Mr.Barnes had bought two hundred acres at ten dollars an acre.

He had to pay a fee of five per cent.

to Grimshaw's lawyer for the survey and the papers.

This left him owing fourteen hundred dollars on his farm--much more than it was worth.
One hundred acres of the land had been roughly cleared by Grimshaw and a former tenant.

The latter had toiled and struggled and paid tribute and given up.
Our cousin twisted the poker in his great hands until it squeaked as he stood before my uncle and said: "My wife and I have chopped and burnt and pried and hauled rocks an' shoveled dung an' milked an' churned until we are worn out.