He wants the house for a relative of his wife, and threatens to foreclose at the end of three months." "The house must be worth a good deal more than the mortgage." "It is worth twice as much; but if it is put up at auction I doubt if it will fetch over a thousand dollars." "This would leave your mother but three hundred ?" "Yes," answered Ben despondingly.
"Have you thought of any way of raising the money ?" "Yes; I came up to the city to-day to see a cousin of mother's, a Mr.
Absalom Peters, who lives on Lexington Avenue, and I had just come from there when I got into the stage with you." "Won't he help you ?" "Perhaps he might if he was in the city; though mother has seen nothing of him for twenty years; but, unfortunately, he just sailed for Europe." "That is indeed a pity.

I suppose you haven't much hope now ?" "Unless Mr.Peters comes back.

He is the only one we can think of to call upon." "What sort of a man is this Squire Davenport ?" "He is a very selfish man, who thinks only of his own interests.

We felt safe, because we did not suppose he would have any use for a small house like ours; but night before last he called on mother with the man he wants it for." "He cannot foreclose just yet, can he ?" asked Mrs.Hamilton.
"No; we have three months to look around." "Three months is a long time," said the lady cheerfully.

"A good deal can happen in three months.