"I take it that you mean
companies dealing in crude rubber, the raw material, people with
investments in plantations and concessions, perhaps. Who are they?
Who were the men who went on that expedition to the Congo with
Borland which you mentioned?"
"Of course, there was Borland himself," answered Winslow. "Then
there was a young chemist named Lathrop, a very clever and
ambitious fellow who succeeded Cushing when he resigned from the
works, and Dr. Harris, who was persuaded to go because of his
friendship for Borland. After they took up the concession I
believe all of them put money into it, though how much I can't
say."
I was curious to ask whether there were any other visitors at the
Winslow house who might be rivals for Ruth's affections, but there
was no opportunity.
Nothing more was said until we arrived at Goodyear.
We found the body of Cushing lying in a modest little mortuary
chapel of an undertaking establishment on the main street. Kennedy
at once began his investigation by discovering what seemed to have
escaped others.
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