The story of Abraham Lincoln : or the journey from the log cabin to the White House . Seated one day in the executive chamber in the State House atSpringfield, 111., and in conversation with a distinguished judge, saw two raw, plainly-dressed young Suckers enter the roomand bashfully linger near the door. As soon as he apprehended theirembarrassment he rose and walked to them, saying, How do you do, mjgood fellows? What could I do for you? Will you sit down? Thespokesman of the pair, the shorter of the two, declined to sit, and ex-plained the object of the call thus: He had had a ta
The story of Abraham Lincoln : or the journey from the log cabin to the White House . Seated one day in the executive chamber in the State House atSpringfield, 111., and in conversation with a distinguished judge, saw two raw, plainly-dressed young Suckers enter the roomand bashfully linger near the door. As soon as he apprehended theirembarrassment he rose and walked to them, saying, How do you do, mjgood fellows? What could I do for you? Will you sit down? Thespokesman of the pair, the shorter of the two, declined to sit, and ex-plained the object of the call thus: He had had a talk concerning therelative height of Mr. Lincoln and his companion, and had asserted hisbelief that they were exactly the same height. He had come in toverify his judgment. Mr. Lincoln smiled, got his cane, and, placing theend of it upon the wall said, Here, young man, come under young man stepped under the cane, as Mr. Lincoln held it, andwhen it was perfectly adjusted to his height Mr. Lincoln said: Xowcome out and hold up the cane. This he did while Mr. Lincoln stepped. THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT Theatre, Washington, D. C, night of April 14th, 1865.
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