This was the only cause of serious trouble among us.

By way of settlement I proposed that we should "pool" these messages and divide the cash equally at the end of each week.

I was appointed treasurer.

Peace and good-humor reigned ever afterwards.
This pooling of extra earnings not being intended to create artificial prices was really cooeperation.

It was my first essay in financial organization.
The boys considered that they had a perfect right to spend these dividends, and the adjoining confectioner's shop had running accounts with most of them.