The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-02-12


ill WhefH her atgpfather tthe Only
father she ever kncwl was an over
worked family doctor. with an office
across the hall from i.incoin'u law
office
~ TAYLOR waa a rigid New Ems.
lander. sprung from a Ions line OF
Puritan ancestors and proud % hia
blood hut hetacen him and Law
ser Linealu. whose birthplace was a
iowly cabin ia Kentucky, there
spruag q fine friendship
The doctors Discriminating
glance vent past The nucnuth ex'
terror nf the man. pierced the mask
~ drollery ard auecd1te with mhieh
Lincoln was wnnt 60 surround me
personality. and saw The rare and
beautiful soul underneath
A Girls Judgment.
The Doctors pert daughter how
ever. was nos 10 he won BY the
warmth 81 the country lawyer p
good uatutad advances. She put
aoNn bis funny stories a. the at
fempta ~ a hooriah sort - fellow
to b. klttenlsh. and had ever a
word ~ criticism Tor bis roughnrsa
II drssa
4 dl6at like him then that
vas ali. says Mrs Wells uoS I
thought be waa 30 ugiY. which
perhaps waa = very good reason for
a Ttfi II Is
mai uaa 81 years ago Presently
the eauutry vac ucumEed Nth a
fatal epidemic cholera. II seemed
r. be In ever home n ~ Taylor
had been overwugked before h.
knew not she meaning Of rest then.
Might ard day be vas np and Ap0ut
II vas then the undaslind courage
that ur Taylor kneW waa in lin.
eolnN soul showed Itself with a
story. a word % appreciation. . be
~ cheer now and then h. heafiened
tho doctor 70 his work When med
lcina vas needed and ire patient
bad no money. Liucolu's lean purse
vas open lie appeared unwilling
that he doctor friend should bear
an 81 the responsibility alone. aud
himself made the ruunds wlfh the
physician. doiug what he could
The schoolgirl. EllEA knew none
~ these things until later. Tor DR.
Taylor vas a silent man
There Were other brave mcn
shoulder 70 shoulder uith lincoln
and bY and By the disease vas con.
quered
nus the aiespieaanesa and strain
were too much for Dr. Taylor Two
weeks later be was stricken vith a
fatal attack ~ typhoid fever He
fought q game fiFht Ca fhs end And
the man most constantly nj hlE bod
side. radlaflne the same inexhaust,
ihie cheer. waa Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln a. Bedside
The New EnEiandcg and the hum
bic Ksniucklan had passed through
fire together and II was Doe" and
Abr with them And even when
the doctor stepped into the valley
~ shadow. Il was Lincoln who
leaned over the bed aud spoke with
sieadfast courage
Don't Ya worry. Doc. he said.
gently Don ye worry a biz about
going I'm left TO look after your
family
4 wont Abe. said Taylor and
presently he died
And this. too. the schoolgirl Eliza
learned afterwards
Two weeks later the girls moth.
er was dead u a broken heart. and
Eliza Taylor found herself alone In
the world
Lincoln Her Comforter.
The funeral was over" says Mrs
Wells They had sent me alone
into the parlor. where my mothers
coffin was. to ray the last farewell
II cannot tell about nay grief
was absolutely alone. for | had not
even a distant relative I threw my
aeif across the coffin simply stunned
with sorrow I shook with aoba. and
do not know how long I was there
But after a while ! became aware
Of a gentle hand atromng my hair.
And someone was speaking softly
Eliza girl. the voice was
repeating. poor Eliza girl. come
home with me now
And I raised my eyes and for
the first time IN my life I looked
into the klndest and most boauil.
fui face God ever created n was
Mr. Lincoln's"
When the tears are dry Mrs.
Wells begins again with a trem.
uloua smile
None of ne dreamed then that
Abraham Lincoln would ever be
the president" she says. II know
be was good enough for that or
any other high place. But we dld
think he might be the governor
some day"
Mrs. Wells tells how she lived
az a member Of the Lincoln house.
hold for two years That was an.
other Lincoln trait lIn was al
ways giving housing 70 some WOO.
begone walf, and some Of these
escapades IN tenderness brought
down tho dlapleaaure Of the more
practical Mrs. Lincoln.
Again II Was Lincoln.
After two years a young chap
named Davis came Do court Eliza
IN a manly way be asked Lincoln
for the girls hand and Lincoln
consented, and the pair were mar.
ried In the Lincoln house. and
young Davis died. lust before his
baby was born, Lincoln again