The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-04-03
SYNOPSIS.


and nne clothes.
CHAPTER If-Barton meets Rowing
k ,.sr: known In the neighborhood as the
son OF the richest man In the township
IL visitor at the Bayncs home. and
boys. predicting a bright future for Bar
ton and death on the gallows for Amos
Removed for an act OF boyish mischief
hono LII ,h h~ay; Lshrg 70 1nrse ny
the village of Canton and falls into a
sleep OF exhaustion on a porch.S There
n DC T. found d by Gh Silas Wrisht Jr promi
Peabody Baynes. takes Barton home af-
ter buying him new clothes.
CHAPTER uI-Bsrton and his uncle
ana aunt visit Canton and hear siias
Wright read n sermon.
CHAPTER Iv-siias Wright evinces
much interest in Barton. and sends box
home. The election OF Slas Wright TO
the United States senate Is announced.
CHAPTER v-when Barton Is twelve
years old he becomes aware OF the ex-
istence Of wonderful and mysterious
power known as Money" and learns
how. through hts possession OF that won
deIful thing Grimshaw Is the most power
fui and greatly dreaded man IN the COM
munity. most OF the settlers being In his
debt, After visit 90 the Baynes home
Mr. Wright leaves a note In a sealed en-
velope which Barton In 20 read on the
nrst night when he leaves home TO at
tend school
CHAPTER Wharton II asked 70
drive a load TO mill. arrives safely. but
In n enowstorm. unable 20 see the road,
the horses get into the ditch and
wheel of the wagon II broken. Uncle
Peabody manages to get together
enough TO satisfy GrimshAw and obtain
an extension.
CHAPTER vIr-Now IN his sixteenth
year Barton accompanies "Mr. Purvis."
the hired man. TO the postofnce at Can
,Ss ,STe. the w1y th,s s, ssy SnS
held up by man with a gun, who makes
the highwayman's demand OF your
while the strange draws a pistol but be.
fore he can use II the robber shoots and
kills him. Barton's horse throws him
over the stranger Barton throws a stone
which he observes wounds the thief. who
makes on at once. but not until Barton
pad noted that his gun stock was broken
netghborhood for the robber Is unavailng
and the stranger is buried
CHAPTER vIII-Barton leaves home TO
attend Michael Jackets school Amos
Orimshaw r. arrested charged with the
murder Of the stranger.
CHAPTER Ix-Grimshaw seeks TO
bride Barton 20 be silent about his
wounding the murderer OF the man killed
on the road. The offer Is spurned
CHAPTER x-Emissaries OF Ben Grim
shaw seek 20 kidnap Barton, or do worse.
He Is warned by "Silent Kate" and as
eapos.
CHAPTER XI-Uncie Peabody, Aunt
Deel and the neighbors celebrated Christ
mas. "old Kate" Ia one OF the party.
knew that old Kate was not the
irresponsible. witless creature that
people thought her TO be. l had begun
20 think OF her with 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:
snow. Mary. you take this lantern
and 20 across the street 20 the house
o Deacon Binks. the constable. You'll
find him asleep by the kitchen stove.
Arrest his slumbers. but not rudely,
and. when I've has come TO. tell him
thaA haNt htNn Aht htNA"
Deacon Binks arrived. a fat man
with bic. round body and a very
wise and serious countenance between
side whlskers bending from his temple
20 his neck and suggesting parentheses
OF hair. as II his head and its Access
sories were In the nature of a side
issue. He and the schoolmaster went
out OF doors and must have talked to-
gether while l was eating a bowl OF
bread and milk which Mrs. Hacket had
brought TO me.
When I went TO bed. by and by i
heard somebody snoring on the little
porch unoer my window. The first
sound that reached my ear at the
break of dawn was the snoring OF
some sleeper. / dressed and went be-
low and found the constable In his
coonskin overcoat asleep on the porch
with ongbarreled 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
little shake.
awake. ye limb O. the law" he de-
handed. prayer is better than
sleep"
The deacon arose and stretched
himself and cleared his throat and as
sumed an air OF alertness and said II
was a fine morning, which II was not.
the sky being overcast and the air
AarL and chilly Mr. Hacket removad
his greatcoat and threw II on the stoop
saying:
deacon. you lay there. From now
on I'm constable and ready for any act
that may be necessary to maintain the
law. ! can be as severe as Napoleon
Bonaparte and as cunning as Satan. n
have to be-"