The story-life of Lincoln; a biography composed of five hundred true stories told by Abraham Lincoln and his friends . e could command their armyif his tail could be made a little longer. So they got more tail andspliced it on to his caudal appendage. He looked at it admiringly,and then thought he ought to have a little more still. This wasadded, and again he called for more. The splicing process was re-peated many times, until they had coiled Jockos tail around theroom, filling all the space. Still he called for more tail, there beingno other place to coil it,they began wrappingit around his
The story-life of Lincoln; a biography composed of five hundred true stories told by Abraham Lincoln and his friends . e could command their armyif his tail could be made a little longer. So they got more tail andspliced it on to his caudal appendage. He looked at it admiringly,and then thought he ought to have a little more still. This wasadded, and again he called for more. The splicing process was re-peated many times, until they had coiled Jockos tail around theroom, filling all the space. Still he called for more tail, there beingno other place to coil it,they began wrappingit around his shoul-ders. He continuedhis call for more, andthey kept on windingthe additional tailabout him until itsweight broke himdown. I saw the point,and. rising from mychair, replied: Mr. President, Iwill not call for moreassistance unless Ifind it impossible to dowith what I alreadyhave. Reminiscences of Abraham Lin-coln, Ulysses S. Grant. Edited byAllen Thorndike Rice, page 1. From Abraham LincolnJohn Hav. GENERAL GRANT A Visit to City Point On March 20, 1864,the General invitedthe President to visit him at City Point. A History, John G. Nicolay and tAL GRANTFrom a War-time Photograph. The invitation was ac- 57o THE STORY-LIFE OF LINCOLN cepted the next day, and the President arrived at the headquar-ters of the armies on the 22nd, accompanied by Mrs. Lincoln and their youngest son, Tad Upon the arrival of the steamboat [the River Queen] at the wharf at City Point, GeneralGrant and several members of his staff went aboard to welcome thePresidential party. The President gave each one a hearty greet-ing, and in his frank and cordial way said many complimentarythings about the hard work that had been done during the longwinters siege, and how fully the country appreciated it. Whenasked how he was, he said: I am not feeling very well. I got pretty badly shaken up onthe bay coming down, and am not altogether over it yet. Let me send for a bottle of champagne for you, Mr. Presidentsaid a s
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