“Seventy dollars. That will amount to the interest money they pay now and ten dollars over. The extra ten will be much less than repairs and taxes. They will be gainers.”
“What will you take for that mortgage?”
“Take for the mortgage?”
The Squire nodded.
The doctor gave another of his keen glances at him. “I don't know that I want to take anything for it,” he said.
“Suppose it were made worth your while?”
“Nobody would be willing to make it enough worth my while to influence me,” said the doctor. “My price for the transfer of a good investment is what it is worth to me.”
“Well, doctor, what is it worth to you?” Squire Eben said, smiling.
“Fifteen hundred dollars,” said the doctor.
The Squire whistled.