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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ... shilling was left behind. THE SILVER SHILLING. Part II. This is the story as it was told by the shilling itself:--"The next morning I was found and examined. 'Do you think this is a shilling? No, indeed! It is not a coin of this country. It is bad, false! Grood for nothing!' "How these words hurt me. I knew I was neither bad nor false. "'I must get rid of this coin in the dark,' said the man who had found me; so I was passed at night and abused in the daytime. "How unhappy I was! Of what use was my pure silver when I was thought to be worthless? "In the eyes of the world one has only the value it chooses to give. The world does not value all men at their true worth, and what could a friendless coin expect? "Later, I was paid to a poor woman for a hard day's work, and she could not get rid of me at all. How sorry I was for the trouble I caused her. "'I must pass this shilling to some one,' she said. 'The rich baker shall have it; he can bear the loss better than I can. But that is not the right thing to do. No, I will not deceive any one with you. You may be a lucky shilling for some one. I will bore a hole in you, so every one will know you are not a coin of our country.' "She bored a hole through me, passed a thread through the hole, then said: 'I will give you to my neighbor's little son. He will wear you around his neck, and I trust you will be a lucky coin for him. "So saying, she gave me to the boy, and I truly meant to be a lucky coin. He gave me a kiss, and I was glad some one liked me. The boy's mother came, and said: 'So you are a lucky coin, are you? Well I will soon try you.' "She then took her scissors, and cut the string, and put me in vinegar until I was green all over; then she filled up the ...
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