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Identifier: abrahamlincol1479coff (find matches)
Title: Abraham Lincoln
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Coffin, Charles Carleton, 1823-1896 Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Sovereign Grand Lodge
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents
Publisher: New York : Harper & Brothers
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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he twilight is fading from the sky, butthe darkness does not prevent a lineman of the telegraph from climbinga pole just outside of Harrisburg, and attaching a fine copper wire totlie line, and carrying it to the ground. Possibly the man might wonderwhat sort of an experiment Mr. Westervelt. who had come up fromPhiladelphia, was carrying on; but when it was done, the operatives inHarrisburg and Baltimore might finger their telegraph keys by thehour, but would not be able to send a message between the two cities. In Philadelphia, Mrs. Warne, employed by Mr. Pinkerton, hasengaged two berths in the sleeping-car ostensibly for herself and in-valid brother, and the porter has hung a curtain so they can be sepa-rated from the other passengers on their trip to Washington. You will hold your train till I give you a package which Mr.Felton wishes you to take, the instructions of Mr. Kinney, super-intendent of the railroad between Philadelphia and Washington, to the 230 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
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ANDREW G. CURTIN. conductor of the midnight train. A carriage rolls up to the station inPhiladelphia. A tall man steps out—the invalid brother for whom thelady has engaged the birth. She is delighted to see him. He entersthe sleeping-car, followed b)^ three other gentlemen—Judd, Lamon,and Pinkerton. The superintendent hands a package to the con-ductor, who lifts his hand—the signal for starting. The engineer pullsthe throttle, and the train speeds away. THE ELECTION. 231 Neither conductor, porter, nor any one else has any inkling thatAbraham Lincoln and the invalid brother of the lady are one and thesame. Possibly the engineer wonders why men are standing by thebridges with lanterns as the train thunders across them, but Mr.Pinkerton knows that everything is as it should be. The train from Philadelphia at an early hour rolls into the Washing-ton station. A gentleman standing behind one of the pillars of^186?^^^^^ building is looking eagerly at the passengers as they stepfrom the

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