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you're not going to leave me!

I won't let you!

We must be brave, dear...

Don't take me away!

Don't take me away!

It's so dark and lonesome going!

Anne, you mustn't let go!

If they'd sing,

I wouldn't be so afraid.

In the sweet by and by,-

We shall meet on that beautiful shore. -

We will meet there, dear.

Oh... I love you so!

I love you so!

Feeling any better, Bowling?

No, not much.

I'll tell you, Doctor,

he's just like a sick child...

He was lost for five days

before we found him.

Yeh, I know.

We took his pocket-knife away from him,

we were so afeard something might happen.

Good gracious,

Abe, you're looking better!

No use trying to talk to him,

he just cain't answer.

If we could only think of something

that would just bring him back.

I guess time's the only thing.

Why should the spirit of mortal be proud,

like a swift-fleeting meteor,

fast-flying cloud?

Flash of the lightning,

break of the wave,

He passes from life

to his rest in the grave.

My goodness, Mary Todd, just think!

He'll be here in a few minutes

the catch of America!

Stephen A. Douglas!

Just think of being his wife!

Don't be in such a hurry, sister.

I'm not even engaged

much less married.

But if he should propose?

How do I know he's going further

than anyone else in Springfield?

When I pick a husband, sister,

I'll pick a man!

But I don't know

what you're talking about.

A lot of people seem to think

a man named Abraham Lincoln

is going even further than Mr. Douglas.

Why, Mary Todd, have you gone crazy?

You compare an unknown cornfield lawyer

with a brilliant cultured gentleman

like Stephen A. Douglas!

Why, if you just saw

the two of them together.

Oh, he's here!

Mr. Douglas is down in the parlor

and he's asking for Mary!

Now, Mary, you must be

very careful, and remember

he doesn't like to have giris too bold.

Don't get so excited,

sister, and don't hurry me.

I'll take care of myself.

You glide through the dance

like grace itself Miss Todd.

Always the politician, Mr. Douglas!

Who wouldn't be a politician

with so fair a constituent to win?

- Exquisite!

- The fan, Mr. Douglas?

No, the fair owner herself.

- May I look?

- Sr. Douglas...

I wonder if you'd do me a great favor?

Yes.

Then, pray present me

to this young lady.

- Miss Todd?

- Yes?

May I present one

of the leading lawyers of Springfield

Mr. Abraham Lincoln?

Mr. Lincoln!

Miss Todd I wonder

if you'd honor me with the next dance?

Why,... why...

I'd be delighted.

Miss Todd, you thought my face was funny,

and the way I dressed even funnier,

but the joke's on you.

Why, I don't understand.

Wait till you dance with me.

Have you got the license, Mr. Lincoln?

Well, she got you.

I knew she would

when she started out the first time for you.

Now, Billie, don't bother me.

I'm going to be married

and I'm scared to death.

Oh, don't be alarmed.

There's many a bite

that's worse than a bride's.

But, Billie,

that woman scares me.

She's even got the ridiculous idea

that I could get to be president.

Oh, don't take that seriously.

Every spunky girl thinks

that her husband ought to be president.

I know, Billie,

but it's a pity to fool her.

And she's a fine woman,

smart as pepper and pretty too.

She'll be a great help to you, Mr. Lincoln,

but you've got to keep

climbing with her.

Yes... yes, I know.

I've got the best supper

you've ever tasted

and the cake...

wait till you see that cake!

What can have happened

to Mr. Lincoln? It's long after the...

He would be late at his own wedding.

Now, never mind, Mary,

if he doesn't come soon,

I'll send John after him.

But he's hours late already!

Think of that!

Sister, calm yourself.

For heaven's sakes,

you've got to hurry!

Billie, you... you go ahead.

You go on over and I'll come later.

I doubt if there's a word in the

dictionary that could tell how I feel!

Billie, what does a man do

if his head's all right

but his legs are cowardly?

My cure is to get drunk.

My legs are too frightened

to pay any attentin to liquor.

I'll go ahead and

tell them that you're coming.

Anne!

Anne!

Anne!

We looked, everywhere,

tort we can't find him.

No, can't find him...

not at the office.

What on earth happened to him?

He was in a terrible

state when I left him.

He was so frightened and upset.

I imagine he just ran away.

Ran away... from me!

On our weddin' day!

Now sistern dear...

Don't 'sister' me!

Can you imagine! That's what a Todd gets

for engagin' herself to a country baboon!

- Listen, dear, you mustn't...

- You may as well all go home!

You hear me?

You may as well all go home!

Not goin' to be any weddin' here.

You can all go home

as far as I'm concerned!

But this is so distressing!

You certainly are a matchmaker

to reconcile those two after

what happened two years ago.

We all like Mr. Lincoln,

and Mary is just

the girl to push him along.

Oh, Mary, how sweet you look!

What a lovely dress!

Yes, and so becoming to her too.

Maybe that's Mr. Lincoln now.

Julia it all seems so strange

having things end this way.

It's just as it should end. You and

Mr. Lincoln will make a great man.

Good morning, Mr. Lincoln.

Good morning.

Come, my dear

we'll leave the happy pair alone.

Good morning, Mary.

I,... I...

Mary, you don't have

to bother about me any more.

I think I've settled down at last.

I hope I can make

your future all you desire.

We'll say no more about it, Mr. Lincoln.

I really think, after all, you need me.

You'll need a lot of patience

to put up with me, Mary,

but if anyone can do it,

I'm sure you're the one.

Oh, Mary!

Douglas is a prize speaker,

but just wait till old Abe

gets ahold of him on slavery!

You're crazy!

Lincoln has no more chance of beating

Douglas for Senate than I have.

He only went to school for three months.

There must be no issue of slavery.

We must face the facts.

I'll run Mr. Lincoln out of this campaign.

I will not throw mud.

Let each State mind its own business

and this Republic can exist forever...

divided into free and slave states.

We will not allow

the extensin of slavery to any State.

We will not allow

the secessin of any State.

Above all and before all,

the Unin must be preserved.

A house divided

against itself must fall!

- Douglas elected!-

- Hurrah for Douglas!-

- Douglas elected!-

- Hurrah for Douglas!-

- Douglas elected!-

- Hurrah for Douglas!-

Mary...

I'm home, Mary.

You must be tired, Mr, Lincoln.

Sit down.

You just ait right here.

I'll get your supper for you in a minute.

Billy, I feel like

the little boy who stubbed his toe.

It hurt too bad to laugh,

and he was too big to cry.

I'm fifty years old, Billy,

and a failure in everything.

If I died today,

nobody'd ever know I'd lived.

Come in.

Mr. Lincoln,

I want you to meet Mr. Pell

one of the most important

men in Eastern politics.

- I'm pleased to meet you, Mr. Pell.

- I'm honored, indeed, Mr. Lincoln.

- Meet my partner, Mr, Herndon.

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