The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-10

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Of the story Is vividly described. Mascado
is mn Indian. not good one whom Isidro
more than once had cause to wish dead.
It Is an out Of doors story dealing with
nature not yet famed and men not yet
far removed from her and Mrs. Austin
makes 1t inspiring because she makes 1t
understood. Eric Papc has illustrated
the text in colors
THE MILLBANK CASE, BY Ga=se.
Dyre Eldrldgc PIP. o97. $3.50.
Henry Holt & Co.. New York.
Theodore Wing wcll-to- do lawyer,
who had. so far as was known not
single enemy In the world. was shot down
on his doorstep late one night, and his
dead body was found lying across the
sill soon after sun up the following
morning. paper soon afterwards came
to light revealing an unsuspe ctcd irregu-i
larity In MIR. Wings parcntaGc, and this
In the popular mind, was instantly asso
ciated with the causes Of the murder;
but Trafford. the willy detective, un-
earthed ere long tho existence OF Ger.
tain collection of papers which seemed to
him to constitute a much likelier motive.
These documents had to do with the title
Of valuable timberlands and stumpnge
privileges. and ono of the group OF poll.
ticians chiefly interested In getting them
ont OF the way had gone on record as
saying that they were worth a cool hum
bred Thousand to him. Naturally this
made It worth somebody's while to get
hold of them, even at good-s.zed risk.
The man who actually carried his deter.
mination to win the promised reward to
the point of murder Is one associated
with the story from the start. but the
detective alone suspected him: and In
this respect the story Is somewhat remin-
Iscent OF ''the Leavenworth case. Tho
plot Is sleilfully developed, and holds tho
reader interested from the start.
5cARDoME. BY Anna. G. Minogus. PIP.
800. s1.25. a. c. Nhnoguc, Latona,
Kentucky just prior to the outbreak OF
the war, aid afterwards during 1t. Is the
scene to which "Cardome' Introduces &c
reader. Judge Todd, one of the prin-
cipnl chara cters in the story, is said
to b. a study of the late Governor Rob-
inson, Of the Blue Grass State, whose
the name which Miss Minogue has Sc
,lected as the title OF her boo1 There Is
plenty Of plot in the story. and a good
deal doing most OF the time Indeed, SO
many characters nre introduced In tho
opening chapters. and so many cross
currents of emotion, purpose and motive
that only a close attention enables the
reader to get everything Strengthened
out. Judge Todds two SONS take oppo-
site sides in the great struggle. and there
is a dramatic episode toward the close
of the book. when one brother commands
a squad of soldiers ordered 10 shoot down
the other. Clay Powell. tho young hero,
was to be shot for a reason which struck
us as being most surprising one, and
Hal Todd. in order to save Powell for the
fair Virginia, contrlyes to substitute HIM
self for the condemned man. Events
ere too deeply tangled In this connection
for us to attempt to unrayel them here,
There ia a lady with wooden hands, whose
life Is given up to avenging herself upon
tho son Of the man for whose sake she
had lost her own Of flesh and .blo'S;
and there is Howard Dallas, a dyed-in-
the-wool villain of most approved type.
Clarlsse Sears, too, Is n young woman
who behaves In a way more interesting
than comInendable. Southern sentiment
toward tho war and the North is well
brought out.