"My hoss is this kind—one of the most useful animals in this neck of the woods," and he placed a saw-horse before them.
There was a moment of impressive silence, then the angry voice of Buck Thompson.
"You're a liar," he cried, greatly angered by the roar of laughter that had greeted the speech.
A dead hush fell on the company. A fight seemed the next excitement. Every eye was on Lincoln.
"Don't get riled up," he said good naturedly, "especially after I told you I was tellin' the truth. Didn't I tell you her legs was stiff?"
"Yeh," roared 'Buck—"and you told me she had two good eyes—eh, boys?" and he turned to the crowd standing close about.
"Easy now," Abe Lincoln remonstrated. "I didn't say she had two good eyes. You asked if she was blind in one eye, and I said 'No, she ain't blind in no eye.'"
"You said she had all her teeth," Buck challenged.
"Naw, what I said was, 'she hasn't never lost no teeth, far as I know.' Can you see any place where they have come out?"