"Well, that shows you have good, old-fashioned horse sense, young man," he replied. "Most boys of your age think they know it all, and have to pay dearly for lessons they might have had free."
Just then Broker Tracey came by and stopped to look at the new firm name on the glass front. Fred went to the door and invited him in. Tracey looked at him in astonishment and then at the sign again.
"How do you like our new quarters?" Fred asked him.
"Whose quarters?"
"Halsey & Company–Fred Halsey and Bob Newcombe–we are the firm. Mr. Allison here is our manager."
Tracey glanced at Allison, whom he had known for years, and the old man said:
"It is true, Sir."
"Got any capital?" Tracey asked.
"Plenty of it," replied Allison.
He turned on Fred and asked: