Chapter 22 twenty two

Mason found Della parked in the lot in front of the court. How did you get out?she asked anxiously. I shot out the front door.Mason said, what a risk! Subdued him?she asked. Not only subdued, it can be said that he is submissive.Because Gregory thought that if he caught me getting the will, he would definitely defeat me, and he arrested me for this.But I made him so angry that he forgot about the stocks.However, it will not take long before he will adopt a new countermeasure.Hell, back then signing off on shares in case Moffgate set up my clients seemed like they had no choice but to do it, but now it looks almost like a big mistake.

Boss, how much grace period do we have? About half an hour. Then let's go to Yandinger's campsite. No hurry, Mason said, look, Della, in this half hour I have to find the man who killed Banning.Clark's people, find out about the poison and who got into the yard the night Wilma heard the lazy mosquitoes.When Gregory comes looking for us, we'll be in a place he's unlikely to expect. It's Banning.Is it in Clark's building?she asked. Mason nodded. Get in the car, she said, and stay the course. It was Mrs. Sims who heard the doorbell open, oh, hello, she said, you're just in, the long way from Castaic is looking for you, and I don't think they'll keep you long.

Mason gave Della a meaningful glance.Streeter, went into the small building and went to the telephone to pick up the receiver.Soon, he heard Paul.Drake's voice: Hey Perry, are you still awake? Yes.Mason said succinctly. Well, said Drake, remember, I asked you first.Look, Perry, I'm a bit confused, but I still think there's a fish taking the bait. Go on. One is Hayward.Small's people are slender, good at small talk, and always want to see through people at a glance.Do you know him? know. Is he the fish you want to catch? If he takes the bait, he is. Someone hit him.Drake said.

What did you say? Hit the left eye.It looks very nice. Are the orbits bruised? Swollen. What is he going to do? He said he knew that the ore I discovered belonged to the Dongshan Comeback Mining Company. He had a good relationship with this company. If we could share a 50-50 partnership, he promised to get 33% of the profit for the two of us, and then we The two are divided again. What would he do if you accepted the conditions? I don't know, but if the deal is done, he'll take me to St.Roberto, I'm talking to Harvey.Brady was on his way to Los Angeles together.what should I do?

Does he know you're on the phone? He thought I was calling a girl in L.A. I was in a phone booth at a restaurant and I had to get away from him. Well, said Mason, accept his terms and come back. What if he asks me for a specific prospecting route? Mason said: Tell him when you get to St.Roberto drew him a map showing the exact location. Can't tell him before this?asked Drake. Unless you want to be poisoned too.After Mason finished speaking, he hung up the phone. Mrs Sims said: "Mr Moffgate called as if the firm were going to settle that case.He said he couldn't advise me directly because that would be unethical, and he said we could work it out.

Yes, Mason said with a smile, I'm sure he wants to solve this case, where is your husband? He is in the kitchen. Mason went into the kitchen, Pete.Sims slumped dejectedly on a kitchen chair. Oh, it's you.Pete said. Mason nodded and said: Pete, I want to speak to you. say what? Bob's business. Pete said uneasily: Bob is giving me trouble. Mason said: Come with me, you don't know what I'm talking about yet.Della, take your typewriter and briefcase. Mason led the worried and timid Pete up the stairs to Banning.The room Clark had used before his death. Sit down, Pete.

Pete sat down and said: What do you want to know? I want to know something about camouflage bonanza. This thing!I've never done it, but I know how to do it. A little gold nugget in the barrel of a shotgun?Mason asked, before shooting the gold nugget into the quartzite formation, and then peteSims shook his body. What happened to you?asked Mason. The approach is too naive.Not at all, Mr. Mason. how do you do pete Oh, Hayward.Small would call this psychological advice.That's when you try to get a fool on your hook. I'm afraid I don't quite get it yet.said Mason, motioning to Della out of the corner of his eye.Streeter took note of the questions and answers that were asked.

Oh yes, Mr. Mason.People these days are well educated, they're smart, if you're going to sell them gold nuggets, or shoot gold into quartzite formations, they've probably read about it in a book or seen it in a movie If you have been there, you will only be laughed at.In fact, no matter who you try to sell your minerals to, he will be suspicious immediately. If he understands gold mines, it doesn't matter what you tell him, but if he doesn't understand gold mines, he will be suspicious of everything. Obviously Pete.Sims' tense nerves had been completely relaxed, and Mason just asked about the situation without directly making accusations or asking him to explain the problem.This relaxation made him talk more.

I'm afraid I still don't quite get it.Mason said. Oh, Mr. Mason, you have to do this.You find a fool first and arrange everything, and this guy will come to you. Mason said: Pete, you use this on Jim.It didn't work for Bradisson. Pete shifted his body in the chair and said: Mr. Mason, you don't know the whole thing yet. Pete, what the hell is going on? Pete shook his head stubbornly. You're not going to tell me? I told you all I know.Pete said that just now he was still boastful, but now he has become taciturn. Well, Pete, don't take offense.So let's talk again, how do you get this fool hooked?

There are many ways. Can you tell me one. Let me teach you the basics, Pete said, pretend you don't know anything, make this fool think he's super smart and you're just an ignorant, immature desert dude, and the city crooks will think you Stupid enough, he doesn't bother to haggle with you about money. Pete, I still don't know how you do it? Sims got excited again, and continued: You have to be good at thinking, Mr. Mason, you have to spend a lot of time thinking, and you have to be imaginative.So people think I'm lazy, but actually I'm sitting there doing nothing because I'm thinking about Mr. Mason, and I think I talk too much.

You're among friends, Pete, said Mason, and I'm interested in how you got the city crooks on you. These guys fall for it every time.You have to enthusiastically show them the minerals you want them to buy.You have to show them all the advantages of this mine, and they will hesitate to buy it.So when it's lunch time, you can take them around, look at the minerals that belong to you or your friends, and then sit down and have lunch.That's when you make an excuse to go out for a walk, and you've put away what the fool can find himself, and they think the field is full of gold.Do you understand it?Mr. Mason.When you go, he will find these things.But he will never say to you when you come back: Look, Pete, we found gold in your field.Mr. Mason, I'm telling you the truth.I have been doing this thing of disguising bad ore as rich ore for twenty years.I haven't met one that didn't fall for me yet. How do you get customers to look around?Mason asked. Bah, he went to see it himself, and he didn't need me at all.Tell them that a certain mine is a bonanza and should be bought, and they will have little interest in being lukewarm about it.But take them to a place full of colorful stones that don't look like a bonanza, tell them it's nothing special, then walk away and leave them alone, and they'll start looking around.They do it every time.It is a characteristic of such a man that he always thinks he knows more than the old miner. Mason nodded. Oh, continued Pete, and that's it.He started to go for a walk.You have to prepare some natural gold nuggets with high gold content. The gold can be seen from the outside of the nuggets. You first blow up a part of the vein rock, and then stack these small pieces of rocks one by one. If you are good at using explosives, you can also You can mix up some rock glue, and there you go, you glue the stone and the gold nugget together, and it looks like it was formed naturally.The fool will keep the rock specimens in his pocket, and when you come back, he'll ask you a bunch of innocuous questions about mine titles and when your right to buy expires and so on. Then, the next step, you know, he will plan behind your back how to cheat you, how to buy this mine all at once.Or if you've told him straight up that the mine is yours, he'll tell you how good the land is for desert huts, how he's never been in such a quiet place, and so on.Since the land isn't as valuable as mine, he might as well buy it for a shed, or he'll say he has a friend with sinusitis and he wants to buy the land for his friend.If you are the one who found the ore, he will be very suspicious and will call some mining engineers and ask you to show bank certificates.But if he discovers the ore himself, and thinks he can cheat you, he becomes the seller and you the customer.And just like that, the ore became his discovery, and he succeeded. This is a very interesting example of practical psychology, Mason said, Sims, I think, I can use this in my work. Oh, Mr. Mason, if that's all you want to know, I've said it, and it's time for me to go home.It's all a secret, though, and you'll have to find a fool to convince you to sell mine. Wait a minute, Mason said, Pete, I have one more question to ask before you go. Pete sat on the edge of the chair and said: Go ahead, Mr. Mason. Mason said: You planted the revolver on Banning.Clark, isn't it, Pete? What, what do you mean? Mason said: You disguised your wife's mining area as a good mine and sold it to Jim.Credison, then, when the company sued you for fraud, you realized you were in trouble, and you came up with your trick, which was to design Banning.Clark thought that the famous missing Goller Mine was within the range of the Star Mine, isn't it? Hi Mr. Mason!cried Sims, with a reproachful look on his face. And to do that, Mason went on, you got this revolver and carved the name Goler on the handle.But, Pete, you overlook the fact that the way you carved the capital G is very special.The G in the word "Caution" you wrote on the arsenic bag is the same as the G on the gun handle. Pete stared at Mason for a moment, then looked away and muttered: I don't know what you're talking about. Mason turned to Della.Streeter said: Well, Della, go get the sheriff and tell him to bring the bag of arsenic.We'll find the gun and compare the font No, no, no!Sims yells, don't do this.Mr. Mason, don't just go away so hastily, and don't let the sheriff get involved again. Mason smiled and said: Pete, make up your mind. Sims sighed and offered me a cigarette. Mason gave him one.Sims lit his cigarette, and now he had no strength left to resist. Well, he said, I did it, that's all. So tell us about the arsenic.Mason said. As I told the sheriff, I bought the arsenic for Sims hesitantly. What is it for?Mason asked. Just for experimenting.Sims squirms in his chair. Della, probably you still need to get the sheriff. Pete didn't seem to hear Mason's words at all, and continued as if he hadn't been afraid just now: Mr. Mason, the business of missing minerals could be a big deal, I see Banning.Clark died on the revolver matter before he understood what was going on.I've always been a liar going around bouncing bonanzas, fake samples, and all that stuff.What I want to do is to let people know about the missing mines, and then leave only a few clues to make them feel that the missing mines are at their fingertips.I pretended not to know how important this mine was or what it was useful for.do you understand? Mason nodded. Now let's talk about the shooting star mining area.Pete went on to say, I sold it to Jim.Bradisson really worked hard.To tell you the truth, I was so drunk at the time, and Jim was blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.But I figured I had to figure out how to make him feel he wasn't being duped, and that's when I thought of putting the revolver somewhere for Banning.Clark finds it and tells Jim.I found this gun a long time ago in the desert, I just carved Goller into the handle and wiped the surface of the handle with wet tea until the gun looked like something that had been used for a long time. I then placed the gun by a creek next to a mine, leaving only a few inches of the barrel out of the sand and the rest of the gun buried in the sand.I put Banning.Clark took it there when his heart wasn't so bad that he couldn't even move, it's just because of the heart, he needed to be quiet, and I told him I wanted to go prospecting, and I knew he'd go to the creek and sit down , I have long since placed a large pile of natural gold nuggets next to the gun.In this way, as soon as I came back, I found that the gun was gone. Clark was so excited that he couldn't speak, and I pretended I didn't see anything. I thought that since Clark was a shareholder of the company, he would guarantee that the company would not raise objections to the deal I reached with them, but Clark was so obsessed with the missing Goller Mine that he discovered that he wanted my wife to get back all her mines.I think Banning may think that she is more entitled to own these minerals than the company, oh, then I am in a dilemma, Mr. Mason. Soon, I let Jim.Bradisson learns that Clark discovered the missing Goller Mine.Before Clark and I went to the desert, he hadn't been there for six months.I thought it wouldn't take much effort for Bradisson to figure out that this mine must be in the Shooting Star mine.But Jim was stupid enough to set his sights on the scam.Luckily Banning brought you in for a lawsuit. By this point, things have gotten messy. I don't know what he's up to.But now I see he's trying to get Nell to make a fuss so Jim won't be suspicious and hang on to the mine.Well, that's the whole truth. How about arsenic?Mason asked. Oh, if you want to know the facts, Mr. Mason.I'm just a miserable, useless scumbag.I regret it now.I know myself, I only do the job of pretending to be a bonanza.If you were someone else, I would still pretend to be sorry and sad, I would pretend to be decent, even I would feel sorry for Mr. Mason, I have always been a first-rate liar in the past, but this is when I know Hai Ward.Before Small, he would hypnotize me.I don't know how he hypnotized, but later I replaced me with this second personality. Hey, Mason, being a liar almost ruined me.It was so easy to blame everything on Bob, I got a lot of training in lying.That Hayward got me all confused, and I was quite amazed. Believe me, I won't let anyone else lie for me from now on, and I don't want Bob anymore, not now!I have to change, you understand? I understand, Pete.But to be more specific, what do you want arsenic for? Oh, and this missing prosthetic leg mine, Sims says, and several other mines that are missing in the desert and the reason they're missing is because the gold has turned black.The gold nugget is coated with a layer of minerals, which makes the gold mine black.If you scrape off the outer layer, the inside is pure gold, but the natural gold nuggets look like little black stones.I heard that the black layer is a compound of arsenic, so I wanted to buy some arsenic and try to see if a layer of arsenic compound could also be formed on the gold nugget.If it works, I want the next idiot to think he's found the missing mine of prosthetic legs.The rancher and his partner thought they had found the missing Goller mine. The rancher thought he could use science to find the missing mine.Oh, and I also want him to find the missing leg mine. Do you still use arsenic?Mason asked. No, Mr. Mason, no, to tell you the truth.I had forgotten about arsenic.Not long after I got the arsenic I found some black gold nuggets, not many, but enough for me to forge bonanza. Mason said: You and Hayward.Small discussed it? Sims moved a little and said: Hey, Mr. Mason, you're totally wrong, you shouldn't have said that.Hayward.Small was simply an honest man.He's just always courting my daughter, and my wife doesn't like him, but Dorine is going to marry sooner or later, and she'll find someone better than Hayward.What a struggle for Small's strong man! Mason smiled and shook his head and said: Pete, don't forget the Sheriff. Sims sighed wearily and said: Oh, well.So what?Well, I am with Hayward.Small did it together, and Small had something to threaten Jim.Bradisson. What is the handle? I don't know, but I know it's a threat.I've been forging Bonanza for Small, who he sells to the company. He also knows about the deal in the Shooting Star Mine? he does not know.That's my business.You know, I am not a partner with Small, I forged fake mines for him and he gave me money.He himself had been deceived about the Gele Mine. Hayward.Does Small know you have arsenic on your hands?Mason asked. he knows.He was the one who told me not to use arsenic, he said he knew where to find black gold nuggets. You poisoned Banning.Clark?Mason asked. Who, me? Mason nodded. God, it's not me, don't think so. Or did you shoot him? Listen, Mr. Mason, Benning.Clark is a man of his own accord, and I won't even touch a hair on him. Don't you have any idea who put arsenic in the sugar bowl? Sir, I don't know. Mason said: You don't know what Small got on Bradisen, do you? Sir, I don't know, but there is such a thing.I promise you, Jim.Bradisson was afraid of Hayward.Small, this is a blackmail. You don't really think Hayward.Is Small a good fit for Dolena's husband? He is not suitable.If I were here, he would never dare go to Nevada with her under any circumstances. But aren't they married yet? Heard that's how it was, Pete said with a smile on his face, the guy in the army who was nice to Dolena took twenty-four hours off and was hanging around Las Vegas I guess the guy was with Small talked about it, and Small didn't even want to marry.The soldier kept staring at him. Mason said: Well, Pete, that's it for now, thanks. Pete stood up eagerly and said: Mr. Mason, I can't express how much it means to me to have an honest conversation with someone who really understands me.But if you have minerals in the desert and you want to sell them for a good price, no, you can't have them, but if there is anything I can help, give me a call. As soon as he left, Mason turned to Della.Street laughed: We're going to use one of Pete's psychological tactics, he said, put some paper in your portable typewriter and put it on your desk just under the light. How many?Della asked. one sheet.Mason replied. how is it like?She asked, was it a signed document, a letter, or We'll use the bonanza trick, too, Mason said, before another fool finds it.We talk to Pete.What a rewarding meeting with Sims. Della.Streeter loaded the paper into the machine and put his hands on the keyboard in a ready-to-type position. Mason said: We have to start in the middle of a sentence at the top of the page.Type the page number twenty-two first, then type below the page number: Copy of Report to Magistrate Gregory. Della.The sound of Streeter's typing on the keyboard was clear and sweet. When she stopped, Mason said: "Under this sentence, type Jim.Bradisson's talk.Continued from previous page.Well, now start typing the text in the middle of a sentence, and start: that is, within the scope of what I know and understand.Then, another paragraph to hit the Sheriff: Jim.Mr. Bradisson, you could swear to see Hayward.Has Small fiddled with the sugar bowl?Answer: I see, yes, sir.In another paragraph, question: Not only did you see him put the note under the sugar bowl, but you could swear you saw him take the lid off the sugar bowl?Start another paragraph and answer: I saw it, yes, sir.But I remind you that for some reason I will not be able to testify until the trial.Once you bring him before the jury, I'll be an accidental witness to be convicted.You have to sue him before I can testify, but don't use my testimony to sue him. Another conversation with Magistrate Gregory: I understand, Mr. Bradisson, I said we would respect your confidence in us.However, I cannot fully guarantee it.Now, a word about arsenic.peteSims telling Small about having some arsenic on his hands?Answer: Yes, Sims wanted to use it as a camouflage gold nugget, but Small told him not to use the arsenic, he would get the black gold nugget he wanted elsewhere for Sims.Start another paragraph.Question: Who told you this?Start another paragraph.Answer: Sims.Start another paragraph, question: Hayward.Small never confirmed it?Start another paragraph.Answer: Not so much, no. Reached the bottom of the page?Mason asked Della.street. Just in time.she says. Well, said Mason, just leave this page in the typewriter with the light on.Get your briefcase.Wait a minute, we're going to put some cigarette butts in there as if there was a meeting here just now. Break a cigarette in half, light it, and throw the butt here and there. It's hard to tell, Della, and if the Sheriff wants to ask Dolena if she knows anything about signing the shares, it's going to be a mess. Della.Streeter looked at him curiously and asked: "It's Hayward.The poison Small put in the sugar? Mason smiled and said, "Ask Mrs. Sims about the proverb that the goose that lays the golden eggs is killed on its own fault." Then why did you type those words on that piece of paper just now? Mason suddenly became serious and said: Do my best.I am fulfilling my client's wishes.