Show TWO bm lebn i IN A TALE OF THE NORTH COUNTRY IN THE TIME OF SILAS SILA I 1 WIGHT by ay f NV INE BACHI ELLER aw ALMOR of UEN HOLDEN DIRI AND 1 I DARREL OF THE KEM BLESSED LUA vy up WITH lizzie ITC ETC SYNOPSIS 1 CHAPTER abarton baynes orp in an la taken to live with his uncle peak dy jaynes and his aunt leel deel on a farm on I 1 I 1 a nero ad in a neighborhood called about the year 1826 barton meet bally Bun dunkelberg Dun kelber kelberg about his own age but socially of a class above the Bayne aee ses and Is fascinated by the p pretty r etty face ace and line fine clothes CHAPTER II Barton meets roving kate known in the neighborhood as the silent woman amos GrIma grimshaw haw young son eon of the richest man in the township to la a visitor at the baynes home and roving kate tells the fortunes of the two boys predicting a bright future for barton and death on the kallows gallows tor for amos lc proved roved for an act of boyish f caiton runs away intending to make ahli 1 oine with the Dunkel dunkelbergr bergs ile he reaches loins ahe he village of caryton canton and falls into n haep of exhaustion exhaust lon on a porch then h DM la is found by bilas wright jr nent irna man in public affairs who ho hn wini ceab dy bayan balms 13 barton rion home rf or ter buyl buying n jr him new clothes CHAPTER ill darton barton and his uncle ond end aunt visit canton and hear bilas wright read a kernion CHAPTER IV buas wright devinc ll 11 much interest in barton and jends vends a na box x ot ft books and to the daynes baynes lioncio ome the election of allas wright to tho united bennt is i announced CHAPTER 11 APTER V alien barton to la twelve our ours old he beco inis inee aware of the ex kalence of a wonderful and mysterious known as money and learns learna rower ow through his possession of that wonderful d thing grimshaw Is in the most powerful end and greatly dreaded man in the corns corn most moat of the settlers being in his debt after a visit to tie baylss home mr wright leaves a note in a sealed envelope which barton Is to read on the first drat ril when he leaves hums to attend school CHAPTER VI Barton la in asked ached to drive a load to mill arrives safely but in a snowstorm unable to see the road the horses horse g get t into the ditch and a wheel of the wagon Is broken undo uncle peabody manages to get fret together enough to satisfy grimshaw and obtain an extension CHAPTER VII now in his sixt sixteenth tenth year barton mccomi mies I 1 mr the hired man to the post ottice ct can ton on the way they meet a rider and ane three journey together th they 0 V are arc hold held up by a man with a gun who makes the highway mans demand of I 1 your money or your life purvis runs runa away while w bile the stranger draws a plat pistol 0 I 1 but before he can use it the robber shoots and 1 kills I s him barton a horse horae throws him ani n I 1 runs runa away As the murderer bends over the stran er birton barton throws a stone which ha observe til serva s wounds the thief who makes ot off at once but not until barton had note I 1 that hi his gun stock block was broken in a grullar peculiar manner search of the ne I 1 gh for the robber la in unavailing und and the stranger la 19 burled buried CHAPTER VIII dirton birton leaves home to attend michael hackeba Hac flack keta ets school amos grim grimshaw chaw Is arwold charged with the he murder of the stranger CHAPTER IX grimshaw seek 1 s to brile barton to h ho silent ilent about abou t hla his wounding Aoun ling the mur murderer dere of the man killed on tho road the la Is spurned continued from last week neek a tout hung ithe schoolmaster had hauled it out of hn brain very deftly and chucked it amin before me in a kan kind 0 of f dial lial lenge what vh a t does that mean I 1 asked 1 I ion oil shall know in a week my son SOD he answered red 1 I shall put you into the latin class wednesday morning and god help you to like it as well vell as an you like sally again they laughed and again I 1 alti blushed hold up yer head ray my brave lad he went on yeve teve a perfect right to like sally it if yeve a heart to A lad in hla his teens will never know beans if he chasn t an eye tor for the girls it fans as a merry supper and when it ended sir mr hacket rose and took the green chair from the table exclaiming michael chael henry god bless you I 1 then lie he hissed his wife and sald said maggle Map gle ou wild rose of erin I 1 ive been all day in the study I 1 must take a walk or I 1 shall get an exalted abdomen one Is badly beaten in the race 0 life when his abdomen gets ahead of his toes children keep our young friend happy here until I 1 come back and mind you dont forget the good fellow in the green chair mary helped her mother with the dishes while I 1 sat eat with a book by the fireside soon mrs hacket and the children came and sat fiat down with me lets play backgammon mary proposed 1 I dont want to said john dont forget michael henry she fihe reminded who Is michael henry I 1 I 1 asked sure hes the boy that has never ben born said mrs hacket ile he m was as to be the biggest and noblest of them kind an helpful aw an cheery beery hearted an beloved ol 01 0 god above all the others othera we W try to live up to him he seemed to me a very strange and wonderful ond erful creature this invisible oo 00 cupani pant of the green chair I 1 know now what I 1 knew not then that michael henry was the spirit of I 1 their home an ideal of which the empty green chair was a con constant reminder we played backgammon and old maid and everlasting until mr hacket returned i the sealed envelope which mr wright wryght had left at our home a longtime before that day N vi as in my pocket at last the hoar boar had bad come when I 1 could open it and read the message of which I 1 bad thought much bud with a growing interest I 1 rose and mid that I 1 should like to SO ro to my room mr blacket lighted a candle mi and took me macaira ma taira to A room anere my beneat nad dee u deposited there were in the room n R bed a chair a portrait of napoleon bonaparte and a small table on which aich pre ere a dictionary a bible and a number of schoolbooks these were ere marys books sald eald mr hacket 1 I told tild your uncle that yo ye could use them on an welcome I 1 sat eat down and opened the evaded envelope with trembling hands and found in it this brief note dear partner I 1 want you to ask uie the wisest man you know to explain these words to you I 1 suggest that you commit them to memory and think often of their meaning they are from job ills boues baues are full of the sing elna of 0 his youth which shall tie ile down with him in the dust 1 I believe that they are the roost most impressive in a all a the literature I 1 have read yours toura truly SILAS JR W I 1 read the words over and over again but knew not their meaning sadly and slowly I 1 got ready for bed the lie noises of the village challenged my ear after I 1 had put out my candle there were many barking dogs some borne horsemen passed with a creaking 0 of saddle leather followed by a wagon soon I 1 heard running feet and eager voices I 1 rose and looked out of the open window men were hurrying down the street with lanterns iles hes the son 0 ben grimshaw 11 I 1 heard ono onn of them sing saying they caught him back in the south woods yesterday the sheriff said that he tried to run away when he be saw lem cm coming 11 IN ahat hot was as the meaning of this what hal baj amos grimshaw been doing I 1 trembled as I 1 got back bach into bed I 1 annot even now explain why but lovig ago I 1 gave up trying to fathom the depths of the human sprit bp alt with an infinite sea beneath it crossed by bubble tides and curren currents tb we see only the straws on the surface I 1 was nas up at daylight and mr blacket came to ray my door while I 1 was dressing A merry day to you I 1 he exclaimed til ill await you below and introduce you to the humble herds find and flocks of a schoolmaster I 1 went with him while he fed his chickens and two small I 1 milked the cow for him and together we drove droe her back to the pasture then vie split some wood food and filled the boxes by the fireplace and the kitchen stoie and raked up the leaves in the doot dooryard yard and wheeled them away now iou ou know the duties 0 your office said the schoolmaster as we went in to breakfast we wit sit down donin at the table with the family famille and I 1 drew out nay my letter from the senator and gave it to mr racket hacket to read the sena senator torl I 1 god prosper himl I 1 heard that lie he came on the plattsburg Platts burg ofle lost last night he said as he be began V 51 0 F t lit I 1 went with him while he red fed hit his chickens end two small shote the reading en announcement which caused ruo me and the children to clap our hands with joy mr hacket thoughtfully repeated the words from job with a mot most tm im pre asive intonation he passed the letter letier back to me end and said all true I 1 I 1 have seen it sinking into the bones 0 the young and I 1 have hava seen it lying down with the aged in the dust 0 their graves it lp if it A big book the one we e are now ope opening alog god help us I 1 it h has more pages than all the days daya 0 your life just juat think e 0 your body A brave and tender youth I 1 tt jt Is 1 dikea ITOW how it takes uluss to lo r W a bolds lem cm aw eda huvva tin i A part pan 0 every apple ye eat cat sinks down into yer blood an bones ye cant get it out its thel the same way with the books ye read aw an the thoughts ye enjoy they go down into yer bones an ye cant get em cm out why I 1 like to think ol 01 0 michael henry ilia his food is good thoughts and i his wine Is laughter I 1 had bad a long visit with ht 11 II last night when ye were all in n bed ills face vi was as a 0 0 laughter oh what a limb hu ho la I 1 I 1 wish I 1 could tell ye all the he good things he said there comes colonel hand mid bald tirs mrs blacket as she looked out of the window the poor lonely he has hag nothing to do these days but olt around the tavern colonel hand was a surly looking man beyond middle age with large I 1 eyes that showed signs of dissipation ile he had a small email dark tuft beneath his bla lower lip and thin black untidy hair what do ye think has happened he asked as he looked down upon us with a majestic movement of his hand the son ot 0 that old den ben has been arrested and brought to jail for murder for murder I 1 asked mr and mrs hacket in one breath for bloody murder sir the colonel went on it was the shooting of that man in the town 0 Bally been a few ago things have come to a pretty pass in this country I 1 should say talk about law and order we dont know what it means here and why should we the party in power la Is avow edly opposed to it yes sir it has fattened upon bribery and corruption do you think that the son eon 0 ien ben Grims grimshaw haNy will receive punish ment even if he Is proved guilty gull tyl not at all lie he will be protected you mark my words ile he bowed and left us when the door had closed behind him mr blacket said I 1 another victim horned by the I 1 snapdragon I 1 if a man were to be I 1 slain by a bear back in the woods colonel hand would look for guilt in the he opposition party michael henry nhat whatever ever taft truth may be regarding the poor boy in jail we are in no way responsible away with ead badness what la Is thata that I 1 mr blacket inclined his ear and then added 1311 michael chael henry says that de as may be innocent and that we had better go find see if we can help hell him now I 1 thought cil 0 that had bad you mary I 1 no the girl answered we must be letting mike go ahead of us always said her father ton ou saw the crime I 1 believe turning to me I 1 told them all I 1 knew of it upon my word I 1 like you my brave lad said the schoolmaster 1 I heard of all this and decided that you yoo world be a help to michael henry and a creditable student como come let us go and pay our compliments to the senator sp the schoolmaster and I 1 went over to mr wrights house bouse a white frame building which had bad often been pointed out to tome me mrs wright a fine looking lady who met ti us at the door said that the sen ator had gone vcr over to the mill with hla his wheelbarrow weve welve plenty of time and well walt wait for him said the schoolmaster 1 I see him bluml I 1 said eald little john as he and ruth buth ran to the gate and down the he rough plank walk to meet him we saw him coming a little way lown the street in his shirt sleeves with his barrow in rent front of him no HO stopped and lifted little john in his arms and after a moment put him dow n and embraced ruth well I 1 see ye still love the tender embrace 0 the wheelbarrow said mr hacket as we approached the senator my embrace Is the of the two the latter laughed with a look at his hands ile he recognized recognize i me and seized my two handa bands and shook them as he said upon my word here Is my friend bart I 1 was not looking tor for you here ile he put his bis hand band on my head now higher thau than kis his shoulder and said 1 I 1 was not looking for you here ile he asked about my aunt and uncle and expressed joy at lea learning that I 1 was now under mr hacket 1 I shall be here for a number of weeks he said and I 1 shall want to see eee you often maybe well to go hunting some saturday we bade him good morning and he e went on with his wheelbarrow which was as loaded I 1 remember with stout sacks backs of meal and flour we went vent to the school at half past eight whet what a thrilling place it was with its 78 children and its three rooms how noisy they were as they waited in the schoolyard for the bell to ring I 1 I 1 stood by the door side looking very foolish I 1 dare say any for I 1 knew not what to do with myself my legs encased in the tow breeches felt as it if they were on fire I 1 saw raw that most of the village boys wore boughten clothes and fine boots I 1 looked down donn at my own leather and was a tower rf shame on a foundation of gi eased coA cowhide hIde sally dunkelberg came in with some other girls dris and pretended not to see me that was the hardest blow I 1 suffered among the handsome well dressed ased bos of the tho village man henry wills the boy who had bad stolen my watermelon I 1 bab never forgiven him for that or for itie ahe killing of toy my little hen tle he bell fens und wo we in arched into the tai b goolo while bile A hit fi girl with ith crinkly bair played on a melodeon aenry cary and ancher boy tried to shove me out of line and a big paper wad baruck the side of iyih head as we were marching in and after ve were seated R cross eyed freel freckled led girl in a red dress made a face at me it was on the whole the day of my life ilfe during recess I 1 clapped a boys face tor ter calling we ue a rabbit and the two others who came to help him went away full of fear arld cd for I 1 ud had the tt serenita co or a young moose in me enose days ays after that they began to make friends with mith mo me in the noon hour a man came to me lae in a he be schoolyard with alth a subpoena for the examination of amos grimshaw Grims baw and ami explained its meaning while I 1 was A us talking with this roan man sally bally passed me walking with another girl and said hello bartl bartill i 1 I observed that neury wills joined them and walked down the street at the side of sally I 1 got my first pang of jealousy then when school was out that afternoon mr backet said I 1 could bae fin an hour to see the sights bights of the village so BO I 1 set out feeling much depressed I 1 walked toward the house of mr wright and saw him digging potatoe pot atoe mIA au u the garden and went in I 1 knew kne that he be aa was wy my friend well bart how do you uk ilk school 7 he be asked not very well I 1 answered of course not nott I 1 Us U a new to you now and you miss your aunt and alicle 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