The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-07

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"a Son Of the Old Dominion Hanson Wolfe
4 Col. Mrs. Burton Harrison's story OF vir-
ginian life In the carly days Of tho Revolution. |
10 less remarkable for any particular c~lcarnesS
OF plot than for lite sustained magniicence OF
language and tits curious blending OF those
gentle elements that ordinarily 60 to the max
ing OF the society" story with the more lurid
material looked for by the devourers OF the dime
novel. Long and somewhat wearying descrip-
lions Of old VirRinian country scenes; barbecues.
routs, and tea parties, at which the reader is In. |
troduced, with proper pomp and ceremony. to
none but the bost families. alternate with chap |
tors wherein hairbreadth escapes and bloody
encounters with ferocious red men are described
IN a style that calls to mind tho thrilling pictures
on the covers Of those wonderful volumes dcdi.
Gated to the memory OF "Deadwood Dick" and
all his kind. There is likewise an abduction, q
missing heir, and q wicked nobleman of
the good old pattern, while as examples
of the maRnihcence Of language TO which we
have alluded. we may mention that q horse,
stnndlng knee-deep In a stream. is described as
serene In his aqueous encompassment:" and,
of q young man who has been wounded and lost
In the forest, and has sustained lifc on a light
diet Of fricasseed serpent. we are told. in a fine
| alliterative phrase. that, at length. Ibis gorge
rose In rebellion against repeated rattlesnake."
The readers first introduction TO tho heroine 10
not unintoresting. The young woman 10 hiding
in q thicket. while n young Englishman is pass
ing along on the highway below her.
All might have gone a. projected by the damsei II
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managed to bend down to ride upon had not shown
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flushed. made a bound toward the th'cket and tore
apart its screen Of verdurc. There. on the ground
where she had slid from tho sapling, he saw a capti.
waiting, II angry little maid struggling hard 10 got
upon her feet, her gown h'd fast IN a hundred places
by the green prick'es Oh STURDY morn oush'
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