The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-21

1 teresting book, though the latter half OF
j n does not altogether attain to the
!. standard established in the leading chap
i tiers. i56
i Richard Gresham Is described first as a
j little boy with his arms about his IA IA
4 theirs neck, bidding goodbye to him as to
i Il man who Is about to turn his BACK on
4 his life's responsibility ties and duties. Here
4 Dick is a pathetic figure. one that awak-
i ems the sympathy Of the reader, whose whose
heart is alive to the demands made upon
1t BY the iilial grief OF small humanity,
. After the goodbye Mr.. Lovett tells one nv
. that ..as Dick turned back into the house.
4 the telephone bell began to ring lone, two
i three, four, five. Dick put chair be-
4 meath the receiver and climbed up to
/ answer. 4 $4i
1 rs this Mr.. Gresham's7 Is Mr.. Gresi1-
4 am there? Can speak to him? the ques-
/ lions came. jt3
mo, he's gone, replied Dick
"Who Is this T., ii45, a
4 II am his son, Richard. b.
4 e Can you get word to him to come
back 10 the city? It's too late, tell nm,
4 TOO late! TOO late for the train. Come TO
i the CITY b. the electrics. Be ut one
A three-six at midnight. Can you relr1er1-
4 ber?n. ;l 3 ~ a II ila :. x. I, !,
4 Dick. 'Goodby. y i.
Dick found his wheel, caught his fatler
at the station, gave the warning ana .hell
4 ,crept back toSthe deserted home, to a
.|fdespairing mother and amazed and terri RI
sltt1ed servants Afterwards the dete ctlVes
ltcame. Questioning brought out the fact
4 ithat Dick had received n MESA Sc ithrougn
4 the phone and delivered It y Q Mr. G resn-
j am. But when $interrogated, he utterly
|,Iefnsed to betray his trust and remained
4 silent even when threatene and hurt,
4 q FINALLY one detective said: n ' ow,
4 ycu,fg man, We don't want to pot ne
your nanny but If you don't tell what " =
YOU know, we Il have to get her to ma s.f,
A you. y, 3. !, I, 81, 4 -, ].
nam ma, no said firmly. "a (,
4 The man dropped him wi tn ar = AZ l oatn.
Z .ryyell he shouted time enough wa sted.
d probably the number wouldn' + tell US US
4 anvthing anyway He s in New B = ork,
4 and that's safe enough !, :.
4 Afterwards Dick saw the home W ';l =
8 Ind hitherto made his ha ppys small v orig,
{ broken llp and dsmantle BIC HIS une s.,
Il Richard Gresham, a. teac her = e. s1 = l y
q country town, presuna ear. y w,
Mass, came and took Dicks rnotiler any any
d baby sister away WI VT. = ~ ~ ~.
self was sent to anothe un Gle VINO WIS is
j ) farmer. The. separa ton from those ne g
u loved best nearly breaking his childish
.|Ehaart After some years Of hardship Aa = q
a Ia hnr. IN 5distastef,il surrounding DICK Gu
u paIn found a place in his 9uncle j2ft - G
4 ards home with his family M On The DAY lay
Igthat he finished his course several years
Il Tar al the Village school and won MS
n Harvard scholarship his uncle told MN 2,
q the secret OF his fathers disgrace ~
I flight and Dick knew him as q delaut -
4 to- a New Y ork bank for3 7 ne sum y
4 fifty thousand dollars 9. \. q
q Into Dicks hands, his uncle explained
s was the worleiao OF, explaining his fathers
u dishonesty to be given 1e must 90 stc
81 5IIaryar I'd and direct all his energies to,
i wards placing himself in a. osition r. tina
q would enable him to pay back the fifty
,Ifthousand dollars and clear the honorable
Il name Of Gresham, that until the time o.
u DICKS fathers theft had been unstainec
Il in America for six generations
!. The boy. made Of sturdy stuff, squared
,ishis shoulder to the burd den. Blu Il be Ell
Il young and human he stumbled on ~
t3I#threshold Of his 5life's beginning, and
ID being also tempted by his love for az
4, turned b aside from the performance Q
III his self-imposed duty HIS uncle one
4 more interposed s. however. and at NJ
] demand, Dick went with him to tho Ney
York bank that his father haa robbie
i and signed a bond for the payment
i nifty thousand 81 doll ars, G as soon as y y
!, should be able to- m AXE it,, Atterw " ara
3 he did a much hard err thin ie3 Went ven Y
FLORENCE Burke and said goodbye 70 he ?,
4. realizing that dut and love for. him 8p III
!, "a IN opposite directions. Not long afte
i athis his ssuncle's premature death LEI
81 Dicks mother ana sister depe ndent upoo
s lihin36s He, therefore, left Harvard to az
Il conf = posItion under an American suPel
t intenderit m some Russ an Monaghan. so
{ ,nines where the need of good men mao
n salaries high, S i JIG ssia i55j
IA His life from this time on was success!
!; ful. He won the fri ndshl p8iand COM
a 4 dence OF Iced S, D a most original ana vel
p well cha raoter and ~ ttn a cours
b of years became his hei err INV SAtterwais
!. he5 married, not the love & OF his 4 ear
Il Years. but handsome and clever Ne
!, 4 York society girl. Eleanor Somers I
name. # $7 .5s5, &. /, /.
II -rhe latter part Of the book puts the u
!. 5nnence Of prosperity upon his charact
Is 4 against the uses of his early adYersltie
and makes the points Of likeness and III
NJ, likeness very clear. Ills uncle gudl J
8. and controlling influence held him fir
y in early life. The unselfshness and dew
n'3 ton OF a wonlan--lTlorcnce Burke-awn
TX ened him M to the danger OF the cour
III he was pursuing In not fulfilling a sacr,
20 obligation when he had reached maturl
I'd and his course should have lain pla
Va before him.
m The book ends happily with misundc
IN standings adjusted The sense OF disa
n pointment awakened by the introducti
Ell upon the scene Of Dicks fatherin Venit
m where he had evidently not failed to G
joy life, though his family suffered
# America, and the disallusoning prncs
that Is gone through with, as clean
sorners' real character Is gradually !
yealed probably comes from the ia
80 lthat the book is realistic not deallst
sS and that being SO. one sees through q
"a. medium life and not romance