Lincoln And The Little Girl
: LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY: Good Stories For Great Holidays
BY CHARLES W. MOORES
In the old days, when Lincoln was one of the leading lawyers of the
State, he noticed a little girl of ten who stood beside a trunk in front
of her home crying bitterly. He stopped to learn what was wrong, and was
told that she was about to miss a long-promised visit to Decatur because
the wagon had not come for her.
"You needn't let that trouble you," was his cheering reply. "Just come
along with me and we shall make it all right."
Lifting the trunk upon his shoulder, and taking the little girl by the
hand, he went through the streets of Springfield, a half-mile to the
railway station, put her and her trunk on the train, and sent her away
with a happiness in her heart that is still there.
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