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I can get a dollar from each of them.
That will be three dollars--and one from myself, will make four.
Who else is there? Oh! Malcolm! I'm sure of a dollar from him; and, also, from Smith, Todd, and Perry." Confident in the success of his benevolent scheme, Mr.Lyon started forth, early on the very next day, for the purpose of obtaining, by subscription, the poor widow's rent.
The first person he called on was Malcolm. "Ah, friend Lyon," said Malcolm, smiling blandly.
"Good morning! What can I do for you to-day ?" "Nothing for me, but something for a poor widow, who is behind with her rent," replied Andrew Lyon.
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