Show unpretentious the kac with lincoln to president lincoln would have been very of mark tapley that hero of dickens who was always jolly under difficulties tharo wan not liing pretentious tent ious about the president and ho easily adapted himself to iacca just before tho close of tho ho ran away from alio politicians and office of washington went down to city point in the niner olivor queen and invited to stay with admiral porter on board the hag ship malvarn she was a small widd poor accommodations but the president waa content to occupy u small stateroom six foot long by our and a halt wide and would not accept alio admirals larger room when lie retired for tho first night on board ho put liis akocs and SOCKS outside of hit stateroom door tho socks had holan in them bu they were and darned by alio ships tailor ami placed with hh cleaned shoes at door A happened to me last night said the president at iho breakfast tabar when I 1 went to bed I 1 had two large liolia in my socks and this morning there aro no holes in that never happened to mu before it must ben miracle how daiil you sleep mr president naked tho admiral 1 I slept well ho but you can t put a long blade into a short scabbard I 1 waa too long for that berth alic president was six feet four inches in height and the berth was only six feet long that day while the president was away irom the ship tho carpentere cre enlarged the stateroom lengthened tho berth and made over alio to fit it nothing waa said about tho change to the president the next morning ho came out smiling A greater miracle than ever happened last night said he 1 I shrank six inches in length and about a fool sideways I 1 got somebody cliot big pillow and slept iu a better bed than I 1 did on the river queen though not half so lively 1 I think adds admiral porter who alls tho that if I 1 had given him two fence rails to sleep on he would not have found fault abr hum lincoln in all things relating to hl own comfort ho would never permit i royla to pu out for lim adv r i |