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CHAPTER XII.
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Which Continues tne Romance of Abe
and Ann Until the Former Leaves
New Salem to Begin His Work in
the Legislature. Also It Describes
the Coloneling of Peter Luklns.
The r..yt day after his return, Alio
received u letter from Aim. She liatl
eniiio over to Hit store on the iirrlvnl
of the singe mid taken her letter and
run home wMli It. Tluit Saturday's
btttge brought the new suit of clothes
ln:n Siulng'tleld.
It wns nn Indiun suinuicr dny of the
first week In November. That after
noon Abu went to the tavern anil asked
Ann to walk out to the Trnylors' with
him. She seemed to he glad to go.
She was not the cheerful, quick-footed,
ros-y-cheeked Ann of old. Her face
was pale, her ejes dull and listless,
her step slow. Neither spoke until
they had nus.srd the Waddell cabin
urn! were come to the open fields.
"I hope your letter brought jooil
news," said Abe.
"It was ery short," Ann answered.
"He took a fever In Ohio and was
sick there four weeks and then bo
went home. In two months he never
wrote a word to me. And this one
was only a little bit of a letter with
no love In It. I don't believe he aire's
for me now or, perhaps, he Is mar
ried. I don't know. I'm not going
to cry about It any more. I can't. I've
no more tears to shed. I've given
him up."
"Then 1 reckon the time has come
for me to tell you what Is on my
heart," said Abe. "I love you, Ann.
I have loved you for years. I would
have told you Unix ago but I could
not make myself believe that I was
good enough for you. 1 love you bo
much that if you can only he happy,
with .lohu .McNnmnr I will pray to
!od Hint be may turn out to be a good
and faithful man and come back anil
keep bis promise."
She looked up at him with a kind
of awe In her face.
( "Oil, Abel" she whispered-. "I had
liiuile up my mind that men were all
bad but my father. I was wrong.
I did not think of you."
"Men are mostly Rood," said Abe.
"Hut It's ery easy to misunderstand
them. In my view It's quite likely
that John MeNamar Is better than you
think him. I want you to be fair to
John. If you conclude that you can
not be happy with him give me u
chance, rwould do my best to bring
back the Joy of the old days. Some
times I think that I am going to do
something worth while. Sometimes I
think that I can sec my way far abend
and It looks very pleasant, and you,
Ann, arc always walking beside me
In It. Hefore we take another slop
I wish you coufll give me some hope
to live on just a little straw of
Lope."
"You nre n wonderful mnn, Abe,"
paid Ann, touched by his appeal. "My
father says that you ure going to be
a great man."
"I can not bold out nny such hope
to ,ou," Abe answered. "I'm rather
Ignorant ntid badly In debt, hut 1
reckon that I can make a good living
and give you a comfortable home.
Don't you think, taking mo Just as I
am. you could care for me a little?"
"Yes; sometimes I think that I
could love you, Abe," she answered.
"I do not love you yet, hut I mny
some time. 1 really wnnt to love you."
"That Is all I can ask now," said
Abe as they went on. "Do you hear
from Him Kelso?"
"I have not heard from her slnco
June."
"I wish you would write to her nnd
tell her that I am thinking of going
' down to St. Louis and that I would
like to go and see her."
"I'll write to her tomorrow," said
Ann.
They had n pleasant visit and while
Ann was playing with the baby she
seemed to have forgotten her troubles.
They stayed to supper, after which
the whole family walked to the tavern
with them. When Ann began to show
weariness, Abe gently lifted -her In
his arms and carried her.
That evening Mrs. Peter Luklns
railed upon Abe nt Sam Hill's store
where he sat alone, beforo the tire,
reading with two candles burning on
the end of a dry goods box at his
elbow.
"I wunted to see you private 'bout
Luklns," she began. "There's them
that call him Bony Luklns, but 1
reckon he ain't no bonier than the
everldgo run o' men not a bit an',
If he was, I don't reckon his bones
orto be throwed at him every time
he's spoke to that away."
"What cnii I do ubout ?' Abe
asked.
"I've been hopln nn1 wlshln' aomo
kind of n decent handle could be put
on t his name,1' said Mrs, Luklns,
with her eye upon a knot hole In the
counter. "Something with a good
Bound tt It. You suld that anything
you could do for the New Salem folks
you was goln' to Go an' I thought may
be you could fix It"
Abe ainlled and asked: "Do you
want a titled
"If U ain't plum owdacloui I wl&nt.
Ages
he could he made u colonel."
"I'll see what can be done, but If
be gets that title he'll have to live up
to It."
"I'll make him wnlk a chalk line
you see," the good woman promised as
she left the store.
That evening Abo wrote n playful
commission as colonel for l'eter Lu
klns, which was signed In due time
by all his friends and neighbors nnd
presented to Luklns by n committee
of which Abe wan chairman.
Coleman Smoot a man of some
means wJio bad n farm on the road
to Sprlnglleld was In the village that
evening. Abe showed him the com
mission and asked him to sign It.
"I'll sign on one condition," sold
Smoot.
"What Is thnt?" Abe asked.
"That yoti'Jl give me n commission.
I want to be your friend."
"You are that now, aren't you?"
Abe asked.
"Yes. but I haven't earned my com
mission. You haven't given me n
chanre yet. What cun 1 do to help
you along?
Abe was much Impressed by these
kindly words.
".My friends do not often ask whnt
they can do for me," he said. "I sup
pose they haven't thought of It. I'll
think It over nnd let you know."
Three days later he walked out to
Coleman Smoot's after supper. As
they sat together by the fireside Abo
said:
"I've been thinking of your friendly
question. It's dangerous to talk that
way to a man like me. The fact In,
I need two hundred dollnrs to pay
pressing debts and glvejne something
In my pocket when I go to Vnudnlla.
If you can not lend It to me I shall
think none the Jess of you."
"I can and will," said Smoot. "I've
been watching you for a long time. A
t'liiin who tries as hard as you do to
get along deserves to be helped. I be
lieve In you. I'll go up to Springfield
and get the money and bring It to you
within n week or so."
Abe Lincoln hnd many friends who
would have done the llko for him If
they could, and he knew It.
"Every one has fnlth In you," said
Smoot. "We expect much of you nnd
wc ought to be willing to do what
we can to help."
"Your faith will be my strength, If
I have any," said Abe.
On his way home that night ho
thought of whnt Jack Kelso had said
of democracy and friendship.
On the twenty-secoud of November
n letter came to Ann from film KeJso,
which announced thnt she was going
to New Orleans for the winter with
her husband. Six days later Abe took
the stage for the capital, at Kutledge'a
door, where all the Inhabitants of the
village had assembled to bid him good-
The Village Had Assembled to Bid
Him Goodby.
by. Ann Itutledge, with a flash of her
old playfulness, kissed him when he
got Into the stage. Abe's long arm
was waving In (lie nlr os ho looked
back nt his cheering friends while the
stage rumbled down the road toward
the great task of life upon which he
was presently to beglu In tho little
village of Vnndalln.
CHAPTER XIII.
Wherein the Route of the Under,
ground Railroad Is Surveyed and
Samson and Harry Spend a Night
In the Homo of Henry Brlmstead
and Hear Surprising Revelations,
Confidentially Disclosed.
Early In the nutumn of that year
the Itoverend Elijah Lovejoy of Al
ton hod spent u night with the Tray
lors on his way to tho North. Sitting
by tho fireside he hud told many a
vivid tale of the cruelties of slavery.
"I weald not have you think that
all alavehoMera are wicked and heart
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less," he said. "They are like other
men tho world over. Some are kind
and Indulgent. If all men were like
thcin slavery could bo tolerated. But
they aro not. Some men nre brutal
In the North us well as In the South.
If not made so by nature they are
mado ao by drink. To give them the
power of life and death over human
beings, which they seem to have In
parts of the South, Is a crime against
God and civilization."
"I ngreo with you," snld Samson.
"I knew that you would," tho min
ister went on. "We have nlready hud
some help from you but we need more.
I take It as u duty which God has
laid upon mo to help every fugitive
that reaches my door. You can help
the good work of mercy nnd grace.
If you hear three taps upon your win
dow after dark cr the hoot of an owl
In your doorynrd you will know what
It means. Fix some place on your
farm where these poor people who nro
neeklng tho freedom which God wills
for all His children, may 11ml rest and
refreshment nnd security until they
have strength to go on."
Within u week ufter the visit of
Mr. Lovejoy, Samson nnd Harry built
a hollow hnystuci about half-way from
the house to the barn. The stack hnd
n comfortable room Inside of It ubout
eight feet ty seven nnd some six feet
In hclghr. Its entrance was an open
lug near the bottom of the stack well
screened by the pendant buy. Hut no
fugitive came to occupy It thut winter.
Soon after the new year of 1833
Samson and Harry moved the Kelsos
to Tazowell county. Mr. Kelso had
received nn appointment as land agent
nnd was to be stationed at the little
settlement of Hopuiale near the home
of John I'ensley.
Late In the afternoon Harry and
Samson left the Kelsos and their ef
fects at n small frame house In the
little village of Hopedale. The men
had no sooner begun to unload than
Its inhabitants came to welcome tho
newcomers nnd help them In the work
of getting settled. When the goods
were deposited In the dooryurd Sum
son and Harry drove to John I'eaa
Icy'a farm. Mr. I'ensley recognized
Uie big, broad-shouldered Vermonter
at tho first look.
"Do I remember you?" he said.
"Well, I guess I do. So does my burn
door. Let me take hold of that right
hand of yours agnln. Yes, sir. It's tho
same old Iron band. Marry Ann 1" he
called as his wife came out of the
door. "Here's the big man from Ver
gennes who tossed the purty slaver."
"I see It Is," she answered. "Ain't
yo comln' In?"
"If you try to pass this place I'll
have yo took up," said Peasley.
"There's plenty of food In the house
un' stable."
"Ijok here that's downright self
ish," said his wife. "If wo tried to
keep you here Henry Brlmstead would
never forgive us. He talks about you
morning, noon and night. Any one
would think that you was the Samson
thnt slow the Philistines."
"How Is Henry?" Samson asked.
"He married my sister and they're
about as happy as they cun be thU
side the river Jordan," she went on.
"They've got one o' the best farms
In Tazewell county and they're goln'
to be rich."
"Yes, sir; I didn't think o' that."
said Pensley. "Henry and his wife
would holler If wo didn't take ye over
there. It's only a quarter of a mile.
I'll show ye the way and we'll all
come over this evening and have a
talkln' bco."
Samson wns pleased nnd astonished
by tho look of Brlmstead and his
home and his family and the account
of his success. The man from th
snnd Hats wns cleanly slmved, nave
for n black mustache, and neatly
dressed and his fnco glowed with
health and high spirits. A handsome
brown-eyed miss of seventeen came
galloping up the road on her pony
nnd stopped near them.
"Annabel, do you remember this
mnn?" HrlniKtead asked.
The girl looked at Samson.
"lie Is the man who helped us out
of Klen valley," said the girl. "Would
you mind If I kissed you?"
"I would be sorry If you didn't,"
said Snmson. "Hero's my boy, Harry
Needles. You wouldn't dare kiss him,
I guess."
"I would be sorry, too, If you didn't,"
nurry laughed as he took her hand.
"I'm nfrald you'll hnve to stay sor
ry," said Annabel turning red with
embarrassment. "I never saw you be
fore." "Better late than never," Samson
nssurcd her. "You don't often see n
better fellow."
Tho girl laughed with a subtle look
of agreement In her eyes. Then came
up from tho barn the ragged little
lud of No Suntn Claus Land now a
sturdy, bright-eyed, handsome boy of
twelve.
The horstfl wre put out and all
went In to supper.
After supper Brlmstend showed
models of u mowing machine with n
cut bar six feo long, and a plow
which would turn two furrows.
Tkafa what we need on those
pratrUa." said Samson. "Something
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that'll turn 'cm over and cut the crop
quicker."
"Say, I'll tell yc," snld Brlmstead
as If about to'dlsclose a secret. "These
great stretches of smooth, rich land
Just cverhiutlngly ram the spurs Into
you and keep your brain galloping.
Mine Is goln' night and day. The
prairies are h new thing nnd you've
got to tackle 'em In a new wny. I
tell you the seeding und planting and
mowing and reaping and threshing J a
nil going to bo done by machinery anil
horses. The wheel will bo thevfouu
datlon of the new era."
"You're right," said Samson.
"How nre you gettln' ulong?"
"Bather slow," Samson answered.
"It's hard to get our stuff to market
down In the Sangamon country. Our
river Isn't navigable yet We hopo
that Abe Lincoln, who has Just been
elected to the legislature, will bo able
to get It widened and straightened
and cleaned up so It will be of some
use to us down there."
"I've heard of him. They call him
Honest Abe. don't they?"
"Yes j and he Is honest If a man
ever was."
"Is he going to marry the Itutledge
girl?" wns the query of .Mrs. Brlm
stead. "I don't think so," Samson an
swered, a little surprised ut her knowl
edge of the attachment. "He's as hum-
"After All, It's Home" Said Samson.
ly as Sam Hill and dresses rough nnd
ain't real handy with the gals. Some
fellers ure kind o' fenced in with hum
llucss and awkwardness."
"The hoys around hero arc ull
fenced In," said Annubel. "There's
nobody here of my age but Lanky Pet
ers, who looks like n llsh, nnd a red
headed Irish boy with a wooden leg."
The Peasleys arrived and the men
and women spent a delightful hour
traveling without weariness over the
long trail to beloved scenes and the
days of their youth. Every day's end
thousands were going east on that
trail, each to Hnd his pot of gold at
the foot of tho rainbow of memory.
Bofore they went to bed that night
Brlmstead paid his debt to Samson,
with Interest, and very confidentially.
It was n long, wearisome ride back
to the land of plenty, over frozen
ground, with barely an Inch of snow
upon It, under a dark bky, with a chil
ly wind blowing.
"After all, It's home," said Samson,
when late In tho evening they saw tho
lighted windows of the cabin ahead.
When they had put out their horses
and come in by the glowing tiro, Sam
sou lifted Sarah In his arms again and
kissed her.
Tin kind o' silly, mother, but I
can't help It you look so teinntlu',"
sakt Snmson.
(TO rE CONTINUED.)
Used Nature's Gifts.
There are no Indications that In re
mote time either oil or gas was put
to much practical use as modern
people understand that term, but there
Is little doubt that priests of the fire
worshiping cult which nourished In
old Persia mado "good things" out of
the phenomena. Not far front Beku
nre the ruins of a temple of the cult
which Is believed to hnve been In ex
istence for more than 2,.r00 years.
Tower beacons and altars are provided
with channels concealed In tho tnnson
ry, which demonstrate thut gusilttlng
Is net n craft of modern birth. These
channel led from fissures in tho
en rlh which once furnished natural
gs. To this temple enmo pilgrims
from nil parts of the East as Into as
tho eighties of the lost century. Be
sides the walls of the temple toduy
stands a modern refinery, furnishing an
emphatic contrast In the old und new
1 uhi of Nature's gift of oil aad gas.
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LIKE OLDEN DAYS
Shanghaied Sailor Has Vivid Talc
of Kidnaping.
8tory Brings to Memory the Yellow
Sacked Books We Used to Read
Behind the Barn.
A court mnrtlal at Governors Island,
New York hurbor, has unanimously
uccepted as true a story Just like the
old fiction stories of sailing ships and
their methods of "shanghaiing" men
for their crews, and cleared of deser
tion chnrges a soldier who said he had
been kidnaped nt the Canal zone and
carried across the Atlantic against his
will. He was absolved of all blame
and ordered restored to duty.
The soldier was Earl Clark, who en
listed In the nruiy in the West Virginia
mountain section and was sent to the
contingent at the Panama Canal zone,
where he was assigned to Company A
of the military police. One night while
off duty he ran ucross sailors from the
Krouprlnsossnn Margareta, a Swedish
steamship, who asked him If he
couldn't show them the "bright lights"
of Colon. This was In November,
IDL'O.
It wns n grunt night for Private
Clark und for the Swedish sailors, but
the endurance of the Stockholm lads
was greater than that of Clark, who
finally passed Into complete oblivion.
Kiir be It from strong Swedish sailors
to desert u comrade whose engines had
stopped, so they loaded him on their
shoulders and carried htm to their ship,
which was to sail from Colon for Stock
holm at dawn.
Wlion Clark awoke be was In one of
the bunks of the Swedish shtp, which
wns alrendy out of sight of land and
lolling in heavy seas without regard
for the stale of health of any "dough
hoy" who had been out the night be
fore. One of the party told Clark that
he was on his way to Stockholm,
where the lights were Just as bright as
any In the Canal zone.
Indignant, Clark demanded that he
be taken before the captain, who as
sured him that it wns Impossible to
turn the steamer back and that he
would receive pay for any work done
on the voyage. lie demanded that
he he permitted to communicate wltli
the army authorities If the boat
touched England, after he had learned
that the ship might go through the
Inland canul to Manchester.
BefOrc the ship started Inland to
Manchester, however, the Swedish sail
ors put Clark under guard to prevent
his escape, but he managed to elude
this watch and get ashore. He told
his story to a policeman and was
tuken to a police station, where he
asked for usslstuiice In notifying his
officers ut the Ciinal zone thnt he hud
been "shanghaied."
Clark told the olllcers of the court
martial thnt ho was held for several
weeks In prison at Manchester Incom
municado, pending receipt of word
from the American government. He
said that the food was Insufficient and
the Jnllers were ubuslve.
After he had failed to get word to
the American consul ami his detention
was lengthened Into weeks, lie said u
Presbyterian clergyman In Manches
ter comiiiuulcnted-wlth the American
embassy In London nnd a few days
later n gunrd put the soldier aboard
the Celtic on nllen deportation order's.
He was" arrested when the ship
reached port at New York nnd taken
to the military prison at l-'ort Jay on
charges of desertion.
Telling of this unusual case, offi
cers nt 'Governors Island recalled a
similar one during tho war. A sol
dier was kidnaped at St. Nnr.nl re by
Spanish soldiers and landed In Spnln,
where ho was kept In prison for about
two years before his status was finally
established. He also was tried for
desertion and acquitted.
Causes of Yellow Fever.
That yellow fever has two different
causes Instead of one Is the theory of
Dr. G. Sampietro, who-u experiments
have led him to regard the germ dis
covered by NoguchI as Insufficient. It
Is not easy to usslgu ull results to
mosquito carriers. He believes that
one agent Is bacterial, producing the
typical symptoms of the disease, but
that some other agent such as a fil
terable virus may give varying 'of
fects. 'jTIkj character of the contagion
nnd the diffusion of the Infection seem
to suggest a tllternblo virus. The fever
ish weakness in animals and the first
stage of the disease In mini are at
tributed to the virus and the bacillus
Is assumed to he the cuii'-e of the dis
turbances of tho bodily organs and
other symptoms. If is thought tho
virus may glvo rise to light forms of
yellow fever, one of which nttenunted
forms may be dengue.
Nightly Time Gun Too Costly,
firing a time gun every night nt
Cnlgary would cost !f2.ri a day. It oc
curred to some one In the city hull
that the sounding of a cannon nt bed
time would be just the proper thing
for Cnlgary. The mllltury authori
ties said they would bo willing to put
over tho nightly barrage. They have
only 18-pound guns, and to shoot them,
even for the sake of warning (he chil
dren to go to bed, would burn up
money very fast. It would mean
about .T7,r(X) n year. Tho city Is con
sidering something cheaper.
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Husbnnd And once for nil, don't
talk to me about your first husband.
Wife Very well, dear; we'll discuss
,wlmt sort of mnn your successor Is
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At Inst, after the search bad pro
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