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`` I 'm a trader , and no prophet , and I do n't know much about such matters as these . But Abe Linken , he 's grown up now , and _ up _ it is , more than six feet tall . He 's a giant , a great , ungainly , awkward , clever , honest fellow , full of jokes and stories , though down at times , and he would n't do a wrong thing if it were for his right hand , and could n't do an unkind one . He comes up to the store here often and tells stories , and sometimes stays until almost midnight , just as he used to do at Jones 's . Everybody likes him here , and we shall all miss him when he goes away . '' Jasper and Waubeno left the little Indiana town , and went toward the cabin of the Lincolns . On the way Jasper turned aside to pay a short visit to Aunt Olive .