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Show lw.Rln ltodgenvllte, Ky Corrrnpondence. When "t'ntle Austin" Oollnher brcallt-1 ed hi lti up In tho hills of UKlts county a year ago It a said that the last and only living childhood playmate play-mate of M-PrMldcnt Lincoln hnd died, and that the ttorlen still to bo told of the boyish prank of tho grent emancipator emanci-pator Mould he only nn echo of tho dead, llut still nnothrr survive Agrd, Infirm, and bent with the weight or 03 yen, Mist Halltci Caillrmnn llvm I all ntone In a little log hauan back In a secluded portion of this county al-most al-most within a ttonr'a throw of the tittle tit-tle log schoolhouso where Abe Lincoln, Lin-coln, Austin (lollahcr and tho attended 8ALLII2 CA8TLr,MAN. school together four tcore year ngu All the old structures Hint clustered around the bills nf that section h.tvo one by one rotted nnd dleappeurrd. until now tbo little log hut ttaitJ alone, nnd the, the Inst of little Abo'e companions, Hi nolo occupint, It quiet-, quiet-, ly winding up the laat years tit her allotted time Ketlrlng nnd unassuming. unassum-ing. Mitt Cattleman la beloved by those of her arqualntnncra, and her memory, which It remarkable, hat gained her considerable notoriety. It 1 noldom, though, that tho ataume a retrospective mood when the con verses. "Yei, the aald, "1 knew Abe Lincoln I when he was a boy, but I don't think that It It anything wonderful that I thnujd.'juat bwuman lie was president. r-wcnV"lo school with Abe In a little choolkoute that stood up there on the hill. He was Just such n common, green country chap. Ilka the rest of ua In those days, only that ho wat awfully smart, more Intelligent than tho average boy. Yet, I felt glad when they told me that Abe wot made president, presi-dent, and when tho papers referred tn him at President It Bounded a little ttrange to me, ns I alwayt railed him Abo, nnd would have done o had I met him on tha tlreett In Washington after ho was president "Oh yet, I know of eevernl Incidents connected with the boyhood life of Llttlo Abe. Yea, I wat a part to one of them. You know, nowadays a girl ain't a girl unlets there It a bit of romance connected with her life, and I suppoto It was alwayt thus. Well, I waa Abe's sweetheart. "Well, I gucaa I'll have to tell the whole story of mine and Abo's life My father was a pioneer. Ha rtmo hero from Vlrglnln and settled where wo now live. This It the snma old homo that he built. It was a plain old log house then, but It was weatherboard weather-board rd many years ago. I was born In 1808 In this very houte. Abe's parents par-ents came to this county In 1803 and settled on tho now famous Lincoln homrstcad, on tho other tide of llndg-envlllo. llndg-envlllo. Abo was born In 1803. When Aha wnt but nine years old hit pnr-entt pnr-entt moved from near Hodgenvlllo to this section. They lived on n form near tblt one. They were poor, but hard-working people. Abe's father wns a carpenter, but didn't mako much He couldn't In thote days. My father wns tolerably well off. The next year Abe and I started to school together About twenty of us chaps wero going. Austin nollsher was among the number. num-ber. Austin was Abo's best boy friend and I was his best girl friend, so Abe said, No, Abo wouldn't tell a story. You see, Abo wns tpo poor n boy to buy any books, and so wns Austin, to I let them uie mine. Abe wat a good student and when we bad bard lessons ha always know his. When lettont were hard I was glad to let hint use my books, brcntiso ho would then help mo get my lessons. In that way we wero thrown together a heap, and naturally, na-turally, a common liking for each other soon ripened Into lovo. Our school teacher was strict with us, and sometimes some-times bo wouldn't let ua sit together. then wa wroto notes. Blnco Abo wat made president I wish I had taved somo of them; hut wo wero afraid tho teacher would catch on, so wo tore them up after reading them, 'The nearest church In thoae days was miles from ut, and my father and mother used to go for Abe's parent! every Sunday nnd take them to church lit" Abs woul,l ""no ovor ai t', with me nnd wo would have a time. Wo would go that stroam of water "own thero under tho bill and wado H around It. "Aba wan a fighter In school, and In my mind bo was u hero. I suppose, tnough, It was !- ha whlDDed a boy for intuiting me one day. The boy was of the bully tort, and wat much larger than Abe. One day ho bit ma. It didn't hurt ran, but It fired Abo and ha thrashed him soundly, while I stood oft and cried I don't know what I wat crying about. Qlrl't nevtr know. Thn boyt often made fun ol Abe's rsggt-d clothes, and of his gawky movements. Abe was awkward Thry tested him, too, because he minded hit mother. He would often cry because they pulled nt hi clothes and tor them, but he wouldn't tell hit mother, for he knew It would mako her feel bad I sometimes mended hi clothes to krep her from knowing Ihoy were tore I rondo Abe n pair of pants once for a Christinas present Thry struck him middle always between the knees snd ankles, not llko they wrar them now, and he wns proud of them, too They were the first long pants he ever wore. "Abo made speeches In school, and they were good ours too, I thought Ha nlways was a talker. My father owned a slave st that time, and Abe thought a heap of htm. Ha was a mean negro and my father bad a great drat of trouhlo with htm, and often of-ten whipped him, This made Aba feel sorry for tho nrgro, and 1 hnve always al-ways believed that then was the first time the Idea of emancipation entered his hnsd "Abo used tn mako Ink out of polk berries nnd sell It In school He had a llttlo store. He mado money out of chips. "Abe't father went from here to Illinois Illi-nois when Aba was about thirteen years old I hated to sea Abo go. He kissed ma good-by, and told me with tears In bis eyes wo wero both frying fry-ing thst he would soma day come back and claim his boyhood sweetheart. sweet-heart. He worked on a farm In Illinois Illi-nois n year or two and then clerked In a country stora. Ha thon studied law awhile. I then lost trace of hltn until I heard he wns president, and I wnt happy. Well, he deserved to be prrtldcnt When I hrard ho waa assassinated as-sassinated I couldn't at first believe It, and don't you know I cried when I realised that he was dead. "Yes. I nm now the only living childhood child-hood acquaintance of Lincoln's living." When asked how the patted away tho time alone, the tatd: "Oh, when I nm not buty with my dally duties I read the tlmo away very pleasantly, I never get lonesome," and going to a corner In the little room the raised a curtain, showing a row works of tho belt authors from Milton and Shakespeare down to the latest literary workt." Mitt Cattleman Is an extraordinarily Intelligent old lady, and talks quite Interestingly upon any subject thst Is broached, her manners ara refined nnd her appraranco rather striking. It Is k notable fact ttuU fat B all tli lists ot tho tan greatest moa H of tha century the rc-li tuu prodtwX jB Lincoln's name ts found near tho bend H tn all and forsmoat In many. Tn H entire world now recognizes Ms giro- iH new. Not alont In mind was bo great H but In heart and character. Its waa. faxaiixextaf typtoaj ot the American Idea of eqnali (QrVIv lty of opportunity lie was In they HaktWafl fallott sense a ttlf-made man. Hot, GBlWp? merely that he hewed for himself st WaSxeaiwaV pathway from obscurity to tho hlxhrot CMtWK civic honors. Other men a five don KJsmSRI that. It la that ha formed for himself MfflCfl a character upon which his fame waa tBtJBma bultdrd Dorn to abject poverty, to teSSMt neglect nnd abuse, the miseries of hks PtflH childhood and tha sorrows of hit yonUt uVIhV deepened the shadow with which hlil KtJBiu spirit was endowed by a wretched QKBn mother Heared In backwoods settle - ' WscKftA moots, with tho adrsntagtw of only IjUjtwB one year of regular schooling, pursneit AMaxezasfl by adversity until he reached almost Haffiul! the prime of life hit itrength of mtnri HtWtV7 and heart conquered every obstacle. IIVumI He wns bora to a heritage of gloom, UGhpS but be was a capital companion nnd axxHR a good story-teller. Ills qtulnt humor lanE(Bl and wit were due to ttrnngcly orlg- eee(M Inal and sometimes grotesque Intellec- osxxxxl tun perceptions and to a marvelotuly H fertile fancy. Ha Indulged thesa farul- jH ties as much by exerclsn ot will tn H order to throw off tho depression, H which weighed upon his own svrrtta H nt fur tho purpose of affording enjoy H ment for others. In his later years, H when caret of state almost overtxirw jH him, the relief afforded by this rslax- jH atlon Is said to have averted utter col- jH lapse In the most serious crisis ho H would mske some quaint remark or H tell an apposite story that would causa H a laugh, and would Immediately ra- H lapse Into profound melancholy, nut H ha did not obtrude his gloom upon H others. Ho was always companionable B tn social Intercourse. Ha wan tho soul J of honor, scrupulously clean tn his Ufa and had a great, tender heart, puUat- Ing with tympsthy for evory creature H In distress. Ha could not boar to two 'H anything surfer. Other men bavo boon if admlrvd far their Intelloata or hon- IH ored for their achievement!!. Abra- 'VLaasEel bam IJncoln was loved for his groat ,H heart, human lympathlos and sorrows; 1 He yearned for "peace on earth, good will to men," he agonised over tho iH horrors and sufferings which war en .H tailed, but governed by an unfaltering IltH sense ot duly, his Iron will carried him 'axsatEatal through nvrry trial. Thirra wat not a itsasai moment during thn four yours ot fru- I tassel trlcldal strife that ho was not ready itssfl to hold out the ollvo branch If thereby ltsfl peace and union could havo boon so iisnial cured Destiny had foreordained thato HLseoeoesI tbt arbitrament of arms should aattla seeeI tha questions at Issue once and for olL lian! and rrovldence rained up Abraham HbesieI Lincoln, mighty of mind, mightier! laaassai still In the power of common sctuaa ftftEoH ttrong In rosolvs and tender ot heart,, ttssai to bo the ruling spirit of the timet, to- o temper flrmnoti with mercy, Thert- ji- wat not a drop of blood of hatred In, im Lincoln's body. During tho feverish1 :1 daya of the civil war he was one mom ' jj whoso motives were never questioned, 1 whose wltdom wot trusted, whom 1 M strength never failed, wboao ear was 1fS always oiien to oppoeds which hhi M.M heart waa only too ready to grant "Mil New York Idger, 19 |