He knew Lincoln, and other Billy Brown stories . old friendof mine. She can make the best flapjacksyou ever tasted, and shes baked em forme many a time. Aunt Sally was jest aspink as a rosy, she was so tickled. And17 HE KNEW LINCOLNshe says, * Abe— all the old folks inSangamon called him Abe. They knowedhim as a boy, but dont you believe any-body ever did up here. No, sir, we saidMr. Lincoln. He was like one of us, buthe want no man to be over familiar , says Aunt Sally, *I had to comeand say good-by. They say down our waytheyre goin to kill you if they get youdown to Washington, but I
He knew Lincoln, and other Billy Brown stories . old friendof mine. She can make the best flapjacksyou ever tasted, and shes baked em forme many a time. Aunt Sally was jest aspink as a rosy, she was so tickled. And17 HE KNEW LINCOLNshe says, * Abe— all the old folks inSangamon called him Abe. They knowedhim as a boy, but dont you believe any-body ever did up here. No, sir, we saidMr. Lincoln. He was like one of us, buthe want no man to be over familiar , says Aunt Sally, *I had to comeand say good-by. They say down our waytheyre goin to kill you if they get youdown to Washington, but I dont believeit. I just tell em youre too smart to letem git ahead of you that way. I thoughtId come and bring you a present, knitem myself, and Ill be blamed if that oldlady didnt pull out a great big pair ofyarn socks and hand em to Mr. Lincoln. Well, sir, it was the funniest thing tosee Mr. Lincolns face pucker up and hiseyes twinkle and twinkle. He took themsocks and held em up by the toes, one ineach hand. They was the longest socks I18. Aimt Sully J you coiildjit a done mdhifi which wouldhave pleased me better HE KNEW LINCOLNever see. *The lady got my latitude andlongitude bout right, didnt she, gentle-men ? he says, and then he laid emdown and he took Aunt Sallys hand andhe says tender-like, Aunt Sally, youcouldnt a done nothin which wouldhave pleased me better. Ill take em toWashington and wear em, and thinkof you when I do it. And I declare hesaid it so first thing I knew I was al-most blubberin, and I want the onlyone nuther, and I bet he did wear em inWashington. I can jest see him pullinoff his shoe and showin them socks toSumner or Seward or some other big bugthat was botherin him when he wantedto switch off on another subject and tellinem the story about Aunt Sally and herflapjacks. Was there much talk about his beinkilled ? Well, theres an awful lot of fools19 HE KNEW LINCOLNin this world and when they dont git whatthey want theyre always for killin some-body.
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