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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-04-24
$61.41

One-half of the feed cost the first
year and one-third for the full two
years is for whole and skim milk.
By far the most expensive period
in the life Of the calf is the first four
weeks, the cost being nearly double
that for any other four-week period.
This high cost is occasioned by it's
being dependent almost entirely upon
whole milk.
The man labor required in raising
heifer is about 40 hours during the
first year and % hours the second
year. The total cost of man and
horse labor for the two years is close
to IS. The manure produced during
the two years has been valued at S.
consequently, the cost of labor is
practically offset by the value of the
manure.
The item other costs" consists of
expenses usually overlooked in esti-
mating costs. These are interest,
charge for the use of buildings and
equipment, expense for bedding, mis-
cellaneous expenses, share of the
general expenses for the entire farm
business, and charge to cover losses
by death and discarding. The total
for these forms nearly one-fifth of
the total cost of the two-year-old
heifer.
The foregoing figures show that it
costs more to raise calves to matur-
ity than is commonly supposed, and
| they support the advice which the
| Department is continually trying to
impress upon dairy farmers, that it
does not pay to raise any but the
| best heifers. Raising scrub heifers
and selling them at $25 to $40
apiece, as many do, is Improbable,
except on cheap land or under other
very favorable conditions. But it
does pay to raise the best heifers, for
il good dairy sections well-bred heif-
ers are worth considerably more than
| $50 when two years old. Further
more, dairy farmers as a rule are OBJ
| liged to raise their own stock, as t
is difficult TO buy productive cows at
a reasonable price. In some sections
of the West where alfalfa is worth
only 81 or SIS ton, or in the South
west where pastures furnish feed the
greater part of the year, this cost
may be greatly reduced. Even where
it costs $50 to raise a heifer, two
thirds of this amount is charged for
feeds at market prices, large part
of which can be grown on the farm
at profit. Thus by raising the heif-
ers the dairy farmer finds a home
market for feeds grown on the farm
at remunerative prices, and at the
same time aids in maintaining the
fertility Of the farm.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-04-24
THE COST OF RAISING

According to Investigators in the
Department of Agriculture the aver
age net cost of raising a dairy
heifer one year old on a Wisconsin
/ farm is $39.52, and of a two-year-
old heifer S61.41.. These figures
are applicable to other dairy districts
in the North and East where land
and feed values are similar to those
In Wisconsin. They are based on
data obtained from raising II valves
from birth to the time they enter the
dairy herd. The details, with a COM
plete summary of the investigation,
have recently been published by the
Department of Agriculture in Bulle-
tin No. 40, under the title of The
Cost Of Raising Dairy Cow"
There are in the United States
over 21,000,000 dairy cows. These
figures give some idea of the import
ance of this economic problem to the
country as whole, for these COWS
must be replaced every few years.
The cost of the production of these
heifers is II large item in keeping
down the profits of the dairymen.
The new bulletin contains numer-
Gus tables and several illustrations
Of the Jersey calves from which the
items of cost were obtained.
The most important item was the
cost of the feed, which was estimated
at market value and amounted to
nearly two-thirds of the total net cost
OF the heifer, while labor formed
121 per cent of the cost.
Figures for the average net cost OF
the one-year-old heifer are as fol-
lows:
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-04-24
Bills of Sale

J. B. Chapman to c. H. Farms
worth, live stock, 500.
II. A. Malsed ct ux. to c. H. Farms
worth, live stock, $26O.
Conditional Bills Of Sale
Inland Motorcycle Co. to Clarke g.
Eaton Co., motorcycle, $3.50.
Assignments
Jay E. Maynard to Kittie Kings
bury, real mortgage.
Miscellaneous
]. w. Cairns to the public, affi-
davit.
Carl Jasper Lloyd to the public, af-
fidavit.
KEEL Nilsson vs. James w. Multi
nix ct al, lis pendens.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-04-24
TUESDAY, APRIL IA, 1914
Gov. Patents and Receipts

GON. IatenJS ana receipts
United States to William f. East
man, nwq swq 8-2O-39, patent.
Deeds
Otto Hansen ct ux. to Leopold
Wolf, swq 16-20-45, neg 20-2O-45,
.$126O.
Dennis Corcoran ct ux. to Cal.
Coatney, tract in sh nwq 1O-16-43,
$275O.
Pennington Lodge No. 81, f. and
A. NJ, to E. E. Paddock, tract in
Pennington, $3.50.
Maria A. Trimble to David F.
Trimble, swq 33-16-43, part lot 2,
blk II, all lot /, blk IA, Fitchs add,
Palouse, love.
Lewis Maiden Vincent to Florence
Adell Vincent, seq neg, neg seq 10
l5-44, lots ? and 3, blk 2, Guy, 81.
May Queen Bartlett to Florence
Adell Vincent, seq neg neg seq 10
lo-44, lots 2 and 8, blk 2, Guy.
Dottie Fern Gallagher ct al. to
Florence Adell Vincent, seq neg, neg
seq 10-15-44, lots and 8, blk 2,
Guy, 81.
J. r. Brown to C. S. Sherman, part
sections S-17-1S and 20, in 1910,
lease.
Ernest Becker ct ux. to Town of
Cotton, tract in neg 35-13-45, lease.
Real Mortgages
A. A. Marden ct ux. to Pullman
Savings & Loan Association. lots
and 2, blk 16, Main Street Extension
add, Pullman, $1,000.
Annie Kalbfleisch ct yir to P. J..
Mooney, lot 8, blk 3, Huffman's add,
Tekoa, $500.
William F.. Eastman to r. E. Will
Elnson, all 7-20-39, $1,000.
Conrad Morasch ct ux. to Codd In
vestment Co., swq 29-16-41 and
tract in 31-16-41, $4,000.
Chattel Mortgages
Charles I. Clark to Lawrence H.
Brown. live stock, machinery, $1,000.
c. S. Sherman to J. R. Brown, crop
on part sections Stills and 20 in
17-40, $500.
II. A. Malsed ct ux to Levi Archi-
bald crop seq seq 10, sh swQ, lot 4
+ of 20-16-46, $445.
- Releases
Mary Markell Litzenberger to Con-
rad Morasch ct ux., real mortgage.
X. l.. Rutter to William f. East
man, real mortgage.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Co. to Jay
ward ct nx., real mortgage.
W F. Chalenor to Irwin N. WILEY.
real mortgage.
i k. II. McAnulty to William F.
James ct ux, real mortgage.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-04-24
Records of Whitman County

Mrs. Elizabeth Thomson Marshall
to John P. Davis and wife, real mort
gage.
G. A. Weldon to G. w. Wilson,
chattel mortgage.
Bills of Sale
II. A. Malsed to Joseph B. Chap
man, live stock, $3.50.
Fred Terry to Bank of Rosalia,
butcher outfit business, $500.
Assignments
Conrad J. Schierman to Huntley
Investment Co., real mortgage.
Miscellaneous
T. B. Matlock VS.. Evelyn Noble ct
al. lis pendens.
In the matter of the estate of Will
lam Mackie, copy of will.
In the matter Of the estate of Will
lam Mackie, letters of administra-
ton.
Endicott Telephone Co, reduction
OF capital stock.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-04-24
WEDNESDAY, APRIL Is, 1911.


Deeds
Mary Bracket to J. Nj. East, lot
II and part lot 10, blk 2, Emily W.
Hull's add, Colfax, $1S25.
j, NJ. East and wife to August
Seller, lot 5, blk /, Emily w. Hull's
add, Colfax, $25OO.
Calvin Crumbaker to Guy M.
Pickett, lots and 4 blk 4, McCros-
keys add. Garfield, $500.
Henry Mraz to Grant Willoughby,
swq neg and VIII seq 24-13-44, $500
Real Mortgages
Grant Willoughby to Henry Mraz,
swq neg, VIII seq 24-13-44, $4,000.
Chattel Mortgages
G. G. Stratton to German-Amer-
lean State Bank, live stock, $3.50.
G. c. Stratton to German-Amer-
lean State Bank, live stock, imple-
ments, two-thirds crop sh seq, swq
11-17-35, $3.50.
Releases
Thomas S. Gooch to J. C. Konen,
real mortgage.
w. E. McCroskey, executor, to
Rose M. McCroskey ct vir, real mort
gage.
Miscellaneous
A. l.. Curtis VS.. Mrs. Nj. j. Jen-
ming and Kaspar Miller, crop on seq
sec 3, and nwq 11-18-42, $111.
A. N. Bush to the public, two affi-
davits.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-04-24
FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1914
Deeds

Deeds
Josephine McC. Horsley ct yir to
State of washington, right Of way
over part 13-17-49, $50.
Simon Jacobs to John Kempf, lots
and 5, blk /, Marlatt's add, Union
town, lots 6 and II, blk A, Greif's
add, Uniontown, 81.
r. NJ. Farnsworth and wife to
George Howell. lots 1S and IA, blk
Z. Guy, $3.50.
Improvement Co., Guy, to Julia E..
Howell, lots S and 6, blk IL, 1st Syn
dictate add, Guy, $50.
George Howell and wife to Julia
A. Gleason, lots 13 and IA and part
lot a, blk z Guy. $3.50.
Julia E. Howell and husband to
Julia A. Gleason, lots and 6, blk
IL, LIST syndicate add, Guy, SEQ.
O. II. Johnson and wife to f. II.
Miller. lot 4, blk A. Garfield, $1,000.
Real Mortgages
]. Q. Reynolds ct ux. to A. p. John
son, lot II, blk So, Samuel Simpsons
add, Garfield, $340,
John T. Branch ct uX. to First
Savings & Trust Bank of Whitman
County, sh swq, VIII seq 32-14-40,
$3.50.
L. f. Carter ct ux. to T. J. San
IDf~ |
and lot I blk 6, Prescott & Perkins
Riverside add, ColfaX, 5000.
Alva A. Abbott to Spokane &
Eastern Trust CO., VIII nwq 20-15-44,
$4,000.
Chattel Mortgages
Charles C. Cook 10 C. w. Hollis &
Co., two-thirds crop Ell neg 32-19-39,
s30S.
Adam Sllger to Bank of Winona,
live stock, $3.50.
Releases
Marshall X. Smell to w A. Evans
ct TX, real mortgage.
Spokane Drug Co. to r. NJ. Isaacs,
real mortgage.
G. A. Weldon to Walter Gross and
wife, real mortgage.
International Mortgage Bank to
W. S. Gross, real mortgage.
Bills of Sale
Guy Thomas to Potlatch Lumber
Co., butcher shop business, etc.
$3.50.
Conditional Bills of Sale
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing
Co. to ]. H. Sherfey, lawyers ra-
ports, $92.
Miscellaneous
James A. Perkins to the public, af
fidavit.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-04-24
MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1914

MONDA1, APRIL 10, 1914
Deeds
Julia Hoag to S. H. Cutting, lot
). blk II, Wiley's End add, Palouse,
$500.
Frank G. Johnson ct TX. to Henry
Forman, tract in nwq 22-19-44, $40.
A. b. Mcclure ct ux. to B. A. Cur
It's, tract in sh 20-18-43, $741.
b. A. Curtis ct ux. to A. B, Nc
CURE, tract in swq 20-18-43, $1O26.
Chattel Mortgages
B. NJ. Keaton to the Stewart q
Holmes Drug Co., counter service,
$500.
Releases
Union Trust & Savings Bank to
Sallie Ferguson, two real mortgages.
William Hughes to B. A. Curtis,
partial releases real mortgage.
George A. Steiner to Walker n
Brown ct ux., real mortgage.
F.. F. c. Paulsen to G. S. Hale ct
al, chattel m ortgage.
A. H. Averill Machinery Co. to F.
F. c. Paulsen, chattel mortgage.
NJ. c. Smith to A. e. Smith, chat
tel mortgage.
NJ. c. Smith to A. e. Smith, chat
tel mortgage.
Observation-Disclosures Co. to r..
d. Houston, conditional bill of sale.
Assignments
Day & Hansen Security Co. 10
Helen R, Staples, real mortgage.
Conditional Bills of Sale
Sherman, Clay & Co. to Mrs. Fred
J, Anderson, piano, $3.50.
Burroughs Adding Machine Co. 20
the Whitehouse, Colfax, adding ma
chine, $500.
Inland Typewriter Co. to V. VI.
Unser typewriter SIT.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-04-24
THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1914
Deeds


Deeds
Mary G. Spalding to William Ru-
bin ct al, seq nwq, neg swq, sh nwq
of l, and part nwq seq, seq neg, Ell
seq 2-14-42, $4,000.
Horace H. Spaulding ct ux. to
William Rubin ct al, part lot l of
2-14-42, $500.
First National Bank, Pullman, to
Mary G. Penny, lot 6 and VIII lot 5,
blk 8, Reaney's End add, Pullman,
$3.50.
Mary G. Penny to John F. Gerd-
ing, lot 6 and VIII lot 5, blk 3,
Reaney's End add, Pullman, $4,000.
K. A. Adelberg to Lillian M.
Schwab lot 10, blk 5, Maiden, $40.
Mollie L. Keith ct al. to j. Henry
Conover, lots 3, 4, 5, blk 2, H. D.
Smish's End add, Endicott, 5000.
Anna Drew Ford to Frank Helm
ger, lots l and 2, sec IT, Ell neg of
IS, seq seq, sec 7, lot a, sec 8, and
Sn neg f-l(-46, 81.
w. R. Gregg and wife to E. c..
Johnson Jr., and wife, tract in Gar
field, 81.
John Kempf and wife to Maria
Jacobs, lots 4, 5, blk /, Marlatt's
add Uniontown, 81.
Real Mortgages
Esther r. Pate and husband to
Day & Hansen Security Co., lots / +,
2, Ell nwq 91-2O-42, $4,000.
John F. Gerding to Mary G..
Penny, lot and VIII lot 5, blk 9,
Reaney's End add, Pullman, $1,000.
Frederick Wilhelm Hagedorn and
wife to George Hartung, nh neg 81
1916, $4,000.
j. Henry Conover and wife to
Mollie L. Keith ct al, lots 8, 4, 5,
blk 2, H. D. Smiths End add, Endi-
colt, $500.
Frank Hellinger and wife to Anna
Drew Ford, lots l and of II, eh
neg IS, seq seq Z, lot 4 of 8, and sh
neg 7-17-46, $4,000.
Walter A. Holtz ct ux. to R. J. Ed
wards, part 3-17-45, $500.
Releases
Citizens State Bank, Tekoa, to
Anna Kalbfleisch and husband, real
mortgage.
Mary c. Spalding to Horace H.
Spalding ct ux., partial release real
mortgage.
Conditional Bills of Sale
Mrs. ]. H. st. Lawrence to R. E.
Ripley, piano, 1882.
Miscellaneous
Esther R. Pate to the public, two
affidavits.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-04-24
SATURDAY, APRIL II, 1914
Deeds

DCCuS
Whitman County Treasurer to r.
w. Parr, lot Is, blk "a, Fairs add,
Pullman, s.
Whitman County Treasurer 10
Charles B. and John G. Butcher,
part swq nwq 22-13-37, S
Whitman County Treasurer 10
Henry J. Welty, lots Is and 10, blk
4, Mount View add, Pullman, $
Whitman County Treasurer to
j. f, Brown, lots 3 and 4, blk 80,
Railroad add, Pennington, lot 8, blk
2l, Garfield, lot 10, blk Ga, Samuel
Simpsons add. Garfield, S
Whitman County Treasurer to
w. X. Anderson. lot IT, blk ga, Sam
uel Simpsons add, Garfield, lots 3
and 4, blk 10, Breeding's add, Pa
louise, west of IF" street, S
Ira L. Smith and wife to Pine civ
Development Co, lots in Smith s
add, Pine City, s270O.
F. ]. Wilmer. referee, to w. J.
Stilson. sh swa 6-19-43 and nwq and
tract in 7-19-43, $4,000.
Rosa Erickson to G. E. thinner
man, lot /, blk 3, Spencer's add,
Thornton, $325.
A. J. Shobe and wife to w. f.
Conyard, part lot Is, blk 6. La
Crosse, 81.
Elvira NJ. Jay to Lee w. Bennett,
lots l and 2, blk 3, east of e.
street, Greetings add, Palouse.
$500.
James v Jay ct al. to Elvira NJ.
Jay, lots l and 2, blk 3, east of ''E''
street, Breeding's add, Palouse. 81.
Real Mortgages
Conrad ]. Schierman and wife &c
Huntley Investment Co. part VIII a.
1874, $4,000.
W. j. Stilson and wife to A. ]
Stone, swq 12-1S-42 and part sea OF
11-1S-42, $4,000.
w. J. Stilson and wife to A. G
Hemingway, tract in sh swq 6-19-43
nwq and tract in 7-l9-43, $4,000.
Alfred II. Lyman and wife I,
First State Bank, Garfield, lots 3 az,
4, sh nwq 1-17-45, $500.
Lee ". Bennett to c. c. Stevens
lots and 2. blk 8, east of e.
street Greetings add, Palouse. $500
Chattel Mortgages
Walter H. Thomas to Old Nationa
Bank crop on part 28-14-41. ao,
one-half crop on swq "a. and mar
2S-14-41, $3.50.
j. M. Bodine to Elberton Star,
Bank, live stock, s115.
Releases
george Hartung to H. E. Haze
oorn' real mortgage.
Investors Mortgage Security o.
70 William A. Birdsell and wife re,
mortgage.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-04-24

There are some fine homesteads
now open for settlement in eastern
and southern Oregon. Good rich
soil, some timber, and do not re-
quire irrigation. Write York D..
Conway, Portland, Ore, three years
a U. S. surveyor and timberman
Send one dollar and fifty cents for
large map and full instructions anu
information by which you can locate
and file on an exceptionally good
free homestead near small town and
railroad. mch27apr17
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-04-24

To this should be added the in
itial value of the calf, which was es-
timated to be $7.04, making a total
cost at the end of one year of $42.52.
This charge is justified in view of
the fact that dairy cows are credited
with this item in determining the
cost of milk production. By allow
ing SO credit for manure, it leaves a
net cost of 1882 at the end of the
first year.
Figures for the average net cost of
the two-year-old heifer are as fol-
lows:
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-09
PROPOSED VENEZUELAN
REVOLT Plan DROPPED

New York, April 1.-The Venezuelan
exiles who have been operating in
Curacao and Trinidad for several
months have abandoned their revolu-
tionary projects for the time being, ac-
cording to Gen. f. l.. Alcantara, one Of
the revolutionary chiefs now in this
city.
The exiles had hoped to depose Juan
Vicente Gomez, the president of Vene-
Zuela. but had been hampered by a lack
Of capital, it is stated.
ct was impossible to effect a coali-
ton of the revolutionary chiefs, Cen
eral A~lcantara said in making the an
nouncement that the planned revolu-
ton had collapsed. General Hernandez
Gel Mocha) is in his city and General
Baptista is on his way to Spain, while
General Olivarez will go to Colombia.
The headquarters of the various chiefs
have been given up. The revolution,
as previously announced, was to have
been 3naugurated following the Vene-
zuelan elections toward the end of
April.n
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-09
lRATE DENVERITES
KlDNAP PREACHER

Denver, Colo. April Physicians
attending the Rev. Otis l.. Spurgeon.
Of Des Moines, who was kidnapped
last night by unknown persons, taken
to a lonely point north of the city,
beaten and released. with a warming
not to return, today refused to permit
any one to visit, his patient and ex-
pressed uncertainty as to the outcome
of his injuries.
Sturgeon was brought to a local
hospital early today. After a thorough
examination, physicians reported that
IN the beating administered by his
kidnapers he suffered a broken nose
and other serious injuries. Efforts ia
learn the identity of Spurgeon's as
s%ailants had been unsuccessful up to
noon
The kidnapping last night followed a.
small riot Saturday night during a
lecture, in which Sturgeon accused
the Catholic priesthood of immoralitv
seven men are said to nave visited
the Motel and overpowered Police Ser
seant George Merritt, who with SPUR
geon was placed in a high powered
automobile. Shortly thereafter Mer-
rltt was released and the kidnapers
continued their flight TO a point "a
miles north of Denver. There Sp11r-
geon was beaten and released aftar
being given $2.10 by his assailantr
Finally he reached the house os
Deputy Sheriff George w. Rucker. Of
Adams county, where he was Located
by city detectives and brought to the
hospital. ~ zig
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-09
RECOGNITION NOT
ASKED BY REBELS

Fort Worth. Tex, April 7.-Unt-
ted States Judge Meek his after
noon denied the application for q
writ Of habeas corpus filed by the
$500 M~exicans interned at Fort
Bliss, Tex.
These We're the Mexfcans who sur
rendered to United States soldiers
at Presidio. Tex, after Villa had
driven them from Ojinaga. Mex.
Washington. April 7.--No request for
recognition of the constitutionaIists
has been made by General Carranza.
President Wilson indicated today the
United States would be governed as
events arose in such questions. The
president, however, spoke of the
practice which the American govern
ment had followed with respect to
Mexico previously and pointed out that
Washington waited almost two years
to recognize Porfirio Diaa a half
century ago.
Mr.. Riano, the ambassador from
Spain, received official notice today Of
Villas expulsion of Spanish subjects
from Torreon and prepared to make
representations in protest to Secretary
Bfyan Spain not only objects to their
expulsion, but also to the c~onfiscation
OF their property, which is estimated
TO run into the millions.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-09

ant we imagine His great soul, infinite
IN Its divinity, saying in substance as
he did on an occasion:
Let the first red-blooded man among
you who, being hungry, with q sick
baby, and a hungry wife, would not
take any man's eggs N cheese, to stop
that hunger for a day, cast the first
stone"
Then. when the whole crowd had
SUNK away, we can imagine Him say
ing:
John Wiseman, where are thine ac-
cusers? Doth no nan accuse thee?"
N man, Lord"
Neither do I accuse thee. Go, and
steal no more
Or can w not imagine we hear His
voice saying:
Il was hungry, and We fed me not;
ath1rst, n ye gave me no drink;
naked and We clothed me not; home
less, and We gave me no place to lay
my head ' Inasmuch as we
have done to the least OF these, my
brethren, We have done to me-"
John Wiseman, In the work house
for six months, John Wiseman's hun
cry wife, and sick baby, seven weeks
old, are preaching a more powerful.
more human, Easter sermon on how
little We ave learned after 1000 years
of teaching and preaching, than any
sermon that will be delivered in any
pulpit In Pittsburgh today.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-09
An Anecdote of Lincoln.

A day in May. 1863, found Lincoln
visiting a camp hospital. He had
spoken cheering words Of sympathy to
the wounded, as he proceeded through
the various wards.
Now he is at the bedside of q Yer
mont boy Of about 16 years Of age, who
lies there mortally wounded. Taking
the dying boys thin, white hands in
his own, the president said in q tender
tone: We'll, my boy, what car I do
for your"
The young soldier looked up into the
presidents kindly face and asked:
Won't you write to my mother for
me?"
THAT I will" responded the presi-
dent, and, calling for writing materials,
he seated himself by the side of the
cot and wrote from the boys dictation.
1t was a long letter, but he betrayed
no sign Of WEAKNESS, and when 1t was
finished he arose, saying: Il will post
this as soon as / get back to my office.
Now, Is there anything else l can do
for you?"
The boy looked up appealingly to the
president. Wont you stay with me?"
he asked. II do want to hold on to
your hand"
Mr.. Lincoln at once perceived the
lads meaning. The appeal was too
strong for him to resist; so he sat
down by his side and took hold of his
thin hand. For two hours the presi-
dent sat there patiently, as though he
had been the boys father.