"They wouldn't have had it but for you, would they?"
"I don't know; perhaps not," confessed the boy reluctantly.
"It was your project," insisted Carter.
"Yes."
"Then nobody has any right to claim it."
"Maybe not the right to really claim it. But all of us boys have slaved together to make it a success. It is as much their work as mine."
"What do they intend to do with it?"
"Pass it on to the school, I suppose. We haven't talked it over, though. We haven't got that far yet."
"Well, all I can say is that if you handed it over to the school free of charge you would be darn stupid. Why not make some money out of it? Offer to sell it to the school if you think you must; but don't give it away."
Paul shook his head dubiously.