The thought of their struggles often made him unhappy, and he felt that he could only justify his own desertion by freeing the farm.

After one of these visits Bassett drew from him the fact that the mortgage was about to mature, and that another of a long series of renewals of the loan was necessary.

Bassett was at once interested and sympathetic.

The amount of the debt was three thousand dollars, and he proposed that Dan discharge it.
"I've never said so, but at the conclusion of the receivership I've intended paying you for your additional work.

If everything goes well my own allowance ought to be ten thousand dollars, and you're entitled to a share of it.