? ? ? ? Again the old man sighed, and tears came into Nancy Hooper's eyes.
? ? ? ? "There'll be something left, won't there, Uncle Cyrus?"
? ? ? ? "Yes, the place should bring six hundred dollars over and above the mortgage. That's little enough, for it's worth three thousand."
? ? ? ? "So it is, Uncle Cyrus. But what can you do with six hundred dollars? It won't support you and Aunt Nancy?"
? ? ? ? "I thought mebbe, Jefferson, I could hire a small house and you could board with us, so that we could still have a home together."
? ? ? ? "I'll think it over, uncle, if there is no other way. But are you sure Squire Sheldon won't give you more time?"
? ? ? ? "No, Jefferson. I surmise he wants the place himself. There's talk of a railroad from Sherborn, and that'll raise the price of land right around here. It'll probably go right through the farm just south of the three acre lot."
? ? ? ? "I see, Uncle Cyrus. You ought to have the benefit of the rise in value."
? ? ? ? "Yes, Jefferson, it would probably rise enough to pay off the mortgage, but its no use thinkin' of it. The old farm has got to go.
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