Excerpt from The Lincoln Era They came a little later to a near-by village that had played a part in the movements of the great battle, and there soon gathered around some villagers, men andwomen, to see the President. Among others was an old man who said to the President, 'be you the President? Be you Mr. Lincoln?' The President said, 'yes.' 'well, now, would you go with me to see my old woman just across the road she's never seen a President?' The President good-naturedly excused himself, as he had to go elsewhere in a few minutes, when the old man said, 'you just wait a minute, till I get my old woman!' The President waited till the return of his new-found ad mirer with a venerable old woman, whom he wheeled around and faced the President, exclaiming, 'now, Mother, just look at him! Ain't it just as I said! Ain't he just as common as anybody you ever see?' The President felt that compliment and knew it was a compliment and so intended, and with some pleasant words of thanks and good wishes continued his sight seeing. The incident made a very deep impression on my informant no wonder! Robert Lincoln once told me that many stories were attributed to his father not his, and that he himself, Robert, believed that many real stories of his father were made up by him to illustrate the subject he was discussing. In other words, he spoke in parables. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.