I wouldn't be beating you out of anything, certainly, and as your wife says, you'd really be getting something for nothing.

The mortgage is due next week, you must remember." Stevenson's mind, however, was running in another channel.
"I'll tell you how we can deal," he said, with an assumption of shrewdness.

"You pay me the five thousand you plan to pay off the mortgage with, and get Menocal to renew the loan.

Five thousand--why, my equity is worth more than that! Besides, you've some scheme for making money out of this ranch." "What if I have ?" "That makes a difference when it comes to a deal." "Not with me," the engineer stated, curtly.

"If that's your attitude, we'll drop the matter.