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my back, This fire In my heart, this
wild look in my eyes. Wait and you
will see what l will put upon him."
knew that old Kate was not the
irresponsible, witless creature that
people thought her to be. l had begun
to think Of her with a kind of awe as
one gifted above all others. One by
one the things she had said of the
future seemed to be coming true.
AS we were going into the house the
schoOlmaSter said:
Now, Mary, you take this lantern
and go across the street to the house
o Deacon Binks, the constable. You'll
find him asleep by the kitchen stove.
Arrest his slumbers, but not rudely,
and, when he has come to, tell him
that l have news O. the devil
Deacon Binks arrived, a fat man
with a big, round body and a very
wise and serious Countenance between
side whiskers bending from his temple
to his neck and suggesting parentheses
of hair, as If his head and It's aces
sories were in the nature of q side
issue. He and the schoolmaster went
out of doors and must have talked to-
gether while | was eating bowl Of
bread and milk which Mrs Hacket had
brought to me.
When I went to bed, by and by
heard somebody snoring on the little
porch under my window. The first
sound that reached my ear at the
break of dawn was the snoring of
some sleeper. l dressed and went be-
low and found the constable in his
cOOnskin Overcoat asleep on the porch
with a long-barreled gun at his side.
While / stood there the schoOlmaster
came around the corner of the house
from the garden. He put his hand on
the deacon's shoulder and gave him
a little shake.
Awake, We limb O. the law" he de-
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CHAPTER x.
a Party and-My Fourth Peril?


Ut was rainy Sunday. In the
middle of the afternoon Uncle Pea
body and had set out in our spring
buggy with the family umbrella-a
faded but sacred implement, always
carefully dried, after using, and hung
in the clothes press. We were drenched
to the skin in spite of the umbrella
1t was still raining when we arrived
at the familiar door in Ashery lane
Uncle Peabody wouldn't stop.
He hurried away. We pioneers rare
Fy stopped or even turned out for the
weather.
'"COme in," said the voice of the
SchOolmaster at the door. There's
good weather under this roof"
He saw my plight as | entered.
I'm like a shaggy dog that's been
In swimming" ] said.
Upon my word, boy, we're ii. luck -
remarked the schoolmaster.
looked up at him.
Michael Henry's clothes !-sure,
ahey're just the thing for your
/ followed him upstairs, wondering
now it had happened that Michael
Henry had clothes.
He took me into his room and
brought some handsome, soft clothes
ont of a press with shirt, socks and
boots to match.
@There, my laddie buck" said he
~put them on"
'sThese will soon dry on me-" said
"Put them on--ye laggard! Michae
Henry told me to give them to you
IT'S the birthday night o little Rutl
my boy. There's big cake with car
dies and chicken pie and jellied cooH
les and all the like O that. Put tnel
on. A wet boy at the feast woul
saampen the whole proceedings.
mt them on and with a grea
sense of relief and comfort. 1he
Tere an admirable fit-too perfect to
an accident, although at the time
thought only of their grandeur as
stood surveying myself in the LOOKING
glass. They were of blue cloth ana
saw that they went well with IN
blond hair and light skin. was pu
cling on my collar and neckue "he
Mr. Hacket returned.
We went below and the table wa
very grand with It's great frosted cah
and it's candles, in shiny brass SUCK
and it's 1ellies and preserves win I'd
CLEAN of polished pewter among tnen
Mrs. Hacket and all the children say
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RAD IIne 10 RaISe MY FI3It and
Bring It Down Upon the Head of
! the Leader.
had time to raise my fail and bring 1T
Gown upon the head of the leader,
who fell as l had seen a beef fall I'm
der the ak. Another man stopped be-
You'd the reach of my fail and, after
a seconds hesitation, turned and ran
away in the darkness.
l could hear or see no other motion
/ in the field. | turned and ran on
down the slope toward the village. In
moment | saw someone coming out
OS the maple grove at the fields end,
/ just ahead, with a lantern.
Then heard the voice of the school
master saying:
as it you, my lad?"
yes" l answered, as 1 came up to.
him and Mary, in a condition of
bTeathless excitement.
told them of the curious adventure,
had had.
Come quick" said the schoolmas-
J
in the stuhble."
I remembered that had struck the
path in my flight just before stopping
to swing the fail. The man must have
fallen very near it. Soon we found
where he had been lying and drops of
fresh blood on the stubble.
"Hush," said the schoolmaster.
| We listened and heard wagon rat
fling at wild pace down the road
toward the river.
"There he goes" said Mr.. Hacket.
His companions have carried him,
away. Yed be riding in that wagon
now, yerself, my brave lad, if ye hadn't
"a made a lucky hit with the fail
God bless YEP
"What would they "a done with
meg' asked.
''Oh, reckon they'd "a took ye off.
lad, and KEEP We for year or so until
Amos was out o. danger" said Mr.
Hacket. Maybe they'd drowned We in
the river down there an left yer
clothes on the bank to make it look
|
knows what they'd "a done with We,
laddie buck. Wen have to keep an
eye ON We now, every day until the
trial is over-sure we will. Come, wen
go up to the barn and see if Kate is
there"
Just then we heard the receding
wagon go roaring over the bridge on
Little river. Mary shudderedi with
fright. The schoolmaster reass2red US
by saying:
i ''Don't be afraid. I brought my gun
in case we'd meet painter. But the
danger is past"
! He drew long pistol FROM his coat
pocket and held it in the light of the
lantern.
The loaded cart stood in the middle
OF the barn floor, where i had left 1t
but old Kate had gone. We closed
| the barn, drawing the cart along with
D as When we came into the edge OF
D the village began to reflect upon the
d strange peril out of which I had sc
luckily escaped. 1t gave me heavy
sense of responsibility and of tht
q wickedness of men.
I thought of old Kate and her broker
silence. For once had heard hel
speak. could feel my flesh tinglt
when l thought of her quick word:
and her hoarse, passionate whisper.
- knew, or thought knew, why she
took such care of me. She was Ii
league with the gallows and could no
= bear to see 1t cheated of its prey. Fol
some reason she hated the Grimshaws
/ had seen the hate in her eyes tht
day she logged along behind the ole
;. money lender through the streets Of
the village when her pointing finger
had seemed to say to me: 'There
;, there is the man who has brought ms
. to this. He has put these rags upoI
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(TO Be CONTINUED
Won HERTLING, FORMER
GERMAN CHANCELLOR, DfES

COPENHAGEN, Jan. 7.-(By Asso-
ciated Press) Count George r. Won
Hertling, former imperial German
chancellor, died Saturday night at
Ruhpolding, Bavia He had been i'll
for six days.
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CHAPTER II1-Barton and his uncle
tEnd aunt visit Canton and hear Silas
Wright read a sermon.
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Copyright, 1917, Irving Bacheller)
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-Barton Baynes, orphan,
ss taken to live with his uncle, Peabody
paynes, and his Aunt Deel on a farm on
Rattleroad in neighborhood called Lick
Stysplit, about the year 1926. Barton meets
Sally Dunkelberg. about his own age, but
socially of a class above the Bayneses.
and is fascinated by the pretty face
and fine clothes.
CHAPTER II-Barton meets Rowing
Kate, known in the neighborhood as the
silent Woman" Amos Grimshaw young
con Of the richest man In the township,
So visitor at the Baynes home and
Rowing Kate tells the fortunes of the two
boys, predicting a bright future for Bar
ton and death on the gallows for Amos
1Seproved for an act of boyish mischief
Barton runs away, intending to make his
home with the Dunkelbergs. He reaches
the village of Canton and falls into a
sieep of exhaustion on a porch There
he is found by Silas Wright, Jr., promi-
nent man in public affairs, who, knowing
Peabody Baynes. takes Barton home af-
tier buying him new clothes.
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yer DOylnB MIN new clothes.
CHAPTER IIT-Barton and his uncle
tsnd aunt visit Canton and hear Silas
Wright read a sermon.
CHAPTER TV-Silas Wright evinces
much interest in Barton, and sends a box
of books and magazines to the Baynes
nome. The election of SilaS Wright to
}the United States senate is announced
CHAPTER V-When Barton is twelve
years old he becomes aware of the ex-
1Stence OF wonderful and mysterious
power known as Money" and learns
now, through his possession of that WON
oerful thing GrimshaW is the most power
Iui and greatly dreaded man in the COM
munity, most of the settlers being in his
debt. After a visit to the Baynes home
Mr.. Wright leaves a note in a sealed en-
gelope, which Barton is TO read on the
arst night when he leaves home to at
tend school
CHAPTER Wharton is asked to
drive load to mill arrives safely, but
an snowstorm, unable to see the road
the horses get into the ditch and a
wheel of the wagon is broken. Uncle
Peabody manages to get together
enough to satisfy Grimshaw and obtain
an extension.
CHAPTER v1r-Now in his sixteenth
e. 81,
the hired man, TO the postoffice at Can
t9n. On the way they meet rider, and
she three journey together. They are
neId up by man with a gun, who makes
ehe highwayman's demand of Your
money or your life" Purvis runs away
while the stranger draws a pistol but be-
fore he can use it the robber shoots and
Kills him. Barton's horse throws him
and runs away. AS the murderer bends
over the stranger Barton throws stone
(which he observes wounds the thief, who
makes of at once, but not until Barton
pad noted that his gun stock was broken
IN peculiar manner. Search of the
nefgnoorhood for the robber is unavailing
and the stranger is buried.
CHAPTER VIII-Barton leaves home to
attend Michael Jackets school. Amos
Grfmshaw is arrested charged with the
murder Of the stranger.
CHAPTER IX-Grimshaw seeks to
br1be Barton to be silent about his
wounding the murderer of the man killed
on the road. The offer is spurned
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CHAPTER TV-Silas Wright evinces
much interest in Barton, and sends box
home The election of Sllas Wright to
}the United States senate is announced.
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AUTO MISHAPS
Collisions at Montpelier, Worthwhile and
Plainfield

Montpelier, Oct. THE reports of the
collision of automobiles driven by G. G.
Bailey and j. NJ. Boutwell, of Montpelier
have been received at the secretary Of
states office. 1t occurred on the North
field road and the mudguards and running
boards on the left hand side of each ma
chine were damaged. while one wheel on
the car Mr.. Boutwell, was driving was
damaged. II appears that Mr.. Boutwell,,
who has operated Packard for many
years. was trying out a Pierce Arrow
with the intent Of purchasing. This is
right hand drive, while Mr.. Boutwell,
Packard Is a left hand drive. so that the
car. were closer together than he ex-
pected.
Other accidents included Ned Foss OF
Morrisville, colliding with the car of John
Jerue Of Montpelier in Waterbury,
Foss was suspended from driving for a
while this summer. He claimed In his
report that the accident was due to
people getting out of another automobile
and crossing the street in front of him.
He claimed he sounded his horn. but that
they paid no attention to it. IT was
choice, of hitting these people or the
automobile of Mr.. Jerue. He claimed
his brake did not hold IAN ounce"
w II. Turney of Montpelier, who re-
Gently bought car. reported colliding
with a post near the Capital Garage in
Montpelier.
William Kriplin OF Plainfeld made an
original report to Benjamin Gates OF an
accident that he had some three weeks
ago with George Clough's automobile
The report to Mr.. Gates was referred to
the secretary of State and the right
report has been made.
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SOUTH WOODBURY.

l.. II. Beaulac. road commissioner, is
very Ill with ulcers in the stomach.-There
will be no preaching service next Sunday,
the pastor, the Rev. Mr.. Hale being
absent on a vacation.-Azro Nelson has
returned to Concord, n. H., where he will
be engaged in business. His house will
be closed for the winter.-Mrs. Smith.
mother of Frances Goodell. Is i'll and
confined to her bed.--Londus w. Haskell,
an aged and respected civil war veteran.
passed away at his home Monday at two
o'clock.-Mr. and Mrs. l.. c. Swain have
returned from Massachusetts.--Sarah
Bruce Is i'll at the home of her brother
in-law, NJ. y. Goodell.-R. B. Tassie is
visiting at his old home I'm North Hero.
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EAST CALAIS

Mr.. and Mrs. George Sanders were at
Lake Willoughby recently.-Mrs. Guy
Bancroft was recent visitor of Mrs.
Mary Austin in Morrisvile.-Mss Alma
Leonard was in Hardwick Saturday,
Mrs. l.. w. Hammett of East Montpelier
was a visitor at l. w. Grays last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Abbott and chill
dren were in Cabot Sunday.-Wayne
Burnham was in Montpelier recently
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Brown were in Mont
pelier Tuesday.-Mr and Mrs. James
Warhurst and daughter have returned to
their home here after a visit in Maine
Mr.. and Mrs Maynard King visited in
Woodbury. Sunday.-Miss Lillian Lance
of Cabot called on Ruth Brown Sunday.
superintendent Batchelder was here
Friday attending TO matters concerning
the schOols.--Riley Goodall visited in
Wolcott recently.-Wayne Wilbur of
Montpelier visited in town the last of the
week.-Several from here attended the
Lawson auction at Kent's Corner last
week.-Walter Coates was at his home
Sunday from his insurance work, which
he began last Week.-Mrs. Marion
Remission has chicken pox.--C. r. and D.
Il. Dwinell were in Montpelier Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Tebbetts and son.
Clifton, were visitors in Woodbury. Sun
day.-John Bancroft was at the home Of
his parents over the week end.-Henry
Hawkins and family of West Glover were
callers at Walter Colbys Sunday.-.John
Coates was home Sunday from Goddard
Seminary
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II one has ever ridden up Fifth avenue
in a bus. when the auto comes to 90th
street It is customary for the conductor
to say: THAT palace over on the right
belongs to the daughter Of Andrew Car
negie."
The palace referred 10 10 an elaborate
mansion with a pretty garden in the
rear. It Ii one Of the most magnificent
private dwelling houses In America.
Another estate which will probably
come to the daughter is shadowbrook. the
beautiful summer home In Lenox, Mass.
Lenox Ia one Of the country's show
places 1t points southwark on the fa-
nous waters Of Stockbridge Bowl. firmly
Implanted on n platform Of solid rock
edge. $500 feet above the sparkling wa
ters In which It 10 mirrorsd. As q kingiy
structure 1t overlooks great wealth Of
varied scenery, In which 10 starred both
hill and valley, plains and mountains.
A rough stone porter'e lodge, covered
with creeping vines. lie in the angle Of
the parted roads running to Lee and
Stockbridge. and a short distance there
from are the ruins OF the little cottage
Of Nathan Hawthorne.
There are II large living rooms on the
first floor, besides many less apartments
The grand dining room, entered from
the staircase hall, is 80 by IS feet. the
south end being circular bay formed by
the turreted stone tower The mansion
covers more than half an acre. or q. o0o
square feet OF ground.
When Arson Phelps Stokes, whose FAM
ily formerly owned Shadowbrook, was q
undergraduate at Yale in the class OF
'97. he once sent message to Mrs
Stokes. Coming up tonight with V men,"
She replied: Don't make It more than
30. Have many guests already"
In 1901 and 1902 Shadowbrook was o.
cupied by Mr.. and Mrs. William Read.
OF New York. Thereafter 1t was con-
Quoted with great success as an ina.
Late in 1905 Samuel p. Shotter. Of Sa-
vannah bought st. Her father acquired Il
In 1917.
There is also a beautiful home in PtsAs-
burg
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SENATE FOUNDERS
IN SEA Of WORDS
Nobody Dares Predict When Ac-
ton on Ratification Of Treaty
VIII Be Taken

,r... ,.,
49,. ,,,
1900. 49, r.i,>D. tI'a c,n..,,,,,.
,,ou.,o , ,,o+o IL, tho cornta tJ,is vol,
,rd th,, rofrsod TO ,ooaao 90 - ,o,nt
roo,os+ b,. ro,,,hlicau ard der,ocr,tic
leaders for its consideration ono week.
henco
In the half hour v,ranrle that fol-
lowed the superstition of Chairman
Lodge Of the FOREIGN relations COM
rittcn that the senate could speed M
the treaty b. reading the printed text
while senators were preparing speeches
on the chantung provision, tho charge
was made and denied that a full fledg-
cd fhbuster soon might envelop the
pact and dclay final action on it.
Earlier in the day democratic leaders
had declared there was no hope of Il
vote this week on Shantung because
Senator borah. republican of Idaho
had LEI it be known that he would not
give unanimous consent to such n
move before senator Johnson repub-
ican' or Cailfornia had returned from
ms western speaking tour against inc
League OF NaliohS
senator LoHee Sald that consideration
Wouid ne expedited by putting al spare
u"l' on inc Jop OF reanlnt' tour-oay
TASK AZ pest with reading clerks WORKING
III relays
0eHu'oF filtchcock OF Nepraska. moor
leader Ter we administration FORCES. said
Inc plan suited MN except mat ne would
prefer vote next "Wednesday or earlier
on the ahe"dintnts, which SENATOR Lodge
frankly admitted was quite impossible.
Ihere Wa general discussion for time
with senator Lodge relteratlng that Sen
ator hitchcock and himself had done
Their best TO expedite the treaty. when
Hcnator Underwood. democrat, of Ala
bama, broke in with a. sharp demand
: for action. Declaring that both the
country and the Senate We're DESTROYS
of having the treaty disposed of. Senator
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FINISH HOWR|CON DIARIES
Hospital Furnishes Testimony in VIII
Contest-Sister Says Maud Feared
She HID Cancer

North Hero, Oct. AT BIB o'clock this
afternoon counsel for the Mary Fletcher
hospital. the sole beneficiary and sup
porter of the will OF Maud Howricon,
closed their half of the case so far as evil
dence and testimony is concerned. The
/ counsel for John Howricon, the confess
tant. asked and received permission to
examine the diaries of Maud, introduced
by the proponents, which had not been
read by the jury. Then recess was ia
ken until tomorrow morning at nine
o'clock. when the plaintiff will present
his case.
The morning session was taken up by
the reading of diaries for 1901 1905 and
1906 which was the time that Maud was
corresponding with Charles p. Smith of
the Burlington Savings Bank about her
will. The diary in 1906 contained for the
most part notations of her European trip
The usual crowd which has been attend
ing the trial, evidently having heard
enough of diary reading. did not appear
to-day, there being not spectator in the
ROOM
After the 1906 diary had been read to the
jury from cover to cover. Mrs Cora Haz-
en-, sister Of Maud and of the contestant.
John was recalled to the stand by Judge
tain talk with her sister. Maud, two or
three days before she committed suicide.
The witness said that Maud told her that
she was afraid that she had cancer of
the breast and Maud showed her sister
a lump on her breast as large as a hens
egg which had suddenly developed the
night before. She was not cross-examin-
ed
The rest of the diaries were introduced
as evidence by the proponents, as was a
letter written by Maud to her mother
dated. January l. 1901. The contents Of
the letter was not read to the jury. Moth
Ing has been done about the suit case Of
Maud's which was brought to court by
DR.. G.. Fl. Branch, the special adminis-
traitor. who searched for the missing d.
aries last Saturday. The contents has
not been revealed.
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WAITSFIELD.

w. f. Jones has purchased the store
of c. j. Greene G. Co.-Martin Chaffee, Of
Waterbury. was a business visitor in
town Saturday.-Miss l.. ,Lavone Skinner,
of Barre. spent Sunday at the home Of
her parents. Mr. and Mrs. d. H. Skinner.
The Y. p. d. c. Of the Congregational
Church held their monthly business meet
ing In the vestry Friday evening.-Clyde
Jones has gone to Washington, ID. c..
where he Is to- enter the Bliss Electrical
School.-Dan Skinner was business Wis
itor in Montpelier Friday.-The Misses
Eva and Katherine Perkins. who have
been guests Of their brother, Everett Per-
kins. returned Thursday to their home
in Boston. Mass
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PRESIDENT WILSON
SLOWLY IN no YES
Is Stronger Now Than at Any
Other Time Since He Was
Taken Ill

Washington, Oct. S.-Slow but continued
progress over "A period of five days has
brought such an improvement in Prcsi-
dent Wilson's condition that his physi-
clans announced to-day he was stronger
than at any time since he was taken i'll
two weeks ago tonight
Encouraged by the patients progress
Rear-Admiral Grayson, the Presidents
personal physician, let him sit up in bed
part of the day but insisted on keeping
his attention as far as possible away
from official business. Unless something
urgently recurring attention should de-
velop. it is the plan to continue his con-
fnement to his room for the present. and
to insist that he take the opportunity for
a real rest.
The bulletin issued by DIR. Grayson at
1920 O'Clock tonight said
THE President has passad good day,
but there is no decided change IL his con-
dition."
Mrs. Wilson, who has been in constant
attendance on the President during his
illness, went for an automobile ride to-
day for the first time since he was con-
hned to bed.
Messages of sympathy reached the
White House to-day from the heads OF
four natons-President Poincare of
France. King George of England, King
Albert of Belgium and the President OF
Colombia. Messages also came from the
government of Armenia and Earl Cur
ION of England. The cablegram from
President Poincare said:
II want to renew to you. Mr. Presi-
dent, the wishes that ! have already
asked Mr.. Jusserand to transmit to you
have been very much grieved to learn
that the long fatigue OF the work in
which you took so active part in Paris.
added to that which you imposed on your
self in the United States nave temporarily
shaken your health l form the rmest
wishes for your speedy recovery. | beg
Mrs. Wilson to receive my respectful
homages as well as the best souvenirs
of Madam Poincare and ! beg to renew
to you the assurance of my sentiments
Of friendship"
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WORCESTER.

Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Richardson and chill
dren, Of Rutland, are guests at the home
of his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. w.
Richardson.-Mr. and Mrs. Frank Con-
yeau and son. formerly highly respected
residents of Hampshire hill district. now
Of Hardwick. visited friends In town re-
cently.-Mrs. Goldia story and young son
of Norwich are at the home of her sis
ter. Mrs. Florence Rivers. who Is in
very poor health.-Frank w. (Barnum)
Hartman, OF Beecher's Falls, Conn, Is
passing n few days with friends in town.
The body of Mrs. Jennett Clark, q for
mer well-known resident, widow Of DR..
Hiram Clark, and daughter of the late
George Markham, was brought here for
burial Saturday