I should say
you could recover the principal with interest and costs. Always
provided the vendor is financially responsible."
"I presume they are. Lewis and Company sold me this timber. Here are
the papers. Will you undertake this matter for me?"
MacFarlan jerked his thumb towards the ceiling.
"This Lewis above me?"
"Yes."
Hollister laid the documents before MacFarlan. He ran through them,
laid them down and looked reflectively at Hollister.
"I'm afraid," he said slowly, "you are making your move too late."
"Why?" Hollister demanded uneasily.
"Evidently you aren't aware what has happened to Lewis? I take it you
haven't been reading the papers?"
"I haven't," Hollister admitted. "What has happened?"
"His concern has gone smash," MacFarlan stated. "I happen to be sure
of that, because I'm acting for two creditors. A receiver has been
appointed. Lewis himself is in deep. He is at present at large on
bail, charged with unlawful conversion of moneys entrusted to his
care. You have a case, clear enough, but----" he threw out his hands
with a suggestive motion--"they're bankrupt.
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