The Redwood gazette., 1910-03-02
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until af last | made np my mind 70 DO
little investigating On my own ac-
count There was one man behind all /
this. He was
"Joe Sewmark. Z said Orde quietly.
.sHow did you know that.v
II just guessed.
swell. ii was Newmark. He tied up
the land in this trumped up investiga-
tion so you could not borrow on il. s
How did he find out | owned any
landg" asked Orde.
.sThat couldn't tell you. Must have
been leak somewhere"
Orde did not wish TO return to the
Office until he had worked his problem
lout, SO TO lend his absence the color of
naturalness he drove back next morn
ing to the booms.
In the evening be went direct to
Newmarks
"Mr. Newmark is out, sir, said NAL
lock and started to close. the door.
But Orde thrust his foot and knee in
the opening
~I1I come in and watt said be
quietly.
YES. sir: this way. sir" said NAL
lock. trying to indicate the dining
room.
Orde caught the aroma of tobacco.
He turned the knob of the door and
entered the library.
There he found Newmark in evening
dress. seated in low easy chair be-
meath lamp. smoking and reading
magazine AT Orde's appearance in
the doorway he looked up calmly. his
paper knife poised. keeping the place
! Orde entered the room and mechan
ically sat down.
"Newmark Orde began abruptly, Il
know all about this arrangement you
made with Heinzman.
Il borrowed some money from Heinz
man for the tirm.
Yes. and you supplied that money
yourself"
Newmark's eyes narrowed.
"Well. what of it?''
IF you had the money to lend why
didn't you lend 1t direct?'
Because it looks better to mortgage
to an outside holder"
.That was not the reason" went on
Orde. You agreed with -Heinzman TO
divide when you succeeded in foreclos-
ing me out of the timherlands given
as security Furthermore. you in
structed Floyd to go out on the eve of
that blow In spite of his warnings. and
you contracted with Mcleod for the
1 I'D mn
right and left for the sole purpose of
pinching us down where we couldn't
meet those notes. That's the only rea-
son you borrowed the seventy-tive
thousand on your own account-so we
couldn't borrow it to save ourselves"
1T strikes me you are interesting,
but inconclusive. said Newmark as
Orde paused again.
"That sort of thing is somewhat OF
facer." went on Orde without the
slightest attention to the interjectiOn
''It took me some days to work it on.
in all its details. but believe | under
stand 1t all now. don't quite under
stand how you discovered about my
California timber. That investigation
was very pretty move"
How the devil did you get on tt
thatT" cried Newmark, startled.
.Then you acknowledge it,"
"Why shouldn't II" Eewmark laugh
ed. .Of course Heinzman blabbed."
Orde half sat on the arm of hi
chair
"Now, I'll tell you what we will d.
in this matter" said he crisply.
"We'll follow" said Newmark, ''th,
original program. as laid down By my
: self. I'm tired of dealing with blum
dering fools. Heinzman's mortgage vii
be foreclosed. and you will hand owe
as per the agreement your Boom com
pany stock"
Orde stared at him in amazement.
II must say you have good nerve.
he said You don't seem TO reaiiz
that you are pretty well tangled up.
don't know what they call it-crimina
conspiracy or something of that sort
I suppose So far from handing owe
to you the bulk Of my property / ca
send you to the penitentiary."
"Nonsense." rejoinedA Newmark, lear
ing forward in his turn. Il know 70
too WELL. Jack Orde. You're foo
Do you seriously mean to say that yo
dare try TO prosecute me? Just a
sure as you do III put Heinzman i
the pen too. I've got 1t on him, COLI
He's a bribe giver-and somewhat
criminal conspirator himself" !"
Newmark leaned back with an anu;
ed little chuckle. IF the man hadn
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