The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-06-23

n pOWuer uOrli HdnSIHS near tnCm oh
its string looped over a nail There
werewolf and deer and bear pelts on
the floor. The skins of foxes, rae
coons and wildcats adorned the log
walls. Jack Kelso was blond,
smooth-faced, good-looking. merry
hearted Scot, about forty years old.
Of q rather slight build. some five
feet, eight inches tall. X That ID all
that any. one knew Of him save that
he, spent most, Of his, time hunting
and fshlng and scanned To have all
thss best things, which Steat men had
safd Or written, Oh the tip Of his
tongue. iisi :, ]s1 81 }33'}s.f@E so
s-welcomsi ana here's the bsSt rsat
I'll tina tfireslde. n has Said - Gamson.
my wife and daughteE fAss AMAF; for,
y yisit and. fcr two dayss I've had u TIE
cabin 70 myself. .Leok,. w. xcrshipers
Of fire, and see how, fine It q now !
Tie hbmely cabin is I pists X beauty.
what u heaven II iS whedl mo names
are IespinSi HIRE iis Hessft,is line
Of fglbeauty; nothing perpendicuiar or
HORIZONTAL .ssG s.la .a& III !! ~
He. took Abe's hand and went on:
"Here, ye lovers Of romance, is one
j. Of the story-tellers Of Ispahan who
has in him the wisdom Of the wander
i ing tribes. He can tell you q tale
that will draw children from their
! play and old men from the chimney
corner. My boy, take a chair next
/ to Mr.. Traylor. Mr.. Traylor, you
stand up as proud and firm AS a
big pine. I believe you're Yankee" :"
/ $50 do I,~ said Samson. IF you
!, took all the Yankee out O. me I'd have
an empty skim
| Then Abe began to show the stran-
ger his peculiar aft in these words ::
"Stephen Nuckles used to say:
Gods grace embraces the isles o. the
sea an the uttermost parts O. the
earth. It takes in the Esquimaux an
the Hottentots. Some go so fur to
say that it takes in the Yankees but
| don't 60 so fur
samson joined in the g6od4natured
laughter that followed. ffs
"If you deal with some Yankees
you take your life in your hands," he
said. "They can serve God or Nam
mon and I guess they have given the
devil some of his best ideas. he
seems to be getting lot Of Yankee
notions lately"
"There was a powerful prejudice
| in Kentucky against the Yankees
Abe went on. "Down there they used
to tell about Yankee who sold his
hogs and was driving them to town
On the way he decided that he had
sold them too cheap, He left them
with his drover in the road and went
on to town and told the buyer that he
would need help to bring 'em in,,
allows thatY the buyer asked.
"Why they git away an 60 to run
MIN through the woods an fields an
we can't keep up with EN-
"T don't think I want 'em, says
the buyer. "A speedy hog hasn'
much pork to carry. I'll give "
twenty bits to let me off,"
'''T guess that Yankee had one more
hog than he'd counted" said Samson
i "Whatever prejudice you may flint
here will soon vanish" said Kelso
: turning to the newcomer. II have
great respect for the sturdy sons o
New England. I believe 1t was Theo
dore Parker who said that the pin'
was the symbol Of their character
He was right. Its roots are deep IL
the soil; it towers above the forest
It has the strength Of tall masts ant
al the substance Of the builder In 1T
body, music in its waving branches ant
Il turpentine in Its veins. I thought o
this when saw Webster and heart
him speak at Plymouth" Il
4 "What kind of looking man i
he?" Abe asked.
"A big erect, splendid figure Of ,
man. He walked like a ram at th
head Of his flock"
Abe who since his story had sa
with sad face looking into the fir
now leaned forward, his elbows on hi
knees, and shook his head with inter
est while his gray eyes took on
, look of animation. The diary speak
often of the "ve'l of sadness" on hi
face.
"He is very great man" Abe ex
claimed.
"Have you learned that last nobl
flight of his in the reply to Haynes
as you promsedY Kelso asked.
II have" said Abe, "and the othe
day when I was tramping back fror
Bowlin' Green's came across drov
Of cattle and stopped and gave 1t t
them. They all let go Of the gras
and stood looking
=, "Good |! Now stand up and let us Sc
how you initiate the great chief 0
the Whig clan" said Kelso.
The lank and awkward youth ros
and began to speak the lines in a higf
pitched voice that trembled with e,
! citement.N 1t lowered and steadie
and rang out like noble music on
well-played trumpet as the channt
! Of his spirit filed with the might
|, current Of the orators passion. Thel
, indeed, the words fell from his lip
tslflxa tha winter SnnWSn A.n .