Once “Abe” borrowed Weems’ “Life of Washington” from Joseph Crawford, a neighbor. “Abe” devoured it; read it and re-read it, and when asleep put it by him between the logs of the wall. One night a rain storm wet it through and ruined it.
“I’ve no money,” said “Abe,” when reporting the disaster to Crawford, “but I’ll work it out.”
“All right,” was Crawford’s response; “you pull fodder for three days, an’ the book is your’n.”
“Abe” pulled the fodder, but he never forgave Crawford for putting so much work upon him. He never lost an opportunity to crack a joke at his expense, and the name “Blue-nose Crawford” “Abe” applied to him stuck to him throughout his life.
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