Show I HASTENED E D TO INFORM WIFE We Ar Aref Elected Was a Lin coins coin's Form of Telling Helpmeet the Good News Per Perhaps aps one of the most ch cb character characteristic I tlc of the Lincoln anecdotes may b be revived with timeliness On the night of or his first elect election n the little fr frame me home hom of or orthe the In S Springfield Ill lit was thronged with eager neighbors neighbors neigh neigh- bors and friends lor 01 or a while came In early and favorably Then they were less promising The crowd dwindled d. d Th Then n came the news s that Lincoln had carried the country The rest of the story will be better er be tol tolby told by bv that great man himself When there was no longer any doubt or reason for doubt he be related afterward after- after ward waid I 1 went up to my bedroom and found my wife asleep I gently touched touched touch ouch ed her shoulder and said Mary 1 I She made no answer I spoke again a littie little lit lit- tle tie louder saying Mary Maryi I Mary Maryi I weare we are el elected I 1 |