open and spend the night at the hone on the farther shore with some seventy of a friend of hers In a tettlemen feet of deep and rapid water between known as Plain’s End, Harry having him and the travelers. expressed a wish to get out on the "That man looka like Stephen A number of oar Hslseyitee were prairies in the saddle after his long Nuekles," said Harry. term of travel on a steamboat viewers of the football game in " It Is Stephen Nuekles," Blm an “Are you sure that you can stand Portland last week, among them I swered. an all day’e Journey?” Bim asked. James McMahan and wife, Jess "Howdy, Steve!” the young soldier " I ! I could kill a bear with my Cross, Rolio Templeton and James called. hands and carry him home on my M c W illia m s . "Howdy, boy!" said the old minis back and eat him for dinner," the ter. "That ar creek la b’llln’ over. I young man boasted. reckon you’ll have to swim the hosses ” Iligh School Essays “I’ve got enough of the wild West S tory o f the Builders They tried, but Blm’s horse refused !n me to like a man who can eat “ A n A utum nal T hu n d erto rm ,’’ to go beyond good footing. o f Dem ocracy bears, i f there's nothing better.” said w ritten by Ercel Sneed, Oct 26, “You kin light at that ar house an’ Blm. "I didn't know but you’d been in forty minutee, with no prepara. spend the night but the folks have spoiled in the home of those eastern tioa: gone erway,” the minister called millionaires. I f you’re willing to take One evening there was a wonder “'I guess you’ll have to marry ns what comes and make the best of It. ful snnset. Under the eun’s light right here and now,” H arry proposed I ll give you a day that you will re billowy clouds took the form of “Night Is coming and that house la member. You will have to put up with Oeprrl»«. t m s * Sacft.tlw our only refuge." mighty castles b uilt upon rocks a very simple hospitality, but I "Poor boy! There seems to be no Grotesque figures, such as fierj wouldn’t wonder if you’d enjoy It.” 8YNO PW 8. eecape t o r you!” Blm exclaimed with " W e will leave here day after to dragons and serpents, writhed theii a sigh. ““Do you really and honestly way across the azure sky, impelled . ? H A .p T E R 1 -B an n o n and S arah T r a y - morrow. Our horses will be at tbe want to marry me? I f there's any door at eight o’clock In the morning. t?r; w ' l *> th e ir tw o children , Joetah and by a strong evening breeze. B etaey. tra v e l by wsgoa from th e ir home doubt about it I ’ll leave the horses B ut soon the scene changed. Tb> '» Vergennes. V t to the W est, the land We shall take some luncheon and with you and swim the creek. You of p le n ty . T h e ir ie e iin a d o n la the C oun reach our destination late in the after sun sank behind the horizon. Tht try o f the Sangam on, in Illin ois. could put .them ln.the bam and swim noon and return next day. It will castles were transformed into with me or spend the night ln the give us a good long visit with each C H H - T B E I L —A t N ia g a ra F a lla they clouds again. The touch of magic cabin." V p a r t y o f im m ig ra n ts , am ong them other and you’li know me better be i - J ! 2 u th . nam ed John M c N e il, who also fore we get back.” was gone. " It ’s a cool evening and the creek ii, , .5® * ° 10 tha B anaam on country. Black clouds rolled serose th* * * * n1 _tha -®a r t y suffer from fever and ‘“I want to know you as well as I la very wet,” he answered. "I'm go Sarah e m in is tra tio n * save the Hie sky. A gentle patter ot rain was eaua. love you,” he said. " I suppose It wUI ing to take this matter in my own a youth. H a r r y Needles. _ In the I h im hands.” ° * I?,ye r' and he accom panies the - - law— one never gets be like studying heard on the roofs overhead, hut th™u* h, w\ h “ He called to the minister. “Steve, the patter soon changed to a cease- ( I ve found myself a rather abstruse this Is the luckiest moment of my life less roar. I t grew darker. A sud ° ,n- c h a pt e r in a ____ . subject— as bad as Coke, of which Abe snd you are Just the man of all others den flash of lightulng lit the en. t ,lk 90 much with my father, I would have chosen for Its most Im tire heavens. A low rumble was ■Irst acquaintances era U n c o ln a niends u8e<, 1» yaa ra o f £2» hia p r* ' ,y d» u g h te r B lm ' she declared. "I shall bs glad If It portant Job. Dan you stand right heard, growing more distinct eacl * | doesn't discourage you where you are and marry us?” second, and ending in a deafening C H A P T E R I V . —Samson decides to to- "The mystery of woman can not be “You bet, I kin, suh," the minister r a • ° IVed hy lnteIlect««1 Processes.” the crescendo that seemed to be tbe hto* t o » ? W i ! S ' V W answered. “T v e often said I could “It was my great day of fulfillment, "We nsust hurry. If we get there voices of the angry elements. rowdies a tte m p t to break up the proceed- J ° u n g man remarked. “Observation marry any one half a mile erway If all the dearer because I had come hack before dark." said the girl thraehee A rm s tro n g Young 1« “Above Toward the west a sheet of lig h t n«e Lincoln the only help and mine has been they would only talk as loud as I kin. \ eedle* »trikes B ap M c N o ll. of to health aud youth and beloved scenes all. we must be careful to keep our ning revealed the shadowy formi- A e A rm s tro n g crowd, and ll c N o l l th r e a t moatly telescopic. We have managed ens vengeance. out of those year« shadowed with direction. Its’ easy to get lost down I ’ve got the good book right hese ln to keep ourselves separated by a great of trees and houses in startling my pocket, suh. My oT woman Is distance even when we were near loneliness and despair,” he writes. In the great prairie.” f t w days la te r H a r r y , outline. Fiery swords darted cornin’. She'll be hyab ln a minute "The best part of It, I assure you, i * ° nJ?• Is , a tta c k e d by M c N o ll and his each other. They heard a cat-bird singing In fer to witness the perceedln’s.” I t has been like looking across the sky from the east, and <aog, and would have been ro u g h ly used was the face I loved and that musical a near thicket as they left their camp. at a star with a very limited parallax off hie assailan ts w ith Mrs. Nuekles made her appearance were answered with tongues ol had not B lm ii driven voice ringing like a bell In merry John hAchfeU tbe T ra y lo rs It reminded Blm of her favorite bal It's a Joy to be able to see you with flame from the north and west. ?,la * a ra R alla “ “ju s in ta n c e . Is m a rk e d ly the naked eye.” laughter and ln the songs which had lad and she sang It with the spirit of on the river bank In a short time. Uiv2n2 i* k A n 2 A utledge. U n c e in Is In Then the minister shouted: “We’ll More crashes of thunder added ° ve w ith A nn. but has never had enough "You will have little to look at on stirred my heart ln the days of Its o ld : begin by readln' the nineteenth chap ou rage to tell bar so. th eir voicee to the clamor. Tbb thlR holiday but me and the prairies,” tender youth. You—the dear and gen ter of Matthew." tle mother of my later boyhood—are "My sweetheart, come along— C H A P T E R V I. - was the battle uf the firmaments said Blm. T r a y lo r helps tw o He shouted the chapter and the us etavae. who Don’t you hear the glad song entitled to know of my happiness when from Bt Louie. “I think the prairies will be neg , ? . T 1 „ E,,lphaJi ’ Blggi ow ner of the ual queries, knelt and prayed and pro Aa the notes of the nightingale flow? I heard that voice tell me In Its sweet fo llo w in g them a tte m p ts to beat lected. I shall wear my cavalry uni “ Autum nal Night at the Sea- b ro k *n *y' ° r a n ° ln a B<h' haa h l* a rm Don't you hear the fond tale of the nounced them man and wife. form and try to get a pair of the best er tone of the love which has endured The young man and woman walked sweet nightingale •bore,” by Leone Palmer: horses ln Chicago for the trip." « through all these years of stern trial. to the cabin and put their horses ln The golden sun dipped behind ,„C1» A V T n?1 V II .- W s lM n g fo r his a rm We talked of our plans as we sat Aa she sings In the valleys below? “Then you would have to get mins. heal. B lass masts B lm Kelso, w ith As she sings ln the valleys below?" whom B a r r y N eedU s has fa lle n In lav“ tbe mountains and vent ite depart lo. I have a handsome pair of black among the feme and mosses ln the ing rays over the blue aky and . *Laa asks fo r B lm 's hand, but her young horses from Ohio— real high cool shade sweetened by the Incense They went on, shoulder-deep In the t u m r u ^ ' L c u l i * ° ° n~ nL " steppers. It Is to be my party. You of burning fagots, over that repast to tall grass on the lower stretches of across tbe reflecting eea. Slowh will have to take what comes and which we shall be returning often for the prairie. Here and there It gave the shining waters changed in ti CHAPTER V IIL -S im conf, to refreshment In poorer days. We had Harry the Impression that he wns black aa darkness crept upon them, H a r r y th a t she loves Ulgge. and the make the best of It." thought of you and of tbe man ao swimming his horse ln “noisy, vivid youth Is disconsolate. Lincoln decides to The day of their Journey arrived— covering everything with its shad •cek a seat In the legislatu re. H e and well beloved of you and ua In all these green water." They startled a herd a warm, bright, cloudless day in Sep in*dr r L 2 v i U MM r fS r, the B1<ol‘ H a w k w a r. owy blauket. and leave N ew Salem. temher, 1841. The long story of those pinna. We shall live ln Springfield of deer and a number of wild horses. Presently the stars peeped thru so that we may be near you and him When they lost sight of the woods — Biggs comes back to the curteiu of dark and tbe moon the v illa g e and J X he nod our friend, Honest Abe.” an d B lm slops H a r r y at Plain’s End the young man, with looked oautioualy over the eastern i f " ’ . 0 , i * °in hla " ay home from the It Is a long letter presenting minute hla cavalry training, was able to ride sustain W m T n W j ' r f e T . * n<1 phlloaophy mountains. The lighthouse beacon details tn the history of that sent! standing on his saddle until he had It shone gloriously over tbe sombre —^ ? , ^ P T E 'R X - U n c o ln , defeated In his mental Journey and allusion to mat located. ters which have no part in this record waters and extended its obeerv candidacy fo r the legislatu re, form e a It reminded him of riding In the P a r'o e rah lp w ith "Bill " B e rry In the Its substance being fully ln the con welcome to tbe home-coming ships Everglades and he told of M b adven « ro c e rj business Biggs sends a gang to sciousness of the writer, he tenderly turea there as they went on, but very l . r.n T r a y lo r s house but tbs N e w Salem men a re w arned and the raid e rs worsted. folds It up and returns It to the pack modestly He said not a word of his —r i i A P T ?JR .. X I —Lincoln , now poet- age—yellow and brittle and faded and heroic flght the day that he snd sixty 'uxeter, decides to run again fo r the having that curious fragrance of pa of his comrades were cut off and sur Z i 1* a l iU.L* T i nn R u tl*dge Is openly in ! * ? * ,,w R h John M c N e il H e leaves foi pera that have lain for scores of years rounded In the "land of the grassy ln 5 ^ * East, prom ising to re In the gloom and silence of a locked waters.” But Blm had heard the »ta i, 5 nd ffta rry Ann U n c o ln oa- mahogany drawer. So alive are these from other lips. k ^ <’u ‘ i , .!n a r ft,,ly N o »O rd com- M ,<- Nal1' A n n confesses to Abe letters with the passion of youth In Late in the afternoon the woods f M r . h th .r.eai, nan? i U M c N a m a r, and her long forgotten years that the writer loomed ln front of them, scarcely a in ' hf w U T ' ra ,u rn U n c o ln h .. .1,2 C '? v* fh a v a v o rs to reassure ties the old ribbon snd returns them mile off. Near the end of the prairie t in e n f i f" »hares her m isgivings to their tomb with a feeling of sad they came to a road which led them U n c o ln wins his seat In the leg isla tu re ness. finding a singular pathos In the past the door of a lonely cabin. It C H A P T E R X I I —A n n hears from M e- contrast of their look and their con J lit i T iY . a 'a hJ’ 1 ,tte r ’• cold and «be Is seemed to be deserted, hut Its win A h i - i r k - ? * / 0*?. not i ov* ber She tells tents. They are turning to dost, but dows were clean and a faint collimn love aiidh « . A hbt’ 5 nd he c on,c’ »cs his the soul of them has gone Into this of smoke rose from Its chimney. There love and asks h e r to m a rry him Anr, w lil“ trv t n ' W i r h 0«.1 / * * love hlm hu' little history. were hollyhocks and sunflowers in Its w in tr> to ith th a t prom t m Lincoln d u u . i “ ' fOr V a n d a ,la * nd bis logtslaUve The young man and woman mounted small and cleanly dooryard. A morn their horaes and resumed their Jour ing-glory vine had been trained around CHAPTER X I I I —In sp ired by E lija h ney. It was after two o’clock. Tho the windows. hid'ln,»Oyni.T/ . aysOr * " * " • • • on his fa rm a Orand Prairie lay ahead of them The “Broad creek Is Just beyond," said “We’ll Begin by Reading the Nine niding place fo r runaw ay slaves a s ta settlement of Plain’s End was twenty- Blm “I don’t know how the crossing tion on th e "VndergTound R a ilro a d " teenth Chapter of Matthew." one miles away on Its farther aide. will be." . L 2 ' X I V —A nn agrees to m a rry Abe but her h e a lth is wrecked Th ree Ita barn, where they found an abun They could Just see Its tall oak trees They came presently to the creek, ru n a w a y a la ie a seek T ra y lo r's h a ir - t o dance of hay and oats. They rapped ln the dim distance. J ' 1' n? T h ey belong to Blags and he unexpectedly swollen A man stood ' *n Pu rsult of them Threatened at the cabin door, but got no response S e h Y s S i , ' ° o ‘" “' ‘ ’ •PR 'he raid o i? T ra y d Office H^ure 10 a m to 4 p. ni They lifted Its latch and entered. or he flee» One o f the fu g itiv e s la R irr i r . n ^ ^ e u y 8'“ " " "• A table stood tn the middle of the room, set for two. On Its cover of The Long Story Was Told as They , e i i V Ar n 7 I » L X V 7 I ?Tl’ ’? ' Ann R u ’ lsdk* spotless white linen were plates and Rode Along. k? e J ,n J , b,d’ ber f e r . w . l l cups and saucers and a big platter bedside F n llo w ln s her d e m is e a No Charge for Exam ination. settled sadness descends on him It s Is of roasted prairie chickens and a great rears of separation was told as they no longer At,e. • but "A b ra h a m U n c o ln ' frosted cake and preserves and Jellies rode along Biggs had been killed In C H A P T E R X V I —O vercom ing his des and potato salad and a pie and a Hr Mellenthin is a regular graduate a drunken brawl at Alton. Davis had U n $ * ln ro tu n ie tn hla w o rk hottie of currant wine, A clock was in medicine and surgery and is licensed ! A bolition sentim ent is c rystalts.ng and gone to the far West—a thoroughlv he th ro w s him self In to the m ovem ent ticking on the shelf. There were live discredited man. Henry Brlmstead bv the state of Oregon. He visits pro I embers in the fireplace and wood ln fesstonally the most important town* ¿ ¿ H A P T E B X V I I - T r a y l o r sells his had got his new plow on the market Y 11 “ > SprlngdeM Lincoln the box. and venison hanging ln the and cities and offers to all who call on I plans to secure a divorce for Btm In and was prospering beyond all his chimney. q K n t th a t whe fhhv tr.^rrv H a r r v hopes Ell had become a merchant this trip consultation and examinaUca ' Whom she has a lw a y s rs s llv lo \e d The young soldier looked about him of unusual ability and vision. His free except the ex,tense of treatment [ N s m s r nsturns tc N s * Salem, too la te and smiled. C H tF T rn x v n . . I ?1U’ r* i,e,lln«; «nd n o d sense had B.hen desired. , . , k. I N- di’ V ^ , h r ’^ ^ y ? ; : ,ndCh ^ 7 o’ '1on* to break down prejudice "This is wonderful 1" he exclaimed. According to his method of tre.tme. t ,7 X 7 -T L ,ha mo,h" •’ • ta igninst ------- tho Jewa ’ ------- in tho * democracy ' “To whom are we Indebted T* of Ing w ith her parents «he hae » .r b« doe. not operste for chronic append h’ r — - — L._ the West “You don’t think I ’d bring you out Samson T ra jlo r was get here on the plains snd marry you and lotis. gall stones, ulcers of the stomach ting wealth and a reputation for good i î î r î i p ^ h ! ’? - •- — v not treat you well." Blm laughed. “I sense He had made the plan ot. ton til a or adenoid*. warned« yon that you'd have to take which the huslness had developed He - R u ,n * d by the panic He has to hit credit many wonderful s r H«cr what came and that the hospitality bad proved himself a wise and far Of sr K elso diss a n d Rhn and her results in diseases of the stomach, liver, S ì « m ara. « Y ’ £ ” !sn,,el * Dav1’ rreeeec seeing miin. Sarah's friends had been would he simple." TO m s suit, snd, m ade deeperate by the bowtie, blood, skin nerves, heart, kid ' ; nl . • dM t1’ B lm » Im osi m aker Ut In Sprtngfleld for a visit. "It's a noble and benevolent con They nevs bed wetting, bladder, catarrh, up her m ln 4 to m a rry him had Invested money in the business spiracy that has turned this cabin Into weak lungs, rheumatism sciatica, leg I X X - U n r e i n it a dm itted to ,,l' r bro,*w r had decided to bring his s paradise and brought all this hap AND the to r ascertains h. r. family W est a n d settle . » » . i . i . e_______ piness upon me," he said as he kissed ¡*>n- 2 f r. H a T r r a y y ’s lo death ’ a ’ f a H . ' th ’ f a ia t t hurrlea ulcers and rectal ailments fsmUy West snd In $an<araon Iwv- “I thought It strange that Mr. If you have heen ailing (or any length 2 — a h r a 1", ^n a i ' * , h M swindled B rim I eounty. ob * Friend of T ra y lo r • In r * - ' * - Nuekles should be on hand at the Agents of the store were traveling of tuue and do not get any better, do la ta daala. and T ra y lo r aeaka to col laet right moment.” , t ha m onav Sm aA kx» b ra a te out at io Wisconsin Illinois snd Indians o ffe rs all the comforts of modern travel. not fail to call, as improper measures n iT J’r * 1m •* * * ^ • re * • * I selling Its goods to country dealers "The creek was a harder thing to Convenient schedules, observation cars and excellent meals rather than disease are very often the They carried with them the pr.vgrcrs- manage!" she answered with a smile C H A R T E R X X I - U n c a l n a , Im rin e fle l.l ate other features of the Shasta Route cause of long standing trouble. I told my messenger to see that the Ive snd enlightened spirit of the city an t e r . Into hla I l f , work H .r r V ''m aa hom a and at one» taaka Bint and the news. Every« here they In gste of the reservoir was opened at Remember above dale, that examina- ? X X I I - U n c o ln wtna R rtm - four o'clock. So. you see. you hadj sisted upon s high standard of heu- on this trip « ill be free and that ■taaii a autt * t * 'n a t l>a*la u.i„ tho roughly eaty In business. A man who had ne to marry or swim. Now Tve made a dlacradtttn< the »peculator his treatment it different Aa an out- coma, ■ H a r r y r.wntiag an insult respect hla contract was struck clean breast of I t I felt sure some-! Harry, tn Tray- I r” P*c’ for rr”’ "la lor, Address Boston block. Minne whk'h off ” »* T h ,> «Pi-egd the every- thing would happen before you got both fra ’ wAuidi, are on «ale at spoils, Minn day religion of the counting room. Peek from Milwaukee. I was plum - . L ’l APT. K ,L X X , , t - U n r e i n m a a t. M a ry They were a .welcome unifying and superstitious about It." red o and a tta r s a ,r a n g , v .n irte h ln wins civilising force In the middle eeuntry. har H a r r y N .a d la a . fn llo w ln s a carina P * young man shook with laughtei A S u re Reminder. o f racop oraihm ra tu ra s to '" h Iroso tho r «nd said. "Ton are the new woman / Perhaps the most original sugee* ' t a s te r a d t a h e a lth For ticket« and infomation ask agents or write The lover» stopped in a grove at Hen f„ r , •r, lntniJ„ . . w, g th<t |()# Iff) of the democracy of the West." CHARTER X X IV . noon and fed their homes and Harry n f M r fh ,t 1 shon’<1 be little hoy whose grandmother had for- ! built a tire and made a broach of sn old woman before I got to be M rs R o tte n his birthday present the year W h,**< Osoerlbaa a Pleasant Hallday green sticks on which ha broiled heef Needles.” he'ora. Hhe wtshad to know what sha I • Pratty ktrsisgsnv. Pretty Stratagem steak “Whose honse le this?" he asked ln JO HN M SCOTT eotild do In order that t h e ahonld n<R A letter from H arry to Barth Tray Two days later Blm suggested that • moment •erget It again Geueril Padtonger Agent “You might put your l they should take a day s rids la the lor tells of tbe beauty of the day. " It 1« the borne of M r and M r * » » • » la upside dgwu," said the boy. J IV ter Lukins T brtr land near Chi- 2J? 15.52? 5»fd for a cattle Wednesday to Independence, where they w ill reside. A Man for the Ages A By Irving Bachelier F U R N IT U R E Ranges Heaters K iig s Beds Kitchen Cabinets Linoleum Dining-room Sets Congoleum NEW AND SECOND-HAND W h ite Sewing Machines A l l things necessary for a cozy home Call and investigate goods and prices E. L. S T IF F • 422 FIR ST STREET A LB A N Y Coming to ALBANY Dr. Mellenthin A Successful Specialist for th e past 15 Years. DOES NOT USE SURGERY Y\ ill be at ALBANY H O TEL M o n d a y , N o v . 14 ONE DAY ONLY la k e th e Scenic Shasta Route TO • Sunny Southern CALIFORNIA Through Sleeping Car Service S a c r a m e n t o —S a n F r a n c i s c o L A n g e le s Round Trip Winter Excursion Tickets Reduced Fare. Southern Pacicfic Lines anj