The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-09-01

There n letter from sarah TO her
brother dated May, 10. 1893, In which
she sums up some months Of history
In the words that follow:
The Lord has given us new son.
have lived through the ordeal
thanks to His goodness-and am strong
again. The coming Of the baby has
reconciled us to the loss Of our old
friends as much as anything could.
II has made this little home dear TO
us and proved the quality Of our new
friends. Nothing Is too much for them
10 do. | don't wonder that Abe Lin.
coin has so much confidence IN the
people Of this country. They arr
sound at heart. both the northerners
and the southerners. Harry Needles
IL getting over his disappointment. lie
goes down TO the store often to sit
with Abe and Jack Kes0 and hear
them talk. He and Samson are get.
ting deeply interested in politics. Abe
lets Harry read the books that he Dor
rows from Major Stuart Of Springfield
The boy is bent on being a lawyer and
improving his mind BIN Kelso writes
to her mother that she Is very hap
by in her new home but there Is some
thing between the lines which seems
to indicate that she Is trying to put
good face on bad matter. Abe
has been appointed postmaster. Ev.
cry time he leaves the store he takes
the letters in his hat and delivers them
as he gets a chance. We have named
the new baby Samuel"
One evening. OF that summer. Abe
came out to the Traylors' with a let
ter In his hat for Sarah.
"Hows businessT Samson asked
"Going TO peter out, ! reckon" Abe
answered with a sorrowful look. 1T
will leave me badly in debt. I want.
ed something that would give me q
chance for study and I got II. BY
jing! II looks as II was going to
have years Of study trying to get over
II. Have you got any work TO give
me1 You know I can split rails about
as fast as the next man and I'll take
my pay In wheat or corn
you may give me all the time you
can spend outside the store" said
Samson.
That evening they had a talk about
the whisky business and its relation 10
the character Of Eliphalet Biggs and
to sundry lnfractions Of law and order
In their community. Samson had de-
clared that II was wrong TO sell
liquor
"All that kind of thing can be safe
~ left TO the common sense Of our
people," said Abe. THE remedy Is
education. not revolution. Slowly the
items in the ledger of common sense
that passes from sire TO son. BY and
by some generation will strike bal
ance. That may not come In a hun
dred years. Soon or late the major
ity OF the people will reach a reckon
ing with John Barleycorn. II there's
too much against him they will act.
You might as well try to stop a gla-
cier by building a dam In front Of II.
They have opened an account with
slavery. too. BY and by they'll de
eide its fate"
Such was his faith in the common
folk Of America whose way Of learn
ing and whose love OF the right he
knew as no man has known 1t.
In this connection the New Eng
lander wrote in his diary:
He has spent his boyhood In the
South and his young manhood In the
North. He has studied the East and
lived In the West. He Is the people
l sometimes think-and about as slow
TO make up his mind. As Isaiah says:
He does not judge after the sight OF
his eyes neither reIrove after the hear
ing Of his ears Abe has to think
about it,"
In April Abe wrote another address
10 the voters announcing that he was
again candidate for seat In the
legislature. Late that month Harry
walked with him to Pappsville where
crowd had assembled 10 attend
public sale. At one place there were
men in the crowd who knew Harry's
record In the war They called on
him for speech. He spoke on the
ppa1 of tho rnaano ~ characterization