I will only inquire whether interested motives have nothing to do with his opposition to voting bounties to our soldiers ?" This was such a palpable hit that Squire Haynes winced under it, and his red face turned redder as he saw the smiles of those about him.
"Impudent puppy!" he muttered to himself; "he seems to forget that I have a mortgage of eight hundred dollars on his farm.

When the time comes to foreclose it, I will show him no mercy.

I'll sell him out, root and branch!" Mr.Frost could not read the thoughts that were passing through the mind of his creditor.

They might have given him a feeling of uneasiness, but would not in the least have influenced his action.

He was a man loyal to his own convictions of duty, and no apprehension of personal loss would have prevented his speaking in accordance with what he felt to be right.
The considerations which had been urged were so reasonable that the voters present, with very little opposition, voted to pay one hundred and fifty dollars to each one who was willing to enlist as one of the town's quota.