The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-27
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Another fascinating scotch Tale ", s..R.
crockett-suns hlne and Shadow. ina 4
D Story Of Early Years OF Last Century
i --Adora, the Heroine Girl Il, Adore.

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q Story of Early Years OF Last Century
81 81. Adora, the Heroine Girl - Adore.
Anything but vapid is S. r. Crockett's
latest novel, Strong Mac. 1t is one OF /
those books which even novel satiated
uneasy chair reads without desire to |
skip single page. This uneasy chair,
at least found it SO, after several weeks
OF midnight gas burnt Id feyerish efforts /
to keep up with the spring fiction output.
!. Given lleen q charming girl mere girl to
begin with at that-severals school boys,
a dominic of Incorporate habits and a.
few other characters in Scotch village
all manifesting evidences of gray matter
and blood. salls swayed by the .appe-
tites and aspirations peculiar to. their re-
specttve conditions and circumstanc
tangled and interviewer in Scotland in
1912 and the period Immediately following
as the conditions and circumstances OIL
sneighbors have been since the beginning
of neighbor hoods given all that which,
isn't, very much after all. Mr.. Crockett
makes q story that, once well begun, the
reader is slow to put away.
Strong Mac (Roy McCulloch) is one of
the boys in the dominie,,s school. Adora
Oracle is the dominie's daughter. The
boy, a big one and strong, is the girls
cha mpion in an ugly affair in which Sandy
Evan does personal violence to, the deli
cate and drink-aged dominic. Out Of that
encounter grows the tragedy Of a few
years later, in which Evan is the victim
and Strong Mac stands accused of muir
der. Oh, that is not all the bloodshed
there is in the book--thatf Of EWan-for
there is much blood split and an average
allowance of Crockett gruesomeness. But
that is the start of story in which
one is drawn to the true-hearted little
maid who shirks nothing that she feels
she owes to a friend, and to Strong Mac,
a smuggler's son, yet, a thoroly manly
youth, who is falsely accused of gross
crimes
OF course Roy loves Adora, but it takes
Adora a long time to discover the real
state of her own feelings. But she does
discover it. Her father. has concealed
from her the fact that he is of aristocratic
birth and of a family Of considerable
| wealth. Near the end a.it is discovered
that he has fallen heir to the estate.
Roy learns of the discovery. He has met
Adora on the moor. Let Mr.. Gfeekett's
words give one of those suspensiNe- con-
versations which add so much to the in
terest of a story ofs this type:
.'No,'' he said at last, very deliberately, II
cannot be your friend, If that which hear is
true-that you are to be aSgreat and rich woman
| that your father is leaving Galloway to take
possession Of his estate. 1 love you, Adora.
Better than myself, better than any one else
in the world yon know how much. You have
always KnOWn lie Went Oh IHOFe SteaullS' uOW.J
Perhaps that is why you have cared SO little.
| Because it has always been so--will always
/ be so.''
Have cared littlef,
| The question took Roy by surprise; nevertheless
| he proceeded.
"Yes, you have cared little - = Of late have
| hardly hoped at all, but have loved you more
than ever-as-as q man loves
She tried to answer i'll the ancient manner of
Adora Of the spinning wheel, the maiden of the
scholohouse, but ere a word was uttered some
thing took her suddenly and violently by the
throat
81 thank YOU she mana ged to get the words
out at last, ''yOu are good to care about me.
1t is true--all true--you do love. mel know
| it, and 1 am glad, but
i Roy rose promptly at the WORD.
s'In love like mine there are no 'buts','' he
i said = ~ IN
Troy, do not go said the girl; wait let
me think. want to keep you--as my. friend. l
4 do not want you to CO. Money will make no
/ dfference--nOr position
mo. Adore, go I must. i, had better not
Isee you again II you cannot be more than
friend if you cannot be poor mans Wife . -
/ "Wife-wife? Who talks of wives to- my
! daughter ~ as54 49,.
l 1t is the old schoolmaster,s his head
1 turned by age and his sudden wealth.. He
points out to Roy what he calls the folly
demands that he shalE neg yer again address
his daughter on he.ssgpie ctpf love-
i 81 give you my pfoinise,5Ssir.'s said Roy, 81
will never again asksyour daughter to marry me.
have the honor of bidding you both a good eve
ming =ss -a-ss -@s eNrs
1 And lifting his hat with quiet and sufficient
dignity, Roy turned on his heel and strobe up the
hill. .s rs
A QUATRAIN.
i A flawless cup: how delicate and fine
4 The flowing curve Of every jeweled line
. Look, turn it up or down, tbs perfect
still
But holds. no dropso LIES heart warming
v4 iY1ea~ = : : T.
/ Henry van Dyke, in the June Atlantic.
l A little book that will be welcomed by
bird-love of Minnesota and the north
west is How to Know One Hundred Wild
Birds of Minnesota and the Northwest
Perhaps the, skilled bird-lover who knows
all Of the birds that in these May days
are adding to the beauty and joyousness
of outdoor life will not find the book
(. greatly useful. However, he too will well
come the book, for it will help along the
education of others, including the boy
with the sling-shot or air-gun For suck
a boy the book has this:
No decent, thinking boy will shoot al
harmless bird just to see how near he can come
to hitting it.
The book is small and convenient fol
carrying with one, and SO just the thins
the bird student will want to have witt
him while out in search of birds 1t. is
. very useful.
Henry and Horas Modern Electricity
published by Laird & Lee, Chicago, is {
practical encyclopedia of that which the
electrical engineer, artisan, apprentice Of
student may desire to know regarding
electricity and it's applications. The in
formation has been simplifed so that ever
the beginner will find it easy to master
u A new phase Of the subject that has no
been taken up in previous works on cleo
! tricity is embodied in the chapters de-
4 voted to practical methods and estimate!
7 for the construction Of electric railways
The book contains $50 special illustra
tions,''
I Dcdd, Mead s Co. announce that they will
t publish in the early autumn novel by
Marie Corelli. They do not think it advisable
at present to give the title or any description
of the contents Of the book, but they can say
. that It is a work of great yivacity and charm
: and one with SO great human interest that i
s will appeal to a large circle of readers. 1t i
a story of pure, love and faith, and is more OF
a the lines of Thelma'' than any book which tn
lauthOr has written since that work.
! The Uneasy Chair.
BOOKS RECEIVED
!, STRONG MAC. BY S. r. Crockett. Illustrated
n limo. New. York: Dodd, Mead & Co. Mime
4 apolis: William Donaldson & Co. Price 81. SO
Il HOW TO KNOW ONE HUNDRED WILD BIRDS
OF MINNESOTA AND THE NORTHWEST
= Published under the auspices sof the Minnesota
y Audubon society. BY D. Lange, supervisor o
: nature study. st. Paul public schools Min
= neapolis: School Education company.
: HENRY AND HoRA's MODERN ELECTRICITY
- a practical working encyclopedia, and man
\ ual of theories, principles and applications