The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-14


her new home. Its for him. for his safe
return. that her prayers SO up each night.
49,
There are many dlsagreessie things. Of
oocrst. 10 be contended with In the new
| llfc hut with the help Of Mrs Foster aud
Of Maxwell, who, though he does much, re-.
mains consistently In the background. the
tevendishes make splendid progress and
IN an incredibly short time appear as IL
TO the manner born. They are assalled nv
envious and malicious tongues. but their
good friends are always with them, Nal.
lcry, wealthy man with a beautiful wife
WHO throws china and things at his devoted
head on the occasion OF their periodical
argL ments PAYS much attention to Miss
Ca,endish and on one occasion, while she
IL guest in hls own house. treats her
In manner lilly hehtting a gentleman.
She is rescued from her unfortunate posl
tion by Maxwell. who says things to Mat
iory, These things result In challenge
% d duel, which is never fought because
Mallory is a coward as well as a cad.
Finally. John csveudish's shin comes
horne. He is weak and M and II is an
easy matter for Neill Mulgrave who has
bees turned down" as result Of Max
wells Influence. and who is very bitter
toward the lawyer. to kidnap him aud take
him To dive in the worst part Of the city.
Plans have been laid to get Maxwell ana
Miss Cavendish to this place They come.
h1' they do not come together and neither
Is alone. young woman named Foley.
who has heen hefrended by Rose, and who
has the best of reasons for fearing and
dating Mulgrave. accompanies the hoiress
Mulgraye tells Rose thar she must marry
him In order 20 effect the release Of her
brother. He gives her time to consider the
proposition and she and Carrie Foley, as
sisted by the lstter's brother, who is only
half bad, bring about the escape of the
prisoner Then Maxwell comes. accom-
panied by Mickey Cassidy Cassidy is
rn tho eve Of entering the ring for fst,e
encounter he having developed into
prize fghter and is In excellent condition.
Maxwell was the leader of all the athletes
IN his college DAYS The two make short
work Of the four men opposed to them, Sc
cure the two women ana get away. John
tavendish dies that night In his mothers
arms. in the room at the splendid new
home which has awaited him SO long, but
of which he has known nothing AS he
sinks into his last sleep he says he is glad
that his mother Will not have to work any
more.
~
All this time no word nor look or love
has passed between Maxwell and Rose
they each have reasons, which can be but
obvious to the careful reader. for hiding
their real feelings Finally, however, Mrs
Foster, by clever little fiction, induces
the lawyer 10 act. AS he and Miss Cayen-
dish walk down the avenue one evening he
saws. REESE, love YOU win you be my
wfeT' And she, Of course says "yes'
They are married and we are given every
reason TO believe that they lived happily
ever afterward was reading, the other
day 2 collection Of proposals from famous
novels. thought at The time that this
proposal Of Horace Maxwell might well he
among them.
Most Of the COED people In the story are
provided with life partners Mickey" Cas
sldy gives up prize dxhHng aud marries
Carrie Foley Both Of Maxwelis sisters
are happily wed. %Peno" Foster gets
nice English girl with a fortune The Brit
ian duke who FIRST fancies Miss Cayendsh
marrles Miss Florence Sterne the sprightly
daughter Of the big westerner who mar
ries Zoe Maxwell, one of the hero's sisters
Mrs, Mallory goes to- Dakota in order to
get divorce and MARK Lansing The only
one left unproyided W Percy Trout, who
" really nice sort N chap, as well as a
finely drawn character, ana who deserves
a better fate.
pays Like These" Ia well worth read
ing, The chapters dealing with the kid
naming Of John Cavendlsh and the suhse-
Guent capture are rather too theatrical
too melodramatic, 20 m into the remaining
rarts Of this clever story. hut that Is a
thlg which one Is perfectly willing IN
forget in view ~ the general excellence
Of the novel, The characters are all clenr.
~ and powerfully drawn and behind the
thin dsguises Of some Of them the "bs |
men" of New York-one feels that one can |
see such personages as Croker, Platt Nor
gan, Vanderbilt, and others
The book Is published by Harper Broth !
ers, II is the fifth of their series of Amer.
can novels. G. A, w.