"That would leave you twelve hundred after the mortgage is paid."
"Yes. If I pay it off with this thousand, there would be two hundred dollars left over."
"Exactly."
"To tell the truth, I think myself in great good luck to get so much for my land here. When Uncle Dan left it to me I didn't suppose it was worth over two hundred dollars altogether, and I don't believe I could have got any more. You see it is very poor land to cultivate."
"True enough, but the site was commanding. For the hotel company it is a good purchase."
"I suppose it is, but nobody thought of a hotel being built at the time I inherited the land from my uncle. Probably he thought it worth little or nothing, for he didn't like me overmuch, and didn't care to do much for me."
"Then it is better for you that he couldn't foresee the prospective value of his bequest. It might have led to an alteration in his will."
"No doubt it would. When are the hotel folks goin' to build?"
"They have got the cellar dug and the frame up already. Didn't you know that?"
"No; I haven't been up that way."