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FARMEK GREEN MORTGAGES HIS FARM. 



troublesome as the note had been, and instead of being 

 able to decrease it, he was obliged to increase it as time 

 passed on. By the first false step he had placed the 

 farm of which he was so proud in danger. He had 

 voluntarily incurred a useless debt, and the rest of his 

 bad luck was simply the logical consequence of a reckless 

 and foolish act. He ran behind steadily, and at length 

 his difficulties increased to such an extent that in order 

 to rid himself of the debts he had no hope of paying in 

 any other way, he sold his farm, discharged the mort- 

 gage, and bidding adieu to his old home and friends, 

 went farther West, to a section where lands were 

 cheaper, and there began life anew at the time he had 

 once hoped to enjoy some rest from his labors. 



And yet, Farmer Green, with all his shrewdness, 



