Stories of pioneer life, for young readers; . go to schools, when there were any, were often faraway. The best of them were very poor teachers knew little and had only a fewbooks. Abe went to school whenever it was possible, 88 Stories of Pioneer Life. and learned very fast. He became such a good speller that none could beat him in the spelling matches. He had no slate or paper upon which to work his problems, so he made figures with a piece ofcharcoal on a wooden it was covered, he planedthem off, and began again. How he liked to read ! Heread over and over a
Stories of pioneer life, for young readers; . go to schools, when there were any, were often faraway. The best of them were very poor teachers knew little and had only a fewbooks. Abe went to school whenever it was possible, 88 Stories of Pioneer Life. and learned very fast. He became such a good speller that none could beat him in the spelling matches. He had no slate or paper upon which to work his problems, so he made figures with a piece ofcharcoal on a wooden it was covered, he planedthem off, and began again. How he liked to read ! Heread over and over again everybook he could get. He seemedable to remember almost every-thing he had read. Though there was but littletime to read or study, he usedin that way what few minuteshe could get. He carried hisbook to the field, that he mightread while he was resting. He would often read until very late at night. If there happened to be no work at home he was hired out to the neighbors for twenty-five cents a day, and the money was paid to his I A CURIOUS SLATE. Abraham Lincoln. 89 VII. LINCOLN A YOUNG MAN. Now you can see how Abraham spent his boy-hood. He did all kinds of hard work about thefarm. He cut down trees and split rails. Hehelped to plough and plant, to gather the cropsand go to mill. He helped even in the workabout the house. But amid all this work, he found time to studyand to read. He liked to make speeches and tell stories ;and all who listened to him, liked to hear grew up to be the tallest and strongest youngman in the neighborhood. He was perhaps alsothe kindest and gentlest. When he was about twenty-one years old, hisfather decided to move to Illinois. Abrahamwent with him. He helped build the new cabin,and cut the rails to fence the land. As soon as this work was over, the young manstarted out for himself. He had not been to school more than ayear. He had no money, and wore very poorclothes. He was tall and rather awkward look-ing. Does he not seem a
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