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Title: Benefits Forgot
A Story of Lincoln and Mother Love

Author: Honore Willsie

Illustrator: Charles E. Cartwright

Release Date: July 31, 2006 [EBook #18951]

Language: English

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BENEFITS FORGOT

A Story Of Lincoln And Mother Love

BY HONORE WILLSIE

Author Of "Still Jim," "Lydia Of The Pines," Etc.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHARLES E. CARTWRIGHT

Publishers

FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY

New York

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Copyright, 1917, by FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY

All rights reserved, including that of translation
into foreign languages

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I THE DONATION PARTY 1

II THE CIRCUIT RIDER 27

III WAR 45

IV MR. LINCOLN 63

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I

THE DONATION PARTY

[Illustration]

I

THE DONATION PARTY

Brother Meaker rose from his pew and looked at Jason appraisingly.

"I don't know, brethren," he said. "Of course, he's a growing boy. Just
turned twelve, didn't you say, ma'am?" Jason's mother nodded faintly
without looking up, and Brother Meaker went on. "As I said, he's a
growing boy, but he's dark and wiry. And I've always noted, the dark
wiry kind eat smaller than any other kind. I should take at least
twelve pounds of sugar off the allowance for the year and four gallon
less of molasses than you was calculatin' on."

He sat down and Sister Cantwell rose. She was a fat woman, famous in the
southern Oh