The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-09

accuses him of having ruined him.
Obtaining the name of the aucuoneer
he ruSheS out of the room. Crook be
comes suspicious and makes up his
mind that the green diamnd, stolen at
Delhi, must have been concealed in one
of the magnums Here begins the
search for the wine by Crook assisted
by the Americans on one hand, and by
Hahn on his part. The fate of the
magnums and the adventures resulting
make most interesting story. There
are but two weak points in it; one
Crooks mere conjecture that the dia-
mond is in one of the magnumS, and
upon which he acts with such certain
ty, and the preposterous American in
the person of Merrick. Surely English
men ought to know something about
American men by this time, and yet
they persist in drawing caricatures of
them in their novels. With these eX-
ceptions the book is readable and high
iy entertaining.
Susan ciegq and Her Friend, Mrs. Lath
rop-By Anne Warner. Little, Brown
& Co, Boston. For sale by st. Paul
Book and Stationery company.
In Susan Clegg Annie Warner has
created a character as unique as Mrs.
Wigs. Several of the chapters Of this
narration of Miss Clegg's colloquies
with her friend Mrs. Lathrop across
their fence, have appeared as short
stories in the Century Magazine, but
they have been rewritten and the au-
thor has added another as finish, en-
titled The Minister'S Vacation, max
ing a most amusing Windup for this
most amusing book. The fact that
Anne Warner mrs F'rench) was born
and brought up in st. Paul and now
calls it her home adds greatly to the
interest of her stories here, and her
friends are naturally very proud OF
her literary success.
Susan Clegg was a spinster of uncer-
tain age living next door to Mrs. La
throp and at the edge of the village,
the doings in which were of absorbing
interest to the two women. Mrs. La
throp chewed clover while Susan re-
called her with the stories of the town
folk who all went to the same church.
Mrs. Lathrop once in a while got a
word in, but not often and then Susan
resented the interruption. The public
is fairly familiar with the adventures
of Susan which have appeared, but the
last chapter Of the book has not been
in print before and is really the best of
them ALL 1t concerns the taking of
vacation by the overworked minister
and the farming out of his thirteen
children among the various parishion-
ers. 1t all happened at a meeting of
the sewing society, and Susan tells
Mrs. Lathrop how it was suggested by
some member that as the weather was
oppressively hot the minister was tired
out, and it would be well to send him
away for rest. AS he was not likely
to obtain any if he took the children,
they decided to relieve him and his
wife of that burden during his absence.
So they put the names of the thirteen
on slips of paper and into the sugar
bowl, each woman to draw out child.
Of course there were fayorites, and
several of them promptly returned
their slips and refused to. abide by the
drawing, hence it had to be done sew
eral times, with much discussion and
objection. Finally each child was
placed, the minister and his wife noti-
fed and things began to happen. All
the thirteen women who took the chill
dren met on the village square each
night to relate their experiences, which
We're duly repeated to Mrs. Lathrop by
Susan. What those thirteen children
did not do during that week has never
been thought of by infant minds. Mrs.
Lathrop led a most exciting life dur
ing that week. for what Susan had to
tell was equal to the front page of a
yellow journal. 1t must be read to be
appreciated. Before the week was over
the virtuous women who cared for the
cnlluren maze up lneIr nlnuS the min
lister did not intend to return, and the
matter was clinched by the startling
news that he had taken his winter ear
laps! But the minister did return and
the thirteen We're returned with many
thanks.
Some of Susan's quaint remarks viii
live, such as:
Zone man can lead a horse to water
but thousand can't get him to stick
his nose in f he don't want to, N 1
thank my stars t I amt got nothin
m me as Graves to marry man s
ded set ag'in the idea
AS far s my experience goes wom-
an afore she marries a man always
admires him full S much and maybe
even more n his own mother can, so