The story-life of Lincoln; a biography composed of five hundred true stories told by Abraham Lincoln and his friends . oureyes and come quick. And before I knew what he was going to do, he had shoulderedthe trunk, was down stairs, and striding out of the vard. Downthe street he went, as fast as his long legs could carry him. I trot-ted behind, dryimr my tears as I went. We reached the station in time. Mr. Lincoln put me on thetrain, kissed me good-bye, and told me to have a good time. It was just like him ! Abe Lincolns Yarns and Stories. Edited by Col. Alex. K. McClure, page 77-. MILLARD FILL
The story-life of Lincoln; a biography composed of five hundred true stories told by Abraham Lincoln and his friends . oureyes and come quick. And before I knew what he was going to do, he had shoulderedthe trunk, was down stairs, and striding out of the vard. Downthe street he went, as fast as his long legs could carry him. I trot-ted behind, dryimr my tears as I went. We reached the station in time. Mr. Lincoln put me on thetrain, kissed me good-bye, and told me to have a good time. It was just like him ! Abe Lincolns Yarns and Stories. Edited by Col. Alex. K. McClure, page 77-. MILLARD FILLMORE STATE CAPITAL AND EIGHTH CIRCUIT *33 In the Court-Room and at Home We are aware that these stories detract something from thecharacter of the lawyer; but this inflexible, inconvenient, andfastidious morality was to be of vast service afterwards to hiscountry and the world. The Nemesis that waits upon men of extraordinary wit orhumor has not neglected Mr. Lincoln, and the young lawyers ofIllinois, who never knew him, have an endless store of jokes andpleasantries in his name; some cf them as old as Howle^lass orRabelais. As a specimen we give the folio in, well vouched for, as suchstories generalb/ are: Lincoln met one day on the court-Lous2 stepsa young lawyer s ho had lost his case—his only one—and lookedvery disconsolate. What has become cf your case? Lincolnasked. Gone to hell, was the gloomy response. Well, dontgive it up, Lincoln rejoined cheerfully; you can try it againthere —a quip that has been attributed to many wits in many ages,and will doubtless make
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