man with a wart on his face went to sleep again. He
was Abraham Lincoln, and he never grew any shorter afterward. We became
great friends, and often laughed over the incident."

COULD LICK ANY MAN IN THE CROWD.

When the enemies of General Grant were bothering the President with
emphatic and repeated demands that the "Silent Man" be removed from
command, Mr. Lincoln remained firm. He would not consent to lose the
services of so valuable a soldier. "Grant fights," said he in response
to the charges made that Grant was a butcher, a drunkard, an incompetent
and a general who did not know his business.

"That reminds me of a story," President Lincoln said one day to a
delegation of the "Grant-is-no-good" style.

"Out in my State of Illinois there was a man nominated for sheriff of
the county. He was a good man for the office, brave, determined and
honest, but not much of an orator. In fact, he couldn't talk at all; he
couldn't make a speech to save his life.

"His friends knew he was a man who would preserve the peace of the
county and perform the duties devolving upon him all right, but the
people of the county didn't know it. They wanted him to come out boldly
on the platform at political meetings and state his convictions and
principles; they had been used to speeches from candidates, and were
somewhat suspicious of a man who was afraid to open his mouth.

"At last the candidate consented to make a speech, and his friends were
delighted. The candidate was on hand, and, when he was called upon,
advanced to the front and faced the crowd. There was a glitter in his
eye that wasn't pleasing, and the way he walked out to the front of the
stand showed that he knew just what he wanted to say.

"'Feller Citizens,' was his beginning, the words spoken quietly, 'I'm
not a speakin' man; I ain't no orator, an' I never stood up before a lot
of people in my life before; I'm not goin' to make no speech, 'xcept to
say that I can lick any man in the crowd!'"

HIS WAY TO A CHILD'S HEART.

Charles E. Anthony's one meeting with Mr. Lincoln presents an
interesting contrast to those of the men who shared the emancipator's
interest in public affairs. It was in the latter part of the winter
of 1861, a short time before Mr. Lincoln left for his inauguration
at Washington. Judge Anthony went to the Sherman House, where the
President-elect was stopping, and took with him his son, Charles, then
but a little boy. Charles played