COULD NOT RISK IT

New Zealand Tablet, 31 December 1908, Page 38

COULD NOT RISK IT

A land and estate agent tells this story : A middle-aged widow came to his office to try to make arrangements for the purchase of a house and section. fc We can make a small payment down,' she said, 'and would sign a mortgage running for a period of five years to secure the payment of the rest of the money. My daughters have good positions in a large establishment, and oan save enough -out of their salaries to meet the payments as they become due.' The land agent man hesitated. ' I should want to be sure of your paying for the property /in the stipulated time,' he said. ' I should feel like a criminal if I had to foreclose the mortgage at any time — and yet business is business. I shall have to see your daughters.' She brought them to his office the next day. 'Madam,' he said, shaking his head, 'you will have to give me some additional security. Your daughters are too handsome. They will marry and lose their positions long before the five years are up. 3 - .