While Mr. Lincoln was living in Springfield, a judge of the city, who
was one of the leading and most influential citizens of the place, had
occasion to call upon him. Mr. Lincoln was not overparticular in his
matter of dress, and was also careless in his manners. The judge was
ushered into the parlor, where he found Mr. Lincoln sprawled out across
a couple of chairs, reclining at his ease. The judge was asked to be
seated, and, without changing his position in the least, Mr. Lincoln
entered into conversation with his visitor.
While the two men were talking, Mrs. Lincoln entered the room. She was,
of course, greatly embarrassed at Mr. Lincoln's offhand manner of
entertaining his caller, and, stepping up behind her husband, she
grasped him by the hair and twitched his head about, at the same time
looking at him reprovingly.
Mr. Lincoln apparently did not notice the rebuke. He simply looked up
at his wife, then across to the judge, and, without rising, said:
"Little Mary, allow me to introduce you to my friend, Judge So-and-so."
It will be remembered that Mrs. Lincoln's maiden name was Mary Todd,
and that she was very short in stature.--_Leslie's Monthly._
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