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Table of Contents Acknowledgment Preface

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2. Summer of 1915 .................................................................................................... 8 3. Bessy ...................................................................................................................... 10 4. Prince .................................................................................................................. 12 5. A Cold Fall Evening ........................................................................................... 13 6. The First Car in Palmer Road .......................................................................... 14 7. New Boots ............................................................................................................. 15 8. The Best Christmas ............................................................................................. 18

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9. The Fall of 1917 .............................................................................................. 21 10. Mary Anne ............................................................................................................ 23 11. A Close Call ....................................................................................................... 26 12. Boots on Credit .................................................................................................. 28 13. The First Time Smoke ....................................................................................... 3O 14. A Long Walk ...................................................................................................... 31 15. The Snowstorm of 1922 ..................................................................................... 32

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l6. Alphy Relocates .............................................................................................. .35 17. The Roller Coaster Ride .................................................................................... 36 18. A Long Climb .................................................................................................... 37 19. Deep Waters ........................................................................................................ 38 20. Gertrude and Simon ............................................................................................ 40 21. The Harley ................................................................... 42 22. The Telegram ...................................................................................................... 44