Speed--"I can do better than that; upstairs I sleep in a bed big enough for two, and you just come and sleep with me till you can do better." Lincoln (brightening)--"Good, where is it?" Speed--"Upstairs behind that pile of barrels--turn to the right when you go up." Lincoln (returning joyously)--"Well, Speed, I've moved!" STUART & LINCOLN Major Stuart had grown so thoroughly interested in Lincoln, approving the diligence with which the young law student applied himself to the books which he had lent him, that, after his signal success in bringing about the removal of the State capital to Springfield, the older man invited the younger to go into partnership with him. Abe had been admitted to the bar the year before, and had practiced law in a small way before Squire Bowling Green in New Salem. Greatly flattered by the offer of such a man, Abe gladly accepted, and soon after his arrival in Springfield this sign, which thrilled the junior partner's whole being, appeared in front of an office near the square: ------------------------------ | STUART & LINCOLN | | ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW | ------------------------------ "I NEVER USE ANYONE'S MONEY BUT MY OWN" After a while Lincoln left Speed's friendly loft and slept on a lounge in the law office, keeping his few effects in the little old-fashioned trunk pushed out of sight under his couch. One day an agent of the Post Office Department came in and asked if Abraham Lincoln could be found there. Abe arose and, reaching out his hand, said that was his name. The agent then stated his business; he had come to collect a balance due the Post Office Department since the closing of the post office at New Salem. The young ex-postmaster looked puzzled for a moment, and a friend, who happened to be present, hastened to his rescue with, "Lincoln, if you are in need of money, let us help you." Abe made no reply, but, pulling out his little old trunk, he asked the agent how much he owed. The man stated the amount, and he, opening the trunk, took out an old cotton cloth containing coins, which he handed to the official without counting, and it proved to be the exact sum required, over seventeen dollars, evidently the very pieces of money Abe had received while acting as postmaster years before! After the department agent had receipted for the money and had gone out, Mr. Lincoln quietly remarked: "I never use anyone's money but my own." DROPS THROUGH THE CEILING TO DEMAND FREE SPEECH