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Show The President and His B'oys. U was a frequent custom of Lincoln's Lin-coln's to carry his children on hla shoulders, says tho Literary DlgceL Ho rarely wont down stroet that he did not have ono of his youngor dovb mountod on his shoulder, while another an-other hung to tho tall of his long coat. The antics of tho boys with their futh- ' or and tho species of tyuuiny they ox. if oxclsed over him nro still tho subjocts 1 of talk In Sprlngflold. lloland DIHor, i who wns a neighbor or Mr. Lincoln, " tolls ono or tho host of tho stories. Ho 1! wns called to tho door ono day by hear- A Ing a great nolso or chlldnn, and , thoro wns Mr. Lincoln striding by with 4 tho boys, both ot whom woro walling $ aloud. "Why, Mr. Lincoln, what's tho T V, matter with tho boys?" h0 nskwl. "Just what's tho matter with tho l wholo world," Lincoln replied. "Ivo f got threo walnuts, and each wants l tWO." il |