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Then he asked me, "Were you brought up on a farm?" I said, "Yes; in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts." THEN HE ASKED ME WERE YOU BROUGHT UP ON A FARM I SAID YES IN THE BERKSHIRE HILLS OF MASSACHUSETTS
 over his worn face. He said: “I am a very busy man and have only a few minutes to spare. Now tell me in the fewest words what it is you want.” I began to tell him, and mentioned the case, and he said: “I have heard all about it and you do not need to say any more. Mr. Stanton was talking to me only a few days ago about that. You can go to the hotel and rest assured that the President never did sign an order to shoot a boy under twenty years of age, and never will. You can say that to his mother anyhow.” Then he said to me, “How is it going in the field?” I said, “We sometimes get discouraged.” And he said: “It is all right. We are going to win out now. We are getting very near the light. No man ought to wish to be President of the United States, and I will be glad when I get through; then Tad and I are going out to Springfield, Illinois. I have bought a farm out there and I don’t care if I again earn only twenty-five cents a day. Tad has a mule team, and we are going to plant onions.” M OVER TO ONE SIDE AND LOOKED OVER TO ME AND A SMILE CAME OVER HIS WORN FACE AND HE SAID I AM A VERY BUSY MAN AND HAVE ONLY A FEW MINUTES TO SPARE NOW TELL ME IN THE FEWEST WORDS WHAT IT IS YOU WANT I BEGAN TO TELL HIM AND MENTION THE CASE AND HE SAID I HAVE HEARD ALL ABOUT IT AND YOU DO NOT NEED TO SAY ANY MORE MISTER STANTON WAS TALKING TO ME ONLY A FEW DAYS AGO ABOUT THAT YOU CAN GO TO THE HOTEL AND REST ASSURED THAT THE PRESIDENT NEVER DID SIGN AN ORDER TO SHOOT A BOY UNDER TWENTY YEARS OF AGE AND NEVER WILL YOU CAN SAY THAT TO HIS MOTHER ANYHOW AND THEN HE SAID TO ME HOW IS IT GOING IN THE FIELD I SAID WE SOMETIMES GET DISCOURAGED AND HE SAID IT IS ALL RIGHT WE ARE GETTING VERY NEAR THE LIGHT NO MAN OUGHT TO WISH TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND I WILL BE GLAD WHEN I GET THROUGH THEN TAD AND I ARE GOING OUT TO SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS I HAVE BOUGHT A FARM OUT THERE AND I DON'T CARE IF I AGAIN EARN ONLY TWENTY FIVE CENTS A DAY TAD HAS A MULE TEAM AND WE'RE GOING TO PLANT ONIONS
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