Harding handed him a check, and Davies looked at it in surprise.
"You have made another deduction!"
"Certainly. You demanded an interview, and I've knocked off my fare to Winnipeg. Now where's the note?"
Davies produced it, and then looked at him with an ironical grin.
"It's all straight, and I hope you're satisfied. A farmer, aren't you? May I suggest that you have mistaken your profession?"
Harding laughed good-naturedly as he pocketed the papers.
"I don't know. My belief is that a farmer doesn't lose anything by studying business methods."
When they reached the street, Harding turned to Devine.
"I've learned something I wanted to know," he said. "That fellow has a mortgage on Gerald Mowbray's land. He's playing a deep game."
"I don't see what he's getting after."