to pay us fifty-four dollars more for the interest on the mortgage.”
So you scratch your head and say, “Well, that isn’t so bad. If I hadn’t got that six dollars for nothing I would have had to pay the whole sixty dollars.” And so you think you are smart again. You say, “Well, my gracious, that’s a deep game.” “Anyway,” you say. “I’m going to make nine hundred dollars on every share of that stock I bought.” So you go over to find out about the stock that you bought for a hundred dollars a share; and you ask the fellow about the nine hundred dollars a share that you were going to make on the stock. “Well, yes, you may make it,” says he, “if you wait long enough.” “Well, you ask, how much have I made already?” “Oh,” says he, “you haven’t made anything |