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Book, page 91 / 161 "What do you suppose it will bring at a forced sale?" "Few men will bid over twenty-five hundred dollars." "You cannot be serious?" "I assure you I am. He, however, will overbid all, up to four thousand. He will, probably, have it knocked down to him at three thousand, and thus come into the unencumbered possession of a piece of property upon which he has received two thousand dollars." "But three thousand dollars will not satisfy his claim against me." "No. You will still owe him a thousand dollars." "Will he prosecute his claim?" "He?" And the man smiled. "Yes, to the last extremity, if there be hope of getting any thing." "Then I am certainly in a bad way." "I'm afraid you are, unless you can find some one here who will befriend you in the matter." "There is no one here who will lend me four thousand dollars upon that piece of property," said I. "I don't know but one man who is likely to do it," was answered. "Who is that?" I asked, eagerly. "John Mason." "John Mason! I'll never go to him." "Why not?" "I might as well remain where I am as get into his hands--a sharper and a lawyer to boot. No, no. Better to bear the evils that we have,
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