Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1903-11-14
THE NEXT STOR
TIE COURIER WILL PUBLISH
"oUlNcY ADAMS SAWYER" AS
A SERIAL.
Entertaining New England Tale Which
Bids Fair to Be Known as One of
Z Great American uccesses-Drama-
tized and Will Be Seen Here.


will some time the coming month,
have an oportunity to see the pro
duction of Quincy Adams Sawyer,
the splendid New England drama that
has made such splendidly successful
runs in Boston, Philadelphia, and New
York during the past few months and
which is booked for a two weeks en-.
gagement at the Auditorium in Chi
cago. The play is dramatized with
great faithfulness to details. from the
book by the same name, written by
Charles F. Pidgin of Boston. 1t is one
in which wholesome humor, honest
love and exciting adventure are
mingled in just the right proportions
to make story success and the sue
cess both of the play and the book
have won gives ample testimony to
their popularity and worth.
Courier viii Publish Story.
The Courier has made arrangements
with the owners of the copyright to
publish as a serial the story. Quincy
Adams Sawyer" and in the next issue
OF the tri-weekly edition the first in
stallment will be printed. Two col
| umns or more of the story will be pub
lished in each issue until the whole
has appeared, and the subscribers to
| the paper are advised to begin reading
| the story with the first installment.
| Everyone in Ottumwa should take ad-
| vantage of this opportunity to read one
of the best and most interesting books
of the present period. The succeeding
1 parts will appear in such close Sc
| ~, Il ~ I,N otto
need not be lost by the readers and
at the same time all, no matter how
busy. will have time to read the two
or two and one-half columns that ap,
pear in each issue of the Courier.
| The Courier feels that it's enterprise
and the regard for its readers tastes
in books will be appreciated by the
subscribers. This paper has secured
| the exclusive right to use the story in
! this entire community. The best prep
aration for enjoying a good drama. is
| the reading of the book upon which
| it is based However, the story itself
/ will be of great interest even to those
1 who do not as rule attend the the
atre. 1t is one of the greatest books
| the strongest stories, ever produced
| by an American writer. Its charac
| ters are strong, their delination is
claer, and the story is one which ap
peals to every one.
/ Something of the Story.
i Quincy Adams Sawyer, the hero oil
the book and of the play, is a young
Boston man, rich in his own right. He
is a descendant of good old New En-
gland stock and he traces his ancestry
back to a line of presidents. This
however. does not lead him to regard
himself as better than the general run
of mortals but it does nerve him to try
to prove himself better.
4 The trials and triumphs of Quinc.
Adams Sawyer, the queer tangles init
which he is drawn, his manner of ex
Treating himself and finally hi
unique way of revenging himself upol
those who have tried to bring abou
his downfall. form line of adven
lures which hold the interest through
out the story Meanwhile he falls in low
and with a girl, who, though poor an
blind is talented. She is also prou
, and she refuses to become Mrs. Quir
cy Adams Sawyer for various reason
none of which is that she does no
\ love the hero. This difhculty Is ailk
, overcome by the indomitable will @
! Sawyer and the splendid abilities @
the author, but the means employee
Q by Mr.. Pidgin are entirely out of th
: rut into which so many writer's hav
!, fallen.
This short hint as to the plot of tll
:, story does not do it justice, however
for the counter plots and the introdut
! ton of new characters add to the il
= terest without detracting from tn
: clearness OF the story. In short, it
:, book that all should read. 1t el
;, larges the view into American life.
. gives the reader new ideals, it intrt
: duces to them a new style OF writin
and it does every reader good. Watc
for the first installment in the Courie
and read it from beginning to end.