The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-11-10
SYNOPSIS.
Copyright, Irving Bachellsr

Copyright, Irving 1saSaeller :
SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I.-Samson and Sarah Tray.
Z Iss: Wi1h their two children. Josiah and
5aIsey travel Gy wagon from their home
~ Nergennes, VI, to the West, The land
ct plenty. Their destination is the Coun-
ny Of the Sangamon, In Illinois.
CHAPTER II.-At Niagara Falls they
meet q party OF immigrants, among them
= youth named John Mcneil, who also
sssades 70 go to the ~sangamon country;
All OF the party suffer from fever and
Agus. Sarah's ministratons save the life
O 9 youth, Harry Needles, In the last
ssAzHs OF fever. and he accompanies tns
Z ars Welcomed ~ young ABE" Ian
CHAPTER I11.-Amons the Taylors
Jack Kelso and his pretty daughter Bim,
~ ear OF age.
CHAPTER ~Iv.-Samson decides to 10
cate al New Salem, and begins building
Ais house. Led by Jack Armstrong,
lsHs'' Lincoln aessnP tsr e nssa Ar% " 1s pr TSSss
Harry NEEDLES strikes Bap NcNou, Of
Ns Armstrong crowd. and HcNoll threat
sns vengeance.
aisne. 10 attacked by IcNoii and hs
gAng. a1d would have bSsn roughly u4ed
aa So MIN gs1xsn H IS y; a: .ss Tls,i ~
kAsgara Falls acquaiptencs. 10 markedly
eftentiye = Amp Rutlsdes. Lincoln = q
osus. ss,1 = ~ e, but Ssr h: =. never had enough
slaves. who had run away from o. Louis.
sisv esss2 sci,c 1dpnattSst L. blsEs, omnsr q tat
- Tfayior and N : hsht has his arm
T. sssl Bisrs meet. 1 e H.! e. tx FIX
Won Harry Needles has fallen ID love.
l1kgs asks for Bim'S hard, but her
nether refuses bis consent. Biggs re-
CHAPTER vIIL-Bim confssses to
nas,y that ives Bi9gs. a9d ths
s2sk . yeat In the legislature: He and
CHAPTER xv.-Dying, Apn Ruuedgs
calls for Abe, n he DOS ner LAIewen
st her bedside: Foilowinc s i, ne Rim " He Is
no longer ABE" but Abraham Lincoln
cHAPTER Ax.-Bisgs comes b.ck 70
~ vt1le0e Ind he and Bin Siope. Harry
nASn. ok It on his way homo from the
sscss;. s 1Ane 81 e. aa sy; and philosophy
CHAPTER x.--LAncolp, defeated in his
1 S%saena1sRip f'v VIII he .. 1sdf.'.t Sss.y forms n the .
eooerX business. BisEs sends : senk to
nsn are warned and the raiders worsted.
CHAPTER xI.-Ldnooln, now post
IsS.slatuse. Ann Ryiedse Is openly in
bis home in the East. promising to re-
tATn soon and marry Ann. Lincoln &C
espts his defeat manfully. No word com
i ns, f5 ras ra MGn ys1, Ann = M SSnfe nss to. to Abe es
Tears that he will not return. Lincoln
N his. deep Love endeavors to reassure
ne shoufh = shares her misgiyings.
CHAPTER xI!.-Ann hears from Nc
Namar, but his letter 10 cold nj she IL
, Abe Of her doubt. and he confesses his
love and asks her to marry him. Ann
declares she does not yet love him. but
sets out for vaadal iaAs n 9'q h's Ieg ishfGse
duties.
Lovejoy.. Traylor arranges m his farm a
hiding place for runaway slaves, a sta
ton on the Underground Railroad"
CHAPTER xIv.-Ann agrees to marry
Abe. but her health is wrecked. Three
runaway slaves seek Traylor's help In
s~scaping. They belong to Biggs and he
with arrest for melting tho raid on Tray
ior, he fees. One of the fugttives is BIN
In disguise. She has fed from her hus-
bands cruelty
CHAPTER xVL.-Overcoming his des-
pondenoy, lincoln returns to his work
Abolition sentiment Is crystalizing and
he throws himself Into the movement.
CHAPTER XvII.-Traylor sells his
farm and moves to Springfield. Lincoln
plans to secure a divorce for BIN in
whom she has always really loved. Nc.
Namar returns to New Salem, too late.
CHAPTER xvIII.-Traylor and Harry
Needles visit the boom city Of Chicago
where BIN, now the mother of q son, Ii
LYING with her parents She has he,
yar An un~scrupulous. rich Spectator
Lionel Davis. desires to marry BIN, bu,
he repulses him.
CHAPTER XIx.-Ruined by the PAM,
of ~, Kelso dies and BIN and hel
mother are left penniless. Davis presses
news Of Harry's death, BIN almost make
~ her mind to marry him.
F&fs ...s>
CHAPTER Xx.-Iincoln is admitted te
She bar. Traylor a~scertains that the re.
port OF Harry's death is false. He hurries
to Chicago; Davis has swindled Brim.
stead. = friend OF Traylor's, in real es-
tate deals. and Tray1or seeks to collect
the money. Smallpox breaks out al
Honey Greek. and BIN goes there as a
# nurse, 4
CHAPTER xx1.-Lineolhh at Springfield
snters into his life work. Harry Needles
comes home and at once seeks BIN.
CHAPTER XxII.-LincoIn wins Brim.
steadsS suit against Davis, thorough,
diserediting the SPECTATOR. AS an out.
81. Nights : duel with Davis. In whier
both are wounded.
.aThe surgeon said that Harry would
i've II lung fever didn't set in. II
ut Ii, but he pulled through. HI
mended slowly. / had some fear Of
arrest. but the conspiracy Of silence
kept the facts under cover. It Was
Dartiy dus, I guess, to the Friendship
n John WentW0rth for me and Hon
49,. IN keptsit out of the papers
1fefe were 40 complaints and the ru,
morn soo feil into silence.
s.The boy, tMr. N4llbIe, Is a cum,
NM little man. When he began to get
neftet. Harry loved to- play with him
NJ listen "a his talks about fairies.
young mtn 4 able to leave his
lbed y - NJ but he didn't get over
a1 1Skllknes6 md pallor. He had no
ia1eita Isspthiu With Nsickles into
EIses1sfn woods A. Ne a the