He looked at it a moment, and burst into a roar of laughter.

It was Lincoln's notes for the argument of this case.

They were unique:--"No contract--Not professional services--Unreasonable charges--Money retained by Deft not given by Pl'ff .-- Revolutionary War--Describe Valley Forge--Ice--Soldiers' bleeding feet--Pl'ff's husband--Soldiers leaving home for the army--_Skin Def't_--Close." In his Autobiography, Joseph Jefferson tells how he visited Springfield with a theatrical company in the early days (1839) and planned to open a theatrical season in that godly town.

But "a religious revival was in progress, and the fathers of the church not only launched forth against us in their sermons, but got the city to pass a new law enjoining a heavy license against our 'unholy' calling.

I forget the amount, but it was large enough to be prohibitory." The company had begun the building of a new theatre; and naturally the situation was perplexing.