My father is one of them, and when he puts money into a thing he wants all out of it that's coming to him.
So do his associates." "Let me finish what I started to say," Lee remarked.

"Aside from what purchasers of land under this canal scheme have the right to expect, and what they would suffer from a disaster, it hits our own pockets in the end.

Poor construction always turns out to be expensive construction.

Aside from the initial cash payments from buyers, all we have from them will be notes--mortgage notes that can be paid only by crops from the land.

The water insures these crops.