. "Abe" Lincoln's yarns and stories : a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller [excerpts]. anied her father, JudgeLinder, in the days when he rode circuit with Mr, Lincoln, tells the followingstory: At night, as a rule, the lawyers spent awhile in the parlor, and permit-ted the women who happened to be along to sit with them. But after halfan hour or so we would no-tice it was time for us toleave them. I remembertraveling the circuit one sea-son when the young wife ofone of the lawyers waswith him. The place wasso crowde
. "Abe" Lincoln's yarns and stories : a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller [excerpts]. anied her father, JudgeLinder, in the days when he rode circuit with Mr, Lincoln, tells the followingstory: At night, as a rule, the lawyers spent awhile in the parlor, and permit-ted the women who happened to be along to sit with them. But after halfan hour or so we would no-tice it was time for us toleave them. I remembertraveling the circuit one sea-son when the young wife ofone of the lawyers waswith him. The place wasso crowded that she and Iwere made to sleep to-gether. When the timecame for banishing us fromthe parlor, we went up toour room and sat there tillbed-time, listening to theroars that followed eachother swiftly while thoselawyers down-stairs told sto-ries and laughed till therafters rang. In the morning said to me: Rose,did we disturb your sleeplast night? I answered,*No, I had no sleep—whichwas not entirely true, but the retort amused him. Then the young lawyers wife complained to him thatwe were not fairly used. We came along with them, young women, and. YARNS AND STORIES. 193 proportion, which may be stated thus: As the negro is to the white man,so is the crocodile to the negro; and as the negro may rightfully treat thecrocodile as a beast or reptile, so the white man may rightfully treat the negro as a beast or reptile. » LINCOLN WAS READY TO FIGHT. On one occasion, Colonel Baker was speaking in a court-house, whichhad been a storehouse, and, on making some remarks that were ofifensive tocertain political rowdies in the crowd, they cried: Take him ofl the stand! Immediate confu-sion followed, andthere was an at-tempt to carry thedemand into execu-tion. Directly overthe speakers headwas an old skylight,at which it appearedMr. Lincoln hadbeen listening to thespeech. In an in-stant, Mr. Lincolnsfeet came throughthe skylight, fol-lowed by his tall andsinewy frame, andhe was
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