The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-05-15
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ttattleroad In a neighborhood called Lick
~, nph, about the year h2e Barton meets
socially OF class above the Bayneses
and Is fascinated by the pretty face
and nne clothes.
CHAPTER II-Barton meets Rowing
nate. known In the neighborhood as the
silent Woman" Amos Grimshaw. young
son OF the richest man In the township,
visitor at the Baynes home and
Hoving Kate tells the fortunes OF the two
ooys, predicting a bright future for Bar
ton and death on the gallows for Amos.
teproVed tor an act OF boyish mischief
Barton runs away. intending to make his
homo with the Dunkelbergs He reaches
the village OF Canton and falls into a
he u found by silas Wright, Jr., promI-
pent man In public affairs, who, knowing
feseocy Baynes. takes Barton home az
Ter buying him new clothes
CHAPTER Tfr-Barton and his uncle
end aunt visit Canton and hear Silas
wright read n sermon.
CHAPTER Iv-snas Wright ev,nce,
much interest In Barton, and sends a box
Pr books and magazines 20 the haynes
nome; The election OF Silas Wright to
inc United states senate is announced
CHAPTER v-when Barton Is twelve
Yoars old he becomes aware of the ex-
istence OF wonderful and mysterious
now through his possession OF that won
oerful thing Grimshaw IL the most power
nnl and greatly dreaded man in the com
munity, most OF the settlers being In his
oebt After a visit 20 the Baynes home
Mr.. Wright leaves n note In a scaled en-
selope, which Barton II to read on tho
nrst night whom he leaves homo TO at
tend school
CHAPTER Wharton IL asked TO
drive load TO mill. arrives safely, but
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the horses get into the ditch and
wheel OF the wagon In broken. Uncle
enough 10 sa,isty no get togs;se.
an extension.
CHAPTER vr1-Now In his sixteenth
the hired man. TO The postoffce at can
ton. On the way They meet a rider. and
the three Journey together. They are
the highwayman's demand OF Your
money or your life" Purvis runs away
while the stranger draws a pistol. but be-
kills him. Barton's horse throws him
and runs away. As the murderer bends
over the stranger Barton throws a stone
which he observes wounds the thief. who
pakes OF at once. but not until Rarton
bad noted that his gun stock was broken
In a peculiar manner. Search OF the
peighborhood for the robber is unavaiiing
and the stranger II buried
CHAPTER VIi1-Barton leaves home TO
attend Michael Jackets school Amos
crimshaw II arrested charged with the
murder OF tho stranger.
CHAPTER IX-Grimshaw seeks TO
prioe Barton TO be silent about his
on the road. The offer Is spurned-
CHAPTER x-Emissaries OF Ben Grim
(haw seek 10 kidnap Barton, or. do worse.
lie Is warned BY Silent Kate" and es-
capes.
Deel and the neighbors celebrated Christ
mas "old Kate" Is one OF the party.
CHAPTER xrI-Barton and Sally Dun
helberg formally pledge their troth.
CHAPTER xIII-old Kate's silent but
pnrelenting pursuit OF Old Ben Grimshaw 1
ance. Grimshaw dies as the Silent wom- |
an" points at him.
CHATTER XIv5.Barton gets a letter
Immensely. although at the time he |
doesn't understand H.
CHAPTER xv-Barton moves from
boyhood into manhood. and chooses his /
own road.
"Early that fall Kate got better an |
left the poorhouse afoot. Went away |
somewheres-nobody knew where. |
Some said she'd crossed the lake an
gone away over into York state. some !
said she'd drowned herself. By'm by
we heard that she'd gone way over
into st. Lawrence county where Sllas
Wright lives an where young Grim
shaw had settled down after he got
married.
"Wal, bout FIVE year ago the squire
buried his second wife-there It's over
in there back o. Kate's with the little
speckled angel on II. Nobody had seen
the squire outside O. his house for
years until the funeral--he was Grip
pied so with rheumatic. After that he
lived all lone In the big house with oil
Tom Linney an his wife, who've
worked there for bout forty year. I
guess.
"Wal. sir. fust we knew Kate was
there In the house Twin with her fa-
Their. We wouldn't "a knowed Il, then,
II IL hadn't been that Tom Linney
come over one day an said he guessed
the oil squire wanted 10 see me-no.
sir, we wouldn't-fer the squire amt
sociable an the nelghbors never dark
en- his door. She must "a come In the
night. Jest as she went-nobody see
her 90 an nobody see her come, an
that's a fact. Wal. one day las fall
after the leaves was of an they could
see a corner o. my house through the
bushes, Tom was walkin' the OIL man
round the room. All to once he
stopped an p'inted at my house
through the winder an KEEP p'intin'.
Tom come over an said he callated
the squire wanted to see me. SO I
went there. Kate met me at the doom
Gosh How old an kind o. broke down
she lookedl But knew her the min
ute set my eyes on her-uh huh-an'
she knew me-yis. slr-she smiled an
tears come to her eyes an she patted