Young though he was he could not sleep long at night. His sense of loneliness penetrated his dreams. Sometimes he would chuckle and gurgle in an ecstacy, as he had done when riding on his father's back, romping through the stately rooms. He would throw his arm about the neck of the doorkeeper or lifeguard who had lain down beside him to console the boy and try to get him to sleep. When the man spoke to comfort him, Tad would find out his terrible mistake, that his father was not with him. Then he would wail again in the bitterness of his disappointment: "Papa-day, where's my Papa-day?" "Your papa's gone 'way off"--said his companion, his voice breaking with emotion--"gone to heaven." Tad opened his eyes wide with wonder. "Is Papa-day happy in heaven?" he asked eagerly. "Yes, yes, I'm sure he's happy there, Taddie dear; now go to sleep." "Papa-day's happy. I'm glad--_so_ glad!"--sighed the little boy--"for Papa-day never was happy here." Then he fell into his first sweet sleep since that terrible night. * * * * * "GIVE THE BOYS A CHANCE" The fond-hearted little fellow went abroad with his mother a few years after the tragedy that broke both their lives. By a surgical operation, and by struggling manfully, he had corrected the imperfection in his speech. But the heart of little Tad had been broken. While still a lad he joined his fond father in the Beyond. "Give the boys a chance," had amounted to a passion with Abraham Lincoln, yet through great wickedness and sad misunderstandings his own little son was robbed of this great boon. Little Tad had been denied the one chance he sorely needed for his very existence. For this, as for all the inequities the great heart of the White House was prepared. His spirit had shone through his whole life as if in letters of living fire: "With malice toward none; with charity for all." THE END ALTEMUS BOOKS The Best and Least Expensive Books for Twentieth Century Boys and Girls * * * * * BOOKS FOR BOYS THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL BOYS SERIES By H. IRVING HANCOCK PRICE, $1.00 EACH [Illustration] Dick Prescott, Dan Dalzell, Tom Reade, and the other members of Dick & Co. are always found in the forefront of things--in scholarship, athletics, and in school-boy fun. Small wonder that this series has made such a hit with the boys of America. 1. THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL BOYS OF GRIDLEY; or, Dick and Co. Start Things Moving. 2. THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL BOYS SNOWBOUND; or, Dick and Co. at Winter Sports. 3. THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL BOYS IN THE WOODS; or, Dick and Co. Trail Fun and Knowledge. 4. THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL BOYS IN SUMMER ATHLETICS; or, Dick and Co. Make Their Fame Secure. THE HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SERIES By H. IRVING HANCOCK PRICE, $1.00 EACH