V RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF 5 VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVWVVWWV' A Man for the A Story I By tvvvvvvvvvvvvvvi CHAPTER XI Continued. 12 Onu evening, of tlint Biitnnicr, Abe mine out to tlio Trnylors' with u let ter In IiIh lint for Sarah. "How's business?" Samson asked. "tJoliig to peter out, I reckon," Alio nhnwerod with n sorrowful look. "It will leave inc badly In debt. I want ed something that would Rive me n chance for study mid I not It. lty Jlngl It lookH an If I waa going to have years of study trying to got over it. Have you got any work to give inn? You know I can split rails about us fast ns the next man und I'll take my iiy In wheat or corn." "You may give iiic nil the time you mil spend outside the store," said Samson. That evening they linil n talk about the ulilsly business and Its relation to the character of Kllphalct lllggs and to sunifry Infractions of law and order In their community. Samson had de clared that It was wrong to bell liquor. "All that kind of thing enn he safe ly left to the common sense of our IHjopyV said Abe. "Tlio remedy Is education, not revolution. Slowly the people will hnvo to vet down all the Items in the ledger of common sense that passes from sire to son. Hy and by some generation will strike a hnl unco. That may not come In a hun dred years. Soon or late the major ity of the people will reach a reckon ing with John Uarleycoin. If there's too much ngulribt him they will act. You might as well try to stop a gla cier by building a dam In front of It. 'J'hoy have opened an account with Klaxery, too. Hy and by they'll de cide Its fate." Such was his faith In the common folk of America whose way of learn ing and whose love of the right lie hnow as no man has known It. In this connection the New Eng lander wrote In his diary: 1 "lie has spent his boyhood In the South and his young manhood In the North. He hns studied the Hast and Jived in the West. He Is the people 2 fcomotlmes think and about as slow to make up his mind. As Isalnh says : 'He does not Judge after the sight of his eyes neither reprove after the heat ing of his ears.' Abe has to think about It." In April Abe wrote another address to the voters announcing that he was again n candidate for a seat In the legislature. Late that mouth Harry walked with him to Puppsvlllc where n crowd had assembled to attend a liubllc snle. At one phico thcro were men In the crowd who knew Hurry's record In the war. They called on liltu for n speech. He spoke on tlio need of the means of transportation In Sangamon county with such Insight and dignity mid convincing candor that both Abe and the nudlcnco hailed lilm as n coming mnn. Abu and he were often j,oon together those days. In New Salem they were called tho disappointed lovers. It was known there that Abe was very fond of Ann Ilutledge, although he had not. as yet, opeidy confessed to any one not even to Ann there being no show of hope for him. Ann was deeply In love with John McNeil the genial, hnndsomo niul successful young Irishman. The affair had reached tho stage of frank- a yA .the Girl Wept as If Her Heart Would Break. ness, of nn open discussion of plnns of fond affection expressing itself In caresses qulto Indifferent to ridicule. For Ann It hnd been llko warm sun light on the growing rose. She was neater In dress, lovelier In form and color, moro graceful In movement and Bweeter-volced than ever she had been. It Is the old way thnt Naturo has of preparing the young to come out upon jtie stage of real llfo and to act In Its moving scenes. Abo manfully gave Iliem hie best wishes and when ho tpnV at Jma It wax dono very tcn - v -ssu of the Builders of Democracy IRVING BACHELLER dorly. The Jook of sadness, which nil had notud In his moments of abstrac tion, deepened and often covered his fnco with its veil. Thnt Ib another' way that Nature hns of preparing the young. For these the roses hnvo fallen and only tho thorns remain. They are not lured ; they seem to be driven to their tasks, but for all, soon or lute, her method changes. On n beautiful morning of June, l&M, John McNeil loft tho village. Abu Lincoln mid Harry and Samson and Sarah and Jack Kelso und his wife stood with the Kutlodgcs In the doorynrd of the tavern when ho rode away. He was going hnck to his home In tlfo Fast to return In the au tumn and make Ann his bride. The girl wept ns If her heart would break when he turned far down the road and waved his luil to her. "(Jh, my pretty hiss I Do you not hear the birds staging In the mead ows?" said Jack KeJso. "Think of the happiness all around you and of the greater happiness that Is coming when he returns. Shame on you I" "I'm afraid he'll never como back," Ann sobbed. "Nonsense! Don't get n maggot In your brain and let the crows go walk ing over your face. Come, we'll take a ride In the meadows and If I don't bring you hack laughing you may call me no prophet." So the event passed. Harry traveled about with Abe a good deal that summer, "electioneer ing," as they called It, from farm to fat m. Abe used to go Into the Holds, with tho men whose favor he sought, nnd bend Ids long hack over n scythe or a crndle and race them playfully across tlio Held of grain cutting a wider swath than any other and al ways holding the lend. Kvery man was out of breath at the end of his swath and needed n few minutes for recuperation. That gave Abe n chance for his statement of the county's needs and his plan of satisfying them. He had met nnd talked with a majority of the voters before tho campaign ended In his election In August. At odd times thnt summer he had been surveying a 'new road with Har ry Needles for his helper. In Sep tember they resumed their work upon it In the vicinity of New Salem and Abe began to carry tho letters In his lint again. Kvery day Ann was look ing for him us he enme by In tho dim light of tho early morning on his way to work. "Anything for me?" she would ask. "No mnll In since I Bnw you, Ann," was the usual answer. Often ho would say: "I'm nfrnld not, but here you tnko these letters and look through 'cm and make sure." Ann would take them In her hands, trembling with engerness, nnd run In doors to the candlelight, and look them over. Always she enmo back with the little bundle of letters very Blowly as If her disappointment were a heavy burden. "There'll be one next mnll If I hnvo to write It myself," Abo said one morning In October ns he went on. To Hnrry Needles, who was with him that morning, he said: "I wonder why thnt fellow don't write to Ann. I couldn't believe thnt he hns been fooling her, but now I don't know what to think of him. I wonder what has hnppcned to the fellow." The mnll stngo wns Into thnt eve ning. As It had not come at nine Mr. Hill went home and left Ahc In the store to wait for his mall. The stage arrived a few minutes luter. Abo ex amined the little bundle of letters and newspapers which the driver had left with hlrri. Then he took n paper and sat down to rend In the llrcllght. While he wns thus engaged tho door opened softly and Ann ltutledgo en tered. The postmaster was not aware of her presence until she touched his arm. "Plense give mo n letter," she snld. "Sit down, Ann," said he, very gent ly, ns ho placed a chulr In tho lire glow. She toolc It, turning toward htm with n look of fear nnd hope. Then he ndded: "I'm sorry, but the truth Is It didn't come. It Is terrible, Anp, thnt I have to help In tills hreuking of your henrt thnt Is going on. I seem to be tho hend of the hammer that hits you so hnrd, but the handlo Is In other hands. Honestly, Ann, I wish I could do the suffering for you every bit of It and give your poor heart a rest. Hasn't he written you this summer?" "Not since July tenth," sho an swered. Then she confided to Abe' that her lover told her before he went away that his name wns not McNeil but McNnmnr; that ho had changed his name to keep clear of his family until he had made a success; that ho hnd gone Knst to get his father and mother and bring them back with him; Instly sho enmo to tho thing thnt worried her moot tho suspicion of her father nnd mother thnt John was not honest. "They say that he probably hnd n wife when ho came hero that that Is why ho don't write to me." 1 Then after a little sllnnro she plead twutj Ages CapyHuM, . Tnrtn nehMlT j vwwvwwvw ed: "You don't think that, do you, Abe?" "No," said the latter, giving her the advantage of every doubt. "John did a foolish th I raj, but we must not condemn him without a knowledge of the facts. The young often do foolish things nnd sickness would account for his silence. You go home and go to sleep nnd stop worrying, Ann. You'll got that letter one of these dnys." A day or two Inter Abo nnd Hnrry went to Springfield. Their renson for the trip lay In a talk between the post master nnd Jack Kelso the night be fore ns they Bnt by tho lattcr's lire side. "I've been living where there wns no one to find fault with my pnrts of speech or with tho pnrts of my legs which were not decently covered," said Abe. "The sock district of my person has been without representa tion In tho leglslnturu of my Intellect up to Its Inst session. Then we got n bill through for locnl Improvements nnd the governor hns npproved the npproprlntlon. Suddenly we discov ered that thcro wis no money In the treasury. But Snmson Trnylor hns offered to buy nn Issue of bonds of tho amount of fifteen dollars." "I'm glnd to henr yoti declare In favor of 'extcrnnl Improvements," said Kelso. "We've nil been too much nb sorbed by Internal Improvements. You're on the right trail, Abe. You've The Jew Pointed to His Signboard. been thinking of the public enr nnd too little of the public eye. We muBt show some respect for both." "Sometimes I think thnt comely dress ought to go with comely dic tion," snld Abe. "But Hint's a thing you enn't learn In books. There's no grnmmnrlnn of tho language of dress. Then I'm so big and awkward. It's a rather hopolcss problem." "You're In good company," Kelso assured him. "Nature guards her best men with some sort of singularity, not attractive to others. Often she mnkes them odious with conceit or deformity or dumbness or gnrrullty. Dante wns such a poor tnlkcr that no one would ever nsk him to dinner. If It had not been so I presume his muse would -have been sadly crippled by Indigestion. If you hnd been n good dancer nnd a Indy's favorite, I wonder if you would hnvo studied Klrkham nnd Burns nndShnkespeare and Blnckstone nnd Stnrkle, nnd the science of surveying nnd been elected to the legislature. I wonder If you could even have whipped Jack Arm strong." "Or have enjoyed the friendship of Bill Berry nnd ncqulred a nntlonal debt, or have Mivrd my Jmperllod country In the-war with Black Hawk," Abe lnughed. In the nmtter of dress the postmas ter had great confidence In the taRte nnd knowledge of his young friend, Hnrry Needles, whoso neat appear once Abo regnrded with serious ad miration. So he nsked Hnrry to go with him on his new mission and help to choose the goods and direct the tailoring, for It seemed to him n high ly Important enterprise. "Our appropriation In only fifteen dollars," Mild Abe ns they enmo In sight of "the big vlllnge" on a warm bright day Into In October. "Of course, I enn't expect to make myself look llko tho President of the United States with such a sum, hut I want to look llko n respectable citizen of the United Stntes, If thnt Is possible. I'll give tho old Abo nnd fifteen dollnrs to boot for a new one nnd we'll see what comes of It." Springfield hnd been rapidly chang ing. It wns still small mid crude, hut somo of tho best standards of civiliza tion had been set up In that commun ity. Families of wealth nnd culture In the Fast had sent their sons and a elmre of their cnpltnl to this little metropolis of tho land of plenty to go Into business. Handsome, well-groomed 5fv JiNIEmffiumllifi l'M ', sV& tHjMfXulAJuBL LI 7 ) ' ts Jilln TtlilJIHIIfiil'KI - i a ' f horse hi silver-mounted ha rue drawing carriages thnt shone "so joii could see your face In them," to quote from Abe again, were on Its streets. The two New Salem men Btoppod and studied a big sign In front of n large store on which this announce ment hnd been lettered: "Cloths, cnsslnettes, casslmeres, vel vet silks, satins, Marseilles waistcoat lug, line, calf boots, seal and morocco pump's for gentlemen, crepe llsse, lace veils. Thibet shuwls, flue prunella shoes." "Heads flko a foreign Inngunge to me," said Abe. "How would you like u little Marseilles wnlstcoattng?" Suddenly a man touched his shoul. dor with u hearty "Howdy, Abo?" It was Fll, "the Wandering Jew," as he had been wont to call himself In the days when he carried a pack on the road through Peter's Bluff und Clary's Grove 'nnd New Suletn to Beurdstown and buck. "DIs Is my store," snld Ell. "Your store I" Abe exclaimed. "Yu, look at de sign." The Jew pointed to his slgn-boardr some fifty feet long under the cornice on which they read the legend: "Ell Fredenberg's Emporium." Abe looked him over from head to foot und exclaimed: "My conscience I You look as If you had been fixed up to be sold to the highest bidder." The hairy, dusty, bow-legged, thrend bnre peddler had been touched by some miraculous hand. The lavish hand of the West had showered her favors on him. They resembled In some degree the barbaric pearl nnd gold of the East. He glowed with prosperity. Diamonds nnd milled lin en nnd Scotch pluld nnd red silk on his neck and n blue band on his hut and u smooth-shorn face and perfum ery were the glittering details that surrounded the person of Ell. "Come In," urged the genlnl pro prietor of the Emporium. "1 vould like to show you my goots und Introduce you to my bruddur." In the men's department nfter much thoughtful discussion they decided up on n suit of blue Jeans that being the only giods which, In view of tho amount of cloth required, came with in the appropriation. Ell advised against It. "You nro like Ell already," he said. "You hnf got de pnek off your back. Look tit me. Don't you hear my clothes wiy somet'lng?" "They are very eloquent," snld Abe. "Veil, dey make n speech. Dey sny 'Ell Fredenberg he Is no more a poor devil. You cannot sneeze nt him once again. Nefer. He has climb do lad der up.' Now you let me sell you somet'lng vut makes a good speech for you." "If you let me dictate the speech I'll agree," snld Abe. "Veil vat Is It?" Ell asked. "I would like my clothes to sny In n low tono of voice: 'This Is humble Abraham Lincoln, about the same length and breadth that I nm. He don't want to scare or astonish any body. He don't want to look like a beggar or a millionaire. Just put hlin down for a hard-working man of good Intentions who Is bndly in debt.' " Thnt ended till argument. The suit of blue Jeans wns ordered and the mensTires taken. As they were about to go Ell snld: "I forgot to tell you dot I hnf seen Blm Kelso de odder dny In St. Louis. I huf seen her on de street. She has been llko n queen so grand 1 De tint nnd gown from Paris und she vnlk so proud 1 But she look not so happy llko she usit to be. I speak "to her. Oh my, she vns glad nnd so surprised ! She tolt me dot she vould like to como for u visit but her husband he doel not vnnt her to go dere nefer ngnln. My Jobber huf tolt me dot Mr. Biggs Is gtt drunk efery dny. Blm she t'luk de plnce no good." "Poor child!" said Abe. "I'm nfrnld she's In trouble. Her parents have beT gun to suspect that something Is wrong. They hnve never leen Invited to go down there und visit the girl. I reckon we'd better sny nothing to any onu of what we huve heard, at present." They reached New Snlem In th middle of the night and went Into Unt ied go's barn and lay down on the haymow between two buffulo hides un til morning. (TO HE CONTINUED.) USED SYSTEM OF HIS OWN Professor Refused to Allow Proper Spelling to Weigh at All Heavily Upon Him. Of course "enough'' spells "miff" and yet "calf" Is not spelled "caugh," School boys, seasoned business men, not to mention school teachers, often tlnd the spelling of the English Inn gunge a bit troublesome. But here Is a oue-tiiiut university professor and now eminent scientist who not only admits that spelling "gets him rattled,' but goes so far as to Invent his own form of spelling, which exnetly follows out tho sound of the word. Hence we tlnd such sentences as these In u recently Issued vulumo by tho anthropological department of the university museum : "Hlz hulr wuz stil black." "The two rltlngs when they wer don, ov course wer not alike." "Some paragrafs ov hlz own wef dropt." "I sny az nearly az possible be cuuz " The nuthnr of tho volume, which U tho translation of a legend of the Kerchl Indians of (untemula, Is Rob ert Burkltt, an Englishman. To Mnko a Cashmere Shawl. It takes three men six months to make a cnhmere shawl, which re- loulrcs tau gouts' deuces. bfiiimiiiiiiiimiimmiimiiimiiiiiimiiu The Kitchen Cabinet fri niimimimimiimiiiimmmiiiiimiiiiin (, 1821, Western Newspaper Union.) In Hio grammar of llfo "tho great verlm are "to bo" anil "to do." Do you know what fairy palaces you may build with good thoughts? Kusldn. HOT WEATHER BREAKFASTS. During the sultry days of tnulsum tner, which often last way Into Sep tember, u light breakfast Is the most desirable. The delicious melons of alt kinds maku a most refreshing beginning for1 the morning meal. with pouches, grapes, plums and other fruits. A dish of plums or grapes with their own foliage for n breakfast tablu center-piece Is especially attractive. The hare table with simple dollies or runners of the blue and white Jap unese cloth with a breakfast set of blue is a cool and restTuI sight on a hot morning, especially with such u centerpiece of fruit. A common practice -In many hotels, and often In jhe home. Is to serve cnnteloupe or . muskmelons cut In halves, and tho centers tilled with Ice. i The delicious liavor of the fruit Is ' thus destroyed. The fruit should be kept on Ice long enough to be well chilled, for It Is most undesirable oth erwise. A dish of cerenl (If one Is fond of the uncooked variety) may be a differ ent one every morning. However, most of us prefer a good dish of cooked oat meal, cream of wheat, or graham mush onco In n while for vnriety. An ordinary custard pie will liecome n speclnl dish If u cupful of minced black walnut meats are added Just- beforo going Into the oven. A few inarshmallows on top will make a pleasant tlavor. Any meringue will be more attractive If a half dozen ninrshmallows are placed on top Just as the pie goes In for Its browning. There are often mornings when a wnllle or griddle cake will bo enjoyed. Sour milk Is much better for the cakes than sweet. Bent two or three eggs, separating the whites from the yolks, add n cupful of sour milk, one-hnlf teaspoonful of soda, a little melted shortening, and Just Hour enough to make n smooth, rather thin batter. Cook on wnllle Iron or on n griddle. A slice or two of bacon or .silvers of broiled ham with toast and .nn egg. If desired, n cup of coffee or milk, with or without n cooky or doughnut, mnkes n very satisfactory menl for the nver nge person. Tho pleasures of tho tnblo may be enjoyed, In every cllmato at nil ages, nnd by all conditions of men. Drlllat Savurln. It Is a greater compliment to be trusted than to bo loved. HELPFUL HINTS. A housekeeper who hates bed-making starts her victrola playing the quick, liveliest tunes she has and keeps, time" to the music In her work. Sho forgets the drudgery and the work Is done In hnlf the time It ordinarily takes. Even her laun dress works faster and Is happier while the mu sic Is honed. This Is recommended to keep laundresses happy. When the screw tops on cans refuse to yield to ordinary twisting try a piece of sandpaper under the hand. Another use for sandpaper Is to place a piece, rough side down, on the zinc top of the table to hold the meat grinder llnnly to the table. Use tlio pie racks for carrying pies when picnicking. Slip the racks Into n pall which will be needed for water. When straightening the hem of linen In making table linen, save all the threads drawn to use for darning. Tlio same thread makes the mended piece scarcely notlcahle. Melt up the small pieces of toilet soap and pour Into a mold. Such n cake may he used for toilet purposes, saving several new cakes. To brighten tho llreplnce brick, scrub with ioi soap suds then apply n coat of hot boiled oil. The oil tills tho pores of tfie brick and the dust nnd ushes do not settle hi them. An iilurin clock Is a handy memory Jogger for a busy day. Set It for look ing In the oven, putting on tho vege tables and In many other ways It will be found to be helpful. When giving medicine to one who Is 111 It Is a valu liblu assistant. Watermelon Balls. Tills is one of the prettiest of preserves and one which will be n delight to use ns n gnrnlsh In various desserts. Use the llrm pink part of tlio melon nnd scoop out the bnlls with a potato scoop. Soak these over night In it weak ilium water, allowing an ounco of alum to n gallon of water. Pour till the wafer In the morning, weigh the fruit and allow three-fourths nsuch sugar ns fruit, ono thinly sliced ' lemon, the slices qunrtered, to oucjh pound of fruit and ono ounco of ginger root to every three pounds. Cook, with Just enough water to melt the sugur, adding more, If Ihero Is not-tdrup enough to cover the fruit. Cook until clear, then boll down the sirup until thick. Can In Jars and seal. juubU VWtvt. Wmlm Ja S MERCHANT TELLS OF A REMARKABLE CASE Writing from Mnxey's, On., A. J. Glllen, proprietor of n Inrge depart ment store at that place, says: "I have u customer here who wns In bed for three years and did not go to n meal nt tiny time. She hnd live phy sicians and they gave her out. One bottle of Tnnhic got her up, on tho second bottle she commenced keeping house und ouNthc third she did nil tho cooking und housework for n family of eight." This sounds really Incredible, but It comes unsolicited from n highly cred ltuble source und Is copied verbutlm from the letter. TnnJac Is sold by fending druggist everywhere. Advertisement. Lawn Dice. Wooden blocks, four to six Inches In cubic dimensions, arc used ns cle incuts In a game of lawn dice ln troduced by u western sportsman snys Popular Mechanics Mngnzlne. As the blocks tiro fnlrly heavy, and nr pitched somewhat tho snme us bow Itig bjills, considerable exercise Is nf forded. Scoring Is the snme ns In the ordinary gnmt. It Is said thnt the game Is becoming very popular on tho western const. Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottlo ot CASTOltlA. thnt famous old remedy for Infants and children, and see thnt It Ilenm tho Signature otZiM&I In Use for Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria Not Exactly Reassuring. "Thcro Is no doubt about It, my friend, we'll have to operate on you," the doctor said cheerfully. "Operate!" the patient exclnlmed. "Great Scott, doctor, I've no money for expensive operations." "Hum! Well you'ro Insured, aren't j ou?" "Yes, but I enn't realize on thnt un til nfter I'm dead It goes to my es tate." "Oh, that's all right, my dour fol low," the doctor said, again smiling cheerfully. "That's perfectly nil right don't you worry nliout your hill ut nil 1" Judge. Every depnrtment of housekeeping needs Red Bross Bull Blue. Equally good for kitchen towels, tnblo linen, sheets nnd plllowcnses, etc. Adver tisement. Slip of Memory. Parent My (laughter tells me you nro a church member. What church do you belong to? 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