“It'll be the middle of summer before we get a hearing in court,” said he. “Oh, they're a cute layout! They expect to hang me up until it's too late to do anything with the season's cut!”
He arose and began to pace back and forth.
“Tim,” said he, “is there a man in the crew who's afraid of nothing and will obey orders?”
“A dozen,” replied Tim promptly.
“Who's the best?”
“Scotty Parsons.”
“Ask him to step here.”
In a moment the man entered the office.
“Scotty,” said Thorpe, “I want you to understand that I stand responsible for whatever I order you to do.”
“All right, sir,” replied the man.