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Show 111 I I 'H'WIHIAm ' TM" iLmWM I l.m gaEFEr-;-, LINCOLN THE "MOST SCULPTURED MAN." Lincoln has been the subject of more heroic statues than any other American. On this page are reproduced five of the most prominent examples. S r h &i i f . f 4k4 1 i t i Masterpiece of St. Statue at Rochester, N. Y., Th Criticized Cln-Gaudens Cln-Gaudens in Lin- Considered Masterpiece of clnnati Lincoln, coin Park, Chica- Leonard Volk. By George Barn-go. Barn-go. arrj, fmym fate and Lincoln f Nearly a century and a half ago a father working in his field in a Ken- )pj (4 tucky clearing was shot and killed by f fi:- Indians. His three sons were with I1aJ1! ' il hi. The oldest ran to the house and fiiff'WM rJ& reached it unharmed. The next In age m 'vlM $ps ran In another direction for the near- W- J est settlement. The youngest, a boy II .'feiSf M Jy1 ' of six, was seized by one of the at- M S8a When the oldest boy looked out, M W tern after barring the door, he saw his IxfllliMl brother in the grasp of an .Indian. He took down the family musket, aimed wWWmi NflfWi through an opening and shot the In- III ill c"an dea(3- 'rne ,oy' release(1, made mm 4 wL nls way t0 t,le house. In a few hours III W$ tS&I v& a rescuitl party from the settlement lyS 1 W2SJ drove the raiders away. I S H vaKgfc zjvj The Sx.year.0,j b0y was Thomas I Masterpiece of St. Gaudens in Lincoln Lin-coln Park, Chicago. Statue at Rochester, N. Y., Considered Masterpiece of Leonard Volk. Th Criticized Cincinnati Cin-cinnati Lincoln. By George Barnard. FATE AND LINCOLN Nearly a century and a half ago a father working in his field in a Kentucky Ken-tucky clearing was shot and killed by Indians. His three sons were with him. The oldest ran to the house and reached it unharmed. The next In age ran in another direction for the nearest near-est settlement. The youngest, a boy of six, was seized by one of the attackers. at-tackers. When the oldest boy looked out, after barring the door, he saw his brother in the grasp of an .Indian. He took down the family musket, aimed through an opening and shot the Indian In-dian dead. The boy, released, made his way to the house. In a few hours a rescuing party from the settlement drove the raiders away. The six-year-old boy was Thomas Lincoln vs Rail Lincoln. He became" the father of The Younger Lin. Splitter. By An-Abraham Lincoln. coin. By O'Con. drew O'Connor Thirty-two years later twij boys, nor. chums, were strolling along Knob creek, Hardin county, Kentucky. The younger, only seven years old, attempted at-tempted to swing himself over the creek on a sycamore tree. Midway he lost his hold and fell in. The other rescued him. The rescuer's name was Gallagher, and but few men have been privileged to perform equal service for their country. The boy he rescued was Abraham Lincoln. Twice. (Jeath was cheated that America might be saved. It was chance, or somethinf else. Most Americans prefer to believe It was something else. Minneapolis Tribune. |