The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-03

teen she had followed golk tennis and
boating, llatless ana with her sleeves
rolled up to her elbows. o. free and easy
and rather f1ianncrrss Maiden Airazori-
like III her bearing, bit unlike al, ANA
tzon iii that she was a jolly companion to
the boys, who called l,er promiscuously
by her Christian anne, as she did thern
by theirs. Docs such q process Of Ia
Emillarity dill tho edge OF roniancef we
do not yet know. Each rising genera
ton prpvitlrs now problenls' for tue wise
elders. and this was one OF those which
had kept Mrs. Wilson uneasy. YES.
I'll that Mr.. Grants book must be
known by all who read IL. as representa-
tive OF ore part of the United States.
and not OF tho whole It can never be
3c1assed us 'the great American novel.
10 which 1t has been 1ikcned. II contains
much 10 interest tho render who thinks.
.1t fails, because the Author Stands nloof
+ from his work into which enters every
thtfig In tile way OF hcurr1en and observa-
tlon, and not ono whit of heart or per-
sonality. ,.i
One iinfcrs Mr.. Grants opinion OH the
divorce and renlarriage question:, from
what his heroine anys3 IN Justification Or
her cause when she concludes at last
ITO become Il wife for the second time,
81 prefer 10 be natural aud free. rather
than exquisite and artificial. cannot
follow the churcllin this. TO do so woul1
be to staive my soul for the sake OF
n false idehl-;L false beauty cultivated
for the few alone, MS YOU have intimatcd,
at the expense OF tho great heart OF
humanity. ! can no longer be q party
to such an Injustice, l must not sacrl-
flee tosit the man Move.
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In sonc indcflnable manner, Hall
Caino's new book scetns a modern vcr-
sion OF the story of jacob and Esau,
With changcs and notifications. Of
course, M lS
The brothers, Masnus and Oscar Step
henson sons Of tho Governor Of Iceland, 4
are the central figures about which a
sonlbre romance and a sorrowful tragedy.
are woven. Magyus. the unlpyed. big,
tendor-hearted, and self-sacrificng. typi-;
flies Esau. Oscar, SIN Doth faced and
plausible, appealing to the tenderness OF
women and absorbing In himself the trust
and affection Of tho household and COM
munity Is not unlike Jacob OF old. who
al ways came first In tho room OF his
elder brother, Esau. @
rho romance and the tragedy concern
| not only two brothers. There are two
sisters. that are as much unlike in
| disposition and temperament, as arc the
brothcry. These arc Thora. and Helga
! NclIsorI tho daughters Of the Factor cf
Iceland. a. i5s, RI al
Tnora Is gentle and lovely, and Hclga
hard. worldly and totally selfish. Ihorn
is betrotlled to Magnus. but Oscar, who
Il has been sent TO Europe for tho perfecting
| OF his educa uon, returns in time to ca uso
a broken engagement. Magnus gives
Thol-a UP because she confcsses to him
her love for Oscar. Then after she mar
4 grics Oscar, the latter finds that ielga
and not Thora, is his irue mat Between
these two they cause I'hora's death from
| ,lnhappincss. soon after a little daughter
| has been born to her. a 3
Willie Oscar, is oyerwhe lmed with re-
morse atstnc consequencies OF his wrong
doing, n. notn. III ! which lie has forged
] Ills fathers signature is presented for
payment. His father impovcrishes him
| sclf5tto redeem tho note, and save his
namc from dishonor but Oscar is forced
I 10 leave Iceland In disgrace and Helga.
! too. quits the home where she has been
so .vretched nh Influence, to begin n
career as a singer IN Europe
III SORROWS and .mlsfortunes come thick
1 and fast 10 the Stephenson home in
Iceland. mortgage TO pay Oscars gamb-
ling debts. The Governor loses his Office
! and dies broken hearted.
alagnus takes his mother and little
lElen, Oscars daughter, who survived
her mother. to an 1celal1dic farm, owned
in his days Of prosperity by the Gov
ernor. But matters grow worsc and
\ worse. Magnus is unable TO pay the
interest on the mortgag e. with which the
farm is burdened, and everything seems
| about to slip away from his despairing
4 grasp.
AZ this <juncturc Oscar, who has been
4 renortcd killed III a gambling ARRAY at
Monte Carlo, but who really escaped and
4. has been for some years known in Eng
land. where he has lived, as the great
| Icelandic poet and list. Christian
/ ChristiansonSre returns
unrccognlzed. he goes to the lcelandlc