“In the bank,” answered Harry. “I’ve opened an account; ‘Harriet Emery, Treasurer’; and I’ve got a real bank-book! And if we let the money stay in the bank for three months we’ll get three per cent. interest on it!”
“Then I guess that’s the best way to get the thirty thousand,” laughed Chub. “Just let it lie in the bank until the accumulated interest—”
“Steady!” cautioned Roy.
“—amounts to the other twenty-nine thousand four hundred.”
“You’re a chump,” said Dick. “And you won’t get three per cent. for three months, Harry; it’s three per cent. a year.”
“Oh, is that it?” asked Harry disappointedly. “But I’d get something, wouldn’t I?”
“Yes, one fourth of three per cent.” Harry began to figure earnestly.
“What I want to know,” said Chub, “is why you’ve got the money we lost down on the subscription list.”
“Because,” answered Dick, “Harry insists that she’s going to pay it back.”
“She’s going to do nothing of the sort!” exclaimed Roy indignantly. “She may pay her five dollars back and we’ll all do the same, but there’s no reason why she should pay it all!”