New polished-up Steel Ranges, $58.00 up Our Fall Heaters have just arrived. Prices ln< with n fr'end. It h a . been hard 1 discovered the m ulatto and his wife for her to get away. She has been a hiding In the barn. The negroes and slave, too.” the children were crying. Mre. Brim- H a rry a voice trembled w ith emo- stead met H a rry outside the door. Hon W hen he a n s w e r e d : , “ W hat a re we to do?“ she Save money on your F u r n itu r e a sked , a a w a " I am sure that n o ge of her friends tearfully. knew how she wag being treated.” “Juat keep cool,” said H a rry . "Fa­ “I suppose that ahe was hoping an' ther T ra y lo r and M r Peasley w ill be praying, sub, that he would change.” here Boon.” “I think that one o f ua w ill take Blgga and hla companion came out vou to PessJey's tomorrow night," said o f the door wtth Brlmatead. H a ir y . “Meanwhile* I hope you get ""<■ w ill take the niggers to th e a go< d rest.” river and put them on a boat,” Biggs W ith that he left them, filled the wae aaylng. mouth of the cave wtth hay and went His face and shirt and bosom were Into the house There he told hla smeared w ith blood H e asked Mrs. rood friends of what he had heard Brtmstead for a basin o f w ater and “ I shall go down to Rt. Ixiuls ” he a towel. The good woman took him raid. “ I rend In the paper that there to the washstand and supplied his Î vas a boat .Monday.” needs "The first thing to do ta to go to In a few moments Ramson and Peas ed. said Sarah. “There'« not much ley arrived. * * o f th<‘ nl«h t ” ’‘'W ell, you've found them, have I I hey went to bed. but the young you?" Peasley asked, nan could not sleep Blm had posses "They were here, as thought," said don o f hla heart again. , Biggs. Fortunately, the spring’s work w ei "W ell, the Justice says we must sur- I A Story o f the Builders ntstied and there was not much to be render the negroes and take them to o f Democracy one next day. Ramson went to “Col- the nearest landing for you. We've • nel ' I.ukin a’ cabin end arranged come to do It. •vlth him and his w ife to come and “I t ’s better treatm ent than I ex­ * stay w |th Sarah and made other prep­ pected,” Biggs answered. arations for the Journey to the north "You’ll find that we have a good Soon a fte r nightfall they put their deal of resport fo r the law ," said guests on a small load of hay. ao Peasley. ft Ooerrlgat. Irvin« a a .S a ll.r »hat they could quickly cover them- I Biggs and hla friend went to the selves, If necessary, and set out for j The others l eaaley'a farm As they rode along barn for th e ir horses. SYNOPSIS. conferred a moment w ith the two Samson had a frank talk with H arry. C H A P T E R I . — R *m aoii and S arah T r a y - " I think yon ought tc get over be- slaves and M rs Brtmstead. Then the Jet, w ith t h . lr tw o children, Josiah and latter went out Into the garden lot to 'ng In love with Blm ,” he said. B s u a y , tra v e l by wagon Iro m th e ir home In Vergennes, V t to the W est, the land " I ’ve told myself that a doeen a woman In a sunbonnet who waa o f plenty T h e ir destination Is the C oun­ limes, hut It don’t do any good,” said working w ith a hoe some fifteen rods t r y o f the Sangam on. In Illin o is from the house. Mrs. Brtmstead the hoy. seemed to be conveying a message to C H A P T E R I I . —A t N ia g a ra F a lla th e y “She's another man’s w ife and you meet a p a rty of Im m igrants, am o ng them the woman by signs. Evidently the ’ ''Xft, j have no right to love her." a youth named John M c N e il, who also la tte r was deaf and dumb. aaoldes to go to the Sangam on country. "She's another man's slave, and I A ll of the p a rty suffer from fe ve r and can't stand the thought o f It," H a rry . T ,IRt *? ,h ® ,h,rd •■«»*.” Brlmatead ague darah a m inistration s save the Ills v e re d A man's sister were In s p e re d . . * yo“ th, H a r r y Needles, In the last answered. “ " IF If a „* I d0" ’1 b*"e ™ ‘ they'll •ta g s * of (ever, and he accompanies the such trouble, I think he'd have the , dls,'l>ver her. T ra y lo rs They reach N ew Salem , Illin o is , Am Sure I 8 hal' Love You," She and a re welcomed by young "A b e " U n - right to help h er; and she's more th tn I 8oon peasle.v " nd SamRon got Into Into Flea valley, i h e women need coin Whispered. “It's 'th e same old B lm ," H n rry said a sister to me." i the wagon w ith the negroes and drove a chance to wash their faces and slick to himself, as he stood watching her. both of his and pressed It against hts C H A P T E R I I I . - A m ong the Tra ylo r® ' • T il stand with you on the slater ' Hway’ followed by the two horsemen, up a little. Le'a you and me' go bark “But I thin k she's lovelier than she flrat acquaintance« are Lincoln '« friend®. breast and looked down Into her face platform ," said Ramson. | In a llt,le »M age on the river they to the creek and go In swlmmln' an' Jack -\*i® o and hi® p to tty d aug hter Blm . ever was." and s a id ; 1* yaar® of ag® A t siinj-lse they stopped to give "topped at a low fram e house. A look the farm over." The next day Ramson wrote In his “ I wish I could tell yon what Is In their horses a moment to rest. In the w,yinan^ came to the door, "W hat become o f the third nigger?" d ia r y : IV —8amoon decide® to lo ­ my heart T here are things thl» distance they could see Brlmstead'a ,B *■ ret>tnan C ollar here?” Peasley H a rry asked. cate Mt N®u Salem , r rid begin® building hl® house. I^ed by Jack A rm stro ng tongue of mine could say, but nol “Blm was handsomer, but different. house and the harrowed fields arodnd I 'I^Bianded. “She went out In the field ln a sun- row die® a tte m p t to break up the proceed that. I shall show you. hut I ’ shall not It, The women were lvlng covered by i ' back In the garden,” the bonnet an' went to work with n hoe She had a woman's beauty. I noticed tng® U n c o ln thrush ee A rm stro ng Young H a r r y Need lee etrlke® B ap M c N o ll of her loose clothes and that gentle look try to tell you Words are good the hay; tbe man was sifting up and "'Olna" arawered. and they didn’t discover her," said the A nn® tron< crowd, and M c N o ll th re a t ln her face that used to come to enough for polities and even for the looking back down the road "Please ask hln •n g vengeance. him to come here." Brtmstead. religion of inoat men. but nol fo i thl« ' T l i e j ’re coming." he exclaimed, ' In a moment C o llar came around Sarah's when her time was about half They had their swim tn the creek faw d a y * la ta r H a r r y . the house w ith a hoe on his shoulder. and got back to the house at dinner over. I am glad she got aw ay before •ova I feel. Only In my life ahull I «"ddenly, ns he got under the hay -L a by H« N o ll and hl® *■ an<1 wou,d have been roughly used "fiisid morning, M r. Constable," said time. Samson had returned and. ns she was fu rth e r along." try to express It," j Ramson and H a rry could see horse- pr,nH0* le and v l , , t Kela®'»' .Iw ’i i PJih5R. i i 1 ~ T ra y lo r helps tw o Monon u 11 — . we .......,,, r I ilHI you Vfkii hired nlrttil a "That a number of m et Je *.w ,y iro m B* Louie, M ennnhlle w ill all help you to la k e door, As she spoke, the stairway door j Illinois was growing. In June scores ,, E IIPh*Jsl B its « ow ner of the o f Ramson Hcnr **" i? follow ing thsm . a tte m p t, to b o a t care of yourself. You don't look well." ‘T a k e these slaves Into the honae ! to burn the house .. ,,, . opened nnd Blm entered the room— In o f p rairie schooners, loaded with old b?ok^i<>l<>r * nd ln * f l , h l h* * *“ • a rm sue kissed his She hla cheek and he kissed »nd gel them out of sight as quick l r a , l o r ' n* ar 1,18 village of New Ra a silk gown nnd slippers. Sorrow had and young, ra ttle d over the plains hera when they parted at the door of “ » you can," said Samson. "There's T"?' ' n .San* a '“ ™ / ™ n t y . and, h, put Its mark upon her face, but had from the East, T here were many , C ? * r T E R '*11.- W a it i n g fo r his a rm “ *• ,avi'>n. . going to be s quarrel here In a min- ’ ,n,pnce- ,o Pom*>81 hlln t® >8ave said not extinguished her beauty. All )«e i ankies from Ohio, New York nnd w h„m u . . * * ! . " ‘ « « • B i n t Kelso, with “I ant sure I shall love you.” she ut»." j « ’’’" t y ; that, on the 29th of August, W 1 ..T , ry ? • * * * « • h* ‘ fa lle n In love from the table. H n rry walked to, ard • New England In this long caravan. “ •$ *? ,o r M in i s __ hand, but h e t ■Mi ____ whispered. j The slaves slid off the load and ran 8a! S h f toll to do than he was able to accoinpllbh «haven fate , stood In toe doorway. i h, c o n f e w . I and Into a fence corner, w hile the f : Be o f her doubt love him, but above all I «hall try to that summer. H a rry was w ith liim "I" the coast clear?" he « I n - p i . n l , hoi ae ran up the road, w ith the pis •ciarM d. h I k!L?'>r 10 ni’’ rry hln> Am keep his heart as clean and n ble fo r some weeks. H e could earn two «in u i f e s ’ il' y<" lnv'’ hlm b11 All clear. Ramson answered. In tols In their holsters on his back as M has always been I really m nt dollars a day w ith Abe. whereas Sam­ r ’lMU' fOr ‘in S ^ T .'T .g i.U u '’ " *<>nf* . r i >ey rose and fought until H arry, be- to be very strong and upright. It Is son was able to hire a helptff fur h alf nca J , " m h,,l!e ' * ld th8 I "W H’llcker and stronger, got the host all over now. Forgive us. We are that sum. H a rry made a confidant of 2 2 . • 2 - d lM l'l'»'», ed In the dark o f It T he slaver was severely pun- g 'lng to he as respectable as—as we Jils friend, and when they were w ork­ ness returning presently w ith two Ished ’ V can m om » (U se, fo r ru n a w a y alavea a ata ing at the northern end o f the county tlon on th« f n it a r g r o u n d R a ilro a d " «omen, both very black T h e , sat Biggs .w ore bitterly at the two K , Ramaon pressed her hand and s i Id lown In the ,11m light of ihe cabin Yankees they borrowed a p air o f horses and C H A P TB R X IV . "You catne with the slaves and I rode up to Kelso’s house and spent Harry, who had been awakened by - f u have you d irty stickers arrested. gn-ss you heard our talk In the he arriv al of the strangers, ca a Runday there. Is Whleh AI m Returns From Vandalia ame down j I f there's any law In thia state," he « !»gon." 'he ladder. Blm met them down the m ail a mile and 1« Enqag«d to Ann, and Three "T iie a . a,. . i . i i declared, ss he stood leaning against “Yea, I came w ith the sieves, and o r so from Hopedale. She. too. was • vav north " « io ’ » " " ' 7 "" ’ h, lr w l,h " n * T* badlv »wollen Interaetlng Slav«« Arrive at th« was as hlack as either of them We ’ on the back o f a horse. She recog- Hom« o f Samson Traylor, Who bad all suffered I should have come i out to the S t^ k " nrt h,00<1 "f" - am '" » from his nose | in a few m in u te ." ’ * “ * ’“ * 1 "‘I ” * " * v° " r " n < ’ ° '*•" M ld s" m W tth Harry N««dlts. Has an Ad ^on e but they had been good and vantura Of Much Importance on th» H a rry cn’whi » i a i »h k * <>n " Buf l * t ’r w i f we can faith fu l to me. I could not bear to ' H«rr> conducted them to their fllld vour horse I think I saw him “ H ere I t • W a rra n t to r Hla ArraaL“ Undarground Road. leave them to endure the violence of I hiding plnce, and when they had en turn In Rt the hnune above.” • hat man. We left together one night remind you that It la a grave offense Ah» came back from the leglalaturv '•■red It. he hrought s ladder sod Samson drove the team, while Biggs «nd likely to lead to your confinement when he w a , ln a drunken stupor to resume his duties a« postmaster 'petted the top o f the stack A hooped nnd lls rr y wnlkeil up the road In si- for a terra of y e a rs " M e took a boat to Alton and caught The evening nf hla arrival he went ti ’ haft In the middle of It led to a lence The negro followed In the sad “ W all, by O - , " Biggs shouted. In the S ta r of the North to Beardstown see Ann The girl waa In poor health point near If« top and provided ven die Pensley had caught Blgga horse anger "You suckers wU| have some ’ ™ v8l'ng •» my serfcnts. »be had had no news o f McNamai Illation. Then he crawled In at the There I hired s teem and wagon It traveling to do before you arrest me " alnce January Her spirit seemed t< entrance. through which Samson nnd was standing at the roadside T want to find a Justice o f the H e struck the spurs In hts horse brought us to the grove near your be broken They walked together ii| pasaed a pall of food, a Jug of w ater house.” ' peace ' said Biggs and galloped aw ay followed by his ahd down the deserted street of th, «nd »ome buffalo bides H a rry -iu T h ere« one at the next house servant Ramson roared w ith laugh- "Why did you disguise yourself he with them for a few moments In i * llttl« village that evening Ahe tolc I'll «end m.v boy for him ," tor. 'ore you came In?” her of hla Ufa in Vandalia and of hl- black darkness of the stack room to above "Now. Collar, get up on your horse “I longed to see H a rry , but I did hopes and plana. learn wheni-e they had come and p ca«ley auawered. T he Justice arrived In a few min- and hurry em along, but don't ketch not want him to see me. I did Dot w hither they wished to go. greatest hope la that vou wll feel that you ran put up with me." h. "W e are from St Louis auh." the ntea and Rings lodged a complaint up w ith 'em If you can help I t " »«id know that he would care to see me ' allegation that hl« Peasley. "We've got them on the run she answered. " I longed to see all mulatto anawerqd "W e are on our founded on the said. "I would try to learn how t« wsy to Canada Our next station la *l«ve« > e r r concealed tn the hay on now.” make you happy I think If you woul, r . . ^ . ? ’° W ’ ,m re' dy to «® ’ ® “ Y Samson'« wagon The hay was re When the constable had gone Peas fa th e rs h o u s e -lik e the Prodigal Son the honse of John Peasley, In Tssav help me a little I could do It " moved and no slaves were discovered ley said to Ramaon “W e'll drop these coming back a fte r hla folly," well county.” " I f you want me to. I w ill m art' I «ut pose th e y left my nlggera at slaves at Nate Haskell's door He’ll "Do you know a man o f the name “But you will have some dinner you. AI m , said she " I cannot aa.i «aid Blgga aa h e take care o f 'em until dark and »tan first." said Mrs Rrlmstead. o f Ellphalet Biggs, who IWea in RL th e bouse b e lo w ." that I love you, hut my mother am mounted hl« horse and. w ith hla-cotn 'em on the north mad. l-ate in the LOQlef" H nrry father aay that I would learn to lot. “No. I can not wait—I will walk Yea, a u h ; I see blm often, auh," panlmi. «tarted at s gallop tn the avenlng TH pick em up an get am It Is not far to Hopedale." yon. and sometimes I think It la trua direction o f Brlm stead’a. Samaon re- out o' this part o' the co t n t r y " I really « a n t to love yo„ " the negro answered. Percy la a t the door naw w ith hla mslned w ith Pesaley and »ha Ju ttlea M eanw hile Brtmstead and’ H a rr , buggy," M id B rlm ttM d . They were on the bluff that ovei “Wk«t kind of a man ta heT" "You had better go down and had stood fo r a moment ln the door toBked the river and the deaerted m il Good when he la sober suh, but Blm kissed Samson'» cheek and em- » b a t happen»" he «aid to H arry • hrnte when he Is d rank." yard of tha form er watching the par T h o were quite alone looking dowi braced Annabel and her mother and " W e ll fotlow you In a few minutes." ty on Its way up the m ad Brlmstead a t'th e moonlit plalna A broken algt "Ia he cruel to hla wife?" °u' the h0UM H ,rr? <*r- Ro H a rry w alked down to Brim blew oot his breath and said ln a low came from tha lipa nd the tall youn. rted her bag to the buggy and helped "H e beats her w ith a w hip anh " stead's ton®: m ar He wiped hla eyea w ith hl "Mv O— r H a rry exclaimed. "W hy lie found the house ta a condition bMbl^r Jhe£. 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