"Look here! I can illustrate my position about this matter by relating a little incident I witnessed near the close of the war. Just as I was leaving an old ferry-boat in which I had crossed the Tennessee River, my attention was attracted to a canoe near by in which were seated two fishermen, both negroes, one a very old man and the other a small boy. Suddenly the canoe capsized and they were both dumped in the deep water. The boy was an expert swimmer and was in no danger. Not so with the old man; he sank immediately, and it certainly seemed that his fishing days were over. The boy, however, with a pluck and skill that did him great credit, instantly dived to the bottom of the river, and with great difficulty and much personal peril finally succeeded in landing the old man upon the shore. "Approaching the heroic youth, as he was wringing the water from his own garments, I inquired, "'Your father, is he?' "'No, sir,' was the quick reply, 'he ain't my father.' "'Your grandfather, then?' "'No, sir, he ain't my grandfather nuther, he ain't no kin to me, I tell you.' "'Earnestly expressing my surprise at his having imperilled his own life to save a man who was no kin to him, the boy replied,' "'You see, dis was de way of it boss; _de ole man, he had de bait!"_ XLI ANECDOTES ABOUT LINCOLN LINCOLN'S TROUBLE WITH THREE EMANCIPATION ENTHUSIASTS--A SCHOOLBOY'S TROUBLE WITH SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO--PRETTY WELL OFF WITH A FORTUNE OF FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS--LINCOLN REBUKES SOME RICH MEN WHO DEMAND A GUNBOAT FOR THE PROTECTION OF NEW YORK.