The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-17
About "Up and Dogun ~
~ The Sands of Gold.

It has long been my settled conviction that life was full
enough Of trouble without adding the affection OF dialect sto
ries to it.
That however was before read Mary Devereaux's new
novel Up and Down the Sands Of Gold" 1t contains more
different varieties of dialect than have ever been gotten TO-
gether time since the Tower of Babel vet in spite Of Il
ALL or because OF it all has quite unusual charm and
pquancy.
In the whole book only two characters who speak
English All the neuistica freaks There some
old sailors who shout Alloy and "Avas there you until
they make you seasek.
There conversational lady who talks Shore Acres"
and Sag Hsrbor" lingo, and exclams Cummings" what
that may mean, but which has chastened air Of New
England wickednesS about it.
There is Louisiana negress talks Creole patois and
beauteous maiden and angel child who picturesque
idom OF no known brand or mark.
Yeti mention the fact with and respeet-- doesn't
being stepped in local color.
This polyglot assembaee supposed take place
where the OF New England Or, Jasper, a hand
some and travelled physician has to spend the
summer al the quiet little fishing village.
Here he discovers beautiful young woman named Lo-
leta who with her grandmother and the angel child Jack
lives in fine old mansion that dream Of Oriental
and tropical splendor within.
The doctor falls in love with Loeta but grandmother
the OF love She is providenay removed by
stroke of paralysis but although the doctor is convinced Tint
Loeta loves him. she refuses listen his suit and is
only when the angel child Jack drowned that the is
revealed
Jack her and her brother every has been
led to believe. While still mere child she has been IN
weighed into marriage with a villain who is Jacks
father, and who uses the TACT 70 blackmail her.
The villain finally goes crazy however, and oblisingly
the village where he is handy for Identification
and commits suicide and this leaves Loea and the doctor
free and live happy ever after in the good old fash
Toned way,
The plot Of the story though enough hold your
interest the end is merely thread which hung
number OF character sketches that full 81 humor and
pathos The simple seafarng folk real people and Miss
Devereaux is at her best in describing them.
There could hardly be anything for instance. more human
than Uncle Billy" full Of lore and supestors simple
ignorant child Of worldly matters and finding his
greatest happiness in the love OF little Captain Jack while
Mrs Bessly full Of homey wisdom and epigam,natic say
ings is a kind Of Down East Mrs Poyser
Uncle Billy is the real hero OF the stor, although he is
not cast for the part and passages that like best m il
where he exploits mis- quaint philosophy of life and death
what he says the loneliness Of soul at its pass
ing:
When man comes to die, Marin Bes5y It's my notion
he's all alone on his craft it's manned by bg
crew Of relations sorrown friends os would take to han
die man-o-war No how many is about he's aore
all alone. An it's likewise belief Marin, tibet rsut there
where angels gets in their work
They comes aboard an ticks the wheel an they keeps
company until our leave the old hulk An then they
steers us the port An thets why so many goes
with smiles their faces.
The child the old loved died and he 10 the
graveyard on hill put flower the little and
the story ends with this tender touch
Ny little lad I'm You watchin ard waitin ter
finer craft that's anchored long her heavenly shore safe
from ragin storms and tearu winds An when ther bell
strikes for my my heavenly bungalow ever
astn prayer will be tibet Will be Their one our good Lord
lets come to tow this old hulk into the barbor'
DOROTHY DIX.