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and it decided her. And so the boy farmer commenced his labours, and mother and children toiled together in humble and happy love. AND IT DECIDED HER AND SO THE BOY FARMER COMMENCED HIS LABORS AND THE MOTHER AND CHILDREN TOILED TOGETHER IN HUMBLE AND HAPPY LOVE
s greatest children. CHAPTER XX. LOOKING BACK. One of the pleasantest things in the story of Garfield is the devotion of friends and companions, which followed and helped him all his life. To an orphan lad, the son of a poor widow in the backwoods of the State of Ohio, there seemed little chance of greatness; and yet out of that poor cabin in the woods, in which sat the weeping mother and her four fatherless children, came one who was destined to stand among princes. It was the self-denial of his mother, elder brother, and sister which made it possible for James Garfield to rise. When the father died suddenly, leaving his family on the comparatively new clearing, Thomas, the eldest son, became the manager of the farm. "I can plough and plant, mother. I can sow the wheat too, and cut the wood, milk the cows, and do heaps of things for you." [Illustration: The White House.] This was the elder lad's answer to his mother's question, "Should they sell the farm now that her husband was dead? BLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBRAVOX DOT ORG CHAPTER TWENTY LOOKING BACK ONE OF THE PLEASANTEST THINGS IN THE STORY OF GARFIELD IS THE DEVOTION OF FRIENDS AND COMPANIONS WHICH FOLLOWED AND HELPED HIM ALL HIS LIFE TO AN ORPHAN LAD THE SON OF A POOR WIDOW IN THE BACKWOODS OF THE STATE OF OHIO THERE SEEMED LITTLE CHANCE OF GREATNESS AND YET OUT OF THAT POOR CABIN IN THE WOODS IN WHICH SAT THE WEEPING MOTHER AND HER FOUR FATHERLESS CHILDREN CAME ONE WHO WAS DESTINED TO STAND AMONG PRINCES IT WAS THE SELF DENIAL OF HIS MOTHER ELDER BROTHER AND SISTER WHICH MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR JAMES GARFIELD TO RISE WHEN THE FATHER DIED SUDDENLY LEAVING HIS FAMILY ON THE COMPARATIVELY NEW CLEARING THOMAS THE ELDEST SON BECAME THE MANAGER OF THE FARM I CAN PLOUGH AND PLANT MOTHER I CAN SEW AND WHEAT TOO AND CUT THE WOOD MILK THE COWS AND DO HEAPS OF THINGS FOR YOU THIS WAS THE ELDER LAD'S ANSWER TO HIS MOTHER'S QUESTION SHOULD THEY SELL THE FARM NOW THAT HER HUSBAND WAS DEAD
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