The boyhood of Lincoln . l an thousandso books thar, an fellers that know every-thing in creation, hed say, his eyes asbig n hungry as a hoot-owls. Theschoolin cost only about a hunderd dol-lars a year, an he could a worked out31 THE BOYHOOD OF LINCOLN his board, but Abe might jist as well awished fur a hunderd moons to shine atnight. I was married to one o the John-stone gals by then an had hard grub-bin to keep my fambly, or Id a helpedhim. Tom didnt set no store by themthings. An thar it was, only about sixtymiles west of us, an Abe couldnt go!The place petered out after awhile, as itwas sa
The boyhood of Lincoln . l an thousandso books thar, an fellers that know every-thing in creation, hed say, his eyes asbig n hungry as a hoot-owls. Theschoolin cost only about a hunderd dol-lars a year, an he could a worked out31 THE BOYHOOD OF LINCOLN his board, but Abe might jist as well awished fur a hunderd moons to shine atnight. I was married to one o the John-stone gals by then an had hard grub-bin to keep my fambly, or Id a helpedhim. Tom didnt set no store by themthings. An thar it was, only about sixtymiles west of us, an Abe couldnt go!The place petered out after awhile, as itwas sartin to do, with all them ornery fel-lers in it, livin off the workers. But Ireckon it lasted long enough fur Abe toa larned what he wanted to know. Well,I reckon Abe put it out o his mind,after awhile. If he couldnt git a thinghe wanted he knowed how to do with-out it, an mebbe he looked at it dif-frunt afterwards. But thingsd ben eas-ier fur him if he could a gone to thatschool. The tragedy of it was too big to real-32.
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