It's a shrewd device, and my hat's off to the guy that invented it." "Very true.

Very well expressed.

But in the statute governing the procedure there is wrapped up a bundle of bad news, for it is provided that any officer or stockholder may become personally liable for the entire debt of the association.

There is going to be a lot of sleep lost over that fact when the truth becomes known." "You mean if I got stock in a company that's blowed up, and I'm living in Oshkosh, all pretty, that I can be hooked for the debts some crook runs up here in Texas ?" "Precisely." This intelligence brought no consternation to the partners; on the contrary, McWade, the optimist, grinned widely.

"Goes to show you we have been playing the game along safe and legitimate lines," said he.
"We don't own a share in any of our own enterprises, and if we have to pick up a few now and then to boost the market, we drop them again as if they were hot.