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Show INTRODUCTION When I was a little girl, I would ask Papa for a penny or a nickel at various times. I had not grown to the dime or quarter age or I may have asked for those, but a five-cent piece of money was very large in my eyes then and for some years afterward. Papa always laughed and asked, "A nickel?" Now where in the world do you think I would find a nickel?" Then I giggled while exclaiming, "Go get it off the sheep's back." I was old enough to have learned from adult conversation that when Papa sold his wool clip he received some money. I had no idea how it all worked, but wool and money were closely associated in my mind and getting money seemed an easy enough thing to do. Through ensuing years, I saw Papa (John K. Madsen) evolve from a hard working younger man of uncertain income-when nickels were even a luxury-to an older, still work-dedicated man of achievement and a more certain income. My admiration for him went far beyond a natural daughter-affection for a |