The sun., 1902-06-21

We hav. q .~riou. rather than q playful
novel IN .Rockhaven,- bv tlarles Clark
Mum tie. A shepard. fr-t, n, There
is q tone % solemnty In the de'.icetion.
which -ayu. To oil who de-pt-e hytocri-y
and ds,~ption. who admir-. mai.lN cuur-
az. and womanly devotion, WHOSE h-sr,-
", vihrate To the chords Of romance, ard
who r,-Tect simple faith In and gra'iiud"
10 God. this book j. respectfully ded'cated
by the auth hor
There y nothing frivolous In the hove
affair h.,w~vn winn Hardy ami Mona
Hutton Il i not obviously joyous. Mona
PLAYS rather fearful melo,isr~ on a violin
in a cave on a roca-riblrd island in the
sea -om.w here north of Boston. and winn's
talk. a. we'll l. suited to the eccurrv There
is no doub, that Mona suffers Nv reason
~ Winn's caution in the Indulgence %
his emotion. They pay many visits ,o
tho cave. and she paws 'ALnIr laurie
many times ueforc hi- thought'ul hove
l. made known. II - TO, until the next
to the last chapter, called Love Eternal.
that We rad
Each day shc went 20 tho cave. striving
to recall every word and look and smile
Of his 4 pilgi image to the shrine - love-
4 Journey to the grave of hope Some
times she carried her violin, hW it, strings
remained mute Sometimes she fondled
and Li.-..d the ,eashells and >,arfish now
dry and hard. which his hand had carried
to this tryst'ng place. Sometimes YEA,
often had tears fallen upon the cold stone
honr ~ that nook. even a. our tears fan
upon the gras~-gruwn graves OF those
we have lost And then, one dIN, JUS, a.
the twilight had darkencd The gorge, and
she. hopclc.- and heart broken. leaned
against tho caves cold wall. she saw him
enter the ravine Step hv step D." clim'ed
onward until the cave Was reached, ana
,hen he knelt before her Forgive me,
Mona he said gcutlv. extend az his hands,
I have loved Won always, and NJ he
gathered her close in he arms. Gods Wits
per e life and love eternal spoke r. M tlt' -
granite walls"
|, makes us l;'le chilly We hope
they ar" happy.
Winn's busines- in Rockhaven was 10
conduct the quarrying operations II tic
Rockhaven Grau.te Company. ~" sup
posed this to be an honest enterprise
X. ally 1t vas a stock s~lndle carried on
hy pair Of rascals in Boston. The story
tells how dGpcs were made. how the worth
less stock Was doomed, how the bubble
burst. how VIM and some other good
people werc saved
Simmons was broker for the rascally
company. Page vas broker for the people
who wcre To b. saved. Page eyed sim
mons Two ;igrrs of finance, cool. calcu-
la,ing, merciles.' The Jam about the
pole grow wor-s'. A screaming. pushing.
mad mas of hrings. insane with gr+d'
som. on top, some under. and al! Cureing.
yelling, wrthing monster, all hcaos
and hands. the like of which can nowhere
-l-e b. found Thirty was bid, then thirty
two. four. six. eight Then forty And
then Pagc. calculating 10 rlcrty. leap'd
in In an instant, almost, th" pricr fell
tysnty points, for simmons, quick ." -sc
his ene,ry's Offer To- - H. lost HI u"iv"
and offered blocks Of ten aud twenty thou
sand SHARES down, down at any pflcr'
And tie scared l. arr. ~ quick ~ h. 90
-. the ti,e had turned. Joined th" down
ward bidding Bu, Page had sold Wiun
and less we're saved IN" bubble had
burst
We should say that VIM and jess w"rr
indeed saved Jess had houeh' h.S st", K
for a dollar Wnn's had hc"n given To
him Page had sod for twenty. Vim =
aunt had lost heavily. hut Vim nobiy mac"
her LOSES good Winn and J,~- u"h,y made
All the innocent losses good Tn" ~ramr-
who had got up the ~ indie went under.
Weston ran away, Abandoning hi wife.
who Nas glad to lie I'd q han HI. shot
himself. leaving widow. Who hA'N .se
did NO, mourn VIM bought the quarry
ant yxl 1. -
Of granite in Il. Does the reader doubt
tha, granite l. valuahlc' The earth is
full of granite Who would not oSn the
carth'
ore q. the aut thor's fayorite characters is
jess Hutton, the old s'orek-ef"r, pmlO-o-
pher, oracle Of RockEaycn. n" was 1
kindly old man. who PLAYED IN" fiddle and
told long stores. sr-NC l'nens " which ar"
here Afforded We should have thought as
we'll Of hun 4 hc had not told III" -'oricr
They arr like hs island. d,fi-ult, rocky.
In the La, chapter W. rad VIM
: Pr.sid.nt of thc lew Eu'klav'" Granite
Company now. and pro Porous. \ Nauii-
iIl r.-id.nCc ot grant" -,rd- back 'i
IN. odd tower on Nu~-n HIll, and thef"
Vim and Mona abide in summer. though
"a. city claims thrm winter acna often
cr,ertains her fri"rd- with her ".oi.r.
Trs, s,iu addlc, vrcn Ec !. ,unsuin', which
is no, often. for 4 r'l. G'r with Ewes .hr
Noua's ,h,uh- Es9i.. ~ I"u-t wonder
ful man who ever lived \ toy. tN" yeats
older. would c,t tha: tddl" oi"n 20 md
yha, ma..c tho ro.-e' Il h" gat the chance.
w.nn and Mona oft"n N.-t 'Hr
eofgr on I.a-aLi sunday af'.iroor'.
Tor the exquisite chords 81 fomano" s,tI
yihratc IN G.ir h'af's Occasionally -Ec
takes h.r violin along. ard or~' NOR" 'hr
old sweet love songs whisper ou' 80 the
cavc hrI h5d,n away ~ IN" oou"r
- II. .r,,r > tdti-d. al" fow -'a >h"lls
and dfird starfish
!i,tI. uourIiul. even at IN" nrish.
hut We think 1t vas al right.