Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-03
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Inc Bowen Morrlll Coz Indianapolis,
nave been publishing some VI the hlg-
selling books ~ the year and ln with
Hoops " Steel by Florence Flnch
Kelly. the company have undoubtedly
added another 20 their list OF notably
popular publications The author is
ne" IN the field Of fiction though she
mas .had experience IN journalistic lines.
having been for some time connected
with The Los Angeles Times ms literary
editor, her husband. Allen Kelly, being
cV-cIty editor Of the same Journal one
finds 10 hard Oh realize in reading me
book that Il Is written hy "a woman.
The types ~ character scenes. and epi-
sodcs NJ the story hokHg wholly Co the
toughest western rdlaner1 species. and
ore depicted with such sklI as to make
u seem impossible that any save q
mans living IN the scenes ana breath
ing the atmosphere described could so
clearly depict 70.
The plot ls worked out In harmonious
scenery Rough New Mexican cattle
ranches. Iuee sd mountain ranges and
lNrhiy cactus sulnes form ine setting.
our Of this rise the hsules of the three
friends figures of heroic proportions,
STOUT oi heart ana strong " muscle.
with eyes That aim true. ana hands that
never waver. There ia shooting and proc
tanIiy ON every page almost Guns pop,
bullets Whz. and great mouth-nIlIng
o1lns Tesound continually h1t IN spite
or lhe noise only lha las'1lF are moI-
laly wounded. ana only those desery-
ing 10 be sworn az are seriously hurt.
No one has satisfactorily explained
the altracuveness of blum. rude, word
explosive flnchneh' EVERY one admits
there rs something undenIah.y enticing
about large, hearty, out-oi-doors men.
m spite OF their swearing proclIvitles.
Perhaps we unconsc. 11sly associate big
hearts WIN Dig bodies, generous emo
lions with generous physical proper
tons and impulsive action with license
OF speech. he that as II may and be
the readers preferences wha, they Will,
these three merry friends futile, Eli
norm, and Mead, are sure 10 bee well
received.
sweet Margaret )elafue. ana pretty
Aiuania Garcia. divide houors with the
rahchmen' EIlholn describes Miss De-
IaIue as regular royal Nush. ana
declares iheIe amt another glrl can
STACK UP win her IN the Whole terri
tory. tie calls Armada Garcia the
c6lest ana pletuesi little piece Of calico
you ever laIl eyes on. These descrlp-
tons would not Doe marked a. IN a
school OF rhetoric but they are conyInc-
ing, "nich rs more than can be said Of
many more elegant definitions.
Ihaptef fourteen contains a splendid
piece OF Whiting NeiIeslE an exceed
!ngly Well-olaWn character by the way
has been en,.ce1 Into tho desert by two
rascals, is tied there and left by them
while they go on prospecting tour. He
manages 70 release himself ana makes
ms way, more dead than alive, 70
Mead cabin The following Is selec-
ton from the chapter:
Ihe sun was well up In the sky and
the desert gloWed Ike an oven Hot
winds began 20 blow across it-light va
llaple winds, rushing now this way and
now mat. Ihey made little whlrlWinds
mat picked up the sand, carried IL some
distance, ana then dropped II ana died
away Nellesly saw one Of these sand
clouds dancing across the plain not far
away and instantly the hopeful thought
Mashed upon him that II was the dust
raised By some horsemen. lie ran to-
ward Il, shouting ana waving his hat.
II turned and Whirled along the sandy
levels IN another direction, and he
turned, too, ana ran toward a point at
which ne thought he could Intercept 10.
Presently Il vanished into the heated air
and ne stopped, bewildered, ana for a
moment dazed, that no horsemen came
galoplng out OF the cloud. lie looked
heIDlg sglV bout him and saw another