I'll say now that it will be not less than two thousand dollars.

I'll advance you that amount at once and carry your personal note for the other thousand in the Fraserville bank.

It's too bad you have to use your first money that way, but it's natural for you to want to do it.

I see that you feel a duty there, and the folks at home have had that mortgage on their backs so long that it's taken all the spirit out of them.

You pay the mortgage when it's due and go down and make a little celebration of it, to cheer them up.