The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-11-03

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CHAPTER XIII.
wherein A. Linceln Rsvsais M
Method 81 Conducting ! Lawsuit III
Inc Case u Hsnry Drlmstsad q III,
y. Lionel Davis.
They found many q Davis notes.
IN TazeWel1 county. Abe LncOlna1
complaint represented seven clients
and = sum exceedinE twenty thousand
dollars.
With the papers n his pocket Harry
went On "a the Honey Creek settle
ment. There he found that the
plague had spent itself and that BIN
had gone to 4 detention camp outside
the city Of Chicago. He. i not per
mitted to see her, the. regulations hav-
ing become very strict. In the city he
went to the store Of Eli Fredenberg.
+h,,s,as. nh,oss "a ha.,,n 80. -
cover from the panic. Trade was
lively.
Harry snent Tho .-fternoon With NJ.
Kel.o ana Rim,. h.hv nav M urct.
: varv tender lattar - hin tha+ a.
Ho told bor thot h haa con,a = "a,
90 o. - 10. q that Ia mioht ~ raor
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q holm .aTha aoroa o,d iova = = -
he.rt hat MADE ma wen+ vcr ~ ~
uifa 1ono ago tha+ No. a,Iaa ~ IA
tara .nd anstainod4 ~ a monr IL
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raal1v thtnk Hat ~, rr,,.+ ,oer,r "a
Vic I ash Won q least q wai+ rcr ~
Sovalonmonts ~ ] s,,i+ wbich I a.
col4 - DranglnG n Denal u many
cltfzens o. IazeWeI county. = y
llKely mat we q Know mon tnan
We 40 now DeIore tnat cas- enos. =
saw your Deautiful little boy. de COX
80 ~ " you that l long TO steal
him md keep him with me
II . rev days ne 7receiveu tnis Dfie1
reply:
Dear Harry: Your letter pleased
and panied me. I have been 10 tossed
about that / don't know quite where I
stand. For a long time my life has
been nothing but q series Of emotions
What Honest Abe may be able to
prove I know not, but I am sure that
Ne cannot disprove the fact that Mr..
Davis has been kind and to
me. For that l cannot ever cease to
be grateful. l should have married
him before now but for n singular
circumstance. My little boy cannot be
made to like him. He will have moth
lng to do with Mr.. Davis. He VIII nc
be bribed or coerced. l saw in this a
prophecy of trouble. ! left home and
went down into the very shadow of
death. It may be that we have been
saved for each other by the wisdom
of childhood. | must not see you now.
Nor shall see him until have found
my way. Even your call cannot make
me forget that am under a solemn
promise.
I'm glad you Ike the boy. he Is q
wonderful child. ! named MIN Ne
hemiah Tor his grandfather. we a.
him MIN and sometimes M. NimDle.
because he is 20 lively. I'm homesicK
to see him and you. ! am going 20
Dixon to teach and earn money Tor
mother and the baby. Don't tell any
one where Lam n above all don't
come to see me until In good heart =
a ask you to come.
"God bless you!
~ - f&7S BIN"
In q few weeks the suit came on.
Davis defense, as given in the an
swer, alleged that the notes were to
be paid out Of the proceeds Of the
sale of lots and that in
Of the collapse of the boom there had
been no such proceeds. AS to the un-
Outstanding unon which the notes
were drawn. there was a direct issue
Of ~yeracity for which Abe Lincoln
was exceedingly well prepared. His
cross-examination was as merciless
as sunlight "falling round q HELPLESS
hing II was kindly and nolite in
tone bnt relentless in IT'S searchinp.
when. il ended. the weight of Davis.
character had been accurately estab-
lished IN his mastery summing m
Mr.. Lincoln presented every circum-
stance in favor Of rhe defendants DO
sition With remarkable insight he
Anticipated the arguments of his at
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