The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-17

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away Well. sir, he said the resuit
was startlin Sah the bullet went
cirClin' round that8tree trunk, Zippih
the bark. and cff1nbin higher an
higher as it went. Said the SOUR sot
'xcited ut the hang o. the gum ana IL
went to eirclin' round the tree TOO;
'Cordin'. to his own tale. Josh stood
and watched the p'rformance-ah
nearly died a-larghin'. Round ano
round went the sqhr l-faster n
streak o creased iightnn' an after
it-an' gainin' little by little-whlzIeu
the bullet. Josh said II was bout NJ
teen minutes by the watch. Tore the
bullet ketched up with that sqair ana
killed it
If anyone wants to read a book fun of
this kind of literature, Ralph Mariowe'
is the one for him to read. akron Ohio:
The Saalfields Publishing Company
"A Pillar of Salt" by Jennette Lee, is
story of life in a Connecticut factory
town. and the hero is an inventor The
interest of the tale is mainly psychology
cal the motive being the struggle of the
man against the petty details and con-
ficting interests of the life around him,
and against his wife's lack of interest in
and opposition to- his work. The minor
characters are all sSillfully drawn, and in
fact there is no flaw in the character
work The story is realistic without be-
ing squalid, and fun of idealism without
being visionary. The style is throughout
carefully finished and fun of reserved
refinement There is, to take page at
random, a tiny character sketch of the
village clergyman which is not only
charming in itself but good example of
the authors work:
1T was never a witty sermon or
striking one. Old DR.. Burke would
have made poor candidate. lie had
passed his seventeen year-a long re-
move from the stirring young man
now in demand DR.. Burke had been
young once. fIe had been pastor in
Bureighville then as NOVELTY years
ago. Perhaps he did not preach very
wonderful sermons then; they were
far from wonderful now.
But the people loved him.
ITO many of them he had always
been Old Or. Burke. He had never
grown any older, and his heart had
always been young.
IF the sermons were dry and tedl-
ious, the congregation never suspected
it, For the vision of an old white
horse logged placidly through them.
and low old-time carriage with Little
windows in the sides. through which a
smiling old face looked out.
Il find it hard to picture young
man of the appropriate age in Dr.
Burkes place. Something of mellow
something of kindness and interest.
| am sure that the appropriate young
man would remember the name of eV-
cry member of his congregations; but
! have no certainty that he would re-
member every child on the street, or
would find time to beam out of the
old carriage on boys playing marbles
The days of early spring are busy ones
for golden young men. Only the very
old and the very young can take an
interest in marbles and new willow
whistles and backbirdS and pussy-
willows. Sometimes when We see
bunch of them for sale on the corner
we are taken back to the days that
were good for nothing but gathering
them DR.. Burke, / think, never out
of the modern Christian Endeavor So
ciety could have given him points on
executive work and prayer meetings.
And the stereopticDn lecture had new
er enlivened the evening service. But
the people loved him
No one before him today but had
at some time blessed his kindness.
Days of scarlet fever listened from
one pew, and days of wrestling with
temptation from another, and days OF
mourning To them all he was Old
DR. Burke-a man who loved them. He
knew them better than they knew
each other, far better than they knew
themselves
There is no Formally in the book, no
crudeness, and no straining after effect.
1t is a simple charact er-study, and cleV-
er one (Boston: Houghton, Miffiin &
Co. Sl25)