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*/ ' **,. 5*y*5pi 4'<\:^'^W: A Story f the Builders & of Democracy |£'%jf^ By \*&fT +f-?' "IRVING BACHELLER » CHAPTER XH. ' -13-^ :>«$>'• ~'Jf ^Miieh Continue! the Romance Abe .A . and Ann Until the Former Leave* , :j,ft {f New Salem to Begin His Work in ,.t:th» Legislature. Also It Describes ."v'jthe Coloneling of -Peter Lukins. V $• The next day after his return, Abe ,'V J|>ceived a letter from Ann. She had jfbine over to the store on the arrival '#f the 3tage and taken her letter and Mm home with it. That Saturday's stage brought the new suit of clothes .V prom Springfield. r .' It was an Indian summer d4y of the • . ;#fst week in November. That after- « Boon Abe went to the tavern and asked Ann to walk out to the Traylors* with Mm. She seemed to be glad to go. She was not the cheerful, quick-footed, t*>sy-cheeked Ann of old. Her face Was pale, her eyes dull and listless, , her step slow. Neither spoke until >s ^fliey had passed the Waddell cabfn k niid were come to the open fields. •' "I hope your letter brought good *' jlpews," said Abe. "It was very short," Ann answered. *Be took a fever In Ohio and was «ick there four weeks and thep-^he Went home. In two months lie never iirrote a word to me And this one was only a little bit of a letter,<vith no love in it. I don't believe he cares jgor me now or, perhaps, he is mar- . Cied. I don't know. I'm not going to cry about it any more. I can't I've >o more teard to shed. I've given \r Km up." ',\r. * "Then I reckon the time has come . *" 'tor me to tel! you what LA Ob my jfceart," said Abe. "I love you, Ann. )X have loved you for years. I would feave told you long ago but I could Hot make myself believe that I was good enough for you. I love you so . Mn«*h th«* ff von ran only b" »--»-»>»• ^With John McNainar I will pray to ®od that he may turn out to be a good 'md faithful man and come back and feeep his promise." Site looked up at him with a kind J# a «f awe In her face. -"Oh, Abe!" she whispered. "I had .* made up my mind that men were all 0- bad but my father. I was wrong. 1 did not think of yon." I '* "Men are mostly good," said Abe. |f - *jBut it'a very easy to misunderstand pr" tbem. In my view it's quite likely that John McN»mar is better than you v think him. I want you to be fair to : e John. If you conclude that you can jftot be happy with him give me a tehance. I would do my:J»est to bring lack the joy of the old days. Some- Itimes I think that I am going to do ethlng worth while. Sometimes I nk that I can see my way far ahead nd it looks very pleasant, and you, nn, are always walking beside me It Before we take another step wish you could give me some hope i^-,r 'to live on--just a Uttle straw of f-V» liope." p "You are a wonderful man, Abe," ^ Said Aim, touched by hit appeal. "My l| father says that you are going to be I 'sfi great man." . ^ "I can not hold out any such hope l 1° you," Abe answered. "I'm rather t j#gnorant and badly in debt, but I < «*eckon that I can make a good living •° j land give you a comfortable home. * < iDon't you think, taking me Just as I L fun, you could care for me a little?" T "Yes; sometimes 1 think that I ^ . (Could love you, Abe," she answered. *1 do not love you yet but I may-- '•},•% r pome time. I really want to love you." "That is all I can ask now," said :j"S '• jAbe as they w«nt on. "Do ypu hear $">' ' |from Bim Kelso?" "I have not heard from her since -June." "I wish yoa would write to her and tftell her that I am thinking of. going- " wn to St Louis and that I would e to go and see her." *TU write to her tomorroW," Mid |Ann. They had a pleasant visit and while was playing with the baby she •eemed to have forgotten her troubles. They stayed to supper, after which the whole family walked to the tavern with them. When Ann began to show' weariness, Abe gently lifted her in !his arms and carried her. That evening Mrs. Peter Lukins called upon Abe at Sam Hill's store where he sat alone, before the Are, reading with two candles burning on ithe end of a dry goods box at hi* elbow.- ' ;" "I wanted to see you private 'bout Lukins," she began. "There's them to Springfield--was in the village that evening. Abe showed him the commission and asked him to sign it 'Til sign on one condition," said Smoot "What is that?" Abe asked. "That you'll give me a commission. I want to be your friend." "You are that now, aren't you?" Abe asked. "Yes, but I havent earned my commission. You haven't given me a chance yet. What' can I do to help you along?** Abe was much impressed t»f these kindly words. "My friends do not often ask what they can do for me," he said. "I suppose they haven't thought of it I'll think it over and let you know." Three days later he walked out to Coleman Smoot's after supper. As they sat together by the fireside Abe said: "I've been thinking of your friendly question. It's dangerous to talk that way to a man like me. The fact is, I need two hundred dollars to pay pressing debts and give me something in my pocket when I go to Vandalia. If you can not lend it to me I shall think none the less of you." "I can and will," said Smoot Tve been watching you for a long time. A man who tries as hard as you do to get along deserves to be helped. I believe In you. Til go up te Springfield and get the money and bring it to you within a week or so." Abe Lincoln had many friends who would have done the like for Mm if they could, and he knew it "Every one has faith in yoa," said Smoot. "We expect much of you and we ought to be willing to do what we can to help." Tour faith will be my strength, if i trnve any," satO Abe. On his way home that night he thought of what Jack Kelso had said of democracy and friendship. On the twenty-second of November a letter came to Ann from Bim Kelso, which announced that she was going to New Orleans for the winter with her husband. Six days later Abe took the stage for the capital, at Rutledge's door, where all the inhabitants of the village had assembled to bid him good- The Village Had Assembled Him Goodby^, by. Ann Rutledge, with a flash of her old playfulness, kissed him when he got into the stage. Abe's long arm was waving in the air as he looked back at his cheering friends while the stage rumbled down the road toward the great task of life upon which he was presently to begin in the little village - Vandalia. ^CHAPTER Wherein the Route of the Under, ground Railroad Is Surveyed and 8amson and Harry Spend a Night in the Home of Henry Brimstead and Hear Surprising Revelations, Confidentially Disclosed. I that call him Bony Lukins, but ireckon he atn't no bonier than the ev^ridge run o' men--not a bit--an', tif he was, I don't reckon his bones t orto be throwed at him every time p: * he's s{>oke to that away." "What can I about it?" Abe asked. Tve been hopln* an' wishln' some kind of a decent handle could be put «n to bis name," said Mrs. Lukins, with her eye upon a knot hole in the counter-. "Something witly a good _ , aound to it You said that anything you could do for the New Salem folks yen was goin* to do an* I thought may- £ -be you could fix it" Abe smiled and asked: "Do you want a title?" f" "If It ain't plum owdacious I wisht be could be made a colonel." • Til see what can be done, but If he gets that title hell have to live up " to it." Til make him Walk a chalk line-- % yoo see," the good woman promised as ••••-, she left the store. That evening Abe wrote a playful / commission as colonel for Peter Lukins, which was signed in due time by all his friends and neighbors end presented to Lukins by a committee et Which Abe was chairman. Pieman Smoot--a man of some •Mail wtoo had a farm on the •Tif5,' Tn' ?s°k *' '• '|iv: '.H lift'-..a Early In the autumn of that year the Reverend Elijah Lovejoy of Alton had spent a night with the Traylors on his way to the North. Sitting by the fireside he had told many a vivid tale of the cruelties of slavery. MI would not have you think that all slaveholders are wicked and heartless," he said. "They are like other men the world over. Some are kind and Indulgent. If all men were like them slavery could be tolerated. But they are not. Some men are brutal in the North as well as in the South. If not made so by nature they are made so by drink. To give them the power of life and denth over human beings, which they seem to have In parts of the South, is a crime against God and civilization." "I agree with you," said'Samson. T knew that you would," the minister went on. "We have already had some help from you but we need jnore. take It as a duty which Ood has laid upon me to help every fugitive that reaches my door. Yop can help the good work of mercy and grace. If you hear three taps upon your window after da»-k or the hoot of an owl In your dooryard you will know what it means. Fix some place on your farm where these poor people who are seeking the freedom which God wills for all His children, may find rest and refreshment and security until they have strength to go on, Mr. Lovejoy, Samson and Harry built a hollow haystack about half-way from the house to the barn. The stack had a comfortable room inside of it about eight feet by seven and some six feet In heighr. Its entrance was an opening near the bottom of the stack well screened by the pendant hay. But no fugitive came to occupy it that winter. Soon after the new year of 1835 Samson and Harry moved the Kelsos to Tazewell county. Mr. Kelso had received an appointment as land agent and was to be stationed at the little settlement of Hopuuue near the. home of John Peasley. Late in the afternoon Harry and Samson left the Kelsos and their effects at a small frame house in th« little village of Hopedale. The men had no sooner begun to unload than its inhabitants came to welcome the newcomers and help tbem In the work of getting settled. When the goods were deposited In the dooryard Samson and Harry drove to John Peasley's farm. Mr. Peasley recognized the big, broad-shouldered Vermonter at the first look. "Do I remember yotj?" he said. Well, I guess I do. So does my barn door. Let me take hold of that right hand of yours again. Yes, sir. It's the same old iron hand. Marry Ann!" he called as his wife came out of the door. "Here's the big man from Vergennes who tossed the purty slaver." "I see it is," she answered. "Ain't ye comln' in?" "If you try to pass this place I'll have ye took up," said Peasley. There's plenty of food in the house an' stable." "Look here--that's downright selfish," said his wife. "If we tried to keep you here Henry Brimstead would never forgive us. He talks about you morning, noon and night Any one would think that you was the Samson Ltbat slew the Philistines." How is Henry?" Samson asked. He married my sister and they're about as happy as they can be this side the river Jordan," she went on. They've got one o' the best farms in Tazewell county and they're goin' to be rich." Yes, sir; I didn't think o' that," said Peasley. "Henry and his wife would holler if we didn't take ye over there. It's only a quarter of a mile. I'll show ye the way and we'll all come over this evening and have a talkin' bee." Samson was pleased and astonished by the look of Brimstead and his home and his family and the account of his success. The man from the sand fiats wwr cleanly shaved, save for a black mustache, and neatly dressed and his face glowed with health and high spirits. A handsome brown-eyed miss of seventeen came galloping up the road on her pony and stopped near them. "Annabel, do you remembor this man?" Brimstead asked. The girl looked at Samson. "He Is the man who helped us out of Flea valley," said the girl. "Would you mind If I kissed you?" I would be sorry If yoa didn't," said Samson. "Here's my boy, Harry Needles. Yoa wouldn't dare kiss him, I guess." "I would be sorry, too, If you didn't," Harry laughed as he took her hand. "I'm afraid you'll have to stay sorry," said Annabel turning red v^ith embarrassment T never saw you before.' "Better late thap never," Samson assured her. "You! don't often see a better fellow." The girl laughed with a subtle look of agreement in her eyes. Then came up from the bar© the ragged little lad of No Santa Claus Land--now a sturdy, bright-eyed, handsome boy of twelve The horses were pat oat ud all went In to sapper. After supper Brimstead showed models of a mowing machine with a cut bar six feet long, and a plow Which would turn two furrows. "That's what we need on these prairies," said Samson. "Something that'll turn 'em over and cut the crop quicker." "Say, I'll tell ye,** said Brimstead as If about to disclose a secret. "These great stretches of smooth, rich land Just everlastingly ram the spurs Into you and keep your brain galloping. Mine Is goln' night and day. The prairies are a new thing and you've got to tackle 'em in a new way. I tell you the seeding and planting and mowing and reaping and threshing is all going to be done by machinery and horses. The wheel will be the foundation of the new era." "You're right," said Samson. "How arte you gettln' along?" "Rather slow," Samson answered. "It's hard to get our stuff to market down in the Sangamon country. Our river isn't navigable yet. We hope that Abe Lincoln, who has just been elected to the legislature, will be able to get it widened and straightened and cleaned up so It will be of some use to us down there." I've heard of him. They call hi* Honest Abe, don't they?" "Yes; and he is honest if a man ever was." "Is he going to marry the Ratledge girl?" was the query Of Mrs. .Brimstead. "I don't think so," Samson answered, a little surprised at her knowledge of the attachment "tie's as humly as Sam Hill and dresses rough and ain't real handy with the gals. Some fellers are kind o' fenced In with humliness and awkwardness." "The boys around hsre are all fenced in," said Annabel. There's nobody here of my age but Lanky Petens, who looks like a fish, and a red- Ittfc" CopjrrtfM. Irvta* WsafcsWw The Peasleys arrived and the men and women spent a delightful hour traveling without weariness over the long trail to beloved scenes and the days of their.youth. Every day's end thousands were going east on that trail, each to find his pot of gold at the foot of the rainbow of memory. Before they went to bed that night Brimstead paid his debt to Samson, with Interest, and very confidentially. U i "After All, It's Home," Said Samson. It was a long, wearisome ride back to the lajpd of plenty, iOver frozen ground, with barely an inch of snovf upon it, under a dark sky, with a chilly wind blowing. "After all, it's home," said Samson, when late in the evening they saw the lighted windows of the cabin ahead. When they had put out their horses and come in by the glowing fire, Samson lifted Sarah in his arms again and kissed her. "I'm kind o' silly, mother, but I can't help it--you look so temptin'," said Samson. » (TO BK CONTINUED.) WELCOME TO HEAD HUNTERS GIVEN PAINT Jbtmmim* Bsckakla Gloves, direct from fact IMS. Worn MlMttd skins. Agents want' QuIh-ABfiu Co., Desk XI, QloverovlHe, Filling ths Silo--Canning Corn for Live Stock. Ceremony Follows Return of Victors With Their Grewsome Trophies --•Women in Welcoming Party. Prof. C»rl Lumholtz, In his book, "Through Central Borneo," gives an Intimate description of head hunting among the tribes there. He gives a description of a raid by ten Bukats upon a small party of Saputans who were on a hunt Tbe slayers hurried off with three, beads. The last night out the bead hunters always sleep near their own kapong, and early next morning, while It Is still dark, they come singing. The people of the kampong awake, array therb<j selves in their best finery and go to meet them, the women wearing their newest skirts and bringing pieces of cloth to present to the conquerors. A head is carried suspended from the conqueror's neck until it is taken from bim by a woman, who gives him a; piece of cloth to wear instead, pos» sibly as a badge of herblsm. It makes no difference whether this service is performed by his wife, by another woman or by another man's wifeti- Heads are then hung from a beam la the house of the kapaia, and the cloths are returned to the women. Tbe head hunters must take their food apart from their associates, and In tbe presence of the heads they have taken. At meals a pinch of rice is put Into a hole made with a spear point in the top of the skull, and the bead is addressed in certain words: "Eat this rice. Don't be angry. Take care of me. Make this body of mine well. ' During tbe period of restrictions imposed upon the hunters the heads remain in the same place, sharing the meals in this manner. Alter twelve days no more food is offered the heads. Prepared by tip United states Department of Agriculture, With the •'kpproach of the time for filling the silo the United States Department of Agriculture calls attention to the desirability of putting silos in shape and making plans for filling which will save valuable time in the rush of work. Silos are a comparatively new feature of farm management, and in many cases have been built less substantial than some of . the older forms of farm structure. Silos Need Occasional Attention. Even the best constructed silos will need some attention occasionally. Concrete silos, which are among the most expensive of construction, require the least attention as a general rule, but they will give better service if the inside is given a coat of special paint about once in three years. Paint for treating the Interiors of silos is easily made of new coa"l tar mixed with gasoline and applied with a tar brush. Wooden silos, either stave or board construction, require additional attention. The hoops of stave silos should be tightened and any defective pieces of wood replaced. In wood silos, particularly the cheaper obes and those of home make, there is always the likelihood of Inlets for air, which will spoil the silage. If the silo is so built as to require guy wires, these should be tightened to keep the building plumb and well braced to withstand winds. Small Bundles Easier to Handle. Careful attention should be paid to seeing that tbe machinery to be used in harvesting and storing tbe silage Is In working condition. Corn harvesters and silo-fiiling machinery are frequently owned in partnership by several farmers and, of course, arrangements need to be made in advance to see that all the owners get their corn In at the season when It is in best Bhape. In using the corn harvester the bundles should be made rather small. While this takes more time, the extra expense Is more than offset by the ease in handling the bundles and feeding them into the silage cotter. The corn ordinarily is hauled to the cutter on common, flat hayracks. The low-wheeled wagon Is much preferred lo the high one. An underslung rack can be constructed with comparative ease and will save much labor. The rack consists of two 4 by 6 inch bed pieces, 10 or 20 feet in length, bolted together at the end to form a V. On top of these timbers is buUt a rack 6 feet in width. The bottom of this rack is about 8 feet long. The end boards are 4 feet high, built flaring so they do^ aqt .quit* track the wheels. The apex of the V is suspended bolow the front axle of an ordinary farm wagon by means of a long kingbolt Tbe other ends are attached below the hind axle by U-shaped clevises. The materials needed In its construction are 80 board feet of 4 by 6 inch planks, 86 feet, of boards 1 by 12 inches, 22 feet of lumber 2 by 4 Inches, one long kingbolt two stirrup rods; and bolts and nails. 8ilage Cutter Needs to Be Strong. If the silage cutter and lifting machinery have not been selected, every effort should be made to get machinery which has sufficient or excess capacity. The mistake Is often made of getting an outfit that Is too small, thus making the operation of filling the silos slow and interfering with the continuous employment of the entire force of men. A number of satisfactory silage cutters are on the market. The chief features to be considered in a cutter are that it is strongly made and will cut fine. Opinions differ as to the fineness to which silage should be cut. The length varies from one-fourth to one Inch. The latter Is a little too long, as the pieces do not pack so closely In the silo, and they are not so completely consumed in feeding as the shorter lengths. On the other hand, the longer the pieces the more rapidly the corn can be run through the cutter. Fine cutting and thorough tramping are needed if it Is desired to make the best quality of silage and fill the silo to Its greatest capacity. Two types of elevatorsi art in use-- the old-style chain carrier and the blower. The chain carrier requires less power, but is harder to set up and makes more litter, especially In windy weather, though some chain carriers are so Inclosed as to keep the corn from blowing out In using the blower type the blower should be placed as nearly perpendicular as possible. Harvest Corn Before Fully Ripe. Ordinarily, corn should be harvested for the silo about a week or ten days before It would be cut for shocking; that is, when about 90 per cent of the kernels are dented and at least 75 per rent of the kernels are hardened so that no milk can be squeezed out At this time the lower leaves on the stalk are turning yellow and the green corn fodder contains 65 or 70 per cent of moisture, which Is sufficient for silage. 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USE HATCHET ON SICK FOWLS No Economy in Spending Valuable Time in Attempting to Curs Ordinary Chicken. Pests May Be Destroyed by Fumigation With Carbon Dieulphld-- Liquid May Be Placed in Any Shallow Receptacle. ^ Prepared by the United states Department of Agriculture. Many Seeds, especially beans,.corn, and lettuce, are subject to injury by a number of insects, all of which may be destroyed by fumigation with carbon dlsulphid, say experts of the United States Department of Agriculture. Carbon dlsulphid Is a liquid that can be purchased in tin cans at any drug store. When poured Into a dish It evaporates rapidly, producing a foul-smelling gas that is heavier than air. Therefore, in fumigating seeds, to kill Insects attacking them it Is necessary to place the carbon dlsulphid on top of the seeds in order that the gas may sink into them and reach every part of the container. A tight tin pall, box, or barrel makes an excellent container for fumigating seeds. For, a tight barrel full of seeds one-half cupful of carbon dlsulphid Is sufficient. For smaller containers, use in proportion. Seeds to be fumigated must be dry, and if they are in paper bags, the bags should be opened. The gas penetrates cloth bags easily. The liquid may be placed in uny shallow dish, such as a saucer or plate, or merely poured oU the seeds. The liquid will not injure the seeds If poured directly upon them. Immediately after starting the fumigation, the container should be covered with several thicknesses of heavy paper, or other tiglit cover, and allowed to remain covered from one to two days. A longer fumigation In tin pails is apt to Injur& tha gennlnatlng po#er of the seeds. .*'• ^ " -n "' .S' \ Once disease gets into the' flock, at a single bird Is badly affected, the free,, use of the hatchet usually Is the most practical method of wiping It out, as it does not pay to spend two dollars'^ worth of time in trying to cure an ordinary bird, say poultry specialists of the United States Department of Agriculture. Slight troubles, however, often can be cured with little work or expense. In nearly every ease It ia better to remove the well birds and put them by themselves. In case of Infectious disease the premises should be disinfected thoroughly. FOWLS TO USE AS BREEDERS H.n. That Molt Eariiar Ttia* mainder of Flock and Begin to Lay Should Be Kept Every flock has a few hens that seem to be just a little above the ordinary run of the flock. These are hritrht, active, happy and healthy and molt easier than the remainder of the flock. 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