We -- we do n't know where the note is . It -- it was lost . '' `` Lost ! That is unfortunate . But you say that Jacob Patterson showed you a promissory note of Father 's still in existence ? How can that be ? It ca n't possibly be the note he paid . And there could n't have been another note we knew nothing of ? '' `` I understand how this note came to be in Jacob Patterson 's possession , '' said Mrs. Duncan more firmly , `` but he laughed in my face when I told him . I must tell you the whole story , Ernest . But sit down and get your tea first . '' `` I have n't any appetite for tea now , Mother , '' said Ernest soberly . `` Let me hear the whole truth about the matter . '' `` Seven years ago your father gave his note to old James Patterson , Jacob 's brother , '' said Mrs. Duncan . `` It was for nine hundred dollars . Two years afterwards the note fell due and he paid James Patterson the full amount with interest . I remember the day well . I have only too good reason to . He went up to the Patterson place in the afternoon with the money . It was a very hot day .
James Patterson receipted the note and gave it XXXXX your father .
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