Many of his fellow lawyers were becoming wealthy, but Lincoln still rode the circuit wearing the familiar gray shawl about his shoulders, carrying a carpet-bag filled with papers and a change of underclothing, and a faded, green cotton umbrella with "A.

Lincoln" in large white muslin letters on the inside.

The knob was gone from the handle of the umbrella and a piece of twine kept it from falling open.

A young lawyer who saw him for the first time thus--one who grew to love him and who afterwards gave his life for the Union--in relating the circumstance a long time afterward, exclaimed: "He was the _ungodliest_ figure I ever saw." An interesting and vivid description of Lincoln's personal appearance and manner in the trial of a case is furnished by one who was a witness of the scenes which he so admirably describes.

The writer says: "While living in Danville, Illinois, in 1854, I saw Abraham Lincoln for the first time.