orde began abruptly at last, "I know all about this deal.""What deal?" asked Newmark, after a barely perceptible pause.
"This arrangement you made with Heinzman.""I borrowed some money from Heinzman for the firm.""Yes; and you supplied that money yourself."Newmark's eyes narrowed, but he said nothing. Orde glanced toward him, then away again, as though ashamed."Well," said Newmark at last, "what of it?"
It strikes me you are interesting but inconclusive," said Newmark, as Orde paused again."That sort of thing is somewhat of a facer," went on Orde without the slightest attention to the interjection. "It took me some days to work it out in all its details; but I believe I understand it all now. I don't quite understand how you discovered about my California timber. That 'investigation' was a very pretty move.""How the devil did you get onto that?" cried Newmark, startled for a moment out of his cool attitude of cynical aloofness."Then you acknowledge it?" shot in Orde quick as a flash.
Newmark laughed in amusement."Why shouldn't I? Of course Heinzman blabbed. You couldn't have got it all anywhere else."Orde arose to his feet, and half sat again on the arm of his chair.
Nike Free Run 2012 Now I'll tell you what we will do in this matter," said he crisply.
But Newmark unexpectedly took the aggressive."We'll follow," said he, "the original programme, as laid down by myself. I'm tired of dealing with blundering fools. Heinzman's mortgage will be foreclosed; and you will hand over as per the agreement your Boom Company stock."Orde stared at him in amazement."I must say you have good nerve," he said; "you don't seem to realise that you are pretty well tangled up. I don't know what they call it: criminal conspiracy, or something of that sort, I suppose. So far from handing over to you the bulk of my property, I can send you to the penitentiary.""Nonsense," rejoined Newmark, leaning forward in his turn. "I know you too well, Jack Orde. You're a fool of more kinds than I care to count, and this is one of the kinds. Do you seriously mean to say that you dare try to prosecute me? Just as sure as you do, I'll put Heinzman in the pen too. I've got it on him, COLD. He's a bribe giver--and somewhat of a criminal conspirator himself."
"Well," said Orde.
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