The Glenwood post., 1922-03-09

anything from q splint broom to
/ rocking horse with his 1ack-knife. Abe
Lincoln was one Of the many men who
knew and loved him.
On warm, bright afternoon early
in September. Bowlin Green was going
around the pasture to put his fence In
repair. when he came upon young Mr..
Lincoln. The latter sat In the shade
of tree on the hillside. He looked
terribly peaked" as Uncle Bowlin
has said in letter.
lie asked. "The whole village is
scared. Samson Traylor was here last
night lookin' for ye."
I'm like deer that's been hurt"
said the young man. II took to the
woods. Wanted to be alone. You see.
had lot of thinking to do-the kind
of thinking that every man must do
for himself I've got the brush cleared
away. at last, SO can see through. l
had made up my mind to go down to
your house for the night and was try
ing to decide whether 1 have energy
enough to do It."
"Coine on; It's only a short STEP"
urged the big-hearted Bowlin.
what feel the need Of, just now.
is a week or two Of sleep" said Mr..
Lincoln. as he rose and started down
the long hill with his friend.
Some time later Bowlin Green gave
Samson this brief account of what
happened in and about the cabin:
HE wouldn't eat anything. He
wanted to go down to the river for a
dip. and l went with him. When we
got back, I induced him to take off his
clothes and get into bed. He was fast
asleep In ten minutes. When night
came went up the ladder to bed. He
was still asleep when came down in
the morning. went out and did my
chores. Then 1 cut two venison
steaks. each about the size o. my hand.
and half moon Of bacon. pounded
the venison to pulp with little salt
and bacon mixed in. l put it on the
broiler and over a bed O hickory Goals
l got the coffee into the pot and up
next to the fire and some potatoes in
the ashes. basted bird with bacon
strips and put 1t into the roaster and
set 1t back o the broiling bed Then
1 made some biscuits and put 'em
into the oven. tell you, in little
while the smell o. that fireplace would
have woke the dead-honest. Abe
began to stir. In minute | heard
him call:
Say. Uncle Bowlin. I'm goin' to
get up an eat you out O house and
home. I'm hungry and feel like a
new man. What time is it?'
"'It'll be nine o'clock by the time
you're washed and dressed says.
well | declare says he. I've had
about sixteen hours O. solid sleep. The
world looks better to me this morn
ing
'At the table told him u story and
got little laugh out of him. He
stayed with me three weeks, choring
around the place and taking 1t easy
He read all the books had, until you
and Doc Allen came with the law
books. Then he pitched into them.
think he has changed good deal sin ,e
Ann died. He talks lot about God
and the hereafter"
In October young Mr.. Lincoln re-
turned to his surveying. and in the
last month Of the year to vandaIia for
an extra session of the Legislature,
where he took stand against the con-
rention system of nominating canli-
dates for public office. Samson went
to Nnndalia for n visit with him and
to see the place before the session end
ed. The next year. in letter to his
brother. he says:
"VnndalIa is snail. crude village.
1t has n strong flavor of whisky, pro-
family and tobacco. The night after
j got there l went to banquet with
Abe Lincoln. Heard lot about the
dam nigger-loving Yankees who were
trying to ruin the state md country
with abolition. There We're some
stories like those we used to hear in
the lumber camp, and no end OF pow
erful talk, In which the names OF God
and the Savior were roughly handled.
A few Of the statesmen got drunk. and
after the dinner was over two Of them
jumped on the table and danced down
the whole length Of 1t. shattering
plates and cups and saucers and
glasses. Nobody seemed to be able
to stop them. I heur that they Ind to
pay several hundred dollars for the
damage done You will be apt to think
that there Is too much liberty here In
the West. and perhaps that is 10, but
the fact is these men are not halt 80
bad ns they seem to be. Lincoln tells
me that they are honest. almost to
man. and sincerely devoted to the pub
lie good as they see 1t. I asked Abe
Lincoln, who all his life has associated
with rough-tongued, drinking men,
how he managed to hold his own
course and keep his talk and habits so
clean.
"'Why. the fact is.' snid he. Il have
associated with the people who lived
around me only part Of the time, hut
have never stopped assOc'ating with