"
Heinzman laughed with assumed lightness.
"Suppose I fool you," said he. "I guess I joost keep it for
mineself."
Newmark looked at him coldly.
"I wouldn't," he advised. "You may remember the member from Lapeer
County in that charter fight? And the five hundred dollars for his
vote? Try it on, and see how much evidence I can bring up. It's
called bribery in this State, and means penitentiary usually."
"You don't take a joke," complained Heinzman.
Newmark arose.
"It's understood, then?" he asked.
"How so I know you play fair?" asked the German.
"You don't. It's a case where we have to depend more or less on
each other. But I don't see what you stand to lose--and anyway
you'll get carried over those July payments," Newmark reminded him.
Heinzman was plainly uneasy and slightly afraid of these new waters
in which he swam.
"If you reduce the firm's profits, he iss going to suspect," he
admonished.
"Who said anything about reducing the firm's profits?" said Newmark
impatiently. "If it does work out that way, we'll win a big thing;
if it does not, we'll lose nothing."
He nodded to Heinzman and left the office. His demeanour was as dry
and precise as ever. No expression illuminated his impassive
countenance.
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