The Glenwood post., 1922-01-12
SYNOPSIS.

AOEs WIN IuelT LWOs CLll0Teu, JO6lan ana
Sstsey. travel by wagon from their home
"a vergennes, Vt, to the West. the land
e plenty. Their destina tion is the Coun-
" OF the Sangamon. In ulinolS.
CHAPTER u.-At Niagara Falls they
meet party OF immigrants, among them
s.eSss to So to the Woo eo1nery aso
AL Of the party suffer from fever and
a(ue. Sarah's ministrations save the lie
Sas.. Of fever % and sss he assompanies m s lss the
TfAylors. They reach New Salem, Illinois,
and are welcomed by young ABE" Lin
CHAFrER ul.-Among the Traylors'
Qrst AcQuaintances are Lncoln's friends.
Jeek kslso and his pretty daughter BIN.
There was q powerful prejudice
in Kentucky against the Yankees"
Abe went on. Down there they used
to tell about a Yankee who sold his
hogs and was driving them to town.
On the way he decided that he he'd
sold them too cheap. He left them
with his drover In the road. and went
on to town and told the buyer that he
would need help to bring 'em in
e Allows thatr the buyer asked.
why they git away an go to run
min through the woods an fields an
We can't keep up With EN-
1T don't think want en-. says
the buyer. "A speedy hog hasn't
much pork to carry. I'll give 70
twenty bits to let me off,"
II guess that Yankee had one more
hog than he'd counted" said Samson.
whatever prejudice you may find
here will soon vanish." said Kelso,
turning to the newcomer. 81 have
great respect for the sturdy sons Of
New England. believe 1t was Theo-
dore Parker who said that the pine
was the symbol Of their character.
He was right. Its roots are deep in
the soil 1t towers above the forest:
the substance of the builder In Its
body, music In Its waving branches and
turpentine In Its veins. thought Of
this when I saw Webster and heard
him speak at Plymouth
What kind Of looking man is
he?" Abe asked.
"a big erect, splendid figure of
man He walked like ram at the
head OF his flock"
Abe who since his story had sat
with a sad face looking Into the fire
now leaned forward. his elbows on his
knees. and shook his head with Inter
eat while his gray eyes took on
look OF animation. The diary speaks
often OF the wei Of sadness on his
face.
"He Is a very great man." Abe ex-
claimed. ....
Have you learned that last noble
flight Of his In the reply to Haynes.
as you promsedr Kelso asked.
81 have" said Abe, land the other
day when wns tramping back from
Bowlin' Green's came across drove
Of cattle and stopped and gave 1t to
them. They all let go OF the grass
and stood looking"
Good Now stand up and let us see
how you initiate the great chief Of
the Whig clan" said Kelso.
The lank and awkward youth rose
and began to speak the lines In a high
pitched voice that rembled with ex.
citement. 1t lowered and steadied
and rang out like noble music on a
wsll-pIayed trumpet as the channel
q his spirit Allied with the mighty
current Of the orators passion. Then,
indeed. the words fell from his lips
like the winter SHOWS"
They shook our hearts as the wind
shakes the branches Of a tree" Sam
son writes in his diary. "The lean,
bony body OF the boy was trnnsfigured
and a. looked at his face In the fire.
light-I thought 1t was handsome.
mot word was spoken for min.
ute after he sat down. 1 had got
my frst look at Lincoln. / had seen
his soul. l think 1t was then I began
to realize that 4 man was being made
among u more precious than fine
gold; even q man more precious than
the golden wedge of Ophir.'"
The Doctor gazed In silence at the
boy. ksise sat with both hands In
his pockets and his chin upon his
breast looking solemnly into the fire.
THANK you, Abe" he said in low
vslee. Something unusual has hap
pened and, rm just . little scared"
"Whyf Abe asked. .-
"For fear somebody will spoil II
with another hog story. Tn = little
afraid Of anything can say. I would
venture this. that the man Webster
10 a prophet. In his Plymouth address
he hears receding into never-returning
Al-A IL
the din Of slavery. II will come true"
'1Oo you think so7", Abe asked.
"Sureiy--there are 70 meny of Us
who hate 1t. These Yankees hate 1t
md. they and their childrea are scat
.ertng I'll over the midiands. Their
'pirit will guide the West. Tbs love
4 liberty Z the salt Of their blood and