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In those hours, as he stood rigidly as the throng went shuffling sorrowfully through, an immense impression came to Colonel Conwell of the work and worth of the man who there lay dead, and that impression has never departed. IN THOSE HOURS HE STOOD RIGIDLY AS THE THRONG WENT SHUFFLING SORROWFULLY THROUGH AN IMMENSE IMPRESSION CAME TO COLONEL CONWELL OF THE WORK AND WORTH OF THE MAN WHO LAY THERE DEAD AND THAT IMPRESSION HAS NEVER DEPARTED
santly Lincoln looked up from his desk, and how cheerfully he asked his business with him, and of how absorbedly Lincoln then listened to his tale, although, so it appeared, he already knew of the main outline. “It will be all right,” said Lincoln, when Conwell finished. But Conwell was still frightened. He feared that in the multiplicity of public matters this mere matter of the life of a mountain boy, a private soldier, might be forgotten till too late. “It is almost the time set--” he faltered. And Conwell’s voice almost breaks, man of emotion that he is, as he tells of how Lincoln said, with stern gravity: “Go and telegraph that soldier’s mother that Abraham Lincoln never signed a warrant to shoot a boy under twenty, and never will.” That was the one and only time that he spoke with Lincoln, and it remains an indelible impression. The third time he saw Lincoln was when, as officer of the day, he stood for hours beside the dead body of the President as it lay in state in Washington. OICE TREMBLES A LITTLE EVEN NOW AS HE TELLS HOW PLEASANTLY LINCOLN LOOKED UP FROM HIS DESK AND HOW CHEERFULLY HE ASKED HIS BUSINESS WITH HIM AND HOW ABSORBEDLY LINCOLN THEN LISTENED TO HIS TALE SO IT APPEARED HE ALREADY KNEW OF THE MAIN OUTLINE IT WILL BE ALL RIGHT SAID LINCOLN WHEN CONWELL FINISHED BUT CONWELL WAS STILL FRIGHTENED HE FEARED THAT IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PUBLIC MATTERS THIS MERE MATTER OF THE LIFE OF A MOUNTAIN BOY A PRIVATE SOLDIER MIGHT BE FORGOTTEN TILL TOO LATE IT'S ALMOST THE TIME SET HE FALTERED AND CONWELL'S VOICE ALMOST BREAKS MAN OF EMOTION THAT HE IS TO TELL HOW LINCOLN SAID WITH STERN GRAVITY GO AND TELEGRAPH THAT SOLDIER'S MOTHER THAT ABRAHAM LINCOLN NEVER SIGNED A WARRANT TO SHOOT A BOY UNDER TWENTY AND NEVER WILL THAT WAS THE ONE AND ONLY TIME THAT HE SPOKE WITH LINCOLN AND IT REMAINS AN INDELIBLE IMPRESSION THE THIRD TIME HE SAW LINCOLN WAS WHEN AS OFFICER OF THE DAY HE STOOD FOR HOURS BESIDES THE DEAD BODY OF THE PRESIDENT AS IT LAY IN STATE IN WASHINGTON
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