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spiratOr the district attorney. regained
possession Of his mine. recent discoveries
upon which promise to pour a golden
stream into the authors lap. Beach is
a fine figure of q man physically, over
six feet IN height, weighing well over 200.
with shoulders that look like they could
carry the weight of a world. He is
muscular. was. in his college days. "A foot
bali player. and has the vigUr and free
dom Of movement of the natural athlete.
His style is bold and rugged. redolent
Of the out-Of-do0r spirit. forceful, and ex-
citing. His description of the personal
encounter between Glenister and McNa-
mara IN The Spoilers is fairly hair-rais-
ing IN its realism. In marked contrast
TO Beach, his collaboration, James Mac
Arthur. is much below the medium height.
so slight in build that the scales would
not even falter If set at $50 pounds. He
has the atmosphere of the library. but
be carries a head full Of brains AS
might be surmised, his name is where
the heather grows" or at least it was.
and n trace Of the Scottish accent still
tinges his speech. He stands high in
the literary world, and before joining the
firm of Harper & Bros, as literary man
ager, he was for several years editor
of The BoOkman. He is the particular
friend of young and unknown writers.
A handsome book has been made ont
of the play, THE Squawman." in which
William Faversham has been starring,
by the wife Of the el-known actor.
Julie OPP Faversham. There have been
a few successes Of turning popular books
into plays: reversing the process has
hardly ever resulted in a book that won
popular approval All of the incidents.
romantic and adventurous, that are in
the play are used In this novel, but there
is a lack of convincing power The nara
tive here has an air OF unrealty The
story is an open-air one. as told on the
stage, in the book, it smaCks TOO much Of
the library II is evident that the work
has been painstakingly and conscientious
ly done. but it has been done with a GER
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NEW YEARS EVE.

4 have finished another year said God,
" I'm gray. ETCCu. white and brown.
have strcvn the leaf upon the sod,
Sealed mp the worm within the clod
And let the last sun down.
And what's the good Of it," I said
What reasons made You call
From f0r-uless void this earth I tread
When nine and ninety can b. read
Why naUght should be at all
Yea, Sire uly shaped You rs, who in
This tabernacle ETUan g.
If ever a jcy b. found herein.
Such joy no man had wished TO win
II he had never known
Then He: ''AIy lab1rs logiclcss
You may explain; not /:
Sense sealed have wrought, without a guess
That I evolved q Consciousness
To ask fer reasons why!
Strange. that erhemeral creatures who
Ry mv cWu ordering are.
Should see the shcrtncss If NY view.
Use ethic tests / never knew,
Or made provision fer.
lie sank to GDtnCSS as Of yuTc.
And opening New Years Day
WoTe it by rote as Heretofore
And went on working eTerncrc
IL His uHueetirg way.
Thomas hardy. in Fortuightly Review
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tain timidity, and there has evidently
been fear Of letting the imagination
have play; hesitation in daring to wander
away from the scenes of the acted drama.
That is where the book fails-there IS
much In the play that Is not written into
its manuscript. the playwright has let his
audiences nil in the gaps with their own
imaginings. The volume is illustrated
with scenes from the play (New York;
Harper Bros)
At last the ashes Of Emile Zola are to
be allowed 10 rest in the Pantheon. where
also are the tombs OF Victor Hugo, Rous-
seau, and Eoltaire.
More and more the publishers of books
are trying to follow the example set by
recent magazines and give their publica-
lions a news feature. The latest ex-
ample Is that Of the Macmillan Company,
New York, who, because of the recent
disaster In Jamaica. has pushed forward
rs new book on the island, which WAS
scheduled for some weeks from now, and
will rush the volume. which IS by john
Henderson, from the press as quickly as
possible.
II IS a dangerous thing for a mere man
to write about things that are distinc-
lively in the feminine province, especial
ly If the male author INDUCES In gentle
satire. The female mind is not construct
ed with a view to large appreciation OF
humor, and a joke she cannot understand
(which includes most Of the jokes makes
her angry. So we find that Ellis Parker
Buffers successful skit, THE Incubator
Baby, has stirred up young mothers to
dire wrath. It tells Of the rearing of a
baby in an incubator. under the direction
OF committee OF women from the Fed
Grafton Of W0mens Clubs. Here is q
specimen of what some mothers think
OF it. If men would keep their noses out
OF babies cradles, and leave we women
to attend TO the infants upbringing
there would be fewer fresh youngsters
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still with the Firm.

From Lippincott's-
A big New York wholesale house not
long ago started a certain drummer on
the road. giving him SEQ for travelling
expenses. Two weeks passed and moth
ing was heard from him. Finally, the
house. becoming impatient telegraphed
the delinquent as follows:
NO adVices from YOU since You left
Are you still with uS7
In a little while the answer came.
Referring yours of fifteenth Have
drawn on you for $3.50 additional Am
still with you
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ON. What q DiRerence!

From tie Somerrille Journal
Somehow 20 the city man who was
brought up in the country thoughts OF
the old-swimming hole don't seem 50 at
tractive now as they did six months ago.
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B. Putnam Wcalc, than whom none
knows better the condition of affairs in
the far East. and whose book. 'NIanchu
and Muscovite,' predicted the Russo
japanese war and its outcome some
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Rex Beach, who wrote the story from
which he and James Macarthur have
made the play Of The Spoilers" is a
man still under thirty, but ne has crowd
cd those years TO the full with expert
ences, such as few men ever accumulate.
Five years Of those he has lived were
spent in the Alaskan gold fields. he hav-
ing gone there in the great rush of 1900
and the fiction of his story is largely a
recital of actual facts and happenings.
He, himself. staked a claim and worked
1t under the tremendous difficulties i'm
posed by the lack of water and machin-
cry, the absence Of anything ike proper
food. and the practical impossibilitv of
obtaining labor lie was a victim If the
curse of Alaska, the Injunction by which
so many Of the miners were robbed of
their property by corrupt government Of
hclals and INSCRIPTIONS lawyers. Mr.
Beach. after 2 long fight, and after the
government had removed two of the chief
hooters, 4 Federal judge and his cocoon
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The most popular books in Washington.
as shown by the demand at the Public
Library during The week just past have
been, in nonfction, Bryces American
Commonwealth" and "HowelTs Certain
Delightful English Towns in fiction.
Hamln Garlaud's Witches Gold" and
Harold McGrath's Half q Rogue" and
In juveniles. Andrew Lang's Blue" and
his Red" fairy books
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THE WORLD OF BOOKS
BY HECTOR FULLER
BY HECTOR FULLER.

three years before the fact. has just re-
turned from Manchuria again. He an
noBnces q new volume a Truce In the
Far East" for this spring, and 1t is evi-
dent that his recent Investigations have
convinced him that the truce on the re-
cent battlefelds is not to be of very
long duration.
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In a public library some days ago, the
library attendant saw a young. we'll
dressed lady taking the books from the
open shelf and shifting al them in a
curious way When asked the reason for
this strange conduct. or whether there
was anything wrong with the books, she
replied, frankly: NO / sniff at a book
20 see if 1t smells of tobacco. If it
does, then I know it's a book that q
man has been reading, and it is pretty
sure TO be a good one This seems to
open up a fine new field of speculative
criticismi
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-21

pea us morse ana leapod GOWN ana ran
To me and knelt. putting his arm about
me. And. indeed. il was time. fo4' the
wound that Detchard had given me
was broken forth afresh. and my blood
was staining the ground.
''Thcn give me the horSe,' | cried
staggering to my feet and throwing his
arms Off me. And the strength of my
rage carried me so far as where the
horse stood. and then l fell prone be-
side it. And Fritz knelt by me again.
Fritz" said
AYE. friend-dear friend" said he,
tender as n woman
rs the king aiive?'
He took his handkerchief and wiped
my lips and bent and kissed me on the
forehead.
Thanks TO the most gallant gentle
man that lives" said he softly. 1.-The
king is alive
The little farm girl stood by Us. weep
1 in- for FRIGHT and wide eyed for won
der, for she had seen me at Zenda, and
was not l. pallid, dripping, foul and
bloody as | was-yet was not l the
king?
And when / heard that the king was
alive | Strove to cry "Hurrah"' but |
could not speak, and | laid my head
back in FritZs arms and closed my
eyes. and l groaned, and then. lest
Fritz should do me wrong in his
thoughts, opened my eyes and tried
to say ''Hurrah." again. but l could
not. and. being very tired and now
very cold, l huddled myself close up t.
Fritz to get the warmth of him and
shut my eyes again and went to sleep.
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moment lie seemed 10 w-avcr. Then he
rcinad his horse in and stood waiting
for me. On ! went in my folly /
seized the bride. and struck 1T him.
He parricd and thrust at me- fell
back pace and rushed in 1T him
again. and this time | reached his face
and laid his cheek open and dartad
back before he could strike me. He
seemed almost daZed 1T the fierceness
of my attack; otherwise I think he
must have killed ne. | sank on my
knee. painting. expecting him to ride
at me. And so he would have done.
and then ana there. | doubt not. one
or both OF us would have died. but at
the moment there came 4 shout from
behind Us, and. looking round. / saw
Just at the turn of the avenue man
on q horse. He was riding hard. and
he carried Il revolver in his hand. 1t
was Fritz Won Tarlcnheim. my faith
full friend. Rupert saw him and knew
that the game was up. He checked his
rush at me and flung his leg over the
saddle. but yet for Just = moment he
waited Leaning forward, he tossed
his hair OF his forehead and smiled
and said:
"Au rcvoir. Rudolf RasSendyll"'
Then. with his cheek streaming
blood. but his lips laughing and his
| body swaying with ease and grace, he
bowed to me. and he bowed to the
| farm girl. who had drawn near in
trembling fascination. and he waved
| his hand to Fritz, who was just with
M range, and let fly a shot at him. The
| ball came nigh doing its work, for it
struck the sword he held, and he drop
ped the sword with an oath. wringirg
| his fingers and claimed his heels hard
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-21
CHAPTER XIX.

fOR a moment | could see moth
ing. for the glare of lanterns
and torches caught me full in
the eyes from the other side
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-21

knees beside him and leaned my ear
down to hear if he breathed. But be-
fore l could there was a loud rattle
from the outside. l knew the sound.
The drawbridge was being pushed out.
a moment later it rang home against
the wall on my side of the moat. |
should be caught in trap and the
king with me if he yet lived. He must
take his chance to live or to die. l
took my sword 9nd passed into the
outer room. WHO We're pushing the
dIawbridge ogt-my men? If SO, all
was we'll My eye fell on the revolvers,
and | seized one and paused to listen
in the doorway of the outer room. To
listen. say l? Yes. and to get my
breath, and l tore my shirt and twisted
strip of it round my bleeding arm
and stood listening again. l would
have given the world to hear SaptS
voice for l was faint, spent and wea-
ry. And that wildcat Rupert Hentzau
was yet at large in the castle. Yet. be-
cause | could better defend the narrow
door at the top of the stairs than the
hIuci " TIC iOOAAi' uAuSSSu
myself up the steps and stood behind
it listening.
What was the sound? Again a
strange one for the place and the time.
An easy, scornful. merry laugh, the
laugh of young Rupert hentZau! l
could scarcely believe that sane man
would laugh. Yet the laugh told me
| that my men had not come. for they
must have shot Rupert ere now if they
had come. And the clock struck half
past 2! My God. the door had not been
opened, They had gone to the bank!
| They had not found me. They had
gone by now back to Tarlenheim with
| the news of the kings death-and
mine Well. it would be true before
they got there. Was not Rupert laugh
ing in triumph?
| For moment / sank unnerveG
| against the door. Then l started VI
alert again, for Rupert cried scornful
ly:
well. the bridge is there! Come
over it, And in Gods name let's SCI
Black Michael keep back you ours! Nj
cliael. come and fight for her.
If it We're three cornered fight
might yet bear my parts turned tn
| key in the door and looked out.
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should not use it. 1t was come to the
crisis now, and I rushed down the
steps and flung myself against the
door. Bersonin had unbolted it, and
it gave way before me. The Belgian
stood there, sword in hand, and Detch-
Of the room. In establishment at see
ing me, Bersonin recoiled; Detchard
jumped to his sword | rushed madly
at the Belgian. He gave way before
me. and / drove him up against the
wall. He was no swordsman, though
lay on the floor before me. | turned.
Detchard was not there. Faithful to
his orders, he had not risked Il fight
with me, but had rushed straight to
the door of the kings room, opened it
and slammed it behind him. Even
now he was at his work inside.
And surely he would have killed the
king and perhaps me also had it NOT
been for one devoted man VINO gave
his life for the king, for when l forced
the door the sight | saw was this: The
king stood in the corner of the room.
Broken by his sickness, he could do
nothing. His fettered hands moved
uselessly up and down, and he was
laughing horribly in half mad delirium.
Detchard and the doctor We're together
in the middle of the room. and the doc
tor had flung himself on the murderer,
pinning his hands to his sides for an
| instant. Then Detchard wrenched him
self free from the feeble grip, and as
entered drove his sword through the
haDless man.
Then he turned on me, crying:
AT lastr'
We were sword to sword. BY bless
| ed chance neither he nor BersOnin had
| been wearing their revolvers l found
them afterward. ready loaded. on the
mantelpiece of the outer room. It was
| hard by the door ready to their hands
! but my sudden rush in had cut OF &c
cess to them. Yes, we were man II
man, and we began to fight. silently
sternly and hard. Yet l remember lit
| tie of it. save that the man was my
match with the sword-nay. and more
| for he knew more tricks than I-anC
that he forced me back against the
bars that guarded the entrance to ia
cob's ladder And | saw Il smile OF
his face. and h. wounded me in thu
left arm
No glory 90 I take for that contest
l believe that the man would have
mastered me and slain me and thel
done his butchers work. for he wa
the most skiilful swordsman l hav,
ever met but even as he pressed M
hard the half mad, wasted. wan crea
ture in the corner leaped high in luna
tic mirth, shrieking:
Its Cousin Rudolf. Cousin Rudolf
III help you, Cousin Rudolf"' And
catching up chair i'll his hands Oh
could but just lift it from the groun'
and hold it uselessly before HIM, h
came toward us. Hope came to me.
"Come on l cried. Come on
Drive it against his legs
Detcharl replied with savag
thrust. He all but had me.
Come on, Come on. man. l cried
"Come and share the fun"
And the king laughed gleefully an
came on, pushing his chair before him
With an oath Detchard skipped bac
and before | knew what he was dom
had turned his sword against the kins
He made one fierce cut at the kins
and the king with a piteous cry, drol
ped where lie stood. The stout ruffia
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"Au rcvoir Rud,If posseu,,,5,tn

"Au rcUoir, Rudolf Rdssendutt"
In his horses belly and rode away at a
gallop.
And watched him go down the long
avenue. riding as though he rode for
his pleasure and singing rs he went,
for adj there was that cash in his
check.
Once again he turned to wave his
hand, and then the gloom of the thick
cts swallowed him. and he was lost
from our sight. Thus he vanished
reckless and wary. graceful and grace
less, handsome, debonair, vile and I'M
conquered. And flung my sword pas
sionately on the ground and cried to
.. Fritz to ride after him. bat Fritz stop
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IT'S COUSIN HuuUtT r
nand had prepared his destruction. for
in turning he trod in the pool of blood
that flowed from the dead physician.
He slipped; he fell. Like a dart
throat, and before he could recover L
drove my blade through his neck, and
with a stified curse he fell across the
body of his victim.
Was the king dead? 1t was my first
thought. / rushed to where he lay.
Aye, 1t seemed as if he were dead. for
he had great cash across the fore
head, and he lay still in a huddled
mass on the floor. l dropped on my
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-21

2s7S,sS BILE to thought yet for the
49, next moment or two thought
profoundly. l had, told myself scor-
ed one point. Be Rupert Hentzau's
errand what it might and the villainy
he was engaged on what it would.
had scored one point. He was on the
other side of the moat from the king,
and it would be by no fault of mine if
ever he set foot on the same side
again. had three left to deal with
two on guard and De Gautet in his
bed. All, if l had the keys! l would
have risked everything and attacked
Detchard and Bersonin before their
friends could join them. But 1 was
powerless. / must wait till the COM
ing of my friends enticed some one
to cross the bridge-some one with the
keys. And waited, as it seemed, for
half an hour, really for about five min
utes, before the next act in the rapid
drama began.
All was still on the other side. The
dukes room remained inscrutable be-
hind its shutters. The light burned
steadily in Nine. de Mauban's window.
Then I heard the faintest, faintest
sound 1t came from behind the door
which led to the drawbridge on the
other side of the moat 1t but just
reached my ear. vet ! could not be mis-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-21
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CHAPTER XVIII.

;" lHE position wherein 1 stood
i does not appear very favora-
s=1sssTsS BILE to thought. yet for the
skszSY next moment or two | thought
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new carriers only seven could be in
duced to proceed. and those only after
the promise of a large gift in money.
Three days later the duke returned,
after having reached the first peak,
which is 10000 feet high.
On June Is a dramatic incident oc-
0urrsd. For several days the party
had reason 10 suspect that 1t was
foiioWsd by some wild animal, al
Though on account OF the great eleva-
ti0n and OF the riCor of the temper
AtuSe such a thing seemed rather
strange. However, in the evening Of
the same da0 the Duke AbruHh was
nlttiag in front OF hls tent giving I'm
strNastions to Siguor FiilVpo BuAi. who
was In charge Of the scientific section
Of the expedition, when he sprang to
his feet. crying; "The leopard! the
leopard" SigRor BULL turned and
saw a big leopard two yards away, fits
eyes shininG In the darkness. with
gaping jaws, and on the point OF max
ing q spring. Signor Bull seized the
hoT whSreon he was sitting and
hurled It with all his might at the
beast, hitting II on the head. The
leopard leaped backwards and ran
away through the mud and bushes,
bowling with fear. and despite two
hours chase II was impossible 10
trace the animal.
On Jane IS the duke reached the
highest and hitherto uptrodden peak
OF Ruwanzori (1s.220 feet). This he
named the Margherita. in honor OF the
dowager queen Of italy. A careful
typographical survey Of this mountain
chain was made. II seems that the
lofticst peaks ars in the Congo and
not In the Uganda