Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-08

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In this second series of CONDENSED
Novels" the author selects a few OF
the best known and most popular writ
ers Of today: Hope, Doyle, We stcott,
Game, Kipling, Stevenson, and Marie
Corelli. And those who read simply
for diversion, and have not the time
to wade thru the original, long drawn
out tales, will find rich and ample df-
version in Bret Harte's revision Of these
authors.
In Rupert the Resembler." he gives
us the cream of Anthony Hopes "Ru-
pert of Hentzau."
Westcott's David Harum" is pre-
sented In "Dan'l Bovem," with an
other amusing version Of the horse
trade, an Improvement il anything, on
the former version.
In "The Stolen Cigar Case" Is most
wonderful detective who is the counter
part Of Sherlock Holmes"
The humorist revises for US three of
Kipling's stories. I'm the Pride of His
Youth" is changed to "a Private's
Honor" in which our original friends
Mulvaney, Learoyd and Ortheris-reap-
pear as Mulledwiney, Bleareyed and
Otherwise.
I'm "Zut-Sky, the Problem of a
Wicked Feme Sole," we get spicy dish
of Marie Corelli and her mystic phi
losophy.
But the richest thing in the book is a
travesty on Hall Gaines Christian"
entitled "Golly and the Christian, or the
Mink and the Manxman," from which
we take as sample the last scene be-
tween Golly Coyle and John Gale, 1. e.,
the Glory Quayle and John Storm Of
1.-THE Christian"
with this sublime and lofty purpose
he called upon Golly. The heroic girl
saw his purpose in his eye-an eye at
once black, murderous and Christian
like. For an instant she thought it were
better to succumb at once and thus end
this remarkable attachment Suddenly
thru this chaos Of spiritual, religious.
ecstatic, super egotistic whirl Of con-
fused thought darted CLEAN Of COM
mon, ordinary horse sense.
"'Sit down, John she said calmly;
then in her sweet, clear voice she said:
Did it ever occur to you, dearest, that
more ridiculous, unconvincing, pur-
poseless, insane, God-forsaken idiot
than you never existed? That you
eclipse the widest dreams Of insanity?
That you are a mental and moral
'What-Is-1t?'
eft has occurred to me- he replied
simply. But you, love! You, darling!
Conceived in extravaganza, born to i'm
possibility, challenge to credulity, a
IN hn 3pt a m
word for all ages-are you aware of
any one as utterly unsympathetic, un-
real and untrue to nature as you are
existing on the face Of the earth or on
the waters under the earth?
"'You are right, dearest; there are
none she returned, with the same calm
voice. Endowed by some
strange power with extraordinary at
tributes, am supposed to make every
body love me, but don't. satisfy no.
body; I convince none! I have no idea
what will happen to me next. am
doomed to-I know not what
"And To- he groaned bitterly, Il, In
some rare and lucid moments, have had
a glimpse of this, too. We are In the
hands Of some inscrutable but awful
power Tell me. Golly, tell me, dar-
ling. who is it?"
Again that CLEAN OF common or Or
binary horse sense came in her eye.
II have found out who, she whts-
pered, II have found out who has Gre
ated us. and made US puppets in his
hands"
rs it the Almighty" he asked.
mo, it is" she said with a burst
of real laughter, ut is-it is the All
Caine!"
what! Our countryman, the Manx-
man? The only great novelist? The