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Squire Moses, Ethan, and the village lawyer were with her, and were about to give the legal notice of the foreclosure of the mortgage. The old man was afraid that he should be cheated out of his prey if he waited any longer. Stumpy rushed into the house, followed by Mr. Hamilton and Leopold. "O, my son," exclaimed Mrs. Wormbury, "the house is to be taken from us!"
In some respects the two hotels were rivals, though the Cliff House had all the better business. Ethan Wormbury did his best to fill up his small house, and was not always careful to be fair and honorable in his competition; but Mr. Bennington was good-natured, and only laughed when bad stories about his house came from the Island Hotel.
"No buts about it, Mr. Bennington. I don't want to talk all day about nothing. You can't pay; that's enough;" and the squire moved towards the door, followed by Jones, who desired to pay his note. "Squire Wormbury," called the landlord, "one word." The usurer walked back to the counter, determined, however, not to prolong the argument. Mr.
The landlord was sorely troubled, and he went to Squire Wormbury to obtain a further loan on his property; but the money-lender declared that he would not risk another dollar on the security. Then Mr. Bennington mortgaged his furniture for two thousand dollars, all he could obtain on it, in order to relieve the pressure upon him; but even then the "floating debt" annoyed him very seriously.
"I am sure I am very grateful to him, for my own and my children's sake," added Mrs. Wormbury. "That don't pay any bills, mother," protested Stumpy. "Leopold's father is in trouble. My beloved grandad will come down upon him like a thousand of bricks, on the first of July, if he don't pay the interest on his note; and Le says his father can't do it." "I'm very sorry," sighed Mrs. Wormbury.
"No man can say that Moses Wormbury ever stole a cent from anybody." This remark evidently indicated the boundary line of the squire's homestead. "Done just the same thing," muttered Stumpy. "Why, father, Stumpy is a good boy," pleaded Mrs. Wormbury.
Now the hotel was called the "Sea Cliff House," and its opening was advertised in the principal cities of New York and New England. As the Island Hotel lost its "trade" and the new house obtained it all, Ethan Wormbury was correspondingly angry. As usually happens to those who rebuild and remodel private or public houses, the expense far exceeded the estimates.
He did not know what to do with it, and Leopold advised him to put it in Herr Schlager's safe. They went to the watch-maker's for this purpose. In front of the shop they saw Deacon Bowman engaged in an earnest conversation with Squire Moses Wormbury. Stumpy heard his grandfather say something about "bonus" as he passed him. "There's a trade," said he to Leopold, as they entered the shop.
Squire Moses did most of the talking, and it was some time before I found out who was with him. But after a while the other man spoke, and I knew it was Ethan." "Ethan Wormbury you mean?" asked Leopold. "Yes my uncle Ethan, that keeps the Island Hotel. Your father's new house, Le, has scared him half out of his wits.
Wormbury struggled with her hard lot, and Squire Moses still threatened to take possession of the cottage. The Cliff House prospered in its small way, and the landlord still nursed his grand project of having a big hotel in Rockhaven. During the next season Leopold did very well with his boat, both with the fishing and with the "jobs" from the hotel.
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