PA G E 4 H A L S E Y E N T E R P R IS E ( X T . 20, 1921 New One-way Fares E llM th o u n d t h r o u g h California Enable you without additional cost to go via San Fran­ cisco, Log Angeles, El Paso and Kansas City or Pan An­ tonio, Houston and New Orleans or via S ilt Lake City and Denver. Each route, Sunset, Golden State, Carriso Gorge and Og­ den, is distinct in chacteristics and affords a most fascin­ ating and interesting trip across America. Four Daily Trains VIA T è li, I and slain When Mr t>avls called at the little home In La Salle street that evening he found Bim In great dla- tress. “I throw np my hands,” she said “I cannot stand anv more. We shall be homeless tomorrow. “No, not that—so long as I live,” he answered. “I have bought the claim You can pay me when you get ready.” He was very tender and sympa­ thetic. When he had left them Blm said to her mother: “Our old friends do not seem to csre what becomes of us. I have no thought now save for you and the baby. I ’ll do whatever you think best for you two, I don’t care for myself. My heart is as dead as Harry's. CHAPTER XX. Which Tells of the Settling of Abe Lincoln and the T raylore In the VII lege of Springfield snd of Samson's Second Visit to Chicago. Blm's Judgment of her old friends was III founded. I t was a slow time In which she lived. The foot of the horse, traveling and often mired In a Connect with well known limited and express trains that pro­ rough muddy highway, was Its swlft- ! est courier. Letters carried hy horses vide excellent service and all modern comforts. I or slow steamboats were the only “There Are A ll My Earthly Posses­ “ CALIFORNIA fob th e fouBiST," our beautiful booklet, briefly I media of communication between peo- sions," He Said. describes and illustrates the charms and romance of California. i pie separated by wide distances. So Copy F R E E on request It Is easy to understand that many Ba ra ti and Samson with the letter. “I'll get a horse and start for Chi­ who had traveled far were as the cago tomorrow morning," said Sam­ dead. In a measure, to the friends they For fares, bertha, train service, stopover regulations, had left behind them and that those son. "They have had a douhle blow. personal advice or helpful suggestions ask agents or write separated by only a hundred miles Did you read that Harry had been had to be very Enterprising to ksep ac­ killed?" "Harry killed I" Mr. Lincoln ex­ quainted. In March Ahe Lincoln had got his claimed. “You don't mean to tell me thut Harry has been killed?" license to practice law. On his return JO HN M. SCOTT, "The Chicago Democrat says so, from the North he hud ridden to General Passenger Agent. Springfield to begin his work as a law­ hut we don't believe It,” said Samson. yer In the office of John T. Stuart. “Here’s the article. Rend It and then His plan was to hire hnd furnish a I ’ll tell you why I don’t think It’s so." Abe Lincoln read the article. room and get Ills meals at the home “You see It was dated In Tampa. of his friend, Mr. William Butler. He went to the store of Joshua Speed to November the fifth," said Samson. a man who had ridden with the driver buy a bed hnd some heddlng. He "Before we had read that article we from Chicago and who. It was thought, had received a letter from Harry found that they would cost seventeen hnd been In collusion with him. A dated November the seventh. In the dollars. ’ curious feature of the robbery had “The question Is whether you would letter he says he Is all right and I been revealed by the discovery of the calculate that he ought to know as trust a man owing a liatlonul debt and mall sack. It was unopened, Its con­ without an asset hut good Intentions much about It as anyone." tents undisturbed. Its rusty padlock “Thank God! Then It’s a mistake." and a license to practice law, for so •llll In plaie. The perpetrator of the aald Lincoln. "We can’t afford to lose much money," said Honest Abe. “I crimp had not soiled his person with Harry. I feel rather poor with Jack don't know when I could pay you.” •ny visible evidence of guilt and so Speed had heard of the tall repre­ Kelso gone. It will comfort me to do was never apprehended. what I can for hts wife and daughter. sentative from Sangamon county. Then for a time Bliu entered upon "I have a plan which will give you I ’ll give you every dollar I can spare great trials. Jack Kelso weakened. a bed for nothing If you would care to to take to them." Burning with fever, his mind wan Samson hired horses for the Jour­ share my room above the store and dered In the pleasant paths he loved ney and set out early next morning sleep with me,” he answered. and suw In Its fancy the deeds of “I ’m much obliged, but for you It’s with his son, Josiah, bound for the Ajax and Achilles and the topless tow­ ispw city. The boy had begged to go quite a contract." ers of Hilum and caine not hack again “You're rather long,” Speed laughed. and both Samson and Sarah thought to the vulgar and prosaic details of “Yea, I could lick salt off the top It would he good for him to take a bet­ life The girl knew not what to do. of your hat. I ’m about a man and a ter look at Illinois thnn his geography A funeral wus a costly thing She half but hy long practice I've learned afforded. had no money. The Klnzles had gone Joe and his father set out on a cold how to keep tile half out of the way on a hunting trip In Wisconsin. Mrs. clear morning in Fehrunry. They got of other iieople." Hubbard wus 111 and the Kelsoa aj to Brlmstead's In time for dinner.' “I ’m sure we shall get along well ready much In her debt. Mr Lionel Henry put his hand on Samson's enough together," said Speed, Ihiyls came i Mr. Lincoln hurried away for his pommel and said In a confident tone: lie was a good-looking young man “El Dorado was one of the wickedest saddle-bags and returned shortly of twenty-nine, those days, rather , “There» are all my earthly posses­ cities In history. It was like Tyre and stout and of middle stature, with dark sions." he said as he threw the hags Babylon. It robhed me. Look at that hair and evea. He waa dressed In the pile of stakes." on the floor. height of fashion. He used to boast Samson saw a long cord of stakes So his new life began In the village that he had only one vice—diamonds aloog the road In the edge of the of Sprlngffeld. Early In the autumn But he had ceased to display them on meadow. Samson arrived and bought a small his shirt front or his Angers. He car­ “They are the teeth of my city," ried them In his pockets and showed “ Let Me Lend You a Thousand." Ho hons" and two acres of land on the edge of the village and returned to said Brlmstead In a low voice. “I ’ve them by the glittering handful to his Urged. Nee Salem to move Ills family snd drawed em out. They ain’t goln' to friends. They had come to him bite me no more.” through trading In land where they So he seemed to be. hut he was one furniture. When they drove along the “They are the towera and steeples were the accepted symbol of success of those men who weave a spell like top of Salem hill a number of the of E! Dorado." Samson laughed. “Have and money was none too plentiful that of an able actor. He excited houses were empty anil deserted, their any of the notes been paid?" He had melted their settings and temporary convictions that began to owners having moved away. Two of “Not one and I can't get a word turned them Into coin. The stones he the stores were closed Only ten fami­ change as soon ns the curtain fell kept as a kind of surplus—a half hid­ He was no reckless villain of romance lies remained. They stopped at Rut­ from my broker about the men who den evidence of wealth and of superl- . I f he Instigated the robbery of the ledge's tavern, whose eutertainuient drew the notes— who they are or ority to the temptation of vulgar dis ! south hound msll wagon,.of which the ivas little sought those days. People where they are." “I'm going to Chicago and If you play Mr. Davis was a calculating writer of this little history has no from the near houses came to bid wish I ’ll try to find him and see what masterful, keen minded man, with a shadow of doubt, he was so careful them good-by. rather heavy Jaw. In his presence | Pete and Colonel. Invigorated hy ; he says." about It that no evidence which would "That's Just what I wish." said Blm «as afraid of her soul that night their long rest, but whltenyd by age satisfy a Jury has been discovered to He was gentle and sympathetic. He and with drooping heads, drew the Brlmstead. "His name Is Lionel D a­ this day. offered Io lend her any amount she . wagou. Sambo and the small boj rode vis. His address Is 14 South Water needed She made no answer, hut sat ■ On account of the continued Illness between Sarah and Samson. Betsey street. I sold him all the land 1 had on the river shore and he gave me his trying to think what she would best I of her mother Blm was unable to re­ aud Joslali walked ahead of the wag note for It." do The Traylors had paid no atlen sume her work In the academy. She on. the latter leading a cow. That “I f you'll let me take the note I'll lion to her letter, although a month took what sewing she could do at evening they were comfortably settled home and earned enough to solve the had passed since It was written see what can be done to get the In their new home. When the beds In a moment ahe rose and gave him problems of each day. But the pay­ money,” Samson answered. ment coming due on the house In De­ were set up and ready for the night her hand. "Say, I'U tell ye," Brlmstead went Sarah made some teu to go with the "It la rery kind of you." said she cember loomed ahead of them. It on. “I t ’s for five thousand dollar« cold victuals she had brought Mr " If yon can spare me five hundred was natural. In the circumstances, and 1 don't suppose It's worth the pa- i Lincoln ate with them and told of his that Mrs. Kelso should like Mr. Davis dollars for an Indefinite time I will ' per It waa wrote on You take It and I new work and favor his alms. take It.” If you find It's no good you lose It Just I Betsey was growing tall and slim. “Lei me lend you a thousand,” he j Mis Kelso’s health had Improved ss careful us you can. I don’t want She hadvthe blond hair and fair skin urged "I can do It without a bit ot slowly so that she waa able then to , to see It again." n f Samson and the dark eves of her i spend most of each day In her chair. Inconvenience " They had a happy half-hour at the mother. Josiah had grown to be a One evening when Dnvls sat alone "I think that live hundred will he bronzed, sturdy, good-lookiug lad. table, Mrs. Brlmstead being In better ! with her, she told him the story, of enough," site said. J spirits since her husband had got back very shy aud sensitive. I Bint and Harry Needles—a bit of It carried her through that trouble , , . "There's a likely boy!” said Sam­ to his farming. Annabel, her form and into others, of which her wom an s k n ( i n » « • *'»<« to have. T h eir son as he clapped the shoulder of his filling with the grace and charm of h e art had found ab u n d an t signs In ' " ' k In te rru p te d hy the re tu rn of eldest son. “He's got a good henrt In womanhood, was there and more th e a ttitu d e of Mr D nvls He g a v e 1 B lm Sh<* ,n • cheerful mood comely than ever. him." the most assiduous a tte n tio n to tin ' " h e n Mr D nvls had gone she said They had been speaking of Jack "You'll spoil him with praise,” comfort of Him and her mother He to her mother: Sarah protested and then asked as Kelso's death. "I think our luck has turnM Here's had had a celebrated physician come “I heard him say once that when she turned to the young statesman. down from Milwaukee to see Mrs a letter from John T. Stuart. The "Have you heard from Biui or any of he saw a beautiful young face It re­ Kelso and had paid the hill In advance divorce has been granted I am going minded him of nohle singing and the the KtaSos'-” ”1 cannot let you be doing these to write to Harry and tell him to “Not a word. I often think of odor of growing corn," said Samson. things for us,' Him said one evening harry home and marry me If he wanta *Td rather see the face." Joe re­ them " te l»on’t say a word about the dl when he had called to see them “There's been a letter In the candle marked. whereupon they all laughed "And I cannot help loving you and yorce to our friend Davis. I want to every nlclit for a week or so. bnt we and the boy blushed to the roots of doing the little I can to express It.’ h ake him keep his distance. It la haven't heard word from Harry or his blond hair. ha answered. ”1 would like to make hard enough now.” "He's become a man of good Judg­ from them,” said Sarah " I wonder Before she went to bed that night every dollar I have tell you In seme how they're gettltig along In these ment,” said Brlmstead. way that 1 love you. That's how I she wrote a long letter to Harry and hard times.” Annabel's Mater Jane, who had feel and you might as well know IL" one to Ahe Lincoln, thanking him for " I told Jack to let me know If I clung to the wagon In No Santa Claus "But I do not Inve yon Mr. Davis'* his part In the matter and telling hint could do anything to help.” Samson Land, was a bright-eyed, merry- of her father's death, of the payment “Let me try to make you love ib - hearted girl of twelve. The hoy Rob­ assured them due snd of the hard times they were he pleaded "la there any reason why Late In November M r Lincoln went ert was a shy. good-looking lad a little suffering Two weeks passed snd I shouldn't ?" • ont on the circuit with the distin­ older than Josiah. "Yea. I f there were no other rea brought no answer from Mr Lincoln guished John T. Smart, who had "WelL what's the new»?" Asmson The day before the payment came •on. I love a young soldier who la taken him Into partnership. Blm's asked. due lu December, a historic letter fighting In the Seminole war In Flor letter to him bears an Indorsement on “Nothin' has happened since we from Tampa. Fla . waa published In Ida under Col Taylot.” Its envelope as follows: saw yon but the fall of El Dorada," the Democrat. It was signed "Robert '•This letter was forwarded from Brlmstead answered "Well, at least, you can let me take Vandalia the week I went ont on the the place of your father and shield you Deming, private. Tenth cavalry.” It "There waa the robbery of the mall gave many details of the campaign In circuit and remained uuo|