Senator Warren's Potato Patch
Senator Warren, oí Wyomtag, owea iSiiist start In Ufe toa hopeless looking potato pal di. He rae bob tfa Mensa bueetts farmer who dhln't t-.-.k.' -no-k ,:ii educafjon, and the boy was i;ril u]i bo hard i;u-m wurk. Wlth liN mother's ai 1 lic had recelved Bome irlllPin.u V BCÏLOOltag, lillt ;i ll.vt !l Í11ÍÍ bej oud I b.a1 eeme-d Uop 'lege, beeause every hour oí hils time w aa claj d. One ]rin.!i tfinere were a few seed s I ■ i over trom planting, and Mr. Warren loid [ad h mlghi stick tii,cin lm Jop iiiinsvif i, a very rockj i leo oj land. ppovided he'd glve :n retara a crtain nurober of bnöheie u retxunn for tlh-e use ol the goH. it was a bard deal, but ywing Warren's grit poae to tlic occasion. The land .in i,io rocky to piow II be had had incans to do su. but hie brok t up Bometiow, and stuek tho seed potatOB in h i-ciulil. ThiTC was a tricat patch oí coavse-rootcd graas rimt he coaldn't gel over, bul iiiiTr was stüi gome seed left, and in.i] tlhe boy pked t in un(i'v ' ' tli grase vrhererer he tl do hopee o! matlog aiiviiiinu off his venture, ior droughi and every dm aee bnown bo the potiato wcii-id appeared tha1 year ; the ■rop w8 a complete raUure, and Warren was too dtotaeartened even to (■_■ hi spi.iis. nis fallid-, hown t. even If there was n -i! rrabbins to reward ttuem. Theo Wiarren ta ir [ ;..i oí tíie i oral ii sonne gi a wüh a erowbar, and tbere werc pótateos fft for a Ui uu-, in simi , i ■! i hey wrere ni n i. !■;.,;■ vavieiy. Thiey were Wg BJKl 'fine, and loflg ol Ih-m. II:,. reBilU woa üi.-it ihr boy managed to ■ raiuiïii money to start hlm a1 AV::11m;i!i.-i ni aradcniy. and trom thal time ou he bent thüag to hls own advaiit.-m-. OO ma' ter B iial lile dlífL
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