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Title: Lincoln at work : sketches from life
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Stoddard, William Osborn, 1835-1925 Gallagher, Sears, 1869-1955, ill
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Publisher: Boston Chicago : United Society of Christian Endeavor
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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and patriotism, andhe was a keen thinker. I had an idea that hewould soon be a general and have command ofone of the Union armies. I knew that hefully expected such a result himself. We wenton into all sorts of war talk, for it was ex-pected that Virginia would secede in threedays and bring the new Confederacy one Statenearer Washington and the Potomac. Closeupon the heels of that would surely come im-portant movements, and we expected to haveour parts in them. Something or other led Ellsworth to goand pick up that rifle. It is one of the newpatterns. He was a perfect drill-master anda kind of machine for accuracy in the Zouavemanual of arms. It was a genuine pleasurefor me to put him through the manual, andwatch the wonderful exactness of his everymovement. In obedience to my orders hestepped around here and there, and I had himfacing this window, very near it, when I said, LINCOLN AT WORK i Aim ! Up came the rifle mechanically, andthe muzzle went crashing through that pane ofglass.
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The muzzle went crashing through that pane. I declare ! exclaimed General Leaven-worth. I do nt know why I had any curios-ity about it. What did you boys have to say A FORGOTTEN HERO 57 about your carrying on, when the Presidentfound his window broken? He did nt say anything. We had nochance to explain to him, I replied. Do youremember how it was said they meant to mur-der Mr. Lincoln at Baltimore, when he cameon to be inaugurated ? Its my opinion that they came very neardoing it, too, said the general. I ve heardof other plans and plots. The fact is, I be-lieve he is in danger all the while. He will beassassinated some day. There are a good many who think so, Itold him. We feel more than a little anxietyabout it. If he were to be murdered justnow, everything would go all to pieces. Itwould murder the Union itself. Just so ! Just so ! exclaimed he. Butwhat has that to do with Ellsworth and hisrifle and the pane of glass ? Well, nothing in. particular, I said ; buthe tried to cook up a

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