Abe & Fido

[RJNorton]

I think Eddie Lincoln inherited Abraham's love of cats. One day, during the time Mary, Robert, and Little Eddie were staying in Lexington (1848), Robert brought home a kitten. Eddie was a sensitive boy, and when he saw the kitten, he immediately asked that it be brought water and fed it, himself. Mary Todd's stepmother, who apparently didn't like kitties, ordered a servant to take the cat outside. Eddie screamed and protested long and loud. Eddie loved the little kitten.