. The Saturday evening post. f the two departments wereso adjusted that when Cutie got into a hole you couldalways charge something off to the parent corporation tomake the ledgers come out right. The Caslows insistedthat this policy be pursued for reasons of their own. That explains how Boone happened to be a corporationstockholder. The time came when the salary Cutie paidhim couldnt be made to look commensurate with his the Caslows debated a long time and finally voted hima block of stock, to be paid for out of profits or in any otherway Boone preferred. It wasnt a big block, but such
. The Saturday evening post. f the two departments wereso adjusted that when Cutie got into a hole you couldalways charge something off to the parent corporation tomake the ledgers come out right. The Caslows insistedthat this policy be pursued for reasons of their own. That explains how Boone happened to be a corporationstockholder. The time came when the salary Cutie paidhim couldnt be made to look commensurate with his the Caslows debated a long time and finally voted hima block of stock, to be paid for out of profits or in any otherway Boone preferred. It wasnt a big block, but such wereCaslow dividends that it added measurably to Boonesearnings. Furthermore, it gave him certain rather limit elprivileges as a partner which he had never enjoyed as amere employee. Nevertheless, Boone was never made to feel himself apart of Caslow. One reason was that, on presenting himwith the stock, Mr. Rogers Caslow had said, I suppose,Boone, you understand that should you at any time sever THE SATURDAY EVENING POST 13. your connectionwith us we are tohave the privilegeof buying back thisstock at the sameprice you are pay-ing. Boone knew wellenough that blocksof stock withstrings attachedwere the rule rather than the exception. But the feelingthat the obligation existed had always seemed to taint hisownership. He didnt stop to think that the holdings ofany one of the Caslows themselves were subject to a similarrestriction, and if he had thought of it there would havebeen a distinction. They were Caslows. He wasnt. TheCaslows never let anyone forget what it meant to be aCaslow—something chosen and set apart under high heavenfor consideration beyond the common. Boone, if he hadntbeen so tirelessly busy, might well have resented the aris-tocracy of the Caslows, since he had so much to do withsupporting it. The sales manager of Cutie would have liked verymuch to have something to say regarding the policies ofthe book house. Cutie wasnt the only correspondenceschool in the c
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