The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-07

riln GAMBLER 1y Katherine Cecil
Thnrsspn E pv ee bsI Hi afnse
- those who argued that be- be.
collent md einliiehtl successful story ~ Il 9
one wi WHO oI lad esnght tic hung This new
book Of MrA. hurston's XII proye =, 2 ais dis,
tincl appointment .yDho Ga i,!n.,
s SiorIied dine in novel;, After making .
Very good start. md developing, With tno
touch of the clever craftsman q sit ti,,,t
Mrs. 'T1 hurst Oh has lost her grip and al, 81.
lowed her st DRY to dwlndle, out to All I'M
satisfactory and highly lnnr,tsttic . e emu
n ~ hc rti plot she has missed Of s,iperhclaly
Skinned and has substituted for them II
Il series OF somW,hat sketchy lncl ti,,,n
readable enough, put dreadfuijiy 1n hn I'm.
reandor's syinpathies from ne inconse-
utient and Disappointing heroine, .,+ IN.
iias the author caught tho mingled PIC, nc,
ana poysrtSy ss Si In his
pride, his strange code Of honor. his plu,l
hospitality and 'brolton-down destitutiioI,m, on
is moro or less typical Of ms mat top
Ills ntaunIntaiice has succeeded In EaIl,-
in away nlof his prober,y,,a1 ar, p 9ans
d dios ,oH Is Eaaarefniy described 6,gh
spirited, impetuous. the SOU OF tnn 9}iigi :,
unsclilsh. the main prop Of the la, INV
ag nS Heres s saf soe she is s'f liz
heroine from the first moment ner ,aars
appears upon the page: In q few Se ,ris
Dennis dies leayimg hs c tor ana james
Mlbarkc, his old college chuH., SUI Az
formal, dry rs dust. moved BY th Ma oa,,
sire TO- hclr his friends dessn,e c motive
marrlcs Clodagh. Later tho girl ge.s , ~
With n gilded set OF fast English peopie
in Venice, and discovers that she G, ~, 1,t,s
Inherited her fathers passion LOT s"'''D-
it is here, when she might have worked alad
out Il powerful study IN mercury liaee ~
in stI her main theme. that Mrs. Thurs i;s
TONS Treatment has been notably. weak.
The inner struggle which to9 2,, pace hov 90
the gr,s ,nnd or n Mhin Inu We
are left to infer that ClodaEhs moral no
degenerntion was gunaccompanied by u
pang other than as 70 now S ,,rJd ia 1.s'' Eer
hiEh-splrited wlnsomeness. charm. etf
vanish into. thin air. her manner IN IN
society Is nervousn her n, atfl ranf and
syacillating She steals a thousand POUNDS
belonging to her younger sister, and
'ster. when it becomes necessary either tsp
m no regay from the smooth and obviously
Vicious Vicious Old Lord Deenehurst. clodaEh
was no child at this time. and. as We
We opine that Deerehurst was quit JUS
titled in dra wing his own CHARACTERISTIC
conclusions from this little transaction.
With tn Suitable tab limelght and orchestral
eccompaniments. SiraWaltcr Gore. SOU
briqueted Sir Gala had. because, Of his
famous Indifference to the gentler sex.
OF way he tells his love to. Clodegh (Aiil.
banke having by this time dlscreetly
ca ssed away, and they became engaged;
Moved by impulses IN Whic H, me ie dnte =.
mines to restore to Deerehurst his loan OF
thousand quid. Why, With THIS de lee ,,ot,
she did not send for the Nope EnsllsnIc
man. Is not apparent pu. ins.rM y,,an 't'
II Clio is really high-spirited we said TO
ourselves. she will surely show IT now;
BIT she did nothing of the sort: l lMe eai
she Inv. in [Deerehurst's arms and ailoEed
him to kiss her until he was tlred: S 3le
made no protest no explanation o. inc
req sons why she had come; and deere
hurst, who at least xne" WIZ, ~ tbat 'A' he
Vas wa comes out OF the interview far the
more creditably OF the two. Clodash her
message un.spoken, her indignatl9n un ec,f
pressed, sinks out Of the front ooor ~, ~
f be saw ~, that Gore heard OF it. and e Of
course the engagement was 1or'n"'.A'@
cancelled. - no mo-
Mont ,yhen she was passively receiving
the shower OF lordly kisses from !, DEERE re-
hurst we liked her even less m ING
ireland, Cores letter breaking the en-
rapament> she gives way TO- a passion
Of seif-pity. protests that mere le1 10 sh ho
God, and her old desire TO toll I've : n Hny
cards for high stake, wins what IS prh s,.,s
cailv fortune to the lad and allows
hin, to 20 to his death, possibly not n, aGG c.
dental In night IT., sale so 9h lMs lay far
tnn deem to be swept aside by an ineide ei1s
of this sort Receiving the next gay - sno
news that her sister Nance "ho - ~
ITtt her' she instantly dlsmisser Larryts
death from her mind, ana .d Proe1 Hnnna h.
the venerable cook-ladHy;. On i1''tl'''"'
there is God after all. -.
The naive immortality incorpGd eas Wi i.
cal of the book. Though she mas e nn nor ,u
snonsiblity for her COUSINS deatn on c .cTI
sn,i C,lodagh is sure that there Is wv ~
because her own htr hatter " than she de-
servns How far Is this conception 1 ~ q !
the noetic justice Of the great noWei.s on.
Ciodngh Is ticketed charming, Dus -. W. ~, 10
tn .vu 70 have not been greatly drawn ~, ~
Messed ner c With the handling Of her biog z
ply Mr. ThuTston,1h IS ehI Issues e!sv Which she
b bee been aa eS at pains to raise She d has
Written readable and entertalhihm nI df.
but beyond that praise II is rs.'"e'
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