The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-09

river hunter on the hunt, Sc, when he tells
us in a foreword, referring to thread Of
romance in the life Of La Sale, that lie
has endeavored to pick this thread apart
from the others which make up the warp
and wool of his 04a Salle's) life.'' he bids
us with some reason to believe his tale
Yet we must confess some fear that Mr.
circuit has not only been picking thread
of romance from the warp and wool of
this life, but has been doing some spin
ming as well. Otherwise why is Francis
Parkman, La Sales best biographer SO
silent as to SO interesting a part of his life
as that related in Robert CaveIler?
At least, it must be said that Mr.. circuit
has spun well. We are won by Robert
Cavelier on page Of the book. where as
a novice in the Holy Order of Jesus he
fearlessly declared that he must turn back
from the course which would lead him to
full membership in the order into that
life which was his life, and faced the
wrath Of the superior Of the house. We
are attracted to Anne Courcele with the
first glimpse Of her in the frontispiece
and we are not disappointed in the devel-
opment of her character in succeeding
pages. We wish there were more about
Piskaret, Roberts faithful Indian COM
panion. These three were made of heroic
stuff, and there were more like them. And
there were villains, too, chief among them
being Roberts brother Jean. for the story
is not carried down to the assassination
Of La Sale. Yet Jean, tho an arrant
coward, was a rascal Of deep enough dye
to suit the exacting reader.
OF course there were obstacles to
roughen the course of the true love of
Robert and Anne, and Jean ard the order
Robert had deserted in Paris created the
| most Of them, and jeans interference
narrowly escaped costing HIM his life. He
attempted to betray Anne. Robert learned
Of his deviltry.
II am going to kill you. Jean; do You under
stand?' said Robert in a measured tone. the
more fearful because of it's forced restraint
He flung the wretched figure to the ground,
and deliberately drew his pistol from his belt,
glancing at its printing. Jean, his face dis
torted with fear, dragged himself to his broth
er's feet and knelt before him. holding out be.
seeching hands.
He pleaded with his brother not tc
murder him, to which the brother re
piled:
"'Twill be no murder, wretch; twill be an
execution. care not for your prayers. ! am
| going to kill you-now'
"Robert'
! It was Anne who spoke.
/ The mechanical makeup of the book
| is enough above the average for books
/ of current fiction to warrant special men
ton.
/ +John Fiske's History of the United States
The social happenings of Bird Center
| ILL.,, as chronicled by John T. McCuteheor
/ in the Chicago Tribune, have been gath
Iered into an attractive book, folio size
!. suitable for filing among the archives o
Bird Center for the perusual Of future
1 generate tons. We can see some archaeolc
gist of say 27Oo A. D., coming upon a cop!
Of this work in some public building cor
nerstone Of Bird Center and gloating owe
his discovery. We can read the headline
Iof the Chicago Tribune of that date an
Inouncing the discovery and the discovere
and the author of the work. We can Sc
i the magazines with fac smile reproduc
tons OF Mr. McCutcheons art and tex
and learned articles about the light whicl
Il they throw upon the civilization of tn
4 twentieth century. Does all this meal
THAT McCutcheon will be one of the i'm