The Arvada enterprise., 1922-01-12
CHAPTER VI.

Which Describes the Lonely Life In
. Prairie Cabin and . stirring A.
venture sn the Underground Rail.
reaa About the Time u Began op.
sratlens.
When samson paid Mr.. G0llaher, =
"detector" calne with the latter to look
at the money before Il was accepted.
There were many counterfeits and bills
good only at 4 certain discount Of
face value going about those days aud
the detector was In great request. d.
rectly after moving In. Samson dug n
well and lined 1t with q hollow log.
He bought tools and another team and
then he and Harry began their fall
plowinx. Day after day for weeks
they paced with their turning furrOws
until q hundred acres. stretching half
mile to the west and well to the
north Of the house. were black with
them. Fever aud ague descended up
on the little home In the early winter.
In . letter to her brother. dated
January 4th. 1857. Sarah writes:
I'VE have been longing for news
from home. but not q word has come
from you. II don't seem a. II We could
stand II unless Ne hear from you or
sOne Of the folks once IL Q while.
We are not dead just because We are
4 thousand miles away. We want to
hear from you. Please write and let
us know how father und mother are
and all the news. We have all been
sick with the fever and ague. II il
beautiful country and the soil 10 very
rich. but there In sOne sickness. Sam
son and ] were both sick at the same
time. never knew Samson to give
up before. He couldn't 70 On. his head
ached %. Little Joe helped me get
the nrs started and brought some va
ter and waited on US. Harry Needles
had gone away to Springfield for Mr..
ORut with . drove Of hogs. Two 9th.
er boys are with him. He Is going to
buy . new suit. He IL \ very proud
boy. Joe aud Betsey got back with
the doctor At nine. That night Abe
Lincoln came and sat up with US and
gave Us our medicine and kept the
hrs going. Il was comical to zee him
lying beside Joe In his trundle beti.
with his long legs sticking over the
end Of II and bis feet standing on the
floor about . yard from the bed. lie
was spread all over the place. lie
talked about religion aud his views
would shock most Of our friends In the
East. He doesn't believe In the kind
about or any eternal hell. lie says
that nobody knows anything about the
hereafter. except that God 10 kind
and forglving father and that all men
are His children. lie says that va
Gun only serve God by serving each
other. lie seems to think that every
man, Eootl or bnd, black o. white. rich
Or poor. is his brother. lie thinks
that Henry Clay. next to Daniel Web
ster. 10 the greatest man In the cOun.
try. lie In studying hard. Expects 70
20 out and make speeches for Clay
next summer. lie Ii quite severe In
his talk against General Jackson. lie
and Samson agree In politics and re-
lision. They are . good deal alike.
lie 10 very fond Of Samson and Hnr.
ry--calls them his partners. We love
this big awkward giant. His feet ars
set 10 the straight way and We think
that ~ y going to make his mark Ia
the world.
"Yeu said you would come cut next
spring to look about Please deo1
d!sappolnt ~. think Il would almos,
break my heart. an counting IN
dayA Deaf - afraid q fever and
aSus. oaplagtsa1 pitts cure II 10 thrrl