Show Lincoln and the Bible Mr Lincoln as I saw him every morning In the carpet slippers he wore In the house and tho black clothes no tailor could make really I fit his gaunt bony frame was a homely home-ly enough figure Tho routine of his life was simple too it would have seemed a treadmill to most of us He was an early riser when I camo on duty at eight In the morning ho was often already dressed and reading In tho library And the book We have all heard of tho presidents fondness fond-ness for Shakespeare how ho infurlat wl Secretary Stanton by reading Ham lot while they were waiting for returns re-turns from Gettysburg wo know too how ho kept cabinet meetings waitIng wait-Ing while he read them the latest ol Petroleum V Nasbys witticisms It was tho Hlblo which I saw him reading read-ing while most of tho household still slept William H Ciook in Harpers Magazine |