The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-01-01

LADS LOAN.
La another letter from VIM. IL. Hcrn-
don, Abraham Iincoln's old law partner,
are some fresh "reminiscences Of the great
war President, and also ottcr Of Mr..
Lincoln's never before published. Some
of the stories he tclls about Mr.. Lincoln
are very Interesting. Let me Illustrate to
you, he says, his love Of truth. Thom,s
Lincoln, the father of Abraham, was twice
married. Ills hrst wiz, was Nancy
Hawks, the mother Of Abraham. His
seconn marriage WA t. lady oy the
name of ,lou.. 4on-a widow with threc
children The second merrIagc was in
1910, when Abraham was trn gears old.
he had stcpsis,cr, Matilda Johas'n.
nearly h'e own age. About the year 1929
these children had gown yearly to man'
hood and womsnhood. llcrctof,Te they
had roamcd in the Wild woods together.
but now Mrs. Lincoln forbade Matilda
going with Abraham, when hc wcut -
chop wood, on maui rails. or rive boards
One morning Abraham took his ax ana
maui and went into the forrest - mlu,
rails. 'rlla SAW hun start, and wls de
trrmincd to follow. SO, nt, Lincoln had
been gone somr time, 1hc dtrtcd down tho
path. atcalthily overlook him, spranG up
on him puttl,g her knee in the -mali Of
his back. and cIasping her arms around
his neck, thus brnding bin bnck ward, and
threw him to the ground. In the pcullc
'rida fell o" the sharp edge Of the AK
and cut her fool badly. After rtanching
the blood. Abraham ealI to hrr: "What
will you do now "Why." seiN 'rlda,
II In tell my mother that fell o. ih2 "A,
and that will hc the truth. won't II, Abc;'
"ics, that will be- the truth bat it aon't
be the wholo truth 'liIla. tell the whole
truth about thir. and t'u4t your good
mothers forgiven sA,' sail Abraham.
Again, let me give yon ar"tl.cr hcpicnt
illusirativ, OF Mr.. l,ncch's s.uso and lovo
of justice. A gentleman named Chandler.
now OF Chancr,ilic, Cass county. Illinois.
moved from New York to tha S,ato Ia
1899. lie entered, soon atter his arrlral,
under the ncts OF toAgrcra, eighty ceres OF
lane! nnd i. was then the CASTOR. among
the old settlers "A custom 10 s:rnu- ns In
- Loi -;-s.-A 40 enter q
many ~ l20 acres adjoining n,S nrst entry
and in addition thereto. Abput' the yea,
1892 kin.man OF Chandler crule to Hi
nois aud stopped witt! him Elk months or
more free :, charge. Tie was Md 10y
Chandler and others what was the n" o"s
tom among the people, and woe be - Ann
who violated it! have seen the old settlers
armed to he teeth with rifle and knts 10
defend and enforce this custom. Woe &c.
the Spectator " no violated the law By
this custom Mr., Chandler owned eighty
acres adjoining his frat entry. II was ~
rich, 40 fertile, lay 30 fairly to the sun, ma
was so Justly and evenly divided hctwern
tree aud prai,ir that hi, kiusman fixed Ia.
eye upon it. SO, gathering all that ho
could borrow, in addition to what he hon
cstly made, he started for the Land OF.
flee in Springfield one morning 10y da,
break. Mr. Chandler, when informed by
his nciglbors Of the plot az ,inst him, sad
1t w,- impossible. He was soon, however,
convinced OF The truth ot lhclr stat,mc
! So catching his iincst hor- lie put spns
, for the la..d Office, about thirty five nllrs
distant. ll- ncShbors gave linn tho
money to enter his eighty ncr"a. he ran
his horse as fast as possible for about
twenty five miles, and when within tea
miles Of Springfield, ho overtooN 'No
young men short, red facet nq'..
aud the other a long, tall, uncouth look".;.
lad both uttrr strangers to him. Chan
dlsr's horse was quite exhausted, and -
wa. he. IIe hnltrd for a few moment4,
and was asked BY one Of them why thu
hurry. Chandler told them the rt'ry.
when the tall young man, who was re'n5
Il fleet horse, sad. "Ntring'r you take my
m,rr, rh. is frcsh and yours Is worn oui
pat hc, uu,l'i whip and spur aud she viii
take you to Springfield III one honr--~out
ehr Grccn," "Icr, IN u short sixty mt-
utcs ralI Green. Beat the ouudiol
t. the land office hy all means. We arr
all slrnnger-, but yuui face LOOKS lSht, aud
I'll risk the marc. We will all ,ncet 1t
IIrndcn'A storc III Springfield, IA NO o.
lh,,c houls. Como, be of quick y >ald
the young man. Mr. Chandler and 'ha
stranger exchanged horscr. The kiD,n.ai.
supposlng that Chandler was isuo,Gut rt
hi+ pnrpo sc, rode lcSur, Y along. con'ers-
ing with iho-r hc met, - that Chand., s
gol ahead Of hlm, and airl,lng at Spllur.
field ia The shon sixty minutes, nul.
into the Land .thc", threw his iUndtcd
dollars gold i'nsinG on tho table, and cn'
tered his eighty acrcr oi lAnd, mu.h to- ls
JOY aud subsequent profit. Well, who "Hs
this tall, uncoulh young strange: Nh9
was he! Ii w.ts one who loved usic. and
fair play. honor and truth-it Wa .Ab'N'