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Show ONE OF LINCOLN'S STORIES. Senator Foraker Uses Anecdote to Draw a Parallel. Ileforn Senator I'ornker wns elected to the otllco he now holds ho prncllcod law In Cincinnati, sajs Iho Now York American II I said of him that hl.i fees were larger than those of any other niioriiey In Ohio. It Is generally known that ho I a poor man so far ns enrihly poMeeslons go.. Senator Piatt, of .New York, asked him not long mho wh ho held himself down to n JB.Ouo Job, w herons If ho conflnod himself to legal practlco ho could grow mrmouly rich. "I am inld that you get bigger fees," kiild the Now York or. "that any other attiune) out our wny " "Which remind me of ono of Mr. Mncoln'ri storloK," answered tho Ohio-an. Ohio-an. "When he was a boy ono of his mother a neighbor was to poor ns to Hxcllo the pity of nil those who know her. She had a world of children, nnd It ttiih said of them thnt thoy novoi had enough to eat. When young Abe was trudging schoolward one morn tug he met one of tho boys. His heart melted at tho sight or tho gnuiil and hungry appearing lad, nnd quickly hit hand went Into his luncheon iaskc-l and drew forth a ginger enke. lit broke It In twain and the boy gob bled It up. He gate him tho othoi piwe, and that went down tho boy' throat in ono gulp. "You like glngor cakes, don't you? inquired Abo of the widow's boy. "'I doe.' was his answer. 'I Ilkoi 'nm more and gits lets of 'm than nnj boy In Sangamon comity." ''And that la my story." rontlnuei the senator "When pnctleej law ' liked big fe' bettwr than any one ot earth, ad got fewer of inem than nnj ether lawjer out my wav" |