VIII.--In the Black Hawk Campaign, 69 IX.--In the Legislature, 78 X.--A Case in Court, 87 XI.--Mr. Lincoln forms two Partnerships, 96 XII.--The Lawyer in his Office and at Home, 105 XIII.--The Rail-Splitter enters Congress, 113 XIV.--The First Speech in Congress, 121 XV.--Mr. Lincoln’s Family, 136 XVI.--The Senatorial Campaign, 147 XVII.--The Two Giants, 155 XVIII.--Illinois declares for the Rail-Splitter, 164 XIX.--Nominated for President, 173 XX.--Farewell to Springfield, 183 XXI.--A Visit to Mr. Lincoln, 191 XXII.--The Inauguration, 198 XXIII.--The War Begins, 208 XXIV.--Mr. Lincoln in the White House, 217 XXV.--Mr. Lincoln and the little Boy--A Group of Incidents, 225 XXVI.--Mr. Lincoln’s Humanity, 237 XXVII.--Anecdotes of Mr. Lincoln, 246 XXVIII.--President Lincoln as a Religious Man, 256 XXIX.--Emancipating the Slaves, 264 XXX.--Elected for a Second Term, 269 XXXI.--The Speech at Gettysburg, 237 XXXII.--The Curtain Falls, 277 XXXIII.--Mr. Herndon’s Estimate of Mr. Lincoln, 285 XXXIV.--Mr. Lincoln’s Favorite Poem, 299 THE BACKWOODS BOY. CHAPTER I. THE LOG-CABIN. Three children stood in front of a rough log-cabin in a small clearing won from the surrounding forest. The country round about was wild and desolate. Not far away was a vast expanse of forest, including oaks, beeches, walnuts and the usual variety of forest trees. We are in Indiana, and the patch of land on which the humble log-cabin stood is between the forks of Big Pigeon and Little Pigeon Creeks, a mile and a half east of Gentryville, a small village not then in existence. The oldest of the three children was Nancy Lincoln, about twelve years old. Leaning against the cabin in a careless attitude was a tall, spindling boy, thin-faced, and preternaturally grave, with a swarthy complexion. He was barefoot and ragged; the legs of his pantaloons, which were much too short, revealing the lower part of his long legs; for in his boyhood, as in after days, he ran chiefly to legs.