The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1922-02-10

Jingl It looks q e I was going .
have years Of study trying to ct ovss
Il Have you got any work 10 dive
mof You know ! can split railg about
- fast ~ the nsxt mar ana IN taHs
my pay in wheat a. cora"
Tea NAY give ne III ~ dine ~
an eesnA estsads ne seseA" "a
0aIsG6.
That evening ti,sy hsd . talk abcsf
IL whisky business and IL reiatteo b
~ character a Niphalst Dlees ana
- sun1ry in1sAEdens = law and eeder
In their communlty. 0Amoon had Do
dared that Il was wrong to I'll
hS1ss.
"AlI hat kind of thing can b safs.
" ~ u ~ cpmmqp .Qsnse o{ sVrt
people" 0id Abe. 1fhe remedy 3
sducatlsn. net rsveluuen. Slowly the
people VIII have - * down Ill ths
items IN tAs ledgsf q common sense
that passss from sire 70 son. By and
BY some generation win strike 4 bal
ance.. That may not come In a hun
dred Year,. Soon or late the major
ity Of the people win reach a reckon
ing with John Barieycorn. II there's
too much against him they will act.
You might a well try to stop . gla-
cier by building . 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 it
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 reprove after the hear
ing of his ears Abe has to think
about it."
In April Abe wrote another address
to the voters announcing that he was
again a candidate for a seat In the
legislature. Late that month Harry
walked with him to P%appsville where
q crowd had assembled to attend q
public sale. At q place there were
men In the crowd who knew Harry's
record In the war. They called on
him for a speech. He spoke on the
need Of the NEAR Of transportation
In Sangamon county with such insight
and dignity and convincing candoE
that both Abe and the audience hailed
him az q coming man Abe and he
were often seen together those days.
In New Salem they were called the
disappointed lovers. 1t was known
there that Abe was very fond Of Ann
Rutledge. although he had not. a. yet,
openly confessed to any ene-not even
to Ann-there being no show Of hops
for him. Ann vas deeply in love with
John McNeil-the genial, handsome
and successful young Irishman. The
affair had reached the stage Of frank
ness, Of ar open discussion Of plans
Of fond affection expressing itself ir
caresses quite Indifferent to rdicule
For Ann 1t had been like warm sun
light on the growing ose She wal
heater In dress, l0velier in form anG
color, more graceful In movement and
sweeter-voiced than ever she had been
1t Is the old way that Nature has O
preparing the young to come out upol
the stage Of real life and to act In 1T
moving scenes. Abe manfully CAV
them his best wishes and when h
spoke Of Ann it was done very ten
derby. The look Of sadness, which al
had noted in his moments Of abstraC
ton. deepened and often covered hi
face with its veil. That is anothe
way that Nature has Of preparing tn
and only the thoms remain. The
are not lured; they seem to be driver
to their tasks, but for all. o o
late. her method changes.
On a beautiful morning Of June
1884, John Mcneil left the village
Abe Lincoln and Harry and Samson
and. Sarah and Jack KelsO and hi
wife stood with the Rutledges In tn
dooryard Of the tavern when he rod
away. He was going back to hi
home in the East to return In the AT
tumn and make Ann his bride. TIL
girl wept as II her heart would brea
when he turned far down the roa
and waved his hand to her.
"Oh. my pretty lass! Do you ne
hear the birds singing in the meat
Ows?" said Jack Kelso. Think {
the happiness all around you and
the greater happiness that Is comm
when he returns Shame on you"
I'm afraid he'll never come back,
Ann sobbed.
Nonsense! Don't get a maggot
your brain and let the crows 81 wall
ing over your face. Come. We TAI
a ride In the meadows and if Ion
bring you back laughing sou may ca
me no prophet"
So the event passed.