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ow we know who won the war
>me h^ve said It was the United
es, some have said it was pal
lit tle> Belgium, others have
a credit to Frame, while it has
generally assumed that the
ish Empire had something to
flth it.
it not at all. Thess guesses
all a mile out. in fact serv-eral
sand miles out. It was th»
<r strategist. the sime military
>>s, u ho on a former occasion
Kitchener where he was wTOnar,
stepped out at the critical
ent and showed Oen^ralissii
i and Field Marshal Ff^ig how
defeat Germany. It was
jurse, Sir Sam Hnges.
r Xam h;>a told) us all about it
wrote—surely lie should ha1!
•d to Fboh and Hnjg and urged
i to <iulf frontU attacks and
:Jt the enemy's ilanXs. The
S under Sir Sam's ad"\iee they
S?d their whole scheme of op
ons. and w-ent out ar.dwon
war. i rnyse'f <Md it," says
HdoutelJe l-'ir Sam.
id to think that all this time
ere ignorant of the truth as to]
the war was won—Vancouver
d
st fall, Mr Wilson iiiStrU: t.-d.
ilmost commanded the people t
a Free Trade Con£r*-ssf on
round that any other woifld be
pudiation or his policy. .Vote
esult.
n days ago he instruct d, nay,
nigh coin mailed the people to
in from discussing the term
e proposed League of Nations,
after he reached Washtngto
ocplain^d it f1r«rt. N'ote the re
► • i
ue time ago he went to the
oJ. announced his progr-a-m of
atkxn, and jspecified th« order L
1 he wanted matters dispoa d
He told the penators that
d not want long speeches on
veague of Nations; he would*
all the arguments and speech
cessary. Xote the result,
proposed reconstruction of le?
:n Involving the industrial and
iercial welfaro of the nation
d up, iu order that Mr- W'il-i
prvxgram. including the League
ations—a branch of his freej
policy—mny occupy ti« cen
" the stage.—Economist.
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THE CLEARING;
A TALE OF THE NORTH COUNTRY
• IN THE TIME OF SILAS WIGHT /
IRVING BACrtEtLER
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CHAPTER I—parton Baynea, orphan,
la taken to live -»vlth hla uncle, Peabody
Baynes. and his Aunt Deel on a farm on
Rattleroad In a neighborhood called Lick
ltyaplit, about the year 1828. Barton meets
Sally Dunkelberg, about hla own age. but
socially of a claj1* above the Bayneses,
and Is fascinated by the pretty face
and fine clothes.
CHAPTER II- -Barton meets Roving
Kate, known In lhe neighborhood as the
"Silent Woman.*' Amos Grlmshaw. young
son of the richest man ln the township.
Is a visitor at the Baynea homo, and
Roving Kate tell 9 of the two
boys, predicting a bright future for Bar
ton and death Cn th® gallows for Amos.
Reproved for a"* act of boyish mischief
Barton runs awijy. Intending to make his
home with the Dunkelbergs. He reaches
the village of Canton and falls into a
sieep of exhaui t'°n °"a porch. There
he Is found by Silas Wright. Jr.. promi
nent man ln pul>"c who. knowing
Peabody Baynej'. takes Barton home af
ter buying him new clothes.
CHAPTER m-Barton and his uncle
and aunt visit Canton and bear Silas
Wright read a sermon.
CHAPTER I7-81'8" Wright evinces
much Interest lr1 B»rton. and sends a box
of books and nmffazlne8 t0 th® Baynes
?.ome^Theelelt'on of S«- Wright to
the United States aenate 18 announced.
CHAPTER y —When Barton Is twelve
years old he b*0™8 »war® of l.he, •*"
nf r ™,onderful and mysterious
power known "Money." and learns
how. through hi9 P0886?81?" of "i*1 won
derful thing Qit"»'>«' «• th« most power
ful and greatly ^aded man <n, ^•com
munity, most of ,li® ®®tt'enbelng in his
debt. After a v13" t0 th®. Baynes Mms
Mr. Wright leav^8 a note in a seal en» ,
vSlop*which 5*5°® 18.t0 "a(! the
first night when leaves hour at
tend school.
CHAPTER vn-Now In his sixteenth
year Barton accc)mPanleH "Hr' ^>urX'a'''
the hired man. to' i.h« postofflce at Can
ton. On the way the* m«*1 a rider, and
the three Journey together. They are
held up by a man with a gun. who makes
the highwayman,3,, demand of "Tour
money or your 1119- Purvis runs away,
while the stranger tT*** a pistol, but be
fore he can use l' * ® robber shoots and
kills him. Bartt ° 8 .horse throws him
and runs away. tne murderer bends j
over the stranger Barton throws a stone
which he observe! wounds the thief, who
makes oft at one9- but not until Barton
had noted that hi8 Kun at°olt was broken
ln a peculiar mi.'?ner- Search of the
neighborhood for the robber la unavailing
and the stranger 18 burled.
CHAPTER VIII—Barton leaves home to
attend Michael tfacket's school. Amoa
Orlmshaw is arrasted charged with the
murder of the stranger.
CHAPTER IX—Orlmshaw seeks to
bribe Barton to be silent about his
wounding the mu 'derer of the man killed
on the road. The offer Is spurned.
crriArTER Emissaries of Ben Grlm
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 Christ
mas. "Old Kate" la one of the party.
CHAPTER XII--Barton and Sally Dun
kelberg formally pledge their troth.
CHAPTER XIII—Old Kite's silent but
unrelenting pursuit of Old Ben Grlmshaw
has its effect, ard goaded beyond endur
ance. Grlmshaw dies as the "Silent Wom
an" points at him.
CHAPTER XIV—Barton gets a letter
from "Roving Kate" which heartens him
immensely, altliough at the time he
doesn't understand it.
'ihe truth had flashed upon me out
of the words of this simple man. Un
til then I had heai>d only one side of
the case. If I were to be the servant
of Justice, as Mr. Wright had advised,
what was I to do? These tenants had
been Orlmshawed and were being
Grtmshawed out of the Just fruits of
their toll by the feudal chief whose
remote ancestor had been a king's fa
vorite. For half a moment I watched
the wavering needle of my compass
and then:
"If what you say Is true I think you
are right," I said.
"I don't agree with you," said young
Latour. "The patroons have a clear
title to this land. If the tenants don't
want to pay the rents they ought to
get out and make way for others."
"Look here, young man, my name Is
Joslah Curtis." said the stranger. "I
live In the first house on the right
hand side o' the road. You may tell
the Judge that I won't pay rent no
more—not as long as I live—and I
won't git out, either."
"Mr. Latour, you and Purvis may go
on slowly—I'll overtake you soon," I
said.
They went on and left me alone with
Curtis. He was getting excited and I
wished to allay his fears.
"Don't let him try to serve no writs
or there'll be hell to pay In this val
ley," said Curtis.
"In that case I shall not try to serve
the writs. I don't want to stir up the
neighborhood, but I want to know the
facts. I shall try to see other tenants
and report what they say. It may lead
to a settlement."
We went on together to the top of
the hill near which we had been stand
ing. Far ahead I saw a cloud of dust
but no signs of Latour and Purvis.
They must have spurred their horses
Into n run. The fear came to me that
Latour would try to serve the writs In
spite of me. They were In his pocket.
What a fool I had been not to call for
them. My companion saw the look of
concern in my face.
"I don't like that young feller," said
Curtis. "He's in fer trouble."
He ran toward his house, which was
only a few rods beyond us, while I
started qn in pursuit of the two men
ut top spoea. Before my horse naa
tnken a dozen Jumps I heard a horn
blowing behind me and its echo in tho
hills. Within a half a moment a dozen
horns were sounding in the valleys
around uie. What u contrast to the
quiet in which we had been riding was
this pandemonium which had broken
loose In the countryside. A little ahead
I could see men running out of the
fields. My horse had begun to lather,
for the sun was hot. My companions
were far ahead. I could not see the
dust of their heels now. I gave up try
ing to catch them and checked the
speed of ray horse and went on at a
walk. The horns were still sounding.
Some of thorn seemed to be miles
away. About twenty rods ahead I saw
three riders In strange costumes come
out of a dooryard and take the road
at a wild gallop in pursuit of Latour
and Purvis. They had not discovered
me. I kept as calm as I could in the
midst of this excitement.
I passed the house from which the
three riders had Just turned into the
road. A number of women and an old
man and three or four children stood
on the porch. They looked at me in
silence as I was passing and then be
gan to hiss and Jeer. It gave me a
feeling I have never known since that
day. I Jogged along over the brow of
the hill when, at a white, frame house,
I saw the center toward which ail the
men of the countrywide were coming.
Suddenly I heard the hoof-beats of
a horse behind me. I stopped, and
looking over ray shoulder saw a rider
approaching uie In the costume of an
Indian chief. A red mask covered his
face. A crest of eagle feathers circled
the edge of his cap. Without a word
he rode on at my side. X knew not
then that he was the man Josiah Cur
tis—nor could I at any time have
sworn that it was he.
A crowd had assembled around the
house ahead. I could see a string of
horsemen coming toward It from the
other side. I wondered what was go
ing to happen to me. What a shouting
and Jeeriug In the crowded dooryard 1
I could see the siaoke of a fire. We
reached the gate. Men In Indian masks
and cosrumes gathered around us.
"Order! Sh-sh-sh," was the loud com
mand of the man beside me In whom I
recognized—or thought that I did—the
voice of Josiah Curtis. "What has
happened?"
"One o' them tried to serve a writ
an' we have tarred an' feathered him."
Just then I heard the voice of Pur
vis shouting back In the crowd this
Impassioned plea:
"Part, for God's sake, come here."
1 turned to Curtis and said:
"If the gentleman tried to serve the
writ he acted without orders and de
serves what he has got. The other fel
low Is simply a hired man who came
along to take care of the horses. He
couldn't tell the difference between a
writ and a hole In the ground."
"Men, you have gone far enough,"
said Curtis. "This man is all right.
Briug the other men here and put 'em
on their horses an' I'll escort 'em out
o' the town."
They brought Latour on a rail
amidst roars of laughter. What a bear
They Brought Latour on a Rail Amidst
Roars of Laughter.
like, poultrifled, be-poodled object he
was—burred and sheathed In rumpled
gray feuthers from his hair to bis
heels. The sight and smell of him
scared the horses. There were tufts
of feathers over his ears and on his
cbln. They had • found great Joy in
spoiling that aristocratic livery la
which he had arrived.
Then came poor Purvis. They had
Just begun to apply the tar and feath
ers to him when Curtis had stopped
tbe ptece&i. He oalr a shaking
- -
niff of long leathers around bis heck.
They lifted the runaways Into their
saddles. Fun is started off at a gallop,
shouting "Come on, Bart," but they
stopped hlro.
•Don't be in a hurry, young feller,"
said one of the Indians, and then there
was another roar of laughter.
"Go back to yer work now," Curtis
shouted, and turning to me added:
"You ride along with me and let onr
feathered friends follow us."
So we started up the road on onr
way back to Coblesklll. Our gnlde left
us at the town line some three miles
beyond.
Latour was busy picking his arras
and shoulders. Presently he took off
his feathered coat and threw It away,
saying:
"They'll have to pay for this. Every
one o' those jackrabblts will have to
settle with me."
"You brought It on yourself," I said.
"You ran away from me and got us all
Into trouble by being too smart. You
tried to be a fool and succeeded be
yond your expectation."
It was dark when I left my com
panions in CoblesbiU. I changed my
clothes and had my supper and found
Judge Westbrook In his home and re
ported the talk with Curtis and our
adventure and my view of the situa
tion back in the hills. I observed that
he gave the latter a cold welcome.
"I shall send the sheriff and a
posse," he said with a troubled look.
"Pardon me, but I think It will moke
a bad matter worse," I answered.
' "We must not forget that the pa
troons are our clients," he remarked.
I yielded and went on with my work.
In the next week or so I satisfied my
self of the rectitude of my opinions.
Then came the most critical point in
my history—a conflict with Thrift and
Fear on one side and Conscience on
the other.
The judge raised my salary. I want
ed the money, but every day I would
have to lend my help, directly or Indi
rectly, to the prosecution of claims
which I could not believe to be Just.
My heart went out of my work. I be
gan to fear myself. For weeks I bad
not the courage to take issue with the
learned judge.
One evening I went to his home de
termined to put an end to my unhap
plness. After a little talk I told him
frankly that I thought the patroons
should seek a friendly settlement with
their tenants.
"Why?" he asked.
"Because their position is unjust,
un-American and untenable," was my
answer.
He rose and gave me his hand and
a smile of forbearance In considera
tion of my youth, as I took It.
I left much irritated and spent a
sleepless night in the course of which
I decided to cling to the Ideals of Da
vid Hoffman and Silas Wright,
In the morning I resigned ray place
and asked to be relieved as soon as
the convenience of the Judge would
allow It. He tried to keep me with
gentle persuasion and higher pay, but
I was Arm. Then I wrote a long letter
to my friend the senator.
Again I had chosen my way and with
due regard to the compass.
CHAPTER XVI.
The Man With the Scythe.
It was late In June before I was able
to disengage myself from the work of
the Judge's office. Meanwhile there
had been blood shed back In the hills.
One of the sheriff's posse had been se
verely wounded by a bullet and had
failed to serve the writs. The Judge
had appealed to the governor. People
were talking of "the rent war."
What a Joy entered my heart when
I was aboard the steamboat, at 'ast,
| and on my way to all most dear to me I
I As I entered Lake Cliamplaln I con
I suited the map and decided to leave
| the boat at Chimney Point to find Kate
Fullerton, who had written to the
schoolmaster from Canterbury. My
aunt had said In a letter that old Kate
was living there and that a great
change had come over her. So I went
ashore and hired a horse of the ferry
man.
I passed through Mlddlebury and
rode Into the grounds of the college,
where the senator had been educated,
and on out to Weybrldge to see where
he had lived as a boy. I found the
Wright homestead—a comfortable
white house at the head of a beautiful
valley with wooded hills behind it—
and rode up to the door. A white
haired old lady In a black lace cap
was sitting on Its porch looking out
! at the sunlit fields.
1 "Is this where Senator Wright lived
! when he was a boy?" I asked.
"Yes, sir," the old lady answered.
"I am from Canton."
She rose from her chair.
"You from Canton 1" she exclaimed.
"Why, of all things 1 That's where my
boy's home Is. I'm glad to see you. Go
an' put your horse In the barn."
I dismounted and she came near me.
"Silas Wright Is my boy," she said.
"What Is your name?"
"Barton Baynes," I answered as I
I hitched my horse.
"Barton Baynes I Why, Silas has
told me all about you in his letters.
He writes to me every week. Come
I and sit down."
We sat down together on the porch.
"Silas wrote In his last letter that
you were going to leave your place In
Coblesklll," she continued to my sur
prise. "He said that he was glad you
had decided not to stay."
It was Joyful news to me, for the
senator's silence had worried me and I
had begun to think with alarm of my
future.
"I wish that he would take yon to
Washington to help hlra. The poor
man has too much to do."
"I should think It a great privilege
to go." I answered,
"My boy likes you," she went on.
"You have been brought up Just as he
was. I used to read to him every eve
ning when the candles were lit. How
bard he worked to make a man of him
self! I have known the mother's Joy.
I can truly say, 'Now let thy servant
depart In peace.'"
•"For mine eyes have seen thy sal
vation,'" I quoted.
"You see I know much about you
and much about your aunt and uncle,"
said Mrs. Wright
She left me for a moment and soon
the whole household was gathered
about me on the porch, the men hav
ing coin© up from the fields. They put
my horse In the barn and pressed me
to stay for dinner, which I did. As I
was going the gentle old lady gave
mo a pair of mittens which her distin
guished son had worn during his last
winter In college. I remember well
how tenderly she handled them!
"I hope that Silas will get you to
help him"—those were the last words
she said to me when I bade her good
bv.
(Continued on Saturday)
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I lng the poor fel
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I bit of exercise.
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