Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-02-02
LIFTING A MORTGAGE.

After twenty years of hard labor and |
rigid economy my Uncle Dan, who was q |
farmer IN story county. Ia, found himself |
about to be sold out ON mortgage. IL $ |
that way with some men. you know. |
They may work as hard as they will, but !
things grow worse instead of better | was |
there on q visit one October day when the
holder of the mortgage called to say:
IL am sorry for You, Dan Curtis, but
I've given YOU the best show ! could. l
know how hard you've worked, and know
how hard it'll come for you to be turned
off. but / can afford to lose my money.
You owe me, principa! and interest, $500
could have foreclOsed six months ago,
but / was in hope something would turn
up. I'm going to give you another month.
If YOU can't raise tle money, I'll have to
take the farm.
Two or three days later it was decided to
make an appeal to a cousin living about
twenty miles away, and my Uncle Dan and
Aunt Martha set out in the Od.quill wheel
buggy. drawn by the family Dobbin, to
make the journey. As they We're ready to
start Uncle Dan cast his eyes around and
said;
1t won't be no use, Martha i feel it
in my bones that it won't
Daniel hey you got done trustin the
~ ?" asked my aunt, who was a very
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