Bisbee daily review., 1911-11-26

N- bring !n The market, and Nainly endeayored "a make that sum equal the amount she needed to pay the interest on the mortgage held on her little place by Elijah Green.
 Elijah was the local money lender and note shaver. When Elijah had concluded the preliminaries Of a loan with you. you began to realize why he was rich He could bind you 10 more different impossible agreements than any one else. Elijah owned farm after farm--all the result of his shrewdness in the money-lending line. As to shay. ing notes. he was credited with cut ting out everything but the date and adding that to his discount
 When he induced Miss Sabina Pen. nell 70 borrow five hundred dollars from him and to give him 8 mortgage upon her little place. he had really acted more decenrly than ever before He did not want Sabina's place What he wanted was Sabina herself He had proposed to her-proposed ir about the tone and with about as much sentiment ss he usually mani tested when he offered to lend one third the value of a farm for a mort gage on the whole thing. SabiBa had refused him. promptly.
 She had refused him several more times. and then Elijah apparently re signed himself to his fate But ne knew Sabina's circumstauces: ne knew that when her father died and left her entirely alone in the world she would get into debt So he kept Irack Of her dehts, which was not hard thing 10 do. when every dealer in the town was debtor Of his.
 At the psychological moment he Of. iered to lend her five hundred dollars, secured by the mortgage He pointed out to her that he didn't need the money and wanted to invest it and hat so long as she paid the interest on it she need never bother about repaying it
 Its just putting that much money out ar interest, Tor me- he smiled. And it will relieve you Of worry over what you may owe. SO you can man age your place and make it pay you.
 When Sabins signed the mortgage notes and received EIiiah's check she had her first almost-tendar feeling toward him. And when she went 10 Tim and asked him to give her lif- tle more time on the interest. she had been really affected by his generous agreement
 Don't let ir worry you minute Sabina.~ he said Pay 1t when you can. I don't con>ider it real bust ness matter-between me and you, you know
 Bat now Ssbins owed him ninety dollars. just for interest alone.
 Now. Ssbina was not the conyeu- ti0nsl maiden lady in reduced circum- stances. She was moi haggsrd. thin, woebegone woman Of uncertain years, ckiHg Ou; an existence She was just twenty-five years old, neat and pretty and il took all she made teaching sChOOl 10 keep her. She had relied on her turkeys to pay the interest at least How in the world she should ever pay the principal of the mort gage had not occurred 10 her
 But Elijah, with ninety dollars in- terest coming 10 him. was Dot the Elijah who had SO generously loaned her the money Elijah was telling her that t.rles were hard and money vas close. and although be hated To do it he simply had ro have money 10 meet his own obligations. So. since the mortgage was overdue. and the iu- terest was unpaid-why--
 "IIi do the best ! can 10 raise the money. Elijah Ssbina said. I've got forty-nine turkeys. and when sell them"
 But fOrty-nine turkeys won't bring you over sixty dollars Elijah said You'll get about ten cents ? pound for them and mighty few Of them weigh more than twelve pounds"
 SsbIns looked out inio The orchard. where her turkeys were stroIling short. Elijah leaned toward her:
 Haven't you changed your mind. gabiuse" he asked
 Changed my miud2 About Vhstg''
 About marrying me.
 ssbina turned 70 bim. with her eyes fsshinE.
 " fiis IiAtah AftFFF t~N iNdt f@ rhy you made me let you lend ne that money. and thst was why you were SO nice sbout the fnteresi .Tapd thst ,vas- -
 No sr9 no's Elijah cried. sqvirm- ing. "I never thought of that lent you tbe money because ! loved you"