The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-25
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 rescuer will arise to stay the nyura- headed monster.
 The Htll. by Horace A. vacneh.. = brave book. Full of breeziness, pure as boys unsullied heart strong anu sweet and full of light. Worthy 10 rank with From Brown at RugDy' she | greatest Boy book ever penneo; ln | Characters of the boys are well ura"u | and consistent .a | endears himself to every reader. He IS tbe thorough English gentleman wno 1 loves his country, adores his mother 1 reverenees his church, who Is ever l loyal and true. l He feels as every true Englishman l does that he and his belong to Eng- | lands territory and to him ana hIs belong England's glory and the honor | of keeping the precious heritage u tarnished. strong. real interest attaches itself | to every incident of Johns career from | the moment we find him going up Howard Hill: ito leave the broad high l road and take a path which led ineo a shadowy future. In opedtence 10 al, | impulse stronger than himself he nad taken the short cut to what awaited him" We are proud when he plays l his first game of foot bali--when ne 1 sings his solo on the great school con ] cert, winning the praise of the Great i General and better to John the tears of pleasure from his friends caesar | eyes. we rejoice with him. We are as l nroud as his mother is when on Speech | Dav he wins his hard earned Lord 1 Charles Russelfs Shakespeare Medal. | In his boys adoring devotion for young 1 Desmond our full sympathy goes out
 and with him we rejoice when at last I comes to him assurance that his loyal | devotion has won for and from his | friend the best that is in him. Henry Julius Desmond Is as truly q l real bow. with his beauty. his populari- l ty. his weakness ,hls ardor, his un- 1 swervinE loyalty to all things beaute-
 ous, and his butterfly balance tw4xt good and evil.
 The caterpillar" young Egerton, IS | true and humorous, rather more unique i than the other more natural boys or his school He treasures all the small coin of aristocracy, the pronunciation 1 of certain words. that show the gen tleman, the punctiiious observance of certain courtesies that hold place in a | 1entleman's code, the exquisite care of his attire which must be meat, not Saudy. costly as the price can buy. He has sundry small but sure tests
 which he puts to pretentiousness anu |
 fallible. He has good things to say
 at every emergency, but the bon-mots
 are never his own. Not my own. my
 Governors, you know" He goes | through Harrow with the names and
 morals and bon-mots of an old guards
 man.
 Young Kuillock. son of the Duke
 becomes a manly little Horrovian.
 The "Duffer" wins his highest hon
 ors on the cricket field at Lords.
 Scaife, the Demon" is that rar'
 thing in a boy's school, that rare ant
 dangerous thing, boy without soul
 son of a man suddenly rich home sicl , for the gutters" whence he rose. It is on the never-ending struggi ; between Scaife and John for Desmond soul' but the chief intent of the stor.
 hangs. A strong sparkling bool whose reading makes the soul cleare ! and sweeter. A book teeming wit vigor and good sport of the open wit
 | life and strength and goodness an . | boys true greatness.
 The Last Spike. by Cy Warman. Thi volume of railroad stories. goes a s lightning speed. It's a rapid rush t . the West We speed along as fast a !. science and steam in welded Jtrengt Q can take us. The story that gives tn t title to the book relates how was lal
 The Last Spike of the Great Paclh q Road The happy ending of a lov e story came with the driving or Tn | Last Spike
 .eThe Belle of Athatasca," whose pric = set by an avaricious mother of
 sauaw was two copper kettles, foun - not love in the tent of Smith the S f lent. Smiths heart was all for CT - cheering and he wanted no AthatasC e Belle near his tent or camp. Away s forest lone maiden and dream in lone ' I liness of him you love. He never kne' e nor cared what his gift of kettle ha t bought for him.
 t .pThe Cures Christmas Gift is h good story of the missionary on tn . frontier; of the love that turns in deat - to the Earth Mother. Of the tyrann $ of the Church Mater.
 = "The Mysterious Signal" is of tt c incidents brought about by the pecl