A Famous Story — How Lincoln Was Presented With a Knife!
“In the days when I used to be ‘on the circuit,’” said Lincoln, “I was accosted in the cars by a stranger, who said:
“‘Excuse me, sir, but I have an article in my possession which belongs to you.’
“‘How is that?’ I asked, considerably astonished.
“The stranger took a jack-knife from his pocket. ‘This knife,’ said he, ‘was placed in my hands some years ago, with the injunction that I was to keep it until I found a man uglier than myself. I have carried it from that time to this. Allow me now to say, sir, that I think you are fairly entitled to the property.’”