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Show LINCOLN AND THE WIDOW. The 15th ot February Abraham Lin- eoln's birthday br ngs to o W stronger than ever remlnUMn"' M this noble man s llfs. W '"" '" Hsrper's Hound Table '"""lr," , bookshate recorded and will P"0"'4 his good deeds for centurlM to corns, but It is a pleasure to read now nnl then ot some little act of klaaness ttM will stand a'one lllustratln breadth ot this man's syrup""1" "' the nobility of his character Dur n all that dreadful period wh8 the civil war was ravaging tho country Lincoln held the reins of the gomnment. ana although worn out with the unceoalng toll, he neer neglected an opportunity to help thine who suffered One day a poor woman whose tears had worn furrowa down her cheeks, gained an audience with Llocoln. ana In a few words related the ssd tale of her husband, who had fought In tjs Union army, only to lose hit ' " of her three boys who were Iben fighting fight-ing She requested the discharge ot LINCOLN WIIOTH THE OHDBIX. her eldest boy, that she might hare some one to support her Lincoln s heart responded to tho appeal, and hs replied ' Certainly If you bare given us all, and your prop his been taken away, you arc Justly entitled to one of ) our boys " Tho poor woman wont away light ol heart, only to return later, tearfully begging the release, of her second son The discharge of the first son had come too late He una killed before II reached blm Badly Llnroln sat down and wroto the nqulslto order for tht relenso of tho second son, and rising handed tho paper to tho afflicted worn an aaylng ' Now you have one and I have ono of the two hoys left, that li no moro than right" Weeping with Joy, tho poor mother blessed Lincoln and hurried out to send her precious order |
