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He was so familiar, so everyday, so farmer like, that I felt right at home with him at once. He then took hold of another roll of paper, and looked up at me and said, "Good morning." HE WAS SO FAMILIAR SO SO EVERY DAY SO FARMER LIKE THAT I FELT RIGHT AT HOME WITH HIM AT ONCE HE THEN TOOK HOLD OF ANOTHER ROLL OF PAPER AND LOOKED UP AT ME AND SAID GOOD MORNING
el 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.” Then he asked me, “Were you brought up on a farm?” I said, “Yes; in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts.” He then threw his leg over the corner of the big chair and said, “I have heard many a time, ever since I was young, that up there in those hills you have to sharpen the noses of the sheep in order to get down to the grass between the rocks.” ALKING 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 THEN HE ASKED ME WERE YOU BROUGHT UP ON A FARM I SAID YES IN THE BERKSHIRE HILLS OF MASSACHUSETTS HE THEN THREW HIS LEG OVER THE CORNER OF THE BIG CHAIR AND SAID I HAVE HEARD MANY A TIME EVER SINCE I WAS YOUNG THAT UP THERE IN THOSE HILLS YOU HAVE TO SHARPEN THE NOSES OF THE SHEEP IN ORDER TO GET DOWN TO THE GRASS BETWEEN THE ROCKS
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