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Eliot resolved to spend the remainder in doing them a yet greater benefit." "I know what that was!" cried Laurence. "He sat down in his study," continued Grandfather, "and began a translation of the Bible into the Indian tongue. It was while he was engaged in this pious work that the mint-master gave him our great chair. His toil needed it and deserved it."
The Captain John Hull aforesaid was the mint-master of Massachusetts, and coined all the money that was made there. This was a new line of business; for, in the earlier days of the colony, the current coinage consisted of gold and silver money of England, and Portugal, and Spain. These coins being scarce, the people were often forced to barter their commodities instead of selling them.
"And now," said honest John Hull to the servants, "bring that box hither." The box to which the mint-master pointed was a huge square, iron-bound, oaken chest; it was big enough, my children, for all four of you to play hide-and-seek in. The servants tugged with might and main, but could not lift this enormous receptacle, and were finally obliged to drag it across the floor.
"Here is the very leg that was broken!" exclaimed Charley, throwing himself down on the floor to look at it. "And here are the iron clamps. How well it was mended!" When they had all sufficiently examined the broken leg, Grandfather told them a story about Captain John Hull and The Captain John Hull, aforesaid, was the mint-master of Massachusetts, and coined all the money that was made there.
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