“I owed you more than that,” she said, coloring.
“But Mr. Sorenson has learned about his son and the paper and everything that happened, except Ed Sorenson told him lies instead of the truth,” Janet put in. “He’s terribly angry at all of us. He said he would kill you for crippling Ed.”
“Sorenson is welcome to try,” Weir responded, with a quick blaze in his eyes.
At this point Mr. Pollock interposed.
“You didn’t finish your story, Weir. Relate for Mr. Madden’s benefit what occurred at Judge Gordon’s house.”
This tragic conclusion to the afternoon’s happenings the engineer told, though remarking that the company 244 director should be the true narrator. At his announcement that Judge Gordon had taken his own life by poison his listeners remained dumbfounded.
“He’s dead, then?” Madden asked, at last.
“Yes. And the transfer of property made to Mr. Pollock amounts to an acknowledgment of his guilt. Now, I should like to have Martinez read this deposition, for I’ve never heard its contents myself.”
This the Mexican did, translating the Spanish paragraphs into English with fluent ease, ending by reading the list of witnesses. Martinez gave the paper a slap of his hand.
“And old Saurez was found dead in Vorse’s saloon by me an hour after he had signed this,” he said. “Draw your own conclusions.”