The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-14

Of her story that she let's the reader
into some secrets of affairs in Egypt
concerning England, which have stir
red up good deal of talk in diplomatic
circles and have caused the denial by
the MarQu1se de FOntenoy. The writ
er gives us an excellent idea of the
craftiness and trickery of the Egypt
ian on his native soil and paints a by
no means fascinating picture Of life in
that far away country, though the in
terest Of what she tells is undeniable.
Perhaps the most readable part of the
book to Americans is the second half
where the ci-devant princess and Fred,
accompanied by the marquis, her
brother and a retinue Of servants
come to New York on some diplomatic
errand and having accomplished 1t are
about to go home, when the princess
receives news of the failure of her
Vienna banker ard the loss of her en-
tire fortune. They decide to remain
in New York and endeavor to earn
their living, making their friends
among New York's inner circles be-
lieve they have sailed for England. So
they ship the devoted servants, who
are 10th to leave, back to their native
lands and start in to find an apart
ment where they can live cheaply
while Fred seeks employment. Final
ly they obtain an apartment on Forty
third street and the princess has her
first experience of working in her own
kitchen and doing here own marketing
She sallies forth with q large market
basket and among many purchases
buys five pounds of pepper and other
things in proportion. Her first weeks
bill for groceries is $105. But after
this things go from bad to worse, Fred
cannot find work and finally they are
obliged to part with jewels, crested
toilet articles Of crO16 and
and are reduced almost to perjury. This
part of the story is both amusing and
pathetic, and to add to their misery
the writer's titled mother refuses to
assist her because she has married
n2of no family-from the point OF
view of an aristocrat But better days
are in store for them Fred finds en-
ployment at $50 a week, and the prip-
cess has a few legacies left her, a son
is born to them, and we leave them in
a pleasant home in the country near
New York, though from the added
| page at the last one receives the i'm
preston that they have returned to
Europe and taken the place which be-
longs to them. The story is faScinat-
ingly interesting and only adds keenly
to the general desire of the reading
public to know who the writer is. The
names of high officials and even OF
New Workers are used with the first
and last letters given so that 1t IS aS
easily to identify them as it is the per-
| sonages who were to the fore in Egypt
| twenty years ago. That truth is
stranger and more thrilling than flc-
| ton is we'll exemplified in this fas-
cinating book.
A Tale of Steadfast Love.
Gov. Morris, who has written some
good stories, has certainly made
| greater reputation for himself with
aladdin O'Brien,' his last book re-
Gently published. Aladdin is very
| lovable boy, who early in his career
| falls in love with Margaret St. John,
and never swerves from his allegiance
| through many and strenuous expert
ences. He has rival in Peter Man
ners, an aristocrat Of the aristocrats,
| but no whit better than Aladdin in
real nobility. In fact, the two are ex-
4 tremely nice young men, and it is no
wonder that Margaret wavered a lit
| tie when they both loved her to dis
| traction. Aladdin had his way to
make, Peters was made for him, but
| Aladdin had a native cleverness which
| soon made him the talk of the little
| Maine town where the story is set
/ Then came the heroic act of Alad-
| din which cut him off from happiness
| and gave the girl he loved to his rival
which-well, perhaps men did those
| things before the war. Aladdin'S life
was saved by Peter and a great love