“How about the rest of you?” the supervisor asked.
“All guilty,” responded one of the men.
“Would you be willing to testify to that in court?” the supervisor continued.
“Sure we would. That’s what we came for.”
“Good,” Mr. Ramsey exclaimed, “that will be exactly the proof I am looking for to convict Dawson. I felt sure that he was guilty but could not prove it. I am not fixed to take down that evidence now but I’ll come around to see you and get it as soon as I can. I certainly appreciate your help. I don’t blame you any for running in your extras under those conditions and I’ll forget it.”
“Well then,” Wren said simply, “I think we’ll be going. We have considerable work to do cleaning up around home. Before we go we want to thank this gentleman for the warning he gave us. We treated him pretty shabbily when he first came and now he has paid us back by saving all our stock for us. We feel pretty mean about it and are not ashamed to tell him so.”
“Seems to me you have a little more than squared yourselves now,” Scott said. “I feel as though I was considerably in your debt.”
They all shook hands with Scott cordially and filed out of the office again.
“Things are coming our way, Burton,” Mr. Ramsey smiled. “If I could prove that Dawson was Jed Clark’s partner now and mixed up with that big deal I would be happy.”
“And I can settle that for you,” said a familiar voice.