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September IS, 1021 THE CITIZEN Paf Three A Man for the Ages A Story of the BuilJert of Democracy By Irving Bacheller Oormgat. inm SVNC 8I. CHAPTER I - uni on an Sarah Tray lor, with tlirir i itiildran, Joaiah and Bataar. travel tiy tin from thalr hoina la Vrgnna. Vt i., Uia Waal. Uia land M alanty 1 heir .InaUsa la tha Coun Iry ut Uia bai.Kiimn, la lUlnula CHAPTF.H II I. -Among tha Tra flora nrat acquaintni aa ara Liacula'e Irlanda, Jam Kalao and hia liratta aauglilar Hun. IS Java of aaa "CHAPTKR II. -At Niagara raJia lhr BBaal a party of immlgrania, among lharn a youth nanird Jnlm McNali, who alaa tatldaa la go to tha Mangamoe country. Ail of Mia iarty auftar froia fovar and aaua. Sarah a inimatraUona aava Ilia Ufa ml a youth. Hairy Kaadlaa. In Uia laat etaeae el favar, and ha acoompaniaa tha Ti trior. I h.y r-a. h Naw Balrm, Illlnnla, and ara elomal by young "Aha" Ui aula. OHAPTKR IV Samaoa dacldaa to lo cal at Naw Ha lam. and ba(ina hulldlni ala houaa. L1 by Jack Armstrong, ruwdlaa altampt to braak up Uia procaad tara Utwroln Uiraahaa Arantrong Touna Harry Naadlaa atrlkaa Map MvNull. at tha Armatrung crowd, and aUNoll Uiraat aaa vangtanc. CHAPTER V.-A faw days latar Harry, alnna. la attacked hy MeNoll and hia Rng. and would hava haan roughly uaad d not him driven oB? hia aaaailanu with a ahoiiun John McNeil, tha Traylora Niagara Kail acquaintance, la markedly attentive to Ann Kuiledge. Lincoln la la le with Ann, but aaa Barer ha4 enough owurago te teU her a. CHAPTKR VI. Tray lor halpe two alavea. who had run away from ML loul. to eei-ape. Bllphaiel Blgge. awner of the alavea. following lliaaa. attempta to heat op Tray lor and la a aght haa bla area broken. CHAPTFR VII -WaKlng far hia arm to heal Higra meeta blm Kaloo, with whom flarry Na1iaa haa fallen In love. Bigge aaka fur Blro'a hand, but her fallier rrfua hia canaanL Blgga re lume to M Louie. CHAPTTR VIII. -Blm ranfeaara to Harry that aha loree Blgga, and the youth la dlaronaolata. unula aeulilea to mm a aaat la the legielalure. Me and Harry volunteer fur the Black Hawk war. and leave New Ha I pen. CHAPTKR IX -Hi tie rome bark to the village and he end Blm elope Harry learno of It on bla way home from the "war ' Lincoln a advice and phlloeuphy uataln him in hu grief. OHAinrit X -Lincoln.' defeated In hia ranililacy (or the l-gialatura, forma a parinerafiip with "Hill" llerry In the grocery huMlneaa Bigga armla a gang to burn Traylor'e hoiiae. but the New halem Riaa ara warned and tha raidera worated. (IIAPTKH Xl-Unroln. now poel maater, dechlra to run again fur the l(ialfur. Ann Itutledge te openly In OBve with Joha Nell He leavee fur hie home In the Kaet, promlalng to re turn eoon and marry Ann. llncotn c repta hia dffrai nmnruliy No word com ing from MNnl. Ann confeaaeo to Aba ttiat hie real name la McNamar. and her feara that he will not return. Nneoln In hia deep loe endeavore to reaaaura her, though he aharea her miaaivinga Lincoln wlna lua aeat In the Irgialature C'ltAITKIt ..II -Ann heara from Mr Namar. but h'i letier la coM and ehe la convinced he loee not love her Hhe telle Aha of her doubt, and he pnnfeeeee hia love and aaka her to marry him Ann declarra aha 1a out yet love him. but will try to. With that prumiae Uno.ln aela out for Vandalia and hia legislative dutlea That evening A he wrote a playful rouimliuilon aa roloitel fur IVIer I.o k Inn. which wan hIkiihiI In due time hy all hia friend and tieluliliori and rrecnlel to I.tiklii hy a rominlttee of ahli'h A he t-h(lrninn. Cnlftnuii SiiiimiF a man of annie tiK-Htia who hml a farm on tlie road to SirliiKflt'lil wag In the vllliiKe that vtMiltiu. A lie allowed lilin I he mm UilaHioii and aked him to align It. "I'll alKn oil one coiiillllun," aald ttmiMtt. "What la thatr Alio Baked. "Tlmf you Jl me a roinmUalon. I want to le ur frtond." "You are tUut now, aren't you?" A he Naked. "Yea, hut I haven't earned my com a mliutlitn. You haven't given me rhnm-e yet. What ran I do to help you along?" A he a na lutii-h tBipreaaed hy theae kindly worda. "My frlemU do not often aak what they fan do for me." he aald. "I atip poe they haven't thought of It. I'll think It over and let you know." Three diiye later he walked out to (ilemnn Hmoot'a after atiiter. Aa they aat tottvther by Hi flrealde Abe aald : 'I've Iteen thinking; hf your friendly qaeatlon. It's iluniceroua to talk that way to it mail like me. The fuel la, I need two hundred dollara to pay preaaliiK delita and Iflve ma aiHiiethlac In my piH-ket w hen I t to Vandal la. If you run not lend It to me I ahall think none the Je of you." "I ran and will." aald Hmoot. "I've heeu watt'hliitf you for lonit time. A nmu who trlea J hart aa you do to net hIoiik deaervea to he helped. I lie lleve In you. I'll t up to MprliiKneld and net the muiiey and hrlng It to you wllhin week or ao." A he Mmtilii had many friend who would have done the like for hliu if they timid, and he knew It. Kvery one haa faith In you," aald Hmoot. "We eaei't ttiurh of you and we ouiiht to he willing to do what we ran to help." "Your faith will he my atrvug-th. If I have any," auld Aha. tin hia way home that ulKht ha thoiiKht of what Jack KeUo bad aald of demorrary and frleudahlp. t)u the twenty aevond of Noyetnher ' a letter t'aiiia to Ann from Itltu KeJao, whieh Nnnotiiieeil IHHt sue wan ginlitf to New Orleans for tlir winter with her hill'Mn!. Hli ftitya Inter Ahe took thi RINK for the capital, at Itutledirp'a d.Hir, where all the Inhabitants of the village hud aftMemhled to hlil him gnod- Tha Vlllace Had Aaaamblad to lid Him Ooodby. hy. Ann Itutledice, with a flaah of her old playfulneaa. klaaed him when he got Into the Binge. Ahe'a long arm wan wavlug In tha glr aa he looked hark at hia rhreiinK friend while the ataice nimhleil down the road toward tho great tank of life upon which he waa preaently to begin In tha Jlttle village of Vandalia. CHAPTER XIII. Whareln tha ft out of tha Under, round Railroad la Surveyod and Samaoti and Harry Spand a Night In tho Homo of Honry Brlmataad and Haar Surawialng Ravalatioha, Confidentially Olaclooad. Krj In the autumn of that year the Itevereiid Elijah I-ovrJnjr of Al ton had aient a nlitht with the Tray lora on hia way to the North. Sitting hy the Mreaide ho had told many a vivid tale of the rrueltiea of alavery. "I would not have you think that all alaveholdera are wicked and heart leaa." he aald. "They are like other men the world over. Homo are kind and ladtilk-eiit. If all men were like them alavery could he tolerated. But ttiey are not. Some men are hrutal In the North aa well aa in the South. If not made ao hy nature they are made ao hy drink. To give them the power of life itntl denth over human helnice, which they neem to have In parte if the South, la a crime agalnat tliol and rlvlllnatloD." "I agree with you," aald Satnaon. "I knew that you would." the mln later went on. "We have already had aome help frui you hut w need more. I take It aa a duty which liod haa laid iimiii tn to help every fugitive that renchea my door. You can help the good work of merry and grace. If you hear Ihree tap upon your win dow after dak or the hoot of an owl In your dooryard yon will know what It feienne. FIs aouia place on your fa nil where theae poor ieople who ara aeeklng the freedom which tiod wllla for all Ilia rhlldren, may find rent and refrexhuifut and aecurlty until they have treugth to go on." Within a week after tho Wlt of Mr. Ixivejoj, Sainaoii and Harry hullt a hollow hayatuck aliout half-way from the hoiiae to the barn. The atuck had a romfortHhle room Inalile of it aliout eight feet hy aeveu and aoine ail feet lu height. Ila entraiire waa an open ing near the hottom of the alack well aereeiied hy the ientlant hay. Hut uo fugitive ruiue to occupy It that winter. Soon after the new year of 1H;IS Siiiiihou and Harry moved the Kelaoa to Taxewell county. Mr. Kelso had received an appointment aa land agent and waa to lie hi a Honed at the little aeiileiiftit of lloeliile near tho home of John 1'eiiKley. Ijtle In the aftertiiMiu Harry and Siiiiihou left the Kelaoa and their ef fecta at a ainall frame bouae lu the llltle village of Hoiiedije. The men had no aooner hcguii to unload than Ila lulialiliaiila laine to welcome tlie newroinera and help them lu the work of getting Netllod. When the gooda were dftioxlted In tlie'dooryard Muin aou and Hurry drove to John I'eua ley'a 'Turui. Mr. I'eaaley recttgnUed the dig, hrwtd-Mliouldervil Vermont er at the tlrat look. "IK I reiiieinlier you?" he aald. "Well, i gut-aa I do. So doea my haru door. I't me lake hold of that right hand of your agulu. Yea, air. It'a the name old Iron liaud. Marry Ann I" he culled an hia wife came out of the diair. "Ilere'a the big uiau from Vor geiiuea who towed the purty alaver." "I ave II U." ahe auawered. "Aiu't ye couiin' in J" "If you try to paaa thin place I'll have ye tmik up," auhl I'eaaley. "There'a plenty of food In the houxe an' aluhle." "l.Hik here that'a downright aelf iah." aald hia wife. "If we tried to keep you here Henry Krliuatead would never forgive ua. He talk aliout you morning, noon and night. Any one would think that you wa the Kuiuaou (hat alew the riilllatlnea." "How la llenryT" Siiiiihou aaked. "He married my alater ami they're about aa happy aa they ran be thl aide the river Jorduu." ahe went oil. "They've got one o' the lieat farma In 'la e well coiiuty and they're goln' to be rich!" "Yen, air; I didn't think o' that," aald IVaaley. "Henry and hia wife would holler If we didn't dike ye over there. It'a only a tpiarter of a mile. I'll ahow ye the way and we'll all rome over thia evening and have a talkln' hoe." Satnaon waa pleaaed and aatonlahed hy the look of Itrlmafend and hia home and hia fntnlly and the account of hia wiccena. The man from the amid flu I waa rlennly ahaved, have for a hlack muatnehe, and neatly tlreewd and hia fai glowed with heitllh and high aplrlta. A handaome hrmvn-eyeil mlaa of aeventeen came giillnpfng tip the road tm her pony and ntuped near them. "Annabel, do yon remember thla man?" Ilrlmtftend ankett. The girl looked at Samaon. "He la the man who helHd ua' out of Flea vitllev." aaltl the girt. "Would you mind If 1 klaaed you?" "I would be aorry If you didn't," aald Samaon. "Ilere'a my hoy. Hurry Needlea. You wouldn't dare klaa him, I gtieaa." "I would lie aorry, too. If you didn't," Harry laughed a he took her hand. "I'm afraid you'll have to ntay aor ry." anld Annnlvel turning red with emharriianment. "I never aaw you be fore." "Itetter late than never," Samaon aaaured her. "Yon. don't often oeo a belter fellow." The girl laughed with a aubtle look of agreement In her eyea. Then rame np from tlie barn the ragged little lad of No Santa Claua Land now a aturdy. bright-eyed, Jiandaome boy of twelve. The Imraea were put out and all went In to aupper. After atipier Brlmatead ahnwed modela of a mowing machine with' rut bar alx feet long, and a plow which would turn two furrow. That'a what we need on theae praliiea," aald Samaon. "Something that'll tuni 'em over and rut the crop qulrker." "Say, I'll tell ye." aald Itrimatead aa If about to dlarloae a aecret. "Thnee great atretche of mnooth, rich land JtiHt everlaatlngly nun the apura Into you and keep your brain galloping. Mine la goln' night and day. The prairie are a new thing and you're got to tackle 'em In a new way. I tell you the aeedlng and planting and mowing and reaping and threshing la all going to be done by machinery and horaea. The wheel will be the foun dation of the new era." "You're right." aald Samaon. "How are you gettln' along?" "Mather alow," Samaon answered "It'a hard to get our atuff to market down In the Sangamon country. Oar river lan't navigable yet. We hop that Ahe Lincoln, who ha Juat been elected to the legislature, will he able to get It widened and atralghtened and cleaned up ao ft will be of aorae ne to aa down there." "I've heard of him. They rail hira llnneat Abe, don't theyT" ' "Yea; and he I honest If a man ever waa." "I he going to marry the Mutledge girl?" waa the query of Mrs. Ilrinv atead. "I don't think ao," Snnmon an awered, a little aurprlaetl at her knowl edge of the attachment. "He'a aa hum ly aa Sam Hill and d reuses rough and ain't real bandy with the gala. Somr feller are kind o' fenced In with hum lines and a kwardnexn." "The boy around here are alJ fenced In." aald Annabel. "There'a nobody here of my age but Lanky ref ers, who look like a ftah, and a red headed Irish boy with a wooden leg." The 1'eualey arrived and tlie meu and women spent a delightful hour traveling without weariness over the long trail to beloved scene and the daya of their youth. Kvery dtty'a end tbousHiiila were going east on that trail, each to find his pot of gold at the foot of the rainbow of memory. Ilefore they went to lied that night itrimstead paid hia debt to Samson, with Interest, and very confidentially. It was a long, wearisome ride back to the land of plenty,., over froien ground, with barely an inch of snow upon it, UBder a dark sky, with a chil ly wind blowing. "After all, It'a home," said Samson, when late In the evening they saw the lighted windows of the cabin ahead. When they hud put out their horaei and rome In hy the glowing fire, Sam aon lifted Sarah In his arm again and kissed her. "I'm kind o' silly, mother, but I rau't help It you look so teiuptin'," aald Samaon. (To ba Continued) SAVE YOUR TIRES No 'matter how fine the materials that go into a tire nor how perfect tho workmanship in ita construction, the tire cannot give good service if it ia neglected and abused, say the makera of Revere Tires. If given a reasonable amount of attention, a tire that ia carefully made of good materials will pay a motorist for every dollar he put in to it. ' But even the best materials and tho finest workmanship amount to nothing when a tire is run under inflated or ia subjected to rough treat ment It takes only a light turn of the steering wheel to avoid having a tire strike a big cobblestone lying on the roadway, yet many motorist won't tuke even that much trouble to save their tires. It is the driver who i careful who ia able to boast of big tire milagea. EXTENDED FOR In order to clean up more of our stock Placed at a sacrifice in our BIG REMOVAL SALE ? Our lessee has extended our lease on our present building since our new home will not be ready for us to move into until September 24th. The Big Stove which was to be given away at the close of the sale on Wednesday of this week will be held over to the finai day of the sale, and will give you a better chance to win this splendid prize. The reduced prices on every article in stock will be continued until we get possession of of our new building. It's your opportunity to buy house fur nishings at an unusually big discount. If you haven't been to our store a visit willconvince you that we have real bargains. Nothing reserved everything goes regardless of cost. The piano contest is nearing a close. Get busy and help your candi date in these last few days. MUNCY BROTHERS Berea THE BIBLE' AND EVOLUTION The statement hat been n.atta that one cannot be an evolutionist and believe the Bible. Similar state ments are not uncommon, and our young people are taught that they must not allow themselves to accept the theory of evolution if they would keep their faith in Christianity. Yet they find, or are soon to find as they continue their education, that evolu tion ia accepted and taught by a vast majority of scholars in all branches of scientific study and is regarded by them as' the most fun damental and comprehensive dis covery in the realm of science dur ing the past centu-y. Our young people are therefore confronted with a very perplexing ana dangerous question. "If I cannot believe b th evolution and the Bible, which shall I reject?" Many have found the claims of evolution upon their reason and judgment ao strong that they have been driven to skepticism, if not into real infidelity. It is the pur pose of thia article to help remove this danger by showing that there is no contradiction between the Bible and evolution when both are correct ly understood and rightly interpreted Let ua consider for a moment what the so-called laws of Nature are, and how they are discovered by scientific investigation. In the first place, the investigator observes and tabulates facts. He then, by the exercise of his reason and imagination, discovers, or invents, a hypothesis or theory which will account for those facts. He adopts this as a working hypo thesis and proceeds to test it by all the related facts he can find. Thus it may have to be modified by the discovery of new facts, or it may hav to be abandoned altogether and a new hypothesis adopted. When one is found that explains all the re lated facts that can be discovered, it Is accepted as true and ia regarded as a law. A law of Nature is the way things happen in the natural world, and since all phenomena of Nature are God's doing, as the fall ing of the apple, the growth of veg etation or the rolling of the thunder, then the law of Nature is God's meth od of doing things, and whenever we (Uncover one of these laws, if we rightly appreciate it, we are getting closer to God and learning to under stand Him. Tha world of Nature is God's world. God has revealed Himself not in the Biblo alone, but also in ilia other book, the Book of Nature. Then revelationa niuat agree abso lutely. If they seem to ua to dis A FEW MORE DAYS FURNITURE AND UNDERTAKING agree, it is certain that we are mis interpreting one or both of them. For example, nothing Is more unmis takably taught in the Book of Nature than that the earth, with ita wonder ful structure, was not created io six days of twenty-four hours each, as seems to be stated in Genesis; ao we interpret the word "day" in that narrative as meaning a long and in definite period of time, and the ap parent disagreement vanishes. If we find, as the great mass of scientific people do find, that evolution is taught in the Book of Nature, it be hooves us not to reject either it or the Bible because they seem to dis agree, but to see if this apparent contradiction may not be due to an imperfect understanding of what they do teach. Briefly, but comprehensively stated, evolution teaches that the earth has been brought to ita present form thru a succession of changes under the operation of natural law, apd tha; existing forms of life have boen pro duced from previous forma according to the natural laws of reproduction It has nothing to say about the origin of matter, but deals only with the changes that have taken place in Its form. The Bible teaches that God created the earth in the beginning, and wrought all the changea that have occurred in it and upon it, and gives a brief outline of the progress of the work from chaos to man There is no conflict here. The Bible teaches the fact of creation, but does not deal with the method. Science does not deal with the fact, but is concerned solely with the method. Evolution, so far as ita teachings are true, has revealed to us something of the method of God's work in crea tion and some of the laws according to which He works. Whether its conclusions are true or not, they have no bearing whatever upon the fact of creation, and are, therefore, not antagonistic to the teaching of the Bible, The teaching of modern science may require some modification of our in terpretation of Scripture, just aa diJ the Copernican theory of the revolu tion of the earth around the sun a few centuries ago. Thia theory was bit terly opposed by theologians on the ground that the Bible taught that the earth waa fixed and the sun revolved around it. If we get a more correct interpretation of the Biblo we shall understand it better, and, of course, it will be worth mora to u than if we misinterpret it The attitude of opposition, con tempt and ridicule towards evolution on tho part of so many well in ten- Richmond tioned people, a large part of whom are ignorant of the true meaning of the word as used today in the scien tific world, ia moat unfortunate for two reasons: it hinders the progress of truth thru ignorance and prejudice, and is more responsible for the skep ticism of the day than the teachings of science. To many people the theory of evolution is summed up in the idea that man is descended from the monkey. It does not teach this, but it does teach that if the ances try of man and the ape be traced thru some millions of years, they are both found to be descended from a type of animal then living. Ia it any disgrace to us to have risen from such humble ancestry to our present exalted state? Whch is more hon orable, to be a wise man whose grandfather was a fool, or to be a fool whose grandfather was a wise man? Let us not approach the Book of Nature with either fear or prejudice. God gave it to us as a textbook, and He ia pleased at every succesa we attain in learning its lessons. Our faith should be strengthened, not weakened, by its study. The writer will be glad to meet personally any who may have doubta or anxiety in reference to thia sub ject , Geo. H. Felton Mail Courses. "What's Dribble doing nowr "Teaching Hople bow to write mo tion picture scenarios by mall." "lie UHetl to run a correspondence arhool of astronomy. He must be a versatile cliup." "Not at all. He knows as little shout one as the other." Nothing to It "I'll have to tine you for speeding." "Hut, squire, we came to you to be married and we have only $10 for your fee." "You weren't speeding. Tou could huve gone twice as fust anil not been speeding." EY0N0 COMPREHENSION. "A curious rax came up in the court ef domestic relations thla morning." "What was It all about?" anied. the Dieek little limn. "A wife charged that her husband rut out tlie dcparimeut store advertise meiita from the family newspaper be fore he'd let her read It. lie waa a brute, waan't bet" "t'ertaluly," replied the meek little muik "Hut what I don't understand la bow he managed to get bold of the paper ttmt."