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Jerome: a Poor Man

By MARY E. WILKINS-FREEMAN Condensation written by special request by MARY E. WILKENS-FREEMAN FOR a poor New England boy, Jerome Edwards, the tragedy of life began at the age of ten. His father, Abel Edwards had gone, and morning, with his wagon and old nodding white horse, to his wood-lot to cut wood for Doctor Prescott. Doctor Prescott had an obsession for owning land. When there was a lack of ready money to pay his exorbitant bills, he seized with avidity upon a mortgage and he foreclosed without grace or mercy.