t i n t a s g R N I R K î 'K I S K
a n r r . f¿, 1921
“Where do Samhen T ra y lo r l i v e r
now had his feet In the a ir again but
Abe took him to the road and point
the young giant clung to hip and
ed the nay
shoulder and wriggled back to bla
"There be gate' to be a raid." said
foothold
Those
n»cii were
MMM m . “I reckon, by all I'v e heard. thrilled and a little frightened by the
It H come on tonight.”
mighty struggle Knowing th« strength
A r a id ! Who's going ta be raid
of the wrestlers they fejt a fear of
ed?” Abe eaked.
"Them T ra y lo r fo lk »
T h a r be a broken hones. Each hag torn a rent
S a le m .
in the coat of the other
they kept
St. Louis map. name o' Blgge, dot,'
■02
n there was danger th a t’f o t h would
stirred up the folks from M issouri
e stripped. The children had begun
n t.
sad Tennessee on the south road bou
o cry. Sarah begged the struggling
Yankee who helps the niggers on
ten to stop and they obeyed her.
o bondage They be goln' to do som
“I f any o f you fellerg think that's
tegulatjn' tonight
01 Satan'II brea
un you can have my place," said Abe.
for a place In which he could serve loose E f yoq don't we'cb out they’I
Samson. I declare you elected the
them and If he could learn to serve come over an' burp bla Ijouse aartin
trongest man in this county
You've
Sangamon county he could learn te
“We II watch out,” said Abe
“The
Apply from all agency stations in Oregon
ot the muscle of d grizaly bear. I ’m
serve the atete and, possibly, even the don't know Traylor. H e s ope o f th
M inim um adult fare $1.00 »
lad to be quit o' ye.”
«,
beet men In thia county."
republic
w ith this thought end a
Children
of half fare age 50c
“I
t
ain’t
a
fa
ir
election.
Abe,"
Sam-
rather poo, regard for hi« own In
I ve heered he were a be men an
m laughed.
“I f you were rassling
terest bis name fell Into bad company • right powerful. G o d fe a rln ’ man
•r the right you could flop me. Thia
on the signboard of Berry end L in ■aid the minister
ttle brush was nothing. Your heart )
coln
Refore be took his piece In the
He s one of the best men that eve
aan't In It, and by thunder. Abe.
store he walked to Springfield end
came to this country and any on>
hen It comes to-havin ’ fun I rather
borrowed a law book from bis friend
that
wants
to
try
bla
strength
Is
w
e1
A Story o f the Builder»
'less we’d both do better to let each
Major S ru trt.
«>me to ; I don't.' eald Abe. “A re yot
■ther alone.”
The career o f the firm began on a going over th ere!”
o f Democracy
“ 'T a in ’t exactly good amusement,
hot day late In August with Bill Berry
T were goln' to warn 'em an’ heli
T r a in s O p era te D ir e ct to F a ir G rou n d s
fa
ot for ue," Abe agreed.
smoking his pipe In a chair on the lit
•m ef I caln."
It was growing dark. Ann Rutledge
tle veranda o# the store and Abe L in
W ell, go on. but don’t e tir 'em np,’
Trains 17-18-23-24 and 28 w ill make regular atop and
By Irving Bachelier
coln sprawled) In the shad * of a tree
| rrived on her pony, and celled Abe
Abe cautioned him." "Donflt say a wort'
Nos. 14 and 16 w ill stop on flag at F air Grounds.
that p artly overhung It« roof reeding
side and told him that the raiders
abopt the ra(d. I ’ll be over there w itl
fa
a law book
The face n(*5g- Berry
ere In the village and were breaking
some other fellers soon a fte r sun
Special trains from Portland and from Eugene to Sa
fa
Oo.rn.kt iniM aMk.il«,
suddenly gaeqmed e look 4f anime
*e
windows
of
Radford's
store
be
down
We-|| juet tell 'em It’s a h,
lem arid F air Grounds Tuesday to
tlon. A sm»ll, yellow dog ■hlcb had
an se he had refused to sell them liquor.
fa
party egme qver for a story tellin' an
Saturday, inclusive.
been lying In repose beslje ^ Im rose
"Don't say anything about it,” Abe
a vasal«
| reckon we'll have som,
fa
and growled M e hair rls lffc g nd with
sutioned
her.
“Just
go
Into
the
house
fun
Ride on over end take suppei
a little c»y of alarm apd-gptonlsh-
ith Sarah T ra y lo r and alt down and
For further particulars ask agents
with vn,
They're worth knowing."
C H A P TE R X.
ment fled under the store,' •
w e a good visit. W e'll look a fte r
In e few minutes the m lnlrte
I
“Here cornea Steve N'ocblee on bla
;ie raiders.”
mounted b lf horse end rode away fol
In Which Ab. and Samson W r s b l, old mar» w ith a lion following him.”
Then Abe told Samson what was
lowed by his big dog
and Some Raider. Com. to Burn and
p The men concealed themselves In
T f I was you I wouldn't go,” ealr
Stay to Repent.
•me bushes by the roadside while the
Berry.
J O H N M SCOTT.
. 1
dnlster sat close against an end of
• '" b in a week after their retorn the
“W hy n o t!”
General
Passenger
«Agent.
J
ie house w ith his bloodhound beside
election C in e off and Abe waa defeat
- O * II hurt trade. L et the rest of
dm. Before they » were settled In
ed, although In hi» precinct two hun
T ra y lo r’s friends go over.
There'«
lielr places they heard the regulators
dred and twenty-seven out of a total of
enough of 'em.”
oming. There were eight men In the
three hundred votes had been cast for
We must all stand as one man foi
him. He began to conklder which way
a rty according to Abe's count as
'aw and order." said Abe.
“ I f we
butter on the (able fo r them. Samson
lie.v passed.
The men. In conceal-
tn turn
MaJ. John T. Stuart, a law
tackled a big Job, my friend. Did vou
don't there won't be any."
washed
and
bandaged
the
boy'
lent. hurried to the cabin and sur-
j e r nf Springfield— who had been h l.
As soon as Abe had had his supper
know Hint every one of you could’ be
wound.
The
captives
ate
as
I
f
the>
• unded It, crouched against the
comrade lu the "w ar”— had encour
he went from house to house and
sent to prison for a term of years, and
were hungry, w hile the m inister went
alls. In a moment they could see a
aged him to study law and, further,
asked the men to come to his store
I ve a good mind to see that you go
out
to
feed
bis
dog.
When
the
men
had offered to lend him books. So he
g spot, blacker than the darkness,
te r a piece of Im portant business
there.
Jou men have got to begin
hud Airshed eating Samson offered
look -1 for an occupation which would
loving
toward
them.
It
was
the
when they had come he told them
right now to behave yourselves mighty
them
tobacco.
T
he
oldest
man
tilled
«¡re i. m leisure for study. Offut, his
iassi d raiders. They came on with
| what was In the wind. Soon a fte r tlia
proper or you’ll begin to sup sorrow.”
his pipe and lighted It w ith u coai
he stealth of a cat nearing Its prey.
i.im e r < M |o y e r. had failed and clear
hour Abe and Philemon Morris, am’
Stephen Nuekles returned as Abe
Not one of the captives had said u
ed cut. T V young giant regarded
’
llonJIke
roar
broke
the
silence.
The
Alexander Ferguson, and M artin Wad
was speaking.
word
until
this
tall
Tennesseean
re
thoughtfully the .canty opportunities
reacher
s
bloodhound
leaped
forward,
dell and Robert Johnson and Joshun
"You Jest leave 'em to me, M r. Lin
marked a fte r his pipe was going;
he waiting men sprang to th eir feet
of the vll'age. He could hurl his great
M ille r and Jack Kelso and Samuel
coln," he said. '‘These be good men.
“Thankee,
mister.
You
done
been
nd charged. T he raiders turned and
strength into the axhead and make a
H I,I and John M cNeil set out for the
but ol' Satan done got his hooks on
right good to u » ”
good living, but he had learned that
in. pell mell, in a panic toward their
T ra y lo r cabin.
Samson greeted the
ein. M is' T ra y lo r, ef you don’t mind.
"M h o told you to come here?" Sam
sit'd! a use of It gave him a better ap
«trees. Suddenly the darkness seemed
Party with a look o f surprise.
b** goin to do a job o’ prayin’ right
son
demanded.
petite for sleep than study.
'
fill
w
ith
moving
figures.
One
o
f
"Have you come out to hang me»
now. Men, you Jest git down on yo’
“
’T
u
e
re
a
man
from
St.
Louis.
He
•lohn McNeil, „-ho for a short time
he asked.
knees rig ht h yar along o' me.”
done said you hated the South an'
had shared hl
m ilitary adventures,
“ No just to hang around ye. M id
It Is recorded la te r in the diary that
hsd hecrina a partner of Samuel H ill
Were liolpin- niggers to run aw ay."
Abe.
the rude Shepherd of the prairies
"And he offered to pay you to come i
In a st»;e la rfc r and better slocked
"Thia time It's a heart w arm in'.'
worked w ith these men on their farms
Utsn any tha village had known
Rut
ere and burn this house ami run
Jack Kelso averred.
“ We left our
fo r weeks until he had them wonted
Traylor out o f ,he county, didn't lie? i
HUI and McNeil hsd no need of a clerk.
wives at hom« go that we could pay
I to the fold.
Abe asked.
Human Q ernd'it and W illiam Rerry
«ur compliments to M r»
Traylor
H
e
did
yes,
sub—
be
suah
did,”
h ill opened a general store
Mr.
without reserve, knowing you to be a
C H A P T E R X I.
Ill iidon Offered to sell his Interest to
answered the men— like a child in his
roan above Jealousy.”
fb e sod ta le notes for his pay. It
igumance
end
sim
plicity.
"It's w b .t we call a he party, on
In Which Abe, Elected to the Legisla
I thought so," Abe rejoined
" as net a pr position that promised
"You
Hie prairies,” «aid Ferguson.
“For
ture. Gives W hat Comfort He Can to
lyth lrg but loss. The community was
one thing I wanted to see Abe and
Ann Rutledge In the Beginning of
•nail and there were thiee other
the
minister
hare
a
rasale."
Hare Comas Steve Nuekles en Hie
Her Sorrows— Also He Goes to
s'oros and tl.ere was no other “R ill”
The
Reverend
Stephen
Old M are.”
--
— -------
Nuekles
Springfield for New Clothes.
Hu*
who v u given to drink and
stood In front o f the door w ith Sarah
<1 c i ma, as Abe knew.
M id Berry. " I f
, | n't r « reful
and H a rry and tho children
H e was
R adfo rd ’» grocery had been so
Ah« L I,
had .....
not been
trained
to 1 B*1 prayed for plenty,
u m i IU
a famous wrestler.
wrecked by the raiders that Its owner
<•« , : . !» t f o
n consequen.es
- . . . of . “ . a " . n business
I
uts
" If the customer« don't come faater
" I caln't rasale like I used to could,
was disheartened Reinforced by John
.tife rp iP » . «n,« „ orR
f ) v f (|)m 1 reckon we ll need It." said Ab«.
nt 1 be w illin ' to give ye a ttvy. Ahe."
I'nmeron anfl James Rutledge he Imd
I“ sure
« :«|y and New ' .Salem
«aid
as
n.e-ti! could
'Finn
- Howdy,"
..... . -m u
i nr the
m in ralntyter
ifter
m he ■old the minister.
succeeded In draw ing them away be-
« ■ yr b n. MMI.Ing e l « M M consuming
at t h . hitching h a ? dismount
"Ton’d better save your atrength
fore they could steal whisky enough to
,,,,,J
, r , b » * «..
« ' v . He
could
!
pfl
"
n<*
«
“I
his
m
a
ra
l*
"Don't
ba
I lr - t'tiuill
for ol Ha tan." said Abe
Kel drunk.
But they had thrown
..... Ih
nut
think
" “' " Of
* leaving ...........................
the little cabin Peered o' this ere dog ñ a were tted
Oo on. Abe," tho other« urged
much of his goods Into the street
, ?**„ I Imre were An., Rutledge and when I left home but he chawed hla “Give him a try .”
Radford mended his windows and of
Jack Kelso and Samson T raylor and I rope an' come a'ter me
I reckon I f
Abe modestly stepped forw ard
In
fered his stock for sale. A fte r a time
I irry Net lies
Every ladder climb- nobody feed« him he’ll p atter back to-
the last year he had grown less In
Berry and Lincoln bought It, giving
er In the village and no the plain 1
Any P’Off tobacco!"
cllned to that kind o f fun
T he men
notes in payment and applied for a
around It
a s id e Mend
"A backload Of |t ," «a,d Berry, go took bold of each other, collar and
license to sell the liquors (hey had
Vpon the«« people who knew and ing Into the «tor« to w ait on th« mln-
elbow
They parried w ith their feet
: thus acquired.
respected him Abe Lincoln based hla Istar.
for an Instant
Buddenly Abe's lonr
Late that autumn a boy baby ar-
b pes Amo. g them he had found his
When th«y came out th« la tte r right leg caught ttaelf behind the left
i rived In (he T ra y lo r home. Mrs. l»n-
'i«lon and At I® ,, had not diminished
carved off a comer of the plug w ith knee of the minister. It was the hip
H o tt, Mrs. W addell and M is. Kelso
or dimmed It. He would fry again
his lack knife, put It tnto his month lock as they called It those davs Once
' .ime to help „ad one or the other
secured the stronger man was almost
of them did (he nursing and cooking
sure to prevail and quickly.
The
while Sarah was In bed and fo r a
«’ iirdy circuit rid e r stood against It
" ’ He tinia th e re a fte r
T he coming
for s second until Abe sprang hla bow
' of the baby was a comfort to this lone-
Suddenly the Darkness Seemed te F ill
Then the heels of the form er flew up
, l.v mother o f the prairies.
•
and
W ith Moving Figures.'*
ward and hla body came down to the
T her« Is a letter from Sarah to her
grass back first
brother dured May. 10. 1H83, in which
the fleeing men. whose coat tails the
T h a t a r done pepped ray wind
'b e sums up some months o f history
j dog had seized, was yelling for help.
bag.' said the minister aa be got up
in the words that follow ;
O N O R A believe« thst
'T e ll in." m id John MeNeU and the The m inister rescued him and the doe
, J ’'” t i >r<1 hRK * ' ven u" " “* * ’ on.
what it worth doing is
went on roaring a fte r the others
other« echoed It
worth doing well
For
have lived through the ordeal—
When the New Ralemltes got to the
example, some phonographs
'T call In Ramson T ra y lo r.” raid the
tanks to His goodness— and am strong
etj^e o f the grove they could hear a
are finished on only three sides.
mlnlater.
r.?nn' ,1 e1” COn,lng n f thc bHh> has
You're esperted to put them
number of regulators climbing into
At last the thing which had long the treetops. Ramson had a t»nn in
frie n d .
“ f° " * ,OM o f ° u r ° ld
in the corner and not tn the
h h . l " L mU<’h # *
could.
been a subj«cr of talk and argument
center of the room
Sonora is
each hand; Abe had another, while
finished beautifully on all four
In the stores and heusae of New g«. H a rry Needles and Alexander Fergu
us and ma' * ! hi* lltlle home dear to
aides
Its design and its cab-
us and proved the quality of our ,lew
lem was about to come to pass— «
son were In possession of the man
inetrj are extraordinarily beau
friends. Nothing Is too much for them
tria l o f atrength and agility between
whom the dog had captured.
The
tiful
You can see this
« Io
I don't wonder thar Abe Lln-
the tw-e great Ilona of Ranramon conn
m inister was out In the grove with
Its internal construction is of
■oln has »0 much confidence In the
fy. E ith e r o f then, would have given , his bloodhound thst was harking and
remarkably superior quality
people nf this country.
Thev are
a month's work to avoid It.
This (if you are not a mechan
growling under a tree
Jack Kelso
and "^"’
bO,h ,he " " » ^ r u e r ,
"N ow we shall see which Is the son
ical expert) you can take on
arrived w ith a lantern. One of Sam-
and the southerners.
H a rry Neeilles
of Peleus and which the son of Tele
trust The tra d e m a rk Sonora
sons captives began swearing and
g o t d " ' ° V*‘r h' 9 ' " ’ "BPolntment He
men.' Kelso shouted
i t y o u r g u a ra n te e
struggling to get away
Samson gave
"How s h .ll w . resale!" Ramson him a little shake and hade him be
wRh A be" 'd 'J*- ’ tOre OftP"
The tone of the Sonora, sweet,
mellow, enchanting, is a oy of
asked.
H em
’ u
Kelso " n-< » * «
quiet. The man uttered a cry of fear
which you never tire
The
In . d ?
. P " nd S ""”10" "I-* «Of-
'1 don't cam ,” said Abe
and pain and offered no more resist-
Sonora is the phonograph you
M
.
f
t
e
'
X
V
i
d
T
*
1
ln pOl,,lc* Abe
"Rough and tum ble.” Ferguson pro
ance. Rtephen Nuekles came out of
can enjoy for a lifetime and
le t. Harry read the books that he l or
the grove.
which you can be proud ol
Bm h men aa.-eed
They bent lew
possessing j
"The rest o’ that a r party done gone
w
' . "
i "
r
............. " l i c n i ' l i i l i n i r r h s M
•ntenfly
watching
each
other,
their
ft
Ve", x
r
upstairs to roost." said the m inister
N.tn iftctnf D9rio^ trrd upnfht
great hands «utreachtng
T hey stood “I reckon my dog’ll keep 'em thar. We
•
ar*
-
h
e
r
mo,her
tha,
she
braced for a second , nd suddenly t nth
better Jest tote these men Inter the
py in her new home hut
Berry
•prang
forw ard
T h e ir
shoulder« house an have a prayin' bee I've got
Piano and F u rn itu re
c»me toge ber w ith a thud
it was
a right smart good chanct, now to
.“ »
• s
• ; ; “
like two Mg hlson bulls hurling their
Company
whop ol' Satan.”
weight In the llrst shock of battle
9S7
W
iU
iu
ette
a
t,
They moved the raiders' horse«
Foe a breath each bore w ith all hl«
P lio nf H7t,
S t/U R N E '
Then the party— rave H a rry Needles,
atrength and then closed with bis ad
who stayed In the grove to keep watch
Ternary
Each had an under hold
The Highest Class Talking
—took It« captive« into the cabin
"«e arm. the other hook«.
the neu b, hy sam nef"
’
Three o f them
were boys from
Machine in the W orld'
sm uu4 « shoulder Ramson lifte d <M
eighteen to tw enty years of age The
^ 0 , 7 ^ 1
Abe
twntn hla feet hut the la tte r w ith tre
•MSV
other waa a lanky, bearded Tennes
efftee out to the Travine«
meedems efforts loosened the hold nt
_ for
_______
•eean some forty year» old. On« of the
» ff In _____
h l. hat
Sarah ’»ith a let-
•he V«rmenter. and m ratned the tu rf
young lads had hnrt hla hand In the
Hr
How s business»*-
They etrnagted «crews the dnnrvsrd
4
evening a frolic
Rlond waa dripping
"O o m , - p e t e r on,.
'b e , ground trem bling b e n e a th then
from It. The fonr sat silent and fear
ansnered Wlfh ,
Abe
W e t ro d ,,f F irst . t .
feet. Thev went aralnet the side 0'
fnl and ashamed
•he beura ahsktng tt w ith the forer
Sarah made tea and put It w ith meat
« f ttvetr nnpert
Rameo„ b ,d broken
tn g .m llk aa d lo u ih ^ a t j »04 bread and
«S <*•
Á be» handj
Jt look» a» jr i
.
r
to
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