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I burnt down my house an' barn. I got the insurance money. I sent some of it out West, to put into that furniture business, an' Dan Forbes has made way with it. I only kept enough to take Rosa an' me out there. I'll give up that, an' go to jail; an' if the Lord spares my life, when I come out I'll pay it back, principal an' int'rest." Molly gave one little moan, and buried her face in her hands.
Thomas' gaze wandered to Persis who had resumed her seat and taken up her sewing. "We're talking of a chance to put your money where it'll get more than savings bank int'rest," he said, resolved that Joel should not monopolize every topic of conversation. "The Apple of Eden Investment Company, they call it." "I heard you say something about twenty-five per cent," returned Persis, sewing placidly.
"Wa'al," said David, taking a last farewell of the end of his cigar, which he threw into the grate, "mebbe what's comin' 'll int'rest ye more 'n the rest on't has.
"If you try to indoose 'em to take an int'rest in a bran'-new virtue, they won't look at it; but they 'll run down a side street an' buy half a yard more o' some turrible old shop-worn trait o' character that they've kep' in stock all their lives, an' that everybody's sick to death of. There was a man in Gard'ner "
But Sally Turk clutched the arm of Will Turk's wife in fingers that were tight with the obduracy of despair. "I've got ter see Will," she pleaded. "Fer God's sake, don't deny me. Hit's ther only thing I asks of ye now an' hit's a matter of master int'rest ter Will es well es me. I'll go down on my knees ef hit'll pleasure him but I've got ter see him."
If ever I quit wantin' to stan' well with him, he'll get his comeuppance, short an sudden!" "Speakin' o' standin' well with folks, Phil Perry's kind o' makin' up to Patience Baxter, ain't he, Cephas?" asked Uncle Bart guardedly. "Mebbe you wouldn't notice it, hevin' no partic'lar int'rest, but your mother's kind o got the idee into her head lately, an' she's turrible far-sighted."
"Asa owned the mortgage on the place," said Jed, as if that explained something. Scattergood nodded comprehension. "Keep up your int'rest, Jed?" "Year behind. Asa was threatenin' foreclosure." "Threatened to throw us offn the place ... ag'in and ag'in he threatened and we'd 'a' starved, 'cause Jed hain't strong.
Coming to himself a little, he thought there might have been some mistake about the items, would like to have Miss barley's bill returned, would make it all right, had no idee that Squire Venner had a special int'rest in Miss barley, was sorry he had given offence, if he might take that bill and look it over "No. Mr. Peckham," said Mr.
"I told ye yestiddy thet I aimed ter wed with thet gal myself ef so be I proved lucky at sweetheartin' her. I hain't got no gay int'rest in aidin' ner abettin' ye, but yit I don't hold with no such bull-dozin' methods. What does ye aim ter do erbout hit?"
"I've got somethin' to tell ye that ought to int'rest ye consid'able." "Yes, I'll be there about eight," was the reply as Schofield joined in loading the truck. He found the captain that night smoking a pipe on the low front porch of the Widow Sprague's cottage, evidently very much at home. Bijonah motioned him to a chair and proffered a cigar with a slightly self-conscious air.
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