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> Kelso and me," Mr. Da via «poke po "He must have written to you. and with a «mil*. Sadly, calmly, thoughtfully, «he litely "Not exactly—since I knew «bout *ix>ke as she stood looking o ff at the It," Samson answered. fading glow In the west: “I aefuse to discuss her affair» with m I "It Is terrible how things can work you,” Davis declared. A together to break the heart and will “I suppose you mistrust me,” »«Id of a woman Write to Hurry and tell Samson. “Well, I’ve offered to pay him that be must not come to see me you and I'm going to make It plain to again. 1 have promised to marry an them that they don't have to worry } other man." any more about the money you loaned /K “I hope It Isn’t Davis,” said Samson. them.” /fk “It la Davis." • Very well, I bid you good mom- 'O "I don't like him. I don't think he’s log.” honest." “Don’t be In a hurry,” Samson an- A ‘‘But he- has been wonderfully kind Enable you without additional cost to go via San hran- swered. "I have a note of five thou- •jL to na. Without his help we couldn’t sand dollars against you. It 1» In- IP cisco, Log Angeles. FI Paso and Kansas City or San An have lived. We couldn’t even have dorsed to roe by Henry Brlmstead and fn tonio, Houston and New Orleam or via Salt L ike City and given my father a decent burial" I want to collect It.” “Has he been out here to see you?" ”1 refuse to pay IL” Davl» promptly J, Denver. “No.” answered. A Each route, S u n ^ t, Golden State, Carriso Gorge and Og "And he won’t come. That man "Then I shall have to put It In the m knows how to keep out of danger. 1 hand» of a lawyer,” »aid Samson. . A den, is distinct in chacleriatics aud affords a moat fascin don't believe you'll marry him." “Put It where you like but don't ating and interesting trip across America. "Why?” consume any more of my time." X “Because I Intend to he a father to "But you’ll have to hear me say that m . ou and pay all your debts,” said I don't think you're honest.” Samson. “I have heard you,” Davl» answered ky The doctor called from the door of calmly. jL VIA ¡lie cabin. Samson withdrew and went to the Hy Blm said: “God bless you and home of Mr». Kelso. He found her i I farry I” as she turned away to take with Blm’« boy In her lap—a hand- A up her task again. some little lad, then a bit over two i Connect with well known limited and express train» that pro That night both of them began, as years old—at the house on La Salle m vide excellent service and all inodera comiorta. they say. to put two and two together. street. Samson told of the failure of While he rode on In the growing dusk Kim's letter to reach him and of his “ C a U S o B N lA FOB THE I'ooBlsT,” our beautiful booklet, briefly 422 FIR ST STREET A LBA N Y the keen Intellect of Samson saw a offer to return the money which Da- -JL describes and illustrate» the charm* and romance of California. convincing sequence of circumstances vis had paid for their rejTef. I? Copy FREE on request. * - -the theft of the mall sack, the false “I don’t like the man and I don't account of Harry's death, the failure want you to be under obligation to For fares, berths, train service, stopover regulations, of his letters to reach their destina him,” said Samson. "The story of personal advice or helpful suggestions ask agent» or write tion, and the fact that Blm had ac Hurry's death was false and I think ( opted money from Davis In time of that he Is responsible for IL He ¡ng young heart scarcely fifteen years up and charged that tEe Whigs were * aristocrat». Douglas In hl» broad need. A strong suspicion of foul play «anted her to marry him right away of age. He had no interest in her ! rew upon him and he began to con after that—of course. And she went »younger sister, Mary. But Annabel, cloth and fine linen reminds me of that man. I’m not going to answer sider what he could do In the mutter. to the plague settlement to avoid mar with her long skirts and full form and Douglas as I answered him. Most of JOHN M. SCOTT, Having forded a creek he caught glowing eyes and gentle dignity, had riage. I know her better than you do. General Passenger Agent. the Whigs I know are my kind of he glow of a light in the darkness, She has read him right. Her soul has stirred him to the depths. When he folks. I was a poor boy working on a lltle way up the road. It was the left he carried a soul heavy with re looked into his soul and It keeps her lighted window of a cabin, before gret and great resolutions. Not that a fiat boat at eight dollars a month whose door he stopped his horse and away from him.” But Mrs. Kelso could believe no he had mentioned the matter to her or and had only one pair of breeches and allooed: evil of her benefactor, nor would she to any one. It was a thing too sacred they were buckskin. If you know the “I am a belated and hungry traveler nature of buckskin, you know that promise to cease depending on hl» for speech. To God, in his prayefs, >n my way to Chicago," he said to when it Is wet and dried by the sun it C H A P T E R X I V . —A nn agrees to m a n y he spoke of it, but to no other. i he man who presently greeted him bounty. Abe. but her h e a lth 1» w recked. Th re e will shrink and my breeches kept Samson was a little disheartened by He asked to be made and to be ru n a w a y slave» seek T r a y lo r 'e help In shrinking and deserting the sock area tom the open Jtporway. escaping T h e y belong to B lgga and he the visit. He went to see John Went thought worthy. He would have had I comes In pu rsuit of them T h reaten ed “Have you come through Honey worth, the editor of the Democrat, of the whole world stopped and put to of my legs until several inches of w ith a rre s t fo r In c itin g the ra id on T r a y ■ reek settlement?” the latter asked. lor he apes One o f th e fu g itiv e s Is B im whose extreme length Mr Lincoln had sleep for a term until he was delivered them were bare above my shoe«. In disguise She has fled fro m her hue- "Left there about an hour ago.” humorously spoken In his presence. from the bondage of his tender youth. , Whilst I was growing longer they hand's c ru elty . “Sorry, mister, but I can't let you The young New Englander was seven That being Impossible, it was for were growing shorter and so much C H A P T E R X V —D y in g , A n n R utledg e , oiue Into the house. If you'll move off feet tail. He welcomed the broad- him a sad, but not a hopeless world. tighter that they left a blue streak •■alls for Abe. and he bid» her fa re w e ll nt her bedside. F o llo w in g h e r dem ise a a few feet I'll lay some grub on the shouldered man from Sapgamon coun Indeed, he rejoiced in his sadness. An around my legs which can be seen to » •(tie d auxin«»» descend» on him. lie 1» choppln’ block an’ up the road about ty and began at once to question him nabel was four years older than he. this day. If you call that aristocracy no longer " A b e ," b u t " A b ra h a m L in c o ln ." n half mile you’ll find a barn with about Honest Abe and "Steve" Doug If be could make her to know the 5 I know of one Whig that Is an aristo C H A P T E R X V I . —O verco m in g hla des nine hay In It, where you and your las and O. H. Browning and E. D. Ba depth of his passion, perhaps she crat." pondency U n c o ln re tu rn s to his w ork. A bolition sen tim ent Is c ry s ta lliin g and horse can spend the night under ker and all the able men of the middle would wait for him. He sought for "But look at the New England type Story o f the Builders he throw s him s e lf In to the m ovem ent. of Whig exemplified by the imperious ■over.” self expression In The Household Book counties. At the first opportunity o f Democracy i CHAPTER X V I I . —T r a y lo r sella his Samson moved away and soon the Sain cen came to the business of his of Poetry—a sorrowful and pious vol and majestic Webster," said Douglas. fa rm and move» to S prin gfield Lincoln man brought a package of food nnd call—the mischievous lie regarding ume. He could find! no ladder of "Webster was another poor Jud,” plans to secure a divo rce fo r Bim In order I h a t she m av m a rry H a r r y Xoad!»s. aid It on the block and ran back to Harry’s death which had appeared In rhyme with an adequate reach. He Lincoln answered. "His father's home whom she has a lw a y s re a lly loved. M e i he door. , N a m u r retu rn » to N e w Salem , too late. the Democrat. Mr. Wentworth went endeavored to build one. He wrote was a log cabin In a lonely land until "I’ll lay a piece of silver on the to the proofroom and found the manu melancholy verses and letters, confess about the time Daniel was born, when 1 C H A P T E R X V I I I . - T r a y l o r and H a r r y N eedles v is it the "boo m " c ity of C hicago. block,” Samson called. ing his passion, to Annabel, which the family moved to a small frame script of the article. , w here H im , now the m o th e r o f a aon, Is "Not a darned cent,” the mnn an she did not encourage, but which she house. His Is the majesty of a great Samson told of the evil It had Ooryrtgtifc. Irrl3< Baebellar i liv in g w ith her pa ren ts She haa her swered. "I hate like p'lson to turn a ' divorce. H a r r y leaves fo r ^he Seminole wrought and conveyed his suspicions always kept and valued for their In intellect.” w ar An unscrupulous, ric h speculator. feller away In the night, hut we're There was much talk of this sort genuous and noble ardor. Some of L ionel D av is desires to m a rry B lm . bu' (C j p untied/ awful skeered here with children In to the editor. she repulses him. “Davis is rather unscrupulous," said these Anacreontics are among the until Mr. Lincoln excused himself to the house. Good-by. You can't miss SYNOPSIS. C H A P T E R X I X —R uined by the panic Wentworth. "We know a lot about treasures inherited by her descend walk home with his two friends who the bam. It's close ag'ln' the road." o f 37. K elso dies and B lm and her ants. They were a matter of »tight had just returned from ’the North, be C H A P T E R I —8ain»<»n and S arah T r a y m other are le ft penniless D avis presses Samson ate his luncheon In the dark hint In this office.” his suit and, m ade desperate by the lor. with th e ir tw o c lu ld ic n , Josiah and Samson looked at the article and Importance, one would say, but they ing eager to learn of Samson’s visit. ness, ns he rode, and presently eaine new» o f H a r r y ’s death. B lm alm ost makes Be f>«sy. travel by w u k o ii iro n i th e ir home presently said: "Here 1» a note that murk the beginning of a great career. The latter gave him a full account of up her m ind to m a rry him. In \ ergMiit«», V t.. to the V \c * i, the land upon the hart) and ansaddled anti of plenty, 'in e lr destination 1« the C oun he gave to a friend of mine. It looks Immediately after hl» return to the It and asked him to undertake the col C H A P T E R X X . —L in c o ln Is a d m itte d to hitched and fed his horse In one end try of the tiuikfainon. In Illin o is , new home In Springfield, the boy, lection of Brlmstead’* note. the bar T r a y lo r ascertains th a t the r e ,f it—the beast having drunk his fill to me as If the note and the article “I’ll get after that fellow right port o f H a rry 's death la false. H e hurries Josiah, set out to make himself hon ’ C H A P T E R I I . At N ia g a ra F a ll» they were written by the same hand.” q the creek they had lately forded— to C hicago D av is has swindled B rim m«e. a party o f Im nilgi ant», am ong them Mr. Wentworth compared the two ored of his ideal. In the effort he away,” said Lincoln. “I’m glad to get •te e d , n frie n d of T r a y lo r ’s, In real ss- a \ outh named John M c N e il, who also and lay down to rest for the night, ta le deals, and T r a y lo r seeks lo collect dc td*»e to go to the Sangam on country and said. “You are right. The same mtlfle himself honored of many. HI« a chance at one of those men who th e money S m allp o x b re a !P out at with the saddle blanket beneath him A ll of the p a rty Buffer from fever and person wrote them. But. It was not eager brain Had soon taken the footing have been skinning the farmers.” H o n e ) c re e k , and B lm goes there as a a^ue. Sarah a m lnletrulion « eave the III«* They sat down by the fireside In and Ida coat for a cover. A wind nurse or a youth, I t a i r j Needle», In the last of manhood. Davis." gta»iea of fe ve i. and he aconinpanlea the from the north began to wall and Samson's house. A remarkable school of political When Samson left the office of the T i.iy lo ra They reach N ew Salem , lllln o la . “Joe has decided that he wants to Blm staggered toward him and fell whistle through the cracks In the barn and are welcomed by young "A be" U n Democrat he had accomplished little science had begun its sessions In the coin to her knees and lay crouched upon and over its roof, bringing cold wenth- save the confirmation of his »us little Western village of Springfield. be a lawyer," said Samson. “Well, Joe, we’ll all do what we can the ground, In the dusky twilight, er. Samson'» feet and legs had been plclons. There was nothing he could The world had never seen the like of C H A P T E R I I I - A m o n g the T ra y lo r» to keep you from being a shotgun first acqualntam ea are U n c o ln ’* friends. shaking and choked with sobs, and I wet in the crossing, so that he found It. Ahraham Lincoln, Stephen A do about It. Jack Kelso and hta p re tty daug htei B lm , with tears streaming from her eye» It difficult to keep warm. He crept I I years of age He went to Eli Fredenberg. “What Douglas, E. D. Baker, O. H. Browning, lawyer," Abe Lincoln began. “I’ve got hut she was almost as silent as the to the side of his horse, which had has Davis done to you?" Samson Jesse B. Thomas, and Josiah Lambom a good first lesson for you. I found It C H A P T E R IV Bamaon decides to lo Inld down, and found a degree of com in ■ letter which Rufus Choate had cate at New Salem, and begins building asked, recalling where he had met EH —a most unusual array of talent as fort lu the heat of the animal. But written to Judge Davis. In it he says his house Ud by Ja<k A im atro n u . subsequent history has proved—«here that morning. rowdlea a tn m p t to breuk up the proceed it was a had night, at best. that we rightly have great respect for wont to gather arottud the fireplace In Inga U ncoln thrashes A rm atm riK Young Eli explained that he had borrowed “I've had many a long, hard night, H a rry Needles strikes R ap M i N oll of the rear of Joshua Speed's store, eve the decisions of the majority, but that money from Davis to tide him over the the A rm strong crowd, and M c N o ll th re at but this Is the worst of them," Jtatn- the law Is something vastly greater hard times and was paying 12 per nings, to dlscpss the Issues of the ena ven g*ante son thought. time. Samson and hla son Joe came and more sacred than the verdict of cent for It. C H A I T E R V. A few days la te r H a r r y , There's many a hud night In the any majority. T h e law,' he says, "Dis morning I get dot letter from often to hear the talk. Douglas looked alone la attacked by M- N oll and hl* history of the pioneers, its shadows ‘come» down to us one mighty and gang, and would have been roug hly used like a dwarf among thode long-geared his secretary," he said as he passed had not Blm driven off hie nseuilante with falling on Jonely, Ill-marked roads, men. He was slight and short, being continuous stream of wisdom and ex a shotgun John Mt N ell, the T ra y lo rs a letter to Samson. perience accumulated, ancestral, I cut by river», creeks and marshes and N ia g a ra Fall» acuuaintan« e. la m arkedly It was a demand for payment in only about five feet tall, but he had a widening and deepening and washing atten tiv e to Ann Rutledge U n uln Is In ' strung through unnumbered mile» of big. round head covered with thick, love w ith Ann, hut haa never had enough the handwriting of the Brlmstead note ! wild country. Samson was up and courage to tell hei so » straight, dark hair, a bulldog look and Itself clearer as It runs on, the agent I off at daylight In a bitter wind and and had some effect on this little his a voice like thunder. Douglas and of civilization, the builder of a thou CHAPTER VI T r a y lo r helpa two six Inches of »now. It wu» a kind of tory. It conveyed definite knowledge Lincoln were in a heated argument sand cities. To have lived through slatea. who had run a w a y from St Ixiu la of the authorship of « malicious false to eat< ape ICIlphalet Rlgg", ow ner of the work he would not have undertaken over the admission of slavery to the ages of unceasing trial with the pas slavea. follow ing them , a tte m p ts to bent upon any call less commanding than hood. It aroused the anger and sym territories the first night that Samson sions, Interests and affairs of men. to up T r a y lo r and In a lig h t has hl» arm pathy of Samson Traylor. In the con have lived through the drums and broken that of friendship. and Joe sat down with them. trampling« of conquest, through revo He reached Chicago at noon, having ditions then prevailing Ell wa» un “We didn’t like that little rooster of C H A P T E R V II W a itin g for hie a rm had nothing to eat that day. There able to get the money. He was In a man, he had such a high and mighty lution and reform and aH the changing to heal Rlgga meets Kim Kelso, w ith whom H a r r y Needlea has fa lle n in love was no such eager, noisy crowd In the dsnger of losing hi» business. Sam way with him and so frankly opposed cycles of opinion, to have attended Biggs neks for K lin e hand, but her streets as he had seen before. The son spent the day investigating the the principles we believe In. He was the progress of the race and gatherer! fa ttie r refu se* hl« convent lh»K« Fe- turns to St Louts fever of speculation hud passed. But affairs of the tuerchnnt. Hi» banker an out-and-out pro-slavery man. H< unto Itself the approbation of civil ised humanity Is to have proved that there were many people on the main and others spoke well of him. He w«s would have every state free to regu CH APTER V U L -U lm conic»»** lo H a r r y th a t ah« lov«a Big»». and the thoroughfares, among whom were said to be a man of character and late its domestic institutions. In its It carries In It some spark of immor youth It disconsolate Lincoln decide* lo Europeans who had arrived the credit embarrassed by the unexpected own way, subject only to the Constltu tal life.’ " •e*W a Boat In the legtalHture. H e and It a ir v volunteer for the B lack H a w k w ar. autumn before They were changing scarcity of good money. So It came The face of Lincoln changed as he tion of the United States. Lincoln and leave New Salem. about that, before he left the new» but the murks of the yoke were still recited the lines of the learned nnd held that It amounted to saying ’that C H A P T E R IX R I kkm cornea hack lo mam them. In Chicago were the city, Samson bought a fourth Interest If one man chose to enslave another distinguished lawyer of Massachu- the v llla a e mid ha a m i Rim elope H a r iy vitals of the West and they were very In the business of Ell Fredenberg. xhe no third party shall be allowed te oh chusetts. learnn or It on hie w ay home from Pie lots be owned were theu worth lew • w ar *• Lincoln • advl-w and phlloaopny much alive In spite of the panic. “His face glowed like a lighted lan auataln him in hla grief. than when he bad bought them, out Ject.’ ” tern when he began to say those elo Satnson bought »onie new clothes In the course of the argument Doug his faith In the future of Chicago had C H A P T E R X - U n c o ln defeated In hl* and had a hath and a good dinner at las alleged that the Whtga were the quent words," Satnson writes in bis candidacy for (he l«»a{1»ianire, form a a diary. "He wrote them down so that the City hotel. Then he went to the not abated. p a rtnership w ith R ill" K erry In the aristocrat» of the country. He wrote a long letter te Blm re i - 1 v ' Rlgga aenda « gang to office of Mr. Lionel Davl». There to "That remind» me of a night when Josiah could commit them to memory.” 8 urn T ra y lo r*» liouae. but the New Salem counting the history of hl» visit and Shaking and Choked With Sob». "That Is a wonderful statement,” his surprise he met his old acquaint men are w arned and the raid e r» worsted frankly stating the »usplclon» to I was speaking at Havana.” said Hon Samson remarked. ahadow of tha coni lug night She ance, Ell I redenlierg, who greeted which he had been led. He set out eat Abe. “A man with a ruffled shirt C ttA P T E K X I —Lincoln , now poet- Abe answered: “It su r e s t» to me htiu with groat warmth aud told of fcMUder. de< Ide« to t u n a»otn for the on the west road »1 daylight toward and a massive gold watch ehaln fot legtalntore Ann R u ledge I* openly n looked Ilk«* one aearchlng In the dust having settled In Chicago. love w ith John M Nell He le a v e* to» tor aoniothtng very precious The the Klvlere de» Blalnea. having wlae- A well-dressed young man came out hl« home In the tCaat prom ising to re strong heart of Samson was touched '.ceded to «void passing tbs pingue , < r < r < r r r f ^ o ^ a ^ i^ .a ew M S M S M sagsMSMSMWSMsxasMeMeMiwMa M turn eoo« and m arry Ann Lm oln a< of «it luuer office. by the sorrowful look of her so that •Opt* h i* defeat * ' settlement. "I'd like to see Mr. Davl»,’’ said in» from M c N o ll A nn confesses to Abe he eoulri not speak. th a t hl» real nam e 1» M c N a in a r. an d her Soon he was able to say In a low, ftamsun. "Tell him that I've got gome fear» th a t he « ill not re tu rn i tr In CHAPTER XXL money that belongs to him and that In hla deen love endeavors to re» ure iambling wolco: her, though he share* her m tatdM n»* I'm ready to deliver IL” a t i n ttbo» l e g i s l a t u r e Lincoln wins hl» "In every letter be tells of his love The young mnn disappeared through Wherein a Remarkable School ef Pe- for ymt. That article In the pepVr litical Science •»B1"« Seaalona C H A P T E R X I I -A n n hears fYorg M r the door of the private office and aooo N a m a r. but h l* le tte r I» cold and » e la waa a cruel mistake." In ths Rear af Joahua Speed’» Store. returned and cokductud Samson Into convinced ha doe» not lova har. Kh» tall» After a little »Hence Blm rose from Alao at Samson's Firaeida Heneat Aha of har doubt, and he conf. ■»• ■* hi* Ike ground She stood, for a moment, the presence of Mr. Davl». The two • and a*kn ’ a rry h ^ v n Ab* Talk» af tha Autharity ef the ■uon recognised each other. de- lores *ha do*« not yet lova nlm . but wiping her eye« Her form straight Law and tha RI»M ef Ravelutlen. w ill try to itb th a t pr"WUaa U n c o ln “Well, sir, what 1» It about f the ened and »«« presently erect Her • * t a out fo r V a n d a lia and b Ida leglal u lv a dutlaa The boy Joe had had a golden week soul resented the injustice »he had young speculator demanded "The dauahter of my old friend, at the home of the Brtmateada. The suffered There w«» a wondesful and CHAPTER X III lu a rtra d by F.Vjah ja c k K elso, owe» you some mouey and fair Annabel, knowing not the power lx > r*)o y T ra y lo r a r r a r ,c * on hla fa rm a touching dignity In her voice and hidin g placa for r u n w a y alavaa, a ata 1 want to pay IL" »aid Samson that lay her beauty bad captured manner when »he ask ed : “Why dldn t tlao on tha V a d trg rw u o d R a ilro a d ." "2h. that is a m atter between Mix» h« K.rlt» to m ti. -------------— HALSEY ENTERPRISE OCT. 27, 1921 f o r n it u r e J New One-way Fares 4 KilHtbound through California : Î I 4 : Four Daily Trains The Scenic Shasta Route Ranges » Heaters Psugs Beds Kitchen Cabinets Linoleum Dining-room Sets Congoleum NEW AND SECOND-HAND W hite Sewing Machines All things necessary for a cozy home Call and investigate goods and prices $ E. L. 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