“Yes.”
“Seven hundred and fifty dollars, isn't it?”
“Yes, Herbert.”
“How much do you consider the whole worth?” asked our hero, thoughtfully.
“It cost your father fifteen hundred dollars. That is, the land—nearly an acre—cost three hundred dollars, and the house, to build, twelve hundred.”
“Would it sell for that?”
“Not if a sale were forced; but, if anybody wanted it, fifteen hundred dollars would not be too much to pay.”
“I wish the mortgage were paid.”
“So do I, my son; but we are not very likely to be able to pay it.”
“How fine it would have been if Uncle Herbert had left us, say eight hundred dollars, so that we might have paid it up, and still have had a little left for immediate use!”