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THE SCATTERED FAMILY.
For three years after we came to Sharon I went to school, and in my spare time worked at my shoe shining and other odd jobs.

We had bought feather beds again and our little home was a happy one.

By hanging around the depot spotting traveling men who needed a shine, or their grips carried, I got acquainted with the telegraph agent.

And so I got the job of telegraph messenger boy.
Few telegrams were sent, and then only when somebody died.