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. CHAPTER I.-samson and Sarah Tray: Tor, with their two children, Josiah and DstSey. travel by wagon froTn the1r home Sons Hy of the sansamon. in illinois.
 nset . party of immigrants, among them . youth named John McNei, who also 44ades to go to the Sangamon country: aEpe. Sarah 8, ,ministrations save the life et' . youth, Harry Needles, in the last atAges of fever, and he accompaniSs the and are welcomed by young Abe Lin- coln.
 first acqualntances are iineoin's friends, Jack KelsoN and his pretty daughter Birn. D years of age
 CHAPTER Iv.-Samson decides to To- cate at New Salem, and begins building his house. Led by Jack Armstrong, 1Es. Lincoln thrashes Armstrong;. Young Harry Needles strikes Bap McNoll, of the Armstrong crowd, and McNoll threat ens vengeance. .... a-f CHAPTER y-l few days later Harry, alone, is attacketr by. McNon and hi. gang. ans woald hays been rorghA SssSf S shotguI..e John McNeil,C thee TraylUTx Niagara Falls acqu uaintahce, is markedly ats ,ts to Ann sdss aspin SsS ], R courage to tei' so. "t .# CHAPTER VI. = Traylor helps two to escape, Eliphalet Biggs. owner of the slaves. following them, attempts to beat up Traylor and in fight has his arm broken.
 CHAPTER vII.-Waiung for his arm to. heal Biggs meets Bim Kelso, with whom Harry Needles has fallen in love. Biggs asks for Bim's hand but her turns to St Louis.
 CHAPTER .VIII-Bim confesses to Harry that she loves Biggs. and the seek seat in the Legislature. He and Harry volunteer for the Black Hawk war, and leave New Salem.
 CHAPTER K.-Biggs comes back to the village and he and Bim elope Harry learns of 1t on his way home from the war Ldncoln's advice and philosophy sustain him in his grief.
 CHAPTER x.-LAncoln, defeated in his candidacy. for the legislature. forms a partnership with .'Bflr' Berry in the grocery business. Biggs sends gang to burn Traylors house, but the New Salem men are warned and the raiders worsted. CHAPTER M.-Ldncoln. now post master, decides to run again for the legislature. Ann Rutledge is openly in love, with John McNeil. He leaves for turn soon and marry Ann Iineoin ac- cepts his defeat manfully. No word com ing from McNeil, Ann confesses to Abe fears T that he n will 'T not o return n Lincoln ng in his deep love endeavors to reassure her, though he shares her misgiytngs -Ancoln wins his seat in the legislature.
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Tor. with their two children, Josiah and potsey, travel by wagon from their homo t4 Vergennes, Vt, to the West, the land try Of the Sangamon, in Illinois.
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Copyrights Irving BacheIler
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SHAPTER N.-Biggs comes back to the. village and he and Bim elope. Harry learns of 1t on his way home from the war" Lincoln's advice and philosophy sustain him in his grief VI
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CHAPTER Villain confesses to Harry that she loves Biggs, and the youth iS disconsolate. Lincoln decides to seek q seat in the legislature. He and Harry volunteer for the Black Hawk war and leave New Salem.
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alone, is attacketl by McNoll andI hd1 gang, and wolld have been roughhT 1s9f had not Bim driven of his assailanD wiH; Bhotgui..e John MoNetl,t theC Trayl0rN
 Niagara Falls acqU 9intahce, is markedly attentive to Ann ? t1edge. Lincoln is in love with Ann, D. as never had enough courage to tel so. " #..-
The Washington times., 1922-11-26
CHAUNcEY M DEPEw.
Chats With Great Men of
Past Reveal Many Con-
sidered Joking a Peril

the public was Practically con-
victed Of Mr.. Beecher's innocence.
The jury. however, disagreed. a
few holding out agains, him. The
case was never again brought to
trial. The trial lasted six months.
One evening when was in
Peekskill went from our old
honest cad into the crowded part
of the village. to be with. old
friends. I saw there a large
crowd and also the village mill.
tary and fire companies. / asked
what II was all about, and was
informed that the whole town was
going out to Mr.. Beecher's house.
which was about one and one-half
miles from the village, to Join In
a demonstration for his vindica.
ton. took step with one Of
the companies to which belonged
when I was a boy. and marched
out with the crowd.
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Story a Boomerang.

A story which illustrates and
snforces the arg iment helps . 20
hticsl speech, and It 10 often the
only part Of the speech which Is
remembered. I have often had
people say to me: II heard you
speak thirty. forty or fifty
years Ego and this Is the story
you told" Sometimes. however.
the story may prove a boomerang
In the most unexpected way.
For many years. when I spoke
In northern New York I was al
ways met at the Syracuse station
BY . superintendent of:the Lack.
awanna Railroad with Q special
train filled with friends. He car.
ried me up 10 my destination and
brought me back IN the morning.
II was his Erea. da., Of the year.
and during the trip he was fun
Of "reminiscences. and mainly Of
the condolences reposed In him by
the president Of the road, my old
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Daniel Webster.

Hugh J. Hastings At one time
sditor and proprietor OF the Al
hany Knickerbocker. and subse-
Quentiy Of the New York Com
merciai Advertiser. was fun Of
valuable rem niscences. He be-
gan life In Journalism a. q very
young man under Thurlow Weed.
This association made him a whig.
Very few Irishmen belonged to
that party. Hastings was q born
politician and organised an Irish
Whig club. He told me that he
worshiped Daniel Webster.
Webster. he said. once stopped
over ~ Albany while passing
through the State. and became q
guest Of one OF Albany's leading
citisens and tts most generous
host and entertainer, The gentle
man gave In webstsr's honor q
large dinner. ai which were pres
snt sn The netahlss ef the capital.
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A Loyal Supporter.

Hastings said that when Web
ster began his speech he was a
near his idol as possible and
stood right in front OF him.
When the statesman made
gesture to emphasize a sentence
he lost his hold on the balustrade
and pitched forward. The young
Irishman was equal 10 the occa-
sion and interposed an athletic
arm. which prevented Mr.. Web.
ster from falling. and held him
until he had finished his address.
The fact that he could continue
his address under such conditions
increased. II that was possible. the
admiration Of young Hastings.
Webster was one Of the few men
who. when drunk all over, had a
sober head.
The speech was very effective.
not only to that audience, but,
as reported, all over the country.
Hastings was sent for and es-
corted to the dining.room. where
the guests had reassembled. Web
ster grasped him by the hand.
and In his most Jovian way ex-
claimed: Young man, you pre-
vented me from disgracing my.
self. ! thank you and will never
forget you" Hastings reported
his feelings as such that II nc
had died tha. night he had re.
ceived of life all II had which
was worth living for. -
do not know what were Mr.
Wehster's drinking hah's, but the
popular r"por's in regard 70 them
had a very Injurious effoc' upon
Young mon and es1ecia,lr vounc
lawyers. II was the urivnrsa'
conversation that Webster was un
able to DO his hes, work and have
his mind AT It's highes' efficiency
except under the influence OF
copious drafts OF brandy. Many
a young lawyer believing this,
drank to excess. not because he
loved alcohol. but because he be-
ueved It's use might make him a
second Webster.
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gressive Republican Senators win
not effect a party organization Of
the upper chamber unless they
can dictate their terms. Western
Republican and Southern Demo.
cratic Senators have more than
once made ducks and brakes Of
Old Guard plans. La Toilette
held up the Senate In 1919 when
1t reorganized and demanded rec
ognition the Standpatters did not
wish to accord him. And he did
it without making any promises
to play in their back yard. He
held the whiphand and they
couldn't even secure his vote
for the Fordney tariff. With
more men Of La Follette's inde-
pendence. who can predict what
the ner s nate will do?
BILL. WITHOUT A NAME.
There is bitter feeling among
Western Republican members Of
the House against the treatment
accorded them. This Is particu-
larly seen in the Wisconsin dele
CATION. Though Labelled Re-
publican they were denied pat.
ronage by the Administ rat ion
and have nursed their grievances.
Their unprecedented majority on
the seventh will naturally make
them more belligerent-
There were not a few acts Of
insurgency at the last session Of
the House when progressive Re.
publlcans Joined with the Dem.
ocra;s In defeating the administra.
ton plans an to full reduction OF
income taxes and certain tariff
schedules Some went so far as
to vote against the Fordney.Mc.
Cumber bill. The only thing West
ern Republicans contributed tc
the new tariff act is it's name.
and Fordney. having foreseen the
coming storm wherein his State
elected a Democratic low tariff
Senator. resigned McCumber. the
other protection author of the high
tax bill. was defeated In the pri-
maries. The tariff measure 10
headless. II should be given q
new name as long az 1t cumbers
the statute books. and ] suggest
II be named the Orphan Brat. No
body defends It and nobody want.
ed It except the interests which
will collect annually three and q
half billion dollars subsidy out Of
II.
TIRED OF BAY STATE RULE.
The present Congress has been
ruled by Massachusetts, and the
East. Mondell. the so-called leader.
was from Wyoming but the com.
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S9ward's house. He said to me:
Tam very glad to see you Have
you your pencil and notebook? II
20. we Will make q speech After
the dictation Mr.. Seward said:
Please write that out on every
third line, % ns to leave room
for corrections and bring II back
to me In the morning When I
gave the copy to Mr.. Seward he
took it and kept It during the
day, and when returned in the
evening the vacant spaces had
been filled with correct .ons and
new matter. Mr. Seward said to
me: Now. make me q clean
copy - corrected When re-
turned with the corrected copy he
remarked: I think you and I
made q very poor speech. Lot
u try II again The same pro-
cess was repeated q second time.
and this corrected copy Of tn.
speech was delivered In part to a
few friends who were called into
Mr.. seward's library for the oc-
casion. The next morning these
headlinee appeared in all the
leading papers In tho country:
Great Speech on Behalf Of the
Administration by the Secretary
of State At q Big Mass Meeting
au Auburn, N. T."
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"aUMOR I'm POLITICS LIABILITY
AT ELECTION"- "---Chauncey Depew

Hastings organized q procession
which grew to enormous proper
tions by the time II reached the
residence where Mr.. Webster was
lining. When the guests came
nut. 1t was evident, according to
Hastings. that they had been din
ng too well. This was not singu-
ar. because then no dinner was
perfect in Albany unless there
we're thirteen Courses and thir.
teen different kinds Of wine and
he whole closed up with the fam
rus Regency rum. which had been
secured by Albany bon vivants
.'efore the insurrection In the
Vest Indies had stopped It's man.
ufacture. There was a kick In
which. II there had been no
other brands preceding. was fatal
TO all except the strongest heads.
| tested It's power myself when
| was In office in Albany fifty-odd
years ago.
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By MUN1R HAIRl BEY.
Famous Turkish Author.

twrittsn for Universal servics.)
PARIS. Nov. 2S.
I" HE idea that Halide Edib
Hanoum, the Turkish poet.
u ess, wife OF Adnen Bey, vice.
president Of the Angora National
Assembly, is a rarity among p1rk
lsh women arises from an entire
misconception Of the role Of Turk.
ish women on the part Of foreign.
ers.
Malicious literature has made
the Turk the herb of q hundred
voluptuous legends. all exaggerat.
cd where they are not absolute
fiction.
Turkey has had many great
women. Princess Diem Fitnat.
who lived during the reign Of
Louis XIV. was perhaps the most
celebrated. Her satirical works
have been published In all Ian.
guages.
In the fourteenth century, Prin.
cess Neyloufer created universities
and was famous In the literary
world. In the reign Of Suliman
the Magnificent Princess Roxaian.
once q fruit seller. played . con-
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Lincoln Story Pointed.

The president of the village and
leading ci'izcns. one after an
other. mounted the platform.
Th'"h "as 'hr pia-ys Of Mr..
BE. Oh r's house. and expressed
their confidence N him and the
confidence OF his neiehbors, the
v'lpserr Then Mr. Beecher said
to me: sYou were horn In this
'own and are known ail over The
country. n you feel like saying
something II would travel far"
OF course. 7 was very plad Of the
onpor' unity because I believed
In him.
In tire course OF nv speech I
told story which had wonderful
vogue 7 said: "Mr. Lincoln told
me Of an experience he had In his
early practice when he was de.
tending q man who had been &C.
oused Of a vicious assault upon a
neighbor. There were no wit
nesses. and under the laws Of evi-
dence at that time the accused
could not testify. So the com.
plainant had II all his own way.
The only opportunity Mr.. Lincoln
had to help his client was to
break down the accuser on
cross-examination. Mr.. Lincoln
said he saw that the accuser was
. boastful and bumptious man.
and % asked him: "How much
ground was there over which you
and my cl ent fousht?' The wit
ness answered proudly: Six
acres, Mr.. Lincoln Well said
Lincoln. don't you think this was
. mighty small crop Of fight to
raise on such . large farm7' Mr..
Lincoln said the Judge laughed
and 20 did the district attorney
and the Jury. and the client was
acquitted"
: The appositeness was In the six
acres Of ground Of the Lincoln
trial and Of the six months Of the
Beecher trial. A. this was Q new
story Of Lincoln's. which had
never been printed. and as II re-
lated to the trial Of the most IA.
nous Of preachers on the worst
Of charges that could be made
aga nst q preacher. the story was
printed all over the country. and
from friends and consular agents
who sent me clippings found
was copied In almost every coun.
try In the world.
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THE TURK OF CRUEL
LEGEND is NO MORE

siderable role In national polite.
These were no, "harem women
~ 10 generally supposed. Besides,
what IL Q harem? Harem In Tui7t
ish means wife. My harem ID my,
wife. My harem 10 also he bed
room Of my wife and myself II
is no, q place Of orgies. even in the
homes Of the pashas.
The nobility Of the Turkish race
In strongly attached to monogam,
his wife Ia invaribly Jealous a d
the pasha 10 not admitted into III,
harem where his wife's- serving
women and ladies Of her suite
live.
AZ custom forbids the wife to
enter the Salamlek. reserved for
the husbands uses only, ia"
pasha and his wife meet IN an
apartment situated between the
Salamlek and the harem. This
place 10 called the madeline
odassi.
The sultan himself never enters
the private apartments OF his
wife-that IL to say. his harem-
without the express permission Of
the chief eunuch.
The Turk of cruel legend 10 m
moro.
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when he was one Of the speak
ers after an important dinner. 1t
was q rare treat to hear him.
The effort apparently was i'm.
promptu. and that added to Its
effect upon his auditors. That 1t
was thoroughly prepared I found
by hearing It several times. al.
ways unchanged and always pro-
ducing the same thrilling effect.
He spoke one night at Cooper
Institute at q celebration by the
colored people Of Mr.. Lincoln's
proclamation emancipating then
from slavery. As usual he was
master Of the occasion and of his
audience. He was then deliver
ing q series Of addresses attack
ing the Bible. His mind was full
of that subject. and apparently
he could not help assailing the
faith If the negroes by asking.
II there was a God Of justice and
mercy. why did he leave them so
long In slavery or permit them
ever to be slaves.
To an emotional audience like
the one before him It was a mos
dangerous attack upon faith.
was so fond OF he colonel and
such an in,ense admirer Of him.
hated to coni,uvert him, but
fell IL was Necessary to do So
The religious farvor which 10 so
intense with 'hr colored people.
made II compa. az ely easy to re.
store their fai h II II had been
weak, ned and 10 bring them to a
recognition OF n fact that their
blessings had all come from God
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r, CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW.

tCov, right. 1879. by Charles )scrtbner'
Sons Published by arnAng eusent
with The Wheeler Syndicate. Incl
IN the course of the campaign
Il of 1855 ] had as fellow speak
Il ers many times on the plat
form statesme1 Of national repu
ton These gentlemen. with few
esr.ptions. made heavy. ponder
Gus. and platitudinous speeches
II they ever had possessed humoi
they were afraid of 1t. The
crowd. however. would invariably
desert the statesman for the
SPEAKER who could give them
amusement with instruction. The
elder statesmen said by way Of
advice: "While the people want
20 be amused, they have no taith
in a man or woman with wit or
anecdote. When II comes to the
election Of men to conduct public
affairs. they invariably prefer seri-
Gus men," There Ii no doubt that
. reputation for wit has seriously
impaired the prospects Of many
Of the ablest men In the country.
Tho only exception to this rule
was Abraham Lincoln. But when
he ran for president the first time
he was comparatively unknown
outside his State of Illinois. The
campaign managers In their lit
srature put forward only his seri.
Gus speeches. which were very re-
markable. especially the one he
delivered in Cooper Union. New
York. which deeply impressed the
thoughtful men Of the East. He
could safely tell stories and jokes
after he had demonstrated his
greatness AZ President. Then the
people regarded his story-telli &
as the necessary relief and relaxa.
ton Of an overburdened and over.
worked public servant But be-
fore he had demonstrated his
genius as an executive, they would
probably have regarded these same
traits as evidences OF frivolity,
uniting the possessor for great
and grave responsibilities.
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The Peril Of Humor.

] had q very interesting talk on
the subject with General Garfield,
when he was running for Presi.
dent He very kindly said to me:
"You have every qualification for
success In public life: you might
get anywhere and to the highest
places except for your humor. I
know its great value TO a sp, aker
before an audience, hut It is dan.
gerOus at the polls. When ! be-
gan IN politics. soon after gradu.
atioi. I found ] had a keen sense
Of humor. and that made me the
most sought.after of all our neigh
bOrhood speakers. but also som
discovered II was seriously i'm.
pairing the public opin on Of me
for responsible positions. so ! DE-
cided to cut Il out. II was very
difficult. but have succeeded
Do thoroughly tina, I can no longer
tell story or appreciate the point
Of one when 1t IL told to me. Had
] followed my natural bent
would not now be the ca didate Of
my party for President Of the
United States"
When look back over sixty.
five years on the platform In pub
lie speaking. ano the success Of
different methods before audi.
snces. political. literary. business.
or . legislature itself. and espe.
cially whsn I consider my own
pleasure In the efforts. the results
and compensations have been Tar
greater than the attainment of
any office. For. after all. Q man
might be dull and Q bore to him.
self and others for q lifetime and
have the rsputs ton of being a
serious thinker and Q solid citizen,
and yet never reach the Press.
dsncy.
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and valued friend, Samuel Sloan.
One TALL he failed to appear.
and there was no special train to
meet me. I was told by friends
that the reason was his wife had
died and he was mourning. The
morning after the meeting ! start.
ed to call upon him. but was in
formed that he was very hostile
and would not see me. I was not
going to lose an old friend like
that and went up to his office.
A. soon a. l entered he said: Go
away: I don't want to see you
again" I appealed to him. say.
ing: II cannot lose 90 good a
friend a. you. II there Is any.
thing ! have done or said I will
do everything In my power to
make Il right"
He turned on me sharply AMI
with great emotion told this
story: MY wife and I lived In
loving harmony for over thirty
years. and when she died recently
was heartbroken. The whole
town was sympathelic; most Of
the business houses closed during
the hour of the funeral. I had
arranged to have ministers whom
my wife admired. and with them
selected passages Of Scrip
tures and hymns to which she
was devoted. A new minister In
town was Invited by the Others
to participate. and without my
knowledge. looked over the
congregation, all Mary's friends.
81 listened to the services,
which Mary herself would have
chosen. and said to Mary's spirit.
which I knew to be lowering
about: We are all paying you
loving tributa. Then the new
minister had for his part the an.
nouncement and reading Of q
hymn. At the last Republican
convention at Saratoga. In order
to illustrate the condition Of the
Democratic party. you told u
story about a boy walking among
the children's graves In the old
cemetery at Peslxskill. eating
green apples and whistling
Nearer. My God, to Thee The
new minister gave that hymn,
Nearer. My God. to Tn se.' Your
story came up In my mind and {
burst out laughing. dlsgracei
myself. insu!ted the memory OF
Mary and never want 10 zee
,,~,, s~siuw "
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"Deliuers" a Speech.

Having lived in that atmosphere.
tried the experiment myself.
Happily for me. discovered how
utterly false 1t Is. tried the
hard liquors. brandy. whisky and
gin. and then the wines. I found
that all had a depressing and
deadening effect upon the mind.
but that there was a certain ex.
hilaration, though not q healthy
one. in champagne. also dis
covered, and found the same was
true with everyone else. that the
mind works best and produces the
more satisfactory results without
any alcohol whatever.
doubt II any speaker. unless
he has become dependent upon
stimulants. can use them before
making an important effort With.
out having his mental machinery
more or less clogged. ! know
It 10 reported that Addison. whose
English has been the model Of
succeeding genera a,ions, In writ.
ing his best essays wore the car
pet out while walking between
sentences from the sideboard
where the brandy was to his
writing.table. But they had heroic
constitutions and iron-ciad diges-
tive apparatus In those times.
which have not been transmitted
to their descendants.
Henry J. Raymond told me the
following story Of william Fl.
Seward. He said that one morn.
Ing q messenger came to his Of
flee fRaymond at that time was
editor Of the New York Times)
and said that Mr. Seward was 1t
the Astor House and wanted to
see me. When arrived Mr..
Seward said: "i am on my way
TO my home at Auburn, where I
arm expected to deliver . speech for
the whole country In explanation
and defense Of our administration.
johnson was PresidentJ When
I am ready I win wire you. and
then send me one Of your best
reporters" About two weeks
afterward Mr.. Raymond received
this cryptic telegram from Mr..
Seward: "send me the man Of
whom I spoke"
When the reporter returned he
said to Mr.. Raymond: "when I
arrived at Auburn I expected that
a great meeting had been adver-
tised. but there Wre no hapd.
bills, nptsess or anything In ms
'ooai Pesra % went up 70 Ar.