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October ST, l2t A Man for the Ages A Story of the BulUtrt of Democracy By Irving Bacheller Oeerrlat. IrrlB Seeeellef Bvk. SIS CHAPTER I - k. an ass Sarah Trej lev, l'h their u -lilldren, Jueiah nd . travel t -on Irom Uieir home Vertenaea. Vi , the Week Uie land e plenty 1 heir (I invito la the Ceun ry ( IA4 li g ti.Mtn, la Illinois 'I'HAPTKR lll.-Atiiaat Oie Trlar' Brat arauaiutunrM are Uaiuin's frlenda, Jec keiee and hie rettf Sauflilar tliai is yaw a( aga CIIAPTRR II.-At Niagara ralla Ihev Bieel a pasty oC iimiitsrente, among Uiem louts earned J'rtm McNeil, wtao alau dartdee ta gu u the auiftnui country. Ail of the party cuffer Croat lavar and eaue. Sara, a imn.eireUone aava lha lila ar a youth. Hairy Neediee, In (be laat ease of favor, and ha ac corn panto lha Traylora. I hat !' h New Salem, lillnoia. and axe Uina.l ar young "Aba' Lin oia. OM APT K I V e.meoo Set-Idea to lo ata al Near Falun, and kogina building hia houaa. Ied by Jac Armairung. revdlee aiiemut la break ua Uia proreed aiga. Unooia thraaliea Armatrung. Young Marry Needlea etrlNee Hap M.Noll a? tae Armauong rruerd. and McNull threat- CHAl'TaiR V.-A raw daya latar Harry, alona, la aitarke.1 by McNoll and hia gang, and a wild hava boon roughly uaad had nul Him driven niT hia eaeaiianta aritb a ahoigun Joha McNeil, lha Traylora Niagara Kalle acquaintance, la markedly lianliva ta Ana HuUedge Ljnroln la In lava wlla Ann. eul haa aavar bad enough ''araga la tail her ao. J IIAPTICR VI. Traylor helpe 10 alavea. who had ran away from IL. Louia a eecape Kiipheiet Bigga. earner ar the alavea. following Uiaan. atiempte ta boat ua Trey lor and In a dghl fcaa hia arm bioaoa. CHAPTFR VII -W aides for hia arm a heal. Hill meele It Ira Kelao, ariUi hem llarry Neediee Kaa fallen In lava igge uti for Him head, but her father rfue hia coneeni Bigga re turna la M. Uxila rilAPTKR VIII Him eonfreeea t Harry that alia lovee Hlfga. and the yauih la dteronaolale IJnroTn derldee ta eeea m aaal In the lefaleture. Ha atid Xarry volunteer fur the black Hawk war. and leave Naw Oalem. CIIAf'TKR IX -Dirge romea bark to Uia vil.aae and he and Wm elope. Harry leerne ef 't on hie way home from the "war " taroln'a advk-e and phllueuphy eiiautn Mm m tola grief. CH A PTKR JC.-ljn.xjln, defeated la hi . andldary far the U-iMe'ature. fonna a uarwiererna with "Kill" Berry In the grorery buemraa. n.e eenda a gang to burn Traylor'a houee. but the New fcalem meet are warned and the yaidere woralad. CIIAPTKR XI Uncoln. now poat nutater. derldea to run again for the lialatiira. an HuUedga le openly In leva with John MrNetl. He leavre for hie home In the t.aet. promlattig ta re tain aoon and marry Ann IJmoln ac--epta hie d'tr! menfully. No word com ing from M-Nml. Ann ronfeenea ta Aba ilial hia real name la MrNamar, and her feern (hat ka will not return. IJnroln la h a dee htvo endravota to reaaaura lar. thet.ah ha aliaree her mlegivlnga llnroln wlna hut eaat In lha legtalature t'M APTrtR XII -Ann heara from Mr Namar. km hia latirr ta cold and aha la onvinred he) dnea not Inve her. nhe telle Aba of her dHiubi. and he ronfeeaea hie love and aake her to marry him. Ann dei'laree aha done 0x yel love him. but will try to. With that promiee IJnroln ate out for Vandalia and hia legislative dutlea CHAPTKR XHI.-lneplred by F-IDah liveHiy. Traylor arranara on hto farm a hiding place for runaway alavea. a eta 1 lan an the "Underground Railroad." OIAPTKR XIV.-Ajin agreealo irarr Aha. but her hearth la wracked. Three runaway elavoe eetk Traylor'a help In eaplng. They belong to Ulgia and he 'omra in wureuii or mem. 1 nreairnea with arreat for Inciting Iba raid on Tray lor. he flMa. One of the lugltlvea ta Him In dlaguiea. 8 he haa fled from bar bua anda rruaHy. CHAPTKR XV.-Dylnf. Ann Rutlrdce alla for Aba, and ha bida her farewell at her bene'de. Following her detinue a earned aadneaa deecende on him. Ho la ra lunger "Aba," but "Abraham Unoula." "'HAHTKR XVI -Overcoming hia dea pnndenry, Lincoln raturna to hie work. Iboliltoa aentlinent la rryatallaing and he Ihrowa hknaaif Into the uiuvemeoL CHAPTKR XVII -Traylor aalla hia farm and menu to Hprlngllrld. Unooln plana to ura a divorce for H.m In order that arte may marry Harry Needlea. ahom aha hma aiwaya really loved, ate- .Namar raluraa 10 Nw valem, too lata. i-HAPTKR KVIIL-Traylor and Harry Needlea vtait Sta "boom" city of Chicago, here Him. now the mother of a eon. la living with her parenta. 8he haa her divorce. Harry Inavea for the Remlnole war. An uaecrupuloua. rich peculator, Umirl Davta, dretirea to marry tiim, but ne repuleea blm. CHARTS H XIX. Whoralu I On wf th Many Prlvat Ranlea Which Fallawad th Burgtlng f tha Kubbla f Spacutatien. 8amaon and Harry aaw lha buratlnj af the frvl bubble of '8T. I.ate that nlfht, IMnMrer, louthaotoe and thou aand l'icrd, crpt Into the little rlty. It came ea ateainer from the EaM and haatened from tiome te home, from tavern te tavern. Great banka had aupprttded payment; New York had aulTered panic ; many lurce bual neaa raterprlaea In the Eaat had failed: certain anvnta for the bond of lillnoia bad alootiled with the atate'a raouey; In the big rlllea there had been an emlnoua cloning of doora anil turning of lock-, a great army of men were oat of employment. The little rlty waa la a frenzy of eicltement The atreeta were filled with a ahotit lug. hnlf-rraaed throng. New fort tinea bad ahrunk te nothing and leaa than uolhlng la a night Il I" elf were offered ti a tithe of what their market value bail been. Davla had known that the atonn tild arrive with the first ateainer uml In the alang of bual neaa had put on a life preserver. Baniaon knew that the tlm.ft t wU waa when. e.veryftne wanted to eell. tie bought two corner lota In the city and two acree on the pmlrte half a mile from town. They got their deed and went to the Kel ao to bid them good'hy. , After hearty farewella Bamnnn and Harry aet out for their home. They were not again to eee the gentle face and hear tha pleasant talk of Jack Kelao. Me had once aald. In the prea ence of rtamann, that It la well te remember, aiwaya, that thlnga ran not go on with na aa they are. Change! come alowly and quite according to our calculation, or ao awlftly and unexpectedly that they fill ua .with conf union. Learned and wlae In the weighty prohlema of humanity be bad little prudence In regulating the af faire of hia own family. Kelao had put every dollar he bad and aotne that he hoped to have Into lund. Klin, who had been teaching In one of the erhoola. had Invested all her aavlnga In a dream city on the aliore of an unconalrurted canal. I.Ike many who had no etierlence with auch phenomena they nndereatl muled the mTlouniea of the panic. They thought, that. In a week or ao, It effect would paaa and that lillnoia would tlirn remmie It triumphal march toward It high deatlny. Not even Sciinnon Traylor had a correct notion of the alounea of Time. The effect of the panic pnralyyed the city. Men whoee "red-dog money" na In every one'a porket clnaed their ahop and ran away. The wild adven turer cleared out. Their character tny he Judged by the word of one of them rejMirted by the editor of the Itemocrat : "I failed for a Tiundred thouxend dollar and could have failed for a million. If Jackeon had kept hi hand off." Hard tlmee bung like a cloud over the city. Ita population auffered aome dlnilnliihment In the next two yeiir. In aplte of Ita pottlon on the main high way of trade. Dneam cltlea, cnnala and railroad built without hnnda be came part of the poetry of American commerce. That autumn, men and women who had come to Mr. Klnr.le'i party In 'en el and In purple and fine linen r.ad left or turned their band to hard labor. The Kelaoa Buffered real dla tre, the achoola being rloaed and the head of the houae having taken to bla bed with lllneee. Him went to work ag a aeamatrean, and with the help of Mr. Klnrle and Mr. Hubbard wa able to keep the family from want. The nuralng and the care of the baby noon broke the health of Mr. Kelao, never a atrong woman. Him came home from her work one evening and found her mother HI. "Cheer up. my daughter." anld Jack. 'An old friend of oure baa returned to the city. He la a rich man an oaal In the denert of poverty. He ha loaned me a hundred dollars In good coin." "Who- tin done thlr Plm avked. Mr. Lionel Pavla." "We mt not lake bla money," aald Him. "I had a long talk with him." Kelao" went on. "He haa explained that un fortunate Incident of the home. It wna a bit of offhand folly bornjof an milium moment." "Hut the men want to marry me." "He wild nothing of auch a pur Kae." "He wilt le in no hurry about that," talc! Mm. "He la a ahrewd operator. Flvery one batea him. They aay that he knew what waa coming when he, an! 1 1 out." That evening Plm wrote a long let ter to Simmon Traylor, telling blm of the evil daya which had come to them. Thl letter, now In poelon of a great grandson of Samson and about tt (hat no evidence which would antlirfy a Jury haa been discovered to this tiny. (Mi account of the continued lllneaa of her mother Klin waa unable to re aume her work In the academy. She took what aewlng'Biie could do at home and earned enough to aolve the problem of each duy. Itut the pay ment coining due on the house In De cember ItMimed ahead of them. It ii natural. In the rlrcttmatunces. that Mr. Kelso ahould like Mr. Davla and favor bla alma. Mr. Kelso' health bad Improved alowly ao that ahe was able then to apend most of each day In her chair. One evening when Dnvla eat alone with her, ahe told him the atory of Itltn and Harry Needle a bit of knowledge he wa glad to have. Their talk wa Interrupted by the return of I ll m. She waa In a cheerful mood. When Mr. Iavl had gone alia aald tueher mother: "I think our luck baa turned. Here's a letter from John T. Stuart. The divorce ha been granted. I am going to write to Harry and tell him to hurry home ami marry mo If he want to. Don't aay a word about the di vorce to our friend Davla. I want to make hlin keep hi dlatance. It la bard enough now." Itefor ahe went to bed that night ahe wrote a long letter ta Harry and 011 to Abe Lincoln, thanking hint for hia part In the matter and telling blm of her father's death, of the payment due and of the hard times they were auffertng. Two weeks panned aud brought no answer from Mr, Lincoln. The day -before the payment came due In Iiecember, a historic letter from Tampa, Kla., was published In the Iteiuocrtit. It waa algued "Hubert Demlng, iirlvate, Tenth cavalry." It gave many detail of the campaign In the Rverglmlea In which the famous scout, Harry Needlea, and seven of bla comrade had been aurrounded and aluln. When Mr. Davla culled at the little home In I Halle atrvet that evening he found ltlin In great Ul tress. . 'l throw up. my hands". she, snld,. "1 cannot stand any mora. Wa shall be botnelea tomorrow." "No, not that ao long as I lire," tia answered. "1 have bought the claim. Ton can pay me when you get ready." He was very tender and sympa thetic. When he bad left them Blm said to her mother : "Our old friends do not seem to care what become of us. I have no thought now save for yon and the baby. HI do whatever you think best for yon two. I don't care for myself. - My heart la aa dead as Harry's. CHAPTKR XX. Which Tails ef the Settling of Abe Lincoln end the Traylora In the Vil lage ef tprlngfleld and ef tamsen's Second Visit to Chicago. Win's Judgment of her old friends wa III founded. It wa a alow time In which she lived. The foot of the horse, traveling and often mired In a much muddy highway, was It swift est courier, fitters carried by horse or low Nti-ainlHiflt were the' only media of rotiiiiiunlcntlon between peo ple e 1 in nil cd by wide dlstntice. So It In ensy to undcrstnnd thut many who had traveled far were a the dead. In a measure, to the friends they had left behind them and that those separated by only a hundred mile had to tie very enterprising to keen ac quainted. In .Mil n il Ahe Lincoln bad got his license to practice law. On hi return from Hie North he had ridden to Springfield to begin hi work a a law yer In the ollli-e of John T. Kmart. His plan was to hire and furnish a room and get In im-nt at the home of his friend. Mr. William Itutler. He went to the store of Joslitm S?ed to buy a bed utid some bedding. He found tlmt they would cost seventeen dollar. "The question ia whether you would trust a man owing a national debt and without on asset but good Intention and a license to practice law, for ao much money.-' said Honest Ahe. "I don't know when I could pay you." Kneed bud heard of the tall repre sentative from Sangamon county. "I have a plan which will give you a bed for nothing if you would care to share my room above the store and sleep with me," he answered. "I'm much obliged, but for you It's quite a contract." "You're rattier long," Speed laughed. "Yea, I could lick salt off the top of your bst. I'm about a man and a half but by long practice I've learned how to keep the half out of the way of other peole " "I'm aure we shall get along well enough together," aald Speed. Mr. Lincoln hurried away for his saddle-bags and returned shortly "There are all my earthly posses sions," he anld a he threw the bag on the floor. So his new life began In the village of Springfield. Karly la the autumn Samson 'arrived and bought a small house and two ucre of land on the edge of the village and returned to New Salem to move bla family and furniture. When they drove along the top of Salem hill a n'imber of the house were empty nd deserted, their owner having moved away. Two of the store were closed. Only ten fami ne remained. They atnpptd at Itut ledge's tavern, whose entertainment wa little sought those duys. l'eople from the near house came to bid them good by. I'ete and Colonel, Invigorated hi their long rest, but whitened by age and with drooping heada. drew the wagon. Sambo ami the email boy rode between Sarah and Samson. Itetsey and J ul all walked ahead tf the wag on, the latter leading a cow. That evening they were comfortably settled In their new home. When tha beds were set up and ready for the night Surah imide some tea to go with th cold victuals she had brought. Mr. Lincoln ate with them and told of hi new work. Betsey waa growing tall and slim. She hsd the blond hair and fair skin of Samson and the dark eyes of bet "Thar Ar All My Karthly Possession,- H Said. mother. Jonlah had grown to ba a bronsed, sturdy, good looking lad, very shy aud sensitive. "There's a likely boy P aald Sam son as ha clupied tha shoulder of his eldest son. "He's got a good heart In hluC - TBI CITIZEN "You'll spoil him with praise," Sarah protested and then asked as she turned to the yonng atatesman, "Hava yon heard from Blm or any of tha Kelso r "Not a word. I oten think of them." "There'a been a letter In the candle very night for a week or so. hut we haven't heard a word from Harry or from them," anld Sarah. "I wonder how they're getting along In these hard time." . "I told Jack to let me know If I could do anything ta help," Samson assured them. - Late In November Mr. Lincoln went nt on the circuit with the distin guished John T. Stuart, who bad taken him Into partnership. Ill ins letter to him bear an Indorsement on II envelojie a follows: "Thl letter was forwarded from Vandalia the week I went out on the circuit and remained unowned In onr ofllce until my return six weeks later. A. Lincoln." Tlie day of his return be went to Sarah and Samson with the letter. "I'll get a horse and atart for Chf cago tomorrow morning," said Sam son. "They have lind a tloiilJe blow. Did you read tlmt Hnrry bad been killed?" "Hurry killed!" Mr. Lincoln ex claimed. "You don't mean to tell me 1 hut Harry has been killed?" "The Chicago Iieniocrat say ao, hut we don't believe tt," said Samson. "Here's ibe article. Head It and then I'll tell you why I don't think It's so." Abe Lincoln read the article. "You nee It was dated In Tampa, November the fifth," snld Samson. "IWfore we had rend that article we bad received a letter from Hurry dated November the seventh. In the letter he save he Is all right and I calculate that he ought to know as much about It as anyone." "Tbnnk lod ! Then If a mlstuke." said Lincoln. "We can't afford lo lose Harry. I feel rather poor with Jack Kelso gone. It will comfort me to do what I ran for his wife and daughter. I'll give yon every dollar I can spare to take to them." Samson hired horses for the Jour ney and set out early next morning with bis son, Joslnh, bound for the new city. The boy had begged to go and both Samson and Sarah thought It w ould be good for him to take a bet ter lin k at Illinois than his geography afforded. (To be Continued) CO-OPERATE WITH SCOUTS In ciHiiKH'tlon wild the boy scout CO 01 urn 1 1 on in the national observance of Forest 1'rolection week laat May, the state forester of Minnesota wrote as follow a to the national council : "I have always been very much In terested In the work of the boy scouts and will gladly avail myself of any opportunity to co-operate wdth this organization. While In the past there has been a certain amount of co-operation between the scouts and the forest service. 1 think It Is pos sible to greatly Increase this. In my opjnlon, thl Is one of the beat means of educating the public In regard to the conservation of our natural re sources. The ' boy scout of today I the voter and business man ot tomor row, and hia action In the future will be determined largely by the training and education he receives now. "The forest officer In the state serv ice ar all very much Interested In boy scouts. In fact, some of our men are scoutmasters and others act In an advlaory capacity on matters pertuln Ing to woodscraft and forestry. We frequently give tatke to scout troop and meetings of scoutmasters. At our recent rangers' meeting we asked some of the scoutmasters to take an active part In the discussion. This they did, and some very valuuble Ideaa were worked out. "Wa are furnishing some 1..VX) small trees which are to be planted and taken care of by the boys at their sum mer camps. These plantations will be In the nature of boy scouts forest." SCOUT PREPAREDNESS. It certainly pays to be prepared. A scout may wrk hia fingers nearly off on first aid practice aad never have a chance to put hia skill to real, sure enough rescue work, but then again when he least expects It the oppor tunlty may be his to do a real Job of life saving. Here la a case In point. A boy and bis little sister were alone In a house. The little girl, running across the room, slipped and falling forward ran her arm through the win dow pane, severing an artery. What would the average boy do? Run for help? Telephone for the doctor? Well and good. But, In the meantime, a severed artery means terrific loss of blood, and even deuth unless It Is checked Instantly. There Isn't time for ordinary precautions. It 1 a case of Instant action. Luckily In the In stance here cited, the boy was a boy plus, that Is, a boy scout and ba took charge of the situation himself. Im provised a tourniquet to stop the flow of blood and then sent for the doctor. Whet tha latter arrived he declared that the boy's prompt action undoubt edly saved tha child's life. T The of voice the com VJjl munity, the record of its history in the r chives of state and nation, is the Home Town Taper. Subscribe for Your Home Town Paper Week, Nov. 7-12 Vote HUGH M. SAMUELS Democratic Nominee for COUNTY COURT CLERK A Graduate of Central Vote For JOHN D. G00DL0E Democratic Nominee for COUNTY JUDGE Your vote will be appreciate. M :.f- . r 1 J it 7 . J 19 "7"' t: X- Vote For D. WILLIS KENNEDY Democratic Candidate for REPRESENTATIVE Richmond, Ky. And help lower taxes Vote For CHAS. S. ROGERS Democratic Nominee for JAILOR Support a home "boy" who is deserving Vote For W. E. TAYLOR Republican Candidate for Tax Commissioner of Madison County Solicits your support and will greatly appreciate same W. B. "BROTHER" TURLEY i Republican Nominee for COUNTY COURT CLERK Election Tuesday, November 8, 1921 Your support will be appreciated Phc Tfana For University, Richmond, Ky. VOTE FOR LUTHER TODD FOR Circuit Court Clerk Honesty, competency and industry are three "primary requisites of any official. Luther Todd, tha Bepublicaa candidate for Circuit Clerk for Madi son County, not only possesses tfaaaa essential requirements, bnt ia knows as a man of the highest moral char acter, a Christian gentleman and a man of courtesy. The voters of this county will certainly make bo mis take in electing him to this impor tant office on November 8.