The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-24
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THE UNEASY CHAIR

THE UNEASY CHAIR
The Up-to-Dat Pirate Piles His Trade
In an Automoble-The automobile has
displaced the ambling horse in our every
day life, and now comes The Motor Pirate
to crowd Dick Turpin from the pages Of
our literature. It is no longer the hoof-
beats Of the fleet mount Of the SOLITARY
horseman" that strikes terror to the
hearts Of the unprotected on the kings
| highway, it is the buzz of approaching
Eautomobile
The ambitious author, q. Sidney ,Pater-
noster, has even surpassed up-to- dateness
itself and has furnished the mysterious
pirate with a motive power that lends
such speed that objects along the high
| way become merely succession Of I'M
| considered ideas.
Altho the plot of the story is the I'M
ravel1ng of the mystery Of the identity
OF the pirate and the solution of his mo-
tive power, the tale does not stop there, it
gives us several interesting characters,
Colonel Maitland and his daughter, the
fair prize for whom the pirate and the
nero strive, and Forrest, the Scotland
YARD detective, who quotes Persian
poetry in his tranquil moments. The hero
| telsa the story and gives himself little
enough credit, but we may admire him
Tor his persistence. AS for the pirate his
strange vagaries are only explained by
TINS strange nationality. Altho not an
Englshman, he delights in doing his
work. after the correct Dick Turpin
gentlemanly rules, and if bullets are nee
essary, he almost begs his victims pardon
Tor the sudden death that must follow
Inc author jumps into the story as he
would into painting "auto,'' and leads
the reader into the realm Of the automo-
bilist: -.
VI course, every one has heard of the Motor
riiIte. NO ore, indeed, could help doing So
4nisss ne OF she as the case may be, happened
10 pc III some part of the world where newspa-
Pers never penetrate, since for months his doings
were the theme of every gossip In the country,
ana his exploits have filled columns of every
newspaper ea from the moment of his first appear
ance until the day when the reign of terror he
naa 1naugurated upon the roads ended as sudden
~ and sensationally it had begun
The rest of the story tells with fasci-
mating interest of the running to death Of
the pirate, and there Is never a moment
When the interest power gives out.
1t Is the final ride, however, that grips
the reader and won't let go until he has
rushed thru the pages almost at a. pace
to match that of the pirates car, The
nero breaks forth from temporary prison
only to see the pirate rushing away on
MS hundred milean- hour car and bearing
with him the daughter of the colonel.
everything seems lost, when suddenly he
remembers the pirates duplicate car.
and the pursuit begins.
My brain reeled as we rushed along tho road
INTO n. romance My forehead seemed to be en-
clrcled with band of steel. My mouth was SO
parched that my tongue ratified against nv nal
ate as tried to speak to Forrest. My fingers
were SO cramped with the grip the steering
n inh had
Taxed during our five hours rum that T could MT
iehnqulsh my hold. The road became dark and
lnVoluntarily l cut off the supply Of the gas to
inc tI motor and brought the car to standstill.
ear. -
Inc, climax the author should tell him
seH: sufficient is it to say that it is
thrilling" e
General Longstreet Defended AGAINST
Snarges Revived by General Gordon
helen u. Longstreet has written a book
Party IN defense and greatly in praise
OF her soldier husband, Lieutenant Gen
eral Longstreet. It bears the title Lee
ana Longstreet at High Tide. The de-
tehse or General Longstreet is in answer
70 charges revived by Major General John
q. Gordon's book, to the effect that Long,
street was to blame for the loss of the
battle of Gettysburg and consequently for
the loss of the south's cause. Books nv
wives IN; defense Of husbands, or vice
"ersa'' reS'usuaHy appeals to Sentiment
growing out Of sentiment No do,1tffs NTf1}
1ongstreet has been actuated by her love
OF her husband in the Preparation of the
present work, but that has not blinded
her to the fact that defense must he
convincing, more so than the charges an
s"ered. She has, therefore, attacked the
problem as a careful lawyer would. gone
records.
IN carefully marshaled manner. which
II seems to us, would carry conviction.
certainly the soldier reader whether Of
the north or south, will find Mrs. Long
streets argument clear, forceful and log
1cal, and presented in fine literary styIe,
Inc DOOR, from the standpoint of the
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