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married and lost his wife. learns from the
old nurse the whereabouts OF Arduna. Hs
persuades her to marry him. and for q
time they live happily. Onofrio, however
grows tired Of his wife, and secures an
appointment abroad. and does not permit
her to accompany him. Learning the true
cause OF her husbands departure. the
poor wife is almost hearsbroken.
| After a time OF reckless pleasure the
false and sap-headed husband longs again
for his true and beautiful wife. and writes
| her. asking her forgiveness, after
| acknowledging that he had LETT her De-
cause he had grown weary or her Inc
| faithful Arduina reads the letter, when
is fiat. unnatural epistle, and dutiiul'y
obeys the call of her lord. going 10 him
with the love which lives as only a
womans love can. through harshness and
coIdness from the one dearest to her on
earth.
| VIRGINIA LAW REGISTER. Edited by
w. NJ. Lille. December No. 1883. no. g
Volume ". Single number. 90 cents
Published by the ]. j. Bell Company
Richmond and Lynchburg Va.
Contents: /. Dangers of Second Mar
riages-A Reply-Richard G. Barlow.
IL Contribution Between Cosureties-A
Peply-Ssmuel A. Anderson.
Ill Virginia Decisions Reported IN Fun:
1. Home Life-Insurance Company vs..
Sbert: Life Insurance; Practice. Z. CITY
OF Charlottesville VS.. Maury; Condemna-
ton Of Water Rights-Code, section ie'9,
Note by NJ. =. Burks; Condemnation OF
Water Rights 3. Foster vs. Common
wealth: Rape by Infant Under II; Edlto-
rial Note. Common Law Notions Of De
cency. T. Fadeley VS.. Williams; Plead
ing and Practrice: Scire Facias; Fleri
Editorial Note; Limitation to Scire Fa-
cias or Action to Waive a Judgment ..
I,ynchburg. etc, Co. VS.. Fellers Deeds OF
Trust; Release Of Security; Lands Sue
cessiyely Liable to a Lien; Registry. 9.
ELAN We. Commonwealth Circuit Court
Norfolk county,; Contemporaries 1850 y.
7. Jones VS.. Irwin Corporation court Oh
Danville); Donatio Causa Morts; Tes-a-
mentary Letter.
". Digest of other Recent Virginia De-
cisious: /. Sims VS.. Tyrer; Attachment
Joint Property; Commissioners Reports.
Jackson VS.. Commonwealth; Malicious
Assault: Indictment; Criminal Law and
Procedure. 9. Wytheville Crystal, etc.
Co. VS.. Frick Co.; Enforcement OF JudS-
men Lien Where There Is Prior Deed
OF Trust; Chancery Practice; Principal
and Surety; Creditors Bill; Terms OF sale.
f. Owens vs.. Owens; Divorce; Cruelty;
Alimony; Combination; Custody OF emil
dren. 8. Franklin County VS.. GINS; Lease
Of Public Property for Private purposes
G. Gsh VS.. Jamison; SPECIFIC Perform
ance: Conditions Precedent. Z. Reusens
VS.. Lawson; Ejectment; Surveys; Plead
ing and Practice.
This No. Of the Law Register. though
full OF matters Of interest TO the legal
profession, affords but dull reading TO
the laity. The decisions reported are or
Importance, and some or the
editorial notes thereon are carefuily pre-
pared and well considered.
THE Rancho ON THE OXHIDE. A
story of Boys and Girls Life on the
Frontier. BY Henry Inman, Brevet
Lieutenant-Colo United States Army,
Author of "The old Santa Fe Trail"
New York and London: The Macmillan
Company. 1898. Cloth. Price, $50.
Here our army has q competitor, If not |
n rival. of Captain Charles King. Their |
style and treatment are so different, how |
ever. that they can hardly become rivals. |
In the early dayt of Westward, no" a |
party OF emigran( camped upon a stream
I'm the western part Of what Is now the |
State Of kansas, and chained 10 tree |
yoke OF oxen. Years afterwards. their |
decayed frames were found there. still |
partially encased in their we1ther-tanned |
skins. To have left them thus to perish |
slowly from hunger, the campers must |
have had 10 decamp very hurriedly. The |
stream was named the Oxhide.
In recent times a family Of Thompsons,
from Vermont, got to Fort Leavenworth.
part Of their possessions, 10 look for a
new home, and at last selected their
homestead of 100 acres on the OK
hide; where, what they did. how the chill
lren grew and developed. and what adj
ventures they had with Indians and other
Wild animals are all pleasantly related
Besides the parents were two sons-JO-
ieph and Robert-and two girls-GaTtrude
md Kate. Kate was once made a nsfson-
n by Indians, but escaped and got back
lome In safety. The neighborhood gradu-
lily filled up, and they had a visit from
General Custer, who gave them a famous
yolf-hunt with his fine dogs.
In the end the ranch has EXPANDED 70
zoo acres, with a comfortable residence.
md after the decease of the parents. the
daughters, having married and gone with
heir husbands, Joseph and Robert have
possession OF the entire ranch, and to-
'ether occupy the mansion with their
wives and children. The author has given
IS true and lively picture OF borderlife
nd the steady growth Of community.
VAR MEMORIES OF AN ARMY CHAP.
LAIN. BY II. Clay Trumbull. Illus-
trated. New York: Charles Scribner's
sons 1898. Cloth. Price. 81. Pages
All.
This is a good book, interesting and
lstructiye. But the reader will have 10
How the author his standpoint. He was
chaplain in the Union army with a
regiment and has since the
'ar held positions in the Grand Army
the Republic and the Loyal Legion OF
le United States, etc. After the sur
ender a. Appomattox his regiment was
tationed for some time near Richmond.
nd he was once an inmate OF Libby
rison. He had experiences in other
confederate prisons. besides those in
amp, on the march, on the war-vessels.
nd In some fighting. But his object Is
} leave 70 other writers battles. cam
aigns. and leading military affairs, and
evote his work to the soldiers. His
Ian is good one and IS we'll executed
e writes with spirit, but without acrl-
iony. Indeed, some Of his references to
lie Confederate side are kind and COM
imentary. He was named after "the
illboy OF the slashes Afterwards the
-eat orator Of Kentucky Of whom his \
ther was a great admirer and staunch
lherent; and the author himself held
southern principles" until the Kansas
ebrsska controversy arose He seems a
have been jealous faithful, and eff
ent worker In his high calling"
A TT-MATT. MACAZTNTN