HIM TO DALE'S.

ABRAHAM STAYS ALL NIGHT WITH HIM. - AN IL

INTERVIEW WITH PETERS ABOUT TRIP TO NEW ORLEANS. — SEES
HIS FATHER. BARGAIN TO GO. MR. PETERS'S ELDEST SON. —
ABRAHAM'S DELIGHT. ACCOUNT OF FLAT-BOATMEN. CARGOES
CARRIED ON FLAT-boats. HOW MERCHANTS TRADED THEN.
THE TRIP EIGHTEEN HUNDRED MILES. HIS FATHER'S FEELINGS. —
COMMENCES THE VOYAGE. CONVERSATIONS WITH HIS COMPANION ON
THE WAY. TIED UP BOAT AT NIGHT. A THRILLING SCENE. FIGHT
WITH NEGROES WHO ATTEMPT TO MURDER THEM. THE NEGROES
DRIVEN OFF. — A SUCCESSFUL TRIP. — ASCRIBED TO ABRAHAM'S TACT,
JUDGMENT, AND FIDELITY.

Removal to Illinois

XVIII.

HANKS SENT TO

RECONNOITRE.

212

TWO

NEWS FROM ILLINOIS.

YEARS BEFORE THEY DECIDE. THREE FAMILIES AND TWELVE PER-
SONS TO GO. — ABRAHAM FREE, BUT STILL A FAITHFUL SON. — HOW
PEOPLE' MOVED THEN, A DESCRIPTION. TWO HUNDRED MILES TO GO.
THEY START. -HOW THEY CROSS KASKASKIA RIVER. ENERGY.
FIFTEEN DAYS ON THE JOURNEY. — WHERE THEY SETTLE. · BUILD A
LOG-HOUSE. -PLANT TEN ACRES OF CORN. ABRAHAM SPLITTING
RAILS TO FENCE. THESE ARE THE RAILS OF WHICH SO MUCH HAS
BEEN SAID. LOUIS PHILIPPE. — THE WINTER OF THE "GREAT SNOW."
HOW ABRAHAM SAVED THE FAMILY FROM SUFFERING.

XIX.

New Friends

LEAVING HOME. HIS FEELINGS.

222

HIS PARENTS' FEELINGS. -

LABORS FOR ONE ARMSTRONG. - STUDIES HIS LEISURE MOMENTS. —---

WHAT ARMSTRONG THINKS OF HIM. -- PROPOSITION TO GIVE HIM A
HOME THERE. ABRAHAM'S HONESTY AGAIN. HOW IT WON THE
PEOPLE NEAR PETERSBURG. CHOSEN JUDGE BY BOTH CONTENDING
HOW HE CAME TO BE CALLED HONEST ABE.'

PARTIES.

IN ARMSTRONG CABIN IN WINTER. BUYS SOME BOOKS.

ARITHMETIC.

STUDYING

STUDIES

GOOD NEWS FOR ABRAHAM. AGREES TO GO ON FLAT-
BOAT TO NEW ORLEANS. BIDS ARMSTRONG ADIEU. HIS GRATITUDE.
HIRED TO TAKE CARE OF A STORE AND MILL IN NEW

HIS SUCCESS.

SALEM.

A Merchant's Clerk .

XX.

231

HIS IMPORTANCE IN THE PLACE. — DREW A CIRCLE AROUND HIM.-
INSTANCE OF HONEST DEALING. - DOES BUSINESS AS IF IT WAS HIS
OWN. HIS STORY-TELLING POWERS AND KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORY.
-CONFIDENCE IN HIM, AND THE REASON FOR IT. — WORDS FROM MER-
CHANT'S MAGAZINE. STUDYING GRAMMAR. DISCUSSION WITH A
COMPANION ABOUT IT. MASTERS IT IN HIS LEISURE HOURS. FUR-
THER DISPUTE WITH HIS COMPANION.
TOOK FRIENDS TO VISIT HIM. - DINNER, AND THE BOWL OF MILK UP-
SET. - ABRAHAM'S UNWILLINGNESS TO MAKE TROUBLE. - AIDED IN
GRAMMAR BY W. GREENE. LIKE ALEXANDER MURRAY. — REMARKS

RICHARD YATES.

NEIGHBORS

XXI.

Captain in the Black-Hawk War

245

THE BLACK-HAWK WAR BREAKS OUT. — ABRAHĄM THE FIRST TO EN-
LIST. - TALK WITH HIS COMPANION. — DESIRE TO RAISE A WHOLE
COMPANY IN NEW SALEM. THEY GET THE PRIVILEGE. -THE COM-
PANY RAISED. — CHOICE OF OFFICERS. - SECRET PLAN TO MAKE ABRA-
HAM CAPTAIN. ITS SUCCESS. HIS SURPRISE. ·A SCENE. ABRA-
HAM LIFTS A BARREL OF WHISKEY. WHY HE DOES IT. HIS TEM-
PERANCE PRINCIPLES. THE EVENING AFTER, AND GREENE'S PROMISE

TO ABRAHAM NOT TO BET AGAIN OR GAMBLE. — THE COMPANY OFF TO
WAR. TIME UP, AND ABRAHAM RE-ENLISTS TWICE. HIS EFFICIENCY
AND COURAGE IN THE ARMY,

XXII.

Plans and Progress.

254

HIS RETURN. — PROPOSAL TO SEND HIM TO THE LEGISLATURE. — IN-
TERVIEW WITH A FRIEND ABOUT IT. DISCUSSION WITH OLDER PER-
SONS. A CLAY MAN." —NOT ELECTED, YET A TRIUMPH. — DECIDES
TO SETTLE IN NEW SALEM. BUYS STORE AND SELLS AGAIN. CON-
VERSATION ABOUT BECOMING A LAWYER, AND HIS OBJECTIONS. —
STUDIES SURVEYING WITH CALHOUN. BECOMES A GOOD SURVEYOR.
BUSINESS PLENTY. ·WORKS AT IT STEADILY A YEAR.

XXIII.

Success and its Results

265

THE SUMMER OF 1834. LINCOLN A CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTA-
TIVE. HIS POPULARITY. TALK ABOUT POLITICIANS. — HIS
HIS MOD-
ESTY. HIS ELECTION. SCÈNE AFTERWARDS. REFUSES TO TREAT

HIS COMPANIONS WITH STRONG DRINK. HIS DECISION. GOING TO
LEGISLATURE.- · INTERVIEW WITH HON. J. T. STUART ABOUT STUDYING
LAW. HIS ADVICE AND OFFER OF BOOKS. FACTS PRESENTED.
HENRY CLAY'S EARLY LIFE.

THE RESULT.

XXIV.

Working and Winning

274

HIS

THE NEWS. — WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT OF HIS STUDYING LAW.
VIEWS OF ECONOMY OF TIME. · DECLINES GOING TO A PARTY.
WALKS TWENTY-TWO MILES FOR HIS LAW-BOOKS. — BLACKSTONE'S
COMMENTARIES IN FOUR VOLUMES CARRIED TWENTY-TWO MILES. —-
EXAMINED IN FIRST VOLUME, STUDIED WHEN WALKING. DEVO-
TION TO STUDY. HIS INTERVIEW WITH THE IGNORANT FARMER. A
PLACE FOR LAWYERS. GIVES UP PARTIES AND PLEASURES. — ENJOYS
STUDY BEST. REASON OF IT. ARCHIMEDES. PROFESSOR HAYNES,

---- MADE RAPID PROGRESS, WORKED AND WON. - ONE MORE SCENE.

XXV.

The Tragedy

A MAN KILLED.

CAMP-MEETING.

288

EXCITEMENT. — DONE IN A DRUNKEN MÊLÉE AT A

ARREST OF JOE ARMSTRONG. TIDINGS TRAVEL

TO HIS NATIVE PLACE. - HIS FORMER LIFE, AND GENERAL CENSURE.
HIS MOTHER'S GRIEF. KINDNESS OF MR. JONES. EFFORT TO GET
COUNSEL. LETTER FROM ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN. — HOPE REVIVES. —
LINCOLN'S EFFORT TO DELAY TRIAL TILL EXCITEMENT IS OVER. UN-
RAVELS A CONSPIRACY. -TIME OF THE TRIAL. WITNESSES EXAM-
INED. A PERJURER. HIS EXPOSURE. — LINCOLN'S ELOQUENT PLEA.
CARRIES THE CROWD. — ARMSTRONG NOT GUILTY. HIS MOTHER
OVERCOME. GRATITUDE TO LINCOLN. CASE OF ALEXANDER H. STK-
PHENS. LINCOLN A PATRIOT.

CASE OF

XXVI.

Conclusion

HOW FAR TRACED HIS LIFE.

• 306

HIS LIFE SINCE THAT PERIOD.

MATERNAL INFLU-

FOUNDATION OF CHARACTER LAID IN CHILDHOOD.
ENCE. ENERGY, PERSEVERANCE, AND DECISION. — DOING THINGS
WELL. HABITS OF STUDY. SELF-CONTROL. — NOT ABOVE HIS BUSI-
NESS.
OPPOSITION TO SLAVERY. IIIS

INFLUENCE OF ANCESTORS.

LIBRARY. HIS HONESTY AGAIN. — TESTIMONY OF ONE WHO KNOWS.

THE MAN WHAT THE BOY WAS.

THE PIONEER BOY.

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I.

FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL.

BRIGHT spring morning, flooding hill and valley with its golden light, an old log-house with its humble tenants at the door, and the hero of our volume starting forth to receive his first lesson at school, is the scene that opens to our view.

"A great day for you, my boy," said his mother; "it's better than silver and gold to know how to read."

"Do the best you can," added his father; "it's only a short time that you have to learn."

"I'll try," replied the lad, then just seven years old; and he went off in high spirits.

"There's not much need of telling him to do his best," said his mother, as he started off, addressing her remark to her husband; "he'll do that anyhow."

"It won't do him any hurt to jog his mind a little

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