The Spoilers — James Pattinson

Carlos Ortega was negotiating with a London merchant bank for a loan to buy land in Central America on which to expand his cattle-rearing enterprise. Paul Fraser was sent to assess the prospects for such an investment. He discovered there was bitter opposition to the felling of the trees, and the Tree People used curious methods to persuade him to see their point of view. To add to these complications, Fraser had fallen in love with Ortega's daughter, Margarita...