The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-17

The child's mother is dead, and the
child, whose name is Virginia, is living.
with her Uncle Bowen, who is a Pres
batterian," whose books are all about
heaven and serm ons.'' She has early be-;
gun to think about things and this is one
OF her thoughts TT seems that as soon
as you like anything, you can't do it be-
cause it's wrong" This thought was the
fruit OF a prohibition of fairy stories
among her reading.
child puts it, has taken care Of me
since was little baby, and fed me and
taught me to walk and says ought to be-
very grateful to her for it. am. How
sad it would be If had never learned to
walk 81.
She has been, trying to correct the gram.
mar Of the. ''girl'' but without success. So
she says: II shall not say anything more
to her, but do just as God does, let her
go on and make mistakes
Virginia's heart breaks with agony
when she gets a. letter from her father
announcing very great happiness in store
for Sher--a new step mother. He did not
call her that, I know what step
mothers are. They always beat and
cruelty ill-treat the dear children they
pretend to love- She can't stand the
prospect Of going home to this ogre, SO she
runs away. She goes to the railway sta
ton and buys SO cents worth Of ticket
It would be telling how it ends to give
nything from her last letter and that
wouldn't besfair to Virginia, whose letters
ares So well worth reading. So 81 N
! sCharles Eistace Merrin1an it appears;
is not the real name Of the author Of 2 let.
tiers from a Son to His Self -made Father -
the sins, of two gentlemen In the produce
ton of the, sons letters These two were
brought to light: by court proceedings on
,tlea part of Mr.. Isorin1er the author of
!. Letters from a Self-made Merchants to
His Son. to prevent the publication OF
the former. book. Their real names are
Wilder Dwight Quint. and George Tilton
\ Richardson. Their book was to have been
issued yesterday Mr.. Iorimer,s petition
for an injunction having been denied.
The story OF General George Rogers
Clark 81 conquest OF the vast region north
/ Of the Ohio from the British, in ITS, is
we'll told by Reuben Gold Thwaites in his
new book, How George Rogers Clark Won
the Northwest. Clark made American
history in his campaigns. The second es-
|. say in the volume describes the division
OF the northwest into states and the MAX
ing iof the boundary lines, which was
troublesome The story>of the Blackhawl1
war, which led ito the development Of
of special interest in the northwest, are
told in other papers. y
Poe's admirers (and they are greatly
increasing in number) will be much
pleased with the very attractive edition
of The Best Tales of Edgar Allen Poe,
edited by Sherwin Cody. who says truly
that Poe has generally been in the hands
of his literary foes, who have dealt I'M
fairly with him. The. collection in this
book includes, doubtless, the best of Poe's
short stories--tragical, mystery dealing
and otherwise.
The fine poetic quality Of the mind Of
the late Bishop Brooks Is revealed in the
Easter Carols, appropriately illustrated,
just published. The collection includes
the beautiful ''Oh, Little Town Of Beth
lehen!' song angels might delight to
sing.
Miss Patterson, In her book about
spiders, The Spinner Family, suggests
that spiders furnish "a very profitable
study, and affirms that there is no keener
JOY than in delving into the secrets OF
the spinners. Miss Patterson certainly. in
her treatment Of spiders, without giving
the unscientif1c reader any scientific ter
anthology with which to wrestle, has made
me supJecl fascinating 70 taymen,
Mr.. Hooking A Flame Of Fire is a book
Of stirring adventure. The period is the
sixteenth century; the scene In Spain
and England. Philip II. is on the throne
Of SPAIN Elizabeth on England's throne.
Rupert Hamstead, the reputed nara tor
of che events recorded. goes to Spain
with two other Englishmen to ascertain
the plans OF Spain against England and
find old Sir John .Tremayne's daughter,
who twenty years before had married a
Spaniard. The three Englishmen went to
Spain at a time when Englishmen were
hated, seized, burned or strangled. They
had numerous thrilling adventures of
course. They discovered the Armada
plan for England s. destruction, and Ru-
pert, the narrator, wooed and won a
Spanish maid under peculiar circum-
stances. The story reflects the bitter re-
ligious prejudices of the period, and Sir
Francis Drake and Captain Hawkins. the
great English naval experts, figure con-
spicuously.