Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1921-12-09

we 40 now DeI0re Ln0C case endS.
saw your beautiful little boy. He loolli
so much like you that long to steal
him and keep him with me-"
In few days he received this brief
reply:
Dear Harry: Your letter pleased
and panied me. have been so tossed
about that don't know quite where ]
stand. For a long time my life has
been nothing but series Of emotions.
What Honest Abe may be able to
pgove know not, but am sure that.
he canlot disprove the fact that Mr..
Davis has been kind and generous to
ne. For that cannot ever cease to
be grateful. / should have married
him before now but for one singular
circumstance. My little boy cannot be
made to like him. he will have moth
ing to do with Mr.. Davis, He win not
be bribed or coerced. saw In this 3
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.
srm glad you like the boy. He is
wonderful child. named him Ne
hemiah for his grandfather. We call
him MIN and sometimes Mr.. Nimble'
because he is 80 lively. I'm homesick
to see him and you. / am going to
Dixon to teach and earn money for
mother and the baby. Don't tell any.
one where / am and above all don't
come to see me until In good heart l
can ask you to come.
"God bless you'll
'BIM."
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 consequence
Of the collapse Of the boom there had
been no such proceeds. AS to the I'M
derstanding upon which the notes
we're drawn, there was a direct issue
Of veracity for which Abe Lincoln
was exceedingly well prepared. His
cross-examination was as merciless
as sunlight falling round a helpless
thing" II was kindly and polite In
tone but relentless In its searching.
When 1t ended, the weight Of Davis
character had been accurately estab-
lished. In his mastery summing up
Mr.. Lincoln presented every circum-
stance In favor Of the defendants po-
sition. With remarkable insight he
anticipated the arguments of his at
torney. He presented them fairly and
generously to the court and jury. Ac-
cording to Samson the opposing law
yers admitted in a private talk that
Lincoln had thought Of prescriptions
In favor Of Davis which had not oc-
Cured to them. Therein lay the char
acteristic Of Mr.. Llncoln's method In a
lawsuit
at was a safe thing for him to do,
for he never took case In which jus
tice was not clearly on his side," Sam
son writes. "If he had been deceived
as to the merits Of case he would
drop 1t. With the sword Of justice In
his hand he was rinvlncible."
a judgment was rendered In favor
Of the plaintiffs for the full amount of
their claim with costs. The character
of Lionel Davis had been sufficiently
revealed. Even the credulous Mrs.
Kelso turned against him. Mr.. Lin
coins skill ~ a lawyer was recognized
In the north as well ms in the middle
counties. From that day forth no
man enjoyed like popularity IN Taze-
well county.
When Samson and Harry Needles
left the courthouse, there seemed to
be no obstacle between the young man
and the contamination of his wishes.
Unfortunately, as they were going
down the steps Davis, who blamed
Samson for his troubles, flung an In
suit at the sturdy Vermonter. Sam
son, who had then arrived at years Of
firm discretion, was little disturbed by
the anger Of a man SO dlscredlted.
But Harry, on the sound Of the hate
4uA WOEQOg uuu ACaRCu A0AWaA0 uAu
dealt the Spectator a savage blow In
the face which for few seconds had
deprived him of the power of speech
That evening friend OF Davis called
at the City hall with challenge. The
hot-blooded young soldier accepted 1t
against the urgent counsel Of Samson
Traylor, Mr.. Lincoln having left the
city.
AS to the details Of the tragic scene
that followed next day, the writer
has little knowledge. Samson was
not the type of man for such a chron-
icle. The diary speaks OF his part In
it with shame and sorrow and re-
morse. We know that It 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 us they met Davis and
one friend OF the latter and two sur
geons. It is evident, too, that great
secrecy had been observed in the plan