The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-07-07

rowdies attempt to break up the proceed /
ngs Lincoln thrashes Armstrong. Young
Harry Needles strikes Bap McNol. OF
Me Armstrong crowd. and McNoll threat
ans vengeance.
CHAPTER v.
In Which the Character Of BIN kelso
Flashes Out In Strange Adventure
That Begins the Weaving Of Long
Thread Of Romanssr fs,gNa |
The shell of the cabin. was finished
that day. Its puncheon floor was in
place but its upper floor was to be
laid when the boards were ready. Its
two doors were yet to be made and
hung, its hvs windows to be fitted and
made fast, its walls to be chinked with |
clay mortar. Samson and Harry
stayed that evening after the rest
were gone, smoothing the puncheon
loor. They made q few nails at the
forge after supper and went over to
sAbe's store about nine. Two Of the
Clary's Grove gang who had tarried
in the village sat In the gloom Of Its
little veranda apparently asleep. Doc
4 tor Allen, Jack Kelso, Alexander Fer
xuson and Martin Waddell were sit
ting by its fireside while Abe sat on
! ne counter, with his legs hanging on.
"T'm sorry we had to have trouble"
/. samson remarked. "It's the only spot
on the day. I'll never forget the kind
ness Of the people Of New Salem"
eThe raising bee Is most signih-
can't thing" said Kelso. Democracy
/, tends to universal friendship-each
works for the crowd and the crowd for
each, and there are no favorites. Ev-
4 ery community is like the thousand
friends Of Thebes. Most Of its units
stand together for the common good
for justice, law and honor. The
schools are spinning strands OF de.
mocracy out of all this European wool
Railroads are to pick them up and
weave them into one great fabric. BY
and by we shall see the ten million
friends Of America standing together
as did the thousand friends o.
Thebes."
Its great thought" said Abe,
"No man can estimate the size o.
that mighty phalanx of friendship al
trained in one school," Kelso went on
l"Two years ago the Encyclopedia Bri
tannica figured that the population o
the United States in 1905 would b.
168, 100000 people, and ip 1865, 672
100000 Wealth, power, science, Iii
erature, all follow in the train Of ligh
and numbers. The causes which move
the sceptre Of civilization from tn
Euphrates to western Europe will cal
nv it from the latter to the new world.
( "They say that electricity and tn
development of the steam engine ar
going to make all men think alike,
said Abe. IF that's SO democracy an
liberty Will spread over the earth.
reckon we are near the greatest yeal
in history. 1t is a privilege to
alive"
"And young" Doctor Allen added.
"Young!' What Gods blesse
thing is that!" sale Es2zo. "Ab
have We learned The S-sker's Saturda
Night'?"
'sNot yet. It's heavy hog to hol
but I'll -get a grip on an ear and
hind leg and lift 1t out O the pen b
fore long. You see"
'Don't fail to do that. It will be
help and joy to ye." @
"Old Kfrkham is hard master
said Abe. u hear his bell ringing
v cry time get minutes leisure. \
nigh through with him. Now I wa
to study rhetoric"
aOnly schoolmastcrs study rhetoric
Kelso declared. "A real poet or q re
orator Is born with all the rhetoric
needs. Rhetoric is steed for a lig
load under the saddle, but he's 7
Swarm blooded for the harness.
was for the day Of the plumed knig
mot for these times. M man
sense would use a prancing horse
plow or a stone boat. A good pl'
horse is q beautiful thing. The pl
Of his muscles, the power Of his stri
are poetry to me, but when he trl
d Ssto put on style he Is ridiculous. If
suggests what rhetoric IS apt to do
the unframed intellect n you
anything to say or write, head straii
across the field and keep your eye
the flrrow." NM
In the last diary Of Samson Her
0Traylor is this entry:
8a III went to Gettysburg with the Pr
ident today and sat near him when
spoke, Mr.. Everett addressed
ctoRd fnr an hour or 40. As Ke