CHAPTER VII
ABOUT SOME INVESTMENTS
“Spouter, you said yesterday you had news for us,” remarked Jack on the following morning while he and the twins were showing their chums the radio aërial which had to be fixed. Fred was not present, having gone on a walk with May. The other girls were upstairs discussing the question of what to wear on such an unusually warm day.
“I think it will be news that will please you,” returned Spouter. “Anyway, it pleases me and Gif.”
“Oh, I know they’ll like it! They spoke about it once before,” put in Gif. “It’s in regard to our dads’ investments.”
“Oh, are they going into The Rover Company with our folks?” broke in Randy eagerly.
“That’s it,” answered Spouter. “My father has already invested thirty thousand dollars and is going to invest another twenty thousand very soon.”
“And my father has put up his full fifty thousand already. Did it two days ago,” announced Gif a bit proudly. “So you see we have quite an interest in The Rover Company,” and he strutted around with his head in the air and his thumbs in his armholes.
“Will that mean that you’ll go into the business with Fred and me later on?” questioned Jack eagerly, looking at both of his chums as he spoke.
“I’ve been thinking of something of that sort,” answered Gif slowly. “But I’m thinking also of taking up civil engineering.”
“I don’t think I want to go into Wall Street,” answered Spouter. “I’m not going to make up my mind this year, but I’m inclined to think I’ll take up law. I’d like to go into a court room and address a judge and jury on an important case.”