Rodney. Why, we’d guarantee you against loss from our assets.

Peale. Yes, from our assets.

Ellery. That sounds rather ripping. But what would I get for my twenty-five hundred?

Peale. A receipt.

Ellery. I know, I know, but what interest in the business?

Rodney. Two and one-half per cent.

Ellery. I say, is that much?

Rodney. Think what two and a half per cent in the steel trust would mean.

Peale. And more people use soap than steel.

Ellery. (Wisely) Isn’t steel dearer?