CHAPTER V.

HIS SIMPLICITY.

The Ease with which Mr. Lincoln could be reached 80

Visit of a Committee from Missouri 81

A Missouri "Orphan" in Trouble 82

Protection Paper for Betsy Ann Dougherty 83

Case of Young Man convicted of Sleeping at his Post 86

Reprieve given to a Man whom a "little Hanging would not hurt" 87

An Appeal for Mercy that failed 88

An Appeal for the Release of a Church in Alexandria 89

"Reason" why Sentence of Death should not be passed upon a Parricide 90

The Tennessee Rebel Prisoner who was Religious 90

The Lord on our Side or We on the Side of the Lord 91

Clergymen at the White House 91

Number of Rebels in the Field 92

Mr. Lincoln dismisses Committee of Fault-Finding Clergymen 93

Mistaken Identity and the Sequel 94

Desire to be _like_ as well as _of_ and _for_ the People 96

Hat Reform 97

Mr. Lincoln and his Gloves 97

Bearing a Title should not injure the Austrian Count 99