"Glad you want to sell. I figger to make money on this stock. Want to buy a lot of it."
"About how many shares?"
"What you askin'?" said Scattergood.
"Par."
"Shucks! Give you thirty."
There was haggling and bickering until a price of sixty was agreed upon, and Mr. McCann's heart expanded with satisfaction.
"Now, how many shares?"
"Want control. Want fifty-one per cent, anyhow. Got 'em?"
"Of course." This was not the fact, but Mr. McCann was not addicted to unnecessary facts. He knew where he could get the rest for less than 60. There would be an additional profit and additional credit coming to him. In cold reality, Crane & Keith owned some 40 per cent of the stock.
"Take all you'll sell."