The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-09-08
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SYNOPSIS. .

SYNOPSIS.
CHAExTR L-Samson and sarah Tray
IT with their two children. Josiah and
10y. travel sy wagon from their home
. pisn@. Their ddestination q ire coun-
~ OF ths 6angamon. In Illinois.
e.CHAPTEN n.-At Niagara Fails they
eaeet party Of immigrants, among them
4 youth named John McNsil. who also
4ecaess 70 90 70 the sanAmon country:
Agus. earah's nninistrs tons save the life
. youth. Harry Needles. In the last
eAgea Of fever. and hS accompanies the
saA srs welcomed BY yeuns ABB In.
mAPTER nl.-Ameng the Traylors'
efst aegnsintances are lncoln's friends.
Ssass Msiss & e. sDa Ai' pretty daughter Bm'
SuaAz-rEu lv.-sam.son decides to 10.
S4ts Ht New ealem, a begins building
~ house. Led by Jack Armstrong,
ssMdies attempt TO bre 4 up ne proceed
AHy Needles strikes pap NeNoli q
Oe Armstrong crowd. and EeNoal thFsat-
~ vengeance. M
,CHAPTEn v.-A few days later Harry.
ssons. y attacked by McNol ana has
IA hst Bim driven off Ns aspaiiants With
8. shotgun. John McNsil, the Traylors'
II Niagara Falls acquaintance. b marksdly
tevs with Ann, but has never had enough
courage 70 tell her so
MLAPTMR vi. : Traylsr hslps two
'tlAves. who had run ar ay from ct. Louis
escape; Elphalet Biggs, owner o. the
sop Traylor and In fight kaa his arm
CHAPTER vII.-walting Tor his arm
g heal Biggs meets Bim Kslso. with
whom Harry Needles has fallen In love.
Biggs asks for Bins hand, but hsr
y father refuses his consent Biggs re-
turns to St. Louis.
Harry that she loves Biggs, and tao
youth II disconsolate. Lincoln decides Co
Seek seat In the legislature. He and
Harry volunteer for the Black Hawk war,
and leave New Salem.
CHAPTER IX.-Biggs comes back to
the village and he and BIN elope. Harry
learns. Of It on his way home from the
war" Lincoln's advice and philosophy
sustain him in his grief.
CHAPTER x.--Ldncoln, defeated in his
grocery business. Biggs sends q gang to
men are Warned and the raiders worsted.
CHAPTER XI.-Ldncoln, now. post
master, decides TO run again for the
Legislature Ann Rurledge is openly in IN
his home in the East, promising to re-
turn soon and marry Ann: Lncoln &C
ycepts his defeat manfully. No word com
/ing from Mcneil. Ann ,.sa eonfesses to. to Abe Abe
fears that he will not return. Lincoln
In his deep love endeavors to sveassure
her, though he shares her nisgivings.
Lincoln wins his seat in the legislature.
CHAPTER xII.-Ann hears from Nc
Namar. but his letter 10 cold and she ID
convinced ne does not love her. She tells
Abe Of her doubt. ana he ,confesses his
declares shs does not yet love him. but
:ss. out out for @ v.nda,ia s and Sis his legislative
duties
CHAPTER XIIL-znspiysd by Elijah
@ IsOvejoy, TrAylor ayTanges on his farm q
nding place for runaway slaves, a sta
tion on the Underground Railroad"
CHAPTER xIv.-Ann agrees to marry
Aba, but her health = wrecked. gThree
runaway slaves seek Traylor's help in
\ escaping. They belong to Biggs and he
~ arrest sor aesas S ha raid Sn MzsS
!lor. he fees. Ono OF the fugitives is Bin
fin disguise. She has ned from her sl,a,s.
bands cruelty.
calls for Abe, and he bids her farewell
~ her bedside. Following her demise a
settled sadness descends On him. He das
no longer ABE" but abraham Lincoln -
IS CHAPTER NWa.
,yibereln Young Mr. Lianoln Safely
Z. saasses Two Great Danper Points
and Turns Into the MlohaAay eof iHls
sManhood.
For days thereafter the people .df
NeW,&alem were sorely troubled. Abe
Lincoln, the ready helper in time OF
need, the wise counselor, the friend Of
sall-.ald and young, dogs and horses
assSamson was wont to say-the pride
and hope Of the little cabin Village,
was breaking down under his grief.
He seemed to care no more for work
or study s0r friendship. He wandered
out In the woods and upon the prairies
alone. Many feared that he wsnld
lnso his reason
There was, a wise and merry-hearted
man who lived mile or SO from the
village. His name was Bowlin Green.
Those days when one of middle age
had established himself In the affee.
tions 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 eYerybody's 'Nncle Bowlin." He
had most unusual circumference and
the strength to carry, 1t. His ruddy
cheeks and curling lecks 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
usuaI understanding and a HAND
skilled In all the arts Of the Kentucky
pioneer. He could grill a yenisor
steak and roast a grouse and broil Q
chicken In a way which had filed the
countryside with fond recolleetions oi
his hospitality; he could kindle a frs
with q bow and string, pine sticl
and some shavings; he could make
anything from splint broom to 4
rocking horse with his jack-knife. Abt
Lincoln was one of the many men wht
knew and loved him.
On warm, bright afternoon earl,
" In September, Bowlin Green was goinl
around the pasture to put his fence Il
5sEis repair, when ne came upon young mir
Lincoln. The latter sat In the shade
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