[ A CONTEST WITH LITTLE “TAD.” ]

[ REMINDED HIM OF “A LITTLE STORY.” ]

[ “FETCHED SEVERAL SHORT ONES.” ]

[ LINCOLN LUGS THE OLD MAN. ]

[ McCLELLAN WAS “INTRENCHING.” ]

[ MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF IT, ANYWAY. ]

[ VICIOUS OXEN HAVE SHORT HORNS. ]

[ LINCOLN’S NAME FOR “WEEPING WATER.” ]

[ PETER CARTWRIGHT’S DESCRIPTION OF LINCOLN. ]

[ NO DEATHS IN HIS HOUSE. ]