. "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]. d the room, and bashfully lingerednear the door. As soon as he observedthem, and saw their embarrassment, he roseand walked to them, saying: How do youdo, my good fellows? What can I do foryou? Will you sit down? The spokesman ofthe pair, the shorter of the two, declined tosit, and explained the object of the call thus:He had had a talk about the relative heightof Mr. Lincoln and his companion, and hadasserted his belief that they
. "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]. d the room, and bashfully lingerednear the door. As soon as he observedthem, and saw their embarrassment, he roseand walked to them, saying: How do youdo, my good fellows? What can I do foryou? Will you sit down? The spokesman ofthe pair, the shorter of the two, declined tosit, and explained the object of the call thus:He had had a talk about the relative heightof Mr. Lincoln and his companion, and hadasserted his belief that they were of exactlythe same height. He had come in to verifyhis judgment. Mr. Lincoln smiled, wentand got his cane, and, placing the end of itupon the wall, said: Here, young man, come under young man came under the caneas Mr. Lincoln held it, and when it was per-fectly adjusted to his height, Mr. Lincolnsaid: Now, come out, and hold the cane. This he did, while Mr. Lincoln stood under. Rubbing his head backand forth to see that it worked easily under the measurement, he steppedout, and declared to the sagacious fellow who was curiously looking on, that. YARNS AND STORIES. 183 OUTRAN THE JACK-RABBIT. When the Union forces were routed in the first battle of Bull Run, therewere many civilians present, who had gone out from Washington to wit-ness the battle. Among the number were several Congressmen. One ofthese was a tall, long-legged fellow, who wore a long-tailed coat and a high plug hat. When the retreat began, thisCongressman was in the lead of the en-tire crowd fleeing toward outran all the rest, and was the firstman to arrive in the city. No personever made such good use of long legsas this Congressman. His immensestride carried him yards at every went over ditches and gullies at asingle leap, and cleared a six-foot fencewith a foot to spare. As he went overthe fence his plug hat blew off, but hedid not pause. With his long coat-tailsflying in th
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