The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-30
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The spenders. A Tale of the Third
Generation. By Harry Leon Wilson. IL
lustrated by O'Neill Latham. Boston: 10th
rOp Publishing company. Price $l.o0.
This is pretty fair story of men Of mil
lions and how a shrewd old prospector, who
had arpassed millions, taught his young and
frlsky grandson not only how to make but
to save money. When Millionaire Daniel
Bines died in his private railway car out
west. of apoplexy, leaving his wife and SON
an immense fortune, they with strong in
ciination on their part to spend it, the old
man, Uncle Peter, who had no sympathy with
spendthrifts, determined to keep an eye on
p. Percival Bines and train him up In the
way he should go. P. Percival Bines, who
had escaped the tolls of pretty and fash
ionable tortune-hunting girl, goes to New
York and lives at pace that kills bank ac-
counts, and Uncle Peter comes on the scene
and begins series of stock speculations in
Wall street approximating the occupation of
plunging and persuades his grandson to go
into the market, but gives him tips on the
losing side until P. Percival Bines found
himself a ruined man, nearly every dollar
gone and in debt. But Uncle Peter was
shrewdly teaching the youth a lesson. The
old pretended he was going to commit
suicide and groaned and damned and made
his grandson vince by his reproaches. The
stricken family had not the heart to eat;
but it develops that nUcle Peter had been
playing on the winning side of the market
and had amassed many millions for the fam
ily and P. Percval took to heart the les
son. The closing chapters detail one Of the
most interesting love passages in the whole
range of fiction literature. Few men could
within an hour detach woman from rich
fancee and capture her heart and marry her
in that time. Perclval Bines with all his
faults was -plucky fellow.
Bread and Wine; 4 Story of Grau-
Houghton, Miffiin & Co. Minneapolis: N.
Mccarthy. Price, $l25. ..... -. :
The story is simple enough. It's very
simplicity is beautiful The people in it are
not of the high and mighty Christian Valar
was Swiss carter or teamster, a burgher
OF his little village, possessed Of a. little
property, wellto-do according to the. local
estimate. At "a he thought of marriage.
Barbara Baudlin firted with him and mar
ried Christians riyaA and he grew reckless
| and got into trouble and thought of going
to America, But he met one Ursula Engi,
serving maid, who inspired him with hope,
and when he asked her to marry him the
maid ingenuously said: Eyes, indeed, dear
Christian She proved devoted and help
| full wife; but through a wretched misunder-
] standing, they parted in anger. The story Is
about the rapprochement and 1t is very beau
tiful. The strife brought forth poisonous
| fruit. The wife first felt the yearning for
| reconciliation and it was brought about main
! ly by the agency of children. Christian came
to his senses and out of the grip Of strong
drink he pulled himself So, when he came
home penitent and heart-broken, he could
| only stand at the door and huskily say:
| ''Uschi!' "Uschi!" and when she saw him,
| .''Christe! Christe!' she exclaimed; then
| with lovely movement she flung open door
and arms. Come in, come In, thou ever
dearest man in all the world she cried,
and by the flooding crimson In her face, the
| light in her eyes, the tears and laughter in
| her shaken voice.. he knew her heart stood
! wide as her door for him. This was the
reunion and the communicable bread and
wine of life No one can read the book with
out great gain in the knowledge of the true
| and strenuous life. r.
The Credit of the County. BY W. E
Norris. author of "The Flower of the
Flock, '''etc. New York: D. Appleton & Co.
| Fifty cents.
The basis and procuring cause Of this
story was a single kiss 1t was a rather fate
full kiss for it played the mischief in single
family and in community for about year
Denis Vale who had been to London, walked
from the railway station to his fine old home
in the country and was talking with neigh
/ bor After leaving him he continued his
homeward progress and, arriving at his
4 grounds he beheld down among the trees or
a grassy space a handsome young man with
his arm around the graceful girlish figure O.
= his young wife, whose golden head restet
upon the youths shoulder. A kiss given
made his heart stop beating and turning h
walked almost into the arms OF Mr.. Asher
, the neighbor with whom he had been talkin,
} about the mastersnip of the county hunt ant
hounds Asher didn't look as If he had seer
! what Vale had seen but he had Vale hat
grown a little tired of his wife, but h
, loved her. His nature was such that he ha:
, no inclination to chastse Ernest Glyn. th
invader of his domestic hearth. He just tell
his wife, without listening to any explanation
on her part, that he would maintain her a.
: before for the sake of the children, but h
freezingly warned her that, so far as she an
! he were concerned there was an end to tn
former life. He would stay at home H
charged her with flinging herself into tn
arms of ono of her lovers In the broad :igh
! of day She declared her absolute innocencs
Vale was relentless He believed the worst
n He had married her when she was only /
and childish for her age; her character ur
formed, but Vale took the risks, because h
was fascinated by her, but as she develope
into a handsome woman the two Wer
estranged by her >coquetries and firtations
After the incident related. there came a lon
period Of misery for both of them. The onl
Individual who knew about the kiss wa
Asher, the rich Jew whose wife wanted t
get into the county society and was fMriou
because only q few ladies called on her eve
! after Asher became master Of the hounds. H
told his wife about the kiss and she pre-
pared to utilize it to compel Vale to use hi
, influence for her socially. Ultimately, afte
! various interesting incidents Vale was con
WINGED that his pretty wife was only mpru
dent, which was the fact. He had bee
estranged from her and she from him by hi
coldness. She really loved Vale through
all and true friends convinced him Of tn
fact. The scene at the reconciliation is wei
s wrought. Said she, 'Oh. Denis. my own dea,
: YOU do believe me, you must! I am not ash
o ink you to say you love me. know 20
!, don't, but won't let you doubt that loy
I YOU. Is it because Of my having allowed The
4 wretched silly boy to kiss me? But should
: have ever done IT, Il hadn't loved YOU a
n the time p That fetched Denis. Mrs. Asht
0 having told the county about the kissing Incl
: dent, had to be emphatlcally siienced b
s Denis And the Ashers moved out of th
: county. Amusing characters in the book a,
the Mount -Sorrels and the old bishop.