“But you put in a hundred and twenty-five and dad only put in fifty,” Tom demurred. “You take fifty and we’ll pay dad twenty-five. That’s fairer.” And after some discussion it was settled that way. “Then,” said Tom, “we have about thirty-five left, haven’t we? What’ll we do with that?”
“We’ll let twenty-five of it remain in the treasury,” replied Willard, “and declare a dividend of five dollars apiece. How’s that?”
“All right,” said Tom. “How do you do it?”
“Do what?”
“Why, declare a dividend.”
“You—you just do it,” laughed Willard. “We’ve declared it. To-morrow we’ll each take five dollars out.”
“What’ll we do with it?” asked Tom.
“Anything you like. Spend it; save it; anything.”
“Oh, I see. It’ll be our own, you mean?”
“Of course!”