[To Nicolay.]
Send her to Stanton, and tell him to rush that order to stay the execution. They shall not shoot this poor boy, ignorant of our laws, but if he can find the man who put that little book——
[Holds up book.]
into his hand, advising desertion—I'll hang him on a gallows forty cubits high!
[He lays the booklet on his desk.]
[Nicolay writes on the back of the pardon.]
The Sister
[Joyfully.]
Mein brudder he vill go back und he vill be von goot poy for you, Meester Presiden——
Lincoln