"Sir, do you consider your flour-mill worth two thousand dollars?"
De Pauw thought it was worth that.
"Very well; you can save it for that much money."
De Pauw promptly paid the cash.
"Now," said Morgan, "do you think your woollen-mill worth three thousand dollars?"
"Yes," said De Pauw, with more hesitation.
"You can buy it from us for that sum."
The three thousand dollars was paid over less willingly, and the mill-owner was heartily glad that he had no other mills to redeem.
Another threat to burn did not meet with as much success. Colonel Craven, of Ripley, who was taken prisoner, talked in so caustic a tone that Morgan asked where the colonel lived.
"At Osgood," was the answer.