'"
"That is merely to protect ourselves," struck in Newmark.
"But," exploded Heinzman, his face purpling, "a dollar a tousand is
absurd!"
"Of course it is," agreed Newmark. "We expect it to be. But also
we expect you to break out your own rollways in time. It is
intended as a penalty in case you don't."
"I vill not stand for such foolishness," pounded Heinzman on the arm
of his chair.
"Very well," said Newmark crisply, reaching for the contract.
But Heinzman clung to it.
"It is absurd," he repeated in a milder tone. "See, I vill strike
it out." He did so with a few dashes of the pen.
"We have no intention," stated Newmark with decision, "of giving you
the chance to hang up our drive."
Heinzman caught his breath like a child about to cry out.
"So that is what you think!" he shouted at them. "That's the sort
of men you think we are! I'll show you you cannot come into honest
men's offices to insoolt them by such insinuations!" He tore the
contract in pieces and threw it in the waste basket. "Get oudt of
here!" he cried.
Newmark arose as dry and precise as ever. Orde was going red and
white by turns, and his hands twitched.
"Then I understand you to refuse our offer?" asked Newmark coolly.
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