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"It seems everybody is warning us about how dangerous this trip is likely to be," Greg said quietly. "Last night it was Merrill Tawney. He offered to buy us out, he was so eager for a deal that he offered us a fantastic price. Then Johnny tells us that Dad mined some rich ore when he was out there on his last trip, but never got a chance to bring it in because of his ... accident.
A month after the signing of the tariff law, Taft made a speech at Winona, Minnesota, in support of Congressman James A. Tawney, the one Republican representative from Minnesota who had not voted against the bill. In the course of that speech he said; "This is the best tariff bill that the Republican party has ever passed, and, therefore, the best tariff bill that has been passed at all."
"And that will be a little late to help," Tawney said pleasantly. The Major glared at him. "Maybe so ... but you've gone too far this time. This is an official U.N. ship. You'll never be able to go back to Mars." "Really?" the fat man said. "And why not? Officially I'm on Mars right now, with plenty of people to swear to the fact." He chuckled.
This was the beginning of the water-power policy now substantially accepted by the public, and doubtless soon to be enacted into law. But there was at the outset violent opposition to it on the part of the water-power companies, and such representatives of their views in Congress as Messrs. Tawney and Bede.
We've scoured the ship." "You think he just floated away in his space suit?" Doc growled. "Find him. Tawney only needs one of them, but we can't take a chance on the other one getting back...." He broke off, his eyes on the viewscreen. "Did you check those scout ships?" "No, I thought...." "Get down there and check them." Doc turned back to the viewscreen impatiently.
They turned to see the heavy face and angry eyes of Merrill Tawney. The Scavengers of Space The casual observer might have been fooled. Tawney's guard was down only for an instant; then the expression of cold fury and determination on his face dropped away as though the shutter of a camera had clicked, and he was all smiles and affability.
"It was a trick," Tawney said, glaring at Tom. "They told me they shot your ship to pieces...." "The ship, yes," Tom said. "Not me." "Well ... well, that's good, that's good," Tawney said quickly. He turned to Greg. "You don't have to take me back ... the bargain is still good...." "Move," Johnny Coombs said.
You direct us to the lode, we give you half of everything we realize from it," Tawney said, smiling. "You mean you'll write us a contract? With a U.N. witness to it?" "Well, hardly ... under the circumstances. I'm afraid you'll have to take our word." Greg looked at the company man, and shook his head.
But if Tawney spoke truth and he was a truth-telling man this fact seemed counterbalanced by a circumstance he related. When the guns of the Englishman were examined, after the engagement, in more than one instance the wad was found rammed against the cartridge, without intercepting the ball.
"You understand that those ships are hardly suited to a major mining operation like ours," he said, "and the claims...." He dismissed them with a wave of his hand. "Still, we'd want you to be happy with the price. Say, forty-five thousand?" Greg hesitated, shook his head again. "I guess we'd better think it over, Mr. Tawney." "Fifty thousand is absolutely the top," Tawney said sharply.
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