INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS PAGE TWO dous personality and influence, the a an emphasis that silenced opposition: silence as the great soul of my friend OU PONT DONS •simple words were impressive. 1 doubt "Friends, this thing has been held was "breaking camp to go home." not they turned scores of men from SENATE TOflA Friends of the family and members' of back long enough. The time has come Seward to the great son of Illinois the cabinet were in the room. Through when these sentiments should be uttered, Then—the campaign with its crowds. the open door of a room beyond I and if It Is decreed that 1 shall Irs enthusiasm, its Vesuvlan mutterings. go down because of this speech, then There was a curious touch of let me go down linked to the truth." humor and history lu Us banners. Here His conscience prevailed. The are three of them: speech was delivered. Douglas, the j:nrd County for U:e Tul Democratic candidate, came on from Slicker." Washington to answer it. That led -.'e :ire fsr old Abe tie Cant to Lincoln's challenge to a joint debate. Killer." 1 was with him through that "1,'nk on to Lincoln." long campaign. Douglas was the more Then—those !ast days in-Spring'",eid. finished orator. Lincoln spoke as he He cjune iO the oil.tht a.to. «{.i. split rails. His conscience was his hefcre he left and threw ::ss-.rif on beetle. He drove his arguments deep FORm& the lounge and talked of bygone day? 4 into the souls of his hearers. The with Herndon. great thing about him was his conscience. A STORY OF THE BDILDEBSy DEHOCMCY "ttiii.v. how long have no eon together?" Unless |iis theme were big lie asked. enough to give it play in noble words SIEVING BACHELLER "Sixteen years." he could be as commonplace as any "Never a cross word." one. He was built for a tool of God "Never." in tremendous moral issues. He was copy&KTHT mvnv& EACHELLERJ "Keep the old s:gn n«ng:ng. A little SYNOPSIS. thing Jike the election of a President girl dressed lip and crying in front should make no change in the CHAPTER I.—Samson and Sarah Trayr, of her father's door. with their two children, Josiah and firm of Lincoln and Herndon. If I "What's the matter?" Lincoln asked. •tuey, travel by wagon from their home General T. Coleman DuPont» ive, I'm coming back some time and Vert-jennes, Vt., to the West, the land great powder and motor king and "I want to take the train and the ft plenty. Their destination is tlie Coun­ •hen we'll go right on with 1 lie practice member of the Republican National try Che wagon hasn't come for my trunk," said of Sangamon, In Illinois. of the law as if nothing had happened." Committee, has been appointed she. CHAPTER XIV.—Ann agrees to marry United States Senator by Governor Abe. but her health is wrecked. Three Lincoln went in and got the trunk Denny, of Delaware, succeeding Then—that Monday morning in runaway slaves seek Traylor's help In and carried it to the station on his •scaping. They belong to Biggs and he Senator Joseph O. Wolcott, who Springfield, at eight o'clock, on the comes in pursuit of them. Threatened back, with people laughing and throwing resigned. 'leventh of February, the train bore with arrest for inciting the raid on Traylor, jokes at him as he strode along*. he flees. One of tne fugitives is Bim him toward the great task of his life. In disguise. She has fled from her husband's When I think of him, his chivalry and Hannah Armstrong, who had foxed cruelty. kindness come first to mind. his trousers in New Salem, and tb«venerable CHAPTER XV.—Dying, Ann Rutledge He read much, but his days of book -Subscribe for THE PRESS. Doctor Allen and the Brimsteads, calls for Abe, and he bids her farewell study were nearly ended. His learning All the latest local and personal at her bedside. Following her demise a and Aleck Ferguson, bent with settled sadness descends on him. He is was now got mostly in the school comment. $2.00 Per Year. no longer "Abe," but "Abraham Lincoln." :ge, and Harry Needles and Bim and of experience. Herndon says, and I if eir four handsome children, and m\ CHAPTER XVI.—Overcoming his despondency, "He Belongs to the Ages." think it is true, that he never read father and mother, and Retsev, inv Lincoln returns to his work. to the end of a law book those days. Abolition sentiment is crystalizing and maiden stster, and Eli Fremlenberg saw Mrs. Lincoln and the children and he throws himself Into the movement. The study of authorities was left to Vulcanizing were there in the crowd to bid him others. We looked at our friend lying the junior partner. His reading was CHAPTER XVII.—Traylor sells his eood-by. on the bed. His kindly face was pale farm and moves to Springfield. Lincoln mostly outside the law. His knowledge plans to secure a divorce for Bim in A quartet sang. Mr. Lincoln asked atd haggard. He breathed faintly and of science was derived from order that phe may marry Harry Needles, his friends and neighbors to pray for at long intervals. His end was near. whom she has always really loved. McNamar Chambers' Vestiges of the Natural returns to New Salem, too late. his success. He was moved by the "Poor Abe!" Harry whispered as he History of Creation. sight of them and could not have said AND CHAPTER XVIII.—Traylor and Harry looked down at him. "He has had to He was still afraid of the Abolition Needles visit the "boom" city of Chicago, much if he had tried. The hell rang. die on the cross." Battery Shop where Bim, now the mother of a son, Is Movement in 1852 and left town to The train started. He waved his hand living with her parents. She has her )L To most of those others Lincoln was avoid a convention of its adherents. divorce. Harry leaves for the Seminole and was gone. Not many of us who the .great statesman. To Harry he was war. An unscrupulous, rich speculator, I Te thought the effort to resist by stood trying to see through our tears Lionel Davis, desires to marry Bim, but the beloved Abe who had shared his force the laws of Kansas was criminal she repulses him. were again to look upon him. The fare and his hardships in many a long, :ind would hurt the cause of freedom. years of preparation were ended and CHAPTER XIX.—Ruined by the panic weary way. "Let us have peace and revolutionize of '37, Kelso dies and Bim and her those of sacrifice had hegun. The doctor put his ear against the mother are left penniless. Davis presses through the ballot box," he urged. Now, we are at the foot of the 'ast his suit, and, made desperate by the FISK AND FIRESTONE breast of the dying man. There was In 1854, a little quarrel in New York news of Harry's death, Bim almost makes hill. For a long time 1 had seen it began to weave the thread of destiny. a a moment in which we could hear the up her mind to marry him. He Was Built for Tool of Qod in TIRES looming in the distance. Those days voices in the street. The doctor rose Seward, Weed and Greeley had wielded Tremendous Moral Issues. CHAPTER XX.—Lincoln Is admitted to it filled my heart with a great fear. and said: "He is gone." the bar. Traylor ascertains that the report decisive power in the party councils Now, how beautiful, how i» »!v i. of Harry's death is false. He hurries awkward and diffident In beginning a of that state. Seward was a highheaded, Secretary Stanton, who more than to Chicago. Davis has swindled Brlm•tead, seems! Oh, hut what a vineyard on speech. Often his hands were locked ALL WORK GUARANTEED popuJar idol. His plans and once had spoken lightly of him, came a friend of Traylor's, In real estate that very fruitful hill I speak low deals, and Traylor seeks to collect behind him. He gesticulated more his triumphant progress absorbed his to the bedside and tenderly closed tlie the money. Smadlpox breakjg out at when 1 think of it. Harry Needles with his head than his hands. He as a Honey Creek, and Bim goes there thought. Weed was dazzled by the eyes of his master, saying: and 1 were on our way to Washington nurse. stood square-toed always. He never splendor of this great star. Neither "Now, he belongs to the ages." that fateful night of April ISiin walked about on the platform. He gave a thought to their able colleague CHAPTER XXI.—Lincoln at Springfield We went out of the door. The sound We reached there at an early hour ir. enters into his life work. Harry Needles scored his points with tlie long, bony, ESSEX AND HUDSON —a poor man struggling to build up of mourning was in the streets. A comes home and at once seeks Bim. the morning. We made our way index finger of his right hand. Sometimes a great newspaper. An office, with dozen bells were tolling. On the corner through the crowded streets to the little CARS CHAPTER XXII.—Lincoln wins Brimstead's he would hang a hand on the fair pay, would have been a help in of Tenth street a quartet of negroes suit against Davis, thoroughly house opposite Ford's theater. An lapel of his coat as if to rest it. Perspiration discrediting the speculator. As an outcome, those days. But he got no recognition was singing that wonderful officer who knew me cleared a way for Harry, resenting an Insult to Traylor, dripped from his face. His of his needs and talents and services. prayer: fights a duel with Davis, In which us to the door. Reporters, statesmen, voice, high pitched at first, mellowed Suddenly he wrote a letter to Weed EXIDE BATTERIES both are wounded. citizens and their families were "Swing low, sweet chariot, comin' into a pleasant sound. in which he said: massed in the street waiting with tearstained for to carry me home." CHAPTER XXIII.—Lincoln meets Mary One sentence in Lincoln's speech at "The firm of Seward, Weed and Todd and after a strange courtship wins faces for the end. Some of One of them, whose rich, deep bass her. Harry Needles, following a period Ottawa thrust "The Little Giant" of Greeley is hereby dissolved by the resignation R. C. HOLLER them were sobbing as we passed. We of recuR£ration, returns to Chicago thoroughly thrilled me and all who heard it, was Illinois out of his way forever. It was restored to health. of its junior member." were admitted without delay. A minister Roger Went worth, the fugitive, who this pregnant query: When Greeley had grown in power and the doctor sat by fhe bedside. CHAPTER XXIV.—Bim and Hariy take had come to our house with Bim, in "Can the people of a United States a horseback ride on the prairies. On the 430 3rd St. Phone 395 and wisdom until his name was known The latter held an open watch in his the darteness of the night, long before. opposite bank of a flooded creek the pair territory in any lawful way and and honored from ocean to ocean, they hand. I could hear it ticking the last descry Stephen Nuckles, itinerant minister. [THE END.] against the wish of any citizen of the Night approaches, and a cabin in tried to make peace with him, but moments in an age of history. What the vicinity being their only refuge, the United States exclude slavery from in vain. couple asks the minister to marry them. its limits prior to the formation of a He does so, from across the stream. After Then suddenly a new party and a the ceremony, Bim confesses it was a state constitution?" new Lincoln were born on the same playful scheme she had devised. day in 1856, at a great meeting in He knew that Douglas would answer CHAPTER XXV.—The narrative, ending yes "and that, doing so, l^e would fEverything for QUALITY Bloomlngton, Illinois. There his soul with the martyrdom of Abraham a alienate the South and destroy his Lincoln, and his immortalization as was to come into its stateliest mansion "Man for ths Ages," is concluded by chance to be President two yeairs later. out of its lower vaulted past. Josiah Traylor, son of Bamson, who was That is exactly what came to pass. present at the deathbed of the frsat For him the fulness of time had arrived. Is President. It history- He was prepared for It. His "The Little Giant's" answer was the —nothing for show famous "Freeport Heresy." He was intellect had also reached the fulness "Congress has no power to inhibit elected to the senate, but was no longer of its power. Now his great right any duty commanded by God on Mount possible as a candidate for the hand was ready for the thunderbolts presidency. Sinai or by His Son on the Mount of which his spirit had been slowly forging. Olives." God called him In the voices of I come now to the last step in the On his return home IJncoJn confessed the crowd. He was quick to answer. career of my^friend and beloved master. He went up the steps to the platform. It was the Republican convention that we had soon to deal with of 1860 In Chicago. I was a that question. I saw, as he came forward, that he HAT'S JOUR IDEA in making had taken the cross upon him. -Oh, delegate. The New Yorkers came in I was in his office when Herndon it was a "memorable thing to see the white beaver hats, enthusiastic for CAMELS—the Quality Cigarette, said .^mothered flame of his spirit leaping, Seward, their favorite son. He was "I tell you that slavery must be the man we dreaded most. Many in into his face. Ws hands w"ere on his Why, just buy Camels and look at the package! the great crowd were wearing his colors. hips. He seemed to grow taller as he lvT?* makes you think so?" Mr. advanced. The look of him reminds The delegations were in earnest It's the best packing science has devised to keep Lincoln asked. me now of what the famous bronze session the night before the balloting PI feel it in my bones," was HerndoB*s" cigarettes fresh and full flavored for your taste. founder in Paris said of the deathmask. began. The hotel corridors were answer? that it ft'KS the most beautiful thronged with excited men. My father'had iS Heavy paper outside—secure foil wrapping inside After that he used to speak with head and face he had ever seen. VVliat become a man of wealth and respect of "Bill Herndon's bone philosophy." great influence in Illinois. I was with shall I say of his words save ihat and the revenue stamp over the end to seal the package him when he went into the meeting of it seemed to me that the voice of God His term in congress having ended, and keep it air-tight. was in them? The reporters forgot the Michigan delegates and talked to he came back to the law in partnership to report. It is a lost speech. There them. He told how he caine West In with William H. Herndon—a man Is no record of It. I suppose It was a wagon and saw the spirit of America And note this! There's nothing flashy about the of character and sound judgment. in the water floods of Niagara and scribbled with a pencil on scraps of Camel package. No extra wrappings that do not Those days Lincoln wore black trousers, paper and on the backs of envelopes saw again the spirit of America In the coat and stock, a waistcoast of at sundry times, agreeably with his life of the boy, Abe Lincoln, then improve the smoke. Not a cent of needless expense satin and a Wellington high hat. He habit, and committed to memory. So 'flowing toward its manhood. When was wont to carry his papers in his that must come out of the quality of the tobacco. this great speech, called by some the he sat down, the Honorable Dennis hat. Mary had wrought a great Flanagan arose and told of meeting noblest effort of hi* life, was never change in his external appearance. the Traylor party at the Falls, when printed. I remember one sentence, relating Camels wonderful and exclusive Quality wins on They used to call him "a dead square he was driving an ox-team, in a tall to the Nebraska bill. ir lawyer." I remember that once Herndon beaver hat how he had remembered merit alone. "Let us use ballots, not bullets, had drawn up a fictitious plea thlfr good advice and cookies and against the weapons of violence, which founded on a shrewd assumption. Lincoln jerked venison. are those of kingcraft, yhelr fruits Because, men smoke Camels who want the carefuly examined the papers. are the dying bed of the fearless Sumner, "Gentlemen," he said, "I am willing taste and fragrance of the finest tobaccos, expertly 'Is it founded on fact?" he asked. the ruins of the Free State hotel, to take the word of a man whose name the smoking timbers of the Herald of Is hallowed by my -dearest recollections. "No," Herndon answered. blended. Men smoke Camels for Camels smooth, And believing what he has said, Freedom, the governor of Kansas Lincoln scratched his head thoughtfuly refreshing mildness and their freedom from cigaretty chained to a stake like a horse-thief." of Abraham Lincoln, I am for him on and asked: In .Tune, 1858. he took the longest the second ballot." "Billy, hadn't we better withdraw aftertaste. step of all. The Republican state convention The green Irish lad, whom I: remember that plea? You know. It's a sham and had endorsed him for the United dimly, had become a great politi-. generally that's another name for a Camels are made for men who think for themselves. States senate. It was then that cal chieftain and his "words had much' lie.- Don't let it go on record. The he wrote on envelopes and scraps effect. There was a stir among the curaed thing max come staring us In of paper at odd rhoments, when, his delegates. I turned and saw the tall the face long after this suit has been mind was off duty, the speech beginning form of Horace Greeley entering the forgotten." door. His big. full face looked rather On the whole he was not so communicative "A house divided against Itself must serious. Be wore gold-bowed spectacles. as he had been in his young fall. Our government can not long He was smooth-shaven save for manhood. He suffered days of depression the silken, white, tfiroat beard that endure part slave and part free." when he said little. Often, in came out from under his collar. His 1 was among the dozen friends to gcipd company, he seemed to be thinking head was bald on top with'soft, silvered whom he read that speech in the State of things in no way connected locks over each ear. Thiey called tjouse library. One said of those first with the talk. Mary called him a on him to speak. He stepped forward sentences: "It is a fool utterance." rafher "shut-mouthed man." and said slowly in a high-pitched Another: "It Is ahead of Its time." Herndon used to say that the only drawl: v. Another declared that it would drive thfng he had against Lincoln was his "Gentlemeji, this is my speech: On away the Democrats who had lately habit of coming in mornings and joined the party. Herndon and I were your second ballot vote for Abraham sprawling on the lounge and reading the only ones who approved it. Lincoln of Illinois." aloud from the newspaper. Lincoln had come to another fork in He bowed and left the room and yhe people of the town loved him. the road". For a moment I wondered visited many delegatidns, and everywhere R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Winston-Salem, N. C* "One day, as we were walking along which way he would go. expressed his convictions In the street together, we came upon a Immediately he rose and said with this formula. Backed by his tremen-