The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-04
''The Passion of Resamund Keith :.

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The Passion of Rosamund Keith" by
Martin J. Pritchard Herbert S. Some
Co., chicago. For sale by the St.
Paul Book and Stationery company
This IS a. story of English life which
brings the reader through the whole gam
ut of human emotions, with love and dan
ger for its dominent notes. Deeply in
teresting is the young woman who gives
to the book it's title. The heart goes out
to her at once with the knowledge that
she is an orphan. living with two jealous
cousins, a spiteful, schemfng aunt and
an indulgent uncle. One wants to know
more Of her when he reads why Paul
Kerr, one of her admirers, a wealthy
young Londoner, loves her. The first time
he saw her he admired her for her physf-
cal beauty, and set her down as being
no different from other girls of her sta
ton Then he talked with her, and the
hrst live minutes sufficed to show him
that she was not clever or sharp; that
she did not say especially witty things.
that she aspired to no display of knowf-
edge that she had no affectations She
was not loud in speech or free In manner,
she was able to talk for a quarter of an
hour and express herself inteEIfgentIy
without the aid of slang or quotations
from music-lan Songs Her life was not
entirely bound up in round of race
meetings and dancing, skating par
ties and bicycling gymkhanas. Paul
Kerr. and .Rosamund love and
plight their troth But short
time afterward Paul saves a poor wreck
of womanhood from suicide. and for this
is condemned by society, which miscon-
strues his act
Rosamunds uncle makes her promise
to break her engagement, at least for O.
YEAR, and she writes to Paul. telling him
OF 1t. They exchange letters, but do not
meet.
I'aul, about this time. happens upon an
Oxford friend of his who has gone over
to the Roman Catholic church and is a.
monk, with the name of Father Gregory
He tells the monk Of his troubles and
eventually concludes to spend year in
the monastery as novice
He sees much of the Catholic belief
mere and before his year is past becomes
a member of the church Later he
leaves the place and one night comes
back to find Father Gregory dying. He
happens to speak Of his intended mar
rage with Rosamund and the priest calls
to his memory the girl Carr married
when. little older than a boy at Oxford
and whom he divorced q year later
me Catholic church recognizes no d.
Vorce, and Paul is compelled to choose
between his religion and Rosamund. He
kneeis at the priests deathbed and prom
lSes 10 pe true 10 the church, and then
writes Rosamund of his promise, leaves
England, and seeks refuge in Francis
can convent in Switzerland
Rosamund's health suffers from the
shock OF this revelation and she and her
uncle travel through Europe OF course
nothing but the death of PauFs. first wife
can make the romance come right, and
after much suffering on the part Of the
lovers the divorced woman conveniently
gets run over by London cab, and then
at the end of weary waiting the lovers
are united.
Aside from the love story and its va
rious complications the book is interest
ing in it's descriptions of life In a Roman
Catholic monastery and in it's chronicles
of an artists travels through Europe