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Show j LINCOLN'S IDEA OF HADES WHEN Lincoln was still an insignificant insignifi-cant country lawyer he had occasion occa-sion to travel to a small town to take charge of a case. It was a drive of some fourteen miles from the railroad station sta-tion to the town in which he was to spend the night. Wet and chilled to the bone, he arrived at last, but to his dismay, found only a small fire built in the grate, while standing about it, so as to exclude the heat from the traveler, were the other lawyers interested in the case. At length one of the group turned to Lincoln. "Pretty cold, eh?" he asked. "Yes," replied Lincoln, "as cold as it is hot in hades." "Ever been to hades, stranger?" asked another. ."Yes," replied Lincoln solemnly. This raised a faint smile among the other lawyers. "What does it-look like there?" they asked. . "Very much like this," said Lincoln, drvly. "All the lawyers nearest the fire, illustrated World. |