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"Ah, very well then. Now we begin to understand each other."
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Well, I don't see that we do. There's two months' wages due the men,
and----"
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How? Haven't you paid the men?"
Paid them! How are we going to pay them when you don't honor our
drafts?"
"Why, my dear sir, I cannot see how you can find any fault with us. I am
sure we have acted in a perfectly straight forward business way.--Now let
us look at the thing a moment. You subscribed for 100 shares of the
capital stock, at $1,000 a share, I believe?"
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Yes, sir, I did."
And Mr. Sellers took a like amount?"
Yes, sir."
Very well. No concern can get along without money. We levied a ten per
cent. assessment. It was the original understanding that you and Mr.
Sellers were to have the positions you now hold, with salaries of $600 a
month each, while in active service. You were duly elected to these
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