. Pioneers of Menard and Mason Counties; made up of personal reminiscences of an early life in Menard County, which we gathered in a Salem life from 1830 to 1840, and a Petersburg life from 1840 to 1850; including personal reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln and Peter Cartright. said one of them, take us and our trunks out to the steamer?Certainly, said I. I was very glad to have the opportunityto earn something. I supposed they would give me a quar-ter. The trunks were put on the boat and the passengersseated themselves on the trunks and I sculled them out to thesteamboat. They got on board and
. Pioneers of Menard and Mason Counties; made up of personal reminiscences of an early life in Menard County, which we gathered in a Salem life from 1830 to 1840, and a Petersburg life from 1840 to 1850; including personal reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln and Peter Cartright. said one of them, take us and our trunks out to the steamer?Certainly, said I. I was very glad to have the opportunityto earn something. I supposed they would give me a quar-ter. The trunks were put on the boat and the passengersseated themselves on the trunks and I sculled them out to thesteamboat. They got on board and I lifted in their trunksand put them on the deck. The steamer was about to put onsteam again and I called out that they had forgotten to payme. Each of them took from his pocket a silver half dollar 5-> Reminiscences of Lincoln and threw them on the floor of my boat. I could scarcelybelieve my eyes as I picked up the money. Gentlemen, youmay think it a very little thing, and in these days it seemslike a trifle, but it was the most important thing in my could scarcely credit that I, a poor boy, had earned a dollarin less than a day and that I had earned it by honest world seemed wider and fairer before me. I was morehopeful and confident than CHAPTER IV. LINCOLN AT SALEM
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