“No, sir.”
“Why not?”
“I don’t know, sir; except that Wisconsin was a good ways off, and I believe he had some property at that time, so that he did not need it. Mother says he was offered twenty-five dollars by an agent, but wouldn’t accept it. After that, he appears to have put it away in his drawer, and forgotten it.”
“Humph!” said the squire, reflectively, running his eyes over the document.
“Do you think I can get anything for it?” asked Harry.
“I am not prepared to say, positively,” said the squire, slowly. “My impression is, that, after this length of time, it would be impossible to get anything for it.”
“I was afraid that might be the case,” said Harry. “Is there any way of finding out about it?”
“If you’ll leave it with me, I will take steps to ascertain,” said Squire Turner.
“Thank you, sir. If we get anything for it, we shall, of course, be willing to pay you for your trouble.”