Show 9 5 he A by irving bad bacheller eller CHAPTER X XVI I 1 ir I 1 in which mr lincoln samson and harry take a long ride together and the latter visit the flourishing little city of chicago mr lincoln had brought the papers which harry was to take to bim and made haste to deliver them the boy was eager to be off on his mission the fields were sown the new buyer was coming to take possession in two weeks samson and harry had finished their work in new salem walt till tomorrow and maybe ill go with ye said samson im ans lous to take a look at that little mushroom city of chicago and buy a few corner comer lots abe asked with a smile mile q no ill wait till next nest year be cheaper then I 1 believe in chicago its placed right on the waterway to the north and east with good country on three sides and transportation on the other it can go into partnership with steam power right away and begin to do business your grain and pork can go straight from there to albany and new york and boston and baltimore without being reh handled re when railroads come if they ever do steam power will be shoving grain and moat meat and passengers into chicago from every point of the compass abe lincoln turned to sarali sarah and said this is a growing country you ought to see the cities serl springing aag up there in the legislature I 1 was looking with wath great satisfaction at the crop when samson came along one day and fell on it lie he was ras like a frost in mid summer the seed was sown too early samson rejoined you antl and I 1 may live to see all the dreams of vandalla vandalia come true and all the nightmares too said the young statesman yes were going to wake up and find a cold morning and nat not much to eat cat in th the house and the wolf at the door but well live through 1 it t 11 then the young statesman proposed if you are going with harry ill go along and see what done on oil the illinois and michigan higan canal some contractors who worked on the erie canal will start starl from chicago Clil cago monday to look the ground over and bid on an the construction of the southern end of it I 1 want vant to talk with them when they come along down the line 1 I guess a few days in the saddle would do you good said samson 1 I reckon it would ive been cloyed on house air and oratory an and e i Q ive seen been cloyed on en house air and oratory and future greatness future greatness the prairie wind and your pessimism will straighten me up harry rode to the village that afternoon to get colonel and mrs lukins to come out to the farm and stay with sarah while he and samson were away josiah joseah now a sturdy boy of thirteen stood in the dooryard holding the two saddle ponies from which samson had bad bought of a drover betsey a handsome young miss almost fifteen years old stood beside him sarah whose face had begun to show the wear of years full of loneliness and hard work was packing the sad dle bags now nearly filled with extra socks and shirts and doughnuts and bread and butter they met abe lincoln at the tavern whore where he was waiting on a big which he be had borrowed for the trip 11 fo m t efm bs 0 ju f rj ta 1 Q jq 1 ye aall 4 2 ars v hibb running d Q 1 h e r rade 6 el ya un sta states a pa P s f from one fiets edolf dr ellery lery a n 0 P I 1 1135 y of human affairs 0 Ss o PM A 1 I W wish that 1 I h 1111 samson remarked ai my memory memon Is ie alc n plea pie cof 1 kofl metal suit ilie yoi young easy ea gy for me its ow work work 1 lie e engraving with a tool fool but chef a than thing IT TT Ts dh oace printed on my memory it seems to stay there it rub nib out when I 1 run across a great idea well c expressed I 1 pres s ed I 1 like to put it on th the wall of of my mind where I 1 can live elih it in this way every man can haic ha e his own little art gallery and be in the coin company ol of gad great at men men i i a they forded corded h creek inde pwe t r 1 where a bridge had bad been washed away As they came me out on the fart farther lier shore lincoln remarked the thing to do in fording a deep stream is to keep watch 0 your horses ears cars As long as you can see em cm youre all right mr lincoln im sorry you got into a hole said samson 1 I dont mind that but while were traveling together please dont call me mr lincoln I 1 dont think ive done anything to deserve such lack of respect samson answered if youre nice to us I 1 dont know but well call ye abe again just for a few days you cant expect us to go too far with a man who associates with judges and generals and governors and such trash it if you keep it up youre bound to lose standing in our community 1 I know ive changed said abe ive grown older since ann died years ago but I 1 dont want you fellows to throw me over im on the same level that you are and I 1 intend to stay there its a fool notion that men go up some heavenly stairway to another plane when they begin to do things worth while a kind of feudalistic twaddle the wise man keeps his feet on the ground and lifts his mind as high ns as possible the higher he lifts it the more respect he will have for the common folk have either of you vou seen since he got back 1 I 1 saw him the day he drove into the village harry answered he was cap expecting acting to find ann and make good his promise to marry her poor fool I 1 its a sad story all around said abe lincoln iles hes not a bad fellow I 1 reckon but he broke anns heart realize what a tender thing it was I 1 cant forgive him ham in the middle of the afternoon they came in sight of the home of henry BrIm arimstead stead III heres e Ws where we stop and feed and listen to henrys secrets s said a id samson thre the level fields were abre cut into squat squares es outlined by wooden stakes arlmstead was mowing the grass in his dooryard he dropped his scythe and came to welcome the travelers say dont you know that you are standing in the center of a large and promising city I 1 he said to samson you are standing at the corner of crand avenue alvenu e and empire street in flie growl growing ng city of el dorado near the great water highway of illinois Brim arimstead stead declaimed wheres the grolln grow ln T samson demanded BrIm arimstead stead came closer and said in a confidential tone if you stand right where you van are an listen hear it browin gr growing owIn it soun da a good deal like n a L turnip browin in a garden samson remarked thoughtfully give it a fair chance arimstead Brim stead went on two cellars have been dug over there in the pasture one Is for the town hall and the other for the university which the methodists are going to build A railroad has been surveyed and Is expected this summer every corner lot has been sold and paid for half cash a and nd half notes the brokers in chicago got the cash and you got the notes youve said it ive got a drawer full of notes and y youve auve quit farmier say ill tell ye the land lias has gone up so it pay peasley an I 1 calate that were goin to git rich this summer sellin lots wake up man youre dreaming dream ln said samson henry came close to samson an and said in a confidential confident lal tone say debbe the whole state Is dreaming dream amin ln an yellin in its sleep bout canals an schools an factories an mills mill an railroads were havin bavin a good time anyway this reminded abe lincoln of the story there was a man in pope county who came home one evening and sat eat down in the middle of the barn floor and began to sing ills his wife asked him are you drunk or crazy or a fool 1 I dont linow mw what call it but I 1 know I 1 aint got a darn bit to spare pare he answered with a whoop of joy youre all gain to roll out ol 01 0 bed and lilt hit the floor with a bump said samson arlmstead declared in his usual tone of confidence the worst part 0 belu a fool Is I 1 ns the only one in plea flea valley now I 1 shall be in the company of a governor an dozens 0 well known statesmen be the on only y lonesome man in illinois 1 sometimes I Iome ome times jear fear that jie lie will alllen en kw i lonell ng im 9 L 4 W d 0 m esaia id s parts of the state every V ry farmer owns his own private p arv ante aitt cl samson beclar declared ed 1 I hope henry BrIn istead does as well ell raising cities bitic as he be did raising grain he wa s 11 very successful farmer 1 I 1 knew make fun me t you come ag again lian 30 i iv i sh an steeples r t eff P R 12 it a A tb c bouse ands t ft fears orado had ba thinner the dinne co the horses were car cared ai for well what do you t h k f henrys plans phe aske 1 1 lv 1 I like the farn better i so doi v the bomon declared decla u ahe he mek around era have glit az aita of A awo d evict t jf those calca ducq gb omen nien sell any me mare re ot of and addimae and imae hia e bihy Ac abot notes 0 1 and vou tn ice the mony MO ny i aher 11 Is annabel 1 I I 1 ft teaching the the school nt at Hati edale lwe rego up to og C a go to ece e the kellos said samson glad you are some rich feller up there by the name of davis has fallen in love with RIM an he dont give irez 1 w any peace he left here last night dij nij ht gain north owns a lot 0 land in tazewell county an wears a diamond in hh big shirt as big as your thumb thu ab nb nail blin has been teaching school in chicago this winter it must be a wonderful place every one has bors lo 10 ds of money the stores an h house ise re as thick as the hair on a dog dogs b be c cl some of em cm as big as nil all outdoors outdoor abe lincoln and harry en e r 1 with their host and the travelers traveler down to a luncheon of pudding I 1 milk and doughnuts and pie how far do you yon call it to the 5 more woods lincoln asked as U rose from the table about thirty mile said I 1 r stead we must be off if we are t e there before dark the young astl man declared they saddled their horses mounted and rode up to the door 1 er acknowledgments and t re wells Brim arimstead stead came close to m son can and said in confidence 1 I enjoy i abeln a millionaire for a few MIAL ml tes now an then its as good as foiw gi an the feelings of a millionaire ahre ire almost as good as the money while w ille they last 11 said abe lincoln ditl a laugh at early candlelight they reached deac led the sycamore woods very hungry it was a beautiful grov ellke forest on the shore of a stream the cros crossing ing was a rough bridge of corduroy A crude log tavern and a cruder s re stood on the farther shore of the e creek the tavern was a dirty place with a drunk drunken en proprietor tt TI ree ragged shiftless farmers and a half h alf breed indian sat in its main roon in varying stages of A v ell dressed sed handsome young g man wit i a diamond in ills his shirt front k s iad I 1 ad ing 1 a I horse back and forth in th the stable yard the diamond led san sol sop to suspect that he was the man D ivl ape 11 of whom Nho iii mrs Brim arimstead stead had e benj our travelers not ilkin liking g the 1001 of the place got some oats and rode AT camping near the farther edge of ih h woods where they built a fire fed a aad d tethered t their horses and sat d I 1 and ate frow from the store in their sat sac al bags b then with their knives abe t aril n I 1 samson cut big armfuls of grass 1 rom in the near prairie for the horses ai a r daa L bed upon which the three man I 1 lav down for the night samson had that gift of slee s leep sleep ng with one eye open which the perils p of the wilderness had conferred 1 upon the pioneer he had lain down on the side of their bed near the hoi ses which were tethered to trees on a few feet away he had gone to s cep with 11 his Is pistol under his right h nd i hold up your hands samson samon shouted j late in the night lit lie was awa awaad alc led d by an unusual movement amon among il le horses in the dim light of th the are he could see a man in the act ct of bridling abe abea horse borse j hold up your hands 11 cambon shouted sli as he covered the man v with t I 1 his pistol if ye stir a foot ill p a hole in ye the nian threw up his hands and stood still in half a moment abe lincoln a and H a k id got up n I 1 he I 1 M manvan at 1 uthe the loosed hor horay jy i N 1 ff Is part of the cut entry ry which samson mude maje lia inels his diary a w weel el cor so later inter r harry put adm drue kopd V pa a oniabe P t fire e while afe A u e and I 1 k in ht pt of tb abl EJ r DIT men e tah I 1 v e ri IZ I 1 d ol 01 rs for 1 higa money b ye cant 1 91 arse yo lin to buy on I 1 I 1 0 Q r me says r flop I 1 ed n asked 1 why I 1 e attiq on 0 bridle e 0 ei x l fil mari da hired hir 61 ap t e tj 0 ah xh t na b hoss air ice ye ak t D vom afew d ta S t ay a e an I 1 1 lie izeer a I 1 I 1 BUP e gujt e lid did atine a iti un bahat that vell dressed feller we saw at the tavern your name I 1 says H hc r ded TOC ine a cardi p alch aich I 1 I 1 read aco I 1 rat ral ml Es tate 0 adru south wate aci rC cb i va lata n 0 ym u busl ne de n k h ie card I 1 yo i sent t e a abar boree ae and if bed gd me a lin five hundred n care ow he a t Is im de desperate dea 1 0 t a sand dollars L or one yo 1 rd N uy luy one of en at any cc e s two rea ons I 1 W in s with a hoi ho sethley in 0 tempt me to sell an im 0 ad to deatle TI e es had had bough nough 0 t 11 aa camped on the c e 0 a and nd next ni at day ors lincoln jol fe dha d ha ry y and s te hat af ter er it in m ie e pral rie I 1 ee the shimmy himm d ad sunlit structures tl U s nD 5 there Th erNSt al Ms four thou thousand sana n 11 eighty peo people p 1 e ll it h fer a dy two r ol 01 the rin an I 1 ina cheaply built an biome e were un inte e ebke raj e they lle 11 lleon zae oi 2 0 tb t redge dge 0 of a crow 1069 e a others should 1 ordered mass mas toi t e acter Q n terest SOM M e ham str z 1 away ai as jtb e a en up to see 3 the te town 0 oihi b a h b c s el ioco 01 ra 0 I 1 ugh boarded hi 1 I a ng people in FRI d on the r smal jor r adelith nd tal t y r S 1 ilk dresses es r Ts siso i a the men h b id com coin proa pro 6 supper I 1 deft As the b c ier 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