The life of Abraham Lincoln : drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters, and telegrams hitherto unpublished, and illustrated with many reproductions from original paintings, photographs, etc. . deeper into the wood than anybody else inthe community, and who at the same time was general helpfor the women, never lacked a job in Gentryville. Of all the tasks his rude life brought him, none seems tohave suited him better than going to the mill. It was, per-haps, as much the leisure enforced by this trip as anythingelse that attracted him. The machinery was primitive, andeac
The life of Abraham Lincoln : drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters, and telegrams hitherto unpublished, and illustrated with many reproductions from original paintings, photographs, etc. . deeper into the wood than anybody else inthe community, and who at the same time was general helpfor the women, never lacked a job in Gentryville. Of all the tasks his rude life brought him, none seems tohave suited him better than going to the mill. It was, per-haps, as much the leisure enforced by this trip as anythingelse that attracted him. The machinery was primitive, andeach man waited his turn, which sometimes was long in com-ing. A story is told by one of the pioneers of Illinois of go-ing many miles with a grist, and waiting so long for his turn,that when it came, he and his horse had eaten all the cornand he had none to grind. This waiting with other menand boys on like errands gave an opportunity for talk,story-telling, and games, which were Lincolns delight. If Abraham Lincolns life was rough and hard it wasnot without amusements. At home the rude household wasoverflowing with life. There were Abraham and his sister,a stepbrother and two stepsisters, and a cousin of Nancy. »i E . ?< . a o ?< o *-a 5 a By permission, from Herndonand Weik s Life of Abraham 1892. by 1). ADDleton & Co. LEAVE KENTUCKY FOR INDIANA 25 Hanks Lincoln, Dennis (Friend) Hanks, whom misfortunehad made an inmate of the Lincoln home—quite enoughto plan sports and mischief and keep time from growing Lincoln and Dennis Hanks were both famous story-!tellers, and the Lincolns spent many a cozy evening abouttheir cabin fire, repeating the stories they knew. Of course the boys hunted. Not that Abraham ever becamea true sportsman; indeed, he seems to have lacked the genu-ine sporting instinct. In a curious autobiography, writtenentirely in the third person, which Lincoln prepared at therequest of a friend in i860, he says of his exploits as
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