MY VINEYAKD. 19 



" How much for yours ?" 



" Twenty-five dollars an acre." 



" Free from incumbrance ?" 



'' Mortgaged for five hundred dollars." 



"When due?" 



" Two years yet to come." 



" I will take the place." 



Within two days all necessary papers were (Jrawn, and 

 I became owner of the farm. I paid Mr. Smith five hun- 

 dred dollars for his interest in the place. The mortgage 

 for an equal amount was held by a man in the village. 

 As five hundred dollars was all that I could spare from 

 my little capital of a thousand, I considered it fortunate 

 that a part of the purchase price could remain on mort- 

 gage. 



On returning home, I described to my wife as fully as 

 possible the place I had purchased. " We shall make a 

 beautiful home of it," said she. I asked her to give it a 

 name. " Lakeview," was the response. And by this name 

 it has since been known to us and our immediate friends. 



