LINCOLN’S LOVE STORY Illustration: Drawing by Jay Hambidge. “‘_I cannot bear to think of her out there alone in the storm._’” LINCOLN’S LOVE STORY BY ELEANOR ATKINSON _Author of “The Boyhood of Lincoln,” and “Mamzelle Fifine”_ ILLUSTRATED Illustration: Publisher’s Seal. NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY MCMIX TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES: Punctuation has been standardized. Non-printable characteristics have been given the following transliteration: Italic text: --> _text_ This book was written in a period when many words had not become standardized in their spelling. Words may have multiple spelling variations or inconsistent hyphenation in the text. These have been left unchanged unless indicated with a Transcriber’s Note. Footnotes are identified in the text with a number in brackets [2] and are displayed at the end of the paragraph. Transcriber Notes are used when making corrections to the text or to provide additional information for the modern reader. These notes are not identified in the text, but have been accumulated in a single section at the end of the book. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY PUBLISHED, JANUARY, 1909 NOTE THIS STORY FIRST APPEARED IN THE “LADIES’ HOME JOURNAL” UNDER THE TITLE “THE LOVE STORY OF ANN RUTLEDGE.” ILLUSTRATIONS “‘I cannot bear to think of her out there alone in the storm’” _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE Above the dam at New Salem 6 The grammar which Lincoln studied as a young man 16 New Salem, Ill., where Lincoln was postmaster 20 Squire Bowling Green’s cabin, near New Salem, Ill., as it is to-day 32 The top of the hill, New Salem 36 Gutzon Borglum’s conception of Lincoln 46 The grave of Ann Rutledge, Oakland Cemetery, Petersburg, Ill. 56 Lincoln’s Love Story