The life of Abraham Lincoln : drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters, and telegrams hitherto unpublished, and illustrated with many reproductions from original paintings, photographs, etc. . incoln keeping his wife in an open shedin a winter. The Lincolns had a cow and calf, milk andbutter, a good feather bed—for I have slept on it. They hadhome-woven kiverlids, big and little pots, a loom and Lincoln was a man and took care of his wife. The Lincoln home was undoubtedly rude, and in manyways uncomfortable, but it sheltered a happy family, and itspoverty aff
The life of Abraham Lincoln : drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters, and telegrams hitherto unpublished, and illustrated with many reproductions from original paintings, photographs, etc. . incoln keeping his wife in an open shedin a winter. The Lincolns had a cow and calf, milk andbutter, a good feather bed—for I have slept on it. They hadhome-woven kiverlids, big and little pots, a loom and Lincoln was a man and took care of his wife. The Lincoln home was undoubtedly rude, and in manyways uncomfortable, but it sheltered a happy family, and itspoverty affected the new child but little. He grew to berobust and active and soon learned how endless are the de-lights and interests the country offers to a child. He hadseveral companions. There was his sister Nancy, or Sarah—both names are given her—two years his senior; there wasa cousin of his mothers, ten years older, Dennis Friend(commonly called Dennis Hanks), an active and ingeniousleader in sports and mischief; and there were the neighborsboys. One of the latter, Austin Gollaher, lived to be overninety years of age and to his death related with pridehow he played with young Lincoln in the shavings of his. ORIGIN OF THE LINCOLN FAMILY 15 fathers carpenter shop, hunted coons and ran the woods withhim, and once even saved his life. Yes, Mr. Gollaher was accustomed to say, the storythat I once saved Abraham Lincolns life is true. He and Ihad been going to school together for a year or more, andhad become greatly attached to each other. Then school dis-banded on account of there being so few scholars, and we didnot see each other much for a long while. One Sunday mymother visited the Lincolns, and I was taken along. Abeand I played around all day. Finally, we concluded to crossthe creek to hunt for some partridges young Lincoln had seenthe day before. The creek was swollen by a recent rain, and,in crossing on the narrow footlog, Abe fell in. Neither ofus could swim. I got a lo
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