befallen him.

Cogdale had been blown up by gunpowder and lost a hand. He began
to apologize for the business delay, showing that he was crippled
manually as well as in his pursuits.

Lincoln plainly expressed his sympathy and sorrow.

"I have been thinking about that note of yours," faltered the unhappy
man.

The lawyer drew the paper in question out of his wallet and forced it
upon him.

"It is not to be _thought of!_" replied he, laughing in his droll
yet saturnine mode.

Cogdale honestly added that he did not know when he really could pay.

But the donee hurried away, saying:

"If you had the money, I would not take it out of your only hand!"


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"SKIN WRIGHT AND CLOSE!"

In more than one event the Lincolnian snappy and headlong manner was