147 -- ----- -- --- $4,800 $319 It was no news to him that the three mortgages on the church property were held by the three trustees.

But as he looked once more, another feature of the thing struck him as curious.
"I notice that the rates of interest vary," he remarked without thinking, and then wished the words unsaid, for the two trustees in view moved uneasily on their seats.
"Oh, that's nothing," exclaimed Erastus Winch, with a boisterous display of jollity.

"It's only Brother Gorringe's pleasant little way of making a contribution to our funds.

You will notice that, at the date of all these mortgages, the State rate of interest was seven per cent.

Since then it's b'en lowered to six.