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Miller: into storage tanks and dropped it by gravity into 



the tank cars and shipped it to Ivorydale to Proctor 

 and Gamble in Cincinnati and around the world. 



I stayed there three years and at that time I was 

 getting $100 a month. My wage had gone up. The 

 problems of the home were still very rough. I wasn't 

 married yet. I was engaged, but I didn't have money 

 enough to get married, so one day the captain of the 

 "Princess Arrow" came to me and he said, "Johnny 

 Miller, I've heard your story." 



I said, "What's wrong with it?" 



"Well, I know you're in need of money, and I can 

 help you. If you will gather five $20-gold pieces 

 for every trip, I'll get you an extra $50 by taking 

 them to China and selling them at the rate that is 

 in China because China can't get any gold." So he 

 took $100 and brought back $200, and I got $50 and 

 he got $50, and this went on for a year or two, one 

 voyage every two months, and this way I oould con- 

 tinue my education and was able to keep my body, my 

 clothes, and the family together. 



Then another very peculiar thing happened in my 



