The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-12-01
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Copyright Irving Ba<isnsr


CHATTER I-san on and sarah Tray.
lY, with their two ihiidrsn, Josiah and
n'vvey rave D. ~ ,'on from heir home
Of plenty Their de- ins uon is the Coun.
uy OF hs bahgaif.on. In Illinois
CHATTER Ii-Amons the Traylors
nrst AcquAutzu,es are Lncoln's friends
Jack kelso ana his pretty daushtsr Bim
years Of age
CHATTER II At Niasar. FaIl. they
meet . party OF immigrsns, among them
. youth named John McNeil, who also
e,ides TO SO to the sangamon country
All OF The party suffer from fever and
a{ue sarah . mlutsIs lions save the life
OF youth Harp Needles. IN the last
stages OF fever, and he accompanies the
Iraylors. They reach New Salem, Illinois
and are welcomed BY you1s Abe L4n-
coin.
CHAPTER ~ Samson decides to 10
cate At New salem and begins building
his house led BY Jsoh Armstrong.
ro~dies attempt to break ny the proceed
hEp Lincoln thtAshes Armstrong Young
Harry Needles strikes b.p hcSolL OF
Vie Armstrong crowd. and heNOll threat
ems vengeance
alone. 10 attacked by McSol and his
sans. and would have been roughly used
had not BIN driven on his assailhnts with
. shotgun. John Mcneil, the TTayloTs
Niagara Fails acquaintance. 10 markedly
attentive TO Ann Ruuedge Lincoln 10 In
love with Ann, but has never had enough
courage to tell her
CHATTER VI Ira ylor helps too
slaves, who had run away from St Louis
70 escape Elphalst Bisss. owner OF the
UP Traylor and In . night has his arm
broken
CHAPTER VII waiting for his arm
IN eli ~
whom Harry Needles hat fallen In love
BlSss asks FOR Bins hand but her
father retus~ his consent BigEs re
turns To ~ Louis.
CHATTER vIII.--BiIn confesses to
Harry that che loves Bisgs, and tho
seek seat In the legislature. lie and
HAIRY volunteer FOR the Black Hawk war
and leave New Salem.
CHAPTER IN Rlggs comes back TO
tho village and he and BIN elope Harry
learns or II on he way home from the
war " Llncolns advice and philosophy
sustain him IN his grief
CHAPTER X -iAncoin defeated In his
candidacy for the legislature. forms a
grocery business Bggs sends a gang TO
burn ITaylurs house, bat the New Salem
men are warned and the raiders worsted
CHAPTER Nl-iAnooln. now post
master decides to run again for the
legislature Ann Hutledge In openly IN
love with John Mcneil He leaves for
his home In the East. promising to re
turn soon and marry Ann Lincoln &C
cepts his defeat manftlly No word com
ing from Mcneil Ana Coufesses to Abe
that his real name In McNamar. and her
fears that he viii not return. Lincoln
in his deep love endravoTs to reassure
her. though he shares her misgiyinss
lincoln wins his seat In the legislature
Namar but his letter IL cold and she 10
convinced he does not love her She tells
Abe OF her doubt. AMI he confesses his
loN. and asks her 60 marry him Ann
declares she does DOT yet love him but
will Try to. with that promise Lincoln
sets out for VandaliA and his legislative
duties
cHArTFR XIII Inspired by Elijah
L",cloy, Traylor arranges on his farm
hdng place for runaway slaves. sta
tion on the Underground Railroad"
CHAPTER xIv.-Ann agrees TO marry
Abe. but her health ~ wrecked Three
runaway slaves seek Traylors help In
escaping They belong to Riggs and he
comes In pursuit 81 them Threatened
with arrest for melting the raid on Tray
Tor. he fees one OF the fugitives Is BIN
In disguise She has fed from her hus-
bands cruelty
CHAPTER Nv-Dyiug. Ann Rutledge
calls Tor Abe. and he BIDS her farewell
Al her bedside. Following her demise a
settled sadness dcsCends on him lie II
no longer Abe" but Abraham Lincoln"
CHATTER XVI Overcoming his des-
ponfrncy Lincoln returns to his work
Abolition sentiment In crystalizing and
he throws himself into the movement
CHAPTER xvII.-rrsyior sells his
farm and moves To Springfield Lincoln
plans to secure q divorce for BIN In
order that she may marry Harry Needles,
whom she has always really loved. Nc
Namar returns TO New Salem. too late.
CHAPTER XvIII.-Iraylor and Harry
Needles visit the boom" city OF Chicago.
living with her parents She has her
divorce. Harry leaves for the Seminole
war An INSCRIPTIONS. rich Spectator
Lionel Davis desires TO marry BIN. but
she repulses him.
CHAPTER XXI Lincoln at Springfield
enters into his life work Harry Needles
comes home and at once seeks BIN
CHAPTER XNII.-Lincoln wins Brim-
steads suit against Davis. thoroughly
discredtIng the Spectator. As an out
come. Harry resenting an insult TO Tray
lor, lights a duel with DAVIS. In which
both are wounded
As 20 the details OF the tragic scene
that followed next day, the writer
has little knowledge. Samson was
not the type Of man for such chron-
icle. The diary speaks Of his part In
Il with shame and sorrow and re-
morse. We know that II WAS AT day
break when he and Harry rode to a
point on the prairie something more
than "A mile from the city limits
There he tells MS they met Davis ana
one friend Of the latter and two sur
geons. II Is evident, too that great
secrecy had been observed In the plan
and it's execution and that, until some
time after the last act. Lincoln knew
nothing Of the later Developments In
the drama of Davis downfall. For
the rest Of the deploraIe scene the
historian must content himself with
the naked details In the diary OF
puritan pioneer
~ went because there was no escape
from Il and with the shadow OF Gods
A., ,,y gaul SamsnI writes