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Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln: A Pattern for Our Own Times
That was not all, and the boy's bounding heart was steadied as he heard the next words. But I have been put to a good deal of trouble on your account, the gentleman went on, and what I want to know how are you going to pay my bill?
The boy thought for a moment. Then he reckoned up that, with his pay, and what his parents could raise by mortgage on their farm, and some help from his comrades, he might obtain five or six hundred dollars.
But my bill is a great deal more than that, said the gentleman.
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