The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-12

school together four score years ago,
An the old structures that clustered
around the hills of that section nave
one by one rotted and disappeared,
until now the little log hut stands
alone and she, the last Of little Apes
companions, its sole occupant, is quiet
ly winding up the last years OF her
allotted time. Retiring and unassnm-
ing. Miss Castleman IS beloved oy
those OF her acquaintancesi and her
memory. which is remarkable, has
gained her considerable notoriety II
Is seldom. though. that she assumes a
retrospective mood when she con-
verses.
yes. she said. Il knew Abe Lincoln
when he was a boy but don't thlnk
that it is anything wonderful that
should. Just because he was president
scho5;,Yfbessse s that stood up there on the
hW He was just such common,
rreen country chap. like the rest OF
~ N those days, only that he was
.1rfnllv smart. more intelligent tnan
the average boy. Yes. ! felt glad Wheh
,hey told me that Abe was made presl-
dent and when the papers referred "
, him as President it sounded niue
strange to me, as / always called MIN
Ahe and would have done so had
met him on the streets IN washington
after he was president.
. "Oh YES. / know Of several incidents
p ,onnected with the boyhood life OF
10 LITTLE Abe. Yes I was part 10 one
~ Them. You know. nowadays girl
ain't girl unless there is OF OF
romance connected with her life. anu
suppose it was always thus Wei''
was Abe's sweetheart
n "Wen. I guess III have to tell the
N ~bole story of mine and Abe's lie.
Nj Nv father was a pioneer he canis
81 here from Virginia and settled "hel.
al we now live. This IS the same oie
house that ne built. It was a PLAIN oi'
III log house then but it was weather
bosrdea many years ago. ! was Dosi
n 1sOs IN this very house. Ahes par
.nts came to this county In 1913 an
-h settled on the now famous Lincoln
~ homestead. on the other side oi hoae
envilie Abe was born in 1909. Whe
Ahs was but nine years old his pai
IS 80 moved from near Hodgenvihe {
this section. They lived on lai'
IN near this one. They we're poor y
hard-worklng people. ADes ia1n'
les was a carpenter. but didn't make muc
ysi- He couldn't in those days. Ny la1h
and vs. toierablv well of. The next ye'
Ter Ahs and I started to school togethe
less Ahont twenty Of as chaps we're goin
49, $3.50, collaber was among the nur
civ her Austin was Abe's beat boy friel
men and I was his best girl friend, SO q
.h.~ aid No. Abe wouldn't tell a stoi
- Won see. Abe was too poor boy
row buy any BOOKS. and 80 was Ausl'n'
rbie let them use mine. Abe was so
-. student and when We had hard iesso
4 4. be always knew his. When iesse
we're hard I was glad to let him
-. nv books. because he would tnen D.
i7-' ne Get NV lessons Ia that way
- we're thrown together a heap, and
netA turallv. a common liking Tor each OF
a7' soon ripened into love. Our sen
teacher was strict with u.s. and sol
times he wouldn't let AS sit togeti
tben we wrote notes. Since Abe
le he made president I wish naa sa
addi- some OF them. but we were afraid
and teacher would catch on. SO we
sctify them up after reading them
sible. The nearest church 10 those q
r the was miles from Us. and my father
er an mother used to go for Abe's par
moth every sunday and take them to Gnu
~ he Then Abe would come over ana
unces with me and we would haze a {
,rt nm We would 60 that stream Of 7"
cne- down there under the bin and
an around it
ABE was a fighter IN school. az
npres- ny mind be vas hero supi
though. 4 was because be whipp