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Rh [Mutters.] You can't live without food. What's the use

What can I do for you?

Rh

[Coming to ] Are you Colonel Hamilton?

Yes. [Pulling the chair he was sitting on.] Sit down. [She sits.] What is it?

My husband is Zackery Whalen, sir. He fought in the war, sir. He's a cripple and can't work. He fought under you, sir. It was that winter at Valley Forge—his feet froze so many times, sir. He's on a pension, but we can't get the money.

Can't get it from your state?

We sometimes get it, but not lately at all—only promises, sir. You see, ours is due from Rhode Island. If it had been Virginia or New Hampshire,