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nance school, we should say to approach
ss near the weyman standard OF con-
struction as the force and nervous energy
of the writer viii! permit. To write q
whole book at sprinter's pace 10 sure
ly an achievement
This new Weyman volume is a coIlec-
ton OF sprints. which is to say novelettes
and snort stories. As such their In
tensity 10 more than ordinarily condensed.
Take the story OF "A Daughter Of the
Gironde" for instance. There are only a
few pages OF II and IL II q sizzling piece
OF work In theme and in the telling To
one OF the more conservative OF the Rsvo-
lutionists of France appears from a hid
den panel In the wan, the emaciated
ngure OF the young vicomte who had wed
ded his daughter before the days of the
Terrier and had gone over the border to
join the army OF the nobility. The G.rond-
list accuses his son-in-law OF deserting
his wife to be executed and fleeing TO
save his own skin, this story having been
Impaired TO him by his private secretary
The Vicomte stoutly denies the aecusa-
ton and declares that he had proposed
to come to Paris to offer his own life for
his beloved wife's but was informed that
IL was already too late. II appears, later.
that the Girondist's secretary, who was IN
love with the girl. had concocted the
stories that were responsible for the mis-
understanding between the old man andi
the Vicomte In order TO secure the girl
for himself. The Vicomte 10 presented
to his own wife but her Identity Is con-
cealed by the pretence that she - a sister
much resembling her. Meanwhile, the sec.
retary pushes hts suit and, failing to ex-
cite anything else but contempt In the
girl, he sets the Terror machinery 70
work 10 bring them all to execution. The
collapse OF the Revolution saves them at
the crisis.
d 40 ~
ton entitled king Terror" stories OF the
French Revolution. 1t 10 an intensely
dramatic bit, as all the novelettes are
but more than that IL Is capitally suited
for transplanting to the stage and would
make thrilling curtain raiser. There are
a dozen Of these notelettes in all and they
are every one first class reading
THE SUCCESS OF MARK wYNGATE,
by u. l.. Sllberrad:
published by Doubleday, Page a Co.
For sale by Preston 6 Rounds. Price
sl.So.)
Things were indeed In bad shape at
Col. Bulbs residence. Judith Loring's
father lay dead in the miserable room and
JUDITH Loring declares that she will
never let the parish bury him, though
sooGness knows how else she would get
Nip buried Tor there was little property
beyond her mothers wedding ring. As
Tor Col. Bubb, that cheeful and qufts un-
wholesome Individual observed that. In
his own case. he would be heartily glad
10 have the parish take care OF him when
he was deao--it had utterly failed to ap-
perciate him IN his LIE. And In the
midst OF the serious problems that beSst
the Bubb household, Mrs. Bubb took a
1T and OF course. was useless for counsel
or action, IL appears. this was away
Mrs. Bubb had In time OF emergency. to
take 1T about the place whenever there
was somethipg to do.
Hut Mark Myngate was on deck, sturdy
aud prepared To conquer. And Juoitn
Lorings father had q decent burial and
IL was paid for. The strain was severe
on young Mark but II wasn't the fret
one or the last one that came TO him on
account OK judith Lorins. Hut, In the
end, Judith repaid him and more. How
she came into the young mans life and
how she squared accounts with him for
his early helpfulness make this nnc story.
And II In n 1no story, romance OF a
quite unusual and marvellous;y engaging
Kind. Judith IL a new sort OF heroine 10
fiction--thouRh, tn be sure, In the end she
Il not 90 uncommon since n is q woman's
heart tha. directs her destinies and wom-
anly love that prompts the sacrifices that
makes the tragedy OF the story. The
Successor Mark wyngate is a distinctive
novel In theme, In character portrayal.
In tho telling OF tho story. Thoush ps-
thetic. and I'm the end tragic, there are
characters and situations Of rare humor.
AZ for Judith Loring she will live IN man,