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...elieve the existence of a Devil is a like debt to reason; one is a demonstration from the reality of visible causes, and the other a deduction from t... ... like reality of their effects. One demonstration of the existence of God is from the universal well-guided consent of all nations to worship and... ... and adore a supreme power; one demonstration of the existence of the Devil, is from the avowed ill-guided consent of some nations, who, knowing no ... ...ms, that the Creator of heaven and earth had adopted this nation for his chosen people, and therefore demanded their exclusive homage, and that they... ... which she called Prick-ear, Jack and Frog. Several witnesses, poor and ignorant people, were brought to testify to the mischief which had been done ... ...ntribute anything to the very useful object of your work, it is no matter – let people think what they will. Be that as it may, I vouch for the trut... ...y, 1882, Mr. Snyder lost a hand while working in a planning mill at Portsmouth, Ohio, and the amputated member was buried in his garden. Two weeks af... ...tute recognition of witchcraft, in the jurisdiction, a case occurred. It was in Springfield upon the Connecticut river, and in the family of the Rev... ...year that old Massasoit and the Rev. John Cotton died there was another case at Springfield. Hugh Parsons was indicated for witchcraft. The jury fou...

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...In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett accomplishes a tour de force of historical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the first time into the private world...

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...FROM THE COVER OF VOICES FROM THE PAST: In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclaimed author... ...r to enter for the first time into the private worlds of five remarkable people: Sappho of Lesbos, the famous Greek poet; Jesus; Leonardo da Vinci... .....articulate, believable ... charms with an expert knowledge of place and people.” MICHAEL FRAENKEL, novelist and poet: “His is the authenticity o... ...and poetry. Our most recent publication is the remarkable quintet, Voices from the Past, by bestselling author Paul Alexander Bartlett, whose novel,... ...hanges to its content, provided that both the author and the original URL from which this work was obtained are mentioned, that the contents of this ... ...s a quintet of novels that describe the inner lives of five extraordinary people. Progressing through time from the most distant to the most recent ... ... wish to write about my mother, about my village of New Salem, my home in Springfield with its maple trees. I see the sunlight in my office windows ... ... about $3,000 or $4,000, good for a town that already had eleven lawyers. Springfield, in those days, offered better legal services than side- walks.... ...e, described, underlined, the devious trickeries of the whites. Billy, my Springfield barber, had tales to tell. I have heard them as he shaved me o...

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...fe escorts tor visitors of the fair sex and also two illustri- ous orators from the lower classes. Ijet me introduce to you the sophomore orator, Mr. ... ...he Geography of France and Its Influence on the Cnlture and History of the People. ' ' Clark Hall. TUESDAY, MARCH 19 7.30p. m.—Y. M, C. A. elections. ... ...ation. The Sophomore promenade com- mittee has engaged George A. Murray of Springfield, to decorate the gymnasium as in former years. The color scheme... ...here to thank the various alumni who, unsolicit- ed, have contributed news from time to time. The same prinoiplo obtains in the collection of under- g... ... who have not yet had the ad- vantage of being able to consider tpiestions from an alumni stand point. For the stutleiit, it is a channel thrc.ugh whi... ...- - MASS. ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF THEWORTHY EUROPEAN PLAN W. M. KIMBELL. Mgr. Springfield - - - - Mass College Barber Shop First class Work Guaranteed.Ne... ...erms |2,oo per day Table board for atudentu RADASCH Hatter and Haberdasher SPRINGFIELD, MASS. Will bIiow at Bemis' every two weeks. Cutter-TowerCo, Co... ...s Ready-to-Wear Tailor-Hade Barnard & Co. North Adams Williamstown LOTS OF PEOPLE NEVER WORRY ABOUT STYLE, JUST BUY Fownes AND HIT IT RICH New Members... ...e.. New York Cor. Main & Bank^Sts., No. Adams Conklin's rulingPen For busy people. No bother. Fills itself. Cleans itself. No dropper. Nothingtotakeap...

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...ven at such an early stage, “the University Press style book and style sheet” was considered important enough to be preserved, along with other items from the Press’s early years, in the cornerstone of the new Press building in 1903. That sheet grew into a pamphlet, and by 1906 the pamphlet had become a book: Manual of Style: Being a compilation of the typographical rul...

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...odd moments for the individual guidance of the first proofreader; added to from year to year, as opportunity would offer or new necessities arise; ... ... West (United States). But do wt, as a rule, capitalize adjectives derived from such names, even if used substantively; nor nouns simply designatin... ...es, a southerner (but: Northman = Scandinavian); an invasion of barbarians from the north, traveling through the south of Europe. A The Universitv... ...ganiza- tions and institutions : Union League Club, Knights Templar; Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor, Associated Charities; Smith- so... ...n if applied to a specific institution, except to avoid ambiguity : young people's societies, the high school at Lemont, local typographical union... ...rt of Cook County, [Sanhedrin]; Department of the Interior, Census Office, Springfield Board of Education, Department of Pub- lic Works. But do no... ...Street, "Lives of Well-known Authors," "World- Dominion of English-speaking Peoples." 40. In zoological, botanical, and similar technical matter, t... ...ial to the meaning : "In Illinois there are seventeen such institutions; in Ohio, twenty-two; in Indiana, thirteen;" "In Lincoln's first cabinet Se...

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...tensibly relating the adventures of a chair, he has endeavored to keep a distinct and unbroken thread of authentic history. The chair is made to pass from one to another of those personages of whom he thought it most desirable for the young reader to have vivid and familiar ideas, and whose lives and actions would best enable him to give picturesque sketches of the times. ...

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...THE WHOLE HISTORY OF GRANDFATHER’S CHAIR or TRUE STORIES FROM NEW ENGLAND HISTORY, 1620 1808 by NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE A Penn State Ele... ...ries Publication The Whole History of Grandfather’s Chair or True Stories from New England History, 1620 1808 by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a publicati... ...sion, in any way. The Whole History of Grandfather’s Chair or True Stories from New England History, 1620 1808 by Nathaniel Hawthorne , the Pennsylva... ...ut still, even when his eyes were closed, his thoughts were with the young people, playing among the flowers and shrubbery of the garden. He heard the... ...em too. They would teach him something about the history and distinguished people of his country which he has never read in any of his schoolbooks.” C... ...hem to make laws for the set tlers. In the year 1628 they sent over a few people, with John Endicott at their bead, to commence a plantation at Salem... ...out Cotton Mather, you must read his biography, written by Mr. Peabody, of Springfield. You will find it very enter taining and instructive; but perh... ...ke Ontario, and near the great Falls of Niagara, and at the sources of the Ohio River. And all around these forts and castles lay the eternal forest, ... ...to describe the bloody defeat of General Braddock, near the sources of the Ohio River, in 1755. But I must not omit to mention that, when the Eng lish...

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...Contents SPEECH AT SPRINGFIELD, JUNE 17, 1858 ............................................................................................................ 4 SPEECH AT CHICAGO, JULY 10, 1858. ........................................................

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... State University is an equal opportunity university. Contents SPEECH A T SPRINGFIELD, JUNE 17, 1858 ................................................... ................................................................ 12 SPEECH AT SPRINGFIELD, JULY 17, 1858. .................................................. ...COLN WITH DOUGLAS In the Senatorial Campaign of 1858 in Illinois SPEECH AT SPRINGFIELD, JUNE 17, 1858 [The following speech was delivered at Springfie... ... evidences of design, and con- cert of action, among its chief architects, from the beginning. The new year of 1854 found slavery excluded from more t... ...lavery excluded from more than half the States by State Constitutions, and from most of the National territory by Congressional prohibition. Four days... ...nt gained. But, so far, Congress only had acted, and an indorsement by the people, real or apparent, was indispensable to save the point already gaine... ... legis- late slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude it there- from, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate t... ...to any Territory or State, nor to exclude it there- from, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic instituti... ...tion members, “let us amend the bill so as to ex- pressly declare that the people of the Territory may exclude slavery.” “Not we,” said the friends of...

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... evening of November 10, 1864, he spoke as follows: ?It has long been a grave question whether any government not too strong for the liberties of its people can be strong enough to maintain its existence in great emergencies. On this point, the present rebellion brought our republic to a severe test, and the Presidential election, occurring in regular course during the reb...

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... question whether any govern- ment not too strong for the liberties of its people can be strong enough to maintain its existence in great emergen- cie... ...Let us therefore study the incidents in this as philosophy to learn wisdom from and none of them as wrongs to be avenged…. Now that the election is ov... ...to Lincoln as the vicious and unpatriotic themselves. His life teaches our people that they must act with wisdom, because other- wise adherence to rig... ...eive 5 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol One of a man farther removed from baseness, farther removed from corruption, from mere self-seeking; but... ...f great origi- nal genius or of an heroic type of character.” The American people should feel profoundly grateful that the greatest American statesman... ...out much malice, and have received a great deal of kindness not quite free from ridi- cule.” On Easter Day, 1865, the world knew how little this ridic... ...e glo- ried most was the removal of the State government from V andalia to Springfield; one of those triumphs of political management which are apt to... ...n grew his law practice, especially after he had removed from New Salem to Springfield, and associated himself with a practitioner of good standing. H... ...anied him through all the vicissitudes of his life from the modest home in Springfield to the White House at Washington, adding untold private heart-b...

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...hotel to-day, an elderly gentleman called upon me to know whether I was really in favor of producing a perfect equality between the negroes and white people. While I had not proposed to myself on this occasion to say much on that subject, yet as the question was asked me I thought I would occupy perhaps five minutes in saying something in regard to it....

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...lly in favor of producing a perfect equality between the negroes and white people. While I had not proposed to myself on this occasion to say much on ... ...groes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say, in addition to this, that there is a physical diffe... ... that I or my friends would marry negroes if there was no law to keep them from it; but as Judge Douglas and his friends seem to be in great apprehens... ...e in great apprehension that they might, if there were no law to keep them from it, I give him the most solemn pledge that I will to the very last sta... ...ry last stand by the law of this State which forbids the marrying of white people with negroes. I will add one further word, which is this: that I do ... ...o know very well whether an assertion he was making, as a conclusion drawn from a set of facts, was true or false; and as a conclusion of my own from ... ...by the Chi- 23 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Four cago Times, the Springfield Register [Douglas’s organ] re- minded the Times that the charge... ...e with those principles. We have a Republican State Platform, laid down in Springfield in June last stating our position all the way through the quest... ...d had been passed by a Republican State Conven- tion, in October, 1854, at Springfield, Illinois, and he declared I had taken part in that Convention....

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...cember, 1861, provides: ?That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have the authority to detail from the retired list of the navy for the command of squadrons and single ships such officers as he may believe that the good of the service requires to be thus placed in command; and such officers may, if upon the recommenda...

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...h the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have the authority to detail from the retired list of the navy for the command of squad- rons and single... ...uch as you, than to me. It is upon the brave hearts and strong arms of the people of the country that our reliance has been placed in support of free ... ...o as to give the greatest protection to this capital which may be possible from that distance. [Indorsement.] TO THE SECRET ARY OF W AR: The President... ...ut consulting me. A. LINCOLN. 9 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Six FROM SECRETARY STANTON TO GENERAL McCLELLAN. W ASHINGTON, May 18, 1862. GEN... ...e na- 12 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Six tion to the States and people most immediately interested in the subject-matter. To the people of ... ... war it is peculiarly the duty of the National Government to secure to the people a sound circulating medium. This duty has been, under existing circu... ...paired, extended, and completed from Rolla to Lebanon, in the direction to Springfield, in the said State, the same being necessary to the successful ... ...d the completion of the railroad some distance farther in the direction of Springfield, Mo., be of any military advantage to you? Please answer. A. LI... ...TO S. B. MOODY EXECUTIVE MANSION, W ASHINGTON August 18, 1862 S. B. MOODY, Springfield, Ill.: Which do you prefer—commissary or quartermaster? If ap- ...

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... Lincoln June 19, 1858 to May 12, 1862 TO SYDNEY SPRING , GRA YVILLE, ILL. SPRINGFIELD, June 19, 1858. SYDNEY SPRING , Esq. MY DEAR SIR:—Y our letter ... .... LINCOLN. 4 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Five TO H. C. WHITNEY. SPRINGFIELD, June 24, 1858 H. C. WHITNEY , ESQ. DEAR SIR:—Y our letter encl... ...ublish it in the paper. Y our friend as ever, A. LINCOLN. TO J. W. SOMERS. SPRINGFIELD, June 25, 1858. JAMES W. SOMERS, Esq. MY DEAR SIR:—Y ours of th... ...ters? He is true as steel, and his judgment is very good. The last I heard from him, he rather thought Weldon, of De Witt, was our best timber for rep... ...uly 16, 1858. HON. JOSEPH GILLESPIE. MY DEAR SIR:—I write this to say that from the specimens of Douglas Democracy we occasionally see here from Madi-... ... it can only be done by carrying the Fillmore men of 1856 very differently from what they seem to [be] going in the other party. Below is the vote of ... ... some, and I am glad to know I am yet alive. There was a vast concourse of people—more than could get near enough to hear. Y ours as ever, A. LINCOLN.... ...opular Sover- eignty. What does that mean? It means the sovereignty of the people over their own affairs—in other words, the right of the people to go... ...as not this the origin of popular sover- eignty as applied to the American people? Here we are told that governments are instituted among men deriving...

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...f water-carriage and a sea-port; secondly, that it might be so far removed from the sea-board as to be safe from invasion; and, thirdly, that it might... ... into our hands, and we burned it. As regards the third point, Washington, from the lie of the land, can hardly have been said to be centrical at any ... ...ng to the irregularities of the coast it is not easy of access by railways from different sides. Baltimore would have been far better. But as far as w... ...er mouth! Life in Alexan- dria at this time must have been sad enough. The people were all secessionists, but the town was held by the North- 25 Trol... ...iefly to the excel- lence of his cause, and the blood and character of the people who put him forward as their right arm in their contest; but that he... ...ilections and sympathies of his life. Here has been the hardship. For such people there has been no neutrality possible. Ladies even have not been abl... ...pared to go down the river, and on the right an army was advancing against Springfield, in the southwestern dis- trict of Missouri, with the object of... ...the opponent of poor General Lyons, who was killed at Wilson’s Creek, near Springfield, and of General Fremont, who during his hundred days had failed... ...ime been holding his headquarters at Rolla, half way between St. Louis and Springfield. Fremont had built a fort at Rolla, and it had become a militar...

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... burned in a mine, One was killed in a brawl, One died in a jail, One fell from a bridge toiling for children and wife- All, all are sleeping, sleepin... ...evolution?— All, all are sleeping on the hill. They brought them dead sons from the war, And daughters whom life had crushed, And their children fathe... ...e-races of long ago at Clary’s Grove, Of what Abe Lincoln said One time at Springfield. Hod Putt HERE I lie close to the grave Of Old Bill Piersol, Wh... ...ing with the Indians, and who Afterwards took the Bankrupt Law And emerged from it richer than ever Myself grown tired of toil and poverty And beholdi... ...orting candidates for office? Or for writing up the canning factory To get people to invest? Or for suppressing the facts about the bank, When it was ... ...Anthology Doctor Meyers NO other man, unless it was Doc Hill, Did more for people in this town than l. And all the weak, the halt, the improvident And... ...u know why? My wife hated me, my son went to the dogs. And I turned to the people and poured out my love to them. Sweet it was to see the crowds about... ... pillow? Dora Williams WHEN Reuben Pantier ran away and threw me I went to Springfield. There I met a lush, Whose father just deceased left him a fort... ..., In spite of attacks of newspapers like the Clarion; A regular visitor at Springfield When the Legislature was in session To prevent raids upon the r...

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... have recently reached the War Department, and thence been laid before me, from Missouri, three communications, all similar in import and identical in... ... attention to this region, particularly on election day. Prevent violence from whatever quarter, and see that the soldiers themselves do no wrong. Y ... ...e country. This will heal a dangerous schism for him. It will relieve him from a dangerous position or a misunderstanding, as I think he is in danger... ...not comprehend the object of your dispatch. I do not often decline seeing people who call upon me, and probably will see you if you call. A. LINCOLN.... ...n, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. 21... ...eeming this to be of high national consequence, I recommend that all loyal people do, on receipt of this information, assemble at their places of wors... ...A TES. EXECUTIVE MANSION, W ASHINGTON, February 3, 1864. GOVERNOR Y A TES, Springfield, Ill.: The United States Government lot in Springfield can be u... ...MS. W AR DEP ART - MENT, W ASHINGTON CITY , April 25, 1864. JOHN WILLIAMS, Springfield, Ill.: Y ours of the 15th is just received. Thanks for your ki... ...ECUTIVE MANSION, W ASHINGTON, May 18, 1864. His EXCELLENCY RICHARD Y ATES, Springfield, Ill.: If any such proclamation has appeared, it is a forgery. ...

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...y was full of such grotesqueries, but the clean towers were thrusting them from the business center, and on the farther hills were shining new houses,... ...ete bridge fled a limousine of long sleek hood and noiseless engine. These people in evening clothes were returning from an all-night rehearsal of a L... ... hood and noiseless engine. These people in evening clothes were returning from an all-night rehearsal of a Little Theater play, an artistic adventure... ...r poetry, but he was nimble in the calling of selling houses for more than people could afford to pay. His large head was pink, his brown hair thin an... ... in the darkness beyond mysterious groves. When at last he could slip away from the crowded house he darted to her. His wife, his clamoring friends, s... ...that’s 8 Babbitt got the slightest doggone bit of consideration for other people and thoughtfulness and consider there may be others that may want to... ... Zenith could not have told whether he was in a city of Oregon or Georgia, Ohio or Maine, Oklahoma or Manitoba. But to Babbitt every inch was individu... ... Frink comes up to me at the club begging to know what I thought about the Springfield school-bond issue. And who told him? I did! You bet your life I... ...55 Sinclair Lewis CHAPTER XIV T his autumn a Mr. W. G. Harding, of Marion, Ohio, was appointed President of the United States, but Zenith was less int...

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...ess matter here, you were right in supposing I would support the nominee. Neither Baker nor I, however, is the man, but Hardin, so far as I can judge from present appearances. We shall have no split or trouble about the matter; all will be harmony. In relation to the ?coming events? about which Butler wrote you, I had not heard one word before I got your letter; but I have...

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...me Two of Seven Abraham Lincoln 1843-1858 FIRST CHILD TO JOSHUA F. SPEED. SPRINGFIELD, May 18, 1843. DEAR SPEED:—Yours of the 9th instant is duly rec... ...either Baker nor I, however, is the man, but Hardin, so far as I can judge from present appearances. We shall have no split or trouble about the matte... ...ey and property. They live in Boonville, Missouri, and have not been heard from lately enough for 4 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Two me to s... ... your Fanny and you. Yours as ever, A. LINCOLN. 1844 TO Gen. J. J. HARDIN. SPRINGFIELD, May 21, 1844. DEAR H ARDIN: Knowing that you have corresponden... ...Campbell of Spring Creek—(Berlin P .O.). He has received several documents from you, and he says they are old newspapers and documents, having no sort... ...INCOLN. 1845 SELECTION OF CONGRESSIONAL CAN- DIDATES TO Gen. J. J. HARDIN, SPRINGFIELD, Jany. 19, 1845. DEAR GENERAL: I do not wish to join in your pr... ...ood to come of annexation, inasmuch as they were already a free republican people on our own model. On the other hand, I never could very clearly see ... ...nt of Mexico. Third. Whether that spot is or is not within a settlement of people, which settlement has existed ever since long 21 The Writings of Ab... ... and by wide uninhabited regions on the north and east. Fifth. Whether the people of that settlement, or a majority of them, or any of them, have ever...

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...thing for publication. At the age of nearly sixty-two I received an injury from a fall, which confined me closely to the house while it did not appare... ...he aid of my eldest son, F . D. Grant, assisted by his brothers, to verify from the records every statement of fact given. The comments are my own, an... ... occupied by descendants of his to this day. I am of the eighth generation from Mathew Grant, and sev- enth from Samuel. Mathew Grant’s first wife die... ...and but few east; and above all, there were no reporters prying into other people’s private affairs. Consequently it did not become generally known th... ...s in imitation of mine. The joke was a huge one in the mind of many of the people, and was much enjoyed by them; but I did not appreciate it so highly... ...pture of Santa Anna, the Mexican President. Before long, however, the same people—who with permission of Mexico had colonized T exas, and afterwards s... ...m into squads and superintended their drill. When they were ready to go to Springfield I went with them and re- mained there until they were assigned ... ...f the 11th Illinois volunteer infantry. My duties, I thought, had ended at Springfield, and I was prepared to start home by the evening train, leaving... ... the State were about closed. Brigadier-General John Pope was stationed at Springfield, as United States mustering officer, all the time I was in the ...

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...ley, Ulster County, New York. Colonel Ardinburgh belonged to that class of people called Low Dutch. Of her first master, she can give no account, as s... ..., docil- ity, and respectful behavior, won his particular regard, received from him particular favors-among which was a lot of land, lying back on the... ...habit among slaveholders, of expecting a willing and intelligent obedience from the slave, because he is a man—at the same time every thing belonging ... ...e was the mother of some ten or twelve children; though So- journer is far from knowing the exact number of her brothers and sisters; she being the yo... ...some time very comfortably. The strangers who rented the house were humane people, and very kind to them; they were not rich, and owned no slaves. How... ...Scriver, besides being a fisherman, kept a tavern for the accommodation of people of his own class-for his was a rude, uneducated family, exceedingly ... ...botville, and started, shaping her course for that place. She ar- rived at Springfield one evening at six o’clock, and im- mediately began to search f... ...e night. She walked from six till past nine, and was then on the road from Springfield to Cabotville, before she found any one sufficiently hospitable... ... and whether there was any open- ing there for her. But on her way back to Springfield, she called at a house and asked for a piece of bread; her requ...