By the way, I was
reading the other day a little incident connected with one of America's
great men which impressed me deeply. The story goes that he was one
day walking in company with some noted statesmen, busily engaged in
conversation. But he was not too much occupied to notice that a young
bird had fallen from its nest near the path where they were walking.
He stopped short and crossing over to where the bird was lying,
tenderly picked it up and put it back into its nest. There was a
gentleman of a noble nature! No wonder that man was a leader and a
liberator!"
"Who was he?"
"The grand, the great Abraham Lincoln," responded the professor
impressively.
"Well, he'd be the very one to do just such a kind deed as that," was
the colonel's hearty response. "No man ever lived who had a bigger,
more merciful heart than 'Honest Abe.'"
For myself I did not know who Abraham Lincoln was. I had never heard
the name before, but I was quite sure from the proud tone of the
professor's voice that he was a distinguished man, as I was equally
sure from the story of his pity for the helpless bird, that he was a
good man.
"You mentioned the industry of the grakle a moment ago," resumed the
professor. "Do you know that the redwing is equally as useful, and
besides he is a delightful singer?
"The redwing flutes his o-ka-lee.
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