The evening world. Newspaper, February 15, 1921, Page 18

THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, FINANCIAL NEWS AND PRICES _ | CLOSING STOGK QUOTATIONS eiaak gaining 15-8 cents to the touching a new bigh for ‘There wis a plentiful sap- ply of money at the 7 per cent, cal rate, and unless the rate in reduced to 6 per cent, af the week some of Wall Street's best posted hankers will be mistaken. There was continued improvement in demand for high grade bond issues, which was to be expected considering the comparative money, and it is everywhere predicted that the new $24,000,000 Chilian joan will be a pronounced success. The cotton market was strong, ris- ing $1.50 a bale, Wheat was easier, declining 2 cents a bushel. dn the last halt hour the market turned decitiedly strong under lead- ership of the steel industrials and the motor shares, gains trom the lows of the day ranging from two to more than three points, be lagwards owing to continued price cutting of the crude product, ing recovered about a point from the low of the day ‘The wheat market from the low of the day and closed with a net gain of more than 4 cents a bushel Cotton extended |ts sain ‘A factor in the late raise was continued improvement in by the end Kelly Sorlogtien! * Keeneot Cov Lackawanna Steed. ‘lee Rub & Tire.. ‘Allie<halmnecs (|. Vetrotoum 1605 Diddle Mtaten Ont, Olls continued to Mo Kan & Tex company stock, which as high as 20 in the'Curb market Mo itrcifle of. rose 7 cents National Biscuit .. Reading shares have long been a "favorite medium of atock speculation, ‘or the reason that there was value of the coal lands, Now that ‘the stock in selling “ex-mystery” it lost caste, so to speak. At one time it was the fashion to value of the Reading high as $60 or $75 a Now that the veil has been torn away, it is found that the most the coal company can be expected to pay im dividends is $2.50 a share an- - pially, and actual dividend payments | probably will not exceed $2 a share ‘This is s0 for the reason earnings of the company ap- te only $2.85 a share annu- saniemesliiesoone Wall St. Gossip Preliminary estimates of the beet sugar crop of the United States in|*' 1920 fix production at 2,289,200,000 pounds, which would be 27 per cent. larger than the previous record crop. Total production of the country, In- cluding cane sugar, is estimated the Department of Agriculture 2,606,174,000 pounds, an 53 per cent. over the 1919 crop, il Orpheum Cireatt, Pan-Am Peteol . Pen-Am Petrol B. Penn Seab'd Stoel, . Atl, Birm & Atl , 5% + 4 | People’s Gea. AU, Galt & Wi. ‘AU, Gulf & WI pt ‘Auto Sale Corp pt + 1% lirwiitatta Cos... Phillipe Petrol . Reading segregation £0 disappointing that the big ar clique that has been working on down side of the market again got and pressed Mexican Petroleum for a loss of two points, with smailer oll company shares declining a point Cables from Cuba stating that President Menocal has declared effec- tive his plan of disposing of the 1920-21 sugar crop, now being ha vested, has found quick response in the price of raw and refined sugar in this market. Raw sugar, which re+ cently sold at 4 1-2 cents a pound, is now, quoted ut 5 cents. sugar, which was in liberal supply at 6.85 cents, has in the case of one big refiner been advanced to 7.75 cents, while most other refiners are quot. ing 7.50 cents a pound. The purpose of the Menocal Committee will be to withhold supplies to the extent of ‘tabilizing prices, and it is predicted interests that unless the United States Government adheres to its announced intention of prohibit- ing the operation of the plan, sugar prices will continue to climb. Punta Allee Sugar. . Rail Steel Springs. Independent steel acted well, with the exception of Crucible, which also felt the effect of bear sates. Crucibie continues to demand a premium in the ~ lou crowd, United States Steel moved within « fractional range. “The railroad group as a whole failed to become unsettled because of the conspicuous weakness of*the Reading issues. Sugar stock de-| by veloped a healthy tone owing to the ourrent shanp advances in the price Equipment, motor Butte Cop & Zine Butte & Superior. itep, tron & St CANE Petroleqm. Cai Petroteum vl.. Camadian Pucific , aiT's Contin) Leather. | Senta Coo Somat... Saxon Motors... SloShottt Steel 0 Port Riso Sagar of raw sugar. Southern Pacific, . and food shares were stead: were helped by increas! sales of vhe metal for export, #undamental news of the day was|best known bear For jnstance, all the for-|for winter va@ations. y commission houses that on recent /«mino Copper days fully 80 per cent. of the selling |ocacom .. of Mexican Petroleum and Crucible |¢ot puct & Iron . steel has come over Southern wires. | ¢ Boutn RR pt, Stand Oil of NJ. Stan Ol of NF pt, Much of the selling now coming into the stock market originates in Southern resorts, where some of the plungers have gone It is claimed exchange markets were strong with demand sterling Pol Gas de Electric mindbia Grapho Directors of the American Bosch y meet Thursday to | , take action on tho dividend. It seema| cou: candy - the concensus of Wall Street | ¢ that the rate of annual dis- bursements will be reduced from 10 | ¢, to 6 per cent, ‘BANKING AND FINANCIAL, ee Fon IutCal Mining, % | Pransoon Cet [tranmue de Willieam Union Bag & Payer The Best Free ~ Book for Wall Traders It clearly explains: The General Rules of Trading. The of Stock The Deposit ments for In well posted banking quarters it is said that it is not unlikely that the General Motors Company wi decide to do some extensive new @nancing. The company's bank loa. fare understood to aj 000,000, These probat off through the sale of a new note |" or band issue aggregating $75,000,000. |Prie fa 16 The company is now understood have more than $45,000,000 on hand. LIBERTY BONDS. Liberty 31-25 opened 91.14, off .06; jst 4 1-4n, 67.20, off | ¢ Ath, 87.15, | General Motor deb. Coban Amer Susur Del & Hodson... ; : roximate $78,~ ly will be paid | Unitet Pood Prod,. Un Ry Inv Co, Un Ry Inv Go pf,. Un Retati Stores. Famons Playenw Gaston, Wil & Wie U & Ind Alcohol General Electric U 8 Rabbor int FORDIGN EXCHANGE CLOSE. Demand sterling 3.91 8-8, 3.92 1-8, up 1 5 Vanaiiinen Stoo! , Va Gam Chemical, French francs de- mand 0739, cables 0740. Lire demand | tase & Barker, . cables .0370, up .0003, Belgian |Houstan Oi ., nes demand .0778, cables 0774, up Marks demand 0171, off 004. Canada dollars de- miand .8788, up .0018, Swiss francs de- mand 1649, cables 1654. Guilders de- cables .3453. Pesetn de- mand .1418, cables .1423, Sweden kro- nen, demand, .2295; cables, .2260. Nor- | tuter way kroner demand .1782, cables .1787. | iater How to Give a Broker Instructions. 0170, cables |indisioma Relining. inegiration Capper, . Inter Cons Comp. , . Inter Cons Cony af. West Maryli ai of Wast Pacific Gory. « Woe Par Cosy of Brokfr’s Commission Charges. Howto Indorse aStock Certificate. How to Group Invest- nd, 1850; entine pesos demand Call, phone or write for DIVIDENDS. The Canadian Pacific R. R. Co. de- clared the regular quarterly 21-2 p. ¢, common and the 2 p. c, preferred diyi- dends, payable April 1 to stock of rec- ord March 3. ‘The Continental Oil Co, declared the regular quarterly §2 dividend, payable March 15 to stock of record Feb. 23. ‘The General Cigar C regular quarterly $1.75 preferred divi- | dend, payable Mareh 1 to stock of re Karma Ol 80 Kant Oy 80 pl. 40% SAILOR ARRESTED IN PLOT T0 BOMB THE MAYFLOWER Is Member of Crew on Presi- dential Yacht — Con- federate Is Sought. int, ‘Total sales +8241,600, Latest available news fur- nished on active securities. money to him if the officer allowed this, ‘Mr. Daniels said, The boatswain suspected the wanted to bring a bomb on board and reported the affair to Capt, Holmes, ‘The man now imprisoned also was discovered to have made an appoint- in q@ park with another man, JONES&BAKER Specialists in New York + Curb Market Securities BROAD STREET OFFICE 50 Broad Street Telephone Broad 7150 MADISON SQUARE OFFICE 225 Fifth Avenue ‘Tel. Madison Square 1377 42nd STRENT OFFIC): 505 Fifth Avenue ‘Telephone Murray Hill 7120 Orfices in 8 Principal Cities Direct Private Wires . Prolared the { National Cloak & Suit Co. clared the regular quarterl | ferred dividend, stock of record Feb A dividend of $1.25 a share on com- 25 par value was de- Standard Oj) Naval authorities went to the park instead, but man had not appeared. They found directing that | sailor meer him the following night of Justice is now payable Marc “4 |The Department searching for the other man, KEY OF ECKERT MYSTERY. Police Say Kron Holds It—Ia Con- vieted of Ho! The Brooklyn police said to- convinced that David Kron Heral Street, Brooklyn, has to the murder P. Hekert on Aug, 21 last at Grasmere, ny of New Jerse; | value stock. quarteriy dividend 6f $ a shure paid on the old $100 par common lar quarterly dividend of $ 1 preferred stock aiso was declared. —————— WASHINGTON, Feb, 15.—An en- listed man of the. navy in connection with a possible bomb plot to blow up the P: js under ar- RRUTBR.—Veb. 12, after ® linger of Frederick JOUN A. REUTHR, Daniels announced to-day, is now being in- victed of rotiby for the holdup o: Arthur Willi e alleged plot m, was *closeted for an hour to-day with Supreme Court Justicn Laransicy ant - ‘Attorney Voss, sentenced to-day, but - postponed for a week to per> mit the authorities to question his knowledge of the Troy Avenue, the Mayflower, and by the FUNERAL DIRECTORS, z He was to have Rokert murder. in The man last week was sald to have asked the boatswain of the Mayflower that he be given the watch at a cer- tuin hour of night, to be brought on board pleaded with the “boatswain that worth a lurge amount Richmond yesterday murder in connection wi crime is now serving a rentence of front ten ‘to twenty the Troy Avent was a partier stand as a witness for Kron sald after FRANK B. CAMPBELL FUNERAL he expected a (Nom-Sectarian) 1970 Broadway at 66th {Mahaney tay Ait gonadal o% 10 800 Car Lat neces 800 Columbia Pamerald 400 Durant Motor .... 10 Goodyear Tire wf. 10 Hanes Knit A. 100 Haves Knit B 100 Manes Kaitt pf 200 Heyden Chem 290 Indisn Packing 1900-Tnter Rubber 200 Lehigh Valley C & N.. 05 100 Packard Motor pt 6 4800 Pertection Tire 1% 2700 Radio Cam 3 600 Radio pt 2% 1700 Reguibite Tire Tub . 1 11000 Heading Co rts wt 20 4000 Bmreets CO... see ~ Mm OM 800 U 8 Steam oe M1 1% $100 0 8 kip Corp . ‘“ % 1% 400 United Profit Skaring 1100 United Ret Candy . * 900 Union Carbide .. Ca, wey STANDARD OILS. 1400 Angio-Am Oil iN AN 1% 10 Odio Oil 20 80 100 8 © of Indiana new, 60% 0% 208 OU of NY... ee INDEPENDENT OIA. 4500 Allied OM ao 3200 Boone iL 1% 1% ‘2600 Boston Wyoming . a “ 2300 Carib Sd .. 200 Citles Ser B ctfs (ex d) 29% 20% 20% 400 Cities Service Bot, on 200 Cities Service old, of. 74 1000 Denny On ( & 600 Bik Basin Pet. % 700 Glenrock OU 200 Granada Oi 400 Int Petrot . 18% 200 Magna Ol. er) 2200 Maracaibo Oil MK 200 Martand of Del. a 300 Merritt OU ..... 13% 40 Mexico Oil ...., Te 1M 800 Mountain Prod. e 8% ACO Nat OW of NI “4 5000 Noble O1 .. s ow oN 100 Omar 04! 7% mh % 1200 Producer & Reflners... 43 4M 4% Red Rock 0 100 Tyan Come... Se 8% 1060 Salt Creek Prod. 9% 9% 1200 Simms Met .. 7 i 60 Bhetly Oil a ™% 7% 500 United Tex OU... Ow 900 Victoria Ol new... 1 ‘% 800 ¥ Ou .. a ow ow MINING, 3900 Alas-Br Col 6300 Atlas Gold 10(0 Atlanta. 600 Big Ledge . 1200 Booth teres 4000 Bowt & Mont , 1500 Caled Min 500 Calumet & Jerome , 1200 Candelaria M . 225 Con Virginia. 500 Cortes Sliver 10(0 Cresson Gold 200 Dundie Arie 14000 EL Salvador 1500 Hmma Silver 2000 Eureka Crocmus « lve 0 Bureka Holly . 1% 1500 Gold Cons > 8 2 1200 Goid Devel .. 2 ss 15800 Goldfield Florence .... 98 = 38 1500 Gold Kewana ... 8 3 2000 Gold Sliver Pick ® s ‘ 2000 Geld Zour . a, 6 ft 1000 Great Bend . a 2 2 1700 Hecla Minin, 4 1% j= FEBRUARY 15, 1921.) FLUCTUA IN OIL AND INDUSTRIALS High, Low, tad.) Shares. th | 200 Tron Blowson 62.0 Jumbo Kxtenslon 4700 Knox Divide 1500 MeNamara’ Creaeat 1500 "Mara Min . 100 Mother Lode new . 3200 Murrey Mosridge 1000 North Star 200 Ophir Sitver 500 Princes Con ,. 400 ‘Tonopah Belmont... 1000 Touopah Cash Boy. 3900 Tone Diride..... no 1200 Tonopah Midway, ow 100 Tonopa Mining. 18% 184 | 0300 Tonopah Aliapsh.. 1200 Tonopah Montans....... 1000 Tonopah Reseue Bula, 500 © 8 Continental 900 Cnited Eastern 4000 Am Tel Os 22... 4000 Am Tel 6s 34. 1000 Anaconda Cop 8000 Anaconda Ts 29..... 12% | 32000 Anglo Am Ot! Tike 5000 Beaver Board 8. 86000 Cerro de Pasco 8s, 0000 Chicle x w i. 5000 Cons Gas Bs 2000 Cons Texijie Ts 8000 Copper Export 8 10000 Copper Export 84 25000 Copper Export 8 2 20000 Copper Export fs 5000 Diamond Match 7%4s. 2000 Galena SO Te 48000 Gulf O11 7. 1000 Goodrich Tire 58000 Grand Trunk 6t%¥ 15000 Inter It T Te 1000 Taclede Gas 2000 Louis & Nash Oige 31 2000 Morris & Co 2000 Nat Cloak & Suit Be. 10000 Nat Leather 5000 Ohio Cities 7 5000 Ohio Cities 12 102 | gone into the house. 102% 40244! “Bim, 1 love you more than ever,” 19000 4 O NY Te a1. 4000 Switt & CO TH seseses 7000 Texax Co is 3000 Nn Ity of Hav is.. 1000 Union Tank 7», ” cr a divorce. | have brought these papers 100% 100% | for you to sign, They will make you 5% 85%] free. have done it for your sake. CHAPTER IX, OR days thereafter the’ people of New Salem were sorely troubled, Abe Lincoln, the ready helper in time of need, the wise counsellor, the friend of all —“old and young, dogs and horseg,” as Samson was wont to say- 16 :"| ride and hope of the little cabin vile ime 1%] ie, Was breaking down under his + |8rief. He seemed to care no more for if 4] work or study or friendship. He isl] wandered out in the woods and up- on the prairies alone. Many feared that he woul lose his reason. But time.and the minigtrations of his friends closed the wounds of his heart, even though they did not heal them, At twenty-eight years of age he if iv] had safely passed the great danger ® | point im his career. The declaration at Decatur, the speeches against 1s | Douglas, the miracle of turning 4,- 4% | 000,000 beasts into 4,000,000 men, the sublime utterance at Gettyeburg, the wise parables, the second inaugural, say | the innumerable acts of mercy, all of 96% | which lifted him into, undying fame, #4! were now possible. Henceforth he au was to go forward with the growing 4 | approval of his own spirit and the #1% | favor of God. | 3 #2 en ed Samson decided to sell his land in « |New Salem for a high figure, and % | when young Lincoln and Harry Needies annotinced their intention of 994 | koing to Chicago, Samson decided to % |accompany them. The Kelsos now red there, and Harry had been told that Bim might obtain a divorce toy | under the existing laws. wi% | On the night of his meeting with % | Bim, Harry saw again Col. Zachary Taylor. - ot “Young man,” he said, “I am the %% | voice of your country, I call you to 4 | Florida, Will you go with us next week?” 7% Harry looked into Bim’'s eyes. 2% | “The campaign will be over ina year tly {und 1 need you badly,” the Colone! ony | urged, be “I cannot say no to the call of my 28% country,” Harry answered. “I will my |Join your regiment at Beardstown on 100 its way down the river.” *34/ ‘That night Harry and Bim stood by the gate talking after Mrs, Kelso had said the boy, “Abe says you can get SURGEON GOES ON N BATHTUB FROM UPSET ANBULANE Pluck of Injured Dr. Levy, Wyckoff Heights Hospital, May Save Woman’s Life. A hurry call for an ambulance came to Wyckoff Heights Hospital, Brook- lyn, from No. 791 Onderdonk Avenne, Ridgewood, this morning, and Dr. L. Levy climbed aboard and dashed off in response. At Seneca Avenue, near Gates Avenue, a heavy motor truck blocked the way. To aveld a collision, Frederick Kuhne, the anibu- lance chauffeur, turned his machine abruptly into Gates Avenue, upset- ting the ambulance. Kuline was thrown through the wind-shield and badly cut about the face, Dr. Levy, inside the ambulance, was flung against the glass doors and both his arms were cut. While they were getting to their feet, Patrolman Conrad Landerman of the Glendale station, came up on a motorcycle with a side car attached, Dr. Levy, in spite of his injuries, instantly commandeered the —_ motorcycle, was on his way to the emergency call. hospital. | Mrs, Friedland's life, ig not dangerously burned, —————— Had Polsonods Plokten; Ft had an arsenic conient, Tip in Headline want you to be free to marry whom in th rid if you were to choose me. city men, I can only offer you my In Subway $50)°: _—s>— Miss Elizabeth Hart of West 85th Street reads The Evening | when it would be possible to’spoil our World, and her praigeworthy choice] story. I'm not going to say a word of of & newspaper cost Sergio Caldo-| love to you. letti, a teacher of languages at No.) you to be under no sense of obligation 30 Gold Street, $50 to-day, It was this way: downtown on a local In the rush hour. Miss Hart was| year. Iam glad you are guing to see 7th Avenue| more of the wo! A swarthy| Oreans and see some of its beautiful man who smelled of garlic persisted | women. Jt will help you to be sure in ogiing her and rubbing against | to know yourself a little better and to ‘Phe young woman ordinarily would | voice ay whe grpoke these words which have fought her way to another car} he recall@g With a sense of comfort to get away the pest, but a|on many Tk A./headline in The Evening World ad-! J)" he answered. ‘There are so vising that mashers be lured to the| many better men who want to marry vicinity of a policeman occurred to| you! T shajl go away with @ great teenth Street. Henry Parke Squad was on You will be under no obligation. I you will. T would be the happiest man “Be careful and please let go of my No. 201] hand,” she said. “The time has come 1 am not free yet, We couldn't marry if we wanted to. I wish to me. Many things may happen in a rid before you settle down, Harry, You will stop in New * be sure of what. you want to do. ‘There was a note of sadness in her jonely day. “[ think that [ know myself fairly fear in me." “phere are no better men,” she an- She acted accordingly, and made no] swered, “When you get back we shall protest from Times Squaré to Four-| see what comes of our Httle romance, When she left the car| Meanwhile I'm going to pray for at the latter station the person with |¥°Y. ‘And I for you,” he said as he fol- 0 the garlic aura followed her to the liowed her into the house where the older people sat waiting for them. of the} }arry gave the papers to Bim to be duty at a d attested. cies Miss Hart called to him and |™0°, 90 Oe 'Segs Abe Tincoln had the masher started to run, but helgoi his Hoense to practice law. On didn't get far. In Jefferson Market Police Court he | ridden to Springfeld to begin his work gave the name of Sergio Caldoletti.Jas a jawyer In the office of John T. When told “2 could choose between a] Stuart. His plan was to hire and ne and ten hiseaes ‘® well-grown roll of ‘bills|the home of his friend. Mr. Wiliam from his pocket and settled with the | Butler He went to the store o outside wrapper. contained $2,000, hia return from the North he had jail, he|furnish'a room and get his meals at c Speed to buy @ bed and some the roll Yorhua SPerd found that they would coat seventeen dollars. grabbed wp his instrument case and He found at the Onderdonk Avenue address Margaret Friedland and her husband Aaron badly burned, The woman's dress had caught fire while she was preparing preakfast and her husband had been injured extinguish- ing the flamew with a blanket, While Dr. Levy was attending them, Patrol- man Landerman telephoned the hos- pital and at once Assistant Superin- tendent Von Reiner drove his touring car at top speed to Onderdonk Ave- nue and took both patients to the KNOW? | iierstisns ana « teense ican life landscape the Belgian is next in “I'm much obliged but for you it's Canada original 6, Who was. dent of the Uni at is t ‘Tho promptness with which they were attended will, It is belleved, save Her husband tern called? a) 8100, Anthony Webber, @ merchant at No. 1600 Park Avenue, was fined $100 by Magistrate Harris in the Municips) ‘Term Court to-day for having 490 pounds of pickles which health M-| 4 ‘ ypectors said were not fit to eat. ‘The! Gonn. city chemist reported that the pickles yy what name i 8, Tennessee; 9, brindl ‘The question is whether you DO YOU would trust a man owing @ national @ without an asset but good tanto to practice saig. Honest Jaw for so much money Coouriahh. 2931. Tol Metis Walkie | Abe. “I don't know when I could QUESTIONS 1. What famous Ro ou.” ace .d was also a young man of cod intentions and a ready sym- pathy for those who had little else, He had heard of the tall represen- Ki tative from Sangamon County. fi Sear ine duos adem wT have a plan which will give a in the United States? 3. On what river city of Antwe tel whiah ot id the tiger? oe New many ‘provinces did “You're rather Jong.” Speed bed for nothing if you would care to share my room above the store and sleep with me,” he answered. quite a contract.” laughed. fourteenth Presi-| ‘Yes, I could lick salt off the top ati of your hat. I'm about « man and a round a ship's | half but by long practice I've learned how to keep the half out of the way Nashville the | of other people. They say that when Long John Wentworth got to Chi- ? hat are the color markings of |cago he slept with his feet sticking out of a window and that they had the tympan- |to take down a partition becauserhe ums of the ears more commonly | couldn't stand the familiarity of the ANSWERS. woodpeckers, but he is eight inches taller than I am." Irving Bacheller. for his saddle-bags and returned shortly. ; “There are all my earthly .pos- sessions," he said as he threw the bags on the floor: So his new Hfe began in the yil- lage of Springfield, Early in the autumn Samson arrived and bought @ smal] house and two acres of land on the edge of the village and re~ turned to New Salem to move his family and furniture. When they drove Mong the top of Salem Hil) # number of the houses were empty and deserted, their owners having moved away, Two of the stores were Stems Only ten Palit toed remained, ey stop] at Rutledge’s tavern, whose cntertinment was little sougDt then. Moving was not such a compli- vated matter those days. Abe Lins coin was on hand to bid them wel. come and help get their goods in place, He had borrowed fire and out some wood and there was a cheering blaze in the fireplace on the arrival of the newcomers. When the beds were set up and ready for/the night Sarah made some tea to go with the cold yictuals she had brought. Mr, Lincoin ate with them and told of his new work. o far I've had nothing more im- portant to do than proving damage in cases of assault and battery,” he said. “There is many a man who, when he thinks he has been wronged, proceeds to take it out of the hide of the other feller. The hides of Diinois have suffered a good deal inv that way. It is very annoying. Generehy 1 stand for the hides. They need a-friend and protector. When people take the law in their hands it gets badly worn and mussed up. In @ little while there isn’t any law. Next week I begin my first turn on the elreuit.” t seems good to see folks around us." said Sarah. “I believe we shd enjoy ourselves here.” “It’s a wonderful place,” Lincoln declared with enthysiasm. “There are fine stores and churches and sociables and speeches and theatro ows.” Late jn November Mr. Lincoin went out on the circuit with the distin- guished John T. Stuart, who had taken him into partnership. Bim’s letter to him bears an indorsement on its en- velope as follows: ‘ “Thig letter was forwarded from Vandalia the week I went out on . the circuit and remained unopened in our office until my return six weeks later,—A. LINCOLN.” ‘The day of his return he went to Sarah and Samson with the letter. “I'll get a good horse and start for Chicago to-morrow morning,” said Samson, “They have had a double blow. Jack Kelso died some time ago, and did you read that Harry had been killed Aine by Ty led!" Mr. Lincol: claimed. “You don’t mean to. tefl me Per Rn J oo killed?" “The Chicago Democrat sa} but we don't believe it,’* mie "Samson, “Here's the article copied into the Sangamon Journal. Read it and then = tell you why I don't think it’s 0." Abe Lincoln read the article, you see, it was dated in Tamp: Nov. 5," said Samson. “Before we had read that article we had recebwed a letter from Harry, dated Nov. 74 In the letter he says “he is all right, and I calculate that he ought to know: ft» Much about :t as any one.” “Thank God! ‘Then it's a mistalke,”. sald Lincoln. “We can% afford te lose Harry. I feel rather poor witt Jack Kelso gone. It will comfort me to do what I can for his wife and daughter, I'll give you every doltan I can spare to take to them,” 5 A C ieanagad of sorrowful silence fol. jowed. “I'll never forget the kindly sout Jack or his wit or his sayings, pets, cf which are in my notebook,” said ean as he sat looking sadly inty e fire. They talked much of the gheal bus humble man who had so loved honor and beauty and whose life had ended, in the unholy turmoil of the new, city. Samson made the journey to th Kelso home as speedily as ‘pomeible: and informed Bim that Harry had not been killed. She was overjoyed, but told him that she was under great obligations to one Lionel Davis, who wanted to marry her. Samson gave her enough money to pay her debv end investigated the rumor of the re- port of Harry's death. At the newe-~ Paper office he was shown the original despatch and found that the handwriting Was similar to that of Davis. Though Mrs. Kelso would hear no iM against the man whom she regarded as a benefactor, Bim Was inclined to agree with his defi- nite suspicions, As Samson left she promised to let him know before she took decisive action of any kind, un- til Harry should return, Samson also: learned from several friends, Henry Bimstead in particular, that Davis had been involved in’ many land swindles. He gathered evidence and..~ on his return placed it in the hands cf Abe Linooln, who offered to work up the couse, A remarkable school of politi science began its sesviogs in the tite Western village of Springfield. The world had never seen the like of it Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Doug las, E, D, Baker, O. H. Browni: Jesse B. Thomas’ and Josiah Ls bo-n—a most unusual array of taienu, as subsequent history — proved—> were wont to gather around the fire- place in the rear of Joshua Speed's store evenings to discuss the issues of the time. Samson and his son Jo came often to hear the talk. Douglas looked like a dwarf among those long geared men. He was slight and short beiag only ebout five feet tall, but Jhe had a big, round head covered with thick, straight, dark hair, a bulldog look and a voice like thune der. ‘The first steamboat had crossed jthe Atlantic the year before and the {future of transportation was one of |the first themes discussed by this re-» markable group of men. Douglas and Lincoln were in a heated argument over the admission of slavery to thal territories the first night that Samso sat down with them. i mn the course of the a Dougias alleged that the Whiss mens the aristocrats of the country. Hartford,| “I'm sure we shall get along well leopard; 6, |enough together,” said Speed. 7, taffrall; ‘They went up to the room. In a ar-drum. | moppent Mr. Lincoln hurried away Read To-morrow’'s Interesting Inetal ment.