St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-11
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devious paths OF wicksdncSs and dark
ness to peaceful Ravens Mt last. In this
is his popularity. rh9re is sorrow
enough in life without wishing to have
it served as the end OF stories. His
last book, The Wrong That Was
Done" is like all the others. Deb
orah Reisdale, the heroine, IS sent TO
an uncle in Glasgow when only two
years old, motherleSs. and, Is the letter
( that came with the babe stated, soon 10
be fatherless. Unto a childlcSs home
she was gladly welcomed. and nothing
oceusred 10 mar her simple childish life
till she was six years old. when two
women appear aud carry her away TO
wTetched court where she IS intro
dueed 10 dying woman. who
clasps her in her skinny arms and calls
her my Debby." After awhile COMES
news OF the father, who, after all, did
not die, but who got we'll and emigrated
TO Australia. where, OF course, he made
a fortune; then, after years OF silence.
during which death and time had made
many changes among DeDOrah's friends,
IA telegram reaches Simon K eisdaie, the
good uncle. announcing the safe ar
rival ia England OF the long silent
brother Martain, supposed 20 be the
father OF Deborah When Martain ar
riyes at his brothers. house, however,
he makes the astounding assertion that
the only daughter he ever had lies
/ buried ia her mothers arms al the old
nome from which he sailed 10 Aus
tralla. Then begin complications of
suspicion and determinations that lead
The reader through miles OF wrong
doing. treacheTy. murder and every
h al Of
marriage and happiness ever after be
tween Deborah. who all tins time has
loved and believed in her lover, and
. Martain Reisdale.
There are some books that have no
visible excuse for being. They teach
10 essen. either spiritual, moral or
menal, fhey are not true 20 nature IN
+ any ar ticuiar that is. IL by nature we
meanLhat large majority Of things that
/ ullS our mental vision when we use the
/ term. Perhaps. however, there IS AL
I excuse for their being. In that they aim
/ TO represent that small minority of be-
/ ings who by reason OF lack OF moral or
/ physical qualities. are cut oil from their
/ kind. Such az book, in a way, is sea
/ New Abbey" by Florence Warden, att
/ thor of The House OH the Marsh Ii
/ IS The story of the daughter OF Capt.
/ MulgTaye. *. n. who, by the careless
! ness OF nurse, was made cripple
/ while set a babe. The mothers death
! ana some unexplained untruthtul
I charges brought against tne captain
/ seemed 10 change him from genial,
! whoie-SOuled man OF honor 10 a rough,
/ breaking smuggleg. who filled his
/ anet stral home, Sea New Abbey, with
\ cut throat crown, and spent his days
among them. The daughter. Freda,
| was given 10 the nuns Ia convent near
! the French town OF HarbOurg. where
/ she WAS left uncared for 10y her father
/ I'LL She had reached the age OF eighteen.
when the mOther-superiOT thought IT
WAS time she was regularly admitted
| into the order, and wrote her father for
! permission. He roughly ordered her
home 10 the tumOle-dOwn old abbey.
and, after various accidents ana adj
ventures, in which she seemed destined
10 meet the very people her father
would have wished 10 keep her from,
she reaches the abbey, 10 be
greeted by the cheerful news
tfat her father had just shot
himself. Not being greatly over
whelmed with grief, as one can readily
suppose, As she had not had the pleas
ure OF his acquaintance, Freda is IN
pressed with the idea that there Is some
thing wrong some way about her IA
tiIer's sudden death, and sets about
solving the mystery IN very energetic.
II rather dangerous, way. How she
succeeds, who her helpers we're how
she meets and falls in love with the
youth who teaches her what failing In
love means, the author uufOlds ~ the
later chapters. The book IS neatly got
ten up, III covers that are symphony
in browns, with clear type and good pa
per, and will help 10 while away many
an idle hour that its pOssessOr may be
burdened with.
By lover OF the horse and who that
has red blood in his veins does not love
that noble animal? ANY device that
makes his service To man easier TO him
IS gladly welcomed. la "Seats and
Saddles" Mai. Dryer. who Is a recOg
nIzed authority OH the subjects on which
he writes, makes many and valuable
I suggestions for the bettering OF the un-
Outstanding between horse and rider
tina. must exist before either can do his
best. He treats, first. Of the framework
Of the horse considered from n me-
chanical point OF view; then OF the
saddle ana influences Of the seat, then
of seats, both civil and military. Next
he talks OF bis and biting: then OF
draught and harness. aud lastly OF
rcsllvcnesS and other bad habits. their
cause and cure. The pages Of advice
are lntersptrsed with plates Illustrating
the lessons taught and showing the
proper and Improper way OF doing what
most people consider Il very easy thing
thing 10 do until they try 70; and that IS
10 ride Il horse 80 that one may not look
like fright or worry an animal who
has often more sense than his rider. into
Ill. . t.af. .taf.
is a book that Will Interest hOrsemen
alone.
A memoir OF HonOre de Balzac, com
pied and written by Katharine Prescott
Warmeley, is one OF the most entertain
ing books of the year. The picture
drawn IN these pages Of the great Bal
FAC is entirely unlike that called up In
the popular mind by that great name.
A devOlee 10 realism, he portrayed life
as he saw 1t. aud, because he resOluiely
called a spade a spade. he has been de-
picted as the advocate aud follower Of
all impure things. In Judging the
cha racter Of BaZac, we must remember
that he was man, not for pOsterIty
only, but for the pOsterIty Of ages.
When we remember the gloomy. re-
pressed childhood passed within the
walls OF Il mOnasllc school. where there
were no VACATIONS du1 10 games, a.
boys understand games these days, and
where his greatest pleasure seemed to
consist In being locked up in grim cell,
for there he was lrft alone with be-
loved book. or at worst, could live In the
dreams his own fruitful imagination
created we marvel at the sunny spirit
that illumines his after life: this sun
slime that sweetened all the bitterness
OF his long struggle In Paris for Success,
for recognition as great writer. This
struggle, though 1t ended ia glorious
victory, must have been savage indeed
TO cali forth such remarks as these:
1--WE spend the second half of life in
moving down in our hearts all that we
grew there in the first half, and this
we call experience" OF this, which is
sadder still: Noble sOnls come slowly
and with difficulty to believe ia evil
feelings. in betrayal, in ingratitude, but
when their education in this matter is
accomplished. then they rise TO
pity which is, perhaps, the high
est reach OF contempt for human