. Life of Abraham Lincoln; being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to . would not be likelyto break the law by fightingin the state. Possibly hethought Lincoln would makean humble apology. Shieldswas brave but foolish, andwould not listen to overturesfor explanation. It wasarranged that the meetingshould be in Missouri, oppo-site Alton. They proceededto the place selected, but friends interfered, and there was no duel. There is littledoubt that the man who had swung a beetle and driven
. Life of Abraham Lincoln; being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to . would not be likelyto break the law by fightingin the state. Possibly hethought Lincoln would makean humble apology. Shieldswas brave but foolish, andwould not listen to overturesfor explanation. It wasarranged that the meetingshould be in Missouri, oppo-site Alton. They proceededto the place selected, but friends interfered, and there was no duel. There is littledoubt that the man who had swung a beetle and driven iron wedges into gnarledhickory logs could have cleft the skull of his antagonist, but he had no such inten-tion. He repeatedly said to the friends of Shields that iii writing the first articlehe had no thought of anything personal. The auditors vanity had been sorelywounded by the second letter, in regard to which Lincoln could not make anyexplanation except that he had had no hand in writing it. The affair set allSpringfield to laughing at Shields, but it detracted from the happiness of accepting the challenge he had violated his sense of right and outraged his. CALEB B. SMITH. ABRAHAM LINCOLX. VV better nature. He would gladly have blotted it from memory. It was ever aregret. On November 4, 1842, the wedding, so unhappily postponed, was held, undermost happy auspices. The officiating clergyman, the Rev. Mr. Dresser, used theEpiscopal church service for marriage. Lincoln placed the ring upon the bridesfinger, and said, With this ring I now thee wed, and with all my worldly goodsI thee endow. Judge Thomas C. Browne, who was present, and had a pre-eminently legal mind, exclaimed: Good gracious, Lincoln! the statute fixesall that. Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln took rooms in the Globe tavern, at Springfield, abouttwo hundred yards southwest of the old state-house. They were pleasantlysituated, paying four dollars a week for board and rooms. mi CHAPTER XIII. LINCOLK IN CONGRESS
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