LHNC Q LN KQ Q M LIBRA RY M EMQ RHA L t/oe Glow of 190] fou n ded by H A RLA N H O YT H O RNER a n d H ENRIETTA C A LH O UN H O RNER CO PY RI H TED 1 G , 939 BY A R O LD F A I A TE N R NC S G S . T SPEC KA L PREN KNG O F 300, PRINTED IN TH E UNITED STATES , DEA TH Q F A NN RUTLEDGE H ERE A RE the chiding leaves ? ? i s that the winter snow a- falling Is it her that ’ s calling me I n the brooding cold ? l hear in every sou nd In wind ' i In heavy rain that a falling I say again I hear her calling me ' h n Why , oh W y should every natural sou d A bound with pleading cries? Why must every gnarled tree Easily W hisper sighs ? l know , a That life is living A nd death is easily met e But listen i hear her callin g yet ' And though i live for ages My soul shall ever see n A frie dl y , constant shadow That pleads and waits for m e. H E MEMORY Abraham Li ncoln is like a spirit within t h e s e United States that reveals a deep significance only after ‘ r long and an alytical thought . A nation lived prio to h i s comi n g but kept on doing so only under - n w e his after life force . His stro g i l l becam a ’ i nation s and preserved its ent ty . As t h e American Messiah Lincoln becom es h In t at m ore with the passing years . the seventy odd y ears si n ce his death the Martyred President ’ has g ri pped t h e n ation s i m a g i n a t i o n with a m n fi r ess n o m easure of upheaval can loosen . With each p assi n g y ear that hold must g r o w un til the n w v i n or natio ill li e i t s mighty shadow . F it is o n ly right that the memory of a noble man be the 5 spirit of li vm g Democracy ' In a world of hate it is an important need that a people cling to that which can sustain its reason for e' istenc e. Ann Rutledge influenced the shape of e v ents that sent Lincoln to the White House and gave the world a great man . She stirred the mind that w as destined to rise above the hori zon of a period s and ee the ages . Ne w Salem , Illinois was the modest setting for a drama that took a million years to shape and a few days to form . Out of i ts tense moments a n ation was reborn again and rededicated to the ro osi p p ti on that all m en are created equ al . F A . G . A MBERGLOW N 1835 A BRA H A M LINCOLNw as t w enty ' si ' m se i n years old . That year gave pro i ' m er m e the very e pectancy of n ew birth . Su m ca early to New Salem and scattered t h e San gam on e h banks with the freshness of green life. The art warmed under sunlight and tended toward gentle n n ed ness . Birds fluttered in the bru shg row th a d 'oi m s a e r the ighty chorus of lusty nature. i t w a y a a No b t he of hope and amiable pleas ntness . lur of hori zon came to comm on vision though youn g A be s ometimes felt the coldn e ss of un named fear . But any feelin gs of forbodin g were shrugged off as hi s now almost natural melan cholia. He w as in love n o as and there was room for gloom . A be Lin coln w in love and its effects softened the m oody lin es n d about his mouth . The settlem ent noticed this a f ne was pleased . That Ann Rutledge would be a i r wife a n d make somethi n g of A be, w as gene ally agreed . l A MBERGLO W ’ Li n coln slov e for Ann Rutledge revealed itself in many fumbling ways . A tenderness of tone under the awkward offer to carry a pail or tray while ’ boarding at her father s tavern ' the few words he w u n said ith deeper meanings and the many left _ ’ said ' i t s reaction as reve aled i n Ann s mature understanding a n d enc ou rag ement such small things nurtured t h e love b o t h gre w to know . ’ Lincoln s emotions never found e ' pression in the W ords he so yearned to v 0 1 c e . Gracious Ann Rutledge understood however and returned that deeper love with her own faith . When Ann Rut ledge finally promised to marry l r the lanky , thinking Abraham Linco n he ca ved it out on a stone ' A . Li n coln an d A n n Ru tledg e w ere betrothed here 3 u l 183 . ' y 4 , That was the last gesture of youth ' a prelude to the agony of a spirit th at w as to be b urned by the fury of ruthless , impartial ways . Suddenly a fever whispered death under the A w leafy green of a still young summer . oman died near Sand Ridge . Others died in the settlement of New Salem and still more i n t he scattered pioneer cabins throughout t h e region . It s t i r r e d the A MBERGLOW sympathy in young Lincoln - as human suffering ooks al w ays did but he kept to his b , the neglected store and his pleasant stays w i t h Ann Rutledge. She was thinking of going to school and hoped Abe the would do the same . Lincoln was willing and so two lovers planned . D ' Then , one day in August , octor ohn Allen came to see Lincoln before he left for the Rutledge a farm at Sand Ridge . He had received call that For Ann was ill and thought Abe s h ou l d know . the instant a cold numb of fear came to Lincoln but he shook it off an g ri ly/an d hastily 'oined the doctor on the impatient ride . Sickness was a grave - turn with these people of the hard frontier . His mother had only been sick once before she died . Torturing h i s mind wi th brooding s i l e n c e ’ h Lincoln hastened to Ann s side . S e was in bed ' t flushed with fever and weak . She smiled wi h pleasure when Lincoln came to her and whispered an encouraging promise to get better . On the second day Ann Rutledge died . This ’ blow of loss snapped in Abraham Lincoln s mind . The futility of l i f e sei zed him and tore at his ’ 'udgment with silent completeness . The minister s words over her grave brought a sullen protest that remained wordless and only stirred the tempest A MBERGLOW i G N Bowl ng reen and his wife , ancy , watched c l the change in Abe Lin o n with tender solicitude . s His los stirred their sympathetic hearts . ’ h I can t bear to t ink of her out there alone , ’ came to Abe s l i p s almost as a plea to the night . Bounds of inutility strained under the violent agi t ati on The Lo i vet a within him . rd g h n d the Lord taketh aw ay mocked him and urged the bitterness he rarely revealed . If it was but to accept this w ith such fatalistic simplicity how short might be his pain ' Lincoln used the cabin left as h i s friends i n D n sisted . ecisio was of no matter now so he did z N everything with a d a e d abstraction . ights brought a measure of surcease for then he could rest to the drift of sounds and hear her call in t he whispers of leaves . There was no real sleep with the spiritual torture he bore in silence. For k weary wee s the tall , gaun t youth sought for peace along the Sangamon banks . He strived to find the trust in God nature might reveal . The pleasures he had found i n natural sounds came Now back as complete indifference . there was no No restfulness in the form of brush and green . answer to his search marked t h e roughn ess of A MBERGLO W bark or the wet of dew . From the light of eager i n m ed youth Abraham L ncol slowly for , into the shade of tempered age . The spirit began to know am ber the g low of pain . the moods that softened the touch of coming greatness . N ancy Green gave Abe work to do . She sensed the emptiness he was striving to fill and made him do much . His hands became occupied and slowly z drew the tired mind to them .