Lincoln's yarns and stories, Volume 2
by Alexander K. McClure
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Contents
- “Wuz Goin’ Ter Be ‘Hitched.”’
- He Proposed to Save the Union
- The Same Old Rum
- Saved Lincoln’s Life
- Would Not Recall a Single Word
- Old Broom Best After All
- God with A Little “g.”
- “Abe’s” Log
- It Was a Fine Fizzle
- A Teetotaler
- Not to “Open Shop” There
- We Have Liberty of All Kinds
- Tom Corwins’s Latest Story
- “Catch ‘Em and Cheat ‘Em.”
- A Juryman’s Scorn
- He “Broke” to Win
- Wanted Her Children Back
- Six Feet Four at Seventeen
- Had Respect for the Eggs
- How Was the Milk Upset?
- “Pulled Fodder” for a Book
- Praises His Rival for Office
- One Thing “Abe” Didn’t Love
- The Modesty of Genius
- Why She Married Him
- Niagara Falls
- Made It Hot for Lincoln
- Wouldn’t Hold Title Against Him
- Only One Life to Live
- Couldn’t Locate His Birthplace
- “Sambo” Was “Afeared.”
- When Money Might Be Used
- “Abe” Was No Beauty
- “He’s Just Beautiful.”
- Big Enough Hog for Him
- “Abe” Offers a Speech for Something to Eat
- They Understood Each Other
- Few Fence Rails Left
- The “Great Snow” of 1830-31
- Creditor Paid Debtors Debt
- Helped Out the Soldiers
- Every Fellow for Himself
- “Butcher-Knife Boys” at the Polls
- No “Second Coming” for Springfield
- How He Won a Friend
- Never Sued a Client
- Running the Machine
- Was “Boss” When Necessary
- “Rather Starve Than Swindle.”
- Don’t Aim Too High
- Not Much at Rail-Splitting
- Gave the Soldier the Preference
- The President Was Not Scared
- Jeff. Davis’ Reply to Lincoln
- Lincoln Was a Gentleman
- His Poor Relations
- Deserter’s Sins Washed Out in Blood
- Sure Cure for Boils
- Pay for Everything
- Bashful with Ladies
- Saw Humor in Everything
- Specific for Foreign “Rash.”
- Favored the Other Side
- Lincoln and the “Show”
- “Mixing” and “Mingling.”
- Took Part of the Blame
- Thought of Learning a Trade
- Lincoln Defends Fifteen Mrs. Nations
- Avoided Even Appearance of Evil
- “Neutrality.”
- Days of Gladness Past
- Wouldn’t Take the Money
- Chewed the Cud in Solitude
- “Abe’s” Yankee Ingenuity
- Lincoln Paid Homage to Washington
- Stirred Even the Reporters
- When “Abe” Came in
- Eternal Fidelity to the Cause of Liberty
- “Abe’s” “Defalcations.”
- He Wasn’t Guileless
- Sweet, but Mild Revenge
- Didn’t Trust the Court
- Handsomest Man on Earth
- That Coon Came Down
- Wrote “Pieces” When Very Young
- “Try to Steer Her Through.”
- Grand, Gloomy and Peculiar
- On the Way to Gettysburg
- Stood Up the Longest
- A Mortifying Experience
- No Halfway Business
- Discouraged Litigation
- Going Home to Get Ready
- “The ‘Rail-Sputter’ Repairing the Union.”
- “Find Out for Yourselves.”
- Rough on the Negro
- Challenged All Comers
- “Government Rests in Public Opinion.”
- Hurry Might Make Trouble
- Saw Himself Dead
- Every Little Helped
- About to Lay Down the Burden
- Lincoln Would Have Preferred Death
- “Punch” and His Little Picture
- Fascinated By the Wonderful
- “Why Don’t They Come!”
- Grant’s Brand of Whiskey
- His Financial Standing
- The Dandy and the Boys
- “Some Ugly Old Lawyer.”
- Good Memory of Names
- Settled Out of Court
- The Five Points Sunday School
- Sentinel Obeyed Orders
- Why Lincoln Growed Whiskers
- Lincoln as a Dancer
- Simply Practical Humanity
- Happy Figures of Speech
- A Few “Rhythmic Shots.”
- Old Man Glenn’s Religion
- Last Acts of Mercy
- Just Like Seward
- A Cheerful Prospect
- Thought God Would Have Told Him
- Lincoln and a Bible Hero
- Boy Was Cared for
- The Jury Acquitted Him
- Took Nothing but Money
- Naughty Boy Had to Take His Medicine
- Would Blow Them to H—-
- “Yankee” Goodness of Heart
- Walked as He Talked
- The Song Did the Business
- A “Free for All.”
- Three Infernal Bores
- Lincoln’s Men Were “Hustlers.”
- A Slow Horse
- Dodging “Browsing Presidents.”
- A Greenback Legend
- God’s Best Gift to Man
- Scalping in the Black Hawk War
- Matrimonial Advice
- Owed Lots of Money
- “On the Lord’s Side.”
- Wanted to Be Near “Abe.”
- Got His Foot in It
- Saved by a Letter
- His Favorite Poem
- Five-Legged Calf
- A Stage-Coach Story
- The “400” Gathered There
- Only Level-Headed Men Wanted
- His Faith in the Monitor
- Her Only Imperfection
- The Old Lady’s Prophecy
- How the Town of Lincoln, Ill., Was Named
- “Old Jeff’s” Big Nightmare
- Lincoln’s Last Official Act
- The Lad Needed the Sleep
- “Massa Linkum Like De Lord!”
- How Lincoln Took the News
- Profanity as a Safety-Valve
- Why We Won at Gettysburg
- Had to Wait for Him
- President and Cabinet Joined in Prayer
- Believed He Was a Christian
- With the Help of God
- Turned Tears to Smiles
- Lincoln’s Last Written Words
- Women Plead for Pardons
- Lincoln Wished to See Richmond
- Spoken Like a Christian
- “Lincoln Goes in When the Quakers Are Out”
- Had Confidence in Him—“But—.”
- How Hominy Was Originated
- His Idea’s Old, After All
- Lincoln’s First Speech
- “Abe Wanted No Sneakin’ ‘Round.”
- Didn’t Even Need Stilts
- “How Do You Get Out of This Place?”
- “Tad” Introduces “Our Friends.”
- Mixed Up Worse Than Before
- “Long Abe’s” Feet “Protruded Over.”
- Could Lick Any Man in the Crowd
- His Way to a Child’s Heart
- “Left It the Women to Howl About Me.”
- He’d Ruin All the Other Convicts
- In a Hopeless Minority
- “Did Ye Ask Morrissey Yet?”
- Got the Laugh on Douglas
- “Fixed Up” a Bit for the “City Folks.”
- Even Rebels Ought to Be Saved
- Tried to Do What Seemed Best
- “Holding a Candle to the Czar.”
- Nashville Was Not Surrendered
- He Couldn’t Wait for the Colonel
- Lincoln Pronounced This Story Funny
- Joke Was on Lincoln
- The Other One Was Worse
- “I’d a Been Missed by Myse’f.”
- It All “Depended” Upon the Effect
- Too Swift to Stay in the Army
- Admired the Strong Man
- Wished the Army Charged Like That
- “Uncle Abraham” Had Everything Ready
- Not as Smooth as He Looked
- A Small Crop
- “Never Regret What You Don’t Write.”
- A Vain General
- Death Bed Repentance
- No Cause for Pride
- The Story of Lincoln’s Life
- A Youthful Poet
- Made Speeches When a Boy
- Assistant Pilot on a Steamboat
- “Captain Lincoln” Pleased Him
- Failure as a Business Man
- Gains Fame as a Story Teller
- Surveyor with No Strings on Him
- A Member of the Legislature
- The Famous “Long Nine.”
- Begins to Oppose Slavery
- Begins to Practice Law
- His First Joint Debate
- Marries a Springfield Belle
- Story of Anne Rutledge
- His Duel with Shields
- Forms New Partnership
- Defeats Peter Cartwright for Congress
- Makes Speeches for “Old Zach.”
- Declines a High Office
- Lincoln as a Lawyer
- Telling Stories on the Circuit
- The Lion Is Aroused to Action
- Seeks a Seat in the Senate
- Helps to Organize the Republican Party
- The Rail-Splitter vs. The Little Giant
- Were Like Crowds at a Circus
- His Buckeye Campaign
- First Visit to New York
- First Nomination for President
- Formation of the Southern Confederacy
- Good-Bye to the Old Folk
- The “Secret Passage” to Washington
- His Eloquent Inaugural Address
- Follows Precedent of Washington
- Greater Diplomat Than Seward
- Lincoln a Great General
- Absolute Confidence in Grant
- Reasons for Freeing the Slaves
- Hard to Refuse Pardons
- A Fun-Loving and Humor-Loving Man
- Warnings of His Tragic Death
- Lincoln at the Theatre
- Lamon’s Remarkable Request
- How Lincoln Was Murdered
- Booth Brandishes His Dagger and Escapes
- Walt Whitman’s Description
- Booth Found in a Barn
- Booth Shot by “Boston” Corbett
- Fate of the Conspirators
- Henry Ward Beecher’s Eulogy
- Abraham Lincoln’s Family
- Lincoln Monument at Springfield