d that 'Tad' had taken great offense at the occupation of his room
without his consent, and had locked the door, refusing all admission.

"The chemicals had been taken inside, and there was no way of getting at
them, he having carried off the key. In the midst of this conversation
'Tad' burst in, in a fearful passion. He laid all the blame upon
me--said that I had no right to use his room, and the men should not go
in even to get their things. He had locked the door and they should not
go there again--'they had no business in his room!'

"Mr. Lincoln was sitting for a photograph, and was still in the chair.
He said, very mildly, 'Tad, go and unlock the door.' Tad went off
muttering into his mother's room, refusing to obey. I followed him into
the passage, but no coaxing would pacify him. Upon my return to the
President, I found him still patiently in the chair, from which he had
not risen. He said: 'Has not the boy opened the door?' I replied that we
could do nothing with him--he had gone off in a great pet. Mr. Lincoln's
lips came together firmly, and then, suddenly rising, he strode across
the passage with the air of one bent on punishment, and disappeared
in the domestic apartments. Directly he returned with the key to the
theater, which he unlocked himself.

"'Tad,' said he, half apologetically, 'is a peculiar child. He was
violently excited when I went to him. I said, "Tad, do you know that you
are making your father a great deal of trouble?" He burst into tears,
instantly giving me up the key.'"

REMINDED HIM OF "A LITTLE STORY."

When Lincoln's attention was called to the fact that, at one time in
his boyhood, he had spelled the name of the Deity with a small "g," he
replied:

"That reminds me of a little story. It came about that a lot of
Confederate mail was captured by the Union forces, and, while it was
not exactly the proper thing to do, some of our soldiers opened several
letters written by the Southerners at the front to their people at home.

"In one of these missives the writer, in a postscript, jotted down this
assertion:

"'We'll lick the Yanks termorrer, if goddlemity (God Almighty) spares
our lives.'

"That fellow was in earnest, too, as the letter was written the day
before the second battle of Manassas."

"FETCHED SEVERAL SHORT ONES."

"The first time I ever remember seeing 'Abe' Lincoln," is the testimony
of one of his neighbors, "was when I was a small boy and had gone wi