Show I Ij j A STOW STORY J C y w 1 L Q O z w c G EL BAC BACHELLE LER CHAPTER XVI XVI Continued Continued 16 16 He has haa not yet accomplished much Jn n the thc legislature I dont don't think that be will until some big Issue conies comes along Im not much of or a hand nt at hunting bunting squirrels he said to me the day Walt till Ull I I s see a bear The people of ot Sandals and Springfield tune gave never ne seen him yet They dont don't dontI I know him as ns I do But they all re- re him Just just just for his good fellow hip honesty and decency I guess that every fellow tellow with a foul mouth I bates hates bates himself for it and envies the theman plan man who isn't like him They begin to see his skill as a politician which has has hns shown itself in the passage of ot a aI bill I Springfield removing remo the capital to Spring Spring- field Ab Abe Lincoln was the man who put I it through nut But he be has not yet uncovered uncovered un un- covered his best talents Mark m my word word some Bome day Lincoln will be a 11 big bigman manThe man Iman The death of ot his sweetheart bas has aged and sobered him When we are together he be often otten sits looking down I with with a sad face For a while not n a word sword out of ot him Suddenly he will begin saying things the effect of Gf which will go with me to my grave although I cannot call back the words and place them as he did He is what 1 I 1 would call a gre great t captain of ot words I Seems as if I heard the tile band playing I awhile they marched by me as well I dressed d and stepping as proud and regular as the Boston Doston Guards In Income In come Borne great battle between Right and you will hear bear from him I 1 hope hop it may be the battle between Slavery end and Freedom although at nt present he thinks they must avoid coming to a n clinch In my opinion It cannot be done I expect to live to Me the fight and to take part In it It Late in the session of ot 1837 1836 the prophetic truth of ot these words began to reveal Itself A bill was being put through the legislature denouncing the growth of ot abolition sentiment and Its Us activity in organized societies and upholding up- up holding bolding the right of ot property In slaves Suddenly Lincoln had come to a fork tork the road rond Popularity the urge of many friends the counsel of at wealth and nd power and public opinion the call of ot good politics pointed In one direction tion and the crowd went ent that way It Iw as a 0 stampede Lincoln stood alone tat at the corner lorner The crowd beckoned but In v-i. v One man came back and joined him It was Dan Dun Stone tone who was not a candidate for re Ills His political career was ended There re were three words on the sign-board sign pointing toward the perilous and lonely lonely lonely lone lone- ly road rood that Lincoln proposed to fol tol- low They were the tIle words Justice and Human Rights Lincoln and Dan Stone took that road In a protest ie le- daring that they believed belle the In tion of slavery was founded upon inJustice Injustice In In- justice and bad policy Lincoln had harl followed his conscience Instead of ot the tile crowd At twenty eight years of ot age he had safely passed the great grent danger danber point In tn his career ar r. r The d declaration lit at lie lie- e I the speeches ppe hes a against Douglas II the Ute miracle of ot turning beasts into tinto men the sublime utterance utterance utter utter- ance at Gettysburg the wise parables the second Inaugural the innumerable rohl nets acts of ot mercy all of ot which lifted him into undying fame tame were now possible Henceforth he was to go forward with ithe the growing approval al of ot his own spirit i and land the favor of God r I BOOK THREE CHAPTER Wherein Young Mr Lincoln Betrays Betray Ignorance of Two Highly Important S Subjects There were two subjects of ot which Mr Lincoln had little understanding They were women and finance Until they had rightly appraised he the value alu of his friendship women had been wont to r regard rd gl him with a curl curi He Ill had bl been n aware of ot tills this and for tor years had avoided a women sa save those of or old acquaintance c. When he lived hed at the tavern In the village often he had bad gone one without a 8 meal rather than expose himself to the eyes of strange women The reason for tor this was well understood by those who knew mew him The young man was an exceedingly exceed exceed- exceedingly sensitive human being No doubt he be had suffered more than an any anyone anyone one knew from Ill concealed Ill ridicule but he had beep b J able to bear it with I composure In h callow youth Later nothing roused his anger like an attempt attempt attempt at at- tempt t to ridicule him Two women he had regarded with great ireat tenderness tenderness his his foster mother the second wife of Thomas Lincoln M and Uld d Ann Rutledge Others had been to him mostly delightful but inscrutable table beings Ings Tin Tile company of ot women and end of dollars Lad been equally I miller to him He had hud said sold more than thau cn tn e In his hili young manhood that he lie f felt lt tn La th the presence of either r. r and knew not quite how hov to behave behne himself an himself an exaggeration In which there was no small amount of ot truth In 1836 the middle frontier had entered entered entered en en- upon a singular phase of It Its de de- Emigrants from the East Cast and South and from overseas had been pouring into it The summer before the lake and river steamers had been crowded with them and their wagons had hul come in long processions out of or orthe the East Eart Chicago had be begun un Its phenomenal phenomenal phe phe- nom nal growth A frenzied speculation specula specula- tion In town to lots had been under way in that community since the autumn of ot 3 35 It was spreading through the state Imaginary cities were laid out outon outon outon on the lonely prairies and all nil the corner corner corner cor cor- ner lots sold to eager buyers buers and paid for with promises Millions of conversational conversational conver conver- promissory dollars based upon the gold at nt the foot toot of ot the rainbow rainbow rainbow rain rain- bow were changing hands day by da day The legislature with an empty treasury treasury treas trenK- ury behind It voted twelve millions for river Improvements and Imaginary railroads and canals for which neither surveys nor estimates had been made to serve gerve the dream built cities of the speculator If It Mr Lincoln had had more experience In the getting and use of ot dollars and more acquaintance with the shrinking timidity of ot large sum sums he would have ha tried to dissipate these Illusions of grandeur But he went with the crowd every ery member of at which had n R like inexperience neIn ne In tIle the midst of ot the session Samson Traylor arrived in Vandalla Vandall on his visit to Mr Lincoln I have hn sold my farm tarm said Samson to his old friend the evening of f his arrival ar ar- rival Did you ou get a good pricer Mr Lincoln Lin coln coIn askedAll asked All that my conscience would allow me to take said Samson The man offered me three dollars an nn acre in cash and ten dollars in notes We compromised on seven se dollars all nil cash What are you going to do now that you ou have ha sold out I was thinking of going up to Tazewell Taze Taze- well county Why dont don't you go to the growing and prosperous town tm of Springfield Mr Lincoln asked aked The capitol will willbe willbe willbe be there and so will I I. I It Is going to tobE tobe tobe be a n big city Men Men- who are to make history will live In Springfield You must come and help I shall need your friendship your wl wisdom dom and your s sym sym- m pathy I shall want to sit often orten by hy your fireside You'll find a good school there for the children If It you'll think of ot It seriously Ill I'll try tt to t. get set you Into the Uie public service We c need you ou plenty S Samson an an- We kind o 0 think o u you rou as us one of o the family Ill I'll talk It on over with Sarah and see Never Neer mind th the oh nh If It I keep you ou hehn In yourself It'll 1 re le e ejob Job enough h An Anyway way I guess we can call manage to get along hr e had a talk with Stuart and have hn some good news for tor Harry and find mm Bim said young oun Mr Ir Lincoln Stuart thinks she can get a divorce e under the tine law of or 1827 I 1 suppose suppo e the they are still interested In each other lIes Hes like most of ot the Yankees Once he lie gets set Its It's hard hord to change e him The J elsos have hae moved to moved to to Chicago Chi Chi- Chicago cago cuo ant and I dont don't know kno how mm stands If Harry knows he hasn't said raid a word to us about It IL Im Interested In that little romance ro roo mance said the legislator Its tt our Iut duty to do du what we can to secure the happiness s of at these young lovers on rs Tell ell Harry narry to come lome over here I mint want to talk with him CHAPTER In Which Mr Lincoln Samson and Harry Take a Long Ride Together and d the Latter Visit the Flourishing hing Little City of Chicago Mr Alt Lincoln oln had brought the which Hurry Harry was to take to Dim Burn and made mude haste to deliver th them m. m The rite ho boy was eager to he off on his mission The fields were sown The new buyer buer was coming coining to take posse possession slon In two weeks Samson and Harry had finished finished fin fin- their work ork In New r Sul ln Walt till tomorrow and antl maybe Ill I'll go with ye e said Mid Samson Tin Imn anxious unx- unx lous ious to take a n look at that little mushroom mushroom mush mush- room city of ot Chicago And buy huy n fI few corner lots Abe asked who s t a smile mlle No Ill I'll watt walt till next year They'll he ho cheaper cheape then I believe e In Chicago Its It's placed right on right on the waterway to the north und sand east cast with good countr country on three sides and transportation on OJ the other It can cnn go Into partner partnership with Steam Power Po right away and bogin bo- bo bosin hogin gin sin to do business Your grain and pork can go straight from there to Albany Albany Al Al- bany and New v York and Boston and aud Baltimore witt NU Wt a being d When railroads If If they ever er do Steam Power ower will be shoving grain Ind Anil ml meat and Into Chicago j ev every ever point of ot the compass I Abe Lincoln turned to Sarah and lind said Mid This Is 19 a growing country You ou ou ought ht to see the cities springing u up there In the legislature 1 J was looking with great satisfaction at the crop when Samson came along one otle day and fell on It It He lIe was like a frost In mid mid- summer The s seed cl was sown too early Samon Samson Samson Sam Sam- son on rejoined You and I may live to see all nil the dreams of ot Vandalia come true truc And all the nightmares said the young statesman Yes were we're g going to wake nuke up and fir find a cold morning and not much to cut eat in the house and the wolf at the thedoor thedoor thedoor door hut but well we'll live through It It Then the young statesman proposed cd If If you l are me going with Harry Horry Ill I'll go along and amid see what they've they done on the Illinois and Michigan canal canul Some contractors who worked on the tine Erie canal will start from Chicago Monday to look the ground over and bid on the construction of ot 11 tHe e southern end of ot it I 1 want to talk with them when they come along do n do II the line I guess gues a few days das In the saddle would do you good said Samson I reckon It would Ive I've been cloyed on house air and oratory nUll and future greatness The Thc prairie wind and your pessimism will straighten me up Harry rode to the village that afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon to get Colonel and Mrs Lukins to come out to the farm lint and stay with Sarah while he he and end Samson were away awny Josiah now a sturdy boy of ot thirteen stood In the dooryard holding the two saddle ponies from trum Nebraska which Samson had bought of ot a drover er Betsey Bet Bet- SC sey a handsome young miss almost fifteen fifteen fit fit- teen years old stood beside him Sarah whose face tace had begun to show the wear of of- years full tull of ot loneliness and hard work was packing the saddlebags sad sad- saddlebags Rd bags dle-bags now v nearly filled with eitra ro socks and shirts and doughnuts a. a ad d bread and butter They met Abe Lincoln at the tavern ern where he was waiting on a big horse which he had borrowed for tor the trip from Jumes James Rutledge Without delay delay delay de de- de- de lay the three men set out on the north road In perfect weather From Prom y c M 1 t i J t z- z r Ive Been Cloyed on House Air and Oratory and Future Greatness the hills hill's C edge Ig they could look over n wood wooded co plain running far to the east As they rode on the young oung statesman states states- mun man repeated repented a long lone passage from one nine of the sermons of Dr William I Illery Ellery on the Instability of lIu 11 n in Arral Affairs I I wish that I h had d your memory Sam tu My Iy memory Is like a piece of ot metal said the young oung legislator Learning ning Is Is not easy for tor me Its It's rather slow work work like like en engraving ra Ing with witha a tool But Dut when a n thing Is OI C once printed on my m memory It seems to stay tay there It doesn't rub out When I run across a n greet great Idea well expressed expressed ex ex- pressed I like to pUt pun It on the wail of ot my lily mind where I can cnn live with It In Inthis Inthis this way way every man can cnn have ha his hl own o little art gallery Jaller and be In the corn coin pan of great men They forded a n creek in deep enter where a bridge had hucl been heen washed away As the they carne came out dripping on the farther shore Lincoln remarked The rhe thing to do In fording a Q deep strum stream Is lEt to keep ken watch o 0 your our horses horse's ears As A long as ns you can see em youre you're all nil rl right ht Mr Lincoln Im I'm sorry you sorry you got Into a Ii hole hoie said Samson I dont don't mind that but while were we're traveling together please dont don't call me Mr Lincoln 1 I dont don't think Ive I've done flone anything m thing to deserve such lack of respect re re- Samson answered If It youre you're nice niceto to us I dont don't know hut but well we'll call ye Yf Ah Abe Ab again Just for a n few days das You cant can't expect u us to go too far with aman n a man who associates with Judges and and governors and such h f h If It you keep It up youre you're hound bound to lose In our community I know Ive I've changed said Abe Ahe Ive I grown rown older oller since Ann died died died- years ago hut ago u hut o-hut but I dont don't want you fellows fellows fel tel tellos lows s to throw me over Im I'm on the I level el that you ou are and I Intend to stay there It Its It's n 0 fool notion that men go o up some heavenly stairway to another plane when they thy begin to do things worth while That's a kind of feudalistic twaddle The wise man keeps his feet teet on the ground and lifts hi his mind a as hl high h as possible fl The rime higher he lifts It the more respect relt h ho he will have e for tor the common folk Have either of or you ou scar Ren Kumar Mr-Kumar since b h I pot pet ot hn hack ct I saw him the day he drove into tM the Harry answered He Hewa was wa expecting to find Ann and mate make good his promise to marry marr her Poor fool fools I Its It's a sad story all suld said Abe Lincoln Lies lIe not n bad ball fellow I reckon but he broke I Anns Ann's heart hart Didn't realize what a tender thin thing It was I cant can't forgive him In the middle of ot the afternoon they I carne came In sight of the home of ot Henry Heres where we stop and feed and nOli listen to Henrys Henry's secrets said Samson The level fields were cut Into squares outlined by hy wooden |