The daily Alaskan., 1919-03-13
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 CHAPTER I-6aEton BGYnsA orphan, is taken to live with his uncle, Peabody gaypes, and his Aupt Desl 9n tsrn Sn itysplit, about the year fsfa Barton meets sally DnnkeibsyS. about his eJfn ages but socially of e clARo above tho BSyneses, and Is fascinated by ths pretty face and fine clothes.
 CHAPTER IT--Rarton meets Rowing Kate, known In the netghoorhocd as the Silent Woman" Amos orinshSw. young 10 A visitor at the BayneB home, and Rowing Kate tells tho fortunes of tho two boys, predicting bright future for Ear ton and death on the galloWs Tor Amos; Reproped for su act of eoyish mischief homo with the DunkelberEa. He reaches the village of Canton and fRilS Into sleep of exhaustion on . porch. There neut man in public afrairs. who. knowing Peabody Baynes, takes Barton homo Rt- ter buying him new clotheA
 CHAPTER III-Barton and his uncle and aunt visit Canton and hear silas Wright read . sermon
 CHAPTER rg-silas Wright evinces much IntsTest fr, Barton, and sends box oS books and magazines to the BRynes horne. The election of SIlRs Wright to the United States senate Ia announced.
 CHAPTER v.-when Barton iS twelve years old he b scomes aware of the eE- istsncs of a wonderful and mysterious poweP known as Money" and learns how. through his possAssion of that won eeTful thing Grh9sasSE SS s , snS moSL I ,h powSp- @ mHnity. most of thS settlerg o&inE ip his debt. After a visit 10 the BRynes home MT, wrtghf leaves . note in R-seal' en- Yslope, which BArton ts to read the first night when he leaves hom' Af- tend school
 CHAPTER Wharton if ked to drive Q load to mill, arrlve; .ly but n Q gnowstorm, unable to 10 road, the horseS got into the and . wheel of the wagon is Uncle Peabody manages to together enough to satisfy Grtmsl nd obtain an extension.
 mat nIgnr nearG nlspereG con ference below after had gone up- stairs. knew something was coming and wor ed what 1t might be. Soon Uncle .abody came up to our little room Jklng highly serious. sat, half undr6SSed and rather fear tul, looking into his face. AS l think of the immaculate soul of the boy. l feel a touch Of pathOs In that scene. think that he felt 1t. for I remember that his whisper trembled little as he began to tell me why men are strong and women are beautiful and given In marriage.
 "YouT be falling in love one O these days" he said. "Its natural ye should. You remember Rovin' Katef" he asked by and by.
 'Yes," I answered.
 Some day when you're little older I'll tell ye her story an you'll see what happens when men an women break the law O God. Here's MT. Wright's letter. Aunt Deel asked me to give 1t to you to keep. Yoa'Fe 0ia enough now an you'll be goin' away to school before long. guess"
 1 took the letter and read again the superScriptlon on it's envelope:
 ''To Master Barton Bsynes: (To be opened when he leaves home
 to go to schooD."
 l put 1t away in the pine box with leather hinges on It's cover which Uncle Peabody had made for me and wondered again what 1t was all about, and again that night I broke camp and moved further Into the world over the silent trails of knowledge.
 Uncle Peabody went away for a few days after the harvesting. He had gone afoot, I knew not where. He returned one afternoon In 6 buggy with the great Michael Racket of the Canton academy. Racket was big, brswny, red-halred, kindly Irishman with merry heart and tongue, the latter having 6 touch of the brogue of the green isle which he had never seen, for he had been born in Massachusetts and had got bis education in Harvard. He was then a man of forty.
 You're coming to me this fall," he said as he put his hand on my arm and gave me little shake. "Ladl you've got pair of shouldersl Ye shall live in my house an help with the chores If ye wish to-"
 '-Thasn be grand" said Uncle Pea body, but. as to myself, just then, l knew not what to think of lt
 LEND OF BOOK ONE.1