"
"Perhaps somebody else will advance the money," said Frank,
feeling a little discouraged at the result of his first
application.
"Yes, most likely. But I guess you won't need any assistance. I
look upon it as certain that the mortgage will be renewed. Next
fall I shall have the money, and if the squire wants to dispose
of the mortgage, I shall be ready to take it off his hands."
Frank tried to feel that he was foolish in apprehending trouble
from Squire Haynes, but he found it impossible to rid himself of
a vague feeling of uneasiness.
He made application to another farmer--an intimate friend of his
father's--but he had just purchased and paid for a five-acre lot
adjoining his farm, and that had stripped him of money. He, too,
bade Frank lay aside all anxiety, and assured him that his fears
were groundless.
With this Frank had to be content.
"Perhaps I am foolish," he said to himself. "I'll try to think no
more about it."
He accordingly returned to his usual work, and, not wishing to
trouble his mother to no purpose, resolved not to impart his
fears to her.
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