Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-01-16

/ tLSopliIt about Ln6 year lSZb. 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 WHEN Barton is twelve
years old he becomes aware of the ex-
| istence Of a wonderful and mysterious
! power known as Money" and learns
how, through his possession of that won
oerIul thing GrimshaW is the most power
rul 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-
velope, which Barton is TO read on the
first night when he leaves home to at
tend school.
CHAPTER Wharton Is asked to
drive load to mill arrives safely, but
IN 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 ard obtain
an extension.
CHAPTER VTI-Now in his sixteenth
year Barton accompanies "Mr. Purvis,"
the hired man, to the pOstoffice at Can
ton. On the way they meet a rider. and
the three journey together. They are
held up by man with gun, who makes
the highwayman's demand of Your
"
while the stranger draws a pistol but be-
fore he can use 1t the robber shoots and
Sllls 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
makes off at once. but not until Barton
had noted that his gun stock was broken
In a peculiar manner Search of the
neighborhood for the robber is unavailing
and the stranger is buried.
CHAPTER VITT-Barton leaves home to
attend Michael Jackets school Amos
| Grimshaw is arrested charged with the
murder Of the str4. &.
CHAPTER IN-Grtmshaw seeks to
bride Barton to 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 to kidnap Barton, or do worse
He is warned by silent Kate" and es-
capeS.
CHAPTER XI-Uncle Peabody, Aunt
Deel and the neighbors celebrated Christi
mas, old Kate" is one of the party.
CHAPTER XIT-Barton and Sally Dun
kelberg formally pledge their troth.
CHAPTER XIII-OId Hates silent but
unrelenting pursuit of Old Ben Grimshaw
has it's effect, and goaded beyond endur-
ance. Grimshaw dies as the Silent Wom-
an points at him.
CHAPTER XIv-Barton gets a letter
from Rowing Kate which heartens him
, immensely, although at the time he
doesn't understand it,
CHAPTER Xv-Barton moves from
boyhood into manhood. and chooses his
own road.
CHAPTER XVT-He meets the mother
Of Silass Wright, and learns the story of
Kate Fullerton, Wandering Kate"
I understood now why the strong
will and singular insight of this wom-
an had so often exercised themselves
in my behalf. I could not remember
the far day and the happy circum-
stance of which She spoke, but | wrote
her letter which must have warmed
her heart / am sure.
Silas Wright arrived in Canton and
drove up to our home. He reached
our door at eight in the morning with
his hound and rifle. He had aged rap
idly since | had seen him last. His
hair was almost white There were
many new lines in his face He
seemed more grave and dignifed He
did not lapse into the dialect of his
fathers when he spoke of the ancient
| pGstimes of hunting and fishing as he
had been wont to do.
Bart" he said when the greetings
were over, Tets you and me go and
spend a day in the woods I'll leave
my man here to help your uncle while
! you're gone"
We went by driving south a few
miles and tramping in to the foot of
the saltwater on our rivera trail
long familiar to me. The dog left us
soon after we took it and began to
range over thick wooded hills. We sat
down among small, spirelike spruces
at the rivers edge with a long stretch
of water in sight while the music of
the hounds voice came family to our
ears from the distant forest.
"Oh. I've been dreaming of this for
long time" said the senator as he
leaned back against a tree and filled
his lungs and looked out upon the wa
ter, green with lily pads along the
edge and flecked with the last of the
white blossoms. Il believe you want
to leave this lovely country"
81 am waiting for the call to go,
said.