He had a fine horse, with a splendid saddle and bridle.

He turned over the horse as part pay.

Lincoln let Berry run the store, and it soon ran out.

I had to pay the note.

Lincoln said he would pay it some day and did, with interest." This ended Lincoln's brief career as a country merchant.
Many of the anecdotes in the foregoing pages touch upon Lincoln's ambition to fit himself for a public speaker.