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Show coouxG) orr. A good story is told of Praaident Lincoln sod his secretary of state, William Wil-liam H. Seward. A very bitter aad unfair un-fair letter of criticism of th administration adminis-tration was received. Beward was indignant in-dignant as h showed th letter to Lincoln, Lin-coln, sod th president heartily agreed with him. "I'm going to write to aad give him a pic of my mind," declared Seward. "That' right, de so bv all moan, and make it a vtrong yon eaa," urged Lineola, rubbing ai hand. Th letter which Seward wrote aad hewed to Lineola a little later waa a masterpiece. All the power of iovee five, all th keen thrusts of sarcasm, all th crashing fore of fart were there. ad th hostile critic wa left without even knothole to crawl into. "That' Sn splendid! " exclaimed Lincoln, as he handed the letter back to Seward. "West srs yon going to do witk itt" he asked a Seward began folding the letter to It a envelope. "Do with it I Why. send it to his, of coarse," replied Reward. "Oh, ao, you're not going to de that Just tear it ap aad t fa row it iate the Bra," said Lineola. "Yew have had the satlafnetioa of writing it; now yen tsel better, aad can forget It. One write auch a letter, but one doeea't end it." The Christian Herald. |