Pat Wall wants to give Hillary Rodham Clinton a lump of coal.
They used to hang out together on Lake Winola, north of Scranton, when Hillary summered there in her family cottage, and Wall is waiting in a long line snaking into Scranton High School for the opening rally of Clinton's Pennsylvania primary campaign.
"Her nose was always in a book," said Wall, 53, who looked up to Hillary, seven years her senior. "We used to go swimming togehter down in the lake and play under the porch."
Wall bought a pen set for Hillary at the Anthracite Museum - it has a polished chunk of coal on its base - and she hopes to be able to see her old friend and give it to her.
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