“How much do you get out of this?” Sam asked, with a leer of understanding.
“Ten per cent. for selling the stock, and have the new company buy over the present one for ten thousand dollars’ worth of shares.”
“Sam,” he said, “I want you to invest”
“I thought so,” said Glidden with a grin. “Fixtures, established business and good will, I suppose.”
Wix chuckled.
“You put it in the loveliest words,” he admitted.
“You’re a bright young man,” said Glidden admiringly. “You’d better pay for those fixtures and put in the whole business at five hundred.”
“What do you suppose I’m enlarging the thing for, except to increase my income?” Wix demanded. “With ten thousand dollars’ worth of stock I’d get only two-fifths of the profit, when I’ve been getting it all heretofore. As a matter of fact, I’m doing pretty well not to try to capture the majority.”