Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-01-06
CHAPTER xxv--contlnucd.

fessed that we had soon to deal with
that question.
was in his Office when Herndon
said:
81 tell you that slavery must be
rooted out"
"what makes you think SOP Mr..
Lincoln asked.
az feel it in my bones" was Hern-
don's answer.
After that he used to speak with
respect of "Bin Herndon's bone phil
osophy."
His term in congress having ended.
he came back to the law in partner
ship with William II. Herndon-a man
Of character and sound Judgment.
Those days Lincoln wore black trou-
sers coat and stock, waistcoast of
satin and a Wellington high hat He
was wont to carry his papers in his
hat. Mary had wrought a great
change in his external appearance.
They used to call him "a dead square
lawyer" / remember that once Hern-
don had drawn up a fictitious plea
founded on shrewd assumption. Lin
coin carefully examined the papers.
SIS IT founded on fact?' he asked.
mo" Herndon answered.
Lincoln scratched his head thought
fully and asked:
"Billy, hadn't we better withdraw
that plea? You know it's sham and
generally that's another name for a
lie. Don't let it 60 on record. The
cursed thing may come staring us in
the face long after this suit has been
forgotten"
On the whole he was not so COM
rnunicative as he had been in his young
manhood. He suffered days Of depres-
sion when he said little. Often, in
good company, he seemed to be think
ing of things in no way connected
with the talk. Mary called him a
rather ''shut-mouthed man."
Herndon used to say that the only
thing he had against Lincoln was his
habit of coming in mornings and
sprawling on the lounge and reading
aloud from the newspaper.
The people of the town loved him.
One day, as we were walking along
the street together, we came upon a
girl dressed up and crying in front
of her fathers door.
whats the matter7" Lincoln asked.
II want to take the train and the
wagon hasn't come for my trunk" said
She
Lincoln went in and got the trunk
and carried 1t to the station on his
back, with people laughing and throw
Ing jokes at him as he strobe along.
When l think OF him. his chivalry and
kindness come first to mind.
He read much, but his days of book
study were nearly ended. His learn
Ing was now got mostly in the school
Of experience Herndon says, and
think IL Is true, that he never read
20 the end of 4 law book those days.
The study Of authorities was left to
the Junior partner. His reading was
edge of science was derived from
Chambers vestiges of the Natural
History of Creation.
He was still afraid of the Abolition
Movement in 1852 and left town TO
avoid a convention of its adherents
He thought the effort to resist by
force the laws of Kansas was criminal
and would hurt the cause of freedom.
''Let us have peace and revolutionize
through the ballot box" he urged.
In 1854, a little quarrel in New York
began to weave the thread of destiny.
Seward. Weed and Greeley had welded
decisive power In the party councils
Of that state. Seward was a high
headed, popular idol His plans and
his triumphant progress absorbed his
thought Weed was dazzled by the
splendoT of this great star. Neither
gave a thought to their able colleague
Ia poor man struggling to build up
a great newspaper. An office, with
fair pay, would have been n help in
those days. But he got no recognition
IF his needs and talents and services.
Suddenly he wrote a letter to Weed
In which he said:
1.-THE firm Of Seward Weed and
Greeley is hereby dissolved by the res
ignation of its junior member"
When Greeley had grown in power
and wisdom until his name was known
and honored from ocean TO ocean. they
tried to make peace with him, but
In vain.
Then suddenly new party and a
new Lincoln were born on the same
day in 1886, at a great meeting i'm
Bloomington, Illinois. There his soul
waS 10 come Into its statelicst man-
sion out of its lower vaulted past.
For him the fulness Of time had ar
rived. He was prepared for IT, His
intellect had also reached. the fuluess
Of it's power. Now his great ri1ht
hand was ready for the tlaaderbots
which his spirit had been slowly iorg-
ing God called him In the vOiceS Of