The morning call., 1894-08-26

waiI It III are not goody- goody, but simply
100 good. Ii these characters are types of
bne binenoses. Nova Scotia must be
heaven upon earth. Tan Pile Jim is a
ankee boy taken from u pooIhouse and
apprentleed to the captain of coastiug
vessel Cruel trea tment leads the boy to
run away and after days of travelling
through the woods be reaches Liverpool in
Nova Scotia. There rn a tan pile he is
discovered asleep by the tanner. james
Payzant. who, after hearing The boys
story, takes linn TO his cottage. There his
Vile, Ruth PayZant, is as favorably i'm
pressed by the boy as the tanner. They
feed and clothe little Jim and formally
Mu PayZant. The rest of the book
is history of the boys develop
ment into an honest and capable man.
TIE atmosphere of the book is as breezy
as the wi1dSwept moOrland. and the boy
reader will pass from cOmical happenings
to adventures in hunting, fishing, wood
cutting, logging, l0g-driving, etc., that will
keep all his interest conferred on the story.
! There was a time when one would have
said that Tan Pile Jim was almost too
| bright, but a wider experience refrains
! from the Judgment Environment has
| enormous influence on development. and
! boys of tender years have been known TO
! show the solid judgment OF mature men.
Anyhow, Jim's brightness will be no
bIemish in the eyes of boy readers of the
pretty love idyl. 10 it there is nothing
mawkish. 1t is The ideal love between boy
and girl so often desired, so seldom found.
! This love story and Jim's affection for his
adopted parents give softenng touch to
! the story and will be an added interest 20
manly boys [Chlcago: Laird u Lee.
The PURPLE LIGHT OF LovE-This
story, by Henry Goelet McVicker, tells of the
career of lawyer, John Edgar, who came
| to New York from Western State soon
after graduation, and having entered upon
the practice of bis profession made raj lroad
law his speciality. and in few years had
become recognized authority in that
branch of legal lore. Cigars parents were
| strictly orthodox in their religious beliefs,
! and they looked upon the commander ent
! Keep holy the Sabbath day" as a greater
| law than the one that reads Thou shalt
love thv neighbor as thyself." His three
! sisters were dull and cOl0rless and physi-
| caily and morally upright TO the point of
unattractiveness. 1t was in this atmOs-
| pheTe that Edgar had been reared, and it
may be imagined that his ideas of the
world of society were somewhat limited.
At the age of 80 he was almost a recluse,
so far as society went. The only house
he really visited was Mrs. Worces-
ter's. The hostess was a widow of wealth
who delighted in gathering under her roof
people of diverse characteristics; her re-
ceptions we're composed of the under crust
OF society and The upper crust OF Bohemia.
At the invitation of Mrs. Worcester Ed
gar visited her at her Newport residence.
There he met his fate. Mrs. Barnard, was
a widow; gay, beautiful as a goddess. and
| as selfish as IL is possible for a woman to
be. She wanted John Edgar for her hus-
| band in order to secure for herself pO-
! sitiOD in society and means to live lux
| uriantly. They were married and then the
/ Inns n nj Oh nnd IN hn ia or hof ic
wife did not love him. She still loved as
much as such q nature as hers could
! Arthur OvermaD, who had been one of
her admirers before marriage. What the
result was can be imagined. EstraDge-
ment followed, and then separation. But
poor EdgaT's heart was broken. He went
| to Europe, and on his deathbed in st.
! Peters burg sent for his wife. She came,
and Overman followed. The dying man
placed the hand of his wife in that of the
man who had wrOnged him and said: Il
bid you love her as l did" Then "bis soul
having spoken went back to its God" The
! story is one that will we'll repay perusal.
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when the stage-cOach was in its glory. and
the chief interest of the tale attaches to
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under the title of 'jayhawkers," terror
! lied the post road between Baltimore and
PHILADELPHIA. The author falls into a
| harmless anachrOnism in referring fire.
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/ expression which was coined in the Wild
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it takes his place among the deDiZens of
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