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For the remainder of the lease, be it longer or shorter, a shilling an acre, or about sixpence sterling, was to be paid for the land, and forty pounds currency, or one hundred dollars a year, for the mill-seat. The mills to be taken by the landlord, at an appraisal 'made by men', at the expiration of the lease; the tenant to pay the taxes.
At the point where the rivulet descended the cliff into the sea, he discovered as noble a mill-seat as the heart of man could desire to possess. To have such a mill-seat at command, and not to use it, would, of itself, have made him unhappy, and he could not be easy until he and Peters, who had also a great taste and some skill in that sort of thing, were hard at work building a saw-mill.
Worden and Jason, the former had gone to join the army, craving the flesh-pots of a regimental mess, in preference to the simple fare of the woods; while Jason had driven a hard bargain with Herman Mordaunt for the possession of the mill-seat; which had been the subject of frequent discussions between the parties, and about which the pedagogue had deemed it prudent to draw on the wisdom of Mother Doortje.
Worden and Jason both declined going any further; the mill-seat, of which the last was in quest, being, as I now learned, on the estate of Herman Mordaunt, and having been for some time the subject of a negotiation between the pedagogue and its owner.
"Give up nothing," answered the oracle, in a very oracular manner, shuffling the cards as she spoke; "no, give up nothing, but keep all you can. That is the way to thrive, in this world." "By the Hokey, Dirck, she gives good advice, and I think I shall follow it! But how about the land, and the mill-seat or, rather, how about the particular things I'm thinking about?"
Who would have thought this, Dirck!" "Not a mill; no, there is no mill built; but a mill-seat. Six, king, three and an ace; yes, I see how it is and you wish to get this mill-seat at much less than its real value. Much less; not less, but much less." "Well, this is wonderful! I'll never gainsay fortin-tellin' ag'in!" exclaimed Jason.
"You are thinking of purchasing yes, the cards say purchasing; or is it 'disposing " "Why, as I've got none to sell, it can't very well be disposing, Mother." "Yes, I'm right this Jack of Clubs settles the matter you are thinking of buying some land Ah! there's water running down-hill; and here I see a pond Why, you are thinking of buying a mill-seat." "By the Hokey!
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