The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-10-06

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kind, an imperishable memory. In
her presence the spirit Of the young
nan had received such a baptism that
h~enceforWard, taking thought OF her,
he was to love purity and all clean
ness, and no Mary who came to his
feet with tears and ointment was ever
to be turned away.
4. CHAPTER XVI.
Wherein Young Mr.. Lincoln Safely
Passes TWO oreat Danger Points
and TURNS Into the Highway al. His
/. Manhood. lsgs
For days thereafter the people of
New Salem were sorely troubled. Abe
Lincoln, the ready helper In time Of
need the wise counselor, the friend Of
all fold and young, dogs and horses"
as Samson was wont to say-the pride
and hope Of the little cabin village,
was breaking down under his ssgrief.
He seemed to care no more for WORK
or study o. friendship. He wandered
out III the woods and upon the prairies
alone. Many feared that he would
lose his. reason
There was a wise and rnerry-hearted
man who lived q mile or SO from the
village. His name was BOwlin Green.
Those days when n OF middle age
had established himself In the affec-
lions Of a community. Its members had
a way Of adopting him. So Mr.. Green
had been adopted into many families
from Beardstown to Springfield. He
was everybody's "Uncle Bowlin." He
had a most unusual circumference and
the strength to carry it. His ruddy
cheeks and curling locks and kindly
dark eyes and large head were details
Of Importance. Under all were a heart
with the love OF men, a mind OF un-
usual understanding and q hand
skilled in all the arts Of the Kentucky
pioneer. He could grill q vspisOn
steak and roast a grouse and bfbil a
chicken in a way which had filed the
countryside with fond recollectionss Of
his hospitality; he could kindle a fire
with a bow and string. a pine stick
and some shavings; he could make
anything from a splint broom to a
rocking horse with his jack-knife. Abe
Lincoln was one of the many men who
knew and loved him.
On a warm, bright afternoon early
in September, Bowlin Green was going
around the pasture to put his fence in
repair. when he came upon young Mr..
Lincoln. The latter sat in the shade
Of a tree on the hillside. He looked
terribly peaked" as Uncle Bowlin
has said In. a letter,
"Why, Abe, where have you beeng'
he asked. 1.-THE whole village is
scared. Samson Traylor was here last
night lookin' for ye."
I'm like a deer that's been .hurt,"
said the young q Il took to the
woods. Wanted to be alone. You gee,
1 had a lot of thinking to do-the kind
Of thinking that every man must do
for himself. I've got the brush cleared
away, at, last. SO / can see through. !
had made up my mind to go down to
your, house for the night and was try
ing to decide whether / have energy
enough to do it."
"Come on; it's only a short STEP
urged the ~big-hearted Bowlin.
"What 1 feel the need OF. just now,
is a week or two of Sleep said Mr..
Lincoln, as he rose and started down
the long hill with his friend.
Some time later Bowlin Green gave
Samson this brief account of wnat
happened in and about the cabin
He wouldn't eat anything. He
wanted 10 so down to the river for a
dip, and i went with him. When we
got back, | induced him to take off his
clothes and get into bed. He was fast
asleep in ten minutes. When nigh,
came | went up the ladder to bed. He
was still asleep when / came down in
the morning. | went out and did my
chores. Then I cut two yenison
steaks, each about the size o. my hand,
n a half moon of bacon. pounded
the venison to pulp with a little salt
and bacon mixed in. ! put 1t on the
broiler and over a bed os hickory Goals
fI got the coffee into the pot and up
next to the fire and some potatoes in
the ashes. 1 basted a bird with bacon
strips and put it into the rooster and
set 1T back o. the broiling bed. Then
vi made some biscuits and put ZEN
into the Y 1 tell you, in a little
while the smell o. that fireplace would
have woke the dead-honest! Abe
began 10 stir. ii a minute I heard
him call
Say Uncle Bowlin, I'm goin' K
set up an eat you out o house anf
home. I'm hungry and I feel like i
e man. Whit time IS III
a'It'n be nine o'clock by1 the time
you're washed and dressed says
'sN,el; / declare, says be. I've hal
about sixteen hours d solid sleep. Thu
world looks better y me this morn
Ing. sa
"A the table I told him 4 story and
got little laugh but of him. n.
stayed with me three weeks. ch0rfni
around the place and taking itSBeassy
He read all the books 1 had.snntlI ytOy
and noc Allen came with the Law
books Then Ne pitched Into Them.
think aile has changed q good deal1sincs
Ann died, He talksa lot about Gof
ndMtAe hereafter. . s
III q rf6hn vniintr Mr. Ere