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    RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF
PMfiH
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A STORY OFTHEBDILDERSy DEHOCE&CT
IRVING BACHELLER
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CHAPTER XIX Continued.
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Like ninny who had no experience
with Mich phenomena they underesti
mated (tic seriousness of the panic.
Tliey thought that, In n week or so,
It effect would puss and that Illinois
would then resume Its triumphal
march toward Its high destiny. .Not
even Suiuson Traylor had n correct
notion of the slowness of Time.
The effect of the panic paralyzed
the city. Men whose "red-dog money"
was In every one'H pocket closed their
flhopn and ran nwny. The wild adven
turers cleared out. Their character
may he Judged hy the words of one
of them reported by the editor of Uie
Democrat :
"I failed for n hundred thousand
dollars and rnuld have failed for a
inlillon. If Jackson hnd kept his hands
off."
Hard times hung like n cloud over
the city. Its population Buffered some
dlmlnlKhment In the next two years, In
spile of Its position oil the main high
way of .trade. Dream cltjcs, canals
nn1 railroads hullt without hands be
nine part of the poetry of American
commerce.
That autumn, men and women who
had come to Mrs. Kltrle's party In
Jewels and In purple and flue linen
had left or turned their hands to hard
labor. The Kelsos suffered real dis
tress, the schools being closed and the
head of the house having taken to his
bed with Illness, lllm went to work
as a seamstress, and with the help of
Mrs. Klnzle and Mrs. Hubbard was
utile to keep the family from want.
The nursing and the care of the baby
coon broke the health of Mrs. Kelso,
never o strong woman. Illm came
home from her work one evening and
found her mother III.
"Cheer up, my daughter," said Jack.
"An old friend of ours has returned
to the city. He Is n rich man an
oasis In the desert of poverty. He
has loaned me a hundred dollars In
good coin."
"Who has done this?" Rim asked.
"Mr. Lionel Davis."
"We must not take his money," said
illm.
"I had a long talk with him." Kclsd
went on. "He has explained that un
fortunate Incident of the horse. It
was a bit of offhand folly bornpf an
anxious moment."
"Kut the man wants to marry me."
MIIo said nothing of such a pur
pose." "He will be In no hurry about that,"
said Win. "lie Is a shrewd operator.
Every one hates him. They say that
he knew what was coming when he
sold out."
That evening Klin wroto a long let
ter to Samson Traylor, telling him
of the ovll days which had come to
them. This letter, now In possession
of a great grandson of Samson and
Sarah Traylor, had a singular history.
It reached the man to Whom It wns
addressed In the Bummer of 1844. It
was found with many others that sum
mer In Tazewell county under a barn
which Its owner wns removing. It
brought to mind the robbery of the
Btage from Chicago, south of tho syca
more woods, In the autumn of '.'17, by
a man who had ridden with the driver
from Chicago and who, It was thought,
had been In collusion with him. A
curious feature of the robbery had
been revealed by the discovery of the
malt sack. It was unopened, Its con
tents undisturbed, Its rusty padlock
still In place. The perpetrator of the
crime had not soiled his person with
any visible evidence of guilt and so
wns never apprehended.
Then for a time Illm entered upon
great trials. Jnck Kelso weakened.
Kurnlng with fever, his mind wan
dered In the pleasant paths ho loved
and saw In Its fancy the deeds of
AJax and Achilles and the topless tow
ers of Illlum and came not back again
to the vulgar and prosaic details of
life. Tho girl knew not whut to do.
A funeral was a costly thing. She
had no money. The Kluzles had gone
on a hunting trip In Wisconsin. Mrs.
Hubbard wns 111 and the Kelsos al
ready much In her debt. Mr. Lionel
(Davis came.
He was n good-looking young man
t twenty-nine, those days, rather
J tout and of middle stature, with dark
air and eyes. He was dressed In the
height of fashion. He used to boast
jthat he had only one vice diamonds.
Stat he had ceased to display them on
tila shirt-front or his lingers. Ho car
ried them In his pockets and showed
them by the glittering handful to his
friends. They had come to him
through trading In land where they
were tho accepted symbol of success
and money was none too plentiful
He had melted their settings and
-rncd them Into coin. The stones he
pt as a kind of surplus a half hid
n evidence of wealth and of superl
Ity to the temptation of vulgar dls
v. Hr, DatU was a calculating,.
AfiES
masterful, keen-minded man, with a
rather heavy Jaw. In his presence,
Him wns afraid of her soul that night.
He was gentle and sympathetic. He
offered to lend her any amount she
needed. She made no answer, but sat
trying to think what she would best
do. The Traylors hnd paid no atten
tion to her letter, although a month
had passed since It was written.
In n moment she rose and gave him
her hand.
"It Is very kind of you," said she.
"If you rnn spare me five hundred
dollars for an Indefinite time I will
tnke It."
"Let mo lend you a thousand," he
urged. "I enn do It without a bit of
Inconvenience."
"1 think that five hundred will be
enough," she said.
It carried her through that trouble
and Into others, of which her woman's
heart had found nbundant signs In
the attitude of Mr. Davis. He gave
the most assiduous attention to the
comfort of Illm and her mother. He
had had a celebrated physician come
down from Milwaukee to see Mrs.
Kelso and had paid the bill In advance.
"I cannot let you be doing these
things for us," Kim said one evening
when he hnd called to see them.
"And I ennnot help loving you and
doing the little I can to express ft."
he answered. "I-would like to make
every dollar I have tell you In some
wny thntI love you. That's how I
feel and you might as well know It."
"Hut I do not love yta, Mr. Davis."
"Let me try to make you love me,"
he pkiidcd. "Is there any reason why
I shouldn't?"
"Yes. If there were no other rea
son, I love a young soldier who Is
fighting In the Seminole war In Flor
ida under Col. Taylor."
"Well, at lenst, you can let me take
the place of your father and shield you
from trouble when I can."
"You nre a most generous and kind
ly man!" Kim exclaimed with tears
In her eyes.
So he seemed to be, but he was one
of those men who weave a spell like
that of an able actor. He excited
temporary convictions that began to
ehnnge as soon ns the curtain fell.
He was no reckless villain of romance.
If he Instigated the robbery of the
south-bound mull wagon, of which tho
writer of this little history has no
shadow of doubt, he was so careful
about It that no evidence which would
satisfy a Jury has been discovered to
this day.
On account of the continued Illness
of her mother Htm was tumble to re
sume her work In the academy. She
took what sewing she could do nt
honip and earned enough to solve the
problems of each day. Hut the puy
ment coming due on the house In De
cember loomed ahead of them. It
wns ratural, In the circumstances,
that Mrs. Kelso should like Mr. Davis
and favor his alms.
Mrs. Kelso's health had Improved
slowly bo that she wns able then to
spend most of ench day In her chair.
One evening when Dnvls sat ulone
"Let Me Lend You a Thousand," He
Urged,
with her, she told him the story ef
Him and Harry Needles bit of
knowledge he wns glad te have. Their
talk wns Interrupted by the return of
Blra. She wus In a cheerful mood.
When Mr. Davis had gone she snlo
to her mother:
"I think our luck hns turned. Here's
hi letter from John T Smart. The
divorce has In en p'liuieii I hid going
tp write to Hnrr ,." him in
tarry hem and wrry nw If he wants
te. Don't Ay word nBoat toe d
vorce to our friend Davis. I want to
make him keep his distance. It Is
hard enough now."
Hefore she went to bed that night
Bhe wroto a long lettor to Harry and
one to Abo Lincoln, thanking him for
his part In the mnttcr and telling htm
of her father's death, of the payment
due and of the hnrd times they were
suffering. Two weeks passed anil
brought no answer from Mr. Lincoln.
The dny before the payment came
due In December, a historic letter
from Tnmpn, Fin., was published In
the Democrat. It wns signed "Robert
Doming, prlvnte, Tenth cavalry." It
gave many details of the campaign In
the Kverglndes In which the fnmnu
scout, Harry NeedlcB, nnd seven of
his comrades had been surrounded
and Blaln. When Mr. Dnvls called nt
the little home In La Salle street that
evening he found Kim In great dis
tress. "I throw tip my hands," she said.
"I cannot stnnd any more. Wo shall
be homeless tomorrow."
"No, not that so long ns I live," he
answered. "I hnve bought the claim.
You can pay me when you get ready."
He was very tender nnd sympa
thetic. When he hnd left them Dim paid to
her mother: "Our old friends do not
seem to enre what becomes of us
I hnve no thought now save for you
and the baby. I'll do whntever you
think best for you two. I don't care
for myself. My heart Is as dead as
Harry's.
CHAPTER XX.
WrHeh Tells of the Settling of Abe
Lincoln and the Traylors In the VII.
lage of Springfield and of 8amson'a
Second Visit to Chicago.
Kim's Judgment of her old friends
was III founded. It was a slow time
In which she lived. The foot of the
horse, traveling and often mired In n
rough muddy highway, was Its swift
est courier. Letters carried by horses
or slow steamboats were the only
media of coiumunlcntlonrbetwccn peo
ple separated by wide distances. So
It Is eaBy to understand that many
who hnd traveled far were ns the
dead, In a measure, to tho friends they
had left behind them and that those
separated by only a hundred miles
had to be very enterprising to keep ac
quainted. In March Abe Lincoln hnd got his
license to practice law. On his return
from the North he hnd ridden to
Springfield to begin his work as n law
yer In tho office of John T. Stuart.
His plan was to hire nnd furnish n
room nnd get his meals at the home
of his friend, Mr. William Butler. He
went to the store of Joshua Speed to
buy a bed and some bedding. He
found that they would cost seventeen
dollars.
"The question Is whether you would
trust a man owing a national debt and
without nn asset but good Intentions
and a license to practice law, for so
much money," snld Honest Abe. "I
don't know when I could pay you."
Speed had heard of the tall repre
sentative from Sangamon county.
"I hnvo a plan which will give you
a bed for nothing If you would care to
share my room nbove tho store and
sleep with me," he unswered.
"I'm much obliged, but for you It's
quite a contract."
"You're rather long," Speed laughed.
"Yes, I could lick Bait off the top
of your lint. I'm about a man and a
half but by long practice I've learned
bow to keep the half out of the way
of other people."
"I'm sure we shall get along well
enough together," said Speed.
Mr. Lincoln hurried nwny for his
saddle-bags and returned shortly
"There nre nil my earthly posses
sions," he snld as he threw the bags
on tho floor.
So his new life begnn In the village
of Springfield. Early In the autumn
Samson arrived and bought n small
house and two acres of land on tho
edge of the village nnd returned to'
New Salem to move his family and
furniture. When they drove along the
top of Salem hill n number of the
houses were empty and deserted, their
owners hnvlng moved away. Two of
the stores were closed. Only ten fami
lies remained. They stopped nt Hut
ledge's tavern, whoso entertainment
vls Ilttlo sought those dnys. People
trbiL the near houses came to bid
them good-by.
Pete nnd Colonel, Invigorated by
their long rest, but whitened by ago
und with drooping heads, drew the
wagon. Sambo nnd the small boy rode
between Sarah nnd Samson. Betsey
and Jostnh walked ahead of the' wag
on, the latter leading n cow. That
evening they were comfortably settled
In their new home. When the beds.
were set up and rendy for tho night
Snrah made some ten to go with the
cold victuals she hud brought. Mr.
Lincoln nto with them nnd told of his
new work.
Betsey wns growing tall nnd slim.
She hnd the blond hair and fulr skin
of Samson and the dark eyes of her
mother. Joslnh had grown to be a
bronzed, sturdy, good-looking lac",
very shy and ensltlve.
"There's n likely boy I" said Sam
son as he clapped the shoulder of his
eldest Bon. "He's got a good heart In
Mm."
"You'll spoil him with praise,"
Sarah protested and then asked as
she turned to tho young statesman,
"Have you heard from Hlra or any of
ho Kelsos?"
"Not a word. I often think of
hem."
"There's been a letter In the candle
every night for a week or so, but we
mven't beard a word from Harry or
from th-n." snld tiaras "X wonder
liew thoy're getting along In the
Ivard times."
"I told Jack to let me ksow If I
could do anything to help," Samson
assured them.
Lnte In November Mr. Lincoln went
out on the circuit with the distin
guished John T. Stuart, who hnd
taken him Into partnership. Hlm's
letter to him henrs nn Indorsement on
Its envelope ns follows:
"This letter wns forwnrded from
Vnndnlln the week I went out on the
circuit and remnlned unopened In our
office until my return six weeks Inter.
A. Lincoln."
The day of his return he went to
Sarah nnd Samson with the letter.
"I'll get n horse nnd stnrt for Chi
cago tomorrow morning," snld Simi
son. "They have had n dotilde blow.
Did you rend thnt Harry had been
killed?"
'"Harry killed I" Mr. Lincoln ex
claimed. "You don't mean to tell me
that Harry has been killed?"
"The Chicago Democrat says so,
but wp don't believe It," said Samson.
"Here's the nrtlcle. Rend It and then
I'll tell you why I don't think It's so."
Abe Lincoln read the nrtlcle.
"You see It wns dated In Tnmpn,
November the fifth," snld Samson.
"Hefore we hnd read that nrtlcle we
hnd received a letter from Harry
dated November the seventh. In the
letter he says he Is nil right nnd I
calculate that he ought to know ns
much about It as nnynne."
"Thnnk Ood I Then It's n mistake,"
said Lincoln. "We can't nfford to lose
Harry. I feel rather poor with Jack
Kelso gone. It will comfort me to do
what I can for his wife nnd daughter.
I'll give you every dollar I can spnre
to tnke to thein."
Samson Hired horses for the Jour
ney and set out early next morning
with his son, Joslnh. bound for the
CftmnOy
"There Are All My Earthly Posset
along," He Said.
new city. The boy hnd begged ,to ge
and both Samson and Sarah thought
It would be good for him to tnke n bet
ter look at Illinois than his geography
afforded.
Joe and his father set out on n cold
clear morning In February. They got
to Hrlmstend's In time for dinner.
Henry put his hand on Samson's
pommel nnd said In n confident tone:
"Kl Dorado was one of the wickedest
cities In history. It wus like Tyre and
Babylon. It robbed me... Look nt that
pile of stakes."
Samson saw a long cord of stnkes
along the rood In the' edge of the
meadow.
"They nre the teeth of my city,"
snld Brlmstend In n low voice. "I've
drawed 'em out. They ain't goln' to
blto me no more."
"They nre tho towers nnd steeples
of El Dorado," Samson laughed. "Have
any of the notes been paid?"
"Not one and I can't get a word
from my broker nhout the men who
drew the notes who they nre or
whore they nre." ,
"I'm going to Chicago and If you
wish I'll try to find him and sec whut
ho pays."
"That's Just whnt I wish," said
Hrlmstead. "Ills name Is Lionel Da
vis. Ills address Is 14 South Water
street. I sold him all the land I had
on the river shore and he gave me his
note for It."
"If you'll lot me tnke the note I'll
see what can be done to get the
money," Samson answered.
"Say, I'll tell ye," Krlmstend went
on. "It's for five thousand dollars
and I don't suppose It's worth the pa
per It was wrote on. You take It nnd
If you find It's no good you lose It Just
as careful as you can. I don't want
to see It again."
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Advertisers at First Shy.
It took several years after the es
tablishment of newspapers In Amer
ica for advertising to become popular.
John Campbell, the postmaster of Ho
tou, who, In 1704. nturted the Kostoa
NewB Letter, the first real newspaper
In this country, had great dlfllculty In
persuudlng his townspeople to adver
tise their wares or their wants.
William Krndfnrd and Potcr Zenger
In New York were hnrdly more for
tunate at first, und even Henjamla
Franklin, for many years after he be
gan (lie publication of the Pennsyl
vania Gazette, found his advertising
columns very meager. After 1850,
however, the reluctance to advertise
died awuy und all the leading pa pom
showed that they were well sup-Durted.
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Times for Gratitude.
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Perhaps tho most original sugges
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"You might put your teeth In upside
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A clergyman wus spending the af
ternoon at u house In the village where
lie Iiad preached. After tea he wns
rlttlng In the garden with his hostess.
Out rushed her little boy, holding a
rat above his Head.
"Don't be afraid, mother," he cried;
-he's dead. We beat lilm und bnshed
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lug sight of the clergyman, he added
In n lowered voice "until Jod culled
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From Africa.
The "Greatest Show on Garth"
one of them wus touring Georgia nnd
having trouble with Its small hilt select
menagerie. Therefore, the manage
ment of the show udvertlsed for an
isslstant aiilmul trainer. a husky
iilacU gentleman applied, wns accept
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When Uje time enme to feed tho
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The Man Who
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The proof of
is in the eating''
was only half through
He started a good pudding
proof, but he didn't finish it.
There's a lot of trouble in
the world from puddings that
taste good but don't do good.
They "eat" well, but that
nds the recommendation.
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"There's a Reason" for Grape-Nuts
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"Terence," suid Mrs. Mulcnhey, who
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William M. Knight 'uddiessed a
crowd of negroes on the clrcua
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He described himself ns an "an
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nnd disorderly conduct. Louisville
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Motet and Beamt.
"Aren't people iueer?" queries It
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"Johnnie, the stork has brought yon
u little sister."
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The really modest philanthropist
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press agent.
Said:
the pudding
Sanitariums are full of pud-ding-eaterswhostoppedthetestat
taste and forgot to inquire whether
their food gave the body what it
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