The Lincoln story-calendar 1809 1909; one hundredth anniversary . Knob Creek, Abe said : Right over there—pointing to the east—I saw some partridges yesterday. Letsgo over. We found a log, but it was narrow, so Abe said: Lets coon it. I went first and reached the other side all right. Abe went about half-way across, whenhe got scared and began trembling. I hollered to him : Dont look up or down or sidewajs, but look right at me and hold on tight! But he fell off into the creek, and as the water was about seven or eight feet deep (I couldnot swim and neither could Abe), I knew it would be no go
The Lincoln story-calendar 1809 1909; one hundredth anniversary . Knob Creek, Abe said : Right over there—pointing to the east—I saw some partridges yesterday. Letsgo over. We found a log, but it was narrow, so Abe said: Lets coon it. I went first and reached the other side all right. Abe went about half-way across, whenhe got scared and began trembling. I hollered to him : Dont look up or down or sidewajs, but look right at me and hold on tight! But he fell off into the creek, and as the water was about seven or eight feet deep (I couldnot swim and neither could Abe), I knew it would be no good for me to go in after him. So I got a stick—a long water sprout—and held it out to him. He came up, grabbingwith both hands, and I put the stick into his hands. He clung to it and I pulled him out onthe bank, almost dead. I got him by the arms andshook him well ; then I rolled him on the ground,and the water poured out of his mouth. He was all right very soon. We promisedeach other that we would never tell anybody aboutit, and I never did for JANUARY MON. TUBS. WED. THUR. FRI. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 SUN SAT. 1809
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