The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-08
.UaYLO 1890 o ~ 49,

hest tn to was the fact that shes is q servant
sS ehmplG fyso e ihf ot e
kwefe Ne ourselves too despohdent5 az @
EI'oly'xene's social standing. We..had a
and laundryman was really more than
!. what she seemed. 1t.sis disclosing no
Sscrst to Iay gsSe sn s
IT was a splendid sttrcasire OF shifting,
golden jneling coins, through which the
Father Superior ram .hsas iingers with
chuckles and s!ghs Of the deepest CON
was a i fcA $ tory hid den away in the. old
monastery, which, upon being ,un travelled,
puts Wal ter, rather In the position.of on
sana ssEsras poysssnisss
Mackenzie and Iythgoe undergo In run
ming down these teries. the render
must find 1ut for himself " Ina glno
this an interesting task. which: he will
pursue, pleasit IRA, to the end end
EIE BANDoLERO., BY. Paul t.TG wynne.
.-,x PIP. $50 s.. 5o.s Dodd. ]. Mead. & Co.. New
ia, York. Bell Book and Stationery Com
pnny, Richomnd. &, sss,,5tfftt ~. 4.
~ "The Band olero" IL unusuaf in setting.
( pictures IT gives . rural Spain than Tor
Its story. which, has not struck us as be-,
ling particularly well handled or enthrall.i
t1hg. The country spaniard's mode of life,
&his native customs and his mental att
ftildes, However. "a re wei brought out.
I onef'of the best scenes In the book Is
that Iii Which ''Concha and Petra, the two
maiden rivals for = the "a owe of = oung
Bias dance the bolero against each other
While Bias iInpa rtially rtwlngs the guitar.
When the dance Is over he smashcs the
over the stone courtyard, bids
ding the victorious Petra to place her
foot on the guitar hat WAS layed It's.
last Toward the close Of the story there
lis an excellent description OF q modern
bull fight and all through the narrative
are Illuminating flashes Upon the men
and; life%oH Spain Of To-day; Z: l..5
always been SUCH He tentered the pro-
1, fession, mainly to. ayenge al private wrong
!; put upon him by the Marquis Of Bagap.,
h Bias. was the afarquis's loved child and
T his Kidnapping was part the bandolerols
scheme forf making life unhappy for his
cid enemy. Bias grew up happily, for hts
part to fall iii. loveAwlth the andolero.s
daughter the beautiful Petra From va
rious Sources the warning was brought
to him that Il !, he. wed with Carrasco's
daughter he would surely die. 1t WAS
never the way ;<wt tn true love. however.
|, to. be, forever running smooth as Bias
no doubt apprecia ted. y any rate. We
'belleve that we have found Ton5 the con-
Guiding page strong evidence that Bids
and Petra. children OF ancestral enemies
ias they we're MOTTO I've their lives
as strangers !. !. B i.5. 557 81;
THE RAvENELs. BY Harris Dickson.
PIP. 40. sl.5p, =. s Il Llpplincot Com.
,,l4pany, hiladelphia.. Ea5tgt Fl
t,.Whother Or not Stephen Ravenel com
/ mitted murder that night In thee N6gales
SLIM may be, "a MAJ OF dispute but;
however, he believed hts aunt Claudia.
:: !. was at bottom :!.rc,iponsibie. Stephen
father had been Tnul dered we, did not
the betrothed Of his sister Powhatan
.Rudd Claudia, was nshaughty; passlonat e
woman, capable OF giving up everything
TO single purpose and holding to It.
for lifetime and She bent Stephens
young mindfto the one grim idea tina t y he
must grow Up ana xiii the tnan WHO had
slain his father Stephen was twenty
nine When he first saw; Captain, Rudd, and
III that first .lneEl:ng he does Just Wha t
lis Aunt Claudia had always told, Inn
| he must do, though II RI ther g differeen'tt
| way. from what she expected. "a E least,
there was sufficient 1ustific alton for
| Stephen, to allow the jury who were GER
family not prejudiced L III lris: ia yor,l 70
take AZ lenlent view 80f I his acton, and
we are willing to state that Stephen
escaped Sthefmenace of the ga lows,
A large part of the storys4ls taken
up with an account of Stephens trial. and
titfIs' all, acceptable reading, The authors
chief fault z OF style seems st he san
l7nxtrene sconscientio u$n essi'N inS-
mess 10 leave out anythihg,s however.
ttriYlal. IN any given scene lie appears to
tfeel' under bonds to explain precisely
lswhat each Characterize d6ing, Or thinking,
whether or consequence Or. no. This oyer
elaboration Of detail, though. real stif, Is
Frequently wearisome, and. he. story is
Considerably larger than wa sii. g tuailly,
necessary Stili&the average reader WI!
mt get tired. Of It. Mercia Is girl OF
sweetness and light, a1dT fagny Is CHEEKY.
attractive and slopable. Bot girls are OF
tho sort,ealculatpd to SsctFa mans heart
a-flutterng,$ butithe reader, is never for
a moment! IN, doubt as to'@hIch Of the two
EXECUTES the greatest damage, IN the
cajHiiac regions OF stepben.s TIL, scene ia
l,fafAs, liz yatcheF ana .YioksRg AtlsI'..
Hand I he stalssis tleEeforaacl stia9tlN q
lfths.sout|m There aressans good pictures
l.by seymour:aM. Stone ys,,t's.1 ~ H A.
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