The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-13

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sr!M ss si55 t ey vs. scrb arnns sons
New YORK :, Bell RIehn2,nd excd to tho
appropriate bushwhacker.s encourage, and
you have fair idea Of stingarS :, tIlshh
reasons IS Best st' known M,S to himself and hay.
ng done this there was no ena ~ - Mo, ..ae
stingaree,: and III time his reputation
grew so great that his very name IAN WAS Was
stingaree IS INTRODUCED to the rea der N
an opening story of decided , qrigina1I ln
Mrs GarEson's companon;, H ,,fnko B9 On
al NJ Tie a5prso aIe Ing concert which ST
Julian Cru tfs great music f fT,tie' va was
professional Jealousy having g1t 81, II LIS
work n TIE tarkson bosom. This This, m ns
With military eye glass and musta,che.
who halts to listen when Iiildn, taking
a,dvantge Of her employers nosf fnr ar
own delectaton. The strange dark MAJ,
vastly taken with her voice. pegs Is, i inoii
not TO mention his call ana pids h nr
heart sick with the, hope , that nc NAY s,s
have been the great Crum. When n neS X s she
secs the stranger he IS stnna'ns vi ioa a1e
ed guns In his hand Remarks he, NY
ma NAMES S siinsaree, and with that the
vocal prG bc ects to Select
by chance, is hidden 10 sing, the aud 1l e,
surpelted Will, an overdose of the Glc tx
son medocrty Is deighted1 ,,i ai "a h hlr''n ot
to reward this kindly servica Is rccoun'ed
in the last story IN the volume. ,,.,.o
These aretnles Of swift nG,io III c9 thInggs
not. a whit Less attractive to read about l,,
perhaps. because these highly desi ,,;,.a.
Qualities are exhibited n onti ta ,non nhe af
least, canghaln liking. Mr.. Harntnc seems
10 be seeadily gaining in suraness OF touch
SANDY.4By Hogan Rice. Pp; ".
Century Co., New YORK; Beli' is' 'e'l
Thoughfhe arrived in this country only
a little scotch-1rsh stowawny, with No
assets above the clothes on his back ana
a lovable disposition. Sandy found life .l N
America O, pleasant thing. and on me
whole he got out of it, so far as the story
takes him, with pretty much everything
that he wanted. Sandy's condition as
5stowawayB cea sed at the moment when
Justify l hf he At steamer s Ameriea's victory
over the '.Great Britain" in an. impro--
vised ocean race, but thanks to ms own
the shpS n e
extent Of paying his passage. That bright
smile and honest countenance. made. /
friends for Sandy all along the line; There
II -Tcl,t lr1
had been frrnly "sat upon a coil Of rope
steward, ( droppped down to hin from ne
cal bin deck q kind look and an orange,
I bit Of consideration which it was not IN
Sandy to forget. Sandy, we arc told, was
"a born lover, and when a few days later
he read on this little maids suit case the
other thought than that he, too. would so
to Kentuclsy!GiTo kentucky, In short, he
went, and there. in the town OF Clayton,
3 he went to school, Of which he became the
friends and love, allowed himself to be .
Jailed on a murder charge in order to
save a friend spoiled an elopement, and
sinN general figured largely ana ;vividly in
the events ofvlocale 10. "a, El7f55
There IS nothing very new about the
matter or manner .r.le IN q, SANDY s. It mas
seemed to us.to be athcr lacking in the
3humor, rspontancity and freshness of Mrs.
Rice's first work. Still, sandy is a warm
hearted. rlght-mindealn lad who acts out
his life along these lines of his nature,
and it is pleasant to read about him.
THE HOUSE or THE BLACK RING.
r. III BY. +. L. Pattee. PIP. 324. Sl.5O. Henry
E1 Holt & Co., New York
saA group of Pennsylvania Dutch of the
Seven Mountains" form the characters
with which this novel deals. Their point
X Of Wow, characteristics and peculiar So
mont Of humor Of the typical village
store brand, being supplied by the con-
versation of Ulie, Amos and other local
personages, and that Of mystery BY tho
boss OF the village was Squire Harris
wick. choleric, tyrannical old gentle
man who had things pretty much his own
to town. About the only person VINO
could really do anything with the Squire
was his winsome daughter, Rose, whom
the author t r. has described at some length
anxious ! I; SWANS who sighed l., and STAN,
to &c her , inexpressibly funny, and they
them sweat, to torment and startle and
embarrass them until they were at their
wits end" We do not gather, however
that we are desired to tnlnk OF kose as
desire to torment the young men who
were pleased with her, and '.make them
sweat is no doubt to DO attributed sim.
Is, another good-looking girl in the story
who is somehow mixed up with tie mys-
terry OF te House of8te Black Ring. and
whose specially was sudden disappear
ances while you were talking to her, after
WHICH she would unexpectedly appear
again" as i she had risen from the
earth (p 1881, or, as II puts this feat on
p. 225, where she does it again, "as If she
had sprung, from the earth" This slight
variation of "ssen''to Spring does not,
we assume, indicate any important dr.
ference In the method pursued.
The books chief interest Is. no doubt, in
Its pictures of Dutch" life, though there
Is plenty OF action in and some exciting
happenings. e ~
FOLLOWING THD8sSUN FLAG. BY
"a John Fox, Jr. Pages, 1Sg; Sl,oj net.
Charles Scribner's Sons New York;
Bell, Richmond.
This newest volume from Mr.. John Fox
consists of several papers on Japan and
the Far East, whittier the author went
as war. correspondent for q periodical.
The articles are reprinted practically un-
changed from their first appearance, hut