. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . 2O4 THE CENTURY BOOK OF FAMOUS AMERICANS into the Capitol grounds and through the corridors of the great cross-shapedbuilding, where they freely criticized the poorly-executed historical paintings,and halted with inquiry before the fine statue in the grounds. Menard, they read. \Yho was Menard, Uncle Tom ? J Oh, one of the old explorers, Uncle Tom replied, off-hand, but in so unexplanatory a tone, as Marian expressed it, that she charged him withnot really knowing himself, and he confessed he
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . 2O4 THE CENTURY BOOK OF FAMOUS AMERICANS into the Capitol grounds and through the corridors of the great cross-shapedbuilding, where they freely criticized the poorly-executed historical paintings,and halted with inquiry before the fine statue in the grounds. Menard, they read. \Yho was Menard, Uncle Tom ? J Oh, one of the old explorers, Uncle Tom replied, off-hand, but in so unexplanatory a tone, as Marian expressed it, that she charged him withnot really knowing himself, and he confessed he was a bit misty, but prom -ised to look it up for her. The boys, meantime, had procured bicycles and whirled away on a tourof investigation up and down the broad and shaded streets of what is es-teemed the best paved city in the State of Illinois. It is proof of their S^SS=3«j&r-^**- . •~=~*?n?*3-^-r-S-:f\S /. THE HOUSE IN SPRINGFIELD IN WHICH LINCOLN LIVED WHEN HE WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT. loyalty to Uncle Tom and the girls, however, that they confined themselvesto streets and parks, and refrained from any Lincoln hunt, as Jack morning, however, they began in earnest and saw all there was tosee in Lincolns pleasant home-town. Here was the site of the old GlobeTavern, where the young lawyer took his bride and began his married life AT LINCOLNS HOME 205 at the extravagant price of four dollars a week for board and , the site of the law offices where he first hung out his shingle, andespecially the very building in which were passed his most successful daysas a lawyer — the old office of Herndon and Lincoln. The Lincoln officethey found to be a dentists studio, and Jack declared it was like pullingteeth to get any trustworthy information about Lincoln thereabouts, al-though he was partly compensated by an introduction to a man who used toplay hand-ball with Lincoln in fro
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