The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-27
The '1imes-Dispatc1l's View Of
Miss Mary Jolii,ston's New
Book, Sir Mortimer. @S
The LIFE OF ARMSTRONG IN ;'l | G
Interesting skctcl, Of the Man Man
WHO Founded the Normal
School at Hampton Some ooff
tie April Magazines and What hat.
They Contain-Li literary Notes.

i, .
They Contain- Literary Notes.
y Sir MORTIMER. BY Mary Johnston l1ns'''
Published by Harper Brothers. Of New
IA York and London. For sale by the
I'd Bell Book and Stationery Company.
.sir Mortimer which has been run
Ming scrially for some months in ldaf =
per's Magazine. appeared in book form form
March 18th. and was warmly greeted by
& al, eager and expectant public.
Thet moment one begins t US first chap
IA eav III Miss Johnston'sl latest book, the
charm and Elamor which proved so i. ir--
rcsistil,ln, In "Prisoncrs of Hope, 10
30 1Iayo and to Hold and "Audrey.' be-
Il witches The senses and holds thu ina i@'
nation captive until the last page IS
I, "a S!i II 4 ", Il,
.5l Whether one in Imagination sat Mt table
and rose to clinl glasses Will slr : . oi,l.s
4Nevil4 SirfNIoriimer lSern'e ana captain
Robert Baldrey III the Triple Tuil Inn,
Tondon. on d glowing Juno afternoon;
sfwhether one as a violet knight. went
8 vooine Mistress Damaris Scdley, a.
81 rose colorcd maid of honor, In q Queen
n -, den overlooking the Thames: or salied s
Ill e Spanish main on the brave sllip
3nCygnet" in Company with the star.
4he "NIere Honour" and the L larigoia,
S$ The spell Of tl, endllantress holds captive
Il the senses of the reader ana sransi ,,.,n
nlls of these things into vivid rcanues:
..Sir Mortimer is n genuine romance.
THE adventures the trinmphs ana stne
ofthe English fleet IN West
crn waters stirs the, blood rs might me
tales Of the Spanish Armada, replete
with the glorious victories or stout 5r.lls
lish manhood over Spanish Dons, biazoll-
5.ng anew the golden days Of good t'''ss 81
X sBsss the patroness of adventure ana
n discovery. ~, = =
.bad n tear over the grave or Larry
ssa,av-5tbe Young brother of MISTRESS
1,a,1,aris sediey who fell under the
T,owninr shadow of the fortress ~
4 Neya Cordoba of Spain, saying as iie
fell: .o,rht for
I, ~. 81 r wait for him In Christ,
< His court. ,,,d +urnnd
i a. he supreme moment-sir Morun li
1yerne--rad a harder fate even tha I'm, :.
# crnva on an alien shore. lie had peg.
taken ,cnptive by De Guardiola. spat 10,
s rnnmandant of Nueva Cordoba, a anu ~ =,
t,,,sd IN the fortress dungeons INTO ~
scionsr.ess. Sir John Nevis plans. o.
i aftarl- IN the fortress had failed throush
Et,.aachery3 or Desmond, an EnRlisH-
any IN Spanish pay. Sir Mortimer heiils
4 Isrew nothing of Desmond's knowledge "
ITS betrayal The cruelty OF pe va
diola forced him to believe thht WIZ WIZ
or the rack he had been the 1nVoiuillt ~
traitor himself, and tnal ne hau .,,,ted
@he SPANISH the knowledge when resu i ~ -
3 t. ,ha death and capture of many OF ms
COMRADES and in the defeat Of others.
Rurdened with such a belief, ne WIS
SGT at liberty on the beach below ,ie
fortress and was taken on BOARD t,e
English ships as they were leaving tle
harbor. When his friends Wopld haSe
greeted him with gladness. He' WIN - =,
Guardola's poisoned untruth WORKING ~
his mind accused himself as traitor IN
the presence OF them all. AfterWard ne
4 feli Erieyously Ill and knew nothlhR
more being in a delirum while the waves
& rose and fell the admiral's snip speu
on towards home and merry EnsiaHa.
When home was reached Sir Mortimer
by this time asTered4 re 'li7
accusations, accepted the contume.y and
scorn of those WHO had knowr NM
foresYore his love for Mistress loamarts
Sedcy and betook himself to solitude
and sIserne House TO bear his broken lie
f as hest he might.
5s After n while he completed the sale or
his ancestral dwelling and lands ana usca
the money in the purchase of aSshlp 10
70 in search of Captain Robert Baidry
4 and a company of English soldiers under
his command who had been taken pris-
oners and left ut Nueva Cardoba. Sir
Mortimer, felt impeled to such an action,
Z as he believed because Of what his lips
Tad uttered while he was being tortured
BY De Guardiola's orders they had met
n the evil fate which had overtakcn them.
Just at this time Lady Damaris Sedley,
as maid OF honor to the Queen, paused
IN her train for night al u little town
near Ferne House. and forsook n court
festival to come and linger an hour III
lis garden and see her lover again. y
az The meeting and converse between her.
self and Sir Mortimer makes one of tho
most beautiful episodes In the entire
booa. She cndeayors to rehabilitate his
faith In himself and offered to become hi.
wife before he left England on what sh'
feared was fruitless quest But III
called his manhood 10 his aid:
My dear love, II is not possible" N
said Glover OF women! ddst dream
that / would leave thee here blasted b.
by my name or that ! would carry the
where must go? Star of my earth. TO
day we say n clean farewell"
iIhen GGd be With thee she sail
brokenly
'And with thec!" l,s answered. Han
IN hand they moved TO the broken wal
and leaning upon 1t. looked out to tina
far line, the sea. Her rndersfeve Of sll
Vel galze fell away from hep arm.
'tfiow white Is thy ARM he breathef
How bfyinched with tender blue"
''N'ilt KISS it?" she answered, 80 sha
grow TO love myself"
Thou art the fairest Thing the su
shines on he said, Thy lips are Tx
flowers ! have never seen In the West,
"Gather the flowers she said an
raised her face TO his. ''The garden
kept for thee
Afterward. their farewell was spoke
ana Sir Mortimer departed to wander fc
three years In search Of Robert Baldr
anG De Gnardola. At the end of thf
tina he had learned that his comradt
were long ago put to death, and that Il
vengeance he had hoped to infliet q
his Spanish enemy was In tho hands I
a God alone,
And shsrly afterward his long penanc
Hss emma tdA nm end AT Cartagana who,