The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-07-21

when rowing preacher came along. Thomas Lincoln induced him to preach a funeral sermon for his wife, ard thus this omission was made good.
 Thirteen months passed. The widowef, who was not disposed to be both father and mother, started for his native Ken lucky in ques; of wife. and there he found Sally Bush. who had once rejected his sui,, and had married his rtval lohn- stone. and was now widow with three children. He called upon her and pro- posed wi,hou, beating abou; the buch.
 Well. Mrs. Jchnstone. said Thomas. = l have no wife and you no husband came 10 propose to marry you. knowed you from a gal and you knowed me from boy. have no time to lose, and if you a:e willing le' il be done, straight off.
 Tommy" was her reply. know you well. and have no objections 10 marrying you |; ba; cannot do t straigh, of. as owe some debts that must be paid first"
 The ceremony was performed the mex, morning. the debts having been paid in the meantime. and very speedily the married pair and al, the goods ;ha, the widow possessed were placed upon wagon and erawn by four horses, journey of some days. 10 Thomas Lin- coins cabin in Indiana. These goods were of considerable value. There was a bureau tha, cos; forty dollars. and which Thomas considered sinfully mag niacent and urged her to sell 1t. But she was no Lincoln. and she refused to do this. There was table, set ot chairs. l large clothes chest, some cooking utensils. knives and forks. bedding, and other articles essential 10 civilized living.
 Abraham Lincoln never forgot the wonder and de,igh, wl:h which he beheld the arrival and unpaeklng ot this wagon load of unimaginea treasure. Neither he nor his sister had ever heard ot such things. The mother, on her par;, was wo,ulIy disappointed on seeing the wretched cabin ia which she was to pass her days for | seems that Thomas lin- coin had drawn an his imagination in de- scribing his abode. and. indeed. the rude hovel was great advance upon he hali- inelosed wigwam in which he had lived during his hrst year, residence IL the wilderness
 but Sally bush. Gnle;;ercd Is she was, had IT her sorle oi the best aeailiie> oi a civilized being. She was A natural enemy oi chaos and all disorder. She was a woman of high prInctpie, genuine in;eili- genee and geod sense. She. therefore. accepted the al lot 10 which Thomas Lincoln had brought her. and a, once set abou, making the bes. of t,
 She made her idle husband pn. floor in the cabin then windows and doors. hat zs,il ot December. She made up warm beds for the children. now i've in number by the addition O, her three. The little l,n- coins, even in that win,ry season were half naked, and she clothed them from fabncs saved from her own wardrobe. They never had been used to cleanliness she washed them. and taught them how 10 wash themselves. They had been treated 10 hardness she opened her hear. to them. treated them as she did her own children, and made them feel lat they had mother. Moreover. she ! had a talent, no. merely for industry. bg, for making the mos, of everything. She was good economist. good manaser very nea. in her own person. orderly and regular in her housekeeping. The whole aspec. of the home. within and without, was changed even the and was better cG.t,,a:ei. and Thomas Lincoln was sorewha: less d!,a:oy powder
 Happily. io !. she ;aoi: ptrlctiiar ikirs io Ape. then n'ne years eld a:;er,l
 ignorant. wholly unlntofmed. bl; .ooi humored and aTectlona,e He be atne warmly attached n her. and. as she o!:ea said, never once disobeyed her oI gave her disrespec,fal reply. She had him nicely dressed in new clothes from head 10 foot. and l; appeared to make l rev boy of him. Being now decen,ly clad he could attend school. which he had never previously done, and very soon he showed those indications of intelligence which led 10 his entering the profession of the i law. Sometimes the boy had 70 walk four miles and d half to school and when he reached it the instruction gwen was no, of very high quality, Every winter. however. added something io his knowl- edge and widened his view.
 His gratitude to th,s eNcellen, woman was pleasing to witness. lie used to speak of her as his .' sa;n;ly mother" of his angel of mother" of the woman who nrs, made him feel Ike human be- ing, who taugh; him that there was something else for him n the world be- sides blows. tidicule and shame. After h.s father death he pa,d a mortgage or her farm, assisted her children, and sen, her money as long as he lived.
 After he was elected 10 the presidency aRd before he sssrted for Washington he pad Ter visit. She was then very old and inhrm, and he marked the change in her appearance. She had been very ,ail woman. sra shi as ar Indian. hand some. spr. shIy. :alkaiive, with beautiful ha.r taa: cGrle1 naturally; she was now ben, and worn wl;h la5or and sorrow. and he bace her farewell. wi,h presen:lmen, tha, he would see he TO more. She. 100, was oppressed wa,h vague fear of the future. When Mf Herndon, the law partner of Mr. Lincoln visited her af,e, the assassination of the president, she was no; able 10 speak 70 hi'n without tears.
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