AN ABE LINCOLN STORY.

Taihape Daily Times, 1 November 1917, Page 3

AN ABE LINCOLN STORY.

When Lincoln \>as still an -Insignificant country lawyer, he had occasion to travel to a small town to take charge of a case. It was a°drive of some fourteen miles from the railroad station to the town inn where he was to spend the night. "Wet and chilled to the bone, -he arrived at last, but to his dismay found only a small fire built in the grate, standing about it, so as to exclude the heat from the traveller, were the other lawyers interested in the case At length one of the group turned to Lincoln. “Pretty cold, eh?” -he asked. “Yes,” replied “as cold as it is hot in Hades.” “Ever been to Hades, stranger?” asked another. “Yes,’ ’replied Lincoln, solemnly. ' This raised a faint smile among the other lawyers, “What does it look like there?” they asked. ‘‘Very much like this,” said Lincoln dryly;-, “all the lawyers nearest the fire.”