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Show 0 THE WEEKLY REFLEX, KAYSVTLLE, UTAH A Man for A Story of the Duildcra ofDemr.crccy tine Ages Newest Creation By IRVING BACHELLER Copy-rlxh- IrrBf kekaBtr t. Irs. f -- HONEST ABE Sjrnppals. Samoan and Sarah children, Ttajrlor, with their Joeiah and Betaer, travel br wagon In the summer fcf 1831 from thlr home In Yercennea, Vt, to the Wwt, the land of plenty. Their 'destination Is the Country of the Sangamon In Illinois. At Niagara Falla theY meet a party of Immigrants. among them a youth named John McNeil, who also decides to go ta the Sangamon country. All of the party suttee fror fever and Ague Saahs ministrations save the life of a youth, Harry Need'ea, tn the lagf stages of fever, and he accompanies the Traylors. They reach NeW Salem. Illinois, and are welcomed Vy "Abe" Unroln. The Trajlore )oung are Introduced to everyone and decide to eetilo at New Salem. to CHAPTER III, ! Continued. "Welcome! and here' the best sent at the fireside." he Raid to Samson MyrITe and 1. (lighter are away for f visit and for two days Fve had the eahfn to my self. Honk, ye worehirs f flrp, and1 see how fine It Is unw ! Tlie homely rahln Is a place of heauty. What a Heaven W la when the flames are leaping I Here la Hogarth's line f heauty; nothing perpendicular or horizontal." lie took Abe's hand and went on "Here, ye lot era of romance, la one f the of Ispahan who has In him the wisdom of the wander Ing tribes. IIe can tell you a tale that, will draw children from their Tiny and old men from the chimney corner. My hoy, lake a chair next to Mr. Traylor, Mr. Traylor, jnu atand up aa proud and firm as a tig pine. I believe you're a Yankee. So do 1," said Ramson. If you look all the Yankee out o me Id have an empty skin," Then A he legan to allow the stronger his iwullar art In these words: Nueklea "Ktephen used to any: God's grace emhraeea the islea o' the ea an the uttermoat part o the parth. It takes In the Esquimaux on the Hottentots. Rome go ao fur to ay that It takes In the Yankees hut I don't go so fur. " Ramson lolned In the laughter tl at followed. If you deal with some Yankees you fake your life In your hands," he gaJd. "They can serve God or Mammon and I guess'1 they have given the devil some of Ida best Ideas. He eema to be getting a lot of Yankee otlona lutely." "Tl ere was a powerful prejudice In Kentucky against the Yankees," 'Abe went on. "lown there they used to tell shout a Yankee who sold his hogs and wa driving them to town. On the way he decided that he had gold them too cheap. He left them with his drover In the road aud went on to town and told the buyer that he would need help to bring 'em In. " Hows that? the buyer asked. t Vhy they git away an go to ruti-nlthrough the woods an fields an' We rant keep up with em.' T dont think I want em,' says story-teller- s , V 1 I , . i good-nature- 1 ! i r ' I . t t this when 1 saw Webster aud heard under a great pack, partly covered and put my mouth to the bong hole him speak at Plymouth.with bed ticking, stood in the door- I never drink it. "What kind of a looking man la way. "Say," he added aa be sat down and It yon Abe man heT asked. began eating a doughnut. "Hello, Mr. Kelso, the bearded A big erect, splendid figure of a answered. "The pooi vanderlng Jew ever hit anybody take a sledge ham-- , man. He walked like a ram at the baa gome hack agin hey? I tlnk 1 mer or a crowbar. It wouldnt be head of his flock." haf to take.de hump of uiy back be- cent to use your fist" Abe who since Ids story had sat fore I gits In. They hewed a fiat surface on opposides of the log whicb Samaon site beneath ala he with a sad face looking Into the fire let load Staggering now leaned forward, his elbows on his It down to the ground.. had carried and peeled It and raised knees, and shook his head with Inter Bring In jour Trojan horse and Its lower end on a cross timber. Tnen est while his gray eyes took on a mind you da not let out Its four and they marked It with a chalk line and look of animation. The diary speaks twenty warriors until morning. Ill sliced It iflto Inch boards with s whip often of the veil of sadness" on his have some bread and milk for yon In saw, Abe standing on top of tbe log face. a minute. Gentlemen, this la my friend "lie 1 a very great man," Abe ex Ell a wandering pioneer of trade. I haf a vonderful line o goods claimed. "Have you learned that last noble vonderful v onderf ul said EU, gesflight of Ids In the reply to Haynes, turing with both hands. as you promsedT Kelso asked. First supier then open your Tro"I have," said Abe, "and the other jan horse," suld Kelso. "First I must show my goods," EU day when I was tramping hack from Howlin Green's I came across a drove Insisted, "an I'll bet you take dera all of cattle and stopped and gave It to everj'tlng vat 1 have In dot pack them. They all let go of the grass un you pa.y my price an you tftnk me an suj Ell, vat you have to and stood looking." "Good I Now stand up and let us see drink ? " "I'll bet j'-- four bits I dont. said how you Imitate the great chief of Kelso. the Whig clan, said Kelso. "Yru are iny frlent; I vould not The lank and awkward youth rose lake your lumey like dot so easy. and began to speak the lines In a No! It vould not be right Those voice that trembled with exIt lowered and steadied are Scotch goods, gentlemen so rare citement. and rang out like noble music on a ah beautiful not ing Ilk dem In de well p'uyed trumpet as the channel world." lie began to undo his pack while the of his spirit filled with the mighty current of the orators passion. Then, little company stood arouud him. Gentlemen, you can see but jou Indeed, the words fell from his lips cannot buy. Only my frlent can have like the winter snows." 'They shook our hearts as the wind dem goods," he went on gliblr as be shakos the branches of a tree," Sam- removed the cover of the pact. Suddenly there was a lively stir son writes In Ida diary. "The lean, in It. .To the amazement of all a of was the bpy bony body trausflgured and as I looked at his face in the fire- beautiful girl threw aside the ticking and leaped out of the large wicker light I thought It was handsome. "Not a word was spoken for a min- basket It had covered. With a mcr,ry ute after he sat down, I had got laugh she threw her arms around Jack Kelso's neck and kissed him. my first look at Lincoln. I had seen The men clapped- their hands In Watched Every Move In Thla Remark his soul. I think It was then I began merriment. able Performance. noisy to reulize that a man was being made "Thats like said It? Him, the Isnt us flue more than amoug precious Doctor. nnd Samson beneath It Suddenly th gold; even a man more precious than saw stopped. A clear, .beautiful vole I" Abe exclaimed. Exactly the golden wedge of Opldr." I stop at David flung the music of "Sweet Nightinan dere Doctor Barney's In The silence at the gazed she took de o out an gale" Into the timbered hollow. It goods my pack Kelso tn sat both hands with hoy. fix hulted the workers and set tbe wooddls Ell Job lot said up fer you," his pockets and Ida chin upon Ids land a The men stood silent with ringing. laugh. breust looking solemnly Into the fire. A real surprise party I" the girl exlike those hearing a benediction. The "Thank you, Abe, he said in a low claimed. singing ceased. Still they listened, for olce. Somrtldng unusual has hapwaa a small-sizeShe girl, nearing half a moment It was as If a spirit pened aud I'm Just a little Beared." with red cheeks and hazel had passed and touched them. sixteen, Why?" Abe asked. It's Him the little vixen! said blonde and lialr feU in curls that For fear somebody will spoil It Abe tenderly. her shoulders. "Shes an odd child upon with another hog story. I'm a little "Mr. Traylor, thla la my daughter and aa pretty aa a spotted fawn, and afraid of anything I can say. I would Him," said Kelso. "She Is skilled In about as wild. Shes a kind of a first future tlila, that the man Webster th art of producing astonishment." cousin to the bobolink." Is a prophet. In Ida Plymouth address When they were getting ready to go "She must have beard of that handhe hears receding Into some boy at the tavern and got iu a home that afternoon Joe got Into a distance the clank of chains and all to come home," said the Doctor. great hurry to see his mother. It the din of sluvery. It will come true." hurry Ann Rutledge says that he Is a seemed to him that ages had elapsed "Do you tlduk so?" Abe asked. right purty boy," the laughed as since he had seen her a conviction "Surely there areso many of us she brushed her curia girl which led to noisy tears, aside. who hate it. These Yankees hate it Abe knelt before him and comforted and they and their children are scatthe boy. Then he wrapped him In hla CHAPTER IV, tering all over the midlands. Their and swung him in the air and jacket spirit will guide the West. The love for home with Joe astride hla started Folk of liberty la the salt of their blood and Which Presents Other neck. and tha First Stops in th Making of the marrow of tlielr bones. Liberty Samson ya In his diary: "His ten. a Now Home and Certain Capacities means freedom for all. Walt until der with the little lad gave m play and Incapacities of Abo. these babies, coming out here by the another look at tbe man Lincoln." wagonload, have grown to manhood. Next morning at daylight two par"Some. one proposed once that w Slavery will have to reckon with ties went out In the woods to cut tim- should call that stream the Ml tine them." ber for the home of the newcomers. ha)ia said Abe as he walked along. "I hate it, too," said Abe. If 1 live In one party were Harry Needles ear- "After this Joe and I are going to call 'iu going to hit that thing on the lunchIt the Mlnneboohoo." axes and a two ning head some day." The women of eon pail; Samson with a saw in his ttle village had "Do you still want to be a lawyer?" hand and the boy Joe on his hack; met t a quilting party at ten oclock Kelso asked. Mrs. Martin WaddetL There Abe with Raw and ax and a small jug with Yea. but sometimes 1 think Id of root and a book tied In a big Sarah had had a seat at the frame leer make a better blacksmith, said Abe. red handkerchief and flung around hla and heard all the gossip .of the coun"I'm trying to make up my' mind neck. When Ann Rut. reached the woods tryside. The they whata beat for me." Abe cut a polo for the auiall boy and ledge a daughter of the tavern folk No, you're trying to decide what carried him on his shoulder to the had sat beside her. Ann .was a la best for your friends and your creek and said: slender, girl of seventeen country and for the reign of law and Now you sit down here and keep with blue eyea and a rich crown of ustlce and liberty." order In thla little frog city. If you auburn hair and a fair skin weQ But 1 think every man acta from hear a She was frog say anything lmprojver browned by the sunlight. selfish motives," Abe Insisted. you fetch him a whack. Dont allow the most dexterous needle worker la Doctor Allen demurred as follows: . any nonsense. Well make you major New Salem. "The other night you happened to of John McNeil, whom th Traylor Frog City." remember that yon had overcharged The men fell to with axes and saws had met on the road near Niagara Mrs. Peters for a Jug of molasses and while limbed the logs and Falls and who had shared their camp after you had dosed the store yon looked Harry after the mayor. Their huge with them, arrived on the stage that walked three miles to return the mon- muscles flung the sharp axea Into the Vveuing. He was dressed In a new ey which belonged to her. Why dUY timber and gnawed through It with butternut- - suit and clean linen and you do the saw. Many big trees fell before looked very handsome. Samson writes "For a selfish motive," said Abe. noon time w hen they stopped for lunch- that he resembled the pictures of Rob"I believe honesty li the best policy." eon. While they were eating Abe said : ert Emmet. With fine, dark eyes, a "Then you took that long walk Just "I reckon we better saw out a few smooth skin, features to advertise your honesty to Induce boards this afteruom. Need em for and black hair neatly brushed on a people to rail you Honest Abe as they the. doors. WeU tote s couple of logs shapely head he waa not at all lik ' have begun to do?" up (Hi the side o' that knoll, put 'em tbe rugged Abe. In a low tone and "I wouldn't want to put It that on skids an whip 'em up Into boards very modestly, with a alight brogue way," said Abe. n bis tongue he told of his adventures with th saw." Tut that'a the only way out," the Ramson took hold of the middle of on the loug shore toad to Michigan. Doctor Insisted, "and we know ing ones one of the logs and raised it from the Ann sat bstentng and looking into his would have to call you Sordid Abe. face as he talked. Ah came in, soon ground. Theres a hidden Abe and you I guess we can carry em." he said. after eight o'clock, and was introduced haven't got acquainted with him yet," "Can ye shoulder it? Abe asked. to the stranger. All noted the conKelso Interposed. We have all caught Easy," said Samson as he raised trast between the two young men a a glimpse of him tonight Hes the in end of the log, stepped beneath It they greeted each other. Abe sat Abe that loves honor and Justice and and. resting Its weight on his back, down for a few minutes and looked humanity and their great temple of soon got his shoulder near Its miter sadly into the fire but said nothing. freedom that la growing up .here In and swung It clear of the ground and He rose presently, exose himsell the new world. He lovea them better wylked with It to the knollslde where pad went way. than fame or fortune or life Itself. he let it fan with a resounding thump I think It must have been that Abe that shook the ground. An whose volte sounded like a trumpet eating and watched every move In this Raiitag the cabin. The ae just now and who sent yon off to Mrs. remarkable performance! Peters with the money. You haven't with which the big Vermonter had so the chance to know him that w'e have. defied the law of gravitation with that (TO BE CONTINUED ) Some day you two will get ac- unwieldy stick amazed him. A Compromise. quainted." That thlngTl weigh from seven to At this moment, there was a loud eight' hundred pounds," said he. I No college man Is as good as he trie rap on the door. Mr. Kelso opened reckon you're the stoutest man In this to make his professor believe he it and said I "Hello, Ell Come In.? part o the state an I'm quite a man nor as had as he tell hla girl he la. d X hairy-faceman, bent myself. Ft lifted a barrel o whlbkg Jester. d high-pitche- d ej-e- never-returnin- s Log-Cabi- n g ltr wen-mould- Voice. A he buyer. speedy hog hasn't much pork to carry. Ill give ye twenty hits to let ml off.' 1 guess that Yankee had one more hog thin he'd counted," said Ramson. "Whatever prejudice you may find here will soon vanish," said Kelso, turning ta the newcomer. "I have great respect for the sturdy sons of Kew England. I believe It whs Th coder Parker who said that the pine arm the symbol of their character. Be was right. Its roots am deep In tbe soil ; It towers above th forest ; It has the etrength of tall masts and tba aubstance of the bolide In Its body, music In its waving branches and tarpantlna la IU veins. I thought of , I ) v i 1 EUERY geund I jjl MEAL" 4W0 P eterson, of New B Vr Iliad no croi had I at Offered n gad bloat JtarvlitS ti mi In jPijn' bow I jSt thOUr Delectable su22r coating around a nippy zippy bit of peppermint chewing cum. Sweeten e. Is as easdj slept ao iid been I "But no I If I ba i! best fc.e 1 bow-legge- d a hvent tbe every d cant Lnlae. breath. aid digestion, quiet nervousness, allay thirst and help keep teeth white. bau nd eight w jinply ov I lid Ju-- ! go." Tanlnc wRictnrsw e IIVE .WRfGlETSy I ;iucago proving neat Inter! A in The Flavor Lasts j! e apite jrlndws Thirsty Place. A countryman was inscribing name of a highly respected, COLD MEDAL Tha world's standard remedy fez kidney, Ever, bladder and uric add troubles. Famous since 1696. Take regularly and keep in good health. In three sins, all druggists. Guaranteed aa represented. Siclt Cuticura Soap SHAVES Without Mugi Is ihere t nd p closed ai mail ftfside jilted 1 rot of Vindow. The li I flhe flow stroy p room land add obtained Journal. I With Gas lMkhdk.u.CM)ILUw o4 accept m beitatiM t w recently in his shop. A friend of the late worthy called In to see how the sculptor wns pr reeding with the work, and object! to his friends tombstone renting a beer barrel, remarking'; To jo know-- , John, that my dear departed friend never drank a drop of beer ll his life?" Well I bet hi replied John. would give something for a pint nowf Chicago American. and movement becomes painful it is usually an indication that the kidneys are out of order. Keep these organs healthy by taking mes the departed deacon on a tom bet one. Thi stone rested on an empty beer band When the body begka to stiffen short feig In a SQUEEZED TO DEATH g -- d I ! trelfe'11' - good-lookin- High-Pitche- AFTER d nimble-fingere- Lines in a Trou 1 well-fille- d Began to Speak th Afraid' A we eat at a in Estonia Brings Relist "I have been awfnl sick with gas writes Mrs. W. H. Person, sad Ea tonic is all I can get to give sat relief." Acidity and gas on the stomach quickly taken up and carried oat by DAISY FLY KIllER" Eatonlc, then appetite and strength AND KILL eome back. And many other bodily N--. ALL FLIES. miseries disappear when the stomach Ml is right. Dont let sourness, belching, Mat emii ar I"W. tip mm ; will Mnl bloating. Indigestion and other stone injur, m. ach ills go on. Take Eatonlc tablet) an GwwtMd anyth Said by a. after yon eat see how much better t br EXPRESS, feeL Big box costs only a trifle you LOk Snpa.4. m ARl.U SOME.ua. rn t with your druggists guarantee. Average Life of Motor Cara.' 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