In the days when vast markets would be established for Canadian wheat in Shanghai and Tokio, then these two towns of Manitou and Lebanon on the Sagalac would be like the swivel to the organization of trade of a continent.
Ingolby had worked with this end in view.

In doing so he had tried to get what he wanted without trickery; to reach his goal by playing the game according to the rules, and this policy nonplussed his rivals and associates.

They expected secret moves, and he laid his cards on the table.

Sharp, quick, resolute and ruthless he was, however, if he knew that he was being tricked.

Then he struck, and struck hard.