"No telling. The Creator broke up the mold after Abe Lincoln was made. He isn't like no human mortal I ever seen."
"Some folks says he's crazy," Mrs. Benson volunteered.
"It was lazy I heard he was," another said.
"I heard he was dead sure to go to the Legislature, crazy or no crazy."
"He's always reading something. Looks like he'd have all the books read through after awhile. Wherever he walks he reads."
"Yes, and I've found him sprawled all over the cellar door reading," Aunt Sallie Green said.
"And did you ever see him lyin' under that tree in front of the store with his back to the ground and his long legs reaching up the tree? Phoebe Jane said he'd better watch or his legs would grow on up like bean-vines."
"And somebody thought it was so funny, they went and told him," added Mrs. Cameron.
"Mercy!" ejaculated Mrs. Benson; "was he mad?"