An old civil war veteran used to wander around begging for food and a place to stay. He would always talk about his good friend, ‘Mr. Lincoln’.
He had been hurt in the war and was unable to hold a regular job but had pride in a letter from the president which he was not even able to read.
‘You say you knew Lincoln? Prove it!’ The old man pulled out the paper. ‘Here, I have this paper that he signed and gave me’.
He took out an old paper folded many times. ‘Do you know what you have here old man?’ ‘You have a generous federal pension authorized
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