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Updated: May 21, 2025
Hilburn, the tax collector, was there, and two of the selectmen of the town, besides Cole, the auctioneer. At four o'clock Hilburn stood on the house steps, read the published notice of the sale and the court warrant for it. The town, he said, would deduct $114 the amount of unpaid taxes from the sum received for the farm. Otherwise the place would be sold intact to the highest bidder.
To my surprise and relief, Addison went to Hilburn and handed him $100. "I'll pay a hundred down," he said, "to bind my bid, and the balance to-morrow." The two selectmen and Hilburn smiled, but accepted it. I remembered then that Addison had gone to the village the day before, and guessed that he had drawn his savings from the bank. But I did not see how he could raise $1,950 by the next day.
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