Connecticut western news., 1919-02-27
Copyright, 1917, Irving Bacheller)
SYNOPSIS.

EERAPTER I-Barton Baynes orphan, & caken to live with his uncle, Peabody WAyues, and his Aunt Deel on farm on HEGtleroad in a neighborhood called Lick 8yypHt about the year 1926. Barton meets WAMy Dunkelberg, about his own age, but 4S0faIly of a class above the Bayneses, 9mlG Is fascinateds by the pretty face
 CHAPTER II-Barton meets Rowing
 ASf, known in the neighborhood as the
 os te richest an n fhe toAHahip & g. visitor at the BayneS home, and 1~stng Kate tells the fortunes of the two wa and death on the gallows for Amos. I&lroved for an act of boyish mischief Nhntnn runs away, intending to make his ane , with the he Punkelbergs' Fl He reaches YAaE of exhaustion on a porch. There Nc f0A ound by Silas Wright, IT,, promi- MGHt man in public affairs, who, knowing &SEbody Baynes, takes Barton home af- sn~ buying him new clothes j
 CHAPTER IIT-Bartcn and his uncle Essd aunt visit Canton and hear Silas wright read Q sermon.
 CHAPTER Iv-silas Wright evinces MsNTeh interest In Barton, and sends box Rome. The election Of Silas E.-cight to &A@ United States senate is announced.
 CHAPTER V-When Barton IS twelve TeaFs old he becomes aware Of the ex- &st'aaace of wonderful and mysterious DMwer known as Money" and learns ASw, through his possession of that won 3sx&Nl thing Grimshaw is the most power- NA and greatly dreaded man in the com ysssgity, most of the settlers being in his &ses. After a visit to the Baynes home ~~scce, which Barton is to read on the 9sTMe light when he leaves home to at- ee1a" school
 CHAPTER VI-Barton is asked to frave a load to mill. arrives safely, but &r E snoWstorm, unable to see the road, usa horses get into the ditch and a Esseel of the wa gon is broken. Uncle tgabody manages to get together esRnmgh to satisfy Grirnshaw and obtain 0@ extension.
 gHAPTER vII-Now in his sixteenth Eaar Barton accompanies MT. Purvis," Inc hired man, to the postoffce at Can fdaA On the way they meet rider. and &he three journey together. They are Es6x up by man with a gun, who makes tke highwayman's demand of Your
 aEsy pr your life" Purvis runs away, EhaAa the stranger draws a pistol, but be- fuxp he can use it the robber shoots and kfsfs him. Bartons horse throws him md Eqps away. As the murderer bends &EEF the stranger Barton throws a stone NfaEch he observes wounds the thief, who kasas off at once, but not until Barton esas noted that his gun stock was broken = r peculiar manner. Search of the tseyAborhood for the robber is unavailing NU6 ehe stranger is buried.
 = CHAPTER x-Grimshaw seeks to hKxha Barton to be silent about his v@&nding the murderer of the man killed A9 the road. The offer is spurned.
 CHAPTER x-Emissaries of Ben Grim
 s h war6ed by 'fsilent Kate" and es- kASsn-
 CHAPTER XI-Uncle Peabody, Aunt Dsaa and the neighbors celebrated Christ tzaz- ~Old Kate" is one of the party.
 CHAPTER xII-Barton and Sally Dun- &elberg formally pledge their troth- ling of runners ard jinG;;r,g of cells. When the last had gone Uncle Pea AGny and went into the hOus4 Aunt Nees sat by the stove, old Kate by the window looking out at the milling dusk. How still the house seemed!
 'gTlere's one thing I forgot" I s,id A& proudly took out of ny wallet inc @fx one-dollar bills which I.h'td earn ,d RT working Saturdays and handed tkTce of them to my aunt and three 10 my uncle, saying:
 ~'Ehat is my Christmas present 70 yeu ! earned it myself"
 T remember so well their astoniSh- nent and the trembling of their hands aRd the look of their faces.
 @It's grand-ayes !" Aunt Feel said h a low tone.
 She rose in a moment and hackonod tD ne and my uncle. We followed her through the open door to tie other Eeom
 9TH tell ye what I'd do," she whis- pered. "Pd give 'em to Ol' Kate ayes! She's goin' to stay with us till tonorrow."
 @'Good idee r' said Uncle Peabody.
 So I took the money out of their hands and went in and gave il to the Silent Woman.
 %@Fhat's your present from me-" l x-f.t
 Aow can I forget how she held my hrm against her with that loving, fa- nriliar, rocking motion of woman p no is soothing a baby at her breast and kissed my coat sleeve? She re- leased my arm and, turning to the win dow, leaned her head upon it's sill and shook with sobs. The dusk had thick &ned. AS I returned to my seat by the stove I could dimly see her form against the light of the window. We sat in silence for little while.
 Thea Uncle Peabody rose and got a eandIe and lighted it at the hearth.
 ! held the lantern while Uncle Pea tcdy fed the sheep and the two cows snd milked-a slight chore thc%2 win tez days.
 s'You and I are to go off to bcd purty Aarly," he said as we were going back to the house. Yer Aunt Deei wants tc see Kate alone and git her to talk tf sh& .~@-
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