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THE DANDY AND THE BOYS.
President Lincoln appointed as consul to a South American country a
young man from Ohio who was a dandy. A wag met the new appointee on his
way to the White House to thank the President. He was dressed in the
most extravagant style. The wag horrified him by telling him that the
country to which he was assigned was noted chiefly for the bugs that
abounded there and made life unbearable.
"They'll bore a hole clean through you before a week has passed," was
the comforting assurance of the wag as they parted at the White House
steps. The new consul approached Lincoln with disappointment clearly
written all over his face. Instead of joyously thanking the President,
he told him the wag's story of the bugs. "I am informed, Mr. President,"
he said, "that the place is full of vermin and that they could eat me up
in a week's time." "Well, young man," replied Lincoln, "if that's true,
all I've got to say is that if such a thing happened they would leave a
mighty good suit of clothes behind."
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Stories and Anecdotes About the Life of Abraham Lincoln
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