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'TWAS "MOVING DAY."
Speed, who was a prosperous young merchant of Springfield, reports
that Lincoln's personal effects consisted of a pair of saddle-bags,
containing two or three lawbooks, and a few pieces of clothing. Riding
on a borrowed horse, he thus made his appearance in Springfield. When he
discovered that a single bedstead would cost seventeen dollars he said,
"It is probably cheap enough, but I have not enough money to pay for
it." When Speed offered to trust him, he said: "If I fail here as a
lawyer, I will probably never pay you at all." Then Speed offered to
share large double bed with him.
"Where is your room?" Lincoln asked.
"Upstairs," said Speed, pointing from the store leading to his room.
Without saying a word, he took his saddle-bags on his arm, went
upstairs, set them down on the floor, came down again, and with a face
beaming with pleasure and smiles, exclaimed: "Well, Speed, I'm moved."
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Stories and Anecdotes About the Life of Abraham Lincoln
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