The sun., 1902-09-27
NEW HOOKS.
\ Good christian Science STORY.

awakened III Mrs. Clara Louise Burnham
story The Right Princess- (Houghton,
Mif'in 4 Coz In the first chapter we have
Maurice Burlinc and his aunt looking ont
mounfully through the plate glass window
- country house on Long Island They
aro hom"sic', for England hurt little by
'he impressions Of n democratic country;
moreover. they are expecting a new house.
.""per, native 10 the American soil Tho
r"H hOusekeepcr arrives in the second
rrnptrr- Miss Miranda Graves Of Puritan
ancestry and the reader will perceive i'm
majat"lv that there is fun ahead.
Presently Miss Graves niece arrives,
Miss Frances Rogers, n school teacher from
HI. n"ighborhood If Boston, very pretty.
vi'h remarkably quiet manners and addi-
i raIir Interesting, We nre bound 10 ac-
orowi"dg". IN the circumstance that she is
a Christian Scientist We suppose that
here must he differences among Christian
S"i"V'~tS, and TINT some are more inter-
"-'irE than others. While Burline was
driving Miss Rogers from tho station The
horse boiled and flung tho two out. Miss
Rogers was 'hroWn over stone wall, int o
. meadow s'reWn with stones. and, In her
lU"t opinion, II was not chance that she
rl IN y spot whore there was grass only
Miss Graves had not known that her nieca
vas a ,Gristian Scientist, and first becama
awsr" of i when the girl refused to haye
H'r black and blue areas rubbed with lini-
mont w" learn from the story that the
places speedily got we'll of Themselves
Even Nh" next morning she was not "as stiff
b.,r l.. =.
rruph"~ied she would be- A. for Burlinu
10 wa lame for some time, though We be.
Ueye that he had good material treatment
Rurng's aunt had a ruI dog, which
~N" aiored, and the little creature sur-
r'uIl'lously ate some meat which had been
'prlnkled with rat poison They forced
SOM" soap down Timmy's throat. b,lt
MS 'ahnted antidote did no good Then
Mis- hogers was left alone in a room wit h
Jimmy Burlng and his aunt waited
80 Oh" hall outside, Timmy made no more
nui," after they stopped giving him soap. or
perhaps we should say after he was loft
a.on" with Miss Rogers Il don't hear
Jimmy any longer" said Burlings aunt.
softly NO more do l." said Burhng
They waited fur len minutes Wouldn't, she
com" ont If Timmv wpre-w were gomez"
asked IN" aunt. tremuou-lv a, the end
'f that time Il don't know" said Bur-
ling i never employed Christian Scien-
'I~'. Perhaps when they fail they sail
"l' Of the window on a hroomstick instead
"i meeting the outraged family" "She
lad very sweet face, said the aunt "Tm
sure she meant Very kindly, or she wouldn't
.f.l 9 n hA n.
Won notice her tone. Maurco2" "Ye.
~aid Burling. 1T struck me that her
motive was pure"
IhlS was doubt and sarcasm but presently
the door opened and Miss Rogers came
ont smiling holding in her arm, the mug
who was licking his chops and smiling
lorentou-ly.' The English servants tried
10 max" out that II was the soap, also that
Tlmmy hadn't eaten any poison BurIins
went out 20 smoke his pipe. A robin
running through the grass near hv lifted
Ms head and stared at him. He nodded
toward lis bright eve. That was very
neat little miracle, if you ask me- no. .aid
Conhdentialy."
Then there was Billy Furng's nonbew
heir To title, who had something the mat
tor with hi head -srre-ted doyeIonmont
"" think Is the name for il Billv wa. a
tan, massive boy about 20 wears Old pe
had paRoda in the grounds. where ha sat
IN hammock and strung beads. He
wore knickerhockers. Miss Rogers mad
vertently straycd into tho pacc,a and e,,
in BLY, hammock the day after her ar
rival. As she sal there, dav-droaming
Blily, accompanied by Sanders his man.
suddenly and surprisingly on
he scene. Tho youth was good-lookipg
II he was queer. A thick crop of brown
wavv hair caught the sun in IT, lighter
hroad~. Bod brown eve, Opened ,id,
."neah h tho broad brow, and tho lips Of tho
handsome mouth wero loco and .ullcn
MS brow lowered as ho caught sight of
Frances sitting in the hammock, her sim
'"'"d feet showing below her blue gown"
Sanders kn"" that she wax the house
'""rer'- niece, and considered tha, ho
- IN" right 10 employ a certain insolerce
Nr. William ammock, if vnu please
Mss, he said haugh'ily. II did not occur
% her - bc offended she simply though, /,
jn"er 10 b" asked 10 stand lip in order
ha' M" strappmg young man before her
mghi bo enabled 10 III down. Billy
'""'ed at hrr a. she rose. You needn't !
90 If vou doHt like he said. II don, |
ant the hammock yei The two became |
1t" friendly, though 10 pinched hcr a |
god deal a. first in his rather terrifying
n'husiasm She evnCed much tqC, and |
I-cernmont, and got him to stop pirchng
"r on the promise that she would not kiss |
IN Nho strung beads with him and |
r"a'"d him with Christian Science: and |
az" sure that We reveal nothing which
20" reader Will not already have SUSPECTED
l"n wc say that Billy got hotter
Ni-S Graves proved 10 be- such an ox-
client hous"kc"per that Rurng's aunt
ane 70 think quito well of the country
s for BurlinG himself. il will ho "A duh
"ader who viii not have OWNED. from
." moment of IN" appearance of Miss
"s"rs upon he scene, what was 10 happen
10 him Toward fhe end Of the book we
'm" upon such bits of Dialogue betwo
"-" Two aS Won belong 10 me-. Frances~
nh "hon belong 10 me. Mauricc,"-and
"r" surely was mo- miracle, whatever NAV
"i hoHghf ~ 70 case nf he little pug dog.
'hrl-tian Science may he ihoughi to lie
'a'h" doubtful subject for a cheerful
"ry. This story. however, il not de-
'"'s!nr Il is told i,hart, and it, serious
'aIily ls tempered with humor. 1t is
H"nnouS and strong-a good story