Nebraska City, Nebraska

In Nebraska City, Sandburg spent his time picking apples and chopping wood in exchange for two sitdowns (meals at the kitchen table). He also met a lawyer who hired him on to chop wood.

About the lawyer, he wrote:

Seeing my suit of clothes somewhat ragged, [he] asked me if I would like an old suit of his. He brought it out, an iron-gray all-wool suit, better than any I had had in my life.

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  n Nebraska City, Sandburg spent his time picking apples and chopping wood in exchange for two sitdowns (meals at the kitchen table). He also met a lawyer who hired him on to chop wood.

  About the lawyer, he wrote:

  Seeing my suit of clothes somewhat ragged, [he] asked me if I would like an old suit of his. He brought it out, an iron-gray all-wool suit, better than any I had had in my life.