"That's too bad," spoke the manager, sympathetically. "How did it all
come about? That is, if you don't mind telling me."
"Oh, no. I don't mind," answered the young farmer, in rather hopeless
tones. "You see father had a brother--Uncle Isaac he was, and he was
quite a business man, in a way. He used to farm it, but he gave that
up, and went into other schemes. I never knew rightly what they were,
but he used to make money--at least he must have got it somehow, for
he didn't work.
"Well, one time, several years ago, he came to pa and borrowed quite
a sum--more than five thousand dollars I've heard pa say it was. He
and ma had inherited most of it only a short time before from pa's
granduncle Nathan and they decided to keep it ready to pay off th'
mortgage, but 'fore pa could do that Uncle Isaac come and borrowed
it."
"But why did your uncle need to borrow money when he had so much of
his own?" asked Mr. Pertell, curiously.
"Wa'al, there was some business deal on. I never understood th' right
of it, and I don't believe pa did, either. All I know is that Uncle
Isaac got pa's money. I believe he wanted to go into some
scheme--Uncle Isaac did--and didn't have quite enough cash. He
promised to pay pa back in a few weeks, and give him big interest for
the use of the money.
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