All doubts had faded away, and he submitted humbly to a power which he could neither comprehend nor resist.

He was to fall,--fall from a lofty place and in the performance of a great work." On one occasion Lincoln visited Chicago as counsel in a case in the U.S.District Court.

The Hon.

N.B.Judd, an intimate friend, was also engaged upon the case, and took Mr.Lincoln home with him as a guest.
The following account of this visit is given by Mrs.Judd in Oldroyd's Memorial Album: "Mr.Judd had invited Mr.Lincoln to spend the evening at our pleasant home on the shore of Lake Michigan.

After tea, and until quite late, we sat on the broad piazza, looking out upon as lovely a scene as that which has made the Bay of Naples so celebrated.