The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-04
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r,bls memory 81 what she lad said III II
1,l,s ending of The story points II, III q
5 81 4, We want to know tyI,elher
strong churncter Aiid she usually DIES
what she Thinks Is right even though the
doing of cut her heart To fllncernent
volt in ller own consciouatiess For this
reason. we hope She finally. got Tho only
reward she wanted even ho!lgll, ills
necessltates the blottng out q lIdtii q
15dlths, Whose strhnge s passivitys and
3negauvencss sheI herself fully under.5
stood, there may be two minds; but the
Worked out, Mary, hn WV doi,,Inafieys
,ibont Mary'a rcainssa. Tier ch iarataHir
.is wildly and exccllently depicted, and
en - a,, Ave n tn story tory esyery writ
IND pleasure. e. II SG5Si 5
ANNoTAr1oNs no THE CODE or,
jt}8 W EST VIRGINIA. Fron decisions
A Virgtniannd vlrginln. Edited BY VIII
liam NJ. Justis, Jr. attorney at law,
W Richmond, Va. Published by William r.;
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81 priseoli: up, sgI; sl.5o. 81. 7 Putnam
n tho Girl OF ia tsloria looked Eins3life
ss se aGeS walton ne f nein:
cutie. BOWED over by her. lf It had ever,
been our fortune TO- 9, be greeted On the
s ,a os ssSt s, 9rn Te sao ranch uar ny
we dare say. that we should have been
affected IN very much the same way J,
as walton Mas-a = as you too, would
story. to which State the handsome hero
had gone to look out for his fathers
property interests. There arc Grcnsers
men, and there Is gun-play and uncouth-
cry genernly;s SO that st is rather AZ sur
prise TO note III the Illustration facing
page 13s that the, men who attended the
dance ut the Calncevos one night were
quite at home In conventional evening
dress. Maybe this Is All right, however;
or maybe j was merely y pretty conccit
on the part OF the artist. tn Which the
ant hor had not hing to do.
% 1t has not struck us in reading this
story that the plot Is very well Or very
siderable Stretches whenSwe were vaguely
conscious thnttwe weren't getting any
where In particular. aud weren't, getting
there fast enough There are also pas
i text book and which have on tho whole
fatigued us; on page 81. The peon clas IS
OF Mexicans. direct descendants from
s SIT peculiar TO their ancestors. Z
otc. However. even this sort OF thing
Is Instructive. and doubtless desirable. and
would beyaluabe to such persoms as
yVc}are willing 10 forgive the author this,
hut tile ruthless manner in whtll5a the
end she coolly snuffsd out the life Of the
| Girl from La Gloria Is something that
We cannot and will mot overlook.
o,yrt OF BONDAGE. AND OTHER
sHoR sI hs!Saa 3 M MaR1pssn Co. -
This is. II collection Of seventeen short
aaee tho be 1Ys
ways OF rustic and agricultural New
England; They are simple tales .g
succeed ~ bringing out well the .shrewde
lila story story has "a do WITH Civil War
times and tho underground railway
hroHg whic az ~ iar rsnnno n ~