Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-03-27
THE MORTGAGE.


sbou, il. lie knew il anil worried ahou,
il. just as alnos, every other young iarm.
er has known the same thing aud fre,ted
over il. In truth it may be said that all
the other ills and pcrpicxiiics of life can
hardly equal the trials aud sufFerings aris-
ing out Of financial liabilities in the shape
Of mortgages. The granter ofthe securi.
~ can neither work in the fcld or play
with his children in the house wiiluuut see-
Ing ever before him the phantom placarj,
Know al. men By these presents;" say
ing. in unmistakabie language, PAY or
lose ] II you fail TO pay you win be driv-
en- out o. your kesac. or z ~ sAoxId de
your wife and little ones w.il have no home.
and what you hare paid will avail them
nothing" 80
Now Isaac veran was human, and
thought and acted very much ~ other
mcr think and act. That possible con,in-
gcncy which would thrust him out of his
own house. troubled him much; aud one
day he spoke Of i, incidentally at the din
ner table. But his wife exclaimed, '.Oh
don't worry. Isaac. il will NIL come out
right We are young and strong, and
we can pay il nll of in five ycnrs." This
encouraged Isaac sorewhat. and for few
days the cows were milked. the corn hocd !,
and the grass moved with careless jny -
But the day for the payment Of the semi
annual interest came, and with it the old
troublesome thoughts. what if he should
fail to pay?
lie dill not mention his pcrplexisy again
to his wife. lest she should ridiculc his
lack OF faith in his future, tu. began to
ponder upon some safeguard by which he
could escape The risk that so much an.
noy"d him At last newspaper ac-
eount of the death "f an old acquaintance
containing this paragraph. His p"licy of
sum Of $40, 600" me, his eye. and i, de-
cid"i the question for him at once
What il cnnno, pny !? said hr. There
Is no, n reasonable d"uh, hu, TIA, can
pay if live. atnl here j. ihc scrnri,y If
die. | will not say anything about it t"
NV wife as she Nigh. laash At n". but |
will go to morrow and yet my life insure!
i"r four ih"u.ani .l.,!lnr-.'
Years rn.> quickly d, the slcw"s,. aud
the tw" succeeding the date "f hi. in-ur.
anrr PASSED with Isaac Vcrun ~ quickly
a. they did with u-. Tw" pnym"n'. had
been made an the mortgage aud every
thing appeared So favorable that lie some
times thought his Investment IN the iusur-
nnec was f"li>h bargain Bat onc
morning in june the mi:hbnriuml was
startled with the news that Isaac was very
sick with u fever. aud the doctor had PRO.
nounccd him dangerously i'll! Two days
later tho shock came. aud the children
whispered. as they passed The door on
their way to school. Susie Ecran's father
is dead
The kind.hcartcl acquairtanccs of the
young farmer she'd tears rs they met and
often they shook their heads and said s"r-
rowfuliy. What will become Of the wi,l-
ow aud the children. The farm is mort
gnged.'
And If outsiders sympaihize1 and won
dcred. what must have been Mrs. Vcran's
feelings MS she took the children up aud
thought how she had lost husband, and
now must lose her home. Oh that mort
gage OF $4,000. IL that were paid she
could rent part of tho farm and hire men
to culiiyste tho remainder for her. lfihat
we're only out Of the way, she could care
for his children for his sake. Bat for
that she could keep the cows. the chick
ems. the sheep. and the horse. with which
the children hae taken SO much pleasure.
aud they would not lose everything be-
cause their father had died. But ,hcre
was the fact. The mortgage mus, be paid
when due. and the stock. the house, AMI
perhaps all the land must go at grea,
sacrifice to pay il, Poor widowed mother .
Poor fathcrless aud almost homeless chill
drcn
The next payment Of interest on the
debt came due and was paid. Ilcsita,ing-
ly, the widow opened. for the first time.
TIE drawer in whicl, Isaac had kept his
valuable papers. Is she wished to Gle away
the receipt which she had received for ,he
last moucy she had. and which was the
last she cculd ever expect Z" pay ON the
mortgage. Blu, in the drawer. and in the
same package with his receipts. was the
policy of life insurance! fHT
d. what joy was there then j! Who shall
say how deeply she blessed the name OF
her dear husband Verify. i, was like an
angel of mercy, and its rich blessing was
one for , lifetime. : Aud what peaee -
Now $50 can kcsp the farm: now She can
care Tor the children. Now. rs we see
bcr in the Pie'are. she can keep many oil
,ac old Joys. and the children can be hap.
py Till such time a. she shall be called ur
to Isaac. AVID they bccuare men aud 40,
men. respected and loved as she aId Isaac