As to Abram, I do not want him on my own account; but I understand he wants to live with me, so that he can go to school, and get a fair start in the world, which I very much wish him to have.

When I reach home, if I can make it convenient I will take him, provided there is no mistake between us as to the object and terms of my taking him.
In haste, as ever, A.LINCOLN.
In speaking of Lincoln's regard for his step-mother, it is interesting also to learn her opinion of him.

A gentleman visiting the old lady after her son's death says: "She is eighty-four years old, and quite feeble.

She is a plain, unsophisticated old lady, with a frank, open countenance, a warm heart full of kindness toward others, and in many respects very much like the President.

Abraham was evidently her idol; she speaks of him still as her 'good boy,' and with much feeling said, 'He was always a good boy, and willing to do just what I wanted.