The sun., 1899-01-28
nrK nooKs
rrIsS Reviews Of Important and Interesting
New Publications.

,,I., story OF this neighborhooh and this day.
and because. at the same time. u Introduces a
sunernatural element The chief character.
Indicated In the title. 10 an unsobhsticatcd girl
rbo ia cast upon tho world 10 make hor way as
,est shc can Left notherless and nloneyless
IN small Hudson River town, che ls Get adriit
hr drunken boarding house kaepet. and has
tor her first pilot young loafer who thinks to
hrntalize her for hts own profit. She IL saved
br an old begear. Christmas by name. who
hears spirit voices aud has the assist
srce oi the fairies, by her own overflow
irp innocence, ard by influences Of tho air,
w,tehf,il and beneilcent souls OF the dead. char
scterlzed by Mr.. Ralph az EtheriaHs. so much
,rnl show that there IA venturesome penti-
n,ent In the story. and that II 10 a story Of ex-
,rsme contrasts. The aged begRur puys cakes
and milk for tho girl and conducts her to euita-
hie shelter when they ncared the outskirts
n, powellton the old man bought some cake
and bottle OF milk. aud at q gateway to n tree
edged field he asked II she would not go out Of
,hepuhlic view to rest and refresh herself She
,ssented trustinRly, aud he waited upon her.
opening the bottle and teaching hor how TO
drns out OF It. anil handing h.i the parer bag
ot cakes" lie let her know that he considered
Il asa Joke that she should have been fed by
rerear He asked her u she had ever met
W
toto her lap a sparrow brushed her hair when
fying over her. or lame dog licked her hand
lie told her n story OF frog that was really
iIiry, Just as though he had been one OF the
GrImm brothers, When abe had finished eat
ilg We must he ur aud moving" he said,
"il order 10 get whore we'll be going before
lark | know a kind heart In a calico gown
that wont never turn YOU away" He took her
into the kitchen 0! the Poweton Hotel. where
the KIND heart in the calico gown proved to be
the cook She passed the night in great
country house. where there lay dying
rich old man who was her uncle and
whose fortune she camo to inherit at the
on ot the story. though she never dreamed,
o. course. OF her relation to him at this
time One OF the Etherians was the dy-
ine old mans mother. 1t was Mrs Lamont
his mother. who wied that tho dying man
should suddenly demand sleep at the edge OF
surrender 10 violent outburst OF temper. In
his feebleness and age he was once again
4 child to her. and, as Of old. her command
over him was great. She simply EMBODIED
him in her presence. as she had pressed
his infant form close against hers seventy
years before and he Yielded as she soothed
and badc him Sleep Jack Lamont. wicked
Iephew OF the old man. wished TO possess
the girl The wa:chful hegEar learned OF this
through his gift of second sight. Christmas
came to garden wall and pushing 1t gently
open walked in and cho'e a place between
some bushes and wafl where he would be out
Of sight. Then he let his staff fall and used
both hands 10 take great red bandanna hand
Eerchief out Of his pocket and bind 1t tightly
around his head. covering both his eyes. Yes.
yes; see! l see.' ne exclaimed. oh. she's
got rich relations. Well. OF course. any one
81, D,,t -l,ats A. nL-
me tonight, Dark road. wicked man. tall.
black hair, bad eyes. All ha! I'm not to take
her away. only he near them. And then--umph.
umph | see-New York. Yes. yes. So?
umph" He took the bandage from his eyes
and Rrasped the bush to keep from fall
ing. Guns J he exc aimed. Seeing so far
is terrible tring. But. thank God. there's
other friends for her than me. On each side OF
the trouble places there is always friends"
This was true Jack Lamont took her to New
York and entrapped her in the upper story of u
lofty Office building in Twenty third street.
where she found herself prisoner in a strange
solitude after Office hours. Here the Etherians
helped her to remember the forgotten names
and address Of her fathers lawyers. Brown 4
Crossey, 80 Broadway" She wrote an ap-
peal for rescue: Help! The lady who stands
In an upper window is locked in an empty
building. Notify the police quickly. or find
ZONE one to free her. God will reward
you" She wrapped this about q piece OF
coal and dropped it from the window. The
wind seized il. tore off the paper and bore It
far away over the housetops. Archibald Patton.
newspaper man. regarding her from his apart
ment in the house opposite. went across the
street to see what was the matter. She tried to
write another MESSAGE to drop down to him.
hut the Etherians controlled her pen. and all
that 1t would write vas, Love him." This she
DID, as the story goes on to show. and all ends
happily. II is queer story. an. odd adventure
In fancy. as our brief outline will indicate. The
hook is illustrated by Mr.. W. T. smedley.
1t cannot be said. in connection with our late
war with Spain. that we were not early and
iuly provided with the neWs OF 1t. or course.
In the hurry. there were eccentricities OF re-
PORTING. Tugboats. jealous OF fame. reported
themselves rather than the important incidents
oi the war and eyewitnesses, overcome by the
occasion. relating the circumstances OF the
destruction OF Cervera's squadron. told how
our ships. In order to bear in upon the fleeing
enemy. shgularly turned their rudders In q
way which ought in reason. and under the or
dnary proved rules Of cause and effect. to have
carried them TO the South Pole and consequently
lar from the scene Of strife Some OF the corre-
spondents on shore said Of certain OF their COM
iades that they were pierced by thousands OF
npanlsh bullets and that. Notwithstanding. and
bleeding from innumerable wounds. they set
Tue nag triumphantly over block houses on the
'ops oil lead-sweIt hills. and the comrades In
question handsomely returned the compliment
ana said OF the correspondents who had ex-
,"'ed them that they also had behaved very
handsomely. These are matters which every
"ody Is willing to forgive. and which need be
ohV passingly remembered. Mr.. John Il.
spears I" one OF those who regarded the naval
par' OF the war soberly aud with professional
intelligence. His book. Our Navy in the War
T WIN spain. tells plain and Instructive story.
Includes an account OF the operations In the
west Indies and in the Pacific az we'll. II
Noud be interesting to know what the
name oi the man really was who fired the
hrs' shot In the war. The Buena Ven
,u,a was captured on April %. week
oel9re the battle at Manila. Dir. Richard Hard
lne Davis In Tho Cuban and Porto Rico Cam
pAsn'," says: The Nashville fred a shot
.Vross the Bueha Ventura's bow. Patrick Wal
w %n nred IT, 1t was the first shot Of the war"
"a, h spears says: when barely a ships length
"oh the squadron line Lieut.. Dillingham;
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