THE COUNTRY BOY 



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father thought perhaps the twenty-dollar gold 

 piece I was taking with me had better not be 



carried in my 

 pants pocket. 

 So, owing to 

 certain differ- 

 ences between 

 San Francisco 

 and Silver- 

 ton, they 

 thought it best 

 to have me step 

 behind the door 

 and take off my 

 coat and vest 

 and shirt while 

 they put the 

 gold piece in a 

 patch on my 

 underclothes. 

 They sewed 

 it so that it 

 practically lay 

 on my right 

 shoulder-blade, 

 so that by mov- 



