I had to pay or lose the land.

I got the money on the note that you signed over in Potsdam.

Nobody in Canton would 'a' dared to lend it to me." The poker broke and he threw the pieces under the stove.
"Why ?" my uncle asked.
Mr.Barnes got hold of another stick of wood and went on.
"'Fraid o' Grimshaw.

He didn't want me to be able to pay it.

The place is worth more than six hundred dollars now--that's the reason.