He said--" "What did he say ?" "He said that a poor seller was the slave of a rich buyer; but I think--" Jerome hesitated.

He was not used yet to expressing his independent thought.
"Go on," said the Squire.
"I think it works both ways, and the poor man is the slave either way, whether he buys or sells," said the boy, half defiantly, half timidly.
"I guess you're about right," said the Squire, looking at him curiously.

"Ever hear your uncle Ozias Lamb say anything like that ?" "No, sir." "Thought it yourself, eh ?" "Yes, sir." "Well, let's get to business now," said the Squire.

"What you want is this, if I understand it.

You want Doctor Prescott to buy that wood-lot of your father's for three hundred dollars, or whatever over that sum he will agree to, and you don't want him to pay you money down, but give you his note for it, with interest at six per cent., for as long a term as he will.