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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-10
PUT GRANT AT DISADVANTAGE
Lincoln's Little Story Probably Morc
Effective Than Any Long Argu-
mem Could Have Beer.

One of the latest stories of Lin
coin is given here:
The President was visiting Grant
in his Virginia camp. and the general
was complaining of the interference
OF the Washington b~ureaucrats. 'The
only use | have for the War depart
ment," he said finally, SIS to furnish
me soldiers and supplies. 8ut the
department mustn't interfere with me.
| am doing the country's work, and
mustn't be %hampered,"
THAT reminds me- said the Presi-
dent, meEitatively, that reminds me
of a man l knew out in Sangamon
county, Illinois. He was a deacon.
and had the Iong-wfnded exhortation
habit. In fact, he had it so bad that
people began to stay away from meet
ing. One day the preacher met him.
Say, Deacon he said. 4 don't want
to curtail your religious fervor. but
you must shorten up your exhorta-
tons. You're killing off the member
of the church. Cant help it,
the deacon, Tn doing the Lords
work, and | mustn't be hampered.' p
Grant laughed and Temporarily
dropped the subject.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-10
Rebuked Mob Spirit.

Tl'ef' is no grievance that is a ii,
~ 'r"t oi redress by mob law.-Iin.
70 Ia.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-10
CHAPTER XII.
al Love You More'n the Whole World!"

al Love You More'n the Whole World!
One late afternoon Philip MacCar
ley started for the P~endlehavens', dc
sirous of seeing Tony Devon. Rather
inc saw him guiding his car up tn
roadway and ran to the door to NEE
him Her smile was especially radiant
for h had begun to lose her fea
about Tonnibel's influence over him
sit down, Phil" she ~entreated
Mothers sick today. Reggie almos
sets her into fits"
Philip still remained standing.
And you've kept away so much
dear boy" complained the girl. III
seems you don't care for us any more
81 do, though, but I've been busy
replied Philip, not able to think of any
other excuse.
But you've always been busy, more
or less" the girl shot back. land yet
you came. Mother and | have come
to the conclusion that you couldn't
have been very much interested in
in-Cousin Paul's protegee. You
haven't even asked about her.
Philip coughed embarrassedly. then
laughed.
"The fact IS, | came to see her to-
day." he exclaimed.
Katherine went wax white.
"What do you want to see her for7'
she asked sharply.
"Oh. just to talk to her" replied
NIacCauley, awkwardly.
Katherine shook her head.
81 don't believe you can" she pro-
tested obviously. cousin John won't
let any of us go up to Paul's room,
and she never comes down any more"
where's Reggie?' demanded the
BOY.
"Oh. he's gone to Johannesburg to-
answered Katherine. listlessly.
And | am glad of it. / wish he'd new
r come back. He keeps mother In
ears most of the time he's here"
And Cousin john l want to ask
I'm If / can take Miss Devon"
Katherine's head went up In dis
ain.
Il know what you want to ask him."
interrupted tartly. But o
eedn't waste your sympathy on that
Girl. But mamma says"
Before she could tell him her moth
rs opinion. the door opened and DR..
e%ndlehaven walked in.
"Cousin John" said Philip, abruptly,
ping to him, may | take Miss-Miss
evon out for a little ride? I'll prom
e to bring her back In an hour"
The doctor looked at the boys dark
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-10
OWED MUCH TO STEPMOTHER
Lincoln Was Always Ready to Admit
His Great Debt to the Patient,
Kindly Woman.

II often think of the stepmother OF
LINCOLN as an example of the deep anC
quiet and ~far-reaching power of d
woman, a woman who thinks and loves
A commonplace woman, no doubt. most
people thought her, and she probably
thought herself so, too; a m GER
tainly, whose daily work was humble
enough to all appearances, a pioneer
woman meeting the many needs of the
rough and hard pioneer life-that was
all she seemed to be.
If any of you had seen her in
the little rough log cabin at the home
~, never-ending household tasks while
the boy Lincoln lay stretched before
the fire reading one Of the few books
that that life and community afforded,
you would hardly have thought of her
as a oma of influence. Yet those
deft hands of hers that you think of
mainly as washing dishes and cooking
food and doing other sundry homely
tasks, were molding, helping to mold
all the while-nO one knows just how
far that help went-a nations des-
TIMES. For the boy Lincoln was grow
ing up under her influence, was grow
ing up to be that man to whom a
whole nation will always render low
ing homage. When he became a great
man Lincoln loved to acknowledge that
It was the wise, just and f%ar-reaching
influence of his stepmOther-this plain. [
hard-working woman. remember-that
he owed most that was good and in
fuential in himself."-Woman's Home
companion.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-10
A TRIBUTE OFL0vE
Pathos in Aged Negroes OFFERING
in LincoIn's Honor.
Humble Flowers Had a Deeper SID
nificance Than the Costly Prod
ucts of the Florists Art.

The most touching tribute ever paid
to Lincoln is the way a newspaper
man described an incident which he
witnessed a few years ago in Wash
lngton. The statues of famous Amer
leans stand in the national capitol.
n it is the practice of various pa
trlotic societies to decorate these stat
ues with flowers each Decoration day.
Among these marble efiigies of the
dead is the splendid Gutzon Borglum
bust of the martyred President. The
pathos of a great heart, breaking I'M
der the woes of a nation divided
against itself, has been chiseled into
the stone by the inspired sculptor.
On this particular Decoration day
the choicest products of the dollhouse
and the garden had been placed low
Ingly on the brOws of Washington, of
Lee, of Grant and many others. A
wreath of the richest roses the art of
the florist could produce lay upon
the brows of the Lincoln bust.
The women whose reverent hands
had put these tributes in place had
gone, when into the great rotunda of
the capitol, almost deserted as always
At is on a holiday, hObbled an old ne
gro, holding by one hand a little boy,
a g%randchild, perhaps. In his arms
the old negro carried a great mass of
the golden-centered daisies which grow
in luxuriant p%rOfusion in every field
around Washington. To keep the flow
fresh a dampened cloth was bound
about their stems.
Across the marble floor shuffied the
aged negro and his little charge. With
a d%irectneSs that showed he had made
sacred pilgrimage oftentimes be-
fore, the one-time slave led the way to
the Lincoln bust rested upon
It's pedestal. The negro, with eyes
with age and tears, gazed for
A few minutes upon the face of the
nartyred President, his lips moving :
as if in silent prayer. Then his ;
-ribute, the tribute of a race set free,
ne laid, not on the pedestal with the :
trophies of the dollhouse, but :
lumbly in the dust at the pedestal's !,
DOT. '
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-10
Education Might Be
Termed Passion of
Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln once gave to
casual acquaintance whom he met OF
a railway train the following particu
lars as TO his education:
We'll, as TO education, the newspa
pers are correct. | never went tC
school more than six months in my life
can say this: that among my earliest
recollections | remember how. when
a mere child. l used to get irritated
when anyone talked to me in q way
could not understand. l do not think
ever got angry at anything else i n
my life; but that always disturbed
nay teNsper, and has ever since. | can
remember going to my little bedroom
after hearing the n~eighbors talk of
an evening with my father, and spend
ing no small part of the night walk
ing up and down and trying to make
out what was the exact meaning of
some of their, to me. dark savings.
could not sleep, although | tried 70.
when | got on such q hunt for an idea
until | had caught it; and when |
thought | had got it I was not salts
fed until | had put it in language
plain enough, az / thought. for any
boy | knew to comprehend. This was
a kind of passion with me and has
stuck by me; for | am never easy now.
when | am handling Il thought. until
| have bounded it north and bounded
1t south and bounded it east and
bounded it west"
Supplementing these "reminiscences
by a few extracts from an article in
the Encyclopedia Britannica, we learn
of Lincoln that His own mother
taught him to read, and his stepmoth-
er urged him to study. He read and
reread in early boyhood the Bible,
Aesop, Robinson Crusoe.' Pilgrims
Progress 'Weem's Life of Washing
ton, and History of the United
States, and later read every book he
could, borrow from the neighbors.
Burns and Shakespeare becoming ia
vorites. He borrowed a grammar and
other books, sought explanations from
he village schoolmaster, and began
o read law. In 1884 his political
and colleague, John Todd Stu
a lawyer in full practice, had
him to fit himself for the bar.
md had lent him text books; and
lincoln, working diligently, was adj
nitted to the bar in September. 1896.
lis mental qualities were-a quick
nalytic perception, strong logical pow
rs, a tenacious memory, a liberal es-
innate and tolerance of the opinions |
f others, ready intuition of human I
and perhaps his most valu-
faculty was rare ability to di-
himself of all feeling or passion
1 weighing motives of persons or E
roblems of state. His speech and h
-ctiOn were plain. terse. fOrcible. Re T
ting anecdotes with %appreciative hui i,
or and fascinating dramatic skill, he "
them freely and effectively in q
'nversation and argument. He had P
lchanging faith in self-government.
he people, he said, are the rightful
asters of both congresses and courts.
It TO overthrow the Constitution, but p
overthrow the men who peryert If
e constitution" y
These words, just quoted. of this "
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-10
CHAPTER XII.
A Little Drop of Something.

Reginald was sitting in his mothers
room that evening when his sister
opened the door and entered. The
girl looked about for Mrs. Curtis, then
picked up a cigarette and lit il. She
was so white and drawn looking that
her brother stared at her.
whats the matter, sis?" he asked
with no particular interest in his voice.
Il hate everybody In the world"
snapped the girl.
"Whewl That's some hate" laugh
ed Reggie.
Katherine threw herself down ON
the divan.
Worst of any one l hate Paul Pen
diehaven and next-well. next | hate
Cousin John" she said between her
teeth. Il wish. oh. how / wish Paul
would die tonight. I'd almost like TO
XIII him myself. If it weren't for him,
we'd all have money. and if it weren't
for that girl with him, he'd die"
Wei, might cheer you up a little
If ! told you that perhaps before long
your iflustriOus Cousin Paul will be
under the sod"
The girl sat up and stared at him.
Don't be a fool. Reggie" she said
with a sneer. Cousin John says Paul
will be able to go out of the house very
soon, that by mex week he can 90
anywhere he likes"
Reginald got up lazily. He said
something under his breath that made
his sister struggle to her feet. She
a m and gazed with star
led eyes at the door that had closed
on the other side of il.
Now, what'd he mean by that?"
wondered duly. what did he
by saying that If he could helm
t Cousin Paul would never drive again
wonder just what he meant by thatrr
Reggie knew what he meant nv bJs
vords if Katherine didn't. He intana-
d to put DR.. Paul out of the wav
hus helping his mother as we'll az
imself. He wanted to get away from
ithaca, to leave the town that slyvavs
ut him in mind Of TonnibeI Devon
ne least wind that blew brought back
awful moment when he and Devon
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-10
a New Romance OF the Storm Countru

pleading eyes, looked and ther
smiled.
Perhaps you won't have any better
luck than | have had, son. he an.
swered with a little laugh. give al
most been down on my knees to the
child, and she absolutely refuses"
Mothers dreadfully against her rid
ing in our car, Cousin john Kath-
crime cried in thin, throaty tones. ''The
u of 1t makes her SICK"
Your mothers not really sick. my
dear katherine the doctor asserted.
An, here she is. Katherine was Just
speaking of you, my dear Sarah.o
A merry twinkle came into his eyes
as he turned on his cousin.
Now. was she?" smirked Mrs. Cur
It's What were you saying. Kathie?'
Katherine lifted her eyes, slumbering
with passionate anger.
'That you would dislike Cousin
PauFs-I mean that girl up there
taken out for a drive. replied Kath-
crime.
Mrs. Curtis caught her daughters ex-
PitF'tVn diiu lOOhcu DIT LIZ. john, I1en
at Philip.
well, I should say I wouldn't like
it." she CALCULATED. There's a limit
to all things. What in the world would
the n%eighbors say to such an out
rage?"
DR.. P~endlehaven's face gathered a
dark look.
IF she'll go with Philip, Sarah" he
said, Il wouldn't give a hang what the
n~eighbors said. Come along up, Phil,
and ask her"
Cousin joint" cried Mrs. Curtis.
And. oh, Cousin Jonn," gasped
Katherine. But the doctor was too
angry to pay any heed to them.
You really wan to take the child.
my lad?' he asked, smiling at Mac
Eyes. do let me-" blurted the boy.
go up now"
They had no more than closed the
door when Katherine burst into tears,
and Mrs. Curtis ~plul.ped down into a
chair In a spell of Mysteries.
THE little trollop," she cried. "Oh,
like"
I'D like TO kill her" burst forth
Mother. if you don't do !
something for me. I'll die. Oh, to $
hink of it he takes her out when he
'ould take me! Oh, Godl Oh, dear |
Tod, help mel" /
Her daughters terrible outburst
rought Mrs. Curtis directly out of I
erself. {
Don't, Kathie," she said in a whis- u
er. Il really had no idea you cared
Or hin so much. will help you, poor y
John shall listen to me this ?
he certainly shall" y
Meanwhile Tonnibes looked up with II
eyes as DR.. Pendlehaven y
alked in. He had closed Philip on 81
lie outside of the door. ="
The girl gave him a slight smile.
he doctor came forward and took
I'D of her hand.
Paul" he asked. looking at his
other, could you spare our little girl
r an hour? | want her to go out" 80
Tonnibel, remembering her promise u
Philip, rose to her feet. 81 don't q
mt to-" she trembled. I'D rather ~
ay here. I'd really rather stay here" va
went to the door and ne
it, and Philip walked In.
Here's a young man, Miss Tony W
he said, laughing at the sight
the girls puzzled face, who tells sn
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-10

self-educated man, one of the greatest
and simplest of Americans and one
who acquired by indomitable will a
mastery of self-expression. have their
bearing on our problems of today.
which after all are not essentially diff
ferent from the problems of those 9TH
er times that tried mems souls
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-10
Lincoln,s Unfalterina Belief

Abraham Lincoln was a man of pro
found faith. He believed in God. He
believed in Christ. He believed in the
Bible. He believed in men. His life
is a beautiful commentary on the
words, This is the victory that over
cometh the world, ever our faith."-B.
p. Taylor, d. D.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-10

VII.-Tony's personality and
her loneliness appeal to Doctor John and
ne arranges to take her into his house as
a companion to his invalid brother.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-10

me he wants you to drive with HIM.
Now, what do you say?"
Say yes. darling Tony" Philip ejac-
ulated with sparkling eyes.
"Oh, that's how the land lies, is itr'
said DR.. John under his breath. Then
aloud, 81 didn't know this thing had
gotten TO the darling point. Philip"
TonnibePs face grew poppy red. and
she stood with her eyes cast down and
her fingers interlocked %nervously. Oh.
now she wanted to go; now her boy
had come for her.
You will go. Tony?" begged Philip.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-10
A Portrait of Lincoln

None of the artists or pictures has
caught the deep though subtle and
Indirect expression of this mans face.
There is something else there.-Walt
Whitman.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-10

his face very red from Johns speech.
tiff" the girl stammered.
John Pendlehaven laughed.
She can go, can't she. Paul?' he
asked. "Phil will take good care OF
her"
Paul P~endIehaven smiled and
sighed.
"Of course, she can go! She ought
to-" he said. "She stays in too close
I've told her that eveey day. Go along,
little maid, but come back to your old
uncle in a little while"
Philip seized her hand to lead her
away, but Tony turned to the bed
Then she stopped and kissed Paul Pen
dlehaven impuIsively.
81 love you" she whispered, 'and
mebbe It'll only be half an hour before
I'm back to YOU
For many minutes after the car
started Philip paid strict attention to
his driving, and Tonnibel allowed her
self the luxury of taking a sidelong
look at him now and then. Once
within sight Of Beebe Lake, Captain
MacCauley slowed down and stopped
God, how I've prayed for this min
ute," he exclaimed, turning on her
suddenly.
81 have, toe," said Tonnibel In a
shy, sweet voice: II thought you'd
forgotten about me-"
why, I couldn't do my work half
vuov xryo11 Iro tparnhf about CO
much" cried the boy, "and w been
planning a lot for you and me. You
see, DR.. job is a sort of a guardian
to me, and next year I'll be twenty
three. Then I have all my own money.
| can get married then, if / want to-"
oh said TonniBeF in a queer little
voice.
yes, I believe In early marriages."
Philip went on emphafEcaTIy. wasn't
it a queer thing that all the while
I was haunting the shore you were In
the house, my house almost? You
see. I live just next door to you"
"Oh" Tony said again. Something
had hurt her dreadfully. Something he
had said. He might be, married next
year and, of course, ID would b. to
"And time and again, 7 heard how
much some little girl was helping DR..
PAUL" he went on. "But somehow l
heard your name and hadn't
he last idea" He stopped. Then
le slipped his arm about her. 81
idn't know she was my little girl"
e finished.
Tony closed her eyes, All the I'M
appiness of the past weeks left her
lat moment like a vanished burden.
lie had said she was his little girl
very lovely the world wasi
Lean against me, DEAR" murmured
hilip. "And this time-Oh, Tony,
mt leave me today without telling
e you love me a lot"
Tony glimpsed him with one little
1ward glance. Her eyes were star
light.
e trembled. "MOre'n I know how
tell"
1t isn't any ones affair just how
any times Philip made Tony tell him
marry him, nor is 1t any ones
AIR how many times he kissed her,
t 1T is our business to listen to
Hips conclusion.
I'm going to tell Cousin John and
usln Paul tonight that we're going
be married." he said, and Tonnibei
d no inclination TO forbid hlm.
With dark thoughts, Katherine was
itching for them to come bach again.
e saw the happy shining face of
girl. saw Philip lift the little figure
M the car and draw her up the
ps. Her teeth came together In
Irp misery as she turned from the
ldow and went upstairs.
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Continued on next to last page)
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-10

VI.-Returning to conscious
ness. Mrs. Devon is informed by Tony
of her visitor. She is deeply agttated
makes Tony swear she will never tell of
Devon's brutality. and disappears.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-10
SYNOPSIS.

-
Lonely and almost frient
Tess lonniDel Devon, living on a cana
boat. child of a brutal father and a worr
out. discouraged mother, wanders into
: salvation army hall at Ithaca, N. Y
: Ihere she meets a young Salvation arm
captain, Philip MacCauley-
CHAPTER II.-Uriah Devon, Tony's ia
eher, returns to the boat from a pro
uacted spree" and announces he ha,
arranged for Tony to marry a WORTHLESS,
companion of his, Reginald Brown. Mrs
Devon objects, and Uriah beats her. She
inmates there is a secret connected
with Tonnibel.
CHAPTER III.-In clothes that Uriah
mas brought Tony finds a baby's picture
with a notification of a reward for its
return to a Doctor Pendlehaven. She
goes to return the picture.
IV.-With the Pendlehavens
a family of wealth, live Mrs. Curtis. a
cousin. her SON ard daughter, Katherine
Curtis and Reginald Brown. Katherine is
deeply In love with Philip MacCauley.
CHAPTER v.-Tonnibel returns the
picture to Doctor John, and learns il be-
longs to his brother, DR.. Paul Pendle-
maven. 1t Is a portrait of Doctor PauI's
chllu, VINO had been stolen in her infancy.
ana her loss has wrecked Doctor Paul's
lie. Doctor John goes with Tony to the
canal boat and ministers to Mrs. Devon
while she Is unconscious.
WITHDRAWING to conscious
ness. Mrs. Devon is informed by Tony
OF her visitor. She is deeply agitated.
makes Tony swear she will never tell of
Devon's brutality. and disappears.
V~II.-Tony's personality and
her loneliness appeal to Doctor John and
ne arranges to take her into his house as
a companion to his invalid brother.
CHAPTER V~III.-Tony's presence in
the mouse has a good effect on Doctor
Paul. He begins to take a new interest
In life. Visiting the canal BOAT. Tony
nhos reginald Brown there. He attempts
10 kiss her. Captain MacCauIey appears
and throws the man into the lake. Uriah
Devon orders MacCauley off his boat.
CHAPTER Ix.-With the girl a ca ptiye
Devon insists that she shall marry Brown
On her persistent refusal he beats her
orutaily. throws her into the cabin, UNI
lnoors the boat, and starts to leave
ithaca- M~acCauley follows In his canoe.
he takes the girl into the canoe through
me cabin window. The men believe Tony
mas committed suicide. MacCauley de-
cares his love. and Tony acknowledges
she returns 1T. The girl returns to the
home.
Kat dinner In the Pendle-
raven home MacCauley, not knowing of
fer presence in the house. meets Tony.
nd his affectionate greeting alarms
and her mother.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-10

The office chair used by Lincoln in
his law office at Springfield, H., when
he was elected President in 1860. 1t
was in this identical chair that he sat
when he formed his first cabinet and
drafted his first inaugural address be-
fore leaving for Washington.
The Newark journal., 1921-07-28
CAMP PIKE ABANDONED
Continued from front page)

Continued from front page) jor General s. Sturgis, was housed at the camp, and in addition some 10000 men were in replacement units.
 Camp Pike, or the greater part of it, was built within the course of tour months, in the summer of 1917, by the Stewart McGee Construction Company. Later additions were constructed, and when the armistice was signed a big addition was just being com pleted.
 The rise of this magic city five and one-half miles north west of North Little Rock out of the Wilderness along the old Cato road, within so short space of time, was only one of the many war miracles performed by the American government under the urgency of the war.
The Newark journal., 1921-07-28
SELL BLACKSMITH SHOP
Rev. Fink Will Devote Entire
 Time to Ministry

Rev. c. L. Fink has sold his blacksmith business to H. C. Molsbee who took charge this week and will continue the business at the same stand.
 Rev. Fink will devote his time exclusively to church work and expects to enter at Ionce upon a campaign of evangelistic work for the church.
 Rev. Fink has done splen- did work for the church since coming to the county about 15 years ago and al- though his blacksmithing business has required much of his time for the past nine years, he has nevertheless done much constructive work for the church. He has done quite a good deal of evange- listical work, has organized a number of churches in var ious parts of the county, done a good deal of pastoral work and has served five terms as clerk of the Independence Baptist Association, besides serving one year as associa- tional missionary.
 He has disposed of his business principally because he desires to devote more time to church work, and states that he expects to de vote his entire time to the ministry.