The story of Abraham Lincoln : or the journey from the log cabin to the White House . om and looked upon the very ^potwhere Mr. Lincoln had often slept after he got to be a big man. Inthe further corner stood the bedstead upon which the Presidentsfather and mother had also slept and upon which they both had old spinning wheel stood near the bedstead; it was now brokenand useless, still and silent, a homely and forlorn object. Its silencewas sad and pathetic, but listen! again the whir and buzz of thewheel was heard, and in fancy we saw the dear old lady look up fromher work and greet t
The story of Abraham Lincoln : or the journey from the log cabin to the White House . om and looked upon the very ^potwhere Mr. Lincoln had often slept after he got to be a big man. Inthe further corner stood the bedstead upon which the Presidentsfather and mother had also slept and upon which they both had old spinning wheel stood near the bedstead; it was now brokenand useless, still and silent, a homely and forlorn object. Its silencewas sad and pathetic, but listen! again the whir and buzz of thewheel was heard, and in fancy we saw the dear old lady look up fromher work and greet the awkward boy, as he came strolling in and threwhimself upon the floor before the fireplace. Could the wheel havespoken and told the story of the days long past, it would have un-folded a tale of pride and joy, for beneath the touch of the mothershand and the throb of the mothers heart the woof and web of grandapparel was formed. THOMAS LINCOLNS FIRST LOVE Mr. Hall broke the spell, and we listened for the wonderful taJe,but he simply said: Grandmarm wus a mighty industrous ABES FIRST LECTURE—CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
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