r FAG K 4 A Man for the Ages A Story o f the Builders o f Democracy By Irving Bachelier Cop»r:»hl. Irvin» Bachelier C H APTER ary time I gat a mlnnta’a leisure. Tm out of him and he was kind s f dssed nigh through with him. Now I want shoulders, whose name has gone Into and sick. Abe stood up like a giant study rhetoric.” history. They had been drinking some and his face looked aw ful solemn. “Only schoolmasters Btudy rhetoric, “ It'a Bln»— the little vixen I" «aid hut no one o f them was In the least “ 'Boys, If there's any goore o’ you Kelao declared. “A real poet or a real Abe tenderly. "She's an odd child degree off hla balance. They scuffled and as pretty a« a «potted faw n, and around the Jug for a moment tn per­ that v-snt trouble you can have soma orator la born with all the rhetoric he about as wild. She’s a kind o f a first fect good nature and then Abe and off the name piece,’ he said needs. Rhetoric 1« a steed fo r a light “They bung their heads and not on« cousin to the bobolink. Mrs. W addell provided them w ith the of them made a move or said a word. load under the saddle, but he's too warm blooded for the harness. H e When they were getting ready to go heat remnants of the dinner. They was for the day of the plumed knight home that afternoon Joe got Into a were rather noisy. Soon thay went —not for these times. No man of great hurry to nee hla mother. It up on the roof to help with the rafters seemed to him that ages had elapsed and the clapboarding. They worked -ense would use a prancing horse on since he had seen her— a conviction w ell a few minutes and suddenly they a plow or a stone boat. A good plow which led to noisy tea re horse is a beautiful thing. The play came scrambling down for another i f his muscle«, the power of hla stride Ahe knelt before him and comforted pull at the Jug. They were out for a are poetry to me, but when he tries the hoy. Then he wrapped him in his spree and Ahe knew It and knew fu rth ­ to put on style he Is ridiculous. T hat jacket and swung him In the a ir and er that they had reached the lim it vuggestg whst rhetoric Is apt to do to started for home w ith Joe astride his of discretion. the untrained Intellect. I f you've neck. “Boys, there are ladles here and anything to say or w rite, head straight Ramson saya In his d ln ry : “His ten­ we've got to he careful." he said. across the field and keep your eye on der play w ith the little lad gave me "Le'e stick to the Job till four o'clock. the furrow .” another look at the man Lincoln.” Then wp'll knock off fo r refresh­ In the last diary of Samson Henry “Some one proposed once that we ments." T raylor Is this e n try : should call that stream the M inne­ T he young revelers gathered In a “I went to Gettysburg w ith the Pres­ haha," eald Abe as he walked along ' group and began to whisper together. ident today and sat near him when he "A fte r this Joe and I are going to call | Samson write» that It became evident spoke M r Everett addressed the It the Mlnneboohoo." then thee' were going to make trouble crowd for an hour or so. As Kelso The women of the little village had and »Sys: would say ‘He rode the prancing steed “ We had le ft the children at Rut-, j met at a quilting party at ten o'clock of Rhetoric.’ My old friend went I w ent-to w ith Mrs. M artin W addell. There ledge's In the care of Ann straight across the field. When he Harsh had had a »«at at the fram e Sarah and told her «he had better go finished, the field, plowed and har and heard all the gossip of the coun­ on and see If they were all right. rowed and fertilized by war, had been tryside. The nlmhle-flngered Ann R u t­ “ ‘Don’t you get In any fight,’ she sowed for all time. The spring’s work ledge— a daughter of the tavern folk said, y h lc h shows th a t the women [ —had sat beside her. Ann was a knew what was In the air. was done and well done.” At a quarter of ten the doctor rose slender, good-looking gtrl of seventeen "Saifch led the way and the others and sold: with blue eyes and a rich crown of followed hag." "We're .keeping Abe from his sleep auburn hair and a fa ir skin well I Those big, brawny fellows from the and "e a rin g the night away w ith p hi­ [ browned by the sunlight. She was j Grove when they got merry were look- j losophy. I'm go’ng home.” the moat dexterous needle w orker In Ing alSvays fo r a chance to get mad j “I came over to see Jf you could find New Salem , at some man and turn him into a a man to help me tomorrow," Samson John M cN eil, whom the T raylors plaything A chance had come to get | «old to Abe. "H a rry Is going over to had met on the road near Niagara mad and they were going to make the , Falls and who had shared th e ir camp i most of It. They began to growl with "W hen He’s Roused There’s Some­ do the chinking alone. I want a man to help me on the whipsaw w hile I cut thing in Abe.” w ith them, arrived on the stage that resentment. Some were wigging their some boards for the tippet flooring." evening. He was dressed In a new leader. Jack Armstrong, to fight Abe. “I'll help you myself,” Abe proposed. butternut suit and clean linen and ' One of them ran to his horse and Abe went to Armstrong and helped “I reckon I ’ll close the store tom or­ looked very handsome. Samson write» : brought a bottle from his saddle bag. him up. “ ’Jack, I ’m sorry th a t I had to hurt row unless Jack w ill tend It." that he resembled the pictures of Itob- J It began passing from mouth to mouth, “You can count on me," said Jack. ert Emmet. W ith fine, ,dark eyes, a Jack Armstrong got the bottle before you,' he said. ‘You get on to your “I ’m short of sleep anyhow and a day smooth skin, well-moulded features It was h a lf emptied, drained It and horse and go home.' 'Ahe. you’re a better man than me.’ I of rest w ill do me good." and black h air neatly brushed on a i flung It high In the air. Another Ahe went w ith his friends to the shapely head he was not at all like called him a hog and grappled him said the bully, as he offered his hand door beyond which the two hoys from the rugged Abe. ‘ In a low tone and around the waist and there was a des­ to Abe. T H do anything you s a y .'" So the Clary's Grove gang was con . C lary’s Grove sat as If sound asleep. very modestly, with a »light brogue perate struggle which ended quickly. They were to make more It Is probable, however, that they had on hl« tongue he told of hla adventure« Armstrong got a hold on the neck of quered. on the long «höre toad to Michigan. his assailant and choked him until he trouble but not again were they to heard what Samson had said to Ahe. Next morning Ahe and Samson set Ann «at llatenlng and looking Into hla let go. This was not enough fo r the Imperil the foundations of law and ; face aa he talked. Abe came In. aoon sturdy bully of C lary's Grove. H e order In the little community of New 1 nut for the woods soon a fte r daylight. “I like that hoy H a rry ." said Abe. a fte r eight o’clock, and waa Introduced selxed his follow er and flung him so Salem. As they were starting away j to the stranger. All noted the con­ roughly on the ground that the la tte r Bap M cNoll turned to H a rry Needles " I reckon he’s got good stuff In him trast between the two young men as lay fo r a moment stunned. Armstrong and shouted: “I ’l l git even with you The wav he landed on Bap M cNoll wn« a caution. I like to see a fe lle r they greeted each outer. Abe sat had got his blood w arm and was now yet— you slab-sided son of a dog.” T hat Is not exactly what he said j come right up to the scratch, without down for a few minutes and looked reaily for action. W ith a w ild whoop an invitation Just in the nick o' time, sadly Into the fire but said nothing. h r threw off Ills coat, unbuttoned his but It Is near enough. as he did. T h a t boy Is a likely young H e rote presently, excused hl in self tig h t shirtsleeve and rolled It to the C H A P T E R V. colt— strung and lim ber and well put shoulder and declared In a loud voice, and went away. together and broad between the eyes." The logs for the new house were aa he swung hla arm In the air, that In Which the Character of Blm Kelso "An' gentle as a k itte n .” Samson ready tw o daya a fter the cutting be­ he couJil "out Jump, out hop, out run. Flashes Out In a Strange Adventure ««hied '‘There never was a better gan. M artin W addell and Ratnuel H ill throw down, drag out an’ lick any man That Begins the Weaving of a Long face on a hov or a better heart behind «ent team« to haul them John Cam ­ in New S..lein." Thread of Romance. It. W e like him." In a le tte r to his fath er Ramson eron and Peter Lukina had brought "Yes sir. He's a well topped young w rite s : the window »ash and aome clapboard« The shell of the cabin was finished tree— straight and sound and good "Abe was working at my elbow. I from Beardstown In a small flatboat. that day Its puncheon floor was In Then came the day o f the raising— a saw him drop his ham mer and get up place but Its upper floor was to be ’ Im h er Looks ns If that little girl o’ 11n»w Jack’s wn« terrib ly took up w ith him clear warm day early In September. and make for the ladder. laid when the board» were ready Its All the men from the vll'age and the something was going to happen and two doors were yet to be made and I don't wonder." “W hat kind of a girl Is she?’’ Sam­ near farina gathered to halp make a I followed him. In a minute everyone hung. Its five window» to he fitted and son asked. home for the newcomer«. Samson was off the roof and out of the build­ made fast, Its walls to be chinked with I guess they knew what was d a y m ortar “A w ful sh.v since the arrow hit her and Jack Kelao went out for a hunt ing Sam son!; and H a rry She don't know what It means vet Tfie big lad stood there a fter the cutting and brought In a coming stayed that evening a fte r the rest fat buck and many grouse fo r the bee swinging hla arm and yelling like an were gone, smoothing the puncheon She'll get used to that, I reckon. She's I t was a big arm „ and muscled dinner, to which every woman of the Inju n . floor. They made a few nails at the a good girl and smart as a steel trap." snd ^ n, ov„ r ,o H a rry Needles went w histling up neighborhood made a contribution of and corded up eeme but I guess, I f I d forge Went ove o( the road toward the new house with cake or pie or cookie« or doughnut». shoved the calico off mine and held It Abe-, , , ore about nlnp T w o of "W hat will he my part?" Samson up he'd a pulled down his aleeve. I Clary's Grove gang who had tarried | sickle, hoe and trowel. Aa he passed didn't know Just how good a man had Inquired of Kelao. In the village sat In, the gloom of Its ] the Kelso cabin he whistled the tune Doc- ! of “Sweet Nightingale ” I t had haunted "Nothing hut a lug of whisky and a Abe was sttd I was kind o’ scalrt for little veranda apparently asleep kind word and a house warm ing." | a minute. I never found It so hard tor Allen. Jack Kelso, Alexander Fer- I his mind since he had heard It In the | work to do nothin’ as I did then. Hon-' H e whistled as loudly as ever guson and M artin iVaddell were sit­ woods Kelao had anstvered I eat, my hrtnds kind o’ ached. I wanted ting by Its fireside tyhlle Ahe sat on he could and looked a t the windows They notched aud bored the log« to go an cuff that feller's ears an' the counter w ith his legs hanging off Before he had passed, Blm ’s face and made pins to bind them and but grab hold o’ him an' toss him bver the “I ’m sorry we hnd to have trouble," , looked out at him w ith a smile and those that were to go around the fire­ ridge pole. Abe went right up to him her hand flickered back o f the panes Samson remarked “It's the only spot place and window »pace« Strong, an' a a ld ; and he waved his to her. H la heart on the day I'll never forget the kind j willing and well-trained handr hewed bent fast ns he hurried along. " ’Jack, you ain't h alf ao bad or h alf ness of the people of New Salem." and fitted the log» together. Alexan­ 'T in not so very voting." he aald to so cordy a t ye think ye ate. You say “The Taking bee 1« a mbst slgnlfl- j der Ferguson lined the,fireplace with a “I wish I hadn't put on three you can throw down any man here. •ant thing." said Kelso, "tvemocracy ’ him self curious m ortar made q£ clay In which old clothes. M rs. T ra y lo r Is an aw{u' I reckon I ’ll have to «how ye that end« to universal friendship— each I he mixed grass for a binder. Thia mor you're mistaken. I'll resale w ith ye. works for the crowd and the crowd fo r I nice woman but she's determined to ta r he rolled Into layers called ' cat«,' make me look lik e a plow horse. I W e're friends sn’ we won't talk about each, and there are no favorites Ev- 1 each eight Inches long aud three Inches lickin' each other. L e s have a friend ­ ery community Is like the thousand ! don’t see why she couldn’t let me thick. Then he Ifiid them against the wear decent clothes." ly resale.’ friends of Thebes. Most of Its. units log» and held them tn place with a Sarah had enjoyed mothering the were stand together for the common good— j "In a second the two men woven network of stock« The first hoy His health had returned. Hi» locked together. Armstrong had for Justice, law and honor. The fire— a alow one— baked the clay Into cheeks were ruddy, his dark eyea elear a rigid atone-llke sheath Inside ths Innged at Abe w ith a yell. There was schools are spinning strands of de­ and height, his tall form erect and logs and presently th * sticks were no friendship In the wav he took hold. mocracy out of all thia European wool. sturdy. ».'•-» burned away The women had cooked He was going to do all the damage Railroads are to pick them up and He hnd helped Alexander Eerguso«’ he could In any w ay he could. H a lf weave them Into one great fabric. By the meats by an open fire and spread with the making of the flreplaee and the dinner on a table of rough hoards dninJc Jack Is a man who would bite and hy we shall see the ten million knew how- to mix the m ortar. H< I t was no rassle; It was friends of America standing together resting on poles set In crotches At vnur ear off worked w ith a w ill, for his heart w a ­ Abe moved like lightning as did the thousand friend« of noon one of them sounded a conch a fight. in the new home. It wits a fine Sep shell. Then w ith shouts of Joy the H e acted aw ful lim ber an' well Thebe«." tember morning. The fa r reaches of grea»ed In a second ho had got hold " It's a great thought," said Abe men hurried to the fife«1 , de and for a the great, grassy plain were dlmme-' of the feller's neck w ith his big right No man ran estim ate the sixe of moment there was a great spluttering with haze I t was a vast, flowery w l, hand and hooked hla le ft Into the cloth m at m ighty phalanx of friendship all over the wash basin«. Before they derness. waving and m urm uring in the ate every man except Abe and Sam on his hip. In that way he held hint trained In one school," Kelao went on. breeze like sn ocean H ow long thosr «on “took a pull at the Jug—long or off and shook him as you ve seen our ••ywo years ago the Encyclopedia Brt- acres, sown hy the wind« of heaven short"— to quote a phrase of the time dog shake a woodchuck. Abe’s blood u ni,i<-a figured that the population of hnd wnlteil for the plowman now ar waa hot I f the whole crowd had th e United States In HM« would be It was s cheerful company that sal rived I pl'cd on hlm I guess he would have IflAttno.nno people, and In 19««. «72. down upon the grass around the tahb H a rry felt the beauty o f the seen ( g - ’f out all right, for when he's 000 000 W ealth, power, science, l i t ­ with loaded p’aies T heir food ha­ but saw and enjoyed more the face of roused there's something In Abe more erature. all follow In the tra in of light lts extra seasoning of merry Jette ant' Rim Kelso as he worked and planned than bone« and muscles I suppose and numbers. T he causes which moved loud laughter. Sarah was a Rtt’ his own house--no cabin, but a mat It'a w hat I feel when he speak« a the sceptre of e lv lllra tlo n from the shocked at Ihe* forthright dlrec’ ttes «Ion like that of Judge H a rp e r In th piece It'a a kind o f lightning. I guess Euphrates to western Europe w ill car of their eating no knives or forks o- village near his old home H e bad t's w hat cur m inister used to call the ry lt f , ora m e la tte r to the new world.” napkins being needed in thnt proceet filled every crevice In the rear waP newer of the spirit. “They say that electricity and the Having eaten, washed and packer and was working on the front when "A friend of the bully Jumped In development of the steam engine are away thetr dishes the «om en went he heard the thunder of running ud tried io trip Abe. H arry Needles going to make all men thin k alike.” home at t" tv Before they had g.utt horses and «*w figure», d’m In e «tood bealde me Before 1 could move said Ahe. ' I f that's so democracy and Ramson's cars taught a thunder oi cloud of dual filin g op the road again H e thought of the threat o’ horses feet I*, the distance Lnoktnt he dashed forw ard and hit that feller liberty w ill spread over the earth. I In the middle of nls forehead and reckon we are near the greatest year« Bap M cNoll 1» occurred to him tha’ In Its direct,uo he aaw k cloud of due' knocked him flat. H a rry had hit Bap In history. It 1« a privilege to be he would be In a had way alone with In the rw-vd and a band of horseme M cNoll, the rock fighter. I got up alive." those rufflsns If they were coming to- riding toward them at fu ll speed. Al next tn the kettle then and took the “ And young." Doctor Allen added revenge He thought of runntn- came to him and said; »cum off It. Fetched one of them "Y o rn » ' W hat a G ods blessed toward th» r a crowbar It wooldn I be de- <->nt to BSe your fiat." They hewed a flat snrfgre on oppo­ site sides o f the |,.g which Ramson had carried ano pet-led It and ralaed I t . lower end on a croea tlm lie r Th en they marked it with a balk line and «lin'd it into inch boards with a whip ■aw. Abe steading on top of the log ami Ramaon beneath It. Suddenly the »•W MOftprfll < heHllttflll voire f i l i n g the mualc of Sweat Nlghtln- gttle" into the timbered ho'low. It hal'ed the worker« and set th e wood land ringing The men «tood »llent like those hearing a hetyedlctlon The aloglng ceased. S t'll they llatened for h alf a met.lent. It was «« If a aplrtt had p it'».<1 and touched them. A U G U b i 25 1721 m 1 2 ? »« r? 9 « « A a ? 'rf •;otn' to git w hat's cornin' to yoa," he :rowled. T ha boy fared them bravely n 4 a mad them away w ith Ma alekk "hoy were prepared for aoeh emer enriea. One of them drew ■ bag of ird shot from his pocket and hurled at H a rry '» head. I t hit him full In ’be face and he staggered against the vgll »tunned by the blow. They rushed upon the boy and disarmed tnd bore him to the floor.- F o r a l l t t ^ (me he knew not what waa passing Then he came nx hla hands and feet were tied and tlie man stood near urslng and laug.hlng. while tbelr leader, M cNoll, wets draining a bottle. Suddenly he heard a voice trembling with excitement and wet w ith tears a y ln g ; “You go 'w ay from here or n i kill ou dead. So help me God I’ll kill He Staggered Against the W a ll. ou. I f one o' you touches him he's coin' to die.” H e saw Blm Kelso at the window 1th her gun leveled at the head of IcNoll. H e r face waa red w ith anger, le r eyes glowed. As he looked a tear elled from one of them and trailed own the scarlet surface o f her cheek. McNoll turned w ithout a word and talked sulkily out of the hack door, ih e others crowded a fte r him. They sn as aoon aa they had got out of the oor. She le ft the window. In 1 mo- nent the young men were galloping i way. f Blm came Into the house sobbing vlth emotion hut w ith her head erect, -he stood her gun In a corner and 'tnelt by the helpless hoy. H e was rylng also. H e r h air fell upon hla ace as ahe looked at the spot of deep scarlet color made by the «hot bag. -he kissed lt and held her cheek • gainst hla and whispered: "Don't •ry. It's all over now. Fm going to •ut these ropes." I t was as If she had known and nved him always. She was »3« a roung mother w ith her first child. Tenderly she wiped his tears away vlth her blond, silken hair. She cut his bonds and he roee and sf«R>d be- "ore her. H e r face changed like uaglc. * "Oh w hat a fool Tve been I” she ex^alm ed. J W h y so?" he asked “I cried and I kissed yon and we tetnbr have been Introduced to eagh - 8 » r ." ) „ ' She covered her eyes w ith her hair tiWV wtth bent head went out o f the -lofldr. •fWI never forget that kiss as long a « ,I live," said the hoy as he followed hey,« “TO never forget your help or veur crying either." “Go aw ay from me— I won’t apeak to you.” she said "Go hack to your ' orit TO stay here and keep w steb." I (To be contieued.) RIDS RADIO OF BIG BUGBEAR Marconi Succeeds In Sending Wirelasa Message W itho ut Interference by Static Disturbancce. London.— Guglleltne Marconi, who has Ju«t returned to Lnmlon. an­ nounce« that fo r the teat few weeks he has been testing a new method of wireless telegraph reception whereby he was snehled to receive message« from the United States continuously without Interference hy static disturb­ ance« 8 le Mareoni regards this as an ad­ vance of the greatest Importance, en- abllfig wlrelwss service to be conducted despite atmospheric disturbances for the entire period of 24 honre, •< bif n •peed most o f th e rim e I t is not «tirptia ng when a ™ .. calf b inc*6«' on the farm am i 60c in the ree'attranl that ihe farm er it t «king steps to see whet can he I nc toward im proving the mar- keting ol the things be raises — I ehe non Express Draem Lore. To dream you see a flag flying la the wind denotes trouble. 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