Show APPETITE AND SUPPLY when lincoln first biml came to wash says aas an oli old southern clan 1 I went to see bee him an prejudiced against him befort beforehand hand that no man with logi genius could have overcome tt it I 1 left that flitt first interview hla his friend alend no man ever came under the harm charm of Lincol ns personality without I 1 C respecting spec ting him and it if allowed loving him ono lay dar after atter wo we had acome fairly go cooil ad friends I 1 told him of my earl early Y prejudice mr lincoln I 1 said 1 I bad heard every mean thing on parth earth about you except conr no I 1 never board that hat you yon were wen too fond of the pleasures of life mr lincoln rill pat tor for a moment stroking ills hla long lone heck cheek thoughtfully and then he drawled out lit in his hl peculiar western voice that reminds me of something that it I 1 loy toy said mild to me 1 was wao about 10 years old 11 onri in ill a w while title my mother wm to ret get romp om Borg hurn and pome ome ginger and mix us ua up a batch of it otien often and it was our biggest treat one on day I 1 smelled it an and d same fani into tho the house hoube 0 to o ket get my share while it was wa hot I 1 found that title he hait ball baked me m three gingerbread men and I 1 took them out under a hickory trie tree to eat them ihm there therb was wa a family near us u that was waa a little poorer thin than we were find and one of their boys cattle along alone us as I 1 sat eat dov dou n 11 abe he sall said edging doge close elinie a mail 1 I gave him one ile he crammed it into his mouth at two bites and looked at me while I 1 bit the legs from my one abe abc 0 he said elnine that othern 1 I wanted it but I 1 gave it to him and as it followed the first or one I 1 saw you seem mem to like gingerbread abe he said gald earnestly 1 I dont don t a pose theres there 6 anybody on this earth likes gingerbread as well as I 1 do and crumbs 1 I dont spose theres anybody any boily gets less lens ol of it ind and tile old politician said mr lincoln looked as though the subject was ended |