Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 204
ly to trust a poor lad like him?However, he boldly went to the superintendent of thedelivery department, and asked for one thousand copiesof the Free Press, to be paid for after they were sold. The request was curtly and promptly refused. Edisons need was great; he saw a small fortune inprospect if… … 176 Men Who Have Risen wards related the story, and that I wanted fifteenhundred copies of the paper on credit. The tall, thin,ascetic-looking man stared at me for a moment, andthen scratched a few words on a slip of paper. Takethat down-stairs, he said, and you will get what youwant/ And so I did.…
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