The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-15
THE TIMES: zRICHMoND. UNDAY, APRII 1900.
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s During tl1eS passing years the friendship
between himself and the girl who had be-
sfriended him, notw! Outstanding their diff
sferent social positions, has grown strong
5er and stronger, but jus t before he goes.
4 to the university, GOODNESS has arisen be-
tween them, due to his sensitive pride.
Some months after his return they meet
at an old negro's cabin, where both have
come on errands of mercy, and, as they
stroll back in the late evening, their es-
arrangement becomes a thing of the past,
and before long their love for each other
that Will no longer keeps silent, finds
voice, During the days that follow they
plan out their future life together, when
he shall have risen to the position that
will enable him to claim her. One even
ing they part after several happy hours
together, and as she enters the house,;
she hears her brother. to shield himself,
cast reflections on her lovers honor.
Hardly knowing what she does she goes
ont, and. overtalsinS him, accuses him.
He, stunE by her t7is.rust. and with the
pride of a strong man on the lower So
Z cial 7avel, declares ne viii never forgive
her for doubling him. and. turning. leaves
her in the road.
He crusiles down his love for her and,
himself into politics. She, after grieving
for d while. ara finding that he will
not come back to her, in her loneliness,
/ rnarries another man.
YEARS LATER
Tho next we see OF either is fifteen years
later, when the author carries US into
Democratic Gubernatorial Convention,
where our hero. after a great confess with
his old sweetheart's husband, receives the
nomination. Then follows description OF
the routine of Governors life. and OF
fashionable society in Virginia's Capital.
Towards the end of his term. he goes down
10 T<ingsboroagh to the bedside of the dy-
irg judge. That night after wandering
over the scenes of his childhood and think
ing of the happy DAYS with his old sweet
heart, he returns to the village, and tinds
a quiet, determined mob gathering to lynch
4 negro. de goes over and tries TO stop
them, but they, not knowing who II is
shoot him. Thus standing between the
mob and the trembling negro in the little
whitewashed jail. he gives his life 10 keep
unstained the loved Commonwealth ne
represents. SO had he risen by his strong
character from his obscure origin to sue
cess-at least politically, for in his some
what less pronounced social success lies
the authors revelation of the great forces
Of the society she describes
The book is fun of color and local de-
scriptons, and Ii is in these pen-pictures
of Virginia scenery and outdoor scenes or
Southern life that the author is at her
best In them she shows the true artists
eye that overlooks not the slightest detail
in the scene before it, and the touch of a
master in putting into words what she
sees.
THE PICTURE COMPLETE
BY means of numerous minor charac-
ters she completes the picture of Southern
life. showing us the life of the poor whites
and negroes, as we'll as Of the aristocratic
element.
To virginians the book will prove of spe-
cial interest on account Of it's local color.
no one who has ever visited Williamsburg
will fail TO recognize ii, under the name or
Kingsborough, with its colleges, William
and Mary, and its insane asylum. Well
described. too, are the old overgrown
church yard and the wide. dusty Duke
of Gloucester Street Most happy is the
authors chara cterization OF it as VIII
lage that .'dozed through the present to
dream of the past and found the future 4
nightmare" Very true to life are the de-
scrlptions of the Capitol Square at Rich
n7ond. the Governors Mansion. the scenes
on Franklin and Main Streets. and the