| Show ONE OF LINCOLN S STORIES senator foraker uses anecdote to draw a parallel diford senator foraker was nas to the office he now holds lie he practiced law jaw in cincinnati says bays the now new boik aliet ican it Is fa raid bald of him that its his lees larger than those of any oilier of her att oi ney in ohio it Is generally If cnown noNn that lie he la Is ft a poor man so BO far as earthly possessions go senator platt of new lork ork ahlee him not long ago why to he held beld himself down to a GOOD job whereas if he be confined himself to legal practice he could grow enormously nor rich I 1 am told that ou on get bigg r fees said the new yorker that any other attorn attorney cy out your way 11 hah rminda rite ine of one of mr I 1 lincoln lincol ns a stories answered the ohio an when he be m was as a boy one of lils liis mothers neighbors neigh bois was mas sa sdi poor as to tn excite the pity of all those who unea knew her she had a abild of and it was ma said of them that they never bad enough to at when young abe aaa trudging scho schollard olard one morn ing lie he alt nn t on one of the boys ills his baart melted at the hight of tho the gaunt and aad lintig hungry ry arpe adrig lad and quickly Ms big baid ba lia id ant wint into hla his lun luncheon heon nud aud drew forth a ginger cake lie ile broke it in twain and the boy gob tiled bled it up ile he gave him the other nicee and that bat ant down the boys boya throat in one gulp I 1 you like ginger aud don dont it you inquired abe of thi th widows widow boy I 1 docs was his big answer 1 I likes em cm more and gits less of ni than any boy in sangamon county and that Is my iny story continued the senator amien alien I 1 practiced eil law I 1 liked big fees feea better thal hai ani apte on earth and got fewer femer of loom than aay other latter out my wa way v 11 |
