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Show NOT WITH HIM THEN. Lincoln's Nest Anewsr to Overbearing CroES-Exarr.Incr. I While tramples ot President Lincoln's Lin-coln's skill ns a 3ttiry toller aro Innumerable, Innum-erable, Instances ut hla pei-cc&al ha- J mor nre comparatively rare. On ono occasion Lincoln, then rrnr and cbscuro, was summoned ui , .fitness .fit-ness In a contested will cot? t"i plaintiffs allep'ng that tho :cJtrr;,t wa3 ot unsound mind. j Several ot his neighbors ;" J that while In tho company ot tho deceased de-ceased tboy hod never uotlcod cr.y-' thing strango In his actions or speech. Lincoln's testimony was to th same effect, and ho was Interrupted by the opposing lawyer, a somowhat trf.j and overbearing person, with tho remark: re-mark: "Tes, ya; w have heard all abont that. Now, tha question U now dtd tho daceased aet when alone T After momenta reflection Ltcol repliant "A. far as I can recollect. I was nrer with him when he was alone." |