"In addition to the check for the franchise," he continued, "I have also handed to Mr. Brady other certified checks for some twenty million dollars beyond the par value of the stocks of the various companies included in the merger which has just been consummated."
"What are you kickin' about?" demanded Brady. "Ain't that the price you agreed to?"
"It is; and I consider the properties worth the price or I should not have agreed to it."
"The stockholders ought to be satisfied, hadn't they? They're gettin' good returns."
"Yes, they ought to be satisfied, and I have no doubt they are."
"Then what's the point, friend—what's all this palaver?"
"I was just coming to that. There are three short lines which are not mentioned in that contract. May I ask if there was any special reason for their omission?"
"That's our business," snarled Brady.
"I know it is," Gorham replied, sharply, "and I'm going to ask you to attend to it right now."
"We'll attend to it when we get good and ready." Brady squared himself for the issue. "If you was as smart as you think you are, you'd have thought of those three lines before you cashed up."