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Show Klndne-fj of Htart. 89 President Lincoln' kindness of heart j)fl was known to erorybody. Ills door- 5 keepers bad standing orders that, no iSlt ' matter how great might be the publlo jHl throng, If cither senators or represcn- jHI I tatlvss had to wait, or to be turned. ';JB away, he mutt see before the day clos- "iSll rd every mettenger who cam to hlra wSt with a petition for th saving ct lift. A, 9 woman carrying a baby, waited thrt jjttsl days at the White House to se Mr. wfl Lincoln. Her hutbsnd, who had sent -?M a tubitltuto, had eullitcd nibtoqaontly yfl himself whon Intoxicated nnd bsd do- t I sorted, been captured and sentenced tot uH bo shot On his way through the antev S room, Mr. Lincoln heard tho baby cry,' jBJ "He Initantly went back to his offlc fB and rang the bell. 'Daniel,' laid heu jH 'It there a wo .an ."i a baby In that fastal ante-roam T Bend br aa at ones." MB She wrnt In, to'd I er - 'r, and tho ! president pird' he ju "id." HJ |