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CHAPTER XXIII Continued".
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About tills time Miss Mnry Todd, the
laughter of ii Kentucky bunker, ar
rived In Kprlngfhml to visit her sister,
Mrs. Nliilnn W. IMwnrds. She was ii
fnMilnmihly dressed, good-looking tflrl
of blue-gray eyes niul tlnrk linlr.
"Well, Mitry, haven't you fouml tho
fortunate young limn yet?" Mr. Kd
wards iilnyfully asked the dny of her
coming.
"You know, my husband Is going
to he President of the United Stntes
nod I hoped (hut I would find lilin In
Springfield." Mary nuswcied In a like
eln.
"There's great fishing here," Paid
Mr. Kdwnrds. "I know tho very man
you are looking for. lie litis romp up
front tin ranks mid Is now the. most
popular member of the legislature. Up
ean make a stirring Hpeech and they
say lie Is going to he the President of
the United States, lie's wisa anil
witty and Mrulglit ns a string, hut a
rough dhitiioud big, awkward and
homely. You're JuM the girl to take
him In hnnd and give him a little pol
ish and push him along, Ills mime Is
Ahrnhnm Lincoln."
Speed knew the Todds. When he
mllcil upon Mary she asked ahoiit Mr.
Lincoln and said she would like to
meet him.
"She's Just the girl for you, Ahe,"
Speed said to him that evening. "She
Is htlght and weU educated and her
family has Influence. She could be a
great help to you."
This Interested the member from
Sangamon county, who was Indeed
eager to get along. The companionship
of a rellued young lady was the very
thing he needed.
"Let'a go over und pay our respects
to her," Speed suggested. They went.
Lincoln being carefully dressed In ht:
first suit of black clothes. Miss Todd
was a bright, vivacious girl of middle
Htuture, twenty-two years old. She
was fashionably dressed and carried
iter head proudly a smart-looking,
witty, well M'likeii girl, hut not espe
cially handsome. Honest Abe wns
deeply Impressed by her talk and title
manners and general comeliness. He
felt her grace and charm and spoke
of It with enthusiasm. Hut to him.'
and to her there seemed to be an mi
passable gulf between them. She
changed her mind about that, how
ever, when she heard hlin speak and
felt the power fit his personality und
saw hln face lighted by the caudle of
bis spirit. It was u handsome fuce
In those moments of high elation.
Hardship and malarial poison had
lined and sallowed his skin. The
shadows of loneliness and sorrow were
In Its sculpturing. Hut when bis eyes
glowed with passion one saw not the
lough mask which the life of the
pioneer had given him. Ills form lost
Its awkwardness; his face took on a
noble and Impressive beauty. To
tiotf his own words to the boy, Joslah
Truylor, his character whh speaking
as well as his lips. Mnry hnd the In
sight to recognize bis power. She felt
the strength of-his spirit. She agreed
with her friends thnt here was u mnn
of great promise. She felt Uie need
of hlin.
To one who loved beauty and re
spected women ns he did, the grnce
and rellnement of this .voting lady had
a singular appeal, collided, as It was,
with the urgu of bin strong, masculine
nature. It was a revelation. He wns
like u young poet going out Into the
open and seeing for the first time the
mysterious beauty of the mountains
or "the exquisite, delicate, thin curve
of the new moon In spring." He be
gan to seek and study rellnement of
thought, of manner, of dress, of ex
pression. He knew that he needed
Mary, but bad the feeling that she
wns not for him.
A woman who lled near the Ed
wards' house bad a smnll, hairy
poodle dog. One day, ns Abe and Mary
were walking along the street, they
met this womnn, who asked If they
had seen her dog.
"I wouldn't wonder If some one down
the street had got him tied to the end
of a pole und Is using him to swab off
lila windows," said Abe Lincoln with
n good-nujttrod laugh. "I'll try to
find him for you."
Mar enjoyed fun and this and like
euJlUfl of the young legislator added
I certain '.est to their friendship,
1 mien nro like children In their love
humor.
'The diminutive Douglas saw In Miss
Todd nn asset of much value and his
attentions began to be assiduous. Mary
wnB Indifferent to bis lofty manner
and sonorous vocallsm. Abe Lincoln
liked her better for that.
She encouraged the visits of the lat
ter and Invited his confidence. The
fact filled him with u great Joy. They
went about together. In the I'M wards
pnrlor he modestly told her of his
work and his life plan. She differed
with him on certain subjects which
were unfortunately fundamental. Ho
did not love her ns he hnd loved Ann.
Hut her persounllty pleased nnd fas
clnnted the young legislator. One
evening under the spell of It he nsked
her to be Ids wife. She consented.
'Ckco Im began to think It over.
Man for the Ages
A Story of the Builders of Democracy
IRVING BACHELLER
It was like Lincoln In his rctntlons
with women to get the cart before the
horse, so to speak. The points upon
which they disagreed came up for con
sideration. She could not think ns he
did on the subject of slavery and the
kindled one of state rights. His man
ners were not like hers. They grew
naturally out of one's history nnflclinr
ncter. He could be kind and gentle
In his way. Hut. mainly, his manners
would have to be like the rugged limbs
of the oak. The grace nnd eJegance
of the wnter-willow nnd the white
birch were not for him. It saddened
him to conclude t tint he would have
to be for n long time Just what lie wns
crude, awkward, unlearned In the
graces und nmenltles of cultivated
people. He rightly Judged that his
(rudeness would he n constant source
of lr Itatlon to tlio proud Mnry. As
their acipialntance progressed the
truth of his conviction grew more ap
parent. This, however, did not so
much concern him ns her lack of nym
pat by with some of his deepest mo
tives, lie decided tlmt, nfter all, be
did not love her nnd tlmt to marry her
would be committing a great wrong.
Some of the unhupplest days of his
life followed. Ills conscience gave
lilm no rest. He knew not what to do.
Up wrote a letter to Miss Todd In
which he reviewed the history of his
thinking on the subject of their mar
riage nnd frnnkJy but tenderly stntcd
his conviction that It would Imperil
her hnpplness to mnrry him. Hefore
sending It be submitted the letter to
his friend Speed.
The Intter rend It over nnd looked
very grave.
"What do you think of Itr Lincoln
asked.
"I would never send a letter like
that to a lady," Speed answered. "If
you feel as you say, go nnd tell her
so, but don't put It In a letter."
Lincoln went to see her thnt eve
ning nnd returned to his friend In a
more cheerful mood.
"Did you tell her?" Speed asked.
"Yes, I told her."
"What happened?"
"She burst out crying and I threw
my arms around her nnd kissed her
nnd thnt settled It. Wo are going to
be married."
What nn Ulustrntlon of the human
ity nnd chlvnlry of Honest Abe wan
In the proceeding 1
"I'm sure you'll get along all right
together," snld Speed. "Your spirit
Is Jealous of any one likely to get In
Its way. Hut she won't. She'll fall
In line and do whnt she can to help
you."
Now, a little before this time, nenry
Hrlmstcnd and other creditors of Davis
bad gone to Chicago In the matter of
the satisfaction of their Judgment
against him. Henry had driven n
wagon across the prairies nnd, return
ing, hud brought Hlin and her mother
to his home and then to Springfield.
It wns while they were there thnt
Hurry hnd come down to Chicago out
of the woods in a condition of health
which had alarmed his physician. The
latter bad put him on n steamboat and
sent him East. He was bound for the
mountain country In northern New
York.
Him nnd her mother returned to
Chicago on the stage, the former to
Deeply Impressed by Her Talk and
Fine Manners.
take n place In the store ns the repre
sentative of Samson's Interest.
Harry was three years In the wild
erness trying to regain his health.
Success enme to him ln4the last year
of bin banishment.
Toward the end of It he received n
letter from Mr. Lincoln. It wns writ
ten soon after thnt curious cllmnx In
the courting of Mury Todd. In this
letter he said:
"I am serving my Inst term In the
legislature. I learn thnt you nro In
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have Uie strength and Inclluntlou to
return soon and he a candidate for
my sent In the house. Samson will
not do It, being so busy with large
tiffnlrs. You uie young. You have
won distinction In the service of your
country. You have studied the prob
lems of the county and the state.
Samson nnd Hnker und Logan ami
Hrowiilug agree with me that you are
the man for the place.
"As for myself, I am going to he
married In n year or so. I shall have
to give nil my time to the practice of
the Inw. I nm now In partnership
with Stephen T, Logan and am slowly
clearing my conscience of debt. 1
hrve done what I could for the state
und for Sangamon county. It hasn't
been much. 1 want you to take up
the burden, If you can, until I get free
of my debts, nt least. Hy and by I
may Jump Into the ring ngaln."
Harry was glad to obey the sum
mons. Soon after the arrival of Mr
Linctvlii's letter his doctor gave the
young man what he called "an honor
ublo discharge." The magic of youth
und Its courage and of good air bad
wrought n change of which the nble
doctor had had little hope In the be
ginning. In his travels through the grent for
est Harry had met David Parish nnd
Stephen Van Itenssalaer, nt whose
homes on the shore of the St. Law
rence he hud spent muiiy a hajipy
summer day. Three years hnd passed
since that fateful morning on the prai
rie. Through the winters he hnd lived
In n comfortable hunter's camp on the
shore of Lake Placid. Summers he
hud wandered with n guide and canoe
through the hikes and rivers of the
wilderness hunting and fishing nnd
rending the law books which he had
borrowed from Judge Fine of Ogdens
burg. Each summer he worked down
the Oswegntchle to that point for a
visit with his new friends. The his
tory of every week hnd been written
to Him nnd her letters hud reached
him nt the points where lie wns wont
to rest In his travels. The lovers had
not lost their nrdor. Theirs wns the
love "that hopes and endures and Is
patient."
On a day In June, 1841, he boarded
a steamboat at Ogdensburg on his way
to Chlcugo. lie arrived In the eve
ning and found Samson at the home
of Dim nnd her mother a capacious
and well-furalshed house on Dearborn
street. Him was then a little over
twenty-five years old. A letter from
John Wcntworth says thnt she was
"an exquisite bit of womanhood
lenrned In the fine arts of speech und
dress nnd manner."
The store had doubled In size under
her management and with the help of
the capital of Samson and Sarah Tray
lor. The epidemic hud seized her
toward the last of her nursing nnd left
the murks of its scourge upon her. It
hnd marred her beauty, but Samson
writes, "the girl was still very hand
some. Site wns kind of scared to meet
Harry for fear of what he'd think of
those little marks on her face, but I
told her not to worry."
"You nre the smartest and loveliest
looking creature tbut I ever saw in
my life," said Harry after lie hud held
her In his arms u moment.
"Hut see whnt huppened to me
look ut my face," she unswered.
it Is more benutlful than ever," he
snld. "Those marks have doubled my
'love for you. They are medals of
honor better than this one that 1
weur. I wunt to marry you us soon
ns possible. I've been looking for
ward to that since I wns sixteen."
"Then I think I'll take you find
mnrry you before you have u chunce
to fight another duel."
"I don't hear anything but love and
mnrrluge," said Samson. "We've been
riiKKllug down nt our house to keep
Joslu'j from running off nnd getting
"utirr ed. He's engaged alieady."
"Kngagedl To whom?" Harry uskei.
"To Annabel Hrluihtead. She's a
little older than he Is. She laughed
nt him und promised to marry him
as soon as he was nominated for Pres
ident by ull his friends. She would
now vote for him herself, He has
become a good athlete und the hen
scholar In school. He has eery
boy und girl in the tlluge working
for him evenings ami Suturdnys."
"What ure they doing?" Hurry
nsked.
"Making those newfangled things
they cull luelfers. , You can build u
fire In u second with 'em, The) cut
splinters out of soft wood, dip their
ends In brimstone which Joe learned
how to make und put them In a hot
oven until the brimstone is baked.
Then a scratch will bring u Hume,
Joe puts them up In bundles nnd sells
them to the merchants und calls them
lucifer mutches. He bus Invented u
muchlne thnt will cut und dip a thou
sand Bpllntcrs an hour. I tell you,
Annabel Is In danger."
He took a lucifer out of his pocket
and scratched It on the bottom of his
boot. The party looked with wonder
at, its flume which quickly consumed
the slender thrcud of pine In his fin
gers. "I have always thought that Joe
would muke a whale of a muu," said
,1 Harry.
"Wo all aeem to be threatened wttt
Immediate nnd overwhelming buppl
uess," tllm exclaimed.
"The only thing In the way of mina
Is the national debt that I have accu
mulated," Hurry remarked.
"I knew he'd flilnk of something,"
said Him ruefully. "If I wanted to
abolish the noble Institution of mnr
liage I'd make him chairman of the
ways and means committee."
"Harry, your credit Is stllJ good
with me, and I'm prosperous," Samson
began. "I want you to 'know that
Hint's energy and skill are mostly re
sponsible for my success. I guess wn
owe more to your sickness than you're
nware of. If It hadn't been for that
we would be plodiHug along at the
same old pace. We would net have
felt the need of speeding up. It was
your misfortune tbut brought Him Into
the store. If she wants to retire and
marry you, I ruther think she Is en
titled to do It. I don't want any more
fooling nroiind about this matter.
Sarah und I couldn't stand It. She's
kept me awnke nights talking about
It. The thing has worried us plenty.
We rebel and demand action before
anything eNe happens. We feel as If
we had some rights In this case."
"I concede them nnd second your
demand," Harry answered. "P.lm must
mime a near day. I only need n week
to get some clothes und go up to Mil
waukee on n little matter of business."
"I don't know whether we'll give him
n week or not," snld P.lm playfully.
"A great many things may happen to
lilm In n week."
CHAPTER XXIV.
Which Describes a Pleasant Holiday
and a Pretty Stratagem.
Two days later Him suggested that
they should take u day's ride In the
open and spend the night at the home
of u friend of hers In u .settlement,
known as Plain's Knd, Harry having
expressed a wish to get out on the
prulries in the saddle after tils lung
term of travel. on a steamboat.
"Are you sure that you can stand
an nil day's Journey?" Him asked.
"I! I could kill n hear with my
hands and carry him home on my
buck and eat lilm for dinner," the
young man boasted.
"I've got enough of the wild West
In me to like a man who can eat
bears, If there's nothing better," said
Him. "I didn't know hut you'd been
spoiled In the home of those eastern
millionaires. If you're willing to take
what comes and make the best of It,
I'll give you a day that you will re
member. You will have to put up with
a very simple hospitality, but I
wouldn't wonder If you'd enjoy It."
"We will leave here duy after to
morrow. Our horses will be at the
door ut eight o'clock in the morning.
We shall take some luncheon and
reach our destination late In the after
noon nnd return next day. It will
give us a good long visit with each
other and you'll know me better be
fore we get back."
"I want to know you as well as I
love you," he snld. "I suppose It will
be like studying law one never gets
through with it."
"I've found myself a rather abstnt.se
subject us bad as Coke, of which Abe
used to talk so much with my father,"
she declared. "I shall be glad If It
doesn't discourage you."
(TO DB CONTINUED.)
PARROT MADE MUCH TROUBLE
Abilities of Brooklyn Bird Entirely
Unappreciated by the Women of
the Neighborhood.
For several weeks past young wom
en passing along Hanson place have
been much niiuoyed hy loud whistling,
apparently coming from someone who
wished to attract their attention. The
whistling has had a most peculiar ef
fect, depending on the temperament
of the women. Some have quickened
their pace and tried to get away; oth
ers have turned and surveyed the man
who happened io be behind with
Hushed faces and ungry glances. One
or two have even complained to the
police, while a few have lagged to find
out what It was all about.
Itecentl.v a highly Indignant woman
complained to a policeman.
"That man behind me has been
whistling to attract my attention for
live minutes." she snld. "1 wish you
would stop It."
Much to her nmnrcment the police
man laughed uuictruluflly. He
pnlu'cd with his hand to a window
opposite the Hanson Place Haptlst
church and there sat the culprit, wink-
lug niul whistling away. It was a
gray parrot with n long red tall, lie
had learned to whistle like a mischiev
ous country hoy, but be reserved Ids
tricks for the women passing. For
some fine the lllrtatlous parrot bns
upset the equanimity of the entire
neighborhood. Hrooklvn Ragle.
Artistic Chlnete Work.
Little Jade liees growing sturdily In
bowls of the rarest cloisonne and Ix'iir
ing upon the Intricately carved
branches, clustered close to the cool
preen of the Jade lenves, wonder fruits
of coral and amber nnd delicately
wrought blossoms of the translucent
white Jade, might bo memory of the
Arnblun Nights und Aladdin's lamp.
They might be, but they nn not
They nre tributes to the Infinite pu
Hence und skill of the Chinese artisan
In seml-pr'M'lous stones, and the zeal
of the collector who buys with Ameri
can gold the treasures of U,n Far Kust
and gloatingly curries them bnck
ucrons the Pacific for the delight of a
luxury loving people.
They ore expensive, hut they repre
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Lor cabins nnd marble palaces,
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Those Dear Girls.
Betty "Jack suys I um the first
clrl he ever kissed." Marie "I've
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Friend "If you hnd n million dol
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"Wake up and Hnd that It wusn'l
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He Was Insured.
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seemed Inevitable.
Everybody jumped out, with the ex
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"tlu, hul I'm not so simple! A nlct
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mit mine I" Pittsburgh Chronicler
Telegraph.
He Was Doing His Best
Mother was teaching 5-year-old
Hobby geography. She hud come to
the .Sahara desert. "Now, say 4t
Sahara." she prompted him.
"Uarn." replied Hobby.
"No, not Ultra Sahara, don't yoa
see," snld mother patiently. "Now say
It."
Again Hobby replied, "Hnra."
That kept up for some time, until
finally Hobby, Worn out, exclaimed
Indignantly: "Well, mother, didn't I
sny Hum?" Youth's Companion.
If the shoe fits, wear It unless yon
are a woman; then, of course, yon wIU
wntit n slze'or two smaller.
The man who tells you that he Is rt
fool may be only mistaken.
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