“Go on,” he said, beginning to feel interested.
“You see, I’ve got a note agin’ her husband for a hundred dollars, with interest.”
“But her husband is dead.”
“Jes’ so, jes’ so! But he borrowed the money when he was alive, in the year 1862.”
“And now it is 1866.”
“Jes’ so! You see it isn’t outlawed. The note is good.”
“Show me the note.”
The lawyer took and scanned it carefully.
“It was to run for three months,” he said.
“Jes’ so!”