The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-11-30

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NWN timated what they would
oA~ bring On the market. and
yainly endeayored 10 make that sum
Equal the amount she needed 10 pay
he inferes, on the mortgage held on
nor little place by Elijah Green
Elijah was the local money lender
ana note shaver When Elijah had
or..uded the preIim.uario- OF "a loan
aItl you, you began fu realize Why be-
aa- rion bee could bind you 20 more
different uul '1.e agreements than
... ono else Euish owned farm after
farm all tGe result of bis shrcWdne-s
in ths money lending line as 20 shay
Ing notes. Do vas credited with cut
ting ont everything but fhe date and
adding that t0 his discount
When be- Induced Miss Sab.ua Pen
mel FOB borrow five hundred dollars
from him and to give him "a mortgage
upon her little place. be- had really
ar-ed more deCcufIy than ever before
b. dlI NOT want SabI1as place What
b. wanted was saUlua herself Hc
Bad proposed 90 BIER proposed iu
1hH" ihp tone and with about as
.f sentiment a. Do usually r8ni
Tested vben be- offered t0 lend one
Pond the .al.o of "a farm i1r mort
-. ou the whole th.ns Sabiua had
refused him promptly
She had refused him several more
times and fhrn Elijah apparently RI.
signed himself to bis fate Hut h.
frrR Satiuas circumstances be-
kfrV that when her father died and
ie.t her entirely alone in the world
she sould gef into debt So be kept
track OF her derfs. which vas not
hard thing 90 So Nhen every dea er
Dol fhn town Was debtor of bis
40 The Psychological moment he Of
Tered fo lend Her Eve hundred dollars.
secured hy 'bs mortgage he pointed
out Oh her that he didn't need the
money and wanted 90 invest o. and
that 20 long a. sho paid the interest
on it che need never bother about
rcpaying 10
-lts iuH putting that much money
out a. interest for Wo" De- su bed
Ard BE- viu relieve 49, ~ worry over
uhat sou may 1sa sa you can man.
a.. Sour place and make % pay yH4
Whom sauina signed on, mortgage
'notes and received Eujahs check she
BAD lsr first almost tender feeling
Toward him And when -he vrnf t0
Din and asked him to give her li'.
DE more time on me Interest. she had
been really affected by bis generous
agreement
Don't leg 81 Worry you a minute.
sahina be- said -Pty u when you
can don't coHsIiss o. real bust.
ness matter between me ana you.
y0a know
Hgf nov Sabina owed him ninety
dollar. iust Tor interest alone
N1a. ssb.na vas not toe conven-
tlorai maiden lady ln reduced circum-
stances She vas not a haggard. thin.
woebegone spman Of uncertain years.
eSing out an existence She was just
fseuty i've year, old. neat and pretty.
and @ took ali she made teaching
school 60 keep her She had relied
~ her turkeys 10 pay the interest a.
least How In the world she should
ever pay the principal OF the mort
gaze had not occurred % her
But Elijah. uith ninety dollars In
terest coming 20 him. vas not the
Elijah Who had 90 generously loaned
her the money Elijah vas telling her
that times we're hard and money vas
close and although he hated to DO a.
he simply had to have money 10 meet
bis o~n obligations So. since the
mortgage was overdue. and the In
terest vas unpaid why
I'm do the best ! can 20 raise the
money. Elijah sabina said I've Got
forty nine turkeys. and when I sell
them"
Rut forty nine turkeys won't bring
you over SIXTY dollars" Elijah said
You'll get about Sen cents a pound
for them. and mighty few Of them
weigh more than twelve pounds
sabina looked oui into the orchard.
where her turkeys we're strolling
about Elijah leaned toward her
Haven't you changed your mind.
SabinaT" he asked
Changed my MAD About What
About marrying ne"
sabina turned 90 him. With her eyes
nasAing
Well. Eiilah Oreen - that "a
-hy you made me lei you lend ne
hat money. and that was shy you
-efe 30 nice about the iotsr@st and
lat sas--
No. 10. not Eiiiah cried. squirm.
~ I nsssr thouTht o. that isnt
~ 80 rsncy 'reauss ! loved y0u