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He saw that what Strout wanted was to get the property back into his own hands again. He would refuse to renew the mortgage and frighten Mrs. Carringford into giving up her home. The way the matter figured out, the expense of paying interest and taxes on the Mullen Lane property was no greater than rental would be elsewhere for the Carringford family.
Our local lion, Obadiah Strout, is as tame as a dove, and we owe it to you." "If I remember aright, a certain Miss Tilly James aided me when I gave the first lesson." "Oh! you mean the time you whistled 'Listen to the Mocking Bird. I wish you had repeated it to-night." Cobb's Twins, William and James, with their wives, were next in line. "How's farming?" asked Quincy.
It was he who advised mother strongly to buy a home with father's insurance money. We didn't know how much it cost to keep up a house after you get possession of it. "Mr. Strout took part of our money in payment and mother gave a mortgage to him for the balance of the price. And that mortgage is troubling mother greatly."
The wrestling match between young Quincy and Bob Wood had been an incentive to some animated conversations at meal times and at the grocery, but the "locals" in the Fernborough Gazette had never risen above the usual level of, Hal Prentiss has bought a Jersey cow, Strout and Maxwell have a new wagon, William Jones has painted his fence green, Sol.
The twins, Abraham Mason and Obadiah Strout, sturdy little fellows of the same age as Ezekiel's boy, were full of fun and frolic. Swiss, Uncle Ike's dog, had grown old in the past five years, but the antics of the youngsters overcame at times both age and its accompanying dignity, or love of repose, and he was often as frisky as in his younger days. Mrs.
Three Forty-two Main Street." "Ah! Are you acquainted with Mr. Abel Strout?" "I have nothing to do with Mr. Strout," said the man, rather sharply. "I have already told the lady that. My client is Mrs. Blayne " "I understand," said Mr. Day suavely. "I merely asked you a question, Mr. Schrimpe. Do you know Mr. Strout?" "Well I know him by sight." "Naturally.
"Where have you been?" asked Mr. Strout. "Hain't been nowhere. Jes' came from the Pettingill house. Young Master Sawyer wants some brown sugar to make some candy. Give me five pounds." "So it's Master Sawyer, is it?" said Strout as he weighed the saccharine substance. "I thought it was Mister before a man was a Master." "I ain't a talkin' about men he's only a boy, and a mighty smart boy too."
Carringford and Amy were clinging together and facing the dapper, voluble, little lawyer in the kitchen. Amy was sobbing excitedly; but her mother said firmly: "Abel Strout is at the root of this " "I assure you," said the lawyer politely, "my client is Mrs. Blayne. I have nothing to do with Abel Strout." "He is at the root of it, nevertheless," said Mrs. Carringford confidently.
They waved a good-bye as they rode off, and Quincy made his way to the grocery store. Mr. Strout came from behind the counter to meet him. Hiram was busy putting order baskets in the gaudily painted wagon. "I heard as how you were in town, and Hiram said you were at his house last night, but I ain't one of the kind that gits mad if I'm waited on last at table.
Alice G. Blayne, of Croydon, Michigan, my client, to recover a certain parcel of property situated on Mullen Lane and now occupied by you and your family, Mrs. Carringford," said the man glibly, and thrusting a paper into the woman's hand. "But I bought my home through Mr. Abel Strout, of Napsburg," gasped Mrs. Carringford. She did not recognize Jamison, the farm hand, in the transaction at all.
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