The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-24

ter has spun; and the same criticism
holds true Of Twenty Minutes for Re-
freshments." which records the sensa-
tions of some Pullman passengers who
are invited to give the awards in a baby
show. being raised East and without
local prejudice" Hanks Woman" and
Napoleon Shave-tail' are two unre-
lieved and bitter tragedies, lacking the
softening of Mr.. Wister's wonted humor.
but Padre Ignazio'' IA an exquisite idyl
which tells how the good priest Of Santa
Ysabel del Mar was visited By one Of
the restless ones of earth. and parting
with his own peace TO the latter, re-
ceived of him in turn fresh hunger for
the great world he had given up and
the desire to sail away and leave his
humble people-"pastoral creatures of
the soil. All their years they live as
children-chldren with mems passions
given TO them like deadly weapons. UNI
able to measure the harm their impulses
may bring. Hence. even in their crimes.
their hearts will generally open soon
70 the one great key Of love. while civil
iza,ion makes locks which that key can
not always fit at the first turn"
THE padre is getting sick" said the
world grew upon him. on the morning
when he is about TO yield TO II and de-
sert his people by stealth there comes a
message TO him from the restless one,
now dead. telling him how his own gos-
pei OF "contentment with Pronunciation"
was bringing him peace at the last.
And Padre Ignazio took up his life again
and remained thereafter cheerful master
| % ha lazf tn In Of ia
again The tale is beautiful in every
way In which tale may be So
(''The JimmyIohn Boss" BY owen
Wister. Harper & Bros. $50, For sale
by Lowman & Hanford)
There are those whose great ard all
sufficient happiness is TO study. to know;
who revel in observation and theory;
who thesaurize knowledge for its bare
sake. unproductively. even as the miser
| thesaurizes wealth for no Interior pur-
| pose. Marshhed was one of these"
| says the author Of his being, Mr.. Eyer
| ton Castle. incidentally II would be a
| question "a to whether an invented word
| like "thesaurize" is better than such an
| one, say, as treasure" authorized by
| the dictionaries. even in describing such
| weird, uncanny and altogether ency-
| clopaedic character as "Marshield the
{ Observer" who was an intellectual
I miser and devoid OF the cardinal human
| passions. besides being unpleasant to
| look upon. broad headed. small
! mouthed and large-eyed; with no hair
| on his sallow face, but singularly
marked eyebrows which contrasted odd
| ly with a very thin and pointed black
/ moustacbe; with an utterly Unconditional
/ countenance, he recalled at the very first
| sight the physiognomy of an expert
/ enced and philosophical cat. The i'm
! preston was strengthened by a narrow
! chest and STOPPING shoulders, which. in
/ repose irreslstibly suggested the humpy
! and tucked-up attitude of the medita-
! tive grimalkin And like those of that
! absorbinely selfish and observant crea-
| ture. his eyes. though wide and clear
were singulariy inexpensive"
| As may be INA gined, the stories picked
| up by personality of this type are I'M
common to the point Of gruesomeucss
/ There are half dozen Of them I'm the
! charmngly bound volume which is Mr.
| Castles latest contribution to literature
! and while one may fail to achieve hap
| piness while reading them. at least one
| cannot miss absorption and entertain
ment.
| C'Marshheld the Observer" By Eyer