human
Well, we get back your fifteen thousand, he exulted after they were safely in Gresham's apartments.
gpt
Of course Jacobs gets five thousand for engineering the deal, but that gives us five thousand apiece. Jacobs was told--about eleven o'clock--that the money was there.
human
Keep my share; but why didn't you send me word? snarled Gresham.
gpt
I nearly put my foot in it by having a man with whom Gamble is doing business inquire about him at the Fourth National. In place of injuring his credit, we've strengthened it.
human
Good work! approved Collaton.
gpt
I hope he makes all kinds of money.
human
I don't! snapped Gresham.
gpt
Did you read the papers this morning?
human
I read the racing and base-ball returns.
gpt
There was more to interest you in the news. Gamble has a big hotel proposition on--and I want it stopped. Can you get another attachment against him for about fifty thousand dollars?
human
It's risky! And Collaton looked about him furtively.
gpt
It's easy enough to fake an old note for money--
human
You must not say 'fake' to me. I will not countenance any crooked business.
gpt
To dig up an old note for money I am supposed to have borrowed and spent--
human
Not supposed.
gpt
For money I borrowed and spent on the work out there--and have a quiet suit entered by one of my pet assassins in Fliegel's court, have the summons served and confess judgment. Johnny is sucker enough to confess judgment, too, rather than repudiate a debt which he can not prove he does not owe; but I've already milked that scheme so dry that I'm afraid of it.
human
You're afraid of everything, Gresham charged him with the scorn one coward feels for another.
gpt
Your operations out there were spread over ten thousand acres of ground; and it would take a dozen experts six months, without any books or papers to guide them, to make even an approximate estimate of your legitimate expenditures.
human
I don't know, hesitated Collaton with a shake of his head--
gpt
I only touched the high places in the actual work out there. I believe I was a sucker at that, Gresham. If I had buckled down to it, like Gamble does, we could have made a fortune out of that scheme. He's a wonder!
human
He has wonderful luck, corrected Gresham.
gpt
I tried my best to scare Courtney away from him with that attachment, but he insisted on clinging to his Johnny Gamble; so we'll hand him enough of Johnny by laying a fifty-thousand-dollar attachment against his property.
human
You're a funny cuss, said Collaton, puzzled.
gpt
If you wanted to soak him for this fifty thousand why did you try to scare Courtney off?
human
Can't you understand that I'm not after the money? demanded Gresham.
gpt
I've explained that to you before. I want Gamble broke, discredited, and so involved that he can never transact any business in New York.
human
What's he done to you? inquired Collaton.
gpt
He must be winning a stand-in with your girl.
human
My private affairs are none of your concern!
gpt
All right, governor, assented Collaton a trifle sullenly.
human
I'll fake that note for you to-night; and--
gpt
I told you I would not have anything to do with any crooked work,
human
Oh, shut up! growled Collaton.
gpt
You give me the cramps. You're a worse crook than I am!
human
Tell Mr. Washer I will see him in five minutes.