He had a story for everything; something had occurred at some place where he used to live that illustrated every possible phase of every possible subject with which he might have connection.

He acquired the habit of story-telling naturally, as we learn from the following statement: "At home, with his step-mother and the children, he was the most agreeable fellow in the world.

He was always ready to do everything for everybody.

When he was not doing some special act of kindness, he told stories or 'cracked jokes.' He was as full of his yarns in Indiana as ever he was in Illinois.

Dennis Hanks was a clever hand at the same business, and so was old Tom Lincoln." It was while Lincoln was salesman for Offutt that he acquired the _sobriquet_ of "Honest Abe." Says Mr.Arnold: "Of many incidents illustrating his integrity, one or two may be mentioned.