, 1906-03-14

and the gentleman who reports this
quaint courtship, Il issued his license,
and they were married straight of on
that day and left. and | never saw her
or Tom Lincoln since"
From the death of her husband to
that day she had been living IAN ION
est, poor widow" 'ln Il round log cab
in" which stood In an alley Just be-
low Mr.. H%aycraft's house,
Dennis Hanks says that 1t was only
ION the earnest solicitation of her
friends that Mrs. Johnston consented
to marry Lincoln. They all liked Lin
COLI, and it was with a member of her
family that he had made several voy-
ages to New Orleans.
Mr.. Helm, who at that time was do
ing business in his uncle's store at
Elizabethtown, says hat life among
the Hankses, the Lincolns and the En-
lows was a long ways below life among
the Bushes. Sally was the best and the
proudest of the Bushes. but, neverthe-
less, she appears to have maintained
some intercourse with the Lincolns as
long as they remained in Kentucky.
She lat a particular kindness for little
Abe and had him with her on several
occasions at Helms store, where,
strange to say, he sat on a nail keg
and ate a lump Of sugar. .just like any
other boy"
Mrs. Johnston has been denominated
a poor widow" but she possessed
goods, which, in the eyes of Tom Lin
coin, were of almost unparalleled mag
nifcence. Among other things she had
a bureau that cost $40, and he inform
ed her on their arrival In Indiana that.
in his deliberate opinion, it was little
less thar sinful to be the owner of
such a thing. He demanded that she
should turn it into cash, which h pos.
itively refused to do. She had quite Il
lot of other articles, however, which he
thought well enough in their way and
some of which were sadly needed in his
miserable cabin in the wilds OF indi-
ana. Dennis Hanks speaks with great
rapture of the large supply Of house
hold goods which she brought out with
her. There were one fine bureau, one
table, one set of chairs, one large
clothes chest, cooking utensils, knives.
forks, bedding and other articles"
1t was a glorious day for little Abe
and Sarah and Dennis when this Won
drous collection of rich furniture ar
rived in the Pigeon Creek settlement.
But all this wealth required extraordi.
nary means of transportation, and Lin.
coin had recourse to his brother-in-law.
Ralph Krume, who came with a four
horse team and moved Mrs. Johnston,
now Mrs. Lincoln. with her family and
effects, to the home of her new hus.
band in Indiana.
When she got there Mrs. Lincoln was
much surprised at the contrast be.
tween the glowing representations
which her husband had made to her be.
fore leaving Kentucky and the real
poverty and of the place;
but, though sadly oyerreached in a bad
bargain, her lofty pride and her high
sense of Christian duty saved her from
hopeless and useless repinings. On the
contrary, she set about mending what
was miss with all her strength and
energy. Her wi goods furnished the
cabin with tolerable deceney. She made
Lincoln put down a floor and hang
windows and doors. 1t was in the
depth of winter, and the children, as
they nestled in the warm beds she pro.
vided them, enjoying the strange luxu'
ry of security from the cold winds of
December, must awe thanked her from
the bottoms of their newly comforted
hearts.
ITO BE CONTINUED.