The notification also demanded payment of the second thousand dollars.

Her scheme, of course, was to get the money in full and cut us off, in default, from removing the birch lumber from the lot.

The old Squire himself had gone to Canada.
The notification came by letter, and as usual when the old Squire was away, grandmother Ruth opened his mail to see what demanded our attention.

We were all in the sitting-room, except Halstead, who was away that evening.
"What can this mean ?" grandmother suddenly exclaimed, and handed the letter to Addison.

He saw through it instantly, and jumped up in excitement.
"We're trapped!" he cried.