"I've done my share of the fighting," he said at length. "I'm going north to-morrow to find Bim and her mother."
"I shall want you to serve a complaint on one Lionel Davis," said Mr. Lincoln.
"I have one of my own to serve on him," Harry answered. "But I hope that our case can be settled out of court."
"I think that I'll go with you as far as Tazewell County and draw the papers there," said Lincoln.
When the latter had left for his lodgings and Joe and his mother had gone to bed, Samson told Harry the details of his visit to Chicago.
"She may have taken the disease and died with it before now," said the young man. "I'll be on my way to Honey Creek in the morning. If she's sick I'll take care of her. I'm not going to worry about Davis. But when I get there I wouldn't wonder if he'd have to worry a little about me."
CHAPTER XXII
WHEREIN ABE LINCOLN REVEALS HIS METHOD OF CONDUCTING A LAWSUIT IN THE CASE OF HENRY BRIMSTEAD ET AL., VS. LIONEL DAVIS.
They found many of Davis's notes in Tazewell County. Abe Lincoln's complaint represented seven clients and a sum exceeding twenty thousand dollars.