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Show I going ft u just terribly ehmnr OeerHrV. Jrfnw CAPTAIN LINCOLN. Rmon and Barah Traylor, with their two children. travel by wajron Joeish and from their homo In Verfnn, Vt.. to the Wool, tbo land of plenty. of Their destination Is the Country the (tangamon. In Illtnola At Nta-arKails they meet John McNeil, who also decides to go to the Sangamon country. Sarah's ministrations save the Ilfs of Harry Needles and he accompanies the Traylors. They reach New Salem, Illinois, and are welcomed by young Abe Lincoln, Jack Kelso and his pretty and other. Samson daughter Blm raises his cabin. Lincoln thrashes Armstrong. Harry strikes Bsp Harry is attacked by McNolI and hie gang, and Blm drives oft his assailants with a shot gun. McNeil Is markedly attentive to Ann Rutledge. Lincoln Is In love with Ann. but has never had enough courage to tell her so. Harry loves Rim. Traylor helps two slaves, who had run away from St. Loul. Kllphalet Biggs- - owner of the slaves, has his arm broken by Traylor. Biggs meets' Blm and makes love to her. Bynopata. Bty. m Me-No- ll. CHAPTER VIII. Wherein Abe Announces His Purpose Candidate for the Leglela. to Be turo, st Kelso's Dinner Party. Harry Needles net Blm Kelso on tbs road next' day, when he was going down to see If there was any mail. Bhe was .on iber ppny. Ha was la his pw salt of .clothes a butternut background striped Into Urge checks. vTou look like .a walking checker hoard," said she. "Thle this la .my new suit," Harry answered, looking down Sit 1L "Ita a tiresome suit," said she impatiently. T.e been playing checkers on It since I caught sight o you, and five got a man .crowned ,!n the king row." "I thought pould llka It," the answered, quite seriously, and with a look of disappointment. "Say, ,Ive got shaved .three .times that rasor and already. he warned "Don't tell anybody,tine. her. at They laugh Theyd wouldn't know how I feel I wont aay anything," she answered. "I reckon i ought to tell you that I dont love you not so much as I did, anyway not near so much. 1 only love you just a woe bit new. Harry'a face fell. "Do you love-s- oma other nanT he asked. "Yes a regular man mustaclie, tlx feet tall and everything. I just tell you he's purty I" "Is It that rich feller from St. Louis?" he asked. She nodded sod then whispered: "Dont you tell." The boy's Ups trembled when he answered. "I wont tell. But I dont see how you can do It "Why?" "He drinks. lie Isnt respectable. "Thata a lie," ahe answered quickly. I dont care what you say." Blm touched her pony with the whip and rode away. Harry staggered for a moment as he went ca. Ills eyes filled with tears. It , r - 1 it coni-forte- said: Theres a bitter wind blowing and there's no hurry about the rails, 1 guess. You sit here by tlie fire and Levs Some He Asked, Othsr Man? i seemed ta him that the world bad been ruined. On his way to the village he tried and convicted it of being no fit place for a boy to live in. Down by the tavern he met Abe, who stopped him. "Ilowdy, Harry!" said Abe. "You look kind o sick. Come into she store and sit down. I want to talk to you. Ilarry followed the big man into Offuts store, flattered by his attention. There had been something very grateful In the sound of Abes voice and the feel of hi hand. The store was empty. "You and I mustnt let lurselves be worried by lUtl .matters, said Abe, they sat down together by the fire. "Things that seem to you to be as big pa K mountain noxs wCl look like a . read your book this forenoon. Maybe it will help you to find your work. So it happened that the events of Harrys morning found their place In the diary which Sarah and Samson kept. Long afterward Ilarry added the sentences about the razor. One evening Sarah and Samson, with Harry, went to a debate in the tavern on the issues of the day, In which Abe won the praise of alLfor an able presentation of the cUlni of Internal Improvement. During that evening Alexander Ferguson declared that he would not cot his hair until Henry Clay became President, the news of which resolution led to a like an age of un Insanity In others-an- d sampled hairiness on that part of the border. For Samson and Sarah the moet .potable social event of the winter a chicken dinner at which they and Mr. and Mrs. James Rutledge and Ann and Abe Lincoln and Doctor Allen were the guests of the Kelsoa. That night Ilarry stayed at home with the children. Kelso was In his best mood. "Come," he said, when dinner was ready. "life Is more than friendship. jt It is partly meat" "And mostly Kelso," - said Doctor Long life has made as an old shilling and nimbler than a sixpence," Kelso deAnd, speaking of life. Arts clared. totle said that tbo learned and the unthe liTtag and the learned were dead, a. , "1 It say stay You? No I You are alive to your finger tips, Kelso answered. I have mastered only eight ' "But books, mid Abe. And otie the book of common sense, and that has wised you, Kelso went on. "Since I came So this country I have teamed to beware f the man. There are more diving men In America than In any land I have seen. The man who reads one good book thoughtfully Is alive and often my master In wit or wisdom. Reading Is the gate and thought Ur the pathway of real life." "I think that most of the men I knew have read the Bible, said Abe. "A wonderful and a saving faetl It is a sure foundation to bulk) your Ufe upon." , Kelso paused to pour whisky from a jug at his side for those who would take It "Let us drink to our friend Abe and his new ambition, be proposed. "What Is ItT Samson asked. "I am going to try for a seat ta the legislature, said Abe. . The toast was drunk, and by some tn water, after which Abe said: "If you have the patience to listen to It, Id like to read my declaration to the voters of Sanganion county. one-boo- k v-- E FINDS Id Lika to Read My Declaration to tha Voters." Samsons diary briefly describes this appeal as follows: "He said that he wasted to win the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens. This he hoped to accomplish by doing something which would make him worthy of It. He had been thinking of the county. A railroad would do more for It than anything else, but a railroad would be too costly. The Improvement of the Sangamon river was the next best thing. He favored usury law and said, in view of the talk he had Just heard, he was going to favor the Improvement and build-tnof schools, so that every one could learn how to read, at least, and learn for himself what is In the Bible and other great liooks. It was a modest statement and we all liked It. Whatever happen to Sangamon, one statement in that platform couldn't be Improved," said Kelso. What la that?" Abe asked. Its the one that says you wish to win the regard of your fellows by serving them. Early In April an Indian scare spread from the capital to the remot-ea- t corners of the stated Black Hawk, with many warriors, had crossed the Mississippi and was moving toward the Rock River country. Governor Reynolds called for volunteers to check the invasion. Abe, whose address to the votera had been printed In the Sanuaiuon Journal, joined a volunteer company and soon became Its captain. On the tenth of April he add Harry Needle left for Richland to go Into training. Samson wii eager to go, but could not leave Ms family. BUu Keleo rode out into the fields where Ilarry was at work the day before he went away. "I'm going away. the boy said. In a rattier mournful tone. "I ate to have you go. I just love to know youre here. If I dont see you. Only I wish you was older and knew more." There was half a moment of silence. 'She ended It by saying: "Ann and I ace going to the spelling school tonight," "Can I go with you?" "Could you stand It to be talked to and scolded by a couple ef girt till you didn't care what happened to you? "Yes; Ive got to be awful careless." "Well be all dresed up and ready at quarter of tight. Come to the Uv g I RELIEF V-- I the"1 Cfista to Tell Other Gy, : jiisM' -A I I AU About It can tell what they mean." said Harry. "Sometimes they dont know what 1 say they mean themselves. Often wonand something or do something der and wonder what It means. Did you ever ride a horse sitting backwards when youre going one way and lookknow ing anothef and' you dont asked. ahe what's coming? Whata behind you Is before you and the faster you go the more danger youre In? Ilarry laughed. "Isnt that the way we have to travel In thla world, whether wera askgoing to love or to mill?" the girl ed, with a sigh. ."We cannot tell what .ahead. We see only what la behind us. It Is very sad. Harry looked at Blm. He saw the tragic truth of the words and suddenly her face was like them. Unconsciously In the midst of her playful talk thla thing had fallen. He did not know what to make of It "I feel sad when I think of Abe," Mrs. Mary Hasting Bradley with said Ilarry. "He dont know what la Herbert Bradley, and bar husband, ahead of him, I guess. I heard Mr. has gone their daughter, In waa with love be Traylor aay that Carl the with Africa Akeloy gorilla to Ann." la after maMrs. Bradley "I reckon be Is, but he dont know expedition. He's never told her. terial for another novel. how to show I reckon hes mighty good, bothe dont knew how to Jove a girl. Did you ever eee an elephant talking with a crick1 flve-year-o- ld jpCVlH Eninarffia, InL I ara eiriw yuan old and have been bothered jJ everal ft I J month flUEptl I ; et? "Net aa I remember, aald Barry. "I never did snyaelf, but If I did. Im sure they'd both look very tired. It would be atm harder for n elephant to be engaged ta a cricket. I dent reckon the elephant's love would At the cricket or that they'd ever be Able ta agree on what they'd talk about Ita some that way with Abe and Ana. She la small and spry ; he (a alow and high. Shed need a ladder to get up to hla face, and I just toll you It aint party when ye get there. She ain't got a --rchance ta love him." think "I love him aald Ilarry. he a wonderful man. I'd fight for him till I died. John McNeil ta nothing but a grasshopper compared ta him." "Thats about what my father says," Blm answered. "I love Abe, too, and bo does Ann, but It aint the hope to die, marryin love. Its like a man love for a man or a womans love for a woman. John McNeil la handsome hes just plumb handsome, and smart, jtoo. Hes bought a big farm and la going into the grocery business. Mr. Rutledge says hell be a rich man. "I shouldnt wonder. Is he going to the spelling School? "No, he went off to Richland today with my father to Join the company. Theyre going to fight the Injuns, too." a The shell sounded for dinner. Blm started for the road at a gallop, waving her band. He unhitched hla team and followed It slowly across the black furrows toward the barn. He did net go to the spelling school. seven and said that he Abe cam and Ilarry Would have to walk to Springfield that night and get their equipment and take the stage In the morning. Abe said If they started right away they could get to the Globe tavern by midnight. In the hurry and excitement Harry forgorthe spelling school. To Blm It was a tragic thing. Before he went to bed that night he wrote a letter to her. DETECTIVE TO DIRECT NATIONS SECRET SERVICE DURING PRESENT ADMINSTRATION Attorney General Daugherty Selects Famous Sleuth to Succeed 'William J Flynn In Justice Department Washington Appointment of William J. Burns as director of the bureau of Investigation of the department of Justice Was announced by Attorney General Daugherty. Mr. Burns succeeds William J. Flynn. I have known Mr. Burns personally for thirty years and have watched him develop In his specialty, Mr. Daugherty said, He is familiar with all of the departments of the government, is an intelligent and courageous man and' at this time especially is considered to be as high class a man aa could be secured to assume the Important duties assigned him. The bureau will be reorganized as ex, pedltlously as posslb) and brought to the highest point of efficiency. "Mr. Burns has severed his connection with the Burns Detective Agency and will come to Washington and de-- , vote his entire time to this service It Is the policy of this department, well understood by Mr. Burns and highly recommended by blm that the department of Justice establish the most cordial relations with police officials and law enforement officers througout the entire country and. In fact, througouf the entire world to the end that there may be cooperation and that life, property and the rights of the people may be preserved and protected. nd I have known Mr. Burns for many years and know his dependability and efficiency." t Ahe sad Harry in the Black Hawk war. AMATEUR SLEUTHS ARE BARRED CTO BE CONTINUED.) Chief of Police Puts Stop to Would Be Detectives in Murder Case APRON WORN AS ORNAMENT Chicago Amateur Investigators of the Kennedy Burch Obenchaln case a Don Gar. In Evanston Women ef are going To be "shooed fnent With a View of Attracting out of town, according to Chief of Masculine Eyes. Police Leggett, who says numerous amateur detectives are digging Into the In the villages and country portions lives of the Los Angeles murder the women do not past of mystery principals. wear aprons as a badge of worlf. On Is The chief interested the contrary the Czechoslovakia maid tn Ilarry Lawrence, who appeared In on when she not does put her apron enters the bouse she dons It only Evanston Wednesday with the anwhen she Is going put to capture the nouncement that be was the repreWool-win- e eye of some swain who long has paid sentative of District Attorney of Los Angeles. Accompanied by her coart. And these aprons usually are heirlooms. Green Is the 'favorite an escort of reporters, Lawrence" incolor. Next In popularity com gold terviewed several persons who were or yellow, silver, pink, blue, cerise and reported to have said they saw Burch flaming rose. Usually the embroider carrying a gun when he left for the ies which display these colors are upon West. dark foundations. Some, however, are After his Interviews he announced to white. In both types gay ribbons some- the accompanying reporters that times play a part. And often the white' "Burch and Mrs. Obenchaln are Innomutton sleeves of the waists are gay-l-y cent. I have evidence that anothtr embroidered to complete the radiaat wont an killed Kennedy." effect the wearers apron lends as she strolls down the street or along the Raisins Go East. country lane. . Cal Five soHd trainloads ot Fresno, Their skirts are usually black and raisins, 13,000 tons, started to Eastern always short. Their stockings are for markets from here the first Monday i tn their walks as well as for protection redured railroad freight rates fo day Some have do small, bright display. dried fruits to Eastern points. slgps knitted Into the dull black. The jackets they wear are Eagle Attack Child usually quite plain, save for the handmade Mont While picking berrle? Bntte, lace around the bust and on the sleeves. The head shawls sound the at a Sunday school picnic south cf varying color note. But It Is in the here Wednesday, Albert Pierce fought sprons that the love of color Is more with and killed an eagle which attacked hi clearly shown. baby w hieh he was holding under one-arThe bird, Evil cf Discontent measuring four feet from tin to tip Discontent is like tak poured Int fceemed determined to have his preyT water, which fill the Vhole fountain which in the clash was dropped into full of blackness. It feast a cloud grass. The father after beating of! over the mind, and renders It more oc- the attack, first with a rock, seized a heavy stick and killed the eagle cupied about the ewi which disquiet than about the means of removing it after a f"ght Listing ten minutes. 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Ah, Doctor! you as smooth -- Abe Interposed. fact that f the rl ahe Do Y u "It Is tree. It, In spite me. YOUIIG GIRL ' By IRVING BACHELLER month.. You and happy. J11 be plumb anxious before she owns up. But she truly loves him. Shed die for blm Girls are awful curious nobody A Story of the Builders of Democracy have got things o do, partner. We mustnt let onrselvea be fooled. I was once In a boat with old Capn Chase on the Illinois rtvsr. W had got Into the rapids. It was a narrow channel la dangerous water. They had to keep her headed Just so or wed have gone on the rocks. Suddenly a boy dropped his apple overboard and began to boiler. He wanted to have the boat stopped. ' For a minute that boy thought his apple was the biggest thing in the world. We're all a good deal like him. We keep dropping our apples and calling for the boat to stop. Boon we find out that there are many apples In the world as good as that one. You have all come to a stretch of bad water up at your house. The foHfe have been sick. Theyre a little lonesome and discouraged. Dont you make it any harder by crying over a lost apple. Ye know ita possible that the apple will float along down Into the still water where you can pick It np by and by. The important thing is to keep going ahead. Tills bit of fatherly counsel was a help to the boy. "I'ts got a book here that I want you to read," Abe went on. "It la the Life of nenry Clay.' Taka It home and read It carefully and then bring It back and tell me what you think of You may he a Henry Clay yourself by and by. The world has something big In It far every one If he can only find It Were all searching some for gold and some for fame. I pray God every day that Ha will help me to find my work the thing I can do batter than anything' else and whan It Is found help me to do it. I expect It will be a hard and dangerous search and tbit I shall make mistakes. I expect to drop some apples on my way. Theyll look like gold to me, but I'm not going to lose sight of the main purpose. , When Harry got home he found Sarah sewing by the fireside, with Joe and Betsey playing by the bed. Samson had gone to the woods to split rails. "Any msll?" Sarah asked. "No mall, he answered. Sarah went to the window and stood for some minutes looking out at the plain.. Its sere grasses, protruding out of the snow, hissed and bent in the wind. In Its cheerless winter colors It was a dreary thing to see. "How I long for home I" ahe exclaimed, as she resumed her aewlng by the lire. Little Joe came and stood by her knee and gave his oft repeated blessing: "God help us and make Ills face to shine upon us." fihe kissed him and said : "Hear It shines upon me every time I hear you say those words." Would you mind If I called you mother?" Harry asked. "I shall be glad to have you do It If it gives you any comfort, Ilarry," she answered. She observed that there were tears In his eyes. We are all very fond of you," she said, as she bent to her task. Then the boy told her the history of his morning the talk with Bliu, with the razor omitted from it. Well, 'Ilarry, If she's such a fool, youre lucky to have found it out so soon," said Sarah. "She does little but ride the pony and play around with a gun. I dont believe she ever spun a hank o' yarn In her life. She'll get her teeth cut by and by." Then fell a moment of silence. Siam UAHY HASTINGS BRADLEY her. McNeil has told her that he taves tell." you Dont secret. It' "I won't Doea ahe love him T let "Devotedly; but ahe wouldnt hell I reckon not It yet. him know A Man for the A mote hill In six wit? ta have npp Both Sides. , luShe says she Jilted him. And he says he was lucky to " easy t f' If a roan makes a specialty of to ;ig town re! he cannot hope ain in the p'nk of jurtoctien. l 1 t s |