The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-03-12

49, bnng the children candy n rock h cradle while got him
something to eat lie would tell sfortes am Joke with tn girls q boys
at parties lie would nurse babies do anything to accommodate anybody
After Lincoln had chndren q his ~ he would 20 ont into Thu woods
md fields with hem on sundays lie as al ideal playmate n companion
lie would patiently answer their innumershle questions aoou, everything Y
sight explaining with unwearsing good nathre from lis umt@a Dn0~r
edge Of natural phenomena wha everything meant. what this hat "a
for If he thought. however. that Bob or Tad" deserved rebuke he wss
prompt aud firm In his rvproof
were marching b. the White iIous. Old GLORY" a unfarld 10 TIT breea
from a balcony by the President himself But the irrepre~~ibe Tad-hs
a Confederate nag and promptly displayed II at the same time Ia his
Their waved in air the star rrangled hanner. Mr. Lincoln could nof help
laughing. and the crowd. following his example laughed ard che~red o
clsronsy
Llneons anrtiouate Tenderness toward other peoples children par
alded bis loving kindness toward ais " One little girl so went handin-
band with her father Ia the White House TO 7e the President had b*~u told
he ws very ugly Lincoln took the child uon his kneea a teamed upon
her as he asked anetountry afer her dolls health. aud told her a funny
story Presently shc turned TO her father In a transport u delight, and
exclaimed Why. papa be 81 ugly At ~ e Just e"uufnl. - Inc
occasion u his fdt to the National cemetery AT gettysburg ~ deliver his
great address q little Sr WAS lifted to the open window Of his ar to give
him bunch II roses Overwhelmed at finding herself face to face with Mr.
Lincoln. the child could only lisp the words "F1cweth for the President"
II she did nt wholly understand his words: You are a swees little -
bud yourself hope your lie win open into perpetual beauty and good
ness -
one day Mr. Lincoln noted AMONG the ,hrng of Office seekers and vs
imrs IN the anteroom a little boy of fan and sekiy appsnrance. Enc0ur
aged by the Presidents kndne-s. tbs lad told him faheringiy that be had
been a drummer boy for W wears and then hts cIonei n a III of pas
His ather and mother were not living and hs had no family to whom he
might appeal ilncotns eyes files with tear M be gave prompt orders
The few stu living who new Lincoln In The Springfield days remember
the sight of nan inordnatay tall. wh nj old gray shawl a a loose roll
like a boa round his n~k a little boy trotsing along beside him on the
way 10 market ~ iong prehsnsle bony han held ths plump list Of Lin
con- hrtborn and the other detchei the handle o 4 treat market basket
The mar in bis mind would be miles away from the childish pratue of the
boy beside aim. deeply medtattng ~me problem of state, some cruz Of poll
ignition 10 a friend and ID. inyarabe story 10 ~ told dispensing h char
acterrticm melancholy Of I4ncolns features The picture a,rea. "a ,ha imap
nation Wordsworth said Of Milton that his soul "tb. humhl.st burdens ON
herself did lay; and whether the burden "a a marke basket N a nations
manifest destiny. he Ia Lincoln ready 10 carry H.