Stories and Anecdotes About Abraham Lincoln

This is part of a collection of anecdotes, legends, tall tales and stories about the life of President Lincoln.

WOULD SEE THE TRACKS.

Judge Herndon, Lincoln's law partner, said that he never saw Lincoln more cheerful than on the day previous to his departure from Springfield for Washington, and Judge Gillespie, who visited him a few days earlier, found him in excellent spirits.

"I told him that I believed it would do him good to get down to Washington," said Herndon.

"I know it will," Lincoln replied. "I only wish I could have got there to lock the door before the horse was stolen. But when I get to the spot, I can find the tracks."

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Stories and Anecdotes About the Life of Abraham Lincoln