>
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
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HALSEY ENTERPRISE
OCT. 27, 1921
f o r n it u r e
J New One-way Fares
4
KilHtbound through
California
:
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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. ST IFF
I
Southern Pacific Lines
A Man for
the A ges
A
By Irving Bachelier
lU Liirzr
Automobile Insurance
2^ Fire, theft, collision, property damage and
personal liability. Protect yourself against
loss.
C. P. STAFFORD, Agent. I
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