The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-04
" NJ Harben'S y
\ ! z Westerfeh.'

some what mixed feelings that
XHe W.. rr ewesterfelt," by VIII N.
+ lNs cor having finished II. II Is
ns'l s.ra 70 decide whether one mas en-
'ls \. - story or not. Features wnicn sp-
~ - y strong while one was reading
Ekif'o " .,s,,,,se on rejection, ana, on
's'n '' sand some Of the apparently
elnsi 80 become stronger as one
esq s ,hout thcm. whatever else may l;. ne
~ ay Nv story, however, II is readable
u y " S-rI,lng It Mr.. Harlem has de-
y "a the fact that he is at least
ntf ,.o ,s the sixth Of Messrs.
We brothers series Of twelNe
npn american life by American au-
4 Va ~ Possibly 1t Is because the ,a'e y
a W .sae,r different from the others Of
rortlcularly Days Like These, =
s''e ',nngIater preceded It. TINT irfiec
~ I 70 rs vaine come to the reader
An In other words II II Is not
mar GOOD. It is so, possibly, only
a,,sson with some of those which
y ~ before. It depicts variety OF
"A Mich can hardly enlist the complete
a .hy OF the general reading public
XII. because the variety In question
s'''S ,,.rlllar. When we rend about
d =. rho keep their hats on during 20.
a "a. eu,c,,ous attempt murder because
4 ii refused credit at livery stables
4 !. III sorts Of things along the same
al NJ which are tolerated by the
,.onlc Of the community. VIC are In
4 rebel somewhat. even though
80 GOOD reason to believe that the
4re Is not overdrawn and that sucn
.a,, are really possible. Gould they
4. ,nder our personal observation we
"a t,ht forgive them III II book Since
a ,re unfamiliar they are all ehc loss
H,,snt even though, as before stated,
d rrov that they are true. The telling
q, No aoluss Of such people CRATES on us
| degree which is by no means equalled
n narrative Of the nilsdceds of, say,
s.,,,os Of the under world such ms those
IA, townsend tells us Of in Days Lkc
Ihese une IL II" u"u"' J"St - ""N 10
~ other. but the one Is to an extent
|tnllar to us and the other Is not. There
Il les the difference.
~
4 The scene Of "westerfclt" Is laid in the
Smntnlns Of Georgia. The hero of John
$leaerfelt, handsome young farmer
biz whom most OF the women he meets
lpfcar to fall In love. lie is represented
u having iaid serge 10 the heart oI
HFIal lass sally Dawson ny name VINO
pres him passionately ana devotediy. she,
'srlie naturally, Is al once selected ny the
Hssder as the heroine of the tale. This
proves to he erroneous, however, for Sal
d browns herself In the second chapter,
Riisr having learned from Weslerfelts
m lips that he really cares for her no
feer She writes him farewell letter
N oranges matters SO that her death
ahall appear accidental. Westerfelt. who
Il represented as being anything but bad
neart' and VINO seems to have made
~ 10 tae glrl simply because she pleased
N passing fancy is terribly shocked by.
5rs occurrence. HIS accusing conscience
Il made ailthe harder to bear by the atti-
$ae Of The dead girls mother. who con,
fivs to Jet him Anow that she Is aware
4 ne real manner In which her daughter
Hne 70 ale ana thet she Will he his enemy
n NE.
~ 40 attempt to get away from the
tfae Of the tragedy Westsrfelt moves
III" me mountain to a small village,
rs 1--WE q dance in his honor. There is
Present At this AFFAIR young girl named
F'fflet Floyd. The woman known as her
fehsr keeps the local hotel and she is rem.
fsenled as being somewhat above he
7s@nlne portion Of the community in ap.
3'aEanee, manners and education. wester-
9tdoes not meet her that night. ms she
nunopclzed by local bully known as
~ Wambusb. This worthy keeps his
W On his head all during the evening aud
4 l'i mclested because every one is afraid
aln be having wounded two or three
= sho attempted to compel him to re-
his headgear on previous occasion.
ms attitude of the community to.
as VT. Wambush that particularly
aales on the sensibllties of the reader.
y character kept in his proper place
saa not attract attention. but he be
4s disturbing and inharmonlous fea.
snen we realize that physical fear
,s'h tue otherwise manly and chival-
4, ~sn OIL the village from doing their
In. nov, 49,
3niSt,Dra - "a, Mesterfeit makes the ac-
Il hr mo.hn., haiIie' floyd' having gone
|, mean,,n'a no'ei 10 engage board In
b lIssry s,s,t mas .old the manager OF
Agss. VIII = ~, 70 Tetnse credit to VAN
80 uiAtduN IN arrears 10 rom