The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1885-11-19
LOUISA, LAWRENCE 60, KY. NOVEMBER la, 1885,

tup for m instant and then resumed his
tlofTrer position, but that instant sufliced
TO show 70 those present face 70 bag
[gard that not one among them all
lrecogni,ed Il as the face of John Par
lsoDs, the owner Of the mountain ranch.
The doctor advanced and laid n hand
upon tho wris; OF the stricken Inan. a.
III to feel bis plilse.
! Then John Parsons again raised his
Head, and with an effort arose TO his
Ifeet
at ain't no use, Doc" he said. rccog-
lni,'rg the physician as one who had at
lmnded Johnny in his recent illness. "It
: n no use" hc repeated. tits the
heart that's ailin' an there ain't no
lincd5cine that'll do Il any good; least
> isc nothin you kin give. The chill
/ ilren is Dein' robbed OF their home iast
A. their parents has bcen afore ON.
,Sd there ain't anrthing lefi to live fer
Il thought when read the letter iest
,o~ that We could all live together
I10m"how on our own little ranch, bu,
\ pears that il il 10 be tuck from ,fs
.on--thongh | don't know how II
toomes. have an abstract that got
,ut of this very office when l bought
:he place and il says there weren't no
mortgage onto II then, but now there
/ pears To be one for all it's wo tn,
an they'll take il OF course, an there
iaiG no place left where an honest man
kin take taein as is dependent on him.
Il would bo better II we was AL dead.
AN | speci we Viii be puriy soon.
"The railroad company'll turn
Erastus an Lucy out, an the grill
Id.e, may be. for want Of shelter.
when her baby comes to be born. an
ncr father won't have any shelter to
Eoaer hor; for ef they were mean enough
10 mortgage tho place and then sell it
thcy j b. devils enough 10 turn an old
Iinan an woman an crippled boy oW
tAe minute they want possession"
All this was sniu IN tone of voice
and manner that showed, even more
shan his words, how utterly broken
snd hopeless the man was, and when
be ceased speaking he staggered again,
and those about him thought he would
have fallen; but he gathered his ener-
gies. made his way through the crowd,
which opened to lot him pass, went to
the stable, and replacing the saddle on
his horse, mounted him and turned his
face toward home
The moment he left the Recorder 81
office, a dozen voices were heard eager.
" demanding to know the details Of
the affair.
The man who was to have bought the
place could tell nothing beyond the
fact that on examining the records he
had discovered q mortgage against III
for about tho value Of the property.
at seemed strange" he said. 'thaii
the mortgage should be there and have
escaped the eve, not only Of Mr.. Par
sons himself. but OF the maker OF tn
abstract which he received from Mr.
Blake. There is evidently mistake
somewhere, Possibly the mo1gage has
been paid and tho mortgageShas neg
lected to cancel iton the books in the
o.noe; II 50 and II can be proved, it can
lall be made right yet"
Then somebody suggested that MIR.
Parsons be called back and an effort
made to ascertain the facts.
ut is pity to lot the old man suffer
30, II Il Is only mistake and the
mortgage has been paid they said;
and half dozen Of them started at
once 10 call to Mr.. Parsons to stay and
try to learn all the facts. but the Re-
Icor1er, who had remained silent during
the discussion now spoke:
Its no uso. men," he said, this
mortgage Is there. and there is no
doubt but Il will take the place, unless
the old man can raise the money to pay
II OIL.
'.You know have only been in Office
loss than year. When came in here
j got TO looking over the books back a
piece and found things 4 little bit.
mixed. and set to work to straighten
'em up. Among other things ! STUN
bled onto this mortgage. It was re-
corded all right, but it wasn't indexed,
and you know man might hunt for a
week through these books and not find
q thing that wasn't in the index. Be-
sides. no one would ever think of doing
so, as every mortgage is supposed to
appear in the index under the name
both of the maker and the mortgagee.
.'I thought at the time that like
enough trouble would come of the
blunder, which is the fault of old Pu-
terbaugh, who was Recorder Mt the
time il occurred. He was never sober
two days at stretch. and ought nnyer
to haye been elected, but he ;aaRagcdl