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"I suppose they haven't thought of
it. I'll think it over and let you know."
Three days later he walked out to Coleman Smoot's after supper. As they
sat together by the fireside Abe said:
"I've been thinking of your friendly question. It's dangerous to talk
that way to a man like me. The fact is I need two hundred dollars to pay
pressing debts and give me something in my pocket when I go to Vandalia.
If you can not lend it to me I shall think none the less of you."
"I can and will," said Smoot. "I've been watching you for a long time.
A man who tries as hard as you do to get along deserves to be helped. I
believe in you. I'll go up to Springfield and get the money and bring it
to you within a week or so."
Abe Lincoln had many friends who would have done the like for him if they
could, and he knew it.
"Every one has faith in you," said Smoot. "We expect much of you and we
ought to be willing to do what we can to help."
"Your faith will be my strength if I have any," said Abe.


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