Novel is engrossing, chilling I don’t know how many at you law any of the nine eplaodea of "Captains And The Kings" on NBC-TV’s Best SeUers. but every one ehould road Taylor Caldwell’s 818 page novel upon which the TV eerles was based. It Is reaUy frightening. ’Hie premise Is old u the hills: power corrupto and absolute power corrupts ab solutely. ’Hie story follows one Joseph Francis Xavier Armagh who arrives at New York harbor in the mld-l8B0’s with his mother, six year old brother and newly bom sister. Joseph Is 18-yeare old at the time and as tough as a plneknot. Joo’e "dada” has preceded the family to America and Is supposed to be doing well. However, the real truth Is that In that era the Irish were a hated breed In the Land of ’The Free «uid many of them fared not-too-well. Daniel Armagh la dead and mi shipboard, seveiiy hemoraglng, his wife dies leaving young Joseph to promise to always look after hla brother and sister. From that day forward Joseph denies himself severely to make his fortune and €DITORIt^Lprectoted and we thank them, those of us stranded at the bridge between Bethwsre and Four Points Oroceiy Store were taken care of by some good cltlsens of Oak Grove and Patterson Grove communities. Also, they looked out after the children who got off the bus at the bridge. We all started walking but they carried us to our destination. MRS. HOWARD McKEE Rt. S man that he can be gilded. The Inner circle continually harps on the plan to take the minting of money out of the hands of Congress and placing It In the hands of the bankers. It happens eventuaUy. MS. CaldweU weaves a pretty complete and fascinating tale In her numerous pages and the portions dealing with her fictional tamer circle are based on factual accounts of the banking Industry, the Industrialists and the other rich and powerful families In history. Shs even suggests the pubUc read some of these factual works and supplies the reader with titles and authors. The parts of the novel pertaining to the buying and selling of Congressmen to do the bidding of the inner circle and the low regard In which the circle holds the poor wlU make : you angry. "AU the American pe