What good is their club without it?
Do you imagine they'd let a town grow up on three sides of their precious game-preserve?
And, besides, I'll bet you that half of their streams and lakes take rise on other people's property--and that Neergard knows it--the Dutch fox!" "That sort of--of business--that kind of coercion, does not appeal to me," said Selwyn gravely.
"Then you'd better go into something besides business in this town," observed Austin, turning red.

"Good Lord, man, where would my Loan and Trust Company be if we never foreclosed, never swallowed a good thing when we see it ?" "But you don't threaten people." Austin turned redder.

"If people or corporations stand in our way and block progress, of course we threaten.

Threaten?
Isn't the threat of punishment the very basis of law and order itself?
What are laws for?
And we have laws, too--laws, under the law--" "Of the State of New Jersey," said Selwyn, laughing.

"Don't flare up, Austin; I'm probably not cut out for a business career, as you point out--otherwise I would not have consulted you.