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"The same remark applies to any mortgage," rejoined Orde.
"Exactly."
"For how long a time could I get this?" asked Orde at length.
"I couldn't promise it for longer than five years," replied Newmark.
"That would make about fifteen thousand a year?"
"And interest."
"Certainly--and interest. Well, I don't see why I can't carry that
easily on our present showing and prospects."
"If nothing untoward happens," insisted Newmark determined to put
forward all objections possible.
"It's not much risk," said Orde hopefully. "There's nothing surer
than lumber. We'll pay the notes easily enough as we cut, and the
Boom Company's on velvet now. What do our earnings figure, anyway?"
"We're driving one hundred and fifty million at a profit of about
sixty cents a thousand," said Newmark.
"That's ninety thousand dollars--in five years, four hundred and
fifty thousand," said Orde, sucking his pencil.
"We ought to clean up five dollars a thousand on our mill."
"That's about a hundred thousand on what we've got left."
"And that little barge business nets us about twelve or fifteen
thousand a year."
"For the five years about sixty thousand more. Let's see--that's a
total of say six hundred thousand dollars in five years.
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