We did not feel justified; so much time had elapsed. There
was risk to us in acting without verifying our instructions."
"So this property is still to be marketed. The carrying charges, as I
remember, were small. I presume you carried them."
"Oh, assuredly," Mr. Lewis asserted. "We protected your interests to
the very best of our ability."
"Well, find me a buyer for that limit as soon as you can," Hollister
said abruptly. "I want to turn it into cash."
"We shall set about this at once," Mr. Lewis said. "It may take a
little time--conditions, as a result of the armistice, are again
somewhat unsettled in the logging industry. Airplane spruce production
is dead--dead as a salt mackerel--and fir and cedar slumped with it.
However we shall do our best. Have you a price in mind, Mr.
Hollister, for a quick sale?"
"I paid ten thousand for it. On the strength of your advice as a
specialist in timber investments," he added with a touch of malice. He
had taken a dislike to Mr. Lewis. He had not been so critical of
either men or motives in the old days.
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