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BED CLOUD. NEBRASKA, CHIEF y A Man for the Ages CHAPTER XV. 15 Wherein Harry and Abe Ride Up to Sprinodalo and Visit Kelso's. Illinois wns Browing. In .Tune scores of prairie schooners, loaded with ol und young, rattled ovur the plains from tho IJiiBt. There wore many Yankees from Ohio, New York and Now Knglnnd In thlH long ciirnviui. There were almost us many Irish, who hnd net out for this Imiil of golden promise us soon as they had been aide (o save money for u team and wnguti, lifter reaching the new world. There were some Germans and Scan dinavians In the dust clouds of the National road. Steamers on the Illi nois river Rcnttered tlielr living freight along Itn shores. These were largely from Kentucky, southern Ohio, Pcnn Hylvanla, Maryland and Virginia. The rail of the rich and kindly lands had traveled far and streams of life wen making toward them, to (low with In creasing speed and volume for many yearn. People In Sangamon county had be gun to learn of the thriving village of Chicago In the north. Abe said that Illinois would be the Umpire nrftte of the West; that a new era of rapid development nnd great pros Ierlty was near. Land was In great demand und there were many trans fers of title. Abe had taore surveying to do than lie was able to accomplish that summer. Harry was with him for some weeks. lie could earn two dollars n day with Abe, whereas Sum koii wus able to hire a helper for half that sum. Harry made a confidant of Ids friend, and when they were work ing at the northern end of the county they borrowed a pair of horses and rode up to Kelso's house and spent a Sunday there. Itlm met them down the rond a mile or co from Hopcdale. She, too, was on the hack of a horse. She rccog- l V-Vfr. O " W 'MA4f "Where Are You Go!ng7" She Asked. nlzcd them before they wero In hail ing distance and waved her hand and hurried tdwurd them with a happy face. "Where nro you going?" she asked. To i see you and your father and mother," said Harry. A sail look came lido her cyca. "If I hnd a stone I would throw It at you," she said. "Why?" Harry asked. "llecause I have to get used to being miserable, und Just as I begin to be resigned to It, you come along and make me happy, and I have It ull to do over again." The young man stopped his horse. "I hadn't thought of that," he said, with a sad face. "It Isn't fair to you, Is It? It's rather selllsh." "Why don't you go to Hrlmstend's," Illm suggested. "A beautiful girl over there Is In love with you. Honestly, Harry, there Isn't a sweeter girl In nil the world." "I ought not to go there, either," said the young man. "Why?" "Hocnuso I mustn't let her think .that I care for her." So it happened that nnrry went on with Illm and Abe to the llttlo house In Hopcdale. They put out the horses. The girl came and sat on her father's knee. Harry sat down by the side of Abe on the grass In the oak's shadow. "It's n Joy to have the llttlo girl back again," said Kelso, as ho touched her hair with his hand. "It Is still as yellow ub a corn tassel. I wonder It Isn't gray." "Her eyes look as bright ns ever todny," said Harry. "No compliments, please, I want you to bo downright mean," Illm pro tested. Kelso looked up with a smile: "My hoy, It wan Leonardo da Vinci who ul) (hat a man could Uav aaUbMF a 1 Wi Ir' JWZ' ffV -X) greater nor a less dominion than that over himself. I hold that If our young man are to be trained to tyr- fanny In a lot of little nigger king doms, our democracy will die." Abe made no answer. He was al ways slow to commit himself. "The North Is partly to blame for what has come," said Samson. "I guess our Yankee captains brought over most of the niggers and sold them to the planters of the South." "There was a demand for them, or those Yankee pirates wouldn't have brought the niggers," Harry answered. "Unth seller and buyer were commit ting a crime." "They established a great wrong and now the South Is pushing to ex tend and give It the sanction of law," said Abe. "There Is the point of Irri tation and danger." "I hear that In tho next legislature an effort will be made to endorse slav ery," said Kelso. "It Is a dangerous subject," Abe answered. "Whatever happens, I shall not fall to express my opinion of slavery If I go back." "The time Is coming when you will take tho hull by the horns," said Kelso. "There's no fence that will keep him at home." "I hope that Isn't true," Abe an swered. Soon Mrs. Kelso called Illm to set the table. She and Harry brought It out under the tree, where, In the cool shade, they had n merry dinner. When the dishes wero put away, Percy Itrlmstead arrived with his sis ter Annabel In their buggy. Illm went out to meet them and came Into the dooryard with her arm around Anna bel's waist. "Hid any one ever see n lovelier girl than this?" Illm usked, ns they stood up before the dinner party. "Her cheeks are like wild roses, her eyes like the dew on them when the sun Is rising," said Kelso. Abe rose and said. "The day Is passing. I'll start on with Parsons nnd tlic pony and read my stint nfoot. You come along In a few minutes. Hy the time .von overtake me I'll bo ready to get into the snddle." Half an hour or so after Abe had gone, Harry's horse, which had been whinnying for his mate, hounded out of the stable and went galloping down the road, having slipped his baiter. "He will not stop until ho overtakes the other horse," said Harry. "You can ride with .us," Annabel suggested. So the young man brought his sad dle ami bridle and put It under the seat of tho buggy and got In with Annabel and her small brother. Some two miles down the road Har ry found Abe standing between the horses, holding the runaway by his forelock. The latter was saddled and bridled, while tho buggy went on ahead. "That Is n wonderful girl," said Harry, as he and Abe were riding along together. "She Is very modest and gentle hearted." "And ns pleasant to look nt ns tho llowery meadows." Abe answered. "I hnve promised to stop there a few minutes on our way hack." "It Is possible Illm could get n di vorce," said Abe, looking down thoughtfully nt the mane of his horse. "I'll nslc Stuart what he thinks about It when I see him again." "I hope you'll see him soon." "As soon as I can get to Spring neld." Next day a letter came from Doctor Allen, telling him that Ann was far gone with a dangerous fever. Hoth Abo nnd Harry dropped their work and vreiit home, Ann was too sick to see her lover. The little village was very quiet thoso hot summer days. The sorrow of the pretty maiden had touched the hearts of the simple kindly folk who lived there. For a year or more there had been n tender note In their voice when they spoke of Ami. They had learned with great gludness of her en gagement to marry Abe. Tho whole community were as one family with Its favorite daughter about to be crowned with good fortune, greater than she knew. Now that she was stricken down, their feeling was more than sympathy. The love of Justice, the deslro to seo a great wrong righted, In a measure, was In their hearts when they sought news of tho little sufferer at the tavern. There was no shouting In tho street. no story-telling In the dooryards, no Jesting In the stores and houses, no merry parties, gladdened by the notes of the violin, In tho days and nights 'of Ann's long Illness. Samson writes In his diary that Abe went about llko n man In n dream, with no heart for work or study. He spent much time nt tho doctor's ofllco, feeling for nomn straw of hope. One day lato In August, as ho stood talking with Samson Trnylor In the street, Doctor Allen called him from his doorstep. Abo turned very pale as he obeyed tho summons. "I've Just come from her bedside," snld Doctor Allen, "She wants to see yoa. I'vo talked It over with her par eaU. and we've decided to let you and A Story of the Builder of Democracy IRVING her have u little visit together. You must be prepared for a great change in Ann. There's not much left of the poor girl. A breath would blow lx,r away. Hut she wants to see you. It may be better than medicine. Who knows?" The two men went across to the tavern. Mrs. Kutlcdge and Abe tip toed up the stairway. The latter en tered the room of the sick girl. The woman closed the door. Ann Hut ledge was alone with her lover. There were none who knew what happened In that solemn hour save the two one of whom was on the edge of eternity, and the other was never to speak of It. The only record of that hour is to he found In the face and spirit of a great mnn. Yenrs later Samson wrote In n let ter: "I saw Abo when he enme out of tliji tnveru that day. He was not the Abe we had nil known. He was different. There were new lines in Ids face. It Entered the Room of the Sick Girl. wns sorrowful. Ills steps were slow. He had passed out of his young man hood. When I spoke to him, he an swered with that gentle dignity now so familiar to nil who knew hliiuFrom that hour he was Abraham Lincoln." Ann passed away before the mouth ended aud became, like many of her kind, an Imperishable memory. In her presence the spirit of the young man hnd received such a baptism that henceforward, taking thought of her, ho was to love purity and all clean ness, and no Mary who came to his feet with Uars and ointment wus ever to bo turned away. CHAPTER XVI. Wherein Young Mr. Lincoln Safely Passes Two Great Danger Points and Turns Into the Highway of His Manhood. For days thereafter the people of New Kalom were sorely troubled. Abe Lincoln, the ready helper In time of need, the wise counselor, the friend of all "old and young, dogs and horses," as Samson was wont to say the pride and hope of the little cabin village, ,was breaking down under his grief. He seemed to ,care no more for work or study or friendship, lie wandered out In the woods aud upon the prairies alone. Many feared that lie would lose his reason. Tlnro was a wise and merry-hearted man who lived a mile or so from the village. Ills name was Itowlln (Sreen. Those days when one of middle age had established himself In the affec tions of a community, Its members had u wuy ot adopting mm. ho .Mr. i sreen had been adopted into many families from Henrdstown to Sprlnglleld. He wus everybody's "Uncle Itowlln." He had a most unusual circumference and the strength to carry It. His ruddy cheeks and curling locks and kindly dark eyes and large head were details of Importance. Under all were a heart with the love of men, a mind of tin usual understanding and a hand skilled lu all the arts of the Kentucky pioneer, lie could grill a venison steak aud roast a grouse aud broil a chicken lu a way which had tilled tho countryside with fond recollections of his hospitality; he could kindle a lire with a bow and string, a pine stick and some shavings; he could make anything from a splint broom to a rocking horse with his Jack-knife. Abe Lincoln was one of the many men who knew und loved him. On a warm, bright afternoon early In September, Howlln Green was going around the pasture to put his fence in repair, when ho came upon young Mr. Lincoln. Tho latter sat In the shade of a tree on the hillside. He looked "terribly peaked," ns Undo Howlln Iuih said In n letter. "Why, Abe, where have you been?" By BACHELLER Copyright, Irrtnr BaehMltr he asked. "The whole village la scared. Samson Trnylor was here last night tonkin' for ye." "I'm like u deer that's been hurt," said the young man. "I took to tho woods. Wanted to be alone. You see, I had a lot. of thinking to do the kind of thinking that every man must do for himself. I've got the brush cleared away, at last, so I can see through. I had made up my mind to go down to your house for tho night nnd wns try ing to decide whether I have energy enough to do It." "Come on; It's only n short step," urged the big-hearted Itowlln. "What I feel the need of, Just now, Is a week or two of sleep," said Mr, Lincoln, as he rose aud started down the long hill with his friend. Some time later Itowlln Green gave Samson this brief account of what happened in and about the cabin: "He wouldn't eat anything. He wanted to go down to the ror for a dip, and 1 went with him. When we got hack, I Induced him to take off his clothes and get into bed. He was fast asleep In ten minutes. When night came I went up the ladder to bed. He was still asleep when I came down lu the morning. I went out and did my chores. Then I cut two venison steaks, each about the size o' my hand, ami a half moon of bacon. I pounded the venison to pulp with a little salt and bacon mixed In. I put It on tho broiler and over a bed o' hickory coals. 1 got the colTee Into the pot and up next to the lire and some potatoes lu the ashes. I hasted a bird with bacon strips aud put It into the roaster aud set it Imck o' tho broiling bed. Then I made some biscuits aud put 'em Into the oven. I tell you, lu a llttlo while the smell o that tlrvplnce would have 'woke the dead honest 1 Abd began to stir. In n minute I heard him call: '"Say, Uncle" Howlln, I'm goln to get up an' eat you out o' house and home. I'm hungry and I feel like a new man. What time Is It?' "'It'll he nine o'clock by the time you're washed ami dressed,' I says "'Well, I declare, says he, 'I've had about sixteen hours o' solid sleep. The world looks better to me this morn lug.' "At the table I told him a story nnd got u little laugh out of him. Ho stayed with me threo weeks, chorlng around the place and taking It easy. He read all the books I hud, until you and Doc Allen cume with the law books. Then he pitched into them. I think he has changed a good deal since Ann died. He talks a lot about God und the hereafter." In October young Mr. Lincoln re turned to his surveying, and In tho last month of the year to Vandalla for an extra session of the legislature, where he took a Btand against the con vent Ion system of nominating candi dates for public olllce. Samson went to Vandalla for a visit with him and to see the place before the session end ed. The next year, In u letter to hW brother, he says: "Vandalla Is a small, crude village. It has a strong llavor of whisky, pro faulty and tobacco. The night after I got there I went to a banquet with Abe Lincoln. Heard a lot about the dam nlirgor-lovlng Yankees who wen trying to ruin the state and country with abolition. There were some stories like those we used to hear l the lumber camp, and no end of pow erful talk, In which the names of God and the Savior were roughly handled. A few of the statesmen got drunk, and after the dinner was over two of them Jumped on the table aud danced down the whole length of It, shattering plates and cups and saucers and glasses. Nobody seemed to be able to stop them. I hear that they had to pay several hundred dollars for tho damage done. You will bo apt to think that there Is too much liberty here In the West, and perhaps that is so, hut the fact Is these men are not half so bad a tliey seem to he. Lincoln tells me that they are honest, almost to a man, and sincerely devoted to the pub lic good as they see It. I asked Abe Lincoln, who all his life has associated with roiigh-tongued, drinking men, how he managed to hold his own course aud keep his talk aud habits so clean. "'Why, the fact Is, said he, 'I have associated with tho people who lived around me only part of the time, but I have never stopped associating with myself and with Washington and Clay and Webster and Shakespeare and Hums and DeFoe and Scott aud Hluckstone anil Parsons. On the whole, I've been In pretty good com pany. (TO UK CONTINUED,) Left Him Thinking. After a sermon by uu old colored preacher one of the brethren said to him : "Hr-'or Jenkins, how fur off, you reckon, hell Is?" "How old Is you, Hr'er Thomas?" asked the preacher. "Well, sub, ef I don't miss my kalker lHthms I Is slxty-fo'." "Well," said the preacher, "w'en you wua born Inter (lis worP, hell wuz Jes slxty-fo' years oiT, nil' all I got ter say Ih, Pf you ain't In night er It now, It ain't yi fault."-San Frauclsco Argouuut. Just a few doses taken In time have saved thousands from serious sickness. For fifty years i'c-ru-na lias been ttio popular family medicine for coughs, colds, catarrh, Otomach and bowel disorders and all diseases of catarrhal origin. KEEP IT IN THE HOUSE rTAMnln AM f I NtlM Cl.1 11 1 luuituuiiiniwu What to Take for CONSTIPATION Take a good dose BARTER'S IITTLE IXE1R PILLS "SHOW" HAD HER APPROVAL Small Girl Enjoyed It and Was Not at All Backward in Telling the World. "Sister" Is six, and her delight Is Indianapolis. Last summer Ola took her when she went to see Stuart Walker's "Peg o' .My Heart." Sister uqulrmed and wiggled and whispered that "this Isn't a real show" until Ola declared "nover again." Hut shortly afterward she and her husband bad to take "Sister" along when they went to see the premiere of "Alio Martin" at Knglish's. Flist, they cautioned her: "For goodness' sake, bo still." Imagine tlielr surprise, amusement nnd also embarrassment when after a lively ensemble, "Sister," who had been shrieking In glee, clapped her hands, and white the whole audience turned to see, shrilled: "Oil, Ola, tills Is a real show 'cause Its got pretty girls and they sing und dance." Indianapolis News. Quite as Good. A farmer recently paid a visit to n neighbor, and as lie passed along by the side of the fields he made a men tal note of the fact that no scare crows were visible. Meeting the neighbor almost Imme diately he opened conversation as follows: "Good morning. Mr. Oates. I see you have no scarecrows In your Holds. How do you manage to do without them?" "Oh, well enough," was the Inno cent reply. "You see, I don't need them, for I'm In the lleMs all day my self." Wisdom Lies In Correction. Don't make too much of the faults and findings of those around you; even be good to yourself, and don't harry your soul over your own blunders ami mistakes. Ada (J. Sweet. Press Work. She "Can you ,ivo me n proof of your love" He (kissing her) "Well, there's an ImprlQt of It." ni aJAa1MBaH- Do you discriminate at the dining table or are you thoughtless? In thousandsof home9, a "line" is drawn nt the breakfast table. Tea or coffee is served for "grown-ups" and Postum for children. But some parents do not discrimin ate. Caffeine and tannin, the Injurious contents of coffee and tea, seriously retard the development of the delicate nerve tissues in children. Consequently, instead of rich, satisfying Postum, children are over stimu lated by tho drugs in tea and coffee; and so may grow up irritablo and nervous. Any doctor can tell you that this is a great evil and she aid bo corrected. Although somo par ents feel a certain justifi cation for the personal indulgence in coffee, yet the harm to them may be equally erious. It may take a little while longer for the drugs in coffee and tea to affect BUT DON'T NEGLECT IT A cold Is no ncutc ca tarrh which can easily be come chronic. A great many diseases may bo trac ed to a catarrhal condition of the mucous memurancs lining the organs or parts. PE-RO-NA AH IDEAL EMERGENCY REMEDY oum j&TcrjTTnero cut .tfsi5jSbjwSify of Carter's Little Liver Pills then take 2 or 3 for a few nights af ter.They cleanse your system of all waste matter and Regulate Your Bowels. Mild as easy to take as SUgar. Genuine Sear tlgnalute yrftorxZ&SZtC Small Pill. Small Dose. Small Price. Some folks are kept in the durk In order to keep them from bringing things to light. WHY DRUGGISTS RECOMMEND SWAMP-ROOT For many years druggists have watched with much interest the remarkable record maintained by Dr. Kilmer's Swarnp-Iloot, the great kidney, liver and bladder medi cine. It is a physician's prescription. Swamp-Hoot is a strengthening medi cine. It helps the kidneys, liver and blad der do the work nature intended they should do. Swainp-Kant has stood the test of years. i It is sold" by all druggists on its merit and it should help you. No other Kidney medicine has so many friends. He Fiire to get Swamp-Itoot and start treatment at once. However, if you wish first to test this great preparation send ten cents to T)r. Kilmer k Co.. Hinghamton, N. Y., for a Kimplc lottle. When writing ho sure and mention this paper. Advertisement. The Motive. Senator Hiram Johnson wns dlcuss Ing the various restrictions which It Is proposed to put on Immigration. "We certainly have got to restrict Immigration somehow or other," ho said, "or the immigrants won't leavo the native population room to breathe. "Conditions in F.uropo since tho war are so had that practically every body wants to come here. 1 said to an Immigrant the other day: " 'You Immigrants all succeed re markably lu America. I wonder why It is?" "'It's because, ttie Immigrant an swered, 'we know Hint, If we don't succeed, wo will have to go back und live In our own land again.' " Surely. The optimist says to remember thnt even If your mother-in-law has the gift of tongues It would he a lot worse It she wero u mlndrender. Cldcugo American. An elaborate tombstone and u con tested will are about all that wealth brings to some men. an older person, but In many cases tho nervous system and allied bodily functions will becomo weakened. The surest way to avoid such pos sibilities is to quit coffee entirely and drink Postum instead. The change per mits you to get sound, restful sleep. Postum is tho well known, meal-time bever age. Like thousands of others you will like it be cause, in flavor, it ia much like a high-grade coffee. Do away with tho dis tinction at the table. Serve delicious Postum, piping hot, to all the fam ily. One week's trial and it islikelythat you'll never return to tea and coffee.' Ppstum comes In two forms: Instant Postum (In Uns) frmdo instantly in the cup by tho addition of boiling water. Postum Cereal (in packages of larger bulk, for those vho pre fer to make the drink while tho meal Is being prepared) mad by boiling for 20 minutes. A ft ..J i f