Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1921-12-16

mons. Soon after ghe arrival OF Mr..
Lincoln'a letter bic doctor gave the
young man what he called ian honor
able discharge" The magic OF youth
and Its courage and Of good air had
wrought q change Of which the able
doctor had had little hope In the be-
ginning.
In his travels through the great for
est Harry had met David Parish and
Stephen Van Rensselaer,, at whose
homes on the shore Of the ST. Law
renee he had spent many happy
summer day. Three years had passed
since that fateful morning on the prai-
RE. Through the winters he had lived
In comfortable hunters camp on the
shore OF Lake Placid. Summers he
had wandered with guide and canoe
through the lakes and rivers OF the
wilderness hunting and fishing and
reading the Law books which he had
borrowed from Judge Fine OF Ogdens-
burg. Bach summer he worked down
the 0swegatchie TO that point for
visit with his new friends. The his
tory OF every week had been written
70 BIN and her letters had reached
him at the points where he was wont
70 rest III his travels. The lovers had
not lost their ardor. Theirs was the
love 'that hopes and endures and is
| patient
On a day in June, 1871, he boarded
steamboat at Ogdensburg on his way
to Chicago. He arrived In the eve
ming and found Samson at the home
OF BIN and her mothera capacipus
and weil-furnished house on Dearborn
street. BIN was then a little over
twenty-five years old. A letter from
John Wentworth says that she was
San exquisite bit Of womanhood
learned IA the fine arts Of speech and
dress and manner
Tue store had doubled In size under
her management and with the help Of
the capital Of Samson and Sarah Tray
Tor. The epidemic had seized her
toward the lastsof her nursing and left
the marks Of It's sc0urge upon her. 1t
had marred her beauty, but Samson
writes, -the. girl was still very hand
some She was kind Of scared to meet
Harry for fear OF what he'd think of
those little marks on her face, but
told her not to worry"
'sXou are the smartest and l0veliest
looking creature that ever saw In
my life" said Harry after he had held
her In his arms q moment.
| 'But see what happened to me-
look at my face" she answered.
ut Is more beautiful than ever" he
said. "Those marks have doubled my
love for you. They are medals Of
honor better than this one that
wear. / want to marry You as soon
as possible. I've been looking for
ward to that since was sixteen"
Then think I'll take you and
marry you before you have a chance
to fight another duel"
II don't hear anything but love AMI
marriage" said Samson. We've beer
rassling down at our house to keel
Josiah from running or and getting
married. He's engaged already"
Engaged TO whom Harry asked
'aTo AnnabeI Brimstead She's /
little older than he Ia. She laughet
at him and promised to marry hin
as soon as he was nominated for Pres
ident by ell his friends. She woulo
now vote for him herself He hai
become good athlete and the bes
scholar In school. He has ever
boy and girl In the village working
for him evenings and Saturdays"
'.What are they doing2" Harr.
asked.
Making those newfangled thing
they Gull lucifers. You can build
IRE In d second with 'em. They Gu
spllnters out Of soft wood, dip thei
ends I'm birthstone which Joe learnet
how to make-and put them In hO
oven until the birthstone is baked
Then q scratch win bring fams
. Joe puts them up In bundles and sell
J them to the merchants and calls ther
! lucifer matches. He has invented
! machine that win cut and dip thor
sand splinters an hour. / tell yoV
!. Annabei is in danger"
He took a lucifer out of his poke
: and scratched 1t On the bottom Of hi
] boot, The party looked with wonde
! Ct it's flame which quickly consume
the slender thread of pine in his IN
4 gers.
Il have always thought that 10
would make a whale Of asman.' sal
Harry.
= eve all seem to be threatened wit
! immediate and overwhelming happ
ness" BIN exclaimed.
''The only thing In the way OF min
Is the national debt that have accs
INFLATED" Harry remarked.
= II knew he'd think Of something
said BIN ruefully. 'If wanted /
abolish the noble institution OF ma
riage I'd make him chairman of tn
: ways and means committee"
3 Harry, your credit Is stin GOO
with me. and I'm prosperous" samso
/. began. II want you to know thi