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He took an insane delight, too, in making others feel his power. If Mr. Tompkins had obtained the amount, and tendered it to Wolford, two weeks before it was due, the miser would have, in all probability, solicited him to keep it on even better terms than at first obtained; but to appear anxious about the matter, was to foreclose all chances of a renewal. AFTER Wolford had left the store of Mr.
Your mortgage on my property is not worth that! "What do you mean?" Wolford showed considerable alarm. "You took twelve per cent. per annum?" "I know I did." "And that is usury?" "It is a fair interest. Money is always worth the market price." "The law says that all over six per cent. is usury; and the taking of such excess vitiates the transaction." "Do you mean to put in that plea?"
These were surrounded by a superior force, and Wolford then brought up the rest of his command, only 700 strong, and made a bold effort to rescue his comrades. This he did, with the loss of the prisoners mentioned and the howitzers, which were taken after they had fired their last cartridge. The wagons were burned, but the men bravely cut their way out.
Walking up to Wolford, as he thought him, the Indiana captain saluted him, "Captain, how are you?" "Bully; how are you? What are you going to do with all these men and horses?" "Why, you see that horse-thieving John Morgan is in this part of the country, cutting up the deuce. Between you and me, captain, if he comes this way, we'll try and give him the best we've got in the shop."
While thus engaged, a person entered his store, and was shown back to that portion of it where he had retired. Mr. Tompkins looked up on hearing his name pronounced, and met the steady eye of one whose presence was not very agreeable to him just at that time. "Ah, Mr. Wolford! How are you to-day? I am glad to see you," he said, with an effort to seem pleased and indifferent. "Very well.
Wolford, phlegmatic as he was, seemed slightly moved by this unexpected change in the manner and position of Tompkins. He narrowly observed the expression of his face, but did not reply. He was afraid to trust himself to speak, lest he should betray his real thoughts. "You will be prepared to pay me next week, then," he at length said, rising. "Yes, sir.
The next week, to poor Mr. Tompkins, he was called a rich man, was one of sad perplexity and anxious deliberation upon what it was best for him to do. He had great difficulty in raising sufficient money to meet his payments, independent of the ten thousand dollars demanded by Wolford. Where that sum was to come from he could not tell.
"If you wish to invest money safely and profitably, I will put you in the way of doing it," said a petty dispenser of justice to poor debtors, rogues and vagabonds, aside to the miser one day, after he had given judgment against a delinquent borrower. "How?" eagerly asked Wolford.
He returned the merchant's salutation with formality, seated himself deliberately, and, resting his hands upon the head of his cane, looked up with a sinister expression on his face. "A fine day this, Mr. Wolford," said Tompkins. "Yes, very fine. How is business?" "Dull terribly dull. I have never known such a business season. There is absolutely nothing doing." Wolford made no reply.
Wolford retired in a dissatisfied mood. He had overreached himself. In the course of a week the sale was made, and for cash. The property brought twenty-five thousand dollars. After the mortgage was released, and his borrowed money account balanced, Mr. Tompkins had just twelve thousand dollars to his credit in bank, with a month's heavy payments before him.
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