Sweet and Angelic Anne (Anne Rutledge)

We do not kiss and tell, but well Abraham Lincoln did tell me about Anne; Anne Rutledge, also born in Kentucky. The only girl in school where he attended for three months; they shared a grammar book. Her family owned a tavern where he stayed in New Salem, Illinois. Relationship, yes. Romance, no! She was engaged, and Abraham Lincoln was slow... Since his mother's death he can-not handle death, and her death shocked him to the core. She was not much over twenty. There has been rumors--a plenty. It would sadden me if he did-not care for her; good friends they always were, and it might have been more, had he not slipped through death's door. Additional; Mary Lincoln is speaking; That synchofant! Billy . . . Herndon spread those rumors about my husband and Anne Rutledge. He decided to make some money going around speaking; lies, all lies. He wrote a book about Mr. Lincoln. I warned Mr. Lincoln not to partner with him. Time has proven me to be right. I will not stand by and listen to these falsehoods! Do not believe a word of his nonsense.