Show H s th for knowledge the american magazine published a complete account of lincoln Is boy hood as related edlo to mrs eleanor at kinson of chicago by dennis hanks lincoln s playmate and cousin you bet he was too smart to think everything was as in books sometimes a preacher r a circuit ridin judge r layer r a stump politician r a school d come along when one 0 them rode up tom d go out and say light stranger like it was so te to do then abed abe d come lopin out on his long legs throw one over the top rail an begin birin questions tom d epli him to quit but it didn dian t do no good so tom d have to bang him on the side 0 the head with his hat aba d go off a spell an fire sticks at the enow snow birds an whistle like he didn dian t care pap thinks it ain t polite to ask folks so many questions he d say I 1 reckon I 1 evasn t born to be polite there s so darned many things I 3 want to know an how else am I 1 goin to git to know ema |