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"The only people I'm after are Gresham and Jacobs and you." "I wonder if you wouldn't pin a medal on one of us if he'd give you the other two," conjectured Collaton, smoothing his freckled cheek and studying Johnny with his head on one side.
"That's the one," corroborated Guff. "Why, do you know him?" "He is a professional stinger," Johnny admitted. "He stung me, and Collaton helped." "I've no doubt of it," responded Guff. "It was a put-up job in the first place. By the way, Gamble, you used to be in partnership with Collaton yourself." "That's true enough," admitted Johnny. "Possibly I'd better give you some references."
"What did you say you could do?" "Well, I can incriminate not only Jacobs but Gresham in those phoney attachments, and I can hand you the Gamble-Collaton books," set forth Collaton. "Gresham got them away from me to take care of and then held them over me as a threat; but I got them back yesterday by offering to pound his head off. He's a bigger coward than I am."
Loring, I must dissolve that partnership." The young lawyer shook his head. "No way to do it so long as the books remain lost. Unless one of you buys outright the practically defunct Gamble-Collaton Irrigation Company and assumes all its liabilities, you will remain responsible, since Collaton possesses no visible property. I'm sure that he stung you, Johnny." "Stung me! I'm swelled up yet."
"He is outwardly assuming and where Collaton is certain to have it repeated to him that Collaton was merely unfortunate; but I believe he is only waiting for a proof and then I imagine he will drop on Collaton and whoever is helping him like a ton of pig-iron." "I hope he does!" declared Constance with such sudden vindictiveness that Loring laughed.
"You're foolish," returned Gresham, holding his temper through the superiority which had always nettled Collaton. "You like money and I'm showing you a way to get it from Johnny Gamble." The waiter brought the drinks. Collaton paid for them, tossed off his own and rose. "I've had all of that money I want," he declared.
"I don't think one will," returned Collaton, searching Gresham's eyes. "Why?" "Because he is almost certain to make a deposit in the Fourth National Bank in a short time." "That's a very good reason," laughed Collaton, now certain of the eyes. "If that deposit were to be attached," went on Gresham suavely, "it might embarrass him very much." There was a slight pause.
He said his man took one look at the land and came back offering to go six blocks out of his way on a busy Monday to see Collaton hung." "We'd get up a party," commented Loring dryly, and Johnny hurried away to the offices of his Bronx concern. He was a very unhappy Johnny these days and had but little joy in his million.
Collaton spent money faster than Johnny could get it, and operations had to be discontinued. Johnny has been paying the debts of the concern ever since. Every time he thinks he has them cleared off, a new set bobs up; and, since the books and all the papers are lost, he can't prove or disprove anything.
Johnny can't even dissolve the partnership so long as there are indefinite outstanding accounts. Now, Constance, I'm not a good lawyer or I would not, even in strict confidence like this, say the following, to wit and namely: I think Collaton is a plain ordinary sneak-thief." They were both silent for a little time. "Doesn't it seem rather strange that the people who hold claims against Mr.
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