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Show m i B u!to willing to ncccpt hh full sliaro of H tie fruits of victory. H Horn In tlio humblest circumstances, B uneducated, poor, ncqunli tod with flat- HH ' boats nud groceries, but 11 stranger to H tlio drawing room, It was iintural that H he shoulJ seek In n mntrliuoiitnl nlll- H nnco thop nodal ml van times which bo H felt wore iieto'-niry to hi i political ad- H vaucempnt. This wns, In furt. his own Hf view of the matter, but It wns Htrep'-t' B cned and enforced by tho couireH of Hf -those whom ho regarded as frlotnU. 1 In 1830 Miss Mary, daughter of Hon ' Robert 8. Todd of Lexington, Ky H came to live with her sister, Mrs. i Nlnlan W. Edwards, at Springfield. H Like Miss Owens, Miss Todd had a H stepmother, with whom sho failed to Ht "agree," and for that reason tbo Ed- H! wurdscs ottered her a homo with them. H fllie wns young just twenty-one her Ht family wns of tlio best and her con- H sections In Illinois among the most ro- B Qucd nud distinguished people nor H mother having died when sbo was n H I little girl, fllio had been educated un- j 'tier the care of a French lady, "oppo- Hj slto Mr. Clay's." She was glftod with H rare talents, had a kcon senso of the H ridiculous, a ready Insight Into the H weaknesses of Individual character and H- a most fiery nud ungovornablo temper. K Her tonguo and her pen were equally j ehnrp. High bred, proud, brilliant, wlt- W ty.nnd with a will that bent crary ono W else to her purpose, sho took Mr. Lin- Hi coin captlvo the very moment she con H sldcred It expedient to do so. i Mr. Lincoln wns a rising politician, H fresh f-ri the people and possessed of H irrn" "j-"r ninoug them. Miss Todd H- of rrlstoemUc nrd distinguished , l.imlly u Jo to lead through the awful H ioi'tuls of "good society" whouisoover B they choso to countenance. It was H thought that a union between them B could not fall of numerous benefits to H both parties. Mr. Edwards thought so, H Mrs. Edwards thought so, and It. was B not long before Mary Todd herself j thought so. She was very ambitious H and oven beforo she left Kentucky an- W nounccd l:cr belief that sho was "dea- Hj tlned to bo the wlfo of somo future H president." For a little while sho 'was H courted by Douglas aa well as by Lin- B coin, but sho Is said to have refused , the "Little Giant" "on account of his bad morals." Being asked which of K them she intended to have, sho answer- B ed, "The ono that has the best chanco B of being president." Bho decided In HB favor of Lincoln and, In the opinion of HB somo of her husband's friends, aided j td no small extent In tho fulflllinontof H tho prophecy which tho bestowal of i tier hand Implied. A friend of Miss B Todd was tbo wife of on elderly but V -wealthy gontlcmnn, and, being asked H by one of the Edwards cotorlo why she H had married "such an old, dried tip H husband, such a withered up old buck," H he answerod that "he bad lots of H torses, and gold." But Mary Todd m spoko up, In great surprise, and said: H "Is that true? I would rather marry a M good man, a man of mind, with hope B and bright prospects ahead for posl- BW tlon, fame ttnd power, than to marry BH, all tho horses, gold and bones In tho BW world." H Mrs. Edwards, Miss Todd's sister, BH tells us that Mr. Lincoln "was charmed BH with Mary's wit and fascinated with BH 0, her quick sagacity, her will, her nn- BH ' turo and culture." "I have happened BH In tho room," she snys, "whero they BB wero sitting often and often, and Mary Bl led thp conversation. Lincoln would BB listen nnd gazo on her as If drawn by Bl some superior power Irresistibly so. BB Ho listened, but novor scarcely said a BH word. Lincoln could not bold a BB; lengthy conversation with a lady, was Bfl not sutllelently educated and Intelligent Bfl In the female line Jo do so." Bfl Eater Sweetheart No. 4. B Mr. Lincoln nnd Mary wcro engaged. BB' and their marrlago was only a question BB of time. But Mr. Lincoln's lovo nffnlrs BH wcro destined never to run smoothly. BH . and now ono Miss Matilda Edwards BB made her "sweet nppearanco" nnd M HAIIY TODI). B brought havoc In her train. Sho was H tho sister of Nlnlan W. Edwards niul B came to spend a year with her brother. B She was very fair and soon was the M reigning belle. No sooner did Lincoln 1 know her than ho felt his heart chango. B The other affair, according to tho Ed- B wnrdses, according to Stuart, accord- H lng to Hcrndon, nccordlug to Lincoln BBB and overybody else, was a "pollcj BBB match," but this was lovo. For awhlln Bfl ho evidently tried bard to go on as be- BB fore, but his feelings wero too strong Bb to be concealed. Mr. Edwards endcav- BAfl ored to reconcile matters by getting BB bis Rlster to marry Speed, but tho re- BBA bclltous beauty refused Speed lncontl- BBA nently, ns sho did Douglas, too, nnd BB1 married Mr. Schuyler Strong. Poor BBVy Lincoln nover whispered a word of his BBfl passion to her. His high aenso of lion- BBm or provented that, nnd perhaps sho BBM would not have listened to him If It BBb had been otherwise. B At length, nftcr long reflection, In B great agony of spirit, Mr. Lincoln con- BB eluded that duty required him to mnko BBB a candid statomont of bis feelings to BBB the lady who was entitle to bin linncl. bbI- BmBBbBBBBBbBbBbL. .. .. - ., , . , . . Religion Class The annual convention of the Cache Stake Religion Class workers work-ers will be held Sunday Sept. 8th at 2 p. m. in tho B. Y: College at which the following program will be carried' out i Opening exercises. 10 minute paper subject (secur ing attendance) Geo. S. Daines. S minuto discussion about paper pa-per Lorin A. Merrill. , General Discussion. Violin ' Solo Miss Phyllis Thatcher. 10 minute paper, subject (Securing (Se-curing preparation) E. J. Norton. Nor-ton. (5 minute discussion Mrs. C. H. Skidmore. General discussion. Quartette Providence class. Remarks member general board. The Outline Supt. W. K. Burnham. Closing exercises. a It is important that every Religion Re-ligion class worker be in attendance, attend-ance, all others are invited. ' W. K. BURNHAM, GEO. S. DAINES, REBECCA STEWART, A Dandy For Burna. Dr. Bergin, Pnna, 111., writes: "I hnvc used Bnllnrd's Snow Liniment; alwnys recommended it to my friends, as I am confident confi-dent there is no better made. 'It is a dnndy for burns.' Those who live on farms are especially linblo to man yaceidental cuts, burns, bruises, which heal rapidly rapid-ly when Ballard's Snow Liniment is npplied. It should always be kept in the house for cases of emergency." 25c, 50c and $1.00. 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