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TOO SWIFT TO STAY IN THE ARMY.
There were strange, queer, odd things and happenings in the Army at
times, but, as a rule, the President did not allow them to worry him. He
had enough to bother about.
A quartermaster having neglected to present his accounts in proper
shape, and the matter being deemed of sufficient importance to bring it
to the attention of the President, the latter remarked:
"Now this instance reminds me of a little story I heard only a short
time ago. A certain general's purse was getting low, and he said it was
probable he might be obliged to draw on his banker for some money.
"'How much do you want, father?' asked his son, who had been with him a
few days.
"'I think I shall send for a couple of hundred,' replied the general.
"Why, father,' said his son, very quietly, 'I can let you have it.'
"'You can let me have it! Where did you get so much money?
"'I won it playing draw-poker with your staff, sir!' replied the youth.
"The earliest morning train bore the young man toward his home, and I've
been wondering if that boy and that quartermaster had happened to meet
at the same table."
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Stories and Anecdotes About the Life of Abraham Lincoln
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