The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01
Conducted By martj,a Young

- V tic cat Then 1t Is that he resolves to pawn his last valuable and dine. feel ing, no doubt. that after dinner fate cannot harm him. He dresses himself with care. dimes. seeks out a nearby gaming-hal risks his last sou-and loses. Then 1t is that he enters upon the adventure that makes even O'Rourke, seasoned soldier of fortune, gentleman adventurer that he is. pinch
 himself and say: Me soul! Am in Paris of today--of me day-or Is this the Paris of Dumas and of BalzacT Needless to add he does not finger long
 in Paris. but fate In the guise of
 beautiful woman and a rich fool seek ing to found an empire. transports
 him to the Sahara.
 Based principally upon Lemercier's efforts to found an empire, over which he Is to reign and how he is helped by those anxious to see that fool and his money are soon parted there is a de- tailed account of the many adventures into which O'Rourke Is hurried. There is fighting and to spare. and love is by no means lacking, for Lemercier's beautiful sister accompanies the expe- dition. That her husband goes along does not matter, for he soon falls
 victim to native treachery. and the sit- uation in rendered more interesting by
 
 widow. Then is o'Rourke in hls ele- ment indeed with fighting galore, and a pretty woman to protect. what more could soldier of fortune ask for Trou- bles cannot set heavily upon him under such circumstances Nor do they. though he has his hands full in fight ing his way clear. Before he gets back home. Madame la Princesse has promis- ed to be his wife. but the course of true love never was more bec1ouded. and Colonel O'Rourke faces some sur prising adventures before that fortu- nate ending to his troubles.
 Like all stories of this romantic type. 1t is constructed after the usual form- ula. yet delectable hour may be pass ed in reading 1t, for all the world still loves a lover and however threadbare such romances may seem to be they are still interesting to vast majority of readers One reads and laughs per- chance, but one reads. Tn the course of his wanderings O'Rourke reaches Tangiers, and true to his reputation as a squire of danes, he soons finds distressed Countess, sadly l in need of some one to free her from | the clutch es of a rascally German Cap | tain. In her despair. the little Coun- | tess seeks oblivion at the gaming table. l and attracts the attention of the crou- i pier by her too free winnings. needless | to add she wins no more until O'Rourke \ happening in forces the cropuier to | restore to the Countess all that | she has risked Lnd lost. Then 1t is
 that she confides in o'Rourke and, of | course, she is instantly freed from the | incubus hanging over her.
 There is Danny. O'Rourke's man Fri l day. whom I am about to forget, but | who plays an important part, I assure l the gentle reader. in O'Rourke's gentle
 manly adventures. He is as dog like l in his devotion as such creatures are | usually depicted stands any amout of kicking and cuffing yet rises rp eager | to do his masters bidding. Finally | fortune smiles upon ORourke. He is united with the charming Madame Ia | Princesse and the last words he says l are: "Ah sweetheart sweetheart! If the O'Rourke dies twill be of sheer happi- ness" Thus the author leaves them to | their confident tomorrows united in I their ideals and desires sure of hapni- ness.
 l Hazel of Heatheriand.-By Mabel
 Barnos-Grun
 l Tn the acceptance of classics Eng
 land and America are not agreed. Poe | and Cooper are the favorite American
 authors of the British reading public.
 while America furnishes a large mar 1 ket for many standard English works
 Of recent years. however the closer l relation Of the publishers of both coun- | tries has changed this, and. though in | different degrees, the popular successes | of one country are sure of a cordial | reception abroad. But the American | public has always been especially fond
 of native locally colored English tales.
 while the British publishers have | struggled In vain to introduce the Typ l ical American novels.
 Now, from England and the pen of
 one of it's most promising writers,
 comes a novel so typically English
 that it seems like piece of the land
 itself. yet, withal. a charming story of
 the type which the American public
 most cordially reveives.
 Hazel of Heatherland," by Mabel | Barnes-Grundy (could anything be
 more British than the name of both
 the book and the author). Is a most | charming story. The picture of the l wayward. humorous Hazel. of her
 struggles against the domineering sis ter Angela and the daughter-ridden mother, of Sammy the gardener and Mir | Inderwick. and of a dozen others who
 form the background for Hazel, is clev- | erly drawn.
 From the moment that quaint old
 Sammy appears with his eye ever out
 for himself and Hazel, through the va