Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-10-27
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~ n Iel!'ns ~ IT,; 20 inc west. the land
try OF the Sangamon. In Illinois.
CHAPTER Il.-At Niagara Falls they
youth named John Mcneil, who also
decides to go to the Sangamon country.
AZ! OF the party suffer from fever and
aSue. sarah'g ministrations save the life
stages Of fever. and he accompanies the
Iray!ors. They reach New Salem, Illinois.
and are welcomed by young ABE Lin
coin.
CHAPTER In.-Among the Traylors
nrst acQuaintances are Lincoln's friends.
JACK kelso and his pretty daughter BIN.
16 years Of age.
CHAPTER Iv:-samson decides to To-
cate cat a at New Salem. and begins building
rowdies attempt to break up the proceed
ings Lincoln thrashes Armstrong. Young
H, Harry Needles strikes Bap McNoll. Of
ems vengeance.
CHAPTER VA few days later Harry.
alone. Is attacked by, McNoll and his
had not BIN driven of his assailants with
shotgun. John Mcneil, the Traylors'
s N'agara Fails acquaintance. is markedly
love with Ann. but has never had enough
courage to tell her so.
slsY nAP VIZ ba VI run Trayloa helps two
to escape. Eliphalet Biggs, owner Of the
slaves. following them. attempts to beat
up Traylor and in q fight has his arm
CHAPTER VE-Waitins for his arm
to heal Blggs meets BIN kelso. with
ssss a asEs f Needles has fallen in love
father refusee his consent, BieRs re-
turns to St. Louis.
CHAPTER v1I1-Bim confesses to
Harry that she loves Biggs, and the
youth is disconsolate. Lincoln decides to
seek seat in the legislature. He and
and leave New Salem
CHAPTER !x.-Biggs comes back to
tne village and he and BIN elope. Harry
war" Lincoln's advice and philosophy
sustain him in his grief.
day or two later Abe and Harry
went to Springfield. Their reason for
the trip lay in talk between the post
master and Jack Kelso the night be-
fore as they sat by the latter's fire.
side.
''I've been living where there was
no one to find fault with my parts Of
speech or with the parts of my legs
which were not decently covered"
said Abe. "The sock district Of my
person has been without representa-
tion in the legislature Of my intellect
up to it's last session. Then we got
bill through for local improvements
and the, governor has approved the
appropriation. Suddenly we discov-
ere,l that there was no money in the
treasury. But Samson Traylor has
offered to buy an issue of bonds Of
the amount Of fifteen dollars
"I'm glad to hear you declsre in
favor of external improvelren sad
Kelso. "We've all been too much so-
sorbed by internal improvements.
You're on the right trail, Abe: You've
been thinking of the public ear and
too little Of the public eye. We must
show some respect for both"
"Sometimes think that comedy
dress ought to 60 with comedy die
tion," said Abe. But that's thing
you can't learn in books. There's no
grammarian of the language of dress.
Then I'm so big and awkward. It's
a rather hopeless problem"
you're in good company" Kelso
assured him. Mature guards her best
men with some sort Of singularity,
not attractive to others. Often she
makes them odious with conceit or
deformity or dumbness or garrulity.
Dante was such poor talker that
no one would ever ask him to dinner.
If 1t had not been so presume his
muse would have been sadly crippled
by Indigestion. If you had been q
good dancer and a lady's favorite.
wonder If you would have studied
Kirkham and Burns and Shakespeare
and Blackstone and Starl.ie, and the
science of surveying and been elected
to the legislature. wonder If you
could even have whipped Jack Arm
strong"
"Or have enjoyed the friendship Of
Bill Berry and acquired national
debt, or have saved ny irape-tled
country in the war with Black Hawk 81
Abe laughed.
In the matter Of dress the 2ost:res.
ter had great confidence in the taste
and knowledge Of his young friend,
Harry Needles, whose neat appear
ance Abe regarded with serious ad.
miration. So he asked Harry to 60
with him on his new mission and help
to choose the goods and direct the
20 h0 1T r,I,
ly important enterprise.
"Our appropriation is only fifteen
dollars" said Abe as they came In
sight of "the big village" on warm
bright day late in October. "Of course
I can't expect to make myself look
: like the President Of the United
States with such a sum, but want Ia
look like respectable citizen Of thu