Excerpt from The Overland Monthly, Vol. 21: January-June, 1893 I then regretted having permitted my tongue to wag as freely as it had done. It did t follow that because I was on Bob's side in the matter, his father would also be there, and if any uh pleasantness should w occur between them, the blame therefor would all be on me; and so in fear and trembling I told the story, taking much pains to bestow a few hard blows upon the deacon. I was sure I had never seen Lincoln looking more serious than while listen ing to me. Throughout the telling least hint of a smile showed on his face to reward me for my efforts in that direction; and when at last in sober mood he thanked me and rose to go, a sense of having been guilty of treason in some sort towards my little friend was my dominant feeling. While yet his hand was on the latch, however, he turned again towards me, and requested me to repeat the deacon's exact words, and the replies thereto; this I gladly did, and w in hopeful mood. Then appeared the welcome smile, broadening and deepening, until it gave place to a hearty, ringing laugh that would longer brook restraint, and grasping my hand he exclaimed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.